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Penn faculty alleviate Ebola fears

Faculty provide resources for local hospitals, look for new cures and take precautions on campus TINA CHOU Staff Writer

As the Ebola outbreak continues to devastate Western Africa, Penn students and researchers tackle the challenges and of helping prevent the spread and dangers of the deadly virus.

One Penn team called Power Up Gambia confronted Ebola hands-on this summer by helping local hospitals and clinics in The Gambia, a West African country, secure energy sources by donating and installing solar panels.

Because of the Penn organization’s partnership with The Gambia’s Sulayman Junkung General Hospital, Power Up Gambia continually sends stu-

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dents to the region to assist Gambian hospital staff and patients.

However, according to Executive Director of Power Up Gambia Lynn McConville, the increasing death toll and severity of the Ebola outbreak puts Penn students in the region in serious danger.

The Center for Disease Control describes the outbreak as one of the largest in the history of the Ebola virus, estimating over 3,000 cases and 1,500 deaths as of Aug. 28. The Gambia lies fewer than 100 miles from Guinea, one of the

sources of the Ebola outbreak.

Countries nearby the Ebola outbreak are dealing with supply shortages and lack of proper equipment to prevent the Ebolavirus from traveling across borders, McConville said, with basic items like gloves and face masks low on stock.

Although health checks are being implemented at country borders to prevent people in nearby countries like The Gambia from catching the virus, the regular thermometers used to prevent the spread of the virus are not as successful as infared thermometers.

But, with supply shortages, using infared thermometers is not a feasible option.

“Millions of dollars are going towards the outbreak but not towards surrounding countries like The Gambia,” McConville said. She hopes that solar suitcases, which provide portable energy, can be used to power the infrared thermometers in the near future.

But it’s possible that some of the fears over the spread of Ebola are unfounded, according to Darren Linkin, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Perelman School of Medicine.

Ebola spreads through contact with blood and other infected bodily fluids, and its symptoms are similar to those of fevers caused by other etiologies, putting Ebola on a long list of potential diagnoses.

“What if there were a patient who said, ‘I have fever, headache, non-specific symptoms and I was just in Nigeria for business?’” he said. These symptoms could also be due to malaria or the flu, he explained, revealing the need to rule out alternatives before SEE EBOLA PAGE 8

With mental health an issue, religious groups up initiatives MSA will hold a two-day mental health first-aid training session in October EUNICE LIM Staff Writer

Kameelah Rashad, a 2001 Graduate School of Education graduate who mastered in counseling and psychology returned to Penn last January, in part, to improve mental health on campus through religion.

“As an alum and as someone who went to CAPS during my time as an undergrad student, I know how difficult it is to seek help in times of struggle,” said Rashad, also a 2000 College graduate who currently serves as a campus minister to the

West Phila. artist fights city for his art studio

PennDesign grad James Dupree’s studio was seized to make way for a supermarket SOPHIA WITTE Staff Writer

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PennDesign graduate James Dupree believes his West Philadelphia studio was wrongly claimed under eminent domain.

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A closer look at Penn’s domination of GrubHub lists Penn came out on top for politeness, but college students lag overall

Muslim community. “But at some point, we reach our emotional max and we need a safe space to talk about our doubts, fears and insecurities. That’s why we’re here.”

In her position as Associate Chaplain and Muslim campus minister, Rashad often lends her ears and provides advice to Muslim and non-Muslim students. Recently, though, more students have begun to seek her counsel, especially for mental health- and stressrelated matters.

Rashad’s experience is indicative of a larger movement in religious life at Penn: an increasing dialogue about mental health.

Maybe it is Penn students’ caffeine fix that makes them so polite.

Penn made recent headlines in both The Huffington Post and Business Insider for having the most polite and caffeine-guzzling students, according to new data collected

by GrubHub. Penn has also made another top ranking, coming in at number six for ordering the most ethnically diverse food as students order from more than 30 different types of ethnic restaurants.

Philadelphia is taking over both of the rankings, with Drexel University nabbing the number 10 spot for the most polite GrubHub

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In 2005, West Philadelphia artist and School of Design graduate James Dupree purchased a dilapidated warehouse at 36th Street and Haverford Avenue for $200,000.

