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Local businesses to alter hours during the papal visit PAT ZANCOLLI Staff Reporter

If you’re looking to grab food around campus this weekend, the food trucks may not be the best place to go.

The food tr ucks located outside Meyerson Hall on the corner of 34th and Walnut streets are following suit with the University and suspending operations this weekend.

“It’s gonna be too big of a hassle for us,” Magic Carpet food truck owner Dean Varvoutis Isaid.

Magic Carpet, a popular staple in the diet of Penn students, will be closed Friday and Monday. The three other food trucks in the plaza that serve a range of breakfast and lunch options SEE FOOD PAGE 3

How to make your way downtown The City of Philadelphia is erecting a barrier at 38th Street ANNA HESS Staff Reporter

When Pope Francis comes to town, transportation around campus will be limited almost exclusively to emergency vehicles since Penn is surrounded by some of the best hospitals in Philadelphia.

Whether you want to see the pope or get as far away as possible, here’s how to navigate Philadelphia this weekend.

The barricade line for the pope’s visit is larger than that for the Presidential Inauguration. The U.S. Secret Service has deemed the papal visit a National Special Security Event.

Personal vehicles will not be able to drive in a multitude of “no-drive zones,” SEE TRANSPORTATION PAGE 5

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Pope featured in Penn classes

Different hours for campus services

Classes examine how city handles papal visit

Dining halls, facilities will remain open

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Even academics at Penn aren’t exempt from the frenzy in anticipation of Pope Francis’ visit. A number of professors are integrating pope-themed essays and field trips into their classes.

“Their lives are being disrupted by the pope being here.

It lets them analyze something

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that’s happening in real time,” Communications professor Kathleen Jamieson said. In her “Introduction to Political Communication” course, Jamieson assigned her students an essay examining how news coverage of the pope differs in liberal and conservative news outlets.

“It’s a good assignment because it involves analysis in real time of a potentially consequential event,” she SEE CLASSES PAGE 2

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Don’t worry about eating at Commons or experiencing a dorm room flood over the papal weekend — most of Penn’s basic services will remain open throughout the pope’s visit.

While students prepare for the fallout of pope-a-geddon, some employees for campus services will be housed near campus to

We fail women when we pick and choose which health issues matter the most to them.”

keep doors open over the weekend.

Vice President of Business Services Marie Witt said the majority of Business Services employees do not drive to work, so the weekend’s road closings will not prevent many from getting to campus. Nevertheless, parking has been arranged for employees outside of the nodrive zone.

“For anyone who absolutely cannot get here, we have SEE SERVICES PAGE 5

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Sophomore joins prestigious Boston chorus Max Levy becomes one of youngest members of Tanglewood Festival Chorus EMILY YU Contributing Reporter

College sophomore Max Levy has become one of youngest voices in Boston’s arts scene. A cast member of The Mask and Wig Club, he spent his second summer this year with the prestigious Tanglewood Festival Chorus, which performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Levy’s musical journey with TFC started in his senior year of high school, when the New York native flew to Boston for the audition and was admitted on the spot. Levy is one of the youngest talents ever admitted into the TFC. “But my experience this year is quite different from last year,” he said. This summer, as a part of TFC’s 75-year anniversary, Levy became part of a benefit concer t perform ing “The Symphony of a Thousand,” which Levy said was one of the hardest pieces of music

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said. “It’s relevant to politics because it sheds light on the differences in the ways that media coverage frames and sets agendas on topics of political significance.”

Jamieson said she expects Pope Francis to talk about abortion, immigration, gay marriage and climate change, and that his words will directly inform voting behavior.

Although Pope Francis has political clout, he is first and foremost a religious figure.

Religious Studies professor Annette Reed will also tie his visit into her freshman seminar called “Making Meaning in Local, Global, and

to perform. As John Oliver, founder of the TFC, bid the troupe farewell this summer, Levy said he felt fortunate to end the season with a venerated music director on the Beethoven Ninth. “It is amazing to be a 19 year old and be a part of that,” he said.

A philosophy, politics and economics major with a potential Spanish minor, Levy said he plans to take advantage of Penn’s rigorous liberal arts training as a foundation for his future.

“Both my parents and I have decided to have a degree from Penn as a foundation first and then pursue music,” Levy said. “My goal would be to get a master’s in conservatory.”

As for next summer’s plans, Levy has started auditioning but said he will probably stick with TFC. “I spend 10 months of the year doing academics and would give myself a musical break in summer,” he said. Levy has a YouTube channel that showcases his singing, and he is working on more productions in his spare time while taking musical

courses in Center City.

A second-year member of Mask and Wig, Levy said that the group was an important aspect of his college career.

“I love being around the people, and the group keeps me involved musically and

theatrically,” he said.

College senior Zach Shen, chairman of Mask and Wig, said, “Max is a stellar member of our cast team and is a combination of talent and charisma to get these amazing opportunities.”

Historical Perspectives.”

“Our concept was to try to think about how individuals and communities find meaning,” Reed said. “Studies have shown that often for people, in terms of mental health, what’s more important is not what makes you happy, but what you find meaningful.”

Reed will focus on taking advantage of the exhibits around the city set up for the tourists flocking to see the pope , like the Vatican Splendors exhibit at the Franklin Institute, and Sacred Stories: The World’s Religious Traditions, which is held at the Free Library. Sacred Stories honors the Dalai Lama’s visit as well.

Religious studies professor Anthea Butler will also lead

Reed’s class on a trip to see relics, which are the remains of a Catholic saint, at St. John’s the Evangelist Church.

