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Say hello to Penn for Trump, the latest procandidate group to establish itself on campus.

Founded just two weeks ago by Wharton freshman Patrick Lobo, the group is still in the process of getting the word out via Facebook and drawing in membership. Though Donald Trump is an alumnus of Penn, his support group has been slow in the making, compared to other groups that already exist to support Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton,

This year, federal mandates to release more transparent campus crime statistics have kicked in.

For the first time, the Division of Public Safety, along with university administrations across the country, were required to break

down reports of sexual offenses into more specific categories such as rape, fondling and domestic violence. This is in accordance with the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, a series of amendments to the original Violence Against Women Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law in March 2013.

A part of the bill requires institutions of higher education to collect and publish more specific

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data on sexual offenses on and around campus starting July 1, 2015. This was in an effort to raise awareness for issues of violence against women. The act also aimed to help inform college students of the reality of violence against women at-large.

As soon as the bill was signed back in 2013, Penn beefed up its efforts on collecting and disseminating information on sexual assault on campus. By the 2014

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Senior defensive lineman Dan Connaughton, along with the rest of the Quakers, is ready for his first competitive action of the year against Lehigh.

When you think of Bethlehem, your first thought probably isn’t football.

Yet as Penn football travels to Bethlehem, Pa., on Saturday, it won’t need to fly and its trip won’t be one of any religious importance. Instead, the Quakers will be tasked with opening their season against Lehigh in the 58th meeting between the instate opponents.

“Everyone’s just itching to finally get their hands on someone with a different colored jersey,” senior captain and defensive lineman Dan Connaughton said. “We’re going up against the same guys every day.

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Annual Security & Fire Safety Report, DPS opted to comply with the new standards one year ahead of the deadline. This year’s report, released on Wednesday in an email to students, also includes the new statistics on sexual assault, but this year marks the first time they are being mandated by the federal government.

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Penn President Amy Gutmann has responded to the open letter from the Hamlett-Reed Mental Health Initiative that was addressed to her last week.

“I have indeed read it and taken it very seriously,” she said. “We’re always open to new ideas.”

Although members of the Initiative requested to meet with Gutmann herself, she explained

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“It’s going to be good to get out there against another team and see how we stand against a good, Patriot League opponent.”

For the first time in more than 20 years, former Penn head coach Al Bagnoli will not be pacing the sidelines. It’s Ray Priore’s program now, and the veteran coach has his team prepared to open up the season strong.

“I’m excited for all aspects of the game, how our kids are going to do under fire … and how they react,” Priore said.

“In all aspects of sports, there’s always adversity, something always doesn’t go well for you. How do you respond to that? We’re working as much on that part as anything else.”

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Penn Philosophy Department faces gender imbalance Women underrepresented in the department, major ISABEL KIM Deputy News Editor

Socrates, Plato, Decartes — nearly all famous philosophers are men, and the Penn Philosophy Department’s demographics also skew male.

Only four out of 14 members of the Philosophy Department are female.

This imbalance is not Pennspecific. It represents a larger gender gap in philosophy as a field.

“Whenever I hear about wellknown philosophers at other schools, they’re always male,” College sophomore JinAh Kim said.

Philosophy is somewhat notorious for being one of the most male dominated fields in the humanities. In fact, women receive a smaller percentage of

doctorates in philosophy than in other stereotypically male dominated fields, such as economics or math. Data in previous years has shown that philosophy is one of the fields that women get the lowest number of doctorates in, even lower than some of the hard sciences, according to the research journal, “Science.”

With that k nowledge in mind, it becomes unsurprising that Penn has a similar gender gap.

“Penn Philosophy has been pretty good at representing women on faculty compared with the field as a whole, though we’re a bit worse now than we were a few years ago,” Philosophy professor Karen Detlefsen said.

Students majoring or minoring in Philosophy are aware of the uneven gender ratio in the department. But the gender gap between students in the field is far less apparent, which may be

an effect of students outside the major or minor taking introductory level courses, or courses

cross-listed with other departments.

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Wharton freshman Patrick Lobo founded Penn for Trump two weeks ago.

other candidates,” Lobo said.

“Once people realize that the media is purposely denigrating Trump and take a closer look at

what he’s actually saying, and as he becomes a more realistic candidate as he advances along, they’ll switch over.”

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the Republican primary,” said Cassidy, adding that the College Republicans will throw its support for a candidate only once the primary is over.

Lobo acknowledges that the group has obstacles to overcome as it moves forward. For one, the real Penn for Trump group lacks campus presence and gets confused with the joke Penn for Trump group on Facebook. The joke group is currently leading in popularity with 74 likes.

Also, Penn for Trump will not receive SAC funding, as new groups need to apply months in advance to get funding for the school year. Lobo plans to reach out to local Trump support groups to get the necessary funding.

Perhaps the biggest challenge ahead is the potential backlash against the group, as Trump is a largely controversial candidate. For some students on campus, the establishment of

a pro-Trump group has been a surprise, and they openly express their dislike.

“The launching of a Penn for Trump group, to quote President Obama’s comments on another issue, ‘would be ridiculous if it wasn’t so sad,’” said College senior Sean Foley, president of Penn Democrats.