He has since worked to transform the 8,600-squarefoot property into a unique space with 10 rooms, one of which was recently named by Philly Curbed as among the “Five Amazing Spaces You’d Never See If Not For Airbnb.”

“Everything I own is invested in this building,” Dupree said. “From the roof to the plumbing to the electrical, it’s all new, and I have renovated it to become my dream studio.”

But in 2012, Dupree’s ownership of his home and workspace came under threat when City Council approved the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority’s plan to pave

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Healthcare start-up revives house calls COREY STERN Staff Writer

When Wharton MBA student Scott Ames was traveling with his fiancee in Washington, D.C. last fall, a long wait for a simple antibiotic prescription caused a lot of aggravation and sparked the idea for an innovative healthcare start-up, Curbside Care.

Ames’ fiancee was experiencing ear pain, and the only way to get an antibiotic so far away from home was to wait three hours at an urgent care center and pay a hefty bill. A disgruntled Ames knew there had to be an easier way to receive relatively simple medical care.

He asked himself why, if he could hail an on-demand car service from an app on his phone, he couldn’t do the same with a doctor’s appointment.

Upon returning to campus, he brought his idea to his Wharton rugby teammate, Grant Mitchell — who had just received his MD from the Perelman School of Medicine and was completing his MBA at Wharton — and together they launched Curbside Care to solve that very problem.

“He knew of my past experience at [a previous healthcare startup] and reached out to me

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Wharton MBA student Scott Ames and MD/MBA student Grant Mitchell designed Curbside Care to reduce the frustration of getting simple prescriptions for minor diseases and injuries.

with this concept to ask my advice on it, and I loved it,” Mitchell said. “At the same time I was looking at the urgent care space and wanted to be a part of that.”

Ames and Mitchell’s company mobilizes urgent care by taking a variety of practitioner appointments out of practices

and bringing them into patients’ homes. Their services would be utilized for cases related to ear nose and throat or gastrointestinal issues, minor cuts and burns, sprains or lacerations.

Much like hailing a town car on Uber, a customer can use Curbside Care to get an on-demand

doctor or nurse practitioner to show up at their doorstep.

The company seeks to bring benefits to both healthcare providers and patients by connecting them to one another.

For the customer, it eliminates wait times, offers more transparent and competitive

pricing and makes the doctorpatient relationship more intimate. At the same time, it offers doctors and nurse practitioners increased autonomy and flexibility, as well as the opportunity to supplement a salaried income.

The pair has received ample help along the way, starting last semester with the Healthcare Entrepreneurship class taught by healthcare venture capitalist Gary Kurtzman and lawyer Jeffrey Libson.

“During that course we did a lot of market research, and we did customer and practitioner surveys and interviews to really de-risk the model for our idea,” Ames said. “We were able to answer many questions: Will practitioners actually provide appointments? What do we have to pay them? What materials do we have to provide for them?

How much are patients willing to pay? What services would they use this for?

“At that point we realized we had something real, and we decided to work on it full time over the summer,” he added.

The team has also been awarded capital, office space, mentorship, advising and other benefits. Their company was

accepted into the Wharton Venture Initiation Program and is based in the Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator, a state-funded program that fosters digital healthcare startups.

Looking forward, Ames and Mitchell have identified other target markets within the United States and are hoping to launch into them as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, they continue to actively recruit doctors and nurse practitioners in the Philadelphia area.

As they look to expand, the team does realize the boundaries their company has.

“We’re not trying to replace primary care,” said Ames.

“What we’re trying to do is compete with urgent care and the percentage of emergency care visits that should not be emergency care visits.”

Nevertheless, Curbside Care can replace a large portion of primary visits.

“There have been studies on urgent and primary care, and what is actually required as far as tools diagnostically,” said Mitchell. “And 80 percent of non-life threatening cases simply require a prescription pad and a doctor to make the diagnosis.”

was cited twice this week for disorderly conduct) was cited for public drunkenness on the 3700 block of Hamilton Walk at 1:33 p.m. after police observed him causing a disturbance on the highway by yelling and threatening pedestrians. The suspect was drunk at the time.

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AUGUST 22 - AUGUST 28, 2014 GUNPOINT ROBBERY:

Aug. 27: An unaffiliated 21-yearold man reported a gunpoint home invasion robbery at the University of the Sciences Upsilon Sigma Phi Fraternity house at 2:30 a.m. Two male suspects fled with U.S. currency.