“These relics are one of the things the pope himself will go see,” Reed said, adding that they are “a distinctly American set of relics.”

R iepe House Dean and Anthropology professor Marilynne DiggsThompson teaches a class where the pope’s visit is even more quintessential. Her class “Culture, Consumption and Production in the Global Marketplace” focuses on global cities as consumer products.

It explores how, as cities have started to become “ranked” on a global scale, they compete to host Olympics, Superbowls

and other large events.

“Starting with the first Made in America concert, Philly’s kind of been proving itself as a major event-worthy global city,” Diggs said.

Diggs wants her students to analyze how well the city of Philadelphia pulls off the pope’s visit.

“Let’s look at all the different fronts — transportation, security, crowd control and restaurants,” she said. “We’re going to give [Philadelphia] a report card, and score it based on different components.”

She also wants her students to examine what their report cards mean for Philadelphia’s ranking as a global city, and the likelihood it will draw big events in the future.

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Major events in Phila. history predict large crowd for pope Pope John Paul II was greeted by 2 million when he visited Phila.

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This summer, Max Levy performed with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, which celebrated 75 years with a benefit concert.

You may have heard a few numbers thrown around regarding the papal visit and World Meeting of Families. Most recent estimates put the number of visitors between 750,000 and 1.5 million. Here’s a look back at the last papal visit as well as some other major events in Philly history.

In 1876, around 10 million people from 35 countries attended the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Officially called the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine, the event was the first official World’s Fair held in the United States. The 1880 U.S. census put the nation’s population at around 50 million, meaning that attendance at the Exposition was equal to over a fifth of the country’s population.

In 1974, an estimated 2 million people turned out to the celebration parade for the Flyer’s Stanley Cup Victory over the

Boston Bruins.

In 1976, around 2 million people came out to celebrate the nation’s Bicentennial in Philadelphia. The city, however, initially only planned for 100 million visitors and budgeted only $50 million for the event.

Highlights include a 50,000 pound Sara Lee birthday cake and a visit from Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.

In 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Philadelphia and was greeted by around 2 million people around the city. While Pope John Paul II stressed the conservative doctrine for which he was famous, Pope Francis is expected to focus on more liberal aspects of the Church.

In 2005, an estimated 1.5 million people attended the Live 8 benefit concert to raise awareness and funds for the fight against poverty in Africa. Will Smith, a West Philly native, addressed the crowd with heartbreaking statistics on child mortality rates in Africa.

Only time will tell how many ultimately turn out for Pope Francis’ visit. Francis had record turnout in the Philippines, where an estimated 5 to 7 million people attended his mass.

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Hotel vacancies despite papal visit Campus hotels lower prices potentially due to low turnout JESSIE WASHINGTON Staff Reporter

Rooms remain available at campus hotels despite the arrival of the pope.

The Inn at Penn, the Homewood Suites by Hilton and the Sheraton still have rooms left over for the papal weekend, despite projections that up to 2 million Catholics will be traveling to Philadelphia to see Pope Francis at the World Meeting of Families and papal Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Management at the Inn at Penn and the Sheraton Hotel were not immediately available for comment.

The Associated Press reported in November that all hotels 10 miles from downtown Philadelphia had sold out. However, there are still several vacancies left near campus and around Philadelphia.

“I am very surprised,” College junior Rhiannon Miller said about hotel room availability.

Miller noted that she had seen

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a lot of interest for the papal visit, and people seemed interested in getting rooms in advance. Perhaps a factor in the room vacancies are alternatives to traditional hotels.

“I know people who rented their houses on airbnb for a lot of money,” she said.

Price also does not seem to be an issue because people are willing to spend a lot of money to stay near downtown on Penn’s campus. In fact, both The Inn at Penn and the Sheraton featured reduced rates for their weekend stays — potentially because of lower-than-expected turnout — with rooms with king sized beds for around $200.

In the larger Philadelphia area, many hotels featured reduced rates; one even went so far as to charge $10 a night during the papal visit.

However, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported that more than 90 percent of the 11,200 hotel rooms in Center City are booked for the week of the Pope’s visit, according to Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association Ed Grose. He added that prices hover around $400.

C R I M E LOG Assa ul t S E P T E M B E R At 10:18 p.m., an affiliated 20-year-old man

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reported being punched in the face and grabbed by the neck by an unaffiliated 18-year-old man at the 100 block of S. 41st Street after the complainant intervened in an argument. The suspect was

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the Psi Upsilon house at 250 S. 36th St.after he refused to leave the location at the request of an alcohol monitor and campus security and refusing to provide identification.

S E P T E M B E R At 7:09 p.m., an unaffiliated 18-year-old man was

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stopped at 41st and Sansom streets for the investigation of an assault. The suspect began fighting the police and then resisted arrest. The suspect struck a police officer, causing injury and laceration. The suspect was arrested.

B u rg l a r y S E PT E M B E R At 12 p.m., an unaffiliated man reported that an

D run ke n n ess S E P T E M B E R At 10:25 p.m., an unaffiliated 23-year-old man was

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observed stumbling through a crowd of people at the 3600 block of Chestnut Street. He refused to stop and ignored requests from police officers. Upon investigation the suspect was found to smell strongly of alcohol and was arrested.

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unknown person had entered the Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union at 3200 Chestnut St. overnight and tampered with the ATM.

S E PT E M B E R At 12 p.m., an unaffiliated 62-year-old man reported

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finding a lock box to be removed from the Supercuts at 3200 Chestnut St. overnight.

S E P T E M B E R At 11:17 p.m., an unaffiliated 26-year-old man

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created a disturbance by harassing customers inside Cavanaugh’s at 119 S. 39th St. He was found to smell strongly of alcohol and was arrested.

