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Fewer students get in-person OCR interviews Career Services says students should not worry about shift to digital interviews GORDON HO Staff Reporter

For Penn students interested in a finance internship for summer 2020, the fall semester is a busy time filled with submitting applications and preparing for interviews.

While on-campus recruiting remains a large presence on campus, many prestigious banking firms have shifted to a more digital presence, Executive Director of Career Services Barbara Hewitt said.

A number of banks now prefer digital interviews through online interviewing services such as HireVue, Hewitt said, where there is no per-

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Administrators have confirmed that on-campus housing will not include chapter houses, despite Greek life leaders’ recent efforts to change the policy. Students are now moving forward to work around the policy instead of looking to lobby around it.

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Greek life copes with housing rule Admin. confirm sophomores will not be able to live in chapter houses in 2021 MADDY STROHM Staff Reporter

A year since Penn announced that sophomores would be required to live on campus starting in fall 2021, Greek life groups have been examining ways to blunt the policy’s impact, such as potentially requiring upperclassmen to live in chapter houses.

Administrators have confirmed that oncampus housing will not include chapter houses, despite Greek life leaders’ recent efforts to change the policy. Students are

CAPS statement mourns Eells’ death The statement reminded the Penn community that CAPS is still available for support MAX COHEN Senior Reporter

now moving forward and figuring out ways to work around the rule.

In an email to all undergraduates in September 2018, Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett wrote that they would create a new Second-Year Experience program focusing on creating stronger connections between students — which included the new policy that sophomores would be required to live on campus.

Interfraternity Council President and College senior Brian Schmitt wrote in a guest column last year that Penn failed to consider the benefits that Greek life chapter housing shares with the College House system.

“We ask President Gutmann and Provost Pritchett to sincerely consider allowing sophomores to live in affiliated Greek chapter houses,” he wrote in the column.

Greek life leaders, however, are no longer working against the policy. Panhellenic President and Wharton senior Claire Canestrino said the council is instead working with administrators to lessen the effect on sorority housing.

“At the end of the day, it’s obviously not our decision. This is not to say that we agree or disagree with it,” Canestrino said.

“We work closely with the administration

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Many banking firms have shifted from on-campus recruiting to a more digital presence.

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DRL starts $1.7 million renovation Students and faculty protested poor conditions last spring DANIEL WANG Staff Reporter

Counseling and Psychological Services released its first statement on Friday since the death of Executive Director Gregory Eells, mourning his death and reminding the Penn community that CAPS is still available for those looking to seek out support.

The message included the outpouring of support the center has received in the past week. It read that CAPS employees were both receiving care and caring for each other following Eells’ death.

“Greg’s leadership and compassion for others has made a lasting impact on us all, across the Penn community and at counseling centers around the country,” the statement read. “He was loved and respected by us and so many others who knew him.

We come together in knowing that he is missed and that his life and contribution is meaningful.”

In the wake of tragedy, the statement urged students not to bottle up their feelings in tough times.

A semester after a series of leakages prompted students to protest the facility conditions in David Rittenhouse Laboratory, a dozen classrooms in the building have been renovated. The move is part of a $1.7 million effort to renovate the building, said Mike Dausch, Facilities and Real Estate Services’ executive director of design and construction.

Twelve classrooms in the central wing of DRL underwent a complete renovation this summer, Vice Dean for Finance and Administration Matthew Lane said. The renovations include replacing the floor, wall paint, desks, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. Immediate renovations also include updating several bathrooms throughout the building.

The summer renovations come after a series of major ceiling leakages in spring 2019 that caused damage and flooding to more than a dozen rooms. The leakages also forced 10 graduate students to relocate out of their offices.

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Twelve classrooms in the central wing of DRL underwent a complete renovation this summer. The renovations came afterceiling leakages in February that caused 10 graduate students to relocate offices.

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Students can now skip the line with new Penn Dining app ‘Penn Eats’ allows online ordering at Houston JASON YAN Staff Reporter

Instead of waiting in the long lines at Houston Market during lunch time, Penn students can now order ahead through a new mobile-ordering app from Penn Dining.

At the beginning of this semester, Penn Dining released “Penn Eats” to allow students to skip the lines at various on-campus dining locations, including stations at Houston Market, Starbucks at 1920 Commons, Joe’s Cafe at Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, and Accenture at Towne Building.

Penn Dining previously partnered with Tapingo to offer similar services. Pam Lampitt, director of Business Services and Hospitality Services, said the switch to Penn Eats was made to GILLIAN DIEBOLD improve usability and seamlessAt the beginning of this semester, Penn Dining released “Penn Eats” to allow students to skip the lines at various on-campus dining locations, ness.

“Penn Eats comes out of the including stations at Houston Market, Starbucks at 1920 Commons, Joe’s Cafe at Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, and Accenture at Towne Building.

Blackboard,” Lampitt said, referencing the operating system change the price easily if we Kruger said stability was one app and completing “challenges” base. Hess said Penn Dining Penn uses for the registers and need to change the price, or take of the factors that Penn Dining that include rating the applica- ended the Tapingo partnership kiosks at its dining locations. “It something off the menu if some- considered when deciding the tion on the App Store and adding with roughly 850 users, but Penn is compatible to the system we thing is not available,” Bill Hess, switch. a profile picture. Students can Eats already has over 900 usare already using so it makes it Bon Appétit Management Com“[Penn Eats] will probably be then use the points to enter into ers and 700 unique uses, meanmore seamless for the operator pany resident district manager, more stable because it is the sys- different contests with prizes ing more people have currently and we can control better what said. tem that we have been using for a such as free Dining Dollars. downloaded the app than have we want to offer to the campus Penn Business Services Di- long time,” Lea-Kruger said.

Despite only operating at Penn used it. and the community.” rector of Communications and Students will also be able to for less than a month, Penn Eats “Our numbers in the first two “It gives us the ability to External Relations Barbara Lea- earn points from ordering on the has already built a sizable user weeks of the semester are very

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“Remember to pay attention to these emotions, to be kind to yourself and, most importantly, to seek help and support from a mental health professional, a cultural or spiritual resource, and from loved ones,” the statement read.

“Continue to seek us out if you need mental health care, lean on each other, and reach out to members of our Penn community if you need help. As we are here for each other, we are here for you,” the statement added.

son-to-person interaction and the applicant records their responses to pre-selected questions. Students also conduct more phone interviews now or will travel directly to the companies’ offices, Hewitt said.

The career outcomes for many Penn students, however, have not dramatically changed, Hewitt added.

“Penn students are still do-

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ing fine,” Hewitt said. “They are great candidates for a lot of different kinds of jobs.

And they are still getting hired. It’s just the way they go about it is different.”

From some of the companies that Hewitt has talked to, she said the shift to less on-campus interviews is because of the companies’ desire to be able to recruit more equitably across many different schools.

“It’s less important what particular schools you are at.

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It’s more important who you are,” Hewitt said. “And if they are putting a ton of resources and emphasis on 10 target schools, they are missing a lot of people outside of those 10 target schools.”

Consulting, finance, and technology have consistently been ranked as the top three industries for Penn graduates for the past eight years across all four undergraduate schools, Hewitt said.

Twenty-seven percent of Penn graduates went into

financial services, whereas 19% and 14% pursued careers in consulting and technology, respectively, according to the 2018 Career Services Report.

According to the Wharton Undergraduate 2018 Career Plans Report, 27.5% of Wharton graduates pursue investment banking. The next most popular employment fields are consulting, with 23.1%, and marketing/sales/ retail, with 6.3%.