“Donald Trump is a corrosive force in American politics, a ‘know-nothing’ of the 21st century who denigrates immigrants, veterans, women and countless others. And his success speaks volumes about the extremism that controls the Republican Party.”

Lobo says, however, that he will not be phased by any negative reactions.

“Other groups don’t have a right to be getting upset,” Lobo said. “People are free to have their own political views, and despite everything, Trump has established himself as a possible front-runner.”

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Just as most classical philosophers were male, the Penn philosophy department is also male-dominated, with only four out of 14 members being female.

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“I like how Trump is straight up and says what he means without using the Washington filter,” Lobo said. “There’s a lot of negativity around him because people are looking for a reason to be offended.

They’re scared of him because he is leading in many polls and has a bigger following than expected.”

Lobo expects the group to grow, pointing out that the Facebook page already has around 30 likes and that a few people have reached out to him to join the executive board.

“Yes, Penn is a largely liberal campus, but we can definitely pull from the remaining conservatives who aren’t supporting

Cushing said his philosophy class last semester was “fairly balanced.”

Kim said she initially didn’t notice the gender disparity in her classes, but on second thought said they were mostly “male-dominated.”

Those hoping to pursue philosophy in the future might be discouraged by the imbalance.

“It doesn’t bother me as much just as a student, but in the context of possibly going into academia after college, it’s a little intimidating,” Kim said.

However, the department is looking to change things for women looking to go into academia in philosophy. The gender ratio among graduate students is “pretty close to even on the male/female ratio,” according to Detlefsen.

“I don’t know how much of this careful, thoughtful discussion goes on in other philosophy departments,” Detlefsen said.

“It is something I have noticed and appreciated about Penn’s Philosophy Department.”

College senior and College Republicans President Will Cassidy takes a more moderate stance on Trump. “Whether or not you support a particular candidate, it’s encouraging that there’s so much excitement for

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Filmmaker helps kick off the year of sex Desiree Akhavan spoke at Penn Humanities Forum

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Award-winning filmmaker and actress Desiree Akhavan participated in a question-and-answer session on Wednesday night.

encourage students to think more freely and creatively about sex as a field of research; whatever their majors, backgrounds, interests, to come away from our events thinking there are ways to approach the themes of sex as a scholar or artist or both, as exciting, and that I’ve never considered before.”

College sophomore Elena Varela said that the event “plays into the fact of the containers of what is sex and what fills those containers of gender; what we think these specific behaviors are.”

Akhavan said that bisexuality is a taboo in society today, which is exactly why she chooses to display it in her work.

“Things that make me uncomfortable I really want to ask myself, why? Why is it taboo that I am not a lesbian? And that I’m not a heterosexual person?”

With 14 more events to come this year, each bringing a new perspective, the conversation around sex is far from over. This year’s topic aims to “highlight the strength of our own commitments to sexual variety and difference,” English said.

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According to English professor Heather Love, it’s “Penn’s year of sex.”

Love introduced the awardwinning filmmaker and actress Desiree Akhavan, to the stage Wednesday night. Akhavan spoke for the kickoff event for the Penn Humanities Forum, which introduces a series of events across interdisciplinary focuses to educate the community each year on one very broad topic — and this year, it’s sex.

Akhavan participated in a question-and-answer session about how her work questions what is sexually appropriate.

Her film, ironically titled “Appropriate Behavior,” centers around the life of Shirin, an Iranian-American bisexual woman living in Brooklyn.

“I think it is a way to start off the year by disrupting some people’s expectations about what that is or what that means,” Love said, who also serves as the topic director for this year’s forum.

“What I learned about what it was to be an American, what it was to be a woman and what it was to have sex, I picked up from various films and television,” Akhavan said. She said what she learned was lies. When portraying the lives of people in a film, “Why would we not show them having sex? Why would that not be part of that dialogue?” she added.

Akhavan said that in her own sex scenes, “his [the cinematographer’s] camera tells the story much more than my dialogue ever could.”

The educational goal, according to the director of the forum professor James English, is “to

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The walk to 30th Street Station is about to get much more delicious.

Herban Quality Eats, a popular Philadelphia food delivery service founded by two Wharton 2013 MBA graduates, plans to open its first brick-and-mortar location this December at 36th and Market streets.

Herban has focused exclusively on delivery and catering since opening last year, preparing their food in a kitchen at 48th and Spruce streets. But founders Amir Fardshisheh and Kalefe Wright say they are ready and eager to open a sitdown space after working on their menu over the last several months and getting helpful feedback from the Penn population.

Unlike other fast-casual restaurants, Herban will serve “hearty, gourmet, homestyle type meals” loaded with nutrient-rich, natural ingredients.

Many ingredients are organic or locally sourced from Lancaster County. The main menu item will be “build-your-own” platters, which will be prepared assembly-line style; customers will be able to choose a base, a protein, two sides and a sauce.

Ingredients include red rice, kale, chicken, salmon, quinoa and sweet potato mash, among many others. The restaurant will also sell sandwiches, salads, snacks and beverages.

Platters will be between $8 and $12, and sandwiches will be around $7. Herban’s menu will also include vegetarian and gluten-free options.