R o bbe r y S E PT E M B E R At 2:40 a.m., two affiliated individuals, one a

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S E P T E M B E R At 12:26 a.m. at 3650 Chestnut Street, an affiliated

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25-year-old woman reported her credit card was used without authorization.

25-year-old man and one a 24-year-old woman, reported being approached and separated by three unknown men on the 4200 block of Ludlow Street.

One of the offenders implied he had a weapon and took the male complainant’s money and watch. The second complainant was knocked to the ground, and her possessions were taken.

S E P T E M B E R At 11:42 a.m., an unaffiliated 29-year-old woman was

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will be closed Friday, but they are hoping to open on Monday.

On the other ha nd, restaurants such as Greek Lady and Sweetgreen are not letting Pope Francis shut them down. It looks to be the case that many of the full-time food retail locations around campus will be operating normally or on an adjusted schedule.

“We’re trying to keep everything the same, but we’re not really sure yet,” Greek Lady manager Ma ria Dimopoulos said, “We’re trying not to let

our customers down, but we may not have as many employees since a lot are coming from North Philly.”

Sweetgreen, a cor porater un business, is not sca red at all by the papal visit. The popular salad restaurant on the 3900 block of Walnut Street plans to be open all weekend with normal operating hours.

Swe etg re en m a nagement shares a concern with Greek Lady management in the fact that getting employees into the store might be difficult, but they are looking at SEPTA operations to see who they can and can’t get in.

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FOOD TRUCKS (all closed Friday) Breakfast/lunch truck closest to Meyerson Magic Carpet Marey’s Sandwich Truck Fruit truck closest to 34th St.

RESTAURANTS Greek Lady (open all weekend, hours not finalized) Sweetgreen (open all weekend, 11:00am - 10:00pm)

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arrested after attempting to cash a fraudulent check at the Wells Fargo at 3431 Chestnut St.

S E P T E M B E R At 3:15 p.m., an affiliated 18-year-old man reported

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being approached by two unknown males who conducted a scam and withdrew money from his bank account at the 3400 block of Walnut Street.

S E P T E M B E R At 1:00 p.m., an affiliated 23-year-old man reported

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from the Sansom East building at 3600 Chestnut St. that money was withdrawn from his account without authorization.

This semester, students can learn what it means to like “real music.”

The Kelly Writers House kicks off its music criticism workshop on Oct. 7. The free workshop is open not only to Penn students, but also to the public at large.

Patrick Rapa, a long-time Philadelphia City Paper writer and music editor, will be teaching the five-week course on how to be a music critic. Up to 12 students will learn how to write reviews on concerts and albums, conduct interviews, acquire a tangible understanding of journalism and develop the necessary skills to write for a publication.

“The goal was to allow students access to writing about music with a professional editor,” Director of Kelly Writers House Jessica Lowenthal said.

The non-credit class was also offered last fall and included some Penn freshmen as well as recent graduates of the school.

The application deadline for this fall’s class was Sept. 20. If students continue to show interest in the workshop, however, the class will run again.

“It was an awesome

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experience — even though it was a class-like environment, it didn’t feel like a traditional class at all,” wrote Amanda Silberling, a sophomore English major who participated in the workshop last fall and voiced her enthusiasm about the class, in an email.

Silberling said she appreciated the fact that Rapa brought professional writers and musicians to speak to students. This, in turn, inspired Silberling to explore the local music community.

“I think that one of the most important takeaways I got from the course was the importance of knowing your scene. I think my favorite part about being at

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Silberling added that the class helped her grow as a writer because she had to critically analyze artistic choices of bands.

She also praised Rapa for his sense of humor. “[Patrick] is a very funny person, and even some of his writing is comical, so it made the class have a very light atmosphere, which was fun,” she said. “Pat has a lot of passion for music, and it’s infectious — it’s inspiring to see someone talk about a career that they love so much.”

Since he had never taught before, Rapa said he was

nervous when he began teaching the course last fall. He stressed that he got involved with the workshop because he wanted to help others with his knowledge and experience and enjoyed teaching the class because of how interested students were.

“It was really wonderful,” he said. “The students were very engaged.”

Rapa added that students seemed to understand what it takes to be a good writer by the end of his workshop. He said music criticism is fun, and that he is always open to discussing questions.

“There is no such thing as a dumb question in my workshop,” he said.

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LEFTOVERS | Making breast cancer awareness month about women’s health care

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reast cancer awareness month begins a week from today, initiating thousands of fundraising campaigns to support breast cancer research. Both on and off Penn’s campus, these campaigns capitalize on the sexual appeal of saving breasts.

A bar I passed posted a flyer for a “drink to save boobs” event, two years ago a Penn fraternity sold watermelons with the fundraising slogan “melons for melons” and a fraternity at Keene State College wore bras on the outside of their shirts, which they asked donors to stuff money into.

For all other forms of cancer — such as colon, lung and pancreatic — no images or appeals focus on the physical location of the cancer in fundraising or campaign marketing.

These philanthropic endeavors seek to support sick women by emphasizing the sexual value of women’s breasts. While this may work to raise money on behalf of an important health care issue that primarily affects women, it harms women by subjecting

them to successful fundraising efforts that only serve to further sexualize and objectify women’s bodies.

Philanthropy is the socially acceptable practice of people in positions of power leveraging their resources to support social causes. This definition of philanthropy rationalizes the choice made by fraternities to fund

pap smears for cervical cancer.

This past week, Republican legislators threatened government shutdown in protest of federal funding of Planned Parenthood.

