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30 PERCENT OF PENN UNDERGRAD WOMEN SAY 47% THEY’VE BEEN 52% TOUCHED OR PENETRATED WITHOUT 26% CONSENT.
The most common reason respondents said they did not report sexual assault or misconduct: They did not believe it was serious enough.
of students reported sexual harrassment
22.8
15.3 12.7 10.7
victimization percent rates by year for female undergraduates from freshmen to seniors
of students believed that a victim’s report of a crime would be supported by the University
was the survey response rate among undergraduate and graduate students
the rate of victimization among undergraduate females was five times higher than that of undergraduate males
Survey results ‘deeply troubling,’ Gutmann says Survey illuminates sexual assault at Penn CAROLINE SIMON Deputy News Editor
Almost a third of Penn’s female undergraduates say they’ve been sexually assaulted. On Monday, Penn released its results from a sexual assault climate survey conducted last semester by the American Association of Universities, which
Penn President Amy Gutmann chairs. The data was also released in aggregate form by the AAU. Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price called the results “deeply troubling” in an email to all Penn students sent on Monday morning, promising to arrange meetings with student leaders throughout campus to discuss what steps to take. “The survey results confirm our deepest concerns, and we
write to you now to say that we are therefore redoubling our efforts,” the email said. “We must not and we will not rest until we effectively tackle this problem as a campus community.” By senior year, almost a third of Penn undergraduate women who responded to the survey reported experiencing nonconsensual penetration or sexual touching by force or incapacitation. The survey also found that 12 percent of female undergraduates at Penn had
experienced nonconsensual penetration involving force or incapacitation since their arrival, and 20.8 percent had experienced sexual touching. The survey, which was administered last April by the independent research firm Westat, was designed to measure students’ experience with sexual violence and misconduct on campus. More than 150,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students at 27 universities, including every
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Look out, Trump: Second Wharton alum enters race
Penn Med gives boy a new grasp on life
Penn alums are now running in both major political parties
Team of Penn doctors conducted the first double hand transplant on a child
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This summer, surgeons at Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia performed the world’s first ever double hand transplant on a child, giving eight-year-old Zion Harvey, who lost his hands as a toddler, a new chance at life. When Zion was two years old, he survived a life-threatening bacterial infection, which left him without hands and feet and required a kidney transplant. A resilient child, Zion learned to use prosthetic hands and feet for dayto-day life without complaining, but he still secretly wished that one day he would have a pair of hands he could call his own. “I hoped for somebody to ask me [if] I want a hand transplant, and it came true,” he told NBC News earlier this summer. Because he had been taking immunosuppressants from a young age to prevent the rejection of the transplanted kidney, Zion was a perfect candidate for another transplant. After going through intense tests and screenings to check if
Ivy except Princeton, participated in the research. At Penn, the response rate among undergraduate and graduate students was 26.9 percent — a total of 23,789 students. The survey categorized students as male, female or TGQN (transgender, genderqueer or non-conforming, questioning, not listed). 5.5 percent of males were victims of nonconsensual
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Donald Trump may be the most famous Quaker seeking the White House, but another Penn graduate is now competing with him for the job. Two weeks after entering the presidential race, Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig is the fourth political outsider in the 2016 election cycle. The distinguished academic graduated from Penn in 1983 with
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undergraduate degrees in both the College of Arts and Sciences for economics and the Wharton School for management. Lessig declared his candidacy as a Democrat on Sept. 6 after quickly raising $1 million in less than a month. In the past, Lessig has caused controversy by urging a Second Constitutional Convention of the United States aimed at overhauling the U.S. Constitution in its existing state. His views on campaign finance — which feature prominently in his campaign — include support SEE LESSIG PAGE 6
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New healthy food option coming to campus soon Honeygrow, arriving this fall, will bring unique dishes
JACOB WINICK Contributing Reporter
Move over Cup Noodles and Lucky Charms — kale smoothies and veggie stir-fries are coming to Penn. Jen Denis, Honeygrow’s chief brand officer, estimated that the restaurant would begin serving sometime this fall, but she was unable to give an exact date due to construction and pending occupancy certificates. Honeygrow, a health food restaurant known for its custom salads and stir-fries, is opening at 3731 Walnut St., adjacent to Pottruck
Health and Fitness Center, so students looking for a healthy meal after a workout won’t have to go far. The Philadelphia-based restaurant, which relies on locally grown ingredients, first launched in Center City in 2012 and has since expanded to locations across the area. Customers can design their own meals or choose from the menu, which combines standard fare like kale and whole-wheat noodle salads with more adventurous options like smoked oyster stir-fry and kale mint smoothies. Denis also confirmed that Honeygrow’s new store will boast the same menu as its other locations, including the famous custom “honeybar,” and will be open from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m.