No arrests have been made.

BURGLARY:

Aug. 25: An unaffiliated 56-yearold man was arrested on the 4100 block of Ogden Street at 1:40 p.m. after he was observed to be removing building materials from a construction site that did

not belong to him.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT:

Aug. 27: An unaffiliated 46-yearold man reported being struck in the head with a chair by an unknown person at 3001 Walnut St. As a result of the encounter, the victim needed to get stitches.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT:

Aug. 25: An unaffiliated 39-yearold man was cited for disorderly conduct at the intersection of 38th and Sansom streets at 1:52 p.m. after asking an affiliated 21-year-old woman for money,

and then following and yelling at her when she refused. The same 39-year-old man was cited on Aug. 27 at 39th and Market streets at 5:16 p.m. after police observed him chasing pedestrians into the street.

Aug. 28: An unaffiliated 58-yearold man was cited for disorderly conduct on the 4000 block of Market Street at 12:22 p.m. after he was observed by police to be selling loose cigarettes to two separate individuals. The male became angry and yelled as police approached.

FRAUD:

Aug. 27: A gift shop at Presbyterian Hospital (51 N. 39th St.) reported at 9:00 a.m. that it received counterfeit money as payment for its merchandise.

Aug. 28: An affiliated 22-year-old woman at the Radian Apartments (3925 Walnut St.) reported at 12:00 p.m. that her credit card was compromised by unknown means.

PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS:

Aug. 27: An unaffiliated 39-year-old male (the same who

LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS:

Aug. 22: A Wharton sophomore, a Wharton freshman and a College freshman were cited for violating liquor laws after police observed them in possession of and or consuming alcoholic beverages

TOTAL THEFTS: 17

Bike Theft: 4 Retail Theft: 2 Theft from Vehicle: 1 Theft from Building: 6 Other Theft: 4

ARRESTS FROM THEFTS:

Aug. 22: A juvenile was arrested for a theft from the Penn Bookstore at 9:27 p.m.

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the way for a supermarket along Haverford Avenue, which PRA spokesman Paul Chrystie explained would address the neighborhood’s lack of healthy, affordable food.

The PRA condemned Dupree’s studio and other surrounding parcels through eminent domain, a legal process that enables the government to take private property, compensate the owner and redevelop the land for public use.

Dupree challenged the seizure of his property in court but lost his case against the city. Now, he and others are in the process of appealing the court’s decision.

Melinda Haring, the Institute for Justice’s activism manager, has been working with Dupree to publicize his situation and prevent the city’s abuse of eminent domain.

Even though the PRA claims the supermarket would help the community, Haring believes that the PRA cannot legally use eminent domain to develop a private business like a supermarket.

After the 2005 Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London highlighted the widespread abuse of eminent domain, the Pennsylvania legislature passed the “Property Rights Protection Act,” a bill that forbids the use of eminent domain “to take private property in order to use it for private enterprise.”

Since Dupree’s property is not being redeveloped for public use, Haring insists that the city cannot pursue its plan under current law.

Chrystie, the PRA spokesperson, counters that the PRA has followed state procedures by presenting Dupree with financial compensation and honoring his right to contest the offer.

But Dupree feels that the financial package the city presented to him is inadequate. After having his studio appraised for $2.2 million, Dupree felt exploited by the city’s offer of only $640,000 for his space.

“If they had offered me what my building is worth, taking into consideration its future value instead of just doing a drive-by appraisal that shows no respect for my work, this would not be such a travesty,” Dupree said.

Dupree emphasized that his studio’s potential worth will grow since property values are bound to rise with an ensuing wave of gentrification in the area. Professor John Landis, the department chair of City and Regional Planning at PennDesign, said Drexel University’s plans to expand north will likely inflate the prices of many

Mantua properties. In addition to the impact of Drexel’s expansion, the Obama Administration’s declaration of Mantua as a Promise Zone — a national initiative to revitalize the community — will drive property values up, Dupree believes.

But as the neighborhood welcomes an infusion of economic growth, Dupree and the other property owners whose land was seized by the city will not reap the benefits.