Katha Pollitt argued in a recent New York Times editorial that the pro-choice movement has become dependent on defending abortions for rape and incest victims. Unfortunately, the voices of women who had consensual sex, got pregnant and decided not to be mothers are shamed into silence. “Women aren’t the only ones who need to speak up,” she urged. “Where are the men grateful not to be forced into fatherhood?”

It’s a problem when we see reproductive health and choice as women’s issues alone. Men need to start taking an active role in ensuring the protection of women’s reproductive health care. By focusing on women needing emergency abortions or women with breast cancer who are life-threateningly ill, we miss out on an opportunity to examine the everyday challenges facing women in a country that

fail women when we pick and choose which health issues matter the most to them.

In fact, there is a long history of the separation of breast cancer from other health care issues confronting women. In 2012, the Susan G. Komen Foundation made the decision to cut off its funding to Planned Parenthood.

The decision was later reversed,

While raising money for a good cause like breast cancer research and making the issue sexy may be ‘fun,’ it’s not what is most needed.” breast cancer research, making it one that is politically safe. It allows men to help a community in crisis. However, what is needed much more is an effort of self-examination. There is political comfort to be found in pouring money into breast cancer research without also prioritizing support for women’s reproductive health care and choice. We

and the foundation lost $77 million in contributions, 22 percent of its income. The attack on women’s health care has only grown. Texas, a state with a population of nearly 27 million people, has only 10 abortion clinics.

These are clinics that also offer reproductive health services such as breast cancer screenings, free birth control pills and

continues to severely endanger their reproductive rights.

Fraternity men raising money on behalf of breast cancer research are often men who have sex with women. As men with female partners, they should consider their roles and responsibilities in their sexual relationships to support women’s ability to access affordable birth control methods, pap smears, STD tests and abortions. What would be additionally meaningful, besides fraternity brothers pouring thousands of dollars into breast cancer research, would be for them to examine how they can take a stand and counter the attacks on women’s health care providers. This vacuum in fraternity philanthropy shows a greater willingness to run campaigns that jokingly center on women’s sexual appeal but not their reproductive rights.

While raising money for a good cause like breast cancer research and making the issue sexy may be “fun,” it’s not what is most needed. Instead, a deeper form of empathy and the ac-

CLARA JANE HENDRICKSON tive position of men on the front lines of women’s healthcare are essential. It’s not essential because women can’t win without men. It’s not essential because men can offer social capital or political persuasion. It’s essential because the message that women are incapable of autonomously making sound health care decisions for themselves is destructive to all.

CLARA JANE HENDRICKSON is a College senior from San Francisco studying political science. Her email address is clara@sas.upenn.edu.

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GUEST COLUMN BY SAM MURRAY AND AFRAH MOHAMMAD

here is no denying that Pope Francis has proven to be a significant global voice, and not just for Catholics. The Church’s 266th pope has become known for his gestures of humility and compassion toward people from all walks of life. Simultaneously, his unwavering statements on universal issues like poverty, climate change and social justice have captivated political, social and religious leaders around the globe.

The itinerary of Francis’ inaugural visit to North America reflects his influence both inside and outside of the Church. After calling for full religious freedom in Havana, addressing Congress in Washington and holding an interfaith service at the 9/11 Museum in New York, Francis will finally arrive in Philadelphia for the city’s first papal visit since 1979.

In August, amid buzz

from the student body, Penn announced the suspension of normal operations on Friday to accommodate expected travel and logistical challenges. Last week, University operations issued an update

a three-day weekend to study, sleep or avoid the bustle, thousands of Penn students, faculty and staff will be making their way downtown to experience Pope Francis’ public mass firsthand on

The pope’s human-centric message makes him a figure whose speech and actions can be especially meaningful to people of all backgrounds.” confirming the cancellation of University-sponsored events on Friday and the release of non essential staff from work obligations. With people flocking to Philadelphia from around the region and the globe, city officials have acknowledged that the number of expected visitors this weekend is difficult to accurately predict.

While we may appreciate

Sunday. Hundreds of others, from all faith backgrounds, will be volunteering during the World Meeting of Families. Though a variety of outlooks toward the papal visit exist on campus, there is no denying the historic nature of this occasion for the city.

As part of Penn’s interreligious community, we encourage all students to take a large step back from

the speculative and logistical scramble surrounding the pope’s upcoming visit.

What does Francis’ presence mean for our community, and what might we gain from hearing what he has to say to us? “Serve people, not ideas,” Francis urged during his recent mass in Havana.

The pope’s human-centric message makes him a figure whose speech and actions can be especially meaningful to people of all backgrounds.

Moreover, the pope’s visit provides a key opportunity for us to think about how we can more deeply consider faith and spirituality as we discuss the common issues that face our community and our world.

SAM MURRAY AND AFRAH MOHAMMAD are a College junior and senior respectively.

They are co-chairs of PRISM and can be reached at pennprism@gmail.com

Yes, there is a sexual assault problem on campus, but I am skeptical that more politically correct “discussion” is going to fix this problem.

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Also the fact that she didn’t offer tangible solutions to invalidate her opinion.. can black people offer tangible solutions to racial discrimination? Police brutality? Feeling unsafe at Penn? Sometimes yes, most times no but our opinions still matter. Asking one sophomore to solve the issue is unrealistic.

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Men need to be held accountable for their actions. Continuing to frequent these parties does not send the signal that there is a problem and enables it to continue. My two cents.

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and taxi service around University City will be focused on the transportation of patients to and from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and St. Joseph’s Hospital.

Bus routes will dead-end on the outskirts of campus like taxi services and personal vehicles.

