September 26, 2016

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

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Why do I want to take the monk class now? I don’t know. I have no idea what’s going to happen. That’s precisely the appeal.” - Ashley Stinnett PAGE 4

‘ VIOLENCE BREEDS ON , SILENCE

RUNNING AWAY WITH IT

Penn students join annual March to End Rape Culture

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REBECCA TAN Staff Reporter

More than 30 Penn students walked in the March to End Rape Culture on Saturday, joining protesters from across the city to draw attention to fighting sexual violence. The number of Penn students who attended the event increased by about 10 people from last year, said Isabella Auchus, College senior and chair of Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention. Led by ASAP, attendees walked from the Penn Women’s Center to Thomas Paine Plaza , where they joined up with hundreds of other Philadelphians who were holding up signs that said “Violence breeds on

silence” and “Sleeping next to you doesn’t equal consent.” Even though it was an overcast day with temperatures dropping to 60 degreesin the morning, the plaza was filled with students, adults and families writing up signs, dancing to music and sharing the food provided at the event. “It’s cold, and it’s a Saturday morning, but showing up shows that this topic matters to us,” College junior Sarah Figgatt said. Other attendees from Penn included College senior Syra OrtizBlanes , one of the students who distributed the OZ email f lyers around campus two weeks ago and College sophomore Abby McGuckin who helped to mobilize over 900 SEE RAPE CULTURE PAGE 2

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Penn sees significant increase in academic misconduct cases

What Penn’s No. 8 US News & World Report ranking means

Cases rose by 8.6 percent over the last academic year JENNA WANG Staff Reporter

A look at what goes into ranking Penn across various publications JULIA BELL Staff Reporter

Every year between Labor Day and the early decision deadline, a dizzying array of college ranking lists are released across the internet. Penn’s rankings fluctuate from year to year and across publications. However, Penn usually falls near the top, along with other Ivy League schools. But according to Dean of Admissions Eric Furda, rankings lists aren’t of utmost importance when picking a school. “We try to put to put a frame of context around it, but that message doesn’t always get across,” Furda said. “And it’s something we live our lives in, too, so we can’t say it doesn’t matter.” Furda said that the underlying information included in the rankings can help a prospective student, even if the rankings themselves don’t. “It’s one thing to say if you’re not on a list, ‘Oh, they don’t mean anything.’” Furda said. “You want to be on the list to be able to say, ‘Use it SEE MISCONDUCT PAGE 5

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One class where unauthorized collaboration is commonly reported is CIS 110, since students can easily copy code from their classmates.

Cases of academic misconduct across Penn increased 8.6 percent, from 185 to 201 cases, in the last academic year, according to the 2016 Report of the Office of Student Conduct. Director of the Office of Student Conduct Julie Lyzinski Nettleton

believes the increase was mostly due to OSC’s increased outreach efforts to academic departments rather than an actual increase in misconduct. “I don’t think there’s an increase in academic integrity violations that are happening,” she said. “I think what is happening is that there’s a stronger partnership between our office and the school and the faculty. There [are] more open lines of communication, and SEE MISCONDUCT PAGE 5

Queer religious groups respond to homophobic preachers The groups praised LGBTQ protesters for speaking out REBECCA TAN Staff Reporter

When two preachers came to campus to rail against “homo sex” on Sept. 15, they drew a swift counter-protest of more than a

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hundred students wielding signs and pride flags. On that very same day, Penn’s Queer Christian Fellowship, which is sponsored by the Christian Association, happened to have a gathering planned. Students spent the gathering processing what had occurred on campus. “For too many of the students in

QCF, this rhetoric is nothing now,” Christian Association campus minister Rev. Megan LeCluyse said. “That does not change the fact that [such messages] are incredibly hurtful.” College senior Rashad Nimr , a member of Queer Muslims and Allies at Penn, agreed that what the preachers espoused represent

“a very common mentality in the U.S.” At Penn, which offers places for minority students to meet allies and other similarly-identifying students, it can be shocking to be “thrown back into reality,” Nimr said. There are three queer-religious SEE REACTIONS PAGE 3

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