As a means of gaining support in opposition to the city’s property seizure, Dupree has gathered petition signatures and used his art as a forum to publicize his grievances. Dupree has completed over 300 artworks that shed light on his struggle to defend his studio.

“I now consider my studio to be a museum since the entire building is filled with art, most of which reflects the pain and stress this situation has caused me,” Dupree said.

Dupree suffered a stroke that he believes was caused by the emotional strain of fighting the city. The outside of his studio currently displays a powerful mural entitled “Stolen Dreams,” a visual representation of his experience.

Four short documentaries have also been made to make his story known.

Dupree continues to defend his art studio since he feels so connected to the community in which it is located.

Born and raised in the Mantua area, Dupree associates the neighborhood with his growth as an artist, educator and business owner.

Though his works appear in museums around the world, many of his

pieces reside in local locations, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the African American YOLANDA CHEN/NEWS PHOTO EDITOR Museum.

His deep attachment to the stu- James Dupree has filled his Mantua studio, which was seized by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dio also derives from years of giv- build a supermarket, with his art, which now “reflects the pain and stress” the seizure caused him. ing back to the neighborhood. His studio has become a beloved cenThe Leon C. & June W. Holt Lecture in International Law ter in the community partly due to the art classes and exhibits that he

hosts there. He has also invested REFLECTIONS ON POLICY AND THE several years as an educator in local programs, such as the CommuAFTERMATH OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS nity Voyage School for runaway

children. In 2010, he received the University of Pennsylvania Black LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS Alumni Society Living Legend Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University Award in 2010 for his contribu71st S ecretary of the under PProfessor resident Cand linton, Director of the NHarvard ational University Economic Council for tions to West Philadelphia.

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or most of my young adulthood, I’ve wanted to dedicate my life to queer — and more specifically, trans / gender nonconforming–activism. I knew that in college and post-graduation I would want to align myself with activists and advocates who are doing the work of protecting and promoting gender and sexuality diversity. However, over time I have become more and more disillusioned with what constitutes mainstream understandings of “activism” for queer people.

One might think that the best way to serve queer and trans populations is to primarily focus attention and resources on issues that are seen as “inherently” queer. By this logic, queer activists should focus on issues such as marriage equality, inclusion in the military and employment discrimination. This seems to be the most logical step, right? In these areas, queer and trans people are targeted specifically for their gender identity and/or sexuality.

Shouldn’t those who focus on these issues be the people that we call “queer activists?”

Unfortunately, the idea that real queer activism prioritizes these issues specifically is one that not only causes major rifts in queer and trans communities, but actually harms these communities as a whole. As queer and trans people, our activism means nothing if it does not prioritize combating racism, colonialism, ableism, state violence, misogyny, capitalism and other systems that seek to subjugate people based on their identities, whether

they are queer or not.

This is not to say that fighting against sexuality- and gender identity-based discrimination isn’t important. But pouring all of our efforts and money into these causes without focusing on taking an intersectional approach only really benefits queer and trans people that already have access to privilege and don’t have those other systematic barriers to overcome.

As queer and trans people, our activism means nothing if it does not prioritize combating racism, colonialism, ableism, state violence, misogyny [and] capitalism.”

Queer activism has seen a major shift throughout recent history. Those who fought most fiercely in the Stonewall Rebellion in 1969 — a launching point for modern queer activism — were transgender women of color who prioritized fighting back against police brutality and providing housing for homeless youth. This legacy of true queer activism has quickly been subjugated to the point where violence against trans women of color still runs rampant, but large, wealthy LGBT marriage equality organizations can afford to spend thou-

sands of dollars on networking galas to “build community.”

A marriage license does not mean much for people who are facing police brutality. Seeking further inclusion in the military does not help queer and trans that are facing military violence and occupation. Telling people not to discriminate on the basis of sexuality in the workplace means nothing for those who have been imprisoned because of racist and classist criminalization.

When put into practice, this type of intersectional activism has a much larger effect and reaches more people. For example, Palestinian queer activist Haneen Maikey heads the organization alQaws, which is dedicated to not only advocating for queer and trans people in Palestine, but also to centering resistance to occupation and military violence.

Activists across Penn’s campus, from groups such as Penn for Palestine, Queer Student Alliance and Penn Arab Student Society, brought Haneen to campus last fall to speak about this work.