Private equity and investment management come next

strong,” Hess said. “By far the most popular station is Bento.

Almost 40% of the total orders are coming from Bento,” referring to the busy Japanese station at Houston.

Lampitt also said it can be very congested in places like Houston Market during peak time and that the new Penn Eats app has helped to reduce the congestion.

Hess said he has seen a reduction in the crowd waiting for orders at Houston Market.

“It is just more convenient,” Lea-Kruger said. “Students can just order ahead and don’t have to worry about how crowded it is today. You know you will get it in this amount of time and then you can go on about your business.”

In the Penn Eats app, users will also be able to rate the service and food quality.

“Currently, the average for both categories are at 4.7 out of 5,” Hess said. “We want to look at, as we get some more data, our shares at each platform, in walk-up traffic, kiosk, and the Penn Eats app.”

Tapingo had also offered a delivery service for a small fee along with the ability to use the app to order in off-campus restaurants.

However, Lampitt said Penn Eats will not available at off-campus restaurants because it is currently tied with Penn’s dining system.

Penn Eats is available on both the Apple and Android app stores.

at 5.7% and 5.2%, respectively. The rest, which include but is not limited to data analytics, venture capital, sales (financial), and trading have figures below 5%.

Though many companies are decreasing their presence of on-campus interviews, many still come to campuses for information sessions.

Hewitt said it is particularly important for students to go to those events to meet employees and learn about the organization.

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Penn dad who bribed Allen to face 20 years in prison for fraud Philip Esformes was on trial for Medicare fraud ASHLEY AHN Senior Reporter

Philip Esformes, the parent who bribed a former basketball coach to help ensure his son’s admission to Penn, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme.

Esformes wept and apologized on Thursday before a Miami federal judge announced the verdict to what the United States Department of Justice called one of the largest single health care bribery cases in U.S. history, according to The Chicago Tribune.

In his trial for Medicare fraud, it was revealed that Esformes bribed former Penn men’s basketball star and coach Jerome Allen so that his son, a 2019 Wharton graduate, would gain admission to Penn as a basketball recruit.

Allen testified in Miami federal court earlier this March that he had received $300,000 from the Miami Beach executive to recruit his son. Prosecutors said the $300,000 came from stolen Medicare and Medicaid proceeds, according to The Chicago Tribune.

Esformes operated over 24 health care facilities in America which bribed medical profession-

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now, to make the most of it for our chapters and to support them as we go through this change.”

Although Greek life leaders have started to move forward, some students still believe the policy will hur t the community.

College sophomore Maya Davidov, a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, said she does not suppor t the policy because nearly half of the cur rent sisters who live in their chapter house are sophomores.

“We’ve had problems filling the house before so it will be even more challenging now,” Davidov said. “Living on campus can pose a large financial strain in comparison to living off campus, and I also just think that people should have the freedom to live wherever they want.”

Davidov said she thinks sorority dues for each member could increase if rooms are left empty.

“The executive board will probably just adjust housing r ules to make sure we fill it, by drafting people to live in the house, which other sororities do anyways, or forcing all of the executive members to live in the house,” she said.

Engineering sophomore Ronak Bhagia, a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha frater nity who cur-

als to refer patients to his Florida facilities. This scheme garnered $1.3 billion Medicaid revenues, The Chicago Tribune reported.

“People who needed care, people who wanted to get better, they had no shot,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Allan Medina told The Washington Post. “The nature of the fraud, the conspiracy, the money-laundering scheme, was atrocious.”

A month after Allen’s testimony, Esformes was found guilty on 20 charges, including health care kickbacks, bribery conspiracy, and obstruction of justice, according to The Washington Post.

Esformes apologized for his actions in a tearful 16-minute speech, according to The Washington Post. The Chicago Tribune reported Esformes began to recite his children’s names and briefly became incoherent.

“I’ve lost everything I love and cared about with the utmost intensity,” Esformes said, according to The Chicago Tribune. “There is no one to blame but myself, me.”

The Chicago Tribune reported Judge Robert N. Scola significantly reduced the requested punishment of 30 years in prison by prosecutors. Scola said Esformes “should get some consideration for his philanthropy,” as Esformes’ attorneys said he donated more than $15 million to syna-

rently lives in chapter housing, said requiring sophomores to live on campus will har m the closeness of their members.

“Not having sophomores live together I think is going to have a social impact,” Bhagia said. “When it comes to a suppor t system, you can’t get much better than a chapter house, where brothers of different years and experiences are around and always down to help you out.”

To have enough space for sophomores to live on campus, Penn is building the $163 million New College House West.

The four-year dorm will house about 450 students and open in fall 2021, when the policy takes effect.

Vice Provost for University Life spokesperson Monica Yant Kinney said although the second-year housing policy has not changed, Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs Tamara King is working with students and staff to mitigate the impact of the policy on Greek life. “[King] is working closely with staff and student leaders to consider the potential impact of the Second-Year Experience program on the Greek system, including Greek housing, which has traditionally been attractive to sophomores,” Yant Kinney wrote in an email.

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In his trial for Medicare fraud, it was revealed that Esformes bribed former Penn men’s basketball star and coach Jerome Allen so that his son, 2019 Wharton graduate Morris Esformes, would gain admission to Penn as a basketball recruit.

gogues, schools, and needy individuals.

In July, FBI agents seized the iPhone Esformes used to text Richard Singer, the college consultant at the center of

the admissions scandal, in 2016 while investigating Esformes for healthcare fraud, the Los Angeles Times reported. Esformes has not been charged in the college admissions case. Federal authorities

later discovered Esformes paid Singer to help his oldest child gain admission to the University of Southern California and fix his third child’s college entrance exam scores, according to the LA

Times.

Penn was not implicated in the national scandal which charged 50 people for taking part in a bribery scam to get prospective students into elite schools.

Wharton offers new community service course The course studies role of businesses in social impact LAUREN MELENDEZ Staff Reporter

Wharton students can now do community service as part of their coursework by taking a new Legal Studies class that examines how businesses can help solve social issues.

The course, Social Impact and Responsibility, is an Academically Based Community Service course facilitated by the Netter Center for Community Partnerships. While the Netter Center has offered ABCS courses since 1991, no courses have been offered in Wharton for the past several years.

The course is a seminar-style class that explores the role businesses can play in eliminating societal issues both locally and internationally.

Students learn about global issues, and then partner with local organizations to develop community-based solutions, according to the syllabus.

Students then have the option to submit their project proposals to a World Bank-sponsored competition known as Ideas for Action.

While the Social Impact and Responsibility class has been taught before, it officially became an ABCS class this year, after Wharton junior Gabriel Low advocated for the change.

“Part of the reason I really wanted to apply to Penn was because of their ABCS courses, but in Wharton, I realized that, unfortunately, there weren’t any current ABCS courses,” Low said. “I felt like it’s a shame that there weren’t any courses that would fit into my business curriculum.”

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Wharton students can now take the course Social Impact and Responsibility, an Academically Based Community service course facilitated by the Netter Center for Community Partnerships.

Low approached the Netter Center with his idea to introduce Wharton ABCS courses, and he reached out to 10 Wharton professors he thought might be interested in teaching them. Three professors responded, but Legal Studies and Business Ethics lecturer Djordjija Petkoski was the only one who ended up teaching a course.

Petkoski said the new ABCS version of his class offers students more practical problem-solving experience than they received in past versions.

“For the last five years teaching courses on social impact and responsibility, I knew of today’s increased demand or interest from the students to have courses where they can more productively employ their knowledge,” Petkoski said. “They want to be a part of solving these problems.”