College freshman and Philadelphia native Mena Shanab, who has frequented Honeygrow’s Center City location, is especially excited for its arrival to campus. “Honeygrow offers a lot of really good cheap, organic and locally grown food that I think a lot of college students will appreciate,” she said. College freshman Libby Rozbruch is eager try the restaurant’s “honeybar,” where customers design a bowl filled with their choice of wildflower, buckwheat or clover honey, fresh fruit, and topping options such as coconut shavings, candied cashews, honey granola and even homemade whipped cream. Honeygrow hopes to offer
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Honeygrow, a health-food restaurant that features custom salads, stir-fry and fruit bowls, is opening at 3731 Walnut St. later this fall.
affordable, healthy food to Penn students and the greater community alike, Denis said.
So finish up the two-month-old box of Lucky Charms under your bed — once Honeygrow opens,
it’ll be all whole-wheat noodles and free-range chicken for Penn students.
Penn prof. receives $6 million grant for ‘Internet of Things’ Prof. Lee currently working on Smart Alarm project SHELLY TENG Contributing Reporter
Comput er a nd I n for m ation Science professor Insup Lee has received $6 million to improve the “Inter net of Things.” The “Internet of Things,” or IoT, refers to all of the information that is stored on the internet — from sma r t ca rs to social media to medical
i n for mat ion. However, adva nced computing has brought about a new problem: maintaining the security of the abundance of “things” and big data. As a result, the National Science Foundation, along with Intel Corp., has provided a research grant in order to improve t he sa fety- cr itica l domains within the IoT, often referred to as “cyber-physical systems,” or CPS. Lee, along with his team, is work ing on secur ing the usage and transm ittance of data within medical devices.
This is a particularly big con- and personal information of cern given the high amount CPS users. of p r iva t e C u r r e n t l y, informaL e e a nd h is tion that team are is stored working on a within these project called medical sysSmart Alarm, tems. Lee’s a device ta rresearch geted towards lo ok s i nt o reconciling how we can the abundance sha re this of reguladata without tor y dev ic es comprom isi n h o s p it a l s ing the t hat mon itor i d e n t i t i e s PENN PROFESSOR INSUP LEE everything
from heart rate to vital signs. He noted that many of the dev ices of t en g ive fau lt y warnings, which lead nurses and physicians to start ignoring the alarms. This endangers patients as clinicians may not be aware when the alarms are truly signaling a pressing problem. Lee’s Smart Alarm project uses a type of machine learning to dismiss faulty alarms in order to improve the accuracy of the devices. Lee has put together a specialized team to tack le the problem from technological,
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social and legal approaches. Some of the main collaborators on this project include Penn professor C. Willia m Hanson, Sociology professor Ross Koppel and Penn Law professor Chris Yoo. Lee said that he hopes this application will become more helpful to the medical field and to online security in general. He said that they hope to create “a platform where [the use of CPS] will be secure ... [one] where you can connect medical devices to a system that ensures it is secure.”