The founders hope to evoke

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An Herban plate featuring vegan Jawn, made of white beans, lentils, sweet potato and quinoa.

a “hip, trendy vibe,” in their restaurant, Fardshisheh said, through minimalist and industrialist decor with a touch of “artistic flair.” They plan to have a graffiti-style mural on the wall and Banksy-inspired artwork. The pair hasn’t yet decided on the Herban playlist, though; they are trying to figure out if Ellie Goulding is too up-tempo and if they should stay “more on the Drake side,” Wright said.

Fardshisheh and Wright met as Wharton students and share a passion for food and nutrition. Even before starting business school, Wright knew he wanted to start a business related to health and wellness.

Fardshisheh identifies himself as someone who “likes being fit but didn’t have anywhere to eat except salad [restaurants].”

Given their shared interests and the gap they saw in the restaurant market, the two decided to launch Herban and “create a brand that can really

be authentic about its values … and try to do it at an affordable price and [with] food that’s delicious,” Fardshisheh said.

The duo are also starting up a series of nutrition education workshops which will hopefully take place weekly at their University City location.

Fardshisheh describes it as a “genius bar in an Apple store but instead of getting your laptop figured out, you’re getting your body figured out.”

Topics would include how the body processes food, the upsides of eating fat and the perils of high-fructose corn syrup.

Herban’s founders hope to give Penn students and the general Philadelphia community access to a new type of fast-casual restaurant that emphasizes nutrient-rich yet accessible food.

“Our product is so simple … it is what people will eat and say, ‘Why didn’t someone do this sooner?’’ Fardshisheh said.

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Dear Penn admins: Take the mental health letter seriously

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ast February, after a publicized string of suicides on campus, the Penn administration finally took public notice of the terrible state of mental health on campus, and President Amy Gutmann created a mental health task force to examine the psychological well-being of students.

It’s been half a year now since the task force report, and while Penn has made progress towards improving mental health, there’s more work to be done. Students are stressed and overwhelmed; some don’t know what resources are available to them at Penn. Mental health is still stigmatized on campus.

The parents of two Penn students who committed suicide and several student leaders, including The Daily Pennsylvanian President Matt Mantica, recently signed a letter to Gutmann

that made clear to the administration where improvements to mental health can be made. The suggestions in the letter — now a petition on Change.org — are simple, easy-to-implement ways to provide additional resources to students that the University should strongly consider.

One suggestion we strongly support is assigning designated mental health counselors to each student on Penn

thinking about their mental health before they even get to campus as freshmen.

While some might argue that assigning students designated CAPS counselors might overwhelm CAPS’ resources, if students feel like they would like to speak to CAPS, who is anyone to tell them no? And if a huge number of students take advantage of having a designated CAPS counselor, then clearly

letter or, preferably, in person. New Student Orientation is a time when CAPS can make an especially strong impact on Penn freshmen. NSO campus tours should include a stop by CAPS, as well as short information about the numerous services.

Penn should also host a mandatory mental-wellness presentation for incoming freshmen about mental health issues and how to manage

Based on the past few years, it seems as if it’s more likely for a Penn student to die by suicide than to be shot while on campus.”

InTouch. Students should care about their mental wellbeing and actively try to improve or manage it every day.

Assigning students Counseling and Psychological Services counselors on Penn InTouch will at least get them

Penn has a larger mental health problem than we think.

In keeping with the theme of making CAPS more visible on campus, we agree that CAPS should have an active presence reaching out to students — whether via a news-

their mental well-being. Most students remember the NSO safety presentation video of a student talking about when she was shot on campus, across the street from the President’s house. Based on the past few years, it seems as

if it’s more likely for a Penn student to die by suicide than to be shot while on campus.

That’s to say, mental health is the most pressing issue at Penn, so there’s no reason why students and the administration can’t partner to create an equally powerful and memorable in-person presentation about mental health.

We don’t fault the administration for not thinking of these solutions. The mental health task force report — arguably the culmination of the administration’s thought about mental health — had several good suggestions to improve mental health on campus, although the overall report was underwhelming.

Since the report’s publication, Penn has created a central HELP Line for mental health-related emergencies, it has started the process of centralizing mental health resources online and it has created the mandatory “Thrive

at Penn” wellness video for students. But other valuable suggestions, such as training leaders of student groups to look out for signs of mental health issues among their members, have not gained much traction.

Mental health is now clearly on administrators’ minds, and we hope it is one of their top priorities. But now that these ideas are out there, it’s up to the administration to implement them because they are simple ways to help improve mental health on campus.

The University said that it will be meeting with the letter’s student signatories in the coming days. We hope that when they do, it will be to start a serious discussion about the recommendations in the letter, rather than to appease a group of students it only sees as a problem.

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CITIZEN CAPOZZI | While Donald Trump is a joke to most Penn students, he’s offensive to some and dangerous to all

onald Trump makes people laugh.

Whether because of his ridiculous hair, absurd comments or extensive trolling of other Republican candidates, the Penn alumnus has been a running joke since he announced his presidential campaign.

Across campus, most students are not taking him seriously. “A lot of students are talking about him in a tongue-in-cheek manner, making jokes. I haven’t heard anyone talk about him in a serious manner,” College junior Will Shirey noted. College sophomore Hunter Pearl put it bluntly: “He’s a joke, a somewhat funny joke.”