Netter Center Associate Director Cory Bowman also said practical problem-solving is an important element of ABCS classes. He stressed

the importance of collaboration between Penn and local communities.

“Our focus is always on realworld, local, collaborative problem solving,” Bowman said. “We have an obligation as residents of West Philadelphia and the city of Philadelphia to acknowledge the impact that we have, and the potential we have, and the potential benefits we have of working together.”

Faustine Sun, the Netter Center’s ABCS Research and Program coordinator, said ABCS courses are designed to create mutual respect between Penn and surrounding communities. “[ABCS is] a little more in-depth than interacting with the community in a superficial way, or in a problematic way,” Sun said. “The Netter Center, using our mission as a foundation, helps to develop the course in a way that fits what ABCS stands for.”

While the Netter Center works

mainly with West Philadelphia organizations and schools, students are encouraged to choose a community project they are passionate about, defining ”community” as they see fit, Sun added.

Wharton is also offering a second ABCS course this semester, taught

by Management professor Keith Weigelt. Weigelt’s class focuses on the Financial Literacy Community Project, a program designed to teach financial literacy to public school students in West Philadelphia.

Low said he hopes the introduction of ABCS classes in Wharton will help change negative perceptions of Wharton students. ”People have this misconception that Wharton students are snakes, and that they’re pre-professional, and that they only care about their jobs,” Low said. “A lot of Wharton students are really extremely genuine [and] care about solving real world problems.”

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Penn Violence Prevention should enter more accessible and visible, not less THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN EDITORIAL BOARD

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dministrators recently decided to move Penn Violence Prevention from its office on Locust Walk to Market Street. Since 2016, PVP’s Locust Walk office has been a hub for PVP staff and student groups, such as Penn Anti-Violence Educators and Men Against Rape & Sexual Assault.

While the new location on 3535 Market St., where PVP shares a building with Student Health Service, offers a permanent home for PVP as well as more space, the office is less visible and accessible, which will be detrimental to student well-being. PVP deserves a permanent home where students can easily see and best utilize the resources

being offered. By moving the PVP office back on campus, the University would be making a clear statement about the value it places in the critical work being done by the organization.

PVP is a collaborative program that provides education, outreach, and confidential resources for preventing and combating sexual

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violence, relationship violence, and stalking. These issues need to be addressed and taken seriously, especially on Penn’s campus. The American Association of Universities survey reports that almost a third of Penn’s female undergraduates and 5.5% of male undergraduates say they have been sexually assaulted.

Because of the prevalence of this issue at Penn and around the country, the University must prioritize the efforts by PVP to combat these issues.

The new placement of PVP suggests Penn has an apathetic attitude towards serious issues. Many have questioned why cultural centers are cramped in the basement of the ARCH building instead of displayed more prominently on Locust. After Counseling and Psychological Services moved to 36th and Market streets in 2015, some students complained that the increased distance made it more difficult for them to reach the resources.

Penn has repurposed former fraternity houses into the LGBT Center and the Penn’s Women’s Center, from which PVP originated. It is commendable that Penn allocated space to these underrepresented groups, but it is not enough. PVP

deserves a similar space for its advocacy. Anything less is a hindrance to PVP’s efforts, which are already suffering due to understaffing as the search for a new director continues.

There is sufficient space on campus for fraternities, offices, and a constant stream of new dorms.

There are sufficient resources from donations and the University’s $3.5 billion operating budget for New College House West and Tangen Hall, the new entrepreneurship building. Penn claims that students should be glad that PVP is getting more space on Market Street, but this move suggests that PVP wasn’t valuable enough to have space allocated closer to where University life takes place. Penn needs to bring PVP back to campus, and in doing so make a strong statement that the mission of PVP is vital to the health and safety of all Penn students.

Penn may one day be a school without a culture of violence that targets nearly a third of the women who attend. Today, however, Penn needs to implement measures to reach that goal. In a climate where violence is an everyday reality for some students, PVP must have a place at the heart of student life.

Self-checkout “micro markets” aren’t improvements

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STIRRING THE POT | Penn’s newest attempt at lowering labor expenses has significant and far-reaching repercussions

hen Penn announced last semester that campus-favorite restaurant Tortas Frontera would close in mid-May, few expected its replacement to look like the frozen section of a local grocery store. Even fewer expected Mark’s Cafe immediately to follow suit, especially considering most students weren’t made aware of this decision until The Daily Pennsylvanian reported on it a few weeks ago — just days before the renovation. Yet, over the past week, both establishments were replaced by “micro markets” which offer an assortment of snacks and pre-packaged foods. In an apparent attempt to respond to the high demand for longer dining hours, Penn has taken the easy and ethically flawed way out: eliminating human interaction by replacing staff with self-checkout kiosks.

Although no staff were fired as a result of the renovation — rather they were diverted to other dining halls — the fact that the University appears to have done little to publicize any of these details makes apparent just how little Penn cares about its workers. This comes as no surprise, as the relationship between Penn and its dining hall workers

has long been tenuous, which was recently evidenced by Penn refusing to let workers prepare ethnic meals in honor of Black History Month. Although this nonchalant way with which Penn approached the influx of self-serve kiosks is merely a microcosm for our increasingly automated society, one would have hoped for more from such an esteemed university.

A large concern with self-serve kiosks — which are becoming rather prevalent — is that their perceived success in cutting costs will incentivize Penn to replace all staff.

Ironically, whether or not the micro markets will even meet Penn’s apparent goal of saving money is not guaranteed — as many corporations have actually lost money — after taking into account theft and the hours it takes to repair the kiosks when they inevitably malfunction.

Even more problematic is the fact that there will be an enormous loss of human contact, which is crucial to our social well-being. This is especially troublesome at a university where so much time is already spent in solitary activity, such as reading,

Even more problematic is the fact that there will be an enormous loss of human contact, which is crucial to our social well-being.” researching, perusing social media, listening to music, and watching TV. Penn’s removal of staff from its retail eateries also decreases opportunities to break away from the University’s privileged college bubble and face the real world — something that provides us the dose of humility we desperately need. The benefits of the interaction with service employees are not one-sided. Multiple cashiers have advocated against the rise of what is often referred to as the “self-service plague,” declaring that small talk effectively makes a dull chore a better experience. Overwhelmed college students find that small talk can alleviate stress by providing a friendly

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distraction.

Fostering a positive student-staff relationship is especially important for Penn’s students of color, who, due to our country’s history of slavery and oppression, find themselves better reflected in Penn’s staff than in the student and faculty bodies.

Navigating a predominantly white institution like Penn as a black student can be extremely draining.

Academic stress, the stress of seeing few students who look like you, and feeling the pressure of representing the entire black race, has been

found to severely hurt black students’ self-efficacy and subsequent academic performance, as well as adversely affect mental health.

Penn’s decision to prioritize the reduction of labor costs over fostering positive student-staff relations not only contradicts its commitment to being a good neighbor by mistreating its workers from surrounding communities, but affirms societal concerns that higher education is a business in which academic institutions care more about their own financial well-being than about educating students or serving their respective communities.

HADRIANA LOWENKRON is a College sophomore studying Urban Studies and Journalism. Her email address is lowenkron@thedp.com.

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There needs to be more consistency in TA grading REISMAN RECENTS | Many of the methods for grade variability fail to solve the problem

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Curving, like the grade in general, is up to the TA and does not reliably guarantee consistency across the board.”

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hen st udents sig n up for la rge le ctures, they are also required to sign up for recitations, often picking whichever section best fits into their schedules. Different recitations have different teaching assistants, which often results in grading disparities between sections.