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Glee Club welcomes first new director in 15 years Award-winning director will revive club traditions LIYA WIZEVICH Contributing Reporter
The Penn Glee Club has just made its first outside hire in over half a century — and is welcoming its first new director in 15 years. After C. Erik Nordgren retired last year, the Glee Club hired Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University graduate Joshua Glassman to lead the Glee Club forward. Glassman hopes to keep the traditions of the Glee Club that have endured for over 150 years, while adding his own flair and direction to the club by planning new events and updating its musical repertoire. “To be able to go now to a historic university and direct the fourth oldest glee club in the country, that has all this tradition and history, and to now be a part [of it],
to lead an organization like this, is, although it sounds cliche, a dream come true,” Glassman said. As the first outside hire in 50 years, Glassman has many new ideas to introduce at Penn. Initially, he said he would like to add more traditional choral music that was previously underrepresented in the club’s repertoire. He hopes to bring back the historic Award of Merit, an honor given out in the past to a significant contributor to music. Though the Award of Merit was suspended 23 years ago, he would like to bring it into the 21st century to raise money for the club. This black-tie gala is planned for the end of March, with the honoree yet to be revealed. Glassman additionally wants to introduce more community engagement into the club’s activities. As it is the oldest student group on campus and one of the top five oldest glee clubs in the country, Glassman believes “we have a
civic obligation to reach out to our community and get off campus.” He envisions a system to pair up the Glee Club with middle or high school boys, mentor them, encourage appreciation of the arts and show that “singing is cool.” Glassman, a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., attended the University of Michigan, where he was a member of Michigan’s prestigious and historic glee club. He received his master’s degree from the Peabody Conservatory before entering the singing profession. He has performed in numerous operas, including one that won a Best of Baltimore Award for Best New Social-Justice Opera. At Michigan, his glee club experience was “easily the definitive aspect of my collegiate career,” he said. “The brotherhood that came out of the music making has since been unmatched by any experience that I’ve had.” He said he knew that this would
PAT GOODRIDGE | ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Josh Glassman is Penn Glee Club’s 13th director since the organization’s founding in 1862.
be an ideal job for him, but he
applied unsure of his qualifications
to lead such a respected group — reservations that soon proved unnecessary. Glassman said he is often mistaken for an undergraduate. “Employees in the president’s office called me ‘sport’ and the student move-in crew asked me where my luggage was,” he said. “When I am in the blazer with the tie I look like one of the members.” The Glee Club is excited to see what Glassman brings to the table. “He keeps the rehearsals very productive, but also isn’t afraid to let his guard down and tell a joke once in a while,” Glee Club President and College senior Daniel Carsello said. “We really hit the ground running since he took over in August. … We’ve only had four rehearsals, but we’ve gone though a lot of music.” Band Director and College senior Tom Peterson agreed. “Get ready, because you’re 75004 going to see big changes on campus with this guy,” he said.
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OPINION Consider an NSO event
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 VOL. CXXXI, NO. 73 131st Year of Publication
MATT MANTICA President JILL CASTELLANO Editor-in-Chief SHAWN KELLEY Opinion Editor LUKE CHEN Director of Online Projects LAUREN FEINER City News Editor KRISTEN GRABARZ Campus News Editor CLAIRE COHEN Assignments Editor
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on “A Trump-ed up joke”
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n Sept. 18, Penn administrators met with students pushing for mental health changes on campus. And, encouragingly, the University seemed receptive to the proposed changes. During the meeting — organized after student leaders delivered a letter to Penn President Amy Gutmann’s office demanding the University implement programs to improve mental health — administrators said they would research several of the ideas, including the ability to schedule appointments online and assign all students designated Counseling and Psychological Services counselors. We’re happy to see that administra-
tation. Penn has already developed a robust series of “Thrive at Penn” videos for incoming freshmen, one of which is a 10-minute video on mental health and general wellness. While creating a “virtual introduction” to CAPS might be helpful, we doubt that another online introductory resource would help Penn reach students it’s not currently reaching through the “Thrive at Penn” videos. While most incoming students actually watch the online orientation videos, it’s likely that a large number of students just press the play button and listen to music or do homework as the video runs in the background. When it comes time
While most incoming students actually watch the online videos, it’s likely that a large number of students just press the play button and listen to music or do homework while the video runs in the background.”
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tors are taking these proposals seriously. But we think they are mistaken to reject the recommendation to create a mental health event during New Student Orien-
to take the quiz at the end of each video, it doesn’t matter whether the student watched the video or finished a problem set in the meantime — a good deal
of the questions are based on common sense, so the student could answer them regardless. Hosting a mandatory, in-person mental wellness event during NSO, however, would make it more likely that the students who skipped through the online materials actually learn about mental health resources on campus. There’s also an aspect of seeing something for yourself or meeting someone in person that makes it easier to relate to or trust them. Introducing new students to CAPS (potentially as an addition to a campus tour, like the one piloted at Kings Court this fall) could make them feel more comfortable about reaching out for help if they’re struggling in the future. We don’t think the NSO event — or any of the proposals, really — will completely solve Penn’s mental health problem. But that’s because it’s not a problem that can be solved by the University administration — only eased by it. We support these proposals because we think they will better inform students about available mental health resources, and we will continue to support methods of improving mental health on campus because, at the moment, it’s the most we can do.