SEPTA will still run, but will skip several stops. Certain trolleys, buses and subway stations will not be accepting only tokens and passes, in place of cash, due to the delays that cash exchanges cause.

Most of the bridges over the Schuylkill River will be designated as emergency routes, but they will allow for pedestrian and bike traffic if students want to walk into Center City and check out the hype. South Street Bridge, Walnut Street Bridge and the Chestnut Street Bridge will be

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arranged rooms for folks in the Penn hotels to stay overnight,” Witt said.

Facilities and Real Estate Services also has hotel space set aside for its weekend staff, who will remain on site for the weekend starting on Friday.

Business Services and FRES will operate as if there were severe weather conditions.

“We operate like this pretty regularly,” Witt said. “We’ve had the time to prepare and I’m confident students will have the basic services they need over the

open to walking and biking only.

Around 490 members from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard will be in University City over the weekend and housed in the Pennovation Center. Six thousand National Guard members will be spread throughout the city.

An emergency command center will be housed within the Division of Public Safety office, and a National Guard commander will be there to aid in dispatching and managing transportation in case of an emergency.

“There have been nonstop logistics, and the entire city of Philadelphia has been working together,” Vice President of the Division of Public Safety Maureen Rush said. “It’s all about relationships.”

DPS encourages students who are interested in specific road closures and SEPTA route changes refer to this website set up by the University for more info: www. upenn.edu/about/papal-visit.

weekend.”

The University hopes to resume normal operations on Monday, Sept. 27. Below is a list of schedule changes to campus services.

Dining: Penn’s residential dining cafes — including 1920 Commons, Hill College House and Kings Court English College House — will be serving brunch and dinner only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Retail dining cafes will experience reduced hours, with a complete listing of hours available on the Penn Dining website.

Frontera will be closed for the weekend.

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Student Health Service: The SHS office will only be open for walk-in urgent care on Friday Sept. 25 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

SHS is not typically open on Sundays.

Maintenance Requests: Facilities and Real Estate Services are keeping a staff of approximately 50 workers on campus throughout the weekend, including maintenance workers, housekeepers, the elevator repairman and supervisors to oversee weekend operations. Maintenance requests will be accepted and responded to throughout the

weekend.

Transit Services: Penn Transit will not be offering full service on Saturday and Sunday due to road closures up to 38th Street. Public Safety will still be offering walking escorts throughout the weekend.

Fitness: Pottruck will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Fox Fitness Center, Ringe Squash Court and Hecht Tennis Court will be closed over the weekend.

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Bookstore: The Penn Bookstore will remain open throughout the weekend.

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Penn for Biden group emerges, attempts to gain support on campus Students eager for Vice President Biden to announce 2016 presidential bid JINAH KIM Contributing Reporter

Penn has yet another student group throwing its support behind a 2016 presidential candidate — one who isn’t even running.

Despite the fact that he has not announced he’s entering the presidential race, Vice President Joe Biden has managed to gain support both nationally — several polls show him polling around 20 percent — and on campus. Although the fledgling group has only three members, College sophomore and Penn for Biden co-chair Matthew Nielsen is optimistic about its potential for growth.

“We already have a listserv going — I don’t know the exact numbers, but we’ve had a good

bit of interest about getting relevant articles about the vice president, or relevant messages from Draft Biden,” Nielsen said. Nielsen and his two cochairs have been emailing with the super PAC’s national and Philadelphia chapters and hope to work on publicity initiatives such as cold calls and grassroots campaigning.

“I think [Biden] has the experience that we need in order to run the administration,” Nielsen said. “He’s worked with Obama, who’s been a very successful president. ...That, in conjunction with his years in the Senate and working concretely with other senators, would create a candidate for the presidency who could really get things done.”

Penn students may have an additional reason to pay attention to Biden: Biden’s late son Beau Biden and his daughter Ashley Biden are alumni of the school, having graduated from

but edging out Penn for Kasich, which has 37. One surprising fan of Penn for Biden is College senior Varun Menon, who, despite leaning Republican, calls Biden his second choice after Kasich. Menon is one of the most visible supporters on the Penn for Biden Facebook page.

Like Nielsen, Menon said he is drawn to Biden’s long history as a public servant and also admires Biden’s bipartisanship and down-to-earth personality.

“I’m not supporting him as of now, but there are reasons a Republican such as myself would consider voting for him in the general election,” he said.

Penn Democrats President COURTESY OF MARC NOZELL/CREATIVE COMMONS and College senior Sean Foley Vice President Joe Biden has not declared that he is running for president. said that while the group plans on officially endorsing a candithe College in 1991 and the in 2013, when he spoke at the for Biden Facebook page has date during the primary process, School of Social Policy & University’s 257th commence- racked up 44 likes — a number the current consensus among Practice in 2010, respectively. ment. dwarfed by the hundreds of members is split. “We’re kind Biden himself received an honDespite having been in exis- likes on similar pages for Hill- of just watching 75004 the primary orary Doctor of Laws from Penn tence for barely a week, the Penn ary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, unfold right now,” Foley said.

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Red and Blue look to halt Tigers’ win streak VOLLEYBALL | Penn kicks

off conference season COLE JACOBSON Contributing Reporter FRIDAY

Princeton (5-4) 7 p.m.

Princeton, N.J.

Playtime is over for Penn volleyball.

Looking to get redemption for their first sub-.500 Ivy League season since 2011, the Quakers will open the 2015 conference slate on the big stage, heading to Princeton’s infamous Jadwin Gym to take on the rival Tigers in a Friday night showdown.