Many students find themselves stuck with TAs who are harder than those in charge of other sections. As a result, their grades are not comparable to their peers’ despite the fact that they are in the same lecture.

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There needs to be greater consistency in TA grading across different recitation sections for the same course.

Some of the efforts put in place to try to minimize the grading variability are a required three-day training program for TAs, group grading, curving for a section, TA grading of specific exam questions across all sections of a course, and a strict grading rubric for all sections.

Despite these efforts, there are still extreme variations in grading, which should not be overlooked and brushed off as a natural occurrence.

For one, there should be more correspondence and communication between professors and TAs, especially with regard to students’ grades. Professors and TAs need to be on the same page. If TAs are giving radically different grades for similar work in different sections, there is clearly a disconnect between the professors’ and TAs’ expectations.

Other than the three-day training program, many of the other efforts initiated to combat inconsistencies in grading are only treating the symptoms of the problem. The problem is that TAs are grading based on their own personal educational experiences and not on a single, unanimous method established by the professors. By establishing better relationships between professors and their TAs and formulating solid grading parameters, professors can remove the variability across recitation

sections.

While group grading — given that this method requires TAs decide grades together — could likely work, there is a good chance that due to time constraints and the volume of students, this method is somewhat impractical and thus, seldom done. However, group grading with the professor should be mandated for as many assignments as possible.

When TAs curve students’ grades, there is no way of telling how much their grades will actually be helped. Curving is up to each TA’s discretion. Curving, like the grade in general, is up to the TA and does not reliably guarantee consistency across the board.

While a strict grading rubric is taking a step in the right direction, considering that there is still variability, there is a good chance that the TAs are not interpreting the rubrics in a consistent way. Therefore,

ILYSE REISMAN the best way to have consistent results is to have the professor give the TAs an across-the-board method of grading (with a rubric). During the training program, the professor not only needs to teach them a scale for grading, but also teach them the proper way to interpret and scale the assigned coursework. Also, as previously mentioned, group grading with the professor should be mandated for as many assignments as possible, and the professor should do a check on recitation section averages to ensure that there is as much consistency as possible.

ILYSE REISMAN is a College sophomore studying english and music. Her email address is ireisman@sas.upenn.edu.

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t a “Day of Play” event designed to foster wellness in the Penn community, surrounded by celebration and positive messages on the balloons, photo ops, and free food, I felt like joy was being shoved down my throat.

In the moment, I tried to force cheeriness, but real wellness is a sustained set of choices motivated by a long-term goal. It isn’t faking a smile at a party.

Co-hosted by the Vice Provost for University Life, Undergraduate Assembly, and Graduate and Professional Student Assembly as part of the broader Wellness at Penn initiative that launched in

January 2018, Thriving @ Penn kick-started its programming last year with the lofty and remarkably vague goal to “nurture resilience” on eight fronts: emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social, and spiritual.

Its mission-statement is as overextended as it sounds — just like your average Penn student.

By attempting to simultaneously achieve progress on all possible fronts, Thriving @ Penn makes no significant impact towards any of its targets. Neither the culture of this institution nor the individual wellness of its students can be altered by periodic,

pop-up festivities marketed as a catch-all solution. I nstead, these wellness issues — mental health or otherwise — should b e a dd resse d by personalized programs with achievable objectives.

The main programs organized

by Thriving @ Penn are the “Day of Play” initiatives. Every month, festive tables fill College Green with free food, games, and giveaways. It sounds charming, right? The most recent event, hosted earlier last week, was

For wellness efforts to be effective, they need to connect with students personally, rather than seeking to induce instant happiness en masse.”

On April 4, 2019 students participated in the Day of Play with goats on College Green.

“Day of Rejuvenation,” which meant stock-piling Houston Hall with desserts, DIY essential oils, yoga mats, hand-sanitizer, a professional massage, and — my favorite part — inspirational rock decorating.

Trying to commit to the experience, I drew a face on my rock with a purple marker, questioning what I was doing there. Despite my best efforts, I felt alienated and even saddened by these 115 m inutes of streamlined therapy, just like I had felt at the dozen or so “Day of Play” events last year. These events are open to everyone, but that also makes them impersonal. I noticed that the “Ask a Quaker” conversation space was deserted, and I watched a girl stuff oranges into her backpack from the refreshment table.

Then, I picked up my rock and left.

Despite my less than rejuvenating experience, I recognize that these efforts are well-intentioned — a chance to show the student body that there is a community IZZY CRAWFORD-ENG to support them with much-needed relief

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from daily stressors. Beyond Thriving @ Penn, similar initiatives like the University’s annual Wellness Week and Thrive at Penn NSO modules also promote holistic wellness and educate students about the on-campus resources.

But at their core, these efforts have incredibly vague missions.

So, let’s define what “holistic wellness” and “Thriving @ Penn” really signify. Essentially, the eight-tiered holistic approach at the center of this University’s wellness campaign resembles everything from “the six dimensions of wellness” promoted by the National Wellness Institute to “the seven dimensions of wellness” developed by the International Council on Active Aging … but it’s also not that far off from the types of wellness philosophies promoted by self-help experts on Oprah.

What these visions all have in common is to set a higher standard of health than fulfilling obvious physical needs, such that people can work toward actively pursuing a fulfilling life. Still, as pretty as that sounds, it fails to create a coherent backbone for policy.

For wellness efforts to be effective, they need to connect with students personally, rather than seeking to induce instant happiness en masse. This means expanding, consolidating, and improving accessibility to existing programs that already respond directly to student needs

JULIA MITCHELL for well-being, like Counseling and Psychological Services, Student Health Service, Student Financial Services, and the Tutoring Center, to name just a few.

Take financial “wellness.”

Free food is great, but it doesn’t alleviate a student’s burdens in any significant way to get a cup of shaved ice once or twice a year. Instead, constantly overemphasizing this “free” stuff creates a distorted sense of urgency that makes students want to horde oranges. Instead, just making it easier for students to connect with their financial aid advisors would be a better stressrelief.

Why is Thriving @ Penn treated as a running joke on campus? Consistently, these events are so overambitious in their messaging that the experience of the Penn community is unfocused at best and hollow at worst. If the University seeks to create an integrated approach to student well-being, it needs to do better than deliver force-fed fun.

Wellness at Penn must replace its overextended strategy with a well-defined philosophy.

JULIA MITCHELL is a College and Wharton sophomore from Yardley, Pa. studying international relations.

Her email address is jcmitch@ wharton.upenn.edu.

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About 40 students attended the third Democratic debate watch party in the first floor lounge of Harnwell College House. The debate was the first to feature all top contenders on the same stage.

Penn Democrats gathered to watch the third Democratic debate on the night of Sept. 12, giving members a chance to form opinions on their preferred 2020 presidential candidates in the hotly contested primary.

About 40 students had mixed reactions to watching 10 Democratic presidential candidates debate health care, combating racism, and trade policy in a watch party in Harnwell College House’s first floor lounge.

In the third debate of the presidential primary cycle, 10 candidates convened in Houston for the three-hour long showdown. Because of stricter polling and fundraising guidelines set

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by the Democratic National Committee, tonight’s debate featured fewer candidates than past debates, which had to be split between two nights.

Penn Dems members greeted the more exclusive lineup, which featured all of the top contenders on the same debate stage for the first time. Biden supporters cheered his pragmatism, while others were skeptical of instances where the former Penn Presidential Professor of Practice misspoke.

On show at the debate, hosted

by ABC News, were former Vice President Joe Biden, former Penn Law professor and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and entrepreneur Andrew Yang.