I like Trump. I want a fire-breather for president. I want a president who will scare the crap out of illegal aliens so they will go running back to their countries of origin. — Halevi
He is absolutely right [to] be writing about this. The trump joke has gone too far. What can we say about our society if we are taking such a moron seriously? — Ewww
[T]he message I took from the article is that we should be cognizant of WHY Trump is polling so well and not dismiss his candidacy as a joke - because like it or not, many people are taking him seriously. — Anon
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ometimes I feel like I’m living in an artificially created world, as if I’m part of some big social experiment I don’t quite understand. The more time I spend in college, the more I’m convinced that it is its own microcosm with its own set of unique societal structures and conditions. Where else in the world can you live almost exclusively with 10,000 other people around your same age? When else in your life do you inhabit that strange gray area, somewhere on the spectrum from child to adult, where you are beginning to assert your independence but are still provided for and protected from real risk in so many ways? It’s easy to think of college as the place you go to grow up. In college, you stop saying “I want to be an astronaut when I grow up” and start saying “I have an internship at NASA this summer.” But
Don’t follow the leader EMILY HOEVEN | How popular conceptions of adulthood steer students in the wrong direction where, exactly, does that cutoff lie? Is it really so instantaneous, the transition from growing up to grown up? College students want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. They want to leave their childhood behind
seen it all. You’re an adult. We can afford to think of ourselves as adults because we don’t have anyone to tell us we aren’t. We buy into the illusion that we are independent entities, answerable to no one. Yet we live in an
We learn by mimicry. We follow the examples of those who came before us. And thus we acquiesce to the system.” with their first step on Locust Walk. They want to distance themselves from parental concerns, from the restrictions of childhood. In an ef-
fort to not appear naive or innocent in front of their peers, they go out of their way to become jaded as fast as they can. Because at least if you’re jaded, you understand what the world’s about. You know how it works. You’ve
environment where almost everything we need is within our reach: food, housing, health care, technology, gyms, counseling services and security. We occupy a four- to five-block radius oozing convenience, and we think this is emblematic of adult life. It is precisely because of this security so uncharacteristic of adulthood that we have the freedom to act the way
we do. One of my most vivid memories from last year was going to a fraternity party the first night of New Student Orientation. There was a sea of freshmen surging over the sidewalk as far as the eye could see in either direction. I watched the police officers watching us. The resigned look in their eyes said, “We’ve seen all this before.” Because they had. They were watching a rerun they’d already seen a million times — had memorized the plot, already knew the finale. Students jostling at the door, desperate for a nod of approval from another student on an ego trip. Voluntarily walking to places where they might drink enough to black out or get their stomachs pumped. Talking in an affectedly bored tone while passing around a bong. Making out with people they’d never met before. All of this in the name of — what? Fun? Experimentation? Stress relief? Fitting in? Independence?
We learn by mimicry. We follow the examples of those that came before us. And thus we acquiesce to the system. We transition from hopscotch to beer pong. Conga lines to twerking. Are we adults yet? Isn’t this what adults do? I am well aware of the frequently-made argument that college is the best time for experimentation. It’s not necessarily untrue. But it is also a situation where one of Newton’s laws is actually applicable: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Adulthood is not about taking shots at some party. Adulthood is about realizing that everything in life has consequences. Adulthood is about not always being able to have the freedom to do what you want. This is not some heavy-handed fatalist doctrine, but rather what it means to be accountable to and responsible for yourself. College, the place where “Because I can” is often the rationale for decisions,
EMILY HOEVEN does not provide an instantaneous transition to adulthood. Or maybe it does, and I’m just too naive to recognize that adultness is best asserted through alcohol, hookups and drugs. Yet I can’t help but feel that this mindset is based off of an inherently juvenile perception of maturity. A cycle of the blind leading the blind, who have never had to recognize their blindness in the first place.
EMILY HOEVEN is a College sophomore from Fremont, Calif., studying English. Her email address is ehoeven@ sas.upenn.edu.