“We really like opening with Princeton, because we’re always really motivated to come in on a strong start,” said senior outside hitter and captain Alexis Genske, who currently leads the team with 122 kills on the season. “I enjoy playing away and I think the team does too.

It’s a fun gym to play in, and we’re definitely excited coming into this weekend.”

Although the Red and Blue enter Ancient Eight play with a pedestrian 5-6 record, the team’s mark is two games better than its 3-8 non-conference performance from the 2014 season.

Beyond their improved record,

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Penn volleyball has a few reasons to hope for improvement upon a disappointing 2014 campaign. Among them is the addition of freshman outside hitter Courtney Quinn, who ranked fourth on the team with 60 kills and third with 86 digs during non-conference play.

the Quakers have also faced a players and coaches feeling grinding Ivy tests ahead. strong schedule, one that has adequately prepared for the “We played some really good

teams closely,” Genske said. “I think [a four-set loss against] Towson and [a five-set loss to] Maryland were some of our best games even though neither of them went our way. In every loss, we’ve grown and fixed things, so I think we’re coming into Ivies in a really strong position.”

“The preseason is a time to try out different lineups and get some experience for the depth of our team,” coach Kerry Carr added. “Some of the teams we played had a lot of transfers and international players, and some ended up being a lot stronger than what we’ll see in the Ivy League.”

However, the Tigers (5-4) — who own a four-game winning streak and the best overall record in the Ivy League — will by no means represent a downgrade in competition.

Princeton returns all but one starter from a squad that swept the Red and Blue in 2014, including senior outside hitter Kendall Peterkin, a two-time first team All-Ivy selection who set a career-high with 30 kills the last time these foes met in Jadwin Gym. “Going into Princeton, who I think is a top contender in the league this year ... it’ll be a really good test for us,” Carr said. “[But] I think we match really well against them.”

In addition to its plethora of returning talent, the Tigers

found a gem in 6-foot-3 freshman middle blocker Nnenna Ibe, who leads the Ancient Eight with a hitting percentage of .391.

But the Red and Blue have their own rising star to match.

2014 Volleyball Magazine AllAmerican and outside hitter Courtney Quinn has emerged as a key contributor for Penn and currently ranks fourth on the team in kills with 60 and third with 86 digs. Despite her relative inexperience, she expressed no fear of the hostile road environment she will face for the first time.

“So far, I’ve handled the pressure pretty well,” the rookie said. “I’ve heard their fans are very loud, very in your face, [but] I really like big environments. I come from a high school that has 5,000 kids, so it’s kind of something I’ve been used to.”

With a hectic crowd expected, a Penn team hungry for revenge and a 1-0 start to Ivy play at stake, fans and players should expect another epic battle between these long-time rivals.

“It’s going to go to the wire, every set is going to be a battle and it’s the team that’s the most poised, most confident and most mature that is going to be able to come through. It’s always fun to play Princeton,” Carr said, before making a slight adjustment. “Let me rephrase that: It’s always fun to beat Princeton.”

University completes multi-million dollar track project Franklin Field renovations to continue

According to Director of Athletic Communications Mike Mahoney, the project cost approximately $3 million in total, COLIN HENDERSON funded largely by donations.

Sports Editor These donations were raised through a project led by Penn The Frank is back. alumni Elliot and Gail Rogers.

After being closed for the While this project’s scope entire summer, Penn’s historic seemingly pales in comparison Franklin Field has reopened for to that of Franklin Field’s 2010 the first time since Commence- renovation effort, which cost ment ceremonies following some $25 million and focused extensive renovations to its track. on the facility’s newly-redone

Weiss Pavilion, the summer-long project did result in a complete overhaul and replacement of the facility’s track surface. This process consisted of creating an entirely new base for the surface through milling and repaving, as opposed to simply reapplying a new superficial surface.

Ultimately, though, the purpose of the renovations was, at least in part, to keep the track’s competitive quality in line with other hubs for track and field

across the nation — most notably Hayward Field, Oregon’s track and the host of outdoor track Nationals in the spring.

Historically, the unconventional setup and dimensions of Franklin Field’s track have hindered its acceptance by the NCAA, and the new renovations take several measures to address this.

The facility now features a steeplechase pit on the inside of its track, a much more standard position compared to its previous placement on the outside. The renovations also allow for more easily accessible and NCAAcertified sprint and hurdle lanes, jumps areas and pole-vault pits.

These logistical adjustments, in addition to nine newly laid running lanes, should theoretically improve the facility’s standing among the nation’s top tracks.

While the renovations were, importantly, completed in time for Penn football’s home opener against Dartmouth, the project was not completed by its previously announced target of early September. According to Penn Athletics, these delays were caused by multiple logistical difficulties, which were concentrated in the project’s measurement and surveying stages.

Since its opening in 1895, the Frank has seen more than its fair share of renovations. And by the look of things, it hasn’t seen the ILANA WURMAN | SPORTS PHOTO EDITO last of them.

After a busy year that featured, as usual, Penn’s Spring Fling concert and the Penn Relays, Franklin Field’s In August, Penn Athletics antrack underwent extensive renovations over the summer. The track is now open for normal operations. nounced its plans to continue

renovations on Franklin Field’s facilities, and specifically on the north side of the stadium, over the next year. During these renovations, seating on the north side of the stadium will be closed.

The project does buy Penn some time in terms of renovations to its physical track.

However, given the extensive wear and tear the facility sustains on a yearly basis, the track will likely need to be resurfaced once again within the next couple decades, but not within the next 10 years.

The historic facility will resume its normal operations, most notably hosting Penn football’s practices and home games and serving as a publicly open track on weekdays. Later in the year, it will also play host to the 121st running of the Penn Relays and to the university’s annual Spring Fling concert.