One student, Engineering sophomore Michael Ramdatt, decided supporting Trump was so preposterous that he set up a Facebook page, Penn For Trump, as a joke. “A lot of people are supporting him as a joke,” Ramdatt said, “and a lot of people are supporting him seriously. People who know me know [the page] is not serious; they know I’m a Democrat.

They can see the humor in it, they can see the satire.”

Others appreciate Trump’s presence in the race because they think he’ll hurt the Republican Party’s chances in the 2016 election. One anonymous Penn Political Science professor said he’s “looking forward to when Trump runs as an independent

criminals and rapists. College senior Yessenia Moreno, who wrote an article for The Daily Pennsylvanian on Trump in July, is angered by Trump’s message.

“His immigration rhetoric is xenophobic and racist in nature.

He generalized an entire community. Of course it was offensive,” she said. “Being from a

But Donald Trump is more than a joke, bigot or scourge to the Republican Party’s electory chances.” and destroys [the Republican Party’s] chances next year.” College senior Klaudia Amenabar agreed, saying, “A Republican should be terrified about what he’s doing to their party. The Republican debate isn’t about the candidates anymore, but about the crazy stuff that comes out of [Trump’s] mouth.”

For Penn’s Latino community, Donald Trump stopped being funny when he started labeling undocumented immigrants as

Mexican origin, it’s obviously hurtful because he’s talking about my family and me. He’s also feeding into stereotypes that the Latino community often has to fend off.”

While Trump has insisted that he’s only denouncing “illegal immigration,” there’s a reason that so many anti-immigrant voters are backing him. Many Americans are frightened by Latino immigration and its effects.

A 2014 Ipsos/Reuters poll found

that 63 percent of Americans think immigrants burden the economy while only 17 percent favor more legal immigration to the United States. Trump is taking advantage of this anxiety, making life harder for America’s Latino population. “Most Latino people don’t know whether to laugh or cry,” College sophomore Ricardo Martinez said.

“It’s a living nightmare.”

But Donald Trump is more than a joke, bigot or scourge to the Republican Party’s electoral chances. He’s a dangerous candidate, and Penn students should be worried about his growing chances of occupying the White House.

“The Donald” has a clear lead over his Republican primary rivals in the polls. Trump currently leads the second ranking candidate, neurosurgeon Ben Carson, by over 10 points in the Real Clear Politics polling average.

Yet, many media pundits are confident Donald Trump will not win the Republican nomination.

But why this confidence? Donald Trump is self-funding his

campaign, so he won’t be forced to drop out for financial reasons like Rick Perry. Furthermore, as The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson points out, “a stunning 64 percent of self-described conservative Republicans want someone from outside the existing political establishment.”

Undoubtedly, Trump meets that demand.

Some more liberal-leaning readers may be unconcerned about Trump winning the GOP nomination. After all, Hillary Clinton would surely crush Trump in the general election.

But would she? According to the Real Clear Politics polling average, Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by just under three points. Furthermore, the polling has recently trended in Trump’s favor. The most recent CNN/ORC poll shows Clinton and Trump in a dead heat, while the most recent SurveyUSA poll shows Trump with a five-point lead. Worried now?

You should be. Many of Penn’s Latino students certainly are, including Martinez.

“If Trump became president, it

LOUIS CAPOZZI would be a nightmare for most Latinos. Nobody knows what he would do,” he said. “Donald Trump should be considered a serious candidate. Students should take heed of what he says.”

Penn hasn’t had a presidential alumnus since William Henry Harrison. If Donald Trump changes that, we won’t be laughing then. We shouldn’t be laughing now.

LOUIS CAPOZZI is a College senior from Mechanicsburg, Pa., studying classics and history. His email address is capozzil@sas.upenn.edu.

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New committee overseeing mental health efforts Administrators, students collaborate on initiatives

COREY STERN Senior Reporter

For the first time since a string of suicides sparked a conversation about mental health on campus, the Penn administration is putting words into action.

A new committee of administrators, professors and students has been formed to oversee changes in Penn’s mental health programs and initiatives. Unlike the task force created in the immediate aftermath of the suicides which merely provided non-binding recommendations, The Jed and Clinton Campus Program advisory team has the power to change and improve mental wellness efforts.

The advisory team was formed as part of Penn’s participation in The Jed and Clinton Foundation Health Matters Campus Program — a joint initiative between The Jed and Clinton Foundations that aims to promote mental wellness on college campuses, while also combatting substance abuse and suicide.

Universities taking part in The Campus Program are required to establish an advisory team, but Penn is taking it a step further by creating a multidisciplinary committee to oversee all new mental health initiatives on campus.

“We are very excited about this opportunity,” said Vice Provost for University Life Valarie SwainCade McCoullum, an executive co-sponsor of the team.“Being able to rapidly implement changes in the services we offer makes for optimal support of student mental wellness initiatives.”

Assembling the advisors The advisory team represents many corners of the Penn community. It is chaired by Counseling and Psychological Services Director Bill Alexander, and includes administrators such as Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush, Student Health Service Executive Director Giang Nguyen and University Chaplain Chaz Howard.

Leaders from the Graduate Student Center, the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives and the Weingarten Learning Resource Center also

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that administrators and staff who are experienced in handling issues of student mental health would be better suited to meet with students.