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Prof. empowers sexual assault survivors with art therapy Dance and poetry help survivors regain confidence NADIRA BERMAN Contributing Reporter
On Monday night, Penn students and faculty came together to watch English professor Salamishah Tillet’s story of rape, survival and recovery, titled “Story of a Rape Survivor.” Tillet, her sister Scheherazade and a cast of award-winning artists performed dance, song, poetry and acting as forms of art therapy. The performance is meant to be therapeutic not only for the performers, some of whom are sexual assault survivors, but also for any audience members who may be survivors. After Tillet was raped twice as an undergraduate at Penn, art therapy was one of the main methods she used to cope with her pain. LULU WANG | ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR “The systems that [are sup- Penn English professor Salamishah Tillet’s “Story of a Rape Survivor” performance on Monday night posed to] protect us don’t work featured Broadway dancers, singers and award-winning artists. …. What do you do in lieu of that? 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for fighting special-interest corruption in elected offices and restricting contributions campaigns can receive from corporations. Lessig has also promised that if he is elected, he will step down once he achieves his campaign finance reform goals. In 2007, Wharton Alumni Magazine named him one of that year’s 125 Inf luential People and Ideas — coincidentally, Trump also made the list. Lessig, then 46, made the alumni list alongside the likes of Walter Annenberg, Jon
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he had the proper social support and could physically and emotionally manage the procedure, Zion received a match donor through the Gift of Life Donor Program and was cleared to make history. The operation was led by Lawrence Scott Levin, chair of Penn Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and director of the Hand Transplantation Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Levin directed a 40-member team of physicians, nurses and other staff from plastic and reconstructive surgery, orthopaedic surgery, anesthesiology and radiology to perform the operation, which lasted 10 hours. Unlike his prior prosthetics,
Huntsman and Ronald Perelman. “Lessig has gained a following and even inspired a student movement based on the belief that overly restrictive copyright laws hinder creativity in society,� the magazine wrote, citing Lessig’s groundbreaking work on cyberlaw and its intersection with American political culture. Several of Lessig’s writings have also been integrated into Penn’s curriculum. In 2006, one of his books, “Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity,� was selected for that year’s Penn Reading Project. Another Lessig book, “Republic, Lost: How Money
Corrupts Congress — and a Plan to Stop It,� inspired a writing seminar taught by Critical Writing Program Senior Writing Fellow Christopher Phillips. Phillips, who runs the Democracy CafÊ public discourse initiative (on whose advisory board Lessig sits), invited Lessig to Philadelphia to give a public talk about the book in spring 2013. The talk, which was co-sponsored by Penn, was integrated into Phillips’ course that semester. But Lessig’s academic fame has not carried over into politics. Of the non-politicians in the race, Lessig has by far the smallest campaign. His
Zion’s new hands will allow him to feel and will grow as he grows, Levin explained. “These are hands that are like your hands or my hands. They’re part of him, they’re living extremities that become part of his world — part of his body — and that’s very different than a prosthesis,� Levin said. Hand transplants — unlike solid organ transplants — involve multiple tissues: skin, muscle, tendon, bone, cartilage, fat, nerves and blood vessels. Because of this complexity, only a few hand transplants have been performed around the world to date. During the surgery, the hands and forearms from the donor were attached by connecting each of these aforementioned tissues to Zion’s body. The surgical team was divided into four
simultaneously operating teams — two focused on the donor limbs, and two focused on Zion. Levin said that Penn Medicine had successfully performed a double hand transplant on an adult in 2011, and making the surgery a viable option for children seemed like a natural extension. However, performing on children presents a more difficult challenge because of the smaller structures and because of the need to make sure to not injure their growth plates, which allow the donor limbs to grow alongside the child. The team extensively prepared for the surgery and rehearsed it multiple times using cadavers. They also used new technology to help prepare, such as 3-D modeling to picture what Zion’s hands would look like and CT scans to
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campaign’s Twitter page has just under 355,000 followers. By comparison, Hillary Clinton has almost 4.3 million followers, and Bernie Sanders a total of 1.3 million. Few, if any, national polls include him in their rankings. His name recognition levels, compared to almost any other candidate, are virtually non-existent. “It’s going to be very tricky,� Penn Democrats Political Director and College junior Sam Iacobellis said on Lessig’s likelihood of winning the Democratic nomination. With the statistical odds against him, Lessig’s contribution to the race may rest with his
unique background in academia and activism. As a candidate with little to lose, he has the luxury of asking straightforward political questions that Clinton or Sanders cannot afford to. “There is a discontent in the American electorate that we’re seeing,� Iacobellis said. “[People] are really dissatisfied with the way our country is financed and the way elections are financed in this country.� Iacobellis added that he is open to the idea of bringing Lessig to Penn as a guest speaker. Many students, he believes, would be interested in his extensive political activism, legal scholarship and political
opinions. And unlike Trump, Lessig has already returned to campus. But as polar opposite as they may seem, Donald Trump and Lawrence Lessig do have something in common besides their Wharton degrees. They are both outsiders who have never served in an elected office. They may have differing stances on campaign finance, but they agree that the political establishment’s methods leave much to be desired. Like his brash, billionaire Manhattan counterpart, Lessig refuses to play by the status quo. And as the Donald polling numbers are showing, that might not be a bad thing.