During the debate, more progressive candidates, such as Warren and Sanders, reiterated their stances that the United States should implement a “Medicare For All” plan.

“I’ve actually never met anybody who likes their health insurance company,” Warren said when advocating for the policy. “I met people who like their nurses, I’ve met people who like their pharmacists, I met people who like their physical therapists.”

Candidates such as Klobuchar who have positioned themselves as more moderate took the opposing view, arguing the program would harm Americans.

“While Bernie [Sanders] wrote the bill, I read the bill,” Klobuchar said, prompting murmurs of approval from the Penn Dems crowd. “We will no longer have private insurance as we know it.”

On the other hand, Biden’s argument for “Medicare for choice” prompted confusion from the Penn Dems crowd, with

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many reacting negatively to the phrasing. However, there was still some approval of the former vice president’s plan on health care.

Co-president of Penn for Biden and former Penn Dems President Dylan Milligan, a Wharton senior, said Biden’s proposals were the most realistic.

“He succeeded in saying, in terms of health care, I’m trying to be realistic,” Milligan said.

“How are you guys going to pay for Medicare for All?” Milligan added, summing up Biden’s attacks of the proposal.

The candidates also sparred over approaches to combating racism. Many of the candidates argued for large, sweeping changes to confront bigotry.

“We need a systemic approach to dismantle [racism],” Buttigieg said. “It’s not enough to just take a racist policy, replace it with a neutral one, and expect things will just get better on their own.”

Members of Penn Dems said the agreement on a number of key issues shouldn’t come as a surprise, given the similar goals sought by many of the candidates.

College sophomore Cassandra Ingersoll was at the watch party and said agreement between the candidates was positive for the party. She said the reduced number of candidates for the third debate made the event far more productive than the first two.

“The debate [is] a lot more substantial and a lot more conducive to the issues that we’ve been talking about,” Ingersoll said. “All the candidates have the same goals for the future.”

Penn Dems President and College junior EJ Carlson said while many members were laughing at various misstatements or blatant pandering, many candidates also had moments to shine.

“Most candidates are getting a lot of negative reactions. I think this is just kind of one big roast of everyone,” Carlson said. “[But] everyone is having their share of positive moments.”

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Conservative author to speak at Penn after Fox controversy Michelle Malkin was accused of anti-Semitism GRANT BIANCO Senior Reporter

Conservative commentator and author Michelle Malkin will speak on campus at a Penn College Republicans event Monday night, in what will be one of her first public appearances after being accused of making antiSemitic comments.

During a Sept. 9 interview on Fox and Friends, Malkin accused billionaire and major Democratic Party donor George Soros of funding pro-immigration groups that she claimed are undermining American sovereignty. Liberalleaning news outlet Media Matters labeled Malkin’s comments as anti-Semitic, comparing them to the conspiracy theories that sparked the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in October 2018. “Montgomery County and Baltimore County for years have been infested by Soros-funded groups,� Malkin said in the interview, referencing two Maryland counties. “But they’re also tax-exempt groups that we fund.

And I think it’s so key that people understand the billions of dollars that are being funneled of hardearned, tax-paying American citizens’ money to fund these illegal alien groups that turn around and sue us because they’re not getting tax-subsidized abortions or employment benefits.�

The shooter who killed 11 at the Tree of Life synagogue last year posted on Gab, a fringe social media platform, before the shooting that, “HIAS likes to bring invaders that kill our people.

I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.�

HIAS is a Jewish non-profit that helps refugees resettle in the United States.

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Michelle Malkin is a prominent conservative author that has written books examining American immigration policy.

tion, is speaking in front of College Republicans as part of her “Sanctuary Cities Tour.� The tour is designed to draw attention to cities, such as Philadelphia, which do not comply with federal immigration law. During her hourlong guest lecture, Malkin is set to discuss U.S. immigration policy and her new book “Open Borders Inc.: Who’s Funding America’s Destruction?�

College Republicans spokesperson and Wharton sophomore Corey Paredes said Malkin’s comments on Fox were not antiSemitic, and said these allegations were “ridiculous personal smears� in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian. “Instead of refuting the evidence and arguments presented in her book, some in the media have desperately sought to discredit her motives and intentionally misportray her,� he said. “This reveals liberals’ fear of Ms. Malkin’s investigative reporting and their untenable stance on immigration policy.�

Paredes said the group invited Malkin to campus because of her career in investigative journalism. “Michelle Malkin was invited to campus in recognition of her extraordinary work towards improving American government and maintaining the unique freedoms we enjoy in our nation,�

Paredes said. “As a first-generation American multi-bestselling author, we are proud to host her on campus as she discusses her latest release, and her career in

investigative journalism.�

Paredes maintained that Malkin’s background as a daughter of immigrants from the Philippines grants her an important viewpoint on the issue of immigration. “As a daughter of immigrants, Michelle Malkin understands the enormous value and dynamism that immigration brings to our nation,� Paredes said. “Her unique background as a prominent Republican and political investigator has given her a unique perspective on how to ensure that our nation remains one in which immigrants can thrive and enjoy the fruits of American freedom. Ms. Malkin proposes that open-borders are not only harmful to our nation’s stability, but most importantly are harmful to vulnerable individuals seeking to immigrate.�

In recent months, several conservative commentators have come to Penn and met a significant backlash from groups opposed to their views.

In February, the UPenn Statesman, a conservative group on campus, invited conservative activist Heather Mac Donald to campus. Mac Donald, who has faced controversy for allegedly racist comments, was met with a protest by over 100 students.

In April, Penn Republicans and the Statesman invited conservative commentator Candace Owens to speak at Penn, prompting protests from both student groups and outside anti-fascist groups.

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After more than 150 students and faculty in DRL signed a petition calling on Penn to address the recurring flooding and poor working conditions, FRES removed abandoned chilled water piping that caused the floods. The outcry also prompted plans for a slate of DRL renovations.

The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning units have been completely replaced, although final installation has been delayed because of manufacturing delays at the factory, Lane said. A temporary air conditioning solution was put in place early this fall semester to cool the rooms. Signs posted above the air conditioners on the windows said the permanent systems would be installed in midSeptember.

Undergraduate students who frequent the classrooms in DRL said they are grateful for the new renovations, but wish there were more improvements.

College senior Margaret Zheng, who spends a lot of time in DRL as a math major and co-president of the Penn Undergraduate Math Society, said the classroom renovations were “very necessary and very long overdue.�

Zheng said she has experienced ongoing issues in DRL

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The next project will be renovations to two restrooms — a men’s room and a women’s room — on the fourth floor of the north wing, Lane said. The bathrooms have not been renovated since the original building was constructed, so they are desperately in need of an upgrade, Lane added.

The full bathroom renovations include replacing the toilets, sinks, lighting, and partitions.

The budget for renovating the two bathrooms is $650,000, Lane said.

The administration has been working closely with the Math and Physics Department chairs for the project, Lane said. The administration held a pre-proposal meeting with an architect last week as it moves into the design phase of the bathroom renovations.

The latest project is an engineering study of the second through fourth floors of the north wing of DRL, in which architects will analyze the state of the building and propose potential areas of renovation. The timeline and budget of the project will depend on the finalized course of action the study recommends. “We kind of have to understand what our real physical options are before we can make a choice and figure out how we’re going to move forward,� Lane said.

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She had also seen broken desks, lighting, and air conditioning, Zheng added.

Zheng said DRL’s appearance is likely why the Math Department receives a worse reputation than they should on campus. “We realize there are budget concerns and things like that, but I think prioritizing the Math Department would be really beneficial,� Zheng said.