The letter urged Gutmann and the University to take decisive action in protecting student mental wellness, outlining six specific proposals along with deadlines for completion. Signatories of the letter included Katherine Hamlett and Linda Douglas, whose sons Timothy Hamlett and Theodric Reed, respectively, are among seven Penn students who died by suicide in the past two years. Student leaders from mental health advocacy groups, Greek organizations, student government and minority councils also signed the letter,

serve on the committee alongside professors and students.

“I wouldn’t have it any other way. We need students on this committee to guide our work,” Alexander said of the inclusion of students on the advisory team.

“But also, The Jed and Clinton Campus Program feels strongly that it should be a cross-representation of the entire University community.”

Students were asked to join the advisory team based on a displayed interest in the issue. One student was selected from the Undergraduate Assembly, while Active Minds and the CAPS Advisory Board supplied two students each.

The makeup of the team is quite different from that of the Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare, a group of 10 professors and administrators. At the time the task force was working, some were disappointed that students were not represented, though students

were involved in working groups with the task force.

“They were really eager to listen to what I had to say,” College senior and advisory team member Devanshi Mehta said of the administrators on the team. Mehta, who is also the president of Active Minds at Penn, added that she felt the administrators encouraged the students on the committee to voice their input.

But to College senior and UA President Jane Meyer, another

student on the team, administrators at Penn have always been eager to listen to students when it comes to mental health.

“There’s always been a willingness on behalf of the administration to work with students, but sometimes students just didn’t know how to get involved and get connected to the administrators or different working groups where they feel they could voice their opinions and make a difference,” Meyer explained. “I think the administration is working on making these efforts more visible so that students can take advantage of these opportunities to discuss these issues.”

Because the Jed and Clinton Foundations want campus advisory teams to have both power and resources at their disposal, they request that those who have the authority to implement mental health initiatives run the committees. At Penn, Swain-Cade McCoullum and Vice Provost for Education Beth Winkelstein are the executive co-sponsors who oversee the team.

“I really think it’s critical to be able to rapidly implement innovations in services and support to our students,” Swain-Cade McCoullum said. “The fact that those of us on the committee include people who have administrative oversight of offices and programs that support mental wellness is a real advantage over many other universities.”

The Vice Provost added that she is hopeful that the advisory team will have an “immediate impact” on campus.

Top of the agenda In their first meeting last week, Penn’s new Jed and Clinton Campus Program advisory team put communication challenges, such as the reluctance of students to seek help, among its highest priorities.

The advisory team has a significant amount of work ahead — both the requirements set forth

by The Campus Program and the responsibilities delegated by Penn.

“Part of the deal will be how to take the huge amount of work laid out by The [Campus] Program and divy it up and kind of monitor it over the course of the next several years,” Alexander said.

But Alexander said he believes the emphasis has been and will continue to be the causes of mental

along with Daily Pennsylvanian President Matt Mantica.

In an email sent Wednesday morning to the Hamlett-Reed Mental Health Initiative, Provost Vincent Price acknowledged that the administration has received the letter and is open to discussing the issue.

“President Gutmann and I share your deep concern about the well-being of our students — and of all the members of the Penn community,” the email read. “We welcome the further conversations that you have initiated.”

“It’s appropriate for the experts at Penn who are responsible for making sure that we do everything that we should be doing ... to take these suggestions that are in the letter and seriously consider them and determine what needs to be done,” she said.

Later t hat We d nesd ay morning, Vice Provost for University Life Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum emailed the Hamlett-Reed Mental Health Initiative and its student signatories, inviting them to a meeting on Friday to discuss the issues presented in the letter. In the email, McCoullum mentioned that staff from Counseling and Psychological Services will be in attendance.

That afternoon, members of the Initiative responded to McCoullum’s invitation, asking the administration to share its proposed ideas for improving student mental health in advance of Friday’s meeting.

Members of the Initiative later confirmed with The Daily Pennsylvanian that they will not attend Friday’s meeting unless the administration responds to their request.

My fear, after we were on the edge of the series of tragedies, was that the conversation wouldn’t last.

I’m pleased that we are still talking about it.”

-Bill Alexander Director of Counseling and Psychological Services

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Students marched down campus last week to show support for Penn suicide victims. The new mental health advisory team was created to oversee Penn’s mental health efforts.

illness rather than on the quality of the mental health services available on campus.

“Penn wasn’t really lacking in any services to provide, or to treat, or to intervene after a tragedy on campus,” he said. “But the question, I think rightly so from the beginning, was, ‘What are the underlying reasons or cultural realities that support or that create, not only an individual self-harm, but a cluster of suicides?’”

Alexander agrees with the task force’s recommendation that the focus must be on creating a culture at Penn that emphasizes mental wellness. He said that this begins with a campus wide conversation — something that was jumpstarted by the recent student suicides.

“How long can we keep it going?” he asked. “My fear, after we were on the edge of the series of tragedies, was that the conversation wouldn’t last. I’m pleased that we are still

talking about it.”

All advisory team members interviewed for this article emphasized a need to improve mental health communication across Penn’s schools. The decentralized structure of the University is something the Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare touched on in their final report. "[W]e found that Penn has particular challenges that derive from the University’s size and decentralization,” the February report said. “Support programs are spread across the University’s 12 schools and its administrative divisions, which makes systematic coordination of these resources difficult.”

The centralization of resources is already taking place as the University develops a mental wellness app. Expected later this year, the app will be a one-stop-shop for Penn community members seeking information on mental wellness.