create cutting guides to match both the donor and Zion’s bones with plates and screws. The surgery itself presents
a breakthrough in a new area of tra nspla ntation called vascularized composite allotransplantation, which Levin believes
is the future of reconstructive surgery. It makes transplants on the hands, face, and other body parts possible outside the confines of traditional organs. Penn Medicine hopes to further develop this field and work on face transplants and potentially uterus transplantation in the future. Although Zion and his family are currently taking a hiatus from the media, Levin said that the boy is making excellent progress and that he is extremely proud of him. “He’s doing fantastic,� Levin said. “He’s doing his therapy every day and using his hands to start to eat by himself and write and integrate with his world, and we’re very proud of him and our team ... . His function will continue to improve over many months.�
Among total respondents across the 27 institutions, 11.7 percent of overall student respondents reported experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact by physical force, threats of physical force or incapacitation since they enrolled at their university. Across institutions, the most common reason why respondents said they did not report incidents of sexual assault or misconduct was that they did not believe it was serious enough. Students also cited embarrassment, shame, fear of negative social consequences and beliefs that nothing would be done as reasons for not reporting. The study found that rates of sexual misconduct involving coercion — nonconsensual contact involving non-physical threats or promise of rewards — were extremely low, at less than 1 percent. Rates of nonconsensual contact in which affirmative consent was not explicitly provided were
slightly higher, at 5.7 percent. A significantly higher percentage of females and TGQN students than males reported this kind of behavior. Among other forms of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment was reported by 47.8 percent of students, interpersonal violence was reported by 7.1 percent and stalking was reported by 3.1 percent. The survey also measured students’ attitude towards the way their universities handle sexual violence. 52 percent of Penn students believed that a victim reporting a crime would be supported by the University, with rates of confidence lower among women and TGQN students. 35.6 percent of students felt that action would take place after a crime had been reported — again, rates of confidence were lower among women and TGQN students. Aggregate results of the survey
from 27 total universities indicated that a national rate of 11.7 percent of students reported experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact by physical force, threats of physical force or incapacitation. The rate was 23.1 percent among female students, including 10.8 percent who reported penetration, and 5.4 percent among male students. Rates of reporting sexual crimes varied between 5 percent and 28 percent across institutions that administered, and 58.1 percent believed that reports would be taken seriously by campus officials. “We have long held that any harassment or assault on our campuses is absolutely unacceptable,� Gutmann and Price said in the email. “The climate survey we undertook confirms just how great a problem we confront. We will do everything in our power to counteract this climate, and we call upon all members of our community to do their parts as well.�
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Penn sees mixed results over weekend as final teams begin season Penn squads now prep for Ivy play RILEY STEELE Senior Sports Editor This past weekend marked the first time in 2015 that each of the Red and Blue’s fall sports teams were in action. With a great deal of attention focused on Penn football’s season debut on Saturday, here’s an update on the squads and games that you may have missed since last Thursday. Field Hockey September 4th seems like a long time ago, doesn’t it? Since surrendering a one-goal lead late in regulation against Liberty in their season opener, the Quakers have been hotter than any team on campus. After winning three consecutive contests by a combined 14-6 margin, Penn entered its Thursday matchup with Villanova looking for its fourth straight win. Two first-half goals from sophomore midfielder Gina Guccione and another score from Alexa Hoover put the Red and Blue up 3-1 at halftime, and the Quakers held on for a 3-2. After two days off, Penn extended its winning
streak to five with a 5-2 win over Sacred Heart, a game in which Hoover registered her third hattrick of the season. The team now kicks off Ivy League play with a Friday matinee at Ellen Vagelos Field against Cornell. Volleyball It was sweeps galore for the Red and Blue on Friday and Saturday. Penn struggled to kick off its weekend, falling to Villanova in three quick sets at the Palestra, the first time the Quakers were swept all season. The following morning, the squad lost 3-0 to Temple in the first game of the day before rallying with a sweep of La Salle to cap off the Big 5 Tournament. Against the Explorers, senior Ronnie Bither registered 27 assists — she finished with 73 across the tournament’s three contests — and five kills en route being named to the All-Tournament team. Like the field hockey team, volleyball also has its first Ancient Eight contest on Friday against Princeton. Cross Country Couldn’t have done much better. At this weekend’s Mainline Invitational, Penn men’s cross country finished first out of seven