Prioritizing the Math Department would encourage students to pursue the math major as well as recruit graduate students, she said. Better graduate students would also improve the undergraduate experience by providing better TAs and resources on campus, Zheng said.

College junior Jinna Han has a math class in two of the newly renovated classrooms this semester. Han said the classrooms felt bigger and the desks were newer. “It’ll never be like, Huntsman’s level of like, whiteboards and everything. But I guess considering it’s math, you just really need pencil and paper,� Han said.

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M. SOCCER | The sophomore dad, Jacomen had his first opportunity to play goalie. The team has given up only one goal BIANCA SERBIN Associate Sports Editor

At the beginning of the season, Penn men’s soccer faced a decision about who would be taking the role of starting goalkeeper. It was sophomore Dane Jacomen who won out over freshman Nick Christoffersen.

Though only three games in, the Quakers are already having a season quite different from their last.

In 2018, the Quakers finished with a record of 5-5-6, tying more than anything else. In the thick of it, the Red and Blue went without scoring for a total of 700 minutes last season. This year, the Quakers have already scored three goals, due in large part to the efforts of junior midfielder Joey Bhangdia.

The graduation of senior keepers Scott Forbes and Etan Mabourakh meant that Penn would need to pick a new starting goalie.

The question of who would be the starter was not decided on the basis of experience, since neither Jacomen nor Christoffersen had any college playing time until this season. Rather, it was decided by the fact that Jacomen had already begun to form a relationship with the players before Christoffersen arrived.

“Early going with the season, we decided to go with Dane in the first two games because Dane had the opportunity to be here in the spring, and through our winter season and spring games, [and he] grew his relationship with some of the guys in the back four,” coach Brian Gill said. “But I think as the season goes on, I think Dane knows that this is not something where he should be feeling comfortable.”

Jacomen, a Pittsburgh native, began playing soccer when he was about 5 years old in a local recreation league.

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in the second half, taking the period’s first three shots. Nonetheless, the Quakers put together another consistent defensive display, forcing the Red Storm into a struggle to find space. Sophomore goalkeeper Dane Jacomen was also forced into action a few times, including an impressive save after a free kick sailed towards the bottom right corner of the goal.

However, Jacomen’s shutout streak ended after 260 minutes this season. With 10 minutes left to play, midfielder Brandon Duarte crossed the ball in the box to forward/midfielder Tani

didn’t have a keeper, and when no one volunteered to get in goal, Jacomen was given the role because he was the tallest.

“From that point on it’s kind of been my thing,” Jacomen said.

Jacomen spent three years playing at Taylor Allderdice High School, during which he played for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds Academy. During his senior year, Jacomen earned a spot at the D.C. United Academy. There, he had the chance to train with the first team and attended their 2018 preseason camp.

Gill met Jacomen at a soccer camp at Georgetown, where Gill used to work as an assistant coach.

The staff of Georgetown’s team had been interested in starting the recruiting process to get Jacomen to join the Hoyas, but after moving to Penn, Gill continued to consider Jacomen as a potential keeper to fill in for the impending loss of Forbes and Mabourakh.

“Dane was a player that, coming in and talking with the staff at the time, we just knew that he was somebody that would be interesting for us to explore,” Gill said.

“Because of the similarities in schools between Georgetown and Penn, and sort of the kind of student we knew Dane was, we knew he would potentially be a good fit for Penn on an academic level.

Then from a soccer standpoint, Dane is an ambitious player, those are the kinds of guys we were looking to bring in.”

Jacomen, like many other Penn athletes, chose to come to the school because of its academic prestige. He knew he would be able to play competitive soccer while also getting a quality education at Penn.

During his freshman season, Jacomen had the opportunity to sit back and learn from Penn’s senior keepers. He was able to learn the ropes at the new level of competition by following the lead of Forbes and Mabourakh.

“They were hard on me be-

cause they knew I was capable, but at the same time, still made me feel like part of the group,” Jacomen said.

“I think Etan and Scott, through their four years together, [were] an interesting dynamic,” Gill said.

“It’s not usual to have two goalkeepers in the same year because of how it can be from a competitive standpoint. Usually there’s a little bit more separation, but those two boys wound up coming to Penn at the same time.”

Forbes started all 16 matches in the 2018 season, bringing his total to 29 starts overall and finishing his career with 101 saves and 36

goals against. Though he didn’t play his senior year, Mabourakh played in 26 matches throughout his time at Penn and was able to notch 118 saves overall.

“I think Scott Forbes had a good season last year, which was also useful for Dane to sit back and, in some ways, kind of appreciate the fact that Scott was doing some things pretty well for us,” Gill said.

“Not that I would say that Dane would have to learn everything about goalkeeping from Scott, but certainly as an underclassman there are enough valuable learning points that you can take from an older player.”

Jacomen has managed to secure two shutouts so far this season, with three saves against Marist last Monday. His only conceded goal came against No. 19 St. John’s this past weekend. “[The first few games] have been good,” Jacomen said. “My teammates have really made it easy for me these first couple games.”

Jacomen knows, however, that it won’t always be so easy in goal.

“Coach [Dan] Scheck does a really good job of training the goalkeepers,” Jacomen said. “Crossing situations is what we’ve been focusing on. He kind of prepares

Oluwaseyi, who found the back of the net through the Red and Blue’s tight defense. Penn almost tied the game in the final minute, as sophomore forward Matt Leigh came face-to-face with the Red Storm’s goalie but was ultimately unable to hit the target.

Despite the loss, the Quakers continued to show strength on both sides of the ball, with 10 shots throughout the game and a well-organized defensive line. Once again, junior midfielder Joey Bhangdia, who has already scored twice this season, had great scoring opportunities — especially in the second half — but was not able to turn them into goals.

After a tough loss, the Red

and Blue head back home for the next three games. First, they will have a chance of redemption against Rutgers, but it won’t be an easy task.

The Scarlet Knights have had four triumphs so far, including three victories in away games, and they remain undefeated this season. Therefore, Penn will need to keep its defense as strong and attentive as ever: Rutgers has scored seven goals, and all of its game winners have come in the second half. Their success also relies on a talented freshman class, as newcomers Jørgen Wisth Lie and Jackson Temple have already scored twice each.

In spite of that, the Quakers

could take advantage of their opponent’s difficulty to contain attacks. In its season opener against Temple, Rutgers allowed the Owls to attempt 15 shots — more than twice as many as the Scarlet Knights. Moreover, Penn can count on Bhangdia’s positive momentum. The junior has had a near-perfect start to the season, currently sitting as the Quakers’ top-scorer and consistently forcing goalkeepers into action. If the Red and Blue manage to keep ball possession and successfully transition to offense, they can give the visitors a difficult time.

Penn will look to bounce back against the New Jersey squad on Tuesday at Rhodes Field.

Forward Matt Leigh nearly knocked in the equalizer for Penn men’s soccer, but his last-minute shot was saved by the St. John’s keeper.

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Sophomore goalkeeper Dane Jacomen has already posted two shutouts this season for Penn men’s soccer. Jacomen, who has allowed just one goal in three games, is replacing the former duo of Scott Forbes and Etan Mabourakh, who split time in goal for the Red and Blue over the last four years.

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Player of the Week: forward Emily Sands

W. SOCCER | The senior now has four goals this year JACKSON SATZ Associate Sports Editor

Following Penn women’s soccer’s 3-1-1 start to the 2019 season, forward Emily Sands caught fire en route to leading the Quakers to their first undefeated week of the season. The senior was the program’s leading scorer in 2018, and she has stayed right on track in the new year.