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several hours before Convocation last month, Gutmann provided The DP with a preview of what she planned on telling the Class of 2019 about “changing the culture” at Penn.

“None of us achieve what we do by ourselves, and none of us achieve a lot without pitfalls, hitting landmines, having setbacks,” she said.

“It’s really important [that students know this], especially in the day and age where so many young people have been rewarded for success continually and not told often enough that nobody just goes from success to success.”

While Penn continues to try to get this message across and promote mental wellness on campus, Gutmann said at the time that she and her colleagues will never stop looking for ways to improve.

“You will never hear us say ‘mission accomplished,’” Gutmann said. “This is an ongoing effort to continue to educate the community and aid people.”

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There was a decrease in instances of fondling, from 12 in 2013 down to seven in 2014. Instances of stalking increased from zero in 2013 to 13 in 2014. This dramatic increase could be explained by the effect of transitioning to the new system of reporting mandated by VAWA and its renewal. In 2014, there was one instance of domestic violence, and one of dating violence. This was a significant decrease from 2013, in which there were seven instances of domestic violence and four of dating violence.

Also of note in this report is the substantial increase in both drug and alcohol related disciplinary referrals. These are non punitive

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measures taken when school administrators, employees or anyone else at Penn reports a student whom they suspect is having problems with drugs and/or alcohol. The overall total went from 217 in 2013 to 888 in 2014.

Mitchell Yanak, director of PennComm and Emergency Communications for DPS, says this increase can be explained by the ironing out of the new reporting standards, and not any sort of crackdown by the DPS itself. Since 2012, there have been no disciplinary referrals for weapons possessions, according to the reports.

Yanak also explained that the University made the decision to begin early adoption of the new procedures as both a sign of good faith in VAWA’s intentions as well as to make sure they had as many kinks ironed out as possible when it became federally mandated this year.

Penn has long been on the cutting edge of campus safety. “We are very proud to have received the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award in 2003, and we have continued our collaborative efforts with the Clery Center,” Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said.

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to Penn,” Wagner said of freshman running backs Max Jones and Jake Klaus.

Wagner plans to use the duo as his primary weapon in the Quakers’ running game this season, and will supplement them with junior Rob Diorio, who plays both running back and safety for Penn.

Despite their inexperience at the collegiate level, Wagner believes that Jones and Klaus are ready to make an impact immediately.

“They can really play,” he said.

“Both of them have outstanding speed, and we needed to find two running backs to replace Beamish. I think these kids will be able to do that.”

But the rookies certainly have their work cut out for them in replacing a Penn sprint football legend.

“I’m not really focused on that,” said Klaus of the pressure to fill Beamish’s shoes. “I’m just trying to come to practice and do everything I can to get better every day.”

“I think if it were just me or just Jake, it would be tougher,” Jones added. “But there’s less pressure since we’re doing this together.”

Beamish’s graduation also created a vacancy on special teams, as the Clarks Summit, Pa., native was also named second team All-CSFL three of his four years as Penn’s punter. Following

Beamish’s departure, Wagner plans to have senior linebacker Derek Shnider and junior quarterback Mike McCurdy — whom Wagner calls a “hidden gem of multi-talents” — share punting duties.

“McCurdy can really punt the ball,” Wagner said.

The lack of Beamish’s presence, however, has been perhaps felt most in the locker room.

The running back served as the Quakers’ captain during his junior and senior seasons, providing steady leadership both on and off the field.

However, Wagner believes this is a void that the team will manage to fill as well this fall.

“I think we have strong leadership on this team,” he noted.

Such leadership has come primarily from the squad’s captains — McCurdy, Diorio, junior defensive lineman Pat Boyle, senior linebacker Stu Hegelson and senior wide receiver Brendan Dale. This quintet already has plenty of experience guiding the Red and Blue, as it was the captains’ responsibility to direct the team’s practices during the spring offseason.

“They could run the practice right now,” Wagner said.

“They’re that good.”

So while they may still be in the process of transitioning out of the Mike Beamish era, the Quakers appears well-equipped to fill all aspects of the void he created.

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A centerpiece of the team’s receiving core, senior Brendan Dale will look to continue his success in his final season in the Red and Blue. The tight end has been named first team All-CSFL once and Aecond-team All-CSFL twice thus far in his career with the Quakers.

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ALEXIS ZIEBELMAN unfamiliar foe, the squad was “I think our defense is really Senior Sports Reporter only brought into the league in solid now,” Dale said. “We have 2012, a recent addition com- no holes on defense for the first SATURDAY pared to Penn’s 1934 entry. time in a long time, and our of“They’re a pretty good team fensive skills are as good as Franklin Pierce that we’ve had close games with they’ve been. Our receivers (0-0) the past three years,” senior looked really good all preseason, 12 p.m.

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And they are looking to take advantage.

“We are going to see what we can do to put the ball in the air,” Dale said. “We are confident in [Mike] McCurdy, our quarterback, so we are going to give him a lot more freedom to open up the game a little bit more rather than handing off up the middle all the time, so give him freedom to make calls at the line and try to read defenses.”

The team’s opening matchup against Franklin Pierce will be the first test of the Quakers’ new strategy, and only time will tell how it will translate to the field.