This solidarity among campus communities is exactly the type of work activists — regardless of their primary focus — should strive to do.

Further, we must not limit what communities and what people we fight for to just people that identify as queer and/or trans.

Doing so is basically a veiled attempt to justify ignoring straight and cisgender people who face violence and discrimination due to other factors simply because they are not a part of our “community.” As a white queer person, I have the privilege of being

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RODERICK COOK able to ignore racist violence but still be recognized as an “activist” as long as I fight for queer issues. It is my job and the job of all other people who claim the label “activist” to prioritize fighting those systems of oppression in the work that we do.

Are we really activists if we don’t take a stance against genocide and state violence happening abroad?

Are we really activists if we don’t work to redistribute wealth that has been dealt out unfairly under capitalism?

Are we really activists if we only fight for people that have similar experiences to our own?

The simple truth is that none of us who claim the label “activist” are perfect. However, we can, and indeed, must, continue to learn and become better if we want to make real tangible change in the world. This means expanding our definitions of “queer activism” and working in solidarity with other social justice movements.

RODERICK COOK is a College junior from Nesquehoning, Pa., studying gender, sexuality and women’s studies. Their email address is rodcookdp@gmail.com.

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s a high school student, I absolutely loved Tumblr.

You know, that blogging site where you can lose hours of your life scrolling through pictures from music and TV fanatics, girls with film cameras and animal enthusiasts.

I once came across a post that affectionately referred to the platform as the “feminist cat website.” That about sums it up.

Initially my blog did not have much thoughtful content — mostly reblogs of pictures of my favorite bands, funny comics and the occasional reflections on my daily life. Now, I’ve tried to use it as a creative outlet to get feedback for my writing and connect with similar users. Of all of the entertainment Tumblr has provided me over the years, the one thing it introduced me to as a young teenager was the disturbingly alarming glorification of serious personal problems. The new romantic icon online was the teen who lived in mental anguish and vented on their social media sites for everyone to see.

There is no doubt that many suffer from serious mental health or other issues, only to be dismissed by their peers and older adults — I myself was one of them. But there is another segment of the young adult population that does not have these issues but instead likes to dabble in them, trying them on like an outfit and hoping to gain notice from others.

Attention-seeking posts in the aftermath of teen suicides, one of the highest causes of death for young people, saying things such as “reblog and get this post 20,000 notes and I won’t cut tonight,” were common displays. The dramatic, overemotional, lonely, love-

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obsessed juvenile whose hobbies included self-harm and crying alone was apparently the ideal to strive for.

People bragged about having pseudo-nervous breakdowns and begged their internet followers and real life friends to be gentle with their fragile, self-centered egos.

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The dramatic, overemotional, lone ly, love obsessed juvenile whose hobbies inclu de d se lfharm and crying alone was apparently the ideal to strive for.”

I can tell you that the inside of a hospital is not a place you want to end up in.

It isn’t attractive to be anxious about the smallest of interactions, to wake up in the morning and find yourself never wanting to get out of bed. Nor is it fun playing trial and error with doctors and prescriptions to find the right cocktail to keep you sane.

These attempts to be cool and edgy, combined with even more hazardous behaviors such as smoking and drinking at a young age and calling it “poetic,” mask the silent pleas of those who really need help.

The truly ill are not looking to be congratulated for their problems. They are hiding them to avoid the questioning and probing of family and friends. They do not take pride when they cut or otherwise harm themselves, they are sitting in their room wondering if they can stop themselves before getting to the point of no return.

Drug addiction very quickly stops being fun and starts draining a person’s health, relationships and stability. It isn’t something to be laughed off or beautified.

Even as college students, we still take pride in these destructive behaviors. We brag about how little sleep we had the night before. We make bets with ourselves on how long we can go without eating before we pass out.

We toss around words like “panic attacks” and “schizo” with our buddies, completely oblivious to our classmates who might actually be suffering from these disorders.

About 20 percent of Americans suffer from some sort of mental illness. The struggles of anxiety, depression, addiction and other psychological issues are not filled with moments of boastfulness, but those of shame and isolation.