On Friday, Sands was the only player who found her way onto the scoreboard at Bucknell.

She played 56 minutes against the Bison, scoring both of the Red and Blue’s goals in the shutout victory.

After first finding the back of the net in the 24th minute, Sands struck again in the 51st with a 25-yard half volley that caught Bucknell freshman goalkeeper Kaylee Donnelly off of her line.

Sands was at it again two days later on Sunday afternoon when Penn returned home to take on Loyola (Md.) at Rhodes Field.

She contributed another goal and an assist in the Quakers’ fifth win of the year.

It didn’t take long for her to make her mark on the game. In the 14th minute, Sands saw her ambitious approach pay dividends when she went for goal from more than 30 yards out.

After rebounding off both the bar and Loyola goalkeeper Lily Andres, the ball found the back vawv of the net to extend the Penn lead to 2-0.

Less than four minutes later, Sands was again involved, assisting on a goal by senior mid-

fielder Kelsey Andrews. Senior midfielder Breukelen Woodard added a fourth goal for Penn in the 23rd minute, and the game would remain 4-0 in the Quakers’ favor until the final whistle.

Sands was able to do her damage in a mere 24 minutes of play.

The productive weekend gives Sands a total of four goals and three assists on the year — she had eight and two, respectively, in 2018 — and aside from the Red and Blue’s 5-1 seasonopening loss at No. 3 Stanford, she has been featured in the box score in each contest this year.

us to really see anything in games, so I feel confident that when I’m called on more I’ll be ready to do the job.”

As for how the team will fare going forward, Gill hopes that the two potential keepers will continue to push each other to be better.

“I think we feel we’ve got quality between both of them. Our hopes are that those two guys are going to compete with each other in a way that will keep driving both of their standards as high as they can possibly go.”

Penn will return home for a matchup with Big Ten side Rutgers this Tuesday.

board. On Penn’s next offensive possession, Jenkins scored again, this time on a three-yard rushing touchdown to knot the game at 14.

After allowing 14 unanswered points, Army was able to put together a scoring drive at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The Black Knights capped off a 13-play, 80-yard drive with a 5-yard pitch-andcatch between Sullivan and junior wideout Justin Charette for a touchdown. The Quakers were quick to respond, though, as Jenkins found senior wide receiver Billy Murphy on a 39yard pass to set himself up for his third rushing touchdown of the night, this time from one yard out.

“When Eddie [Jenkins] runs the ball, we essentially have another blocker,” Wagner said.

“Also, when Laquan [McKever] is starting to have a good game, the defense jumps him which clears the way for Eddie.”

With the game tied at 21, Army showed its championship mentality in the final stretch of the contest. The Black Knights drove down the field on their next possession and kicked a chip-shot field goal to take a 24-21 lead with 4:20 left in the game. In Penn’s opportunity to tie the game or take the lead, Jenkins was intercepted for the third time.

Penn’s defense got the ball right back for the offense, but a sack and three incompletions later, the Red and Blue turned the ball over on downs.

After yet another quick stop by the defense, the Quakers had 31 seconds to score.

On the first play of the drive, Jenkins found McCaffrey on a 30-yard completion to the Army 40-yard line. After a spike to stop the clock, the senior quarterback completed a pass to junior wide reciever Barry Klein for 12 yards. Two plays later with 13 seconds left, Jenkins was forced out of the pocket to scrabble and was unable to get out of bounds. With Penn having no timeouts left, the clock expired.

“I stepped into the pocket on the last play, saw a lot of open field in front of me, and my natural instincts kicked in to take off and start running. I thought maybe I could get down with enough time to spike the ball for one more play,” Jenkins said.

After this heartbreaking loss to Army, the Quakers may get a chance at redemption if both teams make it to the Collegiate Sprint Football League Championship in November at Franklin Field. Looking ahead at what’s next, Penn will have another big game, this time against Cornell — the only other Ivy League team in the CSFL — on Friday night in Ithaca, N.Y.

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first came off a miscue in the midfield by a Loyola player. With the ball at her feet way outside the box, Sands took a shot that clipped the upright and bounced off the keeper into the net. “[Senior midfielder] Kelsey [Andrews] played me the ball, and I just picked my head up, saw [the Loyola keeper] off the line, and I just thought I’d try it. It just came [to me],” Sands said.

Sands then turned provider for Penn’s third goal, passing to Andrews, whose long-range bouncing effort trickled past the keeper.

Having led the team last season with eight goals, Sands already has four just six games into this season.

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at my peak by the time Ivies come around, that’s definitely a personal goal.”

In the final match against St. Francis Brooklyn (4-5), the Red and Blue again dominated their way to a straight-set sweep. The first set ended with a score of 25-13, as Penn never let go of

opponents. They had a good chance to get in the win column with games against unranked competition in Monmouth and Villanova. However, at the end of the weekend, the Red and Blue stayed winless on the season with losses to the Hawks, 4-2, and the Wildcats, 3-2.

On Friday, the Quakers (0-4) broke their scoreless drought with their first goal of the season by sophomore midfielder Gracyn Banks in the second quarter. One minute later, sophomore forward Madison Jiranek followed up with a goal of her own. That was the last bright spot for Penn in the game, as the Hawks (4-2) would score four unanswered goals to win the contest.

The Quakers looked to turn the tables in their home opener against Villanova (3-1). However, the story was almost identical to the team’s loss against Monmouth.

Penn opened the scoring in the first period, with a goal from Jiranek giving the Quakers a quick lead.

The advantage was brief, however, as Villanova came back with a goal of its own to tie the game. The second period was quiet, and the game remained knotted at one at halftime.

Jiranek came back after halftime with a goal to give the Red and Blue a 2-1 lead. However, the defense faltered, allowing two goals that gave Villanova the lead for good.

In the two games, Penn allowed a total of 17 shots on goal. A point of emphasis for coach Colleen Fink was for the defense to apply more pressure and to step in to intercept passes.

In both games, Penn managed to score first, yet after giving up their leads, the Red and Blue were unable to come back from the deficit.

“We just need to have more aggression going forward and just

leave it all out there,” Jiranek said.

“We know what we have to do to get around them and score. We just have to keep pushing and keep that aggressive mentality going.”

For the Quakers, the problem is not only the defense giving up goals, but also the offense not generating enough goals to close out games. In their game against Monmouth, the Red and Blue matched the Hawks’ shots on goal with 16. On Sunday, the Quakers out-shot the Wildcats, 20-13, but they only managed to convert those shots into two goals in each game.

“I like the offense that we’re generating. We’re getting a lot of good looks, attack has been playing with a lot more tenacity,” Fink said. “But the quality of the shots and the ability to move the goalkeeper is where we need to improve.”

Despite Penn’s tough start to the

season, the group will try to leave these games behind and look toward the rest of the season.

“We’re all pretty frustrated and angry right now,” Jiranek said. “We have been talking a lot about forgetting about these first four games but

remembering all the bad things that went wrong and using it to fuel us.”

The schedule will continue to be challenging for the Red and Blue, as next Sunday they will travel across town to face yet another ranked opponent, No. 17 St. Joe’s.

“We have so much talent, and we’re just trying to figure out ways to make it work in practice,” she said. “We didn’t really have a lot of training days before our first trip, so just getting back into training and figuring out what relationships work [is helpful].”

In the 22nd minute on yet another free kick attempt, junior midfielder Breukelen Woodard saw her towering header saved, but she was there to tap in the rebound for another goal.

With her team holding a sizable lead, Van Dyke opted to rotate her squad and give some much-needed game time to the younger players on the team. A total of 24 players got in the action, and each played at least 25 minutes.