Regardless, though, fans can expect a competitive game and an excited Red and Blue team.

“They don’t quit, they play all four quarters, play hard,” Wagner said. “We’d like to send them back to New Hampshire with a long bus ride.”

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Out with the old, in with the ... wait, not this week.

Penn sprint football played its annual Alumni Game last Saturday, as the Quakers’ current squad took on a group of recent program graduates. The active squad beat their elders, 44-7, behind five total touchdowns from junior quarterback Mike McCurdy. “[The game] really gives you a chance to play as a team,� coach Bill Wagner said. “It helps you get organized on all your sideline stuff, find out your depth at positions.�

The Alumni scored the first touchdown of the day, going up 7-0 on their first drive via a 44yard touchdown pass. However, the current squad responded by putting up 44 unanswered points, cruising to an easy victory and winning the associated bragging rights.

McCurdy, who will be Penn’s starting quarterback for the third straight season, was the team’s clear offensive star of the day. He threw four touchdowns through

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Despite valiant efforts by 2015 graduate and former star Mike Beamish, the current students bested their elders on Saturday 44-7.

the air to four different receivers and scampered for a 30-yard rushing score as well.

Freshman running back Jake Klaus ran for 118 yards and a touchdown as the team’s primary

option out of the backfield. Klaus will be essential to replacing the hole in the rushing game left by graduate Mike Beamish, who played in the game on Saturday for the Alumni side.

Senior Jack Epstein was the team’s leading receiver, racking up 56 yards and a touchdown through the air. Classmate Henry Mason added 47 yards and a score of his own.

Senior linebacker and team leader Derek Shnider was quick to emphasize the importance of the game. “For the program, [the game] is pretty important, since you have all the alumni coming back, and they want to play well, and obviously all the guys wanna play the

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“Most of the team is freshmen, so that’s going to be difficult. ...

I think it will take a few years.

Once they’re able to recruit a few classes, they’ll be able to step up and definitely be a better team. I think they will be competitive in the league soon.�

As the fourth addition to the CSFL since the 2008 season when Mansfield joined as a probationary member, Chestnut Hill faces an uphill path to being a competitive team. The three other recent additions have taken varying amounts of time to record winning seasons.

Mansfield is still searching for its first positive campaign seven years after its birth, Post earned status as a winning program for its three most recent years after enduring two losing seasons and Franklin Pierce finished with a winning record in just its second season.

Senior defensive back Stu Helgeson believes Chestnut Hill’s success will be largely determined by its ability to recruit in both quantity and quality, which in turn will depend on the awareness of sprint football as a sport on campus and assistance from the admissions office in admitting players. Still, the growth in the CSFL is encouraging for the sport, he says. “I definitely think that it shows the league can expand and it’s something a school can adopt,� Helgeson added. “It shows that people are still interested in sprint and that there’s still a market for it.�

Boyle thinks if the awareness for the sport were to increase, Chestnut Hill and other schools could fill rosters much more easily. “If more people knew about it, more people would play it,� he said. “You get opportunities

guys who just graduated and kick their ass.�

The return of the alumni, however, was not all about the game itself. The weekend featured several important events off the field, including the dedication of the coaches’ locker room inside the Hollenback Center and the annual postgame barbecue.

The players also had an opportunity Friday night to attend the Athlete and Alumni Mentoring Panel, which exposed current players to post-graduation career opportunities. “They bring in a lot of guys from consulting, finance, doctors, some guy who works with people in space,� Shnider said. “Pretty much anything you wanna do, they can help you out. I know one kid who got an internship from it last year.�

Despite McCurdy’s nearly immaculate offensive game, Shnider cited Sam Smallzman as the player that stood out the most. The freshman linebacker led the team with six tackles and a sack.

The game also featured another important addition to the Quakers’ squad: spiffy new, red-and-blue, form-fitting, sleek uniforms. “Aw man, they’re awesome,� said Shnider of the team’s new regalia.

The alumni game represented the most important preseason tuneup for the Quakers, who will kick of their 2015 season for real on Saturday when they host Franklin Pierce. The game will be the first of any sort played at newly renovated Franklin Field, which underwent extensive change over the summer.

And the Red and Blue surely hope that their dominant performance in the Alumni Game will be a sign of things to come.

to lead an offense that lost a few of its top receiving options to graduation, but likely won’t have to deal with the same injury issues that derailed the running game in 2014. New offensive coordinator John Reagan has emphasized the team’s need for “grit� and “toughness� on offense, but it’s hard to say exactly how that translates into the spread system.

On defense, the team will be led by returning starters like Connaughton and senior linebacker Tyler Drake and will focus on creating turnovers and preventing big plays under new coordinator Bob Benson.

In Lehigh (1-1), Penn’s defense has itself an early season challenge. The Mountain Hawks boast one of the most potent dual-threat quarterbacks the Quakers will face this season in junior Nick Shafnisky. Shafnisky performed well last year

as a starter, finishing the year with 2,373 yards through the air along with 526 on the ground, passing and running for 20 total touchdowns.