In the meantime, the renovated stadium will make its de facto public debut on Oct. 3, when Penn football plays host to Dartmouth in the team’s home opener.

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freshmen — the defense has had some growing pains but looks to be hitting its stride at the moment.

When asked about the backs’ performance, Fuller had mostly positive sentiments. “I think they’re growing. We grew up a lot tonight,� Fuller said. “We had a word with them at halftime and essentially told a lot of these young guys: ‘You’re not freshmen anymore. Youth isn’t an excuse. We’re six, seven games into our season, now you gotta step up and take on a bigger role.’ And I think they did.�

After a mostly lackluster first half, Penn came out firing in the second half, outshooting the Nittany Lions (4-1-2), 7-2. It was an offensive outburst in a season characterized best for a lack of such an aggressive on-field attack.

Of the team’s 38 shots in six games, 12 of them came against Penn State. Clearly something is turning around for the Quakers on

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For Penn men’s soccer, Wednesday’s game was about a lot more than the score. In a game where the squad did most things right, the Quakers (0-5-1) could not come away with a win over No. 21 Penn State, falling 3-0.

The Red and Blue have yet to snap an 11-game winless streak that dates back to October 2014.

Nonetheless, the team’s play was inspiring enough to earn coach Rudy Fuller’s praises, calling it a “big step in the right direction.�

After conceding two early controversial goals, the Quakers’ defense had an awakening of sorts and would go on to allow only two shots in the second frame.

A unit filled with young starters — the 22-man roster boasts nine

the pitch.

Performances like the on the Red and Blue put up on Wednesday are not out of line with the expectations the team laid out for itself earlier this season. Fuller and the attackers knew that this was a revamped team and understood that the forwards and midfielders would need time to acclimate to one another.

According to junior attack Alex Neumann, the offense is just getting started. “We knew at the beginning of the year that the offense was going to take a little bit of time,� he said. “Now you’re seeing what can come from it and it’s coming just in time for Saint Joe’s and the Ivies.�

The Quakers finished the game with a 10-minute sequence filled with quality chances, but they could not bury one in the net. In that span the team saw junior midfielder and captain Matt

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As one of the team’s few returning starters from 2014, a speedy return is imperative.

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Nevertheless, Fuller is proud of

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In Wednesday’s game against Penn State, the Quakers’ backfield, including freshman back Erumuse Momoh, found its stride in the second half, only allowing two shots on goal by the Nittany Lions.

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realize is that was Lehigh’s third game, and it was our first game.

So there were lots of first-game mistakes.�

And despite Saturday’s loss, two players on Penn’s offense stood out in particular: running back Tre Solomon and wide receiver Justin Watson. Solomon, fresh off a knee injury which ended his 2014 season, netted 120 all-purpose yards, while Watson hauled in 10 catches for 143 yards – 74 of which came on a long catch-and-run touchdown in the third quarter. “It was awesome. You dream of that first game all offseason,�

Watson said. “I was just trying to go out there and make a play and earn my teammates’ trust any way I could.� “It was great to see all the young players, especially those key guys, step out in their first game,� Priore added. “They were really shining stars out there.�

The Quakers also got a bit of grim luck this week when it was

announced that Villanova star fifth-year quarterback John Robertson will be out for the rest of the season with a torn posterior cruciate ligament. Robertson injured the knee during Saturday’s 28-21 win over Delaware.

Robertson’s absence will be a major setback for the Wildcats — a year ago, the New Jersey native threw for 35 touchdowns and ran for 11 more en route to the Walter Payton Award, given annually to the nation’s best Football Championship Subdivision player. Villanova does, however, have a suitable backup in redshirt freshman Zach Bednarczyk, who accounted for two touchdowns and sparked the team to victory after replacing Robertson in the fourth quarter of last week’s game.

Thursday’s contest will also feature the unusual quirk of being played midweek. Originally scheduled for Saturday, the game was moved up to accommodate the papal visit.

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Watson is similarly confident in the team’s approach to the shortened week. “When it’s a Thursday night, and the lights are on, and it’s Villanova, you kind of forget about the short week,â€? Watson said. “If anything, it’s a little tough on the mental side. ‌ But we’re smart guys, we’re Penn students.â€?

If the past is prelude, the Quakers don’t have much of a chance on Thursday. But, in context, Penn’s odds look a little brighter: two young stars, fresh off breakout games, will lead the Red and Blue against a weary rival that just lost its best player.

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does not revolve exclusively around any one player, the same cannot be said of Harvard. A big factor behind the team’s status as Ivy favorites falls on the shoulders of Midge Purce. In 2015, the junior forward was the only player from the Ivy League to be named to the MAC-Herman Award Watch List, women’s soccer’s equivalent of the Heisman trophy.

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Saturday, Van Dyke is confident in her team’s abilities. “[Midge] is an incredible player, but we also have an All-American outside back in Caroline Dwyer,” she said. In 2014, Dwyer was also named to the watch list for the MACHerman Award, but her season was cut short due to injury. This season, however, Dwyer is fully recovered and has anchored Penn’s defense.

“We’ve got a defense that has not given up that many goals,” said Van Dyke. “I think we’ve done a great job of keeping the

ball out of the back of the net, and that’s the ultimate goal for our back four, it’s to continue to get shutouts.”

On Saturday, however, the Quakers will not be able to rely on senior goalkeeper Kalijah Terilli, who sustained an injury during Penn’s road trip through South Carolina two weekends ago.