Even with a complete on-pitch

overhaul, however, Penn’s reserves did not skip a beat. Throughout the rest of the game, they continued to pressure the Greyhounds every time they had the ball in their backfield, limiting them to just two shots.

“We take pride in shutouts,” Van Dyke said. “That was the goal of the second group, and they did a good job. I think it was a valuable learning experience for everyone playing.”

Throughout the two wins, Van Dyke saw several improvements from her team.

“We realized we weren’t doing a good enough job on second balls,” she said. “We were winning a lot of the first [balls], but we need to make sure we’re a team that hunts down second balls. So we focused on making sure that we connected our

first pass in transition from defense to offense, and I thought we did better at that.”

Penn will have a doubleheader at home next weekend, taking on Hofstra and Temple. Those will be

the last nonconference games for the Quakers before Ivy League play kicks off.

the lead. The second set saw a lead trade toward the end of the set, which forced the teams over 25 points, but the Quakers ended up securing a 26-24 win after Jones’ set-winning kill.

The last set was just as tight but the hosts held on, 25-23, for the match and tournament win.

“We definitely wanted to prove that we’re a new team this year and we’ve been working re-

ally hard the past month, so it was a lot of fun to come out and showcase that in our hometown in front of our crowd,” Planek said.

With this weekend’s tournament behind them, the Quakers will look to build on their positive momentum when they head to the West Coast next weekend for the UC Riverside Invitational.

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halftime still down 14-0.

“We were down 14, and we decided we wanted to get back in the game. That’s why we went for it on fourth and 1 instead of kicking a field goal,” Wagner said.

Putting the first half behind them, the Quakers seemed like a different team in the second half. After a fumble recovery on an Army punt return, the Red and Blue took just three plays to score their first touchdown.

A 38-yard reception by sophomore wide receiver Brendan McCaffrey set up a Jenkins 14-yard rushing touchdown to put his team on the

What a heartbreaking finish.

After picking up their second win of the season at Rhodes Field last Sunday, Penn men’s soccer hit the road again to take on fellow undefeated side No. 19 St. John’s. For the first time this year, the Red and Blue couldn’t manage to come on top, losing by a score of 1-0.

The game started off slowly, with both teams trading possessions and working the ball in the midfield; however, neither was able to connect the ball into the attack. The first shot came after 15 minutes from St. John’s defender Jared Juleau, but it went wide of the right post.

From then on, the Red Storm (5-0) seemed to take control of the match, attempting four more shots before the Quakers (2-1) had their first try. Just over halfway through the first half, sophomore midfielder Ben Stitz had the best scoring chance for the visitors when he took a strike from outside the penalty box, but his shot hit the crossbar. The remaining 20 minutes were once again very even, resulting in a scoreless first half.

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A hard-fought game, but another tough result against the Black Knights.

In coach Bill Wagner’s last season opener ever, Penn sprint football was unable to complete its comeback as

time expired, suffering a 24-21 loss to Army at Franklin Field on Friday night.

It was a slow start to the game for the Quakers (0-1) as they struggled offensively in the first quarter. After a three-and-out to start the game, Penn’s offense was in a position to score after a 47-yard run by sophomore running back Laquan McKever.

But the drive ultimately ended in a turnover as senior quarterback Eddie Jenkins was intercepted at the Army 16-yard line.

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Make it two out of two on the weekend for Penn women’s soccer.

On Friday, the Quakers visited Bucknell and emerged with a solid 2-0 victory before returning home to Rhodes Field for a 4-0 win over Loyola (Md.).

Senior goalkeeper Kitty Qu made five saves in the first game en route to her third shutout of the season, but most eyes were on senior forward Emily Sands, whose two goals earned Penn (4-1-1) the win.

Her first score was a well-hit half-volley from 25 yards, while her second came after some intricate play in the midfield by the Quakers.

The Quakers’ game against the Bison

(2-6) was only their second road game of the season, the first being a 5-1 loss to Stanford. Coach Nicole Van Dyke believes her team has stepped up its defensive game since that loss.

“We grew a lot from that game, defending against some of the top players in the country,” she said. “We’ve become more comfortable holding people accountable and giving quick and specific directions.

Now we’re just continuing to make sure that defensively we’re good in all the thirds, not just at the back, but middle and up top, too.”

On Sunday, the Red and Blue returned to Rhodes Field to host Loyola (2-6). The defense more than held its ground, earning a fourth shutout on the season, but the Quakers also excelled on the other end of the field.

At the 12-minute mark, a Penn free kick was lofted into the box by freshman defender Peyton Raun, which was fumbled

by Loyola goalkeeper Lily Andres under pressure. Junior forward Paige Howard was first to react, opening the scoring with a simple tap-in.

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livan to senior running back Jake Gigliotti. On the very next offensive play, Jenkins was picked off again, leading to a 14-0 Army lead by the beginning of the second quarter.

“We have a lot of things to clean up, our pass game obviously. I wasn’t happy with my passing performance tonight,” Jenkins said.

The Quakers were able to pick things up in the second quarter. Midway through the first half, the Red and Blue drove the ball 70 yards in 19 plays, chewing up more than 11 minutes of clock while getting close to the end zone. However, Penn was unable to convert a fourth and 1 on Army’s five-yard line, heading to

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Penn volleyball freshman setter Taylor Fourticq totaled a team-high 69 assists in the two games she played this weekend.

Fourticq has wasted no time making an impact for the Red and Blue this season, as she already has 132 assists in 2019.

Two of the Red and Blue’s wins this weekend came in straight sets EMILY CONDON Sports Reporter

It’s been an impressive start to the season for Penn volleyball, and this weekend proved no exception.

The Quakers reigned victorious this weekend at the Palestra, as they welcomed Duquesne, Chicago State, and St. Francis Brooklyn for the two-day Valley Forge Sports Invitational, and swept the competition with a trio of wins.

“We were definitely excited about this weekend, our first games in the ‘Pal,’” sophomore middle hitter Margaret Planek said. “We were saying, ‘Protect the Pal,’ all weekend, so that was our motto coming in.”

The first of the three competitors to

challenge Penn (5-1) this weekend was Duquesne (4-6). The Dukes fell behind early and dropped each set, despite closing the gap with each successive set.

The first set ended in favor of the home side by a score of 25-18, including an 11-3 run from the Red and Blue that put them ahead. Despite a rocky start to the second set which saw Duquesne take a 7-4 lead, the Quakers once again stormed back to take it, 25-19. Up 2-0 in the match, this early success gave Penn a comfortable position heading into the third.

The tightest set of the match was the third. Neither team led by more than three points throughout the set, and the Quakers pulled out a win, 25-22. Junior outside hitter Parker Jones, who is also a Daily Pennsylvanian staffer, led the team in kills with 15 throughout the match, and freshman setter Taylor Fourticq closed the match with 36 assists.

“For us, all 18 people are on the court

in one way or another,” junior opposite hitter Caroline Leng said. “Whether I was on the bench or on the court, I think I saw the whole team bringing energy onto the court.”

The next match of the tournament pitted Penn against Chicago State (37). This contest ended after five sets, with the Quakers winning the first two and then losing steam to the Cougars in the third and fourth sets. In the fifth and final set, however, Penn stood firm and held on for a 15-12 win, claiming its second match triumph in as many contests.

Jones again finished the match with 15 kills, and Fourticq added 33 kills, three aces, and 13 digs.

“This is my first year starting, so I’m definitely gaining confidence in every game I’m playing,” Fourticq said. “So just building my confidence and being SEE VOLLEYBALL PAGE 9

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