teams to capture its first title of 2015. The women’s squad, fresh off its first-place finish at the Big 5 Invitational on Sept. 11, came in second, only one point behind Villanova. The Quakers put together the five best times on the men’s side while the women saw five of their own cross the finish line in the race’s top 13. Both teams will be back in action at the Paul Short Invitational in Bethlehem, Pa., on Oct. 2. Women’s Soccer 220 minutes. Two total goals. Two draws. Against VCU on Friday, the Red and Blue found themselves trailing by a goal after just over two minutes. Penn senior back Shannon Hennessey knotted the score at one apiece with her first goal of the season and second of her career, and the teams played 65 minutes of scoreless soccer before ending in a 1-1 draw. The story was much the same for the Quakers on Sunday against Towson, just with fewer fireworks. Penn outshot the Tigers, 13-10, but was unable to hit the back of the net. The Red and Blue are next on the pitch in Cambridge, Mass., on Saturday when they take on rival Harvard.
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Penn senior back Shannon Hennessy scored the team’s lone goal of the weekend in the 45th minute on Friday to help the Quakers salvage a 1-1 draw against VCU. It was the only Red and Blue goal in 220 mintes of weekend play.
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future Quakers on the field; both had to consistently remain mentally strong against some of the nation’s top competition. “The main thing I could take away was that it’s one of the highest levels you can play at,” Blackwood said. “So once you experience it, you have to remember it and aspire to play at it
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all the time. “It makes me more intense, more focused on the field because I know what the best players are doing and you want to play better than them.” To aid in that effort, the U.S. National Academy brought in some of the most accomplished and recognizable figures in U.S. soccer history. In fact, Blackwood recalled receiving individual attention from
two-time MLS Defender of the Year Carlos Bocanegra. “Bocanegra was the centerback coach,” Blackwood said. “He told me that you want to have a signature in your play, so for me it’s that I win everything in the air or be the organizer of the defense.” Receiving an invitation to the camp is not only beneficial to the individual players, but also to Penn’s squad.
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nly one word can describe the dysfunction that occurred on a play that the Red and Blue had been waiting nine months to run: absurd. As a first year coach, there is reason to be nervous about a lot of things. But delivering a successful snap to the quarterback isn’t necessarily one of them. Of course, though, this is Penn, and to start off the 2015 campaign and the Ray Priore era, the Quakers were flagged for an illegal snap on their first play from scrimmage. While it would be silly to reduce the game down to this one botched play, it clearly did signify that this year’s squad is eerily reminiscent of last year’s. After the initial three-play, four-yard series, there was a palpable “here we go again” feeling in the air as Lehigh began to march back down the field with little resistance from the Penn defense. Then, surprisingly the Quakers seemed to regain confidence and play with a swagger that was absent during nearly all of Al Bagnoli’s final season. The Red and Blue’s front seven dug their feet in and held back the Mountain Hawks at the goal line. Suddenly, the air was taken out of Goodman Stadium and the Lehigh sideline as Penn jumped with joy and the offense ran back onto the field for a second shot at tying the game. Building on the momentum, Alek Torgerson led the Quakers down the field with an encouraging mixture of excellent play-calling from new offensive coordinator John Reagan. Torgerson aired it out on throws to seniors Cam Countryman and Ryan Kelly with impressive runs by sophomore Tre Solomon accounting for the bulk of the yardage. This was simply a different team. Unfortunately, all it took to bring the Quakers back down to size was a subsequent Lehigh touchdown. And then, just like that, Penn returned to the system if ran all of last season when it averaged a middling 21.3 points per game. The gameplan became marred by horizontal offense:
“I think it’s great for our program to be affiliated with players who are getting called to a national team camp,” coach Rudy Fuller said. “You know for them it’s ... exposure to the highest level possible in terms of games and competitions they might be playing in, but [they’re] even in training camp with some of the best and brightest in their age group.” Although all of Fuller’s
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Sophomore running back Tre Solomon was a weapon throughout the day against Lehigh, but his efforts were diminished by offensive imbalance.