Dual-th reat qua r terbacks always pose an defensive challenge, as they can attack a defense with their feet on designed plays and with their arms by extending plays when the pocket breaks down. Penn’s strategy, according to Connaughton, is less “sack-ish� and more containment oriented. “He’s our focus on defense,� he added. “We need to stop their run game first of all, stop them on first and second down, get them in third downs. “When we get them there, we need to contain him with the pass-rush. He’s going to take one read then tuck it and try to run so we need to be ready to handle that.�

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faced off, Priore and Lehigh coach Andy Coen stood on the same sideline in 2003. Penn was playing the second game of what would be the third and final undefeated season (10-0) of Al Bagnoli’s tenure. Priore was Penn’s defensive coordinator, while Coen headed up the offense. “I jokingly said to Andy in the spring that he’s going to spot me 7 points. ‌ I’m only joking, but we remain very good friends,â€?

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It’ll be fun, especially when you go across and Andy’s there, it’ll bring back some great memories.�

Friendly faces aside, Saturday marks the official beginning of Priore’s tenure. The preseason is over, it’s time to play ball.

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Penn coach Bill Wagner doesn’t see much more, if any, expansion happening soon given that nine teams are in the conference already but says a team could replace Princeton if the program were to fold. The Tigers have not won a game since the turn of the century and have struggled at times to maintain enough players on the roster. In recent years, Princeton has even forfeited multiple games per season due to a depleted roster.

Wagner added that a new team would likely have to be similar in admissions and academic caliber to the Ivy representation. “I think the league is not going to go much more than what we have,� he said. “If we did, we would have to go to two divisions, because we really don’t want to play more than eight games, because we don’t have enough players.�

Army and Navy have been at the top of the CSFL standings for years, and adding more games to the schedule would only increase their advantage.

While most other teams carry 40-50 players, the service academies cut from 100 players each year to reach the mandated 65player limit.

However, Wagner eyes a possible reform on the other end of the spectrum, adding a bye week in the middle of the season. Currently, Penn is scheduled to play in seven consecutive weeks, beginning this Saturday and concluding Oct. 30. Potentially, he says, the team could position a hypothetical bye week to allow players extra time to study for midterms.

Regardless, it doesn’t appear that sprint football is going away any time soon.

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SPORTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

SPRINT FOOTBALL ISSUE One final goodbye to a Penn legend

THE STATE OF

SPRINT

Replacing half back Mike Beamish STEVEN JACOBSON Sports Reporter

While Mike Beamish may have graced the gridiron at Franklin Field last Saturday, Penn sprint football will have to adjust to life without its former star and captain this season.

Beamish participated for the fifth time in the program’s annual Alumni Game last weekend, but not as a member of the Quakers’ current team.

Instead, he played for his first time as an alumnus himself.

The former running back and punter, who graduated from Penn last May, has left a giant hole in the Red and Blue’s offense, on special teams and in the locker room.

Beamish finished third alltime in Penn history in rushing yards, accumulating 2,494 yards on the ground over his four years with the Quakers, helping guide the team to a 13-13 record over that span.

He was also awarded first team All-CSFL honors as a running back in all four seasons under coach Bill Wagner.

While it will be nearly impossible to replace the production that Beamish provided, the team has begun to assemble a young core to do just that.

“We’re very fortunate to be getting two outstanding high school football players to come

Sprint football growing nationally JACOB ADLER Associate Sports Editor

What is one of, if not the fastest-growing intercollegiate varsity sport in the United States?

If you guessed sprint football, you’re correct!

The Collegiate Sprint Football League has added its fourth team since 2008 and has grown from five to nine teams in that time period, almost doubling in size.

This season, the CSFL welcomes Chestnut Hill.

The Philadelphia school has been an NCAA Division II school since 2007 and lists 18 sports teams following the addition of its sprint football team.

Earlier this fall, Penn got a good look at Chestnut Hill when the two squads had a joint practice and scrimmage on Sept. 5.

“I think they looked pretty good for what they are,” junior defensive lineman Pat Boyle said.

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SEE BEAMISH PAGE 9

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DP S WA M I S

Shouts to the Naz [Disclaimer: Swamis is an exercise where The Daily Pennsylvanian’s editors make jokes and pick the Ivy League football games.

Enjoy. – Riley] Every year, when the calendar flips from August to September, there are a lot of things that signal the beginning of a new college football season in America.

Notre Dame Stadium. Script Ohio. SEC bias. The Lehigh Valley.

Yes, we said it. The Lehigh Valley.

You see, the beautiful thing about college football is that it brings

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people together, Swamis included.

When teams open their seasons on the road, folks from different parts of the country get together with a chance to reaffirm their stereotypes when they meet fans of the opposing team.

And with Penn football set to begin the Priore era in the area people from Nazareth call home, we Swamis couldn’t be more excited to make our 2015 debut against Lehigh.

After all, look at some of the other teams on the Quakers’ schedule this season.

Dartmouth? Nobody wants to end

up in Hanover, not even the kids who weren’t good enough to get into Harvard and go to Dartmouth.

Brown? Providence might be cool, but an eight-hour drive to a state that’s smaller than the point spread between Penn and Harvard isn’t worth it.

Harvard? Just stop.

Who cares if the Lehigh Valley is where the boys are men and the sheep know it? This weekend, the Quakers are back, and the Swamis couldn’t be more grateful. Are you ready for some football?

Prediction: PENN 28, LEHIGH 2

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PENN Dartmouth Brown Harvard Fordham Colgate Bucknell Princeton

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