Even though she hasn’t been in the net in recent practices, Van Dyke has noticed that Terilli is omnipresent. “She’s done an incredible job of maintaining her impact on the team,” Van Dyke said.

With that being said, the Harvard tilt provides some of Penn’s less experienced goalies the perfect opportunity to step up and prove themselves on the pitch.

Indeed, with Saturday’s game being the first conference game for the Quakers against what will likely be their toughest Ancient Eight rival of the year, the stakes could not be higher.

It’s not just the goalies on the team that understand just how difficult pulling off a win on Saturday will be. It’s the freshmen that get butterflies in their stomachs when they read the

Crimson’s scouting reports.

It’s the sophomores and juniors whose memories of Harvard games past burn with disappointment. It’s the seniors who ache to get back to the feeling of victory they tasted briefly in 2012.

“We’re just going to get ourselves completely prepared, get ourselves in the mentality that we need to go 120 percent into every single tackle, win everything around the game,” senior captain Erin Mikolai said.

As one of the few players who has beaten Harvard in her collegiate soccer career, Mikolai

knows that while an undefeated start to conference play isn’t impossible, it certainly is close.

Because getting a win against the Crimson isn’t like other victories; it’s the kind upon which legacies are built.

To Mikolai and the rest of the Class of 2016, beating Harvard would be the perfect start to a senior Ivy League campaign. “It would mean the world, honestly,” she said.

“That would be the greatest feeling, to walk out as a senior and just crush all of our opponents like that.”

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

High stakes for Penn in important Ivy opener

TIME FOR A

HAIL MARY

W. SOCCER | Quakers face

defending Ivy champions LAINE HIGGINS Sports Editor SATURDAY

Harvard (2-5-1) 4 p.m.

Cambridge, Mass.

FOOTBALL | Papal visit

pushes game to Thursday TOM NOWLAN Associate Sports Editor TONIGHT

Villanova (2-1) 7 p.m.

Philadelphia, Pa.

In case you haven’t heard, there will be a divine presence in Philadelphia this weekend.

And for Penn football, that holy visit might be just the good-luck charm it needs.

The Quakers (0-1), fresh off a disappointing 42-21 season-opening loss to Lehigh, will travel to take on No. 5 Villanova (2-1), a team they have not beaten since 1911.

The Penn-Wildcat rivalry has been one of the most lopsided in the sport — since the two teams resumed playing each other regularly in 1980, Villanova has won all 14 matchups. In last year’s iteration of the game, the Quakers were bludgeoned, 41-7, which was at the time the most lopsided loss of the Al Bagnoli era.

However, despite the ostensibly unbalanced matchup, first-year

Only four members of the current Penn women’s soccer squad remember what it feels like to beat Harvard.

During those four players’ freshman season playing for the Red and Blue in 2012, Penn knocked off a menacing Harvard team, 1-0, with a clutch header from 2014 captain Kaitlyn Moore with just 3.9 seconds remaining in regulation.

Harvard entered the game sitting pretty as the defending Ivy champions. The Crimson’s loss to Penn set the tone for their season, as the team finished fourth in the Ancient Eight, the only time since 2010 that Harvard has not won the conference title.

This year, the story is quite similar. Heading into the Ivy opener, the Crimson (2-5-1) look to defend their Ivy title from 2014, and, based on preseason scouting, they appear to be the team to beat, a sentiment which Penn (4-1-2) is fully aware.

“We all know it’s a big game,” coach Nicole Van Dyke said. “We all know we want to compete for an Ivy League championship, so that all starts on Saturday.”

Penn enters the weekend coming off of two consecutive double-overtime draws against VCU and Towson last week. In those games, the Quakers proved they can battle through a full 90 minutes of game play — and then some. Although the scoreboard may not show it, Penn’s offense has been dominant lately, as the Quakers outshot their opponents last week, 17-12 and 13-10, respectively. The team’s trouble revolves around converting those offensive efforts into tangible points and landing their shots in the back of the net.

While Penn’s offensive attack

coach Ray Priore remains confident that his squad is poised to start firing on all cylinders following immense program-wide change last offseason.

“For a lot of these players, it’s their first time in the new system.

For a lot of our coaches, it was their first time coaching these players,” Priore said. “What folks don’t SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 10

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Praying for a Miracle [Disclaimer: Swamis is an exercise where The Daily Pennsylvanian’s editors make jokes and pick the Ivy League football games. Enjoy.

-Riley] In the past 104 years, the College of Swamis has elected 10 different popes. In that same period, Penn football has beaten cross-town rival Villanova exactly zero times. That isn’t good.

So with the Quakers down on their luck, could it be a coincidence that Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia coincides directly with Penn’s first game on a Thursday in 13 years? We

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know it has to be something more.

Playing the Wildcats is never an easy task for our boys in Red and Blue. After all, last year’s matchup was over by the end of the first quarter, as ‘Nova raced out to a 41-7 halftime lead and mercilessly let Penn excommunicate the second half.

Just like the Church’s list of banned books, Swamis could only hope back then that Pope Francis would put the Wildcats on Penn’s list of banned opponents. Unfortunately, he didn’t have a chance to read our DM. But slowly, surely, there have been

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signs that Il Papa is on the Quakers’ side heading into the weekend. For starters, former Penn great Brandon Copeland makes an NFL roster. Then nobody gets hurt against Lehigh.

Finally, Villanova’s first team AllWorld quarterback John Robertson tears a knee ligament and cannot play on Thursday.

We guess you could say that because Villanova is so good, the Red and Blue might need a ... Hail Mary to pull this one out.

Luckily for Swamis, we’ve already got one.

Prediction: PENN 19, Villanova 11

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