screen passes to wideouts replaced handoffs and attempts over the midd le. Sure, sophomore Justin Watson hauled in a 74-yard touchdown off a screen in the third quarter, but by moving away from a rushing attack that averaged 7.8 yards per carry from the running backs, the team clearly shot itself in the foot. And considering that the defense allowed 31.9 points per contest last season and gave way to 42 by Lehigh on Saturday, it would seem that 21 points per game simply will not cut it for the Penn offense this season. The Quakers only had one drive over four minutes compared to Lehigh’s four and only had four drives of over five yards compared to Lehigh’s eight. Ultimately, Lehigh held the ball for 36:11, or 12 and a half more minutes than the Red and Blue. These disparities point to the root of the problem. The Penn offense is not doing its job keeping the defense off the field. Its longest drive was the second, in which it broke from its usual script. Don’t get me wrong, the Red and Blue have the personnel to make this season different from last.
recruits tend to arrive to Rhodes Field after competing with some of the best at the high school and club level, there may be a distinct advantage to training at the U.S. National Team Training Camp. “Nigel and Gavin, what it gives them is a lot of confidence,” Fuller noted. “Coming back to their club teams after that and then coming into college with far more confidence and belief in their abilities and
Solomon highlights a backfield that is deep and healthy. The three backs are strong and play behind a veteran offensive line that only allowed them to be tackled in the backfield once all game. However, if the coaching staff cannot figure out a way to flip the gameplan to take advantage of these strengths, then this season could look eerily similar to last. Unfortunately for the Quakers, their next three games may very well be their toughest. Matchups with Villanova (on short rest), Dartmouth and Fordham could provide little chance for any improvement or positive takeaways. At worst, Penn could see playmakers go down with injury in these mismatches, much like it did last year. One thing, however, is for sure: If Torgerson continues to attempt 42 passes per game with Solomon as the primary back — as he did Saturday — then the Quakers are wasting opportunity, talent and perhaps even the season.
THOMAS MUNSON is a College sophomore from New York, and is an associate sports editor at The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.
play, [they made] the jump right away.” This sort of exposure prepared Barger and Blackwood for the stress and competition of Division I soccer, as well as the desire to succeed at the highest level. “If you’re put under stress a lot and then put on stress again later,” Blackwood said. “You already have the skills to handle it. When you’re put at a high level again, you are ready for it again.”
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WEEKEND RECAP
Columnist Thomas Munson explains why Penn football needs more balance on offense
Checking in on several Penn Athletics’ contests that you may have missed this weekend
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MATTHEW FINE & ALEXIS ZIEBELMAN Associate Sports Editor & Senior Sports Reporter For most freshmen entering collegiate play, everything is new. New coaches, new facilities, new training and, most importantly, new teammates. But Nigel Blackwood and Gavin Ba rge r we r e granted the special opportunity of training together at the highest level of junior soccer before ever donning the Red and Blue. T he Pen n
as two of 36 players to come together at the U-18 U.S. Youth National Team Training Camp. “I thought it was a great experience, definitely made me a more well-rounded player, forced me to get better,” Barger said. “[It] made me raise my level, forced me to play at the best of my ability the whole time I was there.” Split into two teams, the 36 athletes were exposed to some of their best contemporaries and the highest level of coaching. “It definitely exposes you to a lot of guys from around the country,” Barger said. “Guys you don’t get to play against [and] different styles of play that you don’t really see depending on where you live.” The experience was not only a challenge for the pair of SEE M.SOCCER PAGE 7
THOMAS MUNSON | ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
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FRANKLIN FIELD RENOVATIONS NOW COMPLETE Penn’s historic Franklin Field is once again open for normal operations after being closed for the entirety of the summer for extensive renovations. The renovations themselves focused on the facility’s track surface, which was worn down from frequent use and ultimatley replaced to keep in line with other top outdoor track venues across the United States. Prior to closing down, the track had been put through more than its fair share of stress, most notably during April’s Penn Relays, the largest annual track and field meet in the world. The renovations were the first major project performed on the Franklin Filed facility since 2010.
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