It is time we stop encouraging young people to play the game of who is the most damaged, and instead give them the strength to endure and help their loved ones cope with their illnesses. We need to stop seeing mental health problems as something to fear and especially as something to romanticize.

KATIERA SORDJAN is a College junior from New York studying communications.

Her email address is skati@sas.upenn.edu. “The Melting Pot” appears every

ow many times now have we heard this debate: Should students pursue a degree in liberal arts or STEM? The rhetoric coming from both sides has started to sound much like the debates between Wharton and the College or the political debates between Republicans and Democrats.

Each side will present its facts, then the other party will accuse it of “cherry picking” data and release its own findings, which of course show it in a more favorable light.

Here’s the truth of the debate: Both sides are wrong, and both sides are right.

Most arguments center around the job market. However, the problem with looking at just the workforce is that it fails to acknowledge one thing — for the most part, a liberal arts major can work in a STEM field and vice versa. Some jobs do require specific degrees, yet many employers don’t care about the type of degree a candidate has. Instead they look at the level of degree and whether the candidate has the skills and knowledge to perform the job required.

The fallacy with debating the two sides is that they are part of a whole. Having worked in the food service industry for 13 years, this is much like asking if the front of house or back of house is more important to the running of a restaurant.

Without the front of house staff to serve the guests, there would be no orders for the kitchen staff to cook or anyone to clear the tables. At the same time, without a back of house, there would not be anyone to make the food. However, it is entirely possible for someone to work both positions — they are not mutually exclusive.

The same applies to academia. Both liberal arts and STEM are required for an edu-

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cation. A student should have the creative thinking and communication skills required of a liberal arts major, as well as the critical thinking and technical knowledge of a STEM major. We need to stop looking at them as being separate qualities. This is part of the reason we have the sectors of knowledge and foundational approaches in our required curricula.

If we embrace this “wholeness” philosophy rather than one of opposing forces, we

A student should have the creative thinking and communication skills required of a liberal arts major, as we ll as t h e critical thinking and technical knowledger of a STEM major.” can concentrate on something much more important. Individuals have their own personal talents, whether it be composing a literary work, playing an instrument, solving a mathematical equation or building a structure. While well-rounded individuals can perform any task, they will excel in those in which they are talented.

An individual with a talent for writing has the ability to work in a molecular biology lab. However, he will most likely never progress as far as if he had instead chosen a path in journalism. Even if he does, the path will be longer and more difficult. The same applies to a gifted chemist who chooses to pursue a musical career. While it is within the realm of possibility for her to

SHAWN KELLEY become a first chair violinist in an orchestra, she will progress further faster in a chemistryrelated field.

By starting with a broad knowledge base we are able to identify what our talents are.

By identifying our talents we are able to pursue careers that work symbiotically with those talents. By pursuing those careers we are able to reach levels of success that better our lives and those of future generations.

I think part of the problem is that we don’t do a good enough job encouraging this broad base of knowledge earlier in the education system.

Students need to be encouraged not to be afraid of math when they are more inclined towards art and likewise for an engineering student with literature. Primary school students should be just as qualified generalists as university students at their respective levels.

So let us forget this whole liberal arts versus STEM debate as a distraction from core issues. Instead, let’s focus on having a knowledge base which allows us to adapt easily to challenges in a constantly changing world. Let’s do as Polonius said in Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “This above all – to thine own self be true.”

SHAWN KELLEY is an LPS junior from San Diego studying English and Japanese. His email address is skelley@sas.upenn.edu.

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This week at Penn in 1991, the administration announced the creation of a new task force to review University hiring practices, particularly the policies on background checks for prospective employees.

The announcement followed an incident a week earlier when a University janitor raped a Penn housekeeper in a lounge in Hill College House. The 36-year-old Warren Timbers was arrested by Penn Police on Aug. 26 when he tried to flee the scene of the incident and was charged with six criminal acts

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colleges and the number two spot for highest caffeine fix. Temple University also held its own with seven percent of its orders containing caffeine and coming in at number seven for most polite.

While GrubHub is happy to fuel the hectic, caffeinated lifestyle of the average college student, it is unclear why the rankings contain a larger number of Philadelphia schools.

including rape, indecent assault and indecent exposure.

Timbers had a prior rape conviction in 1974 when he was a minor, but he was tried and convicted as an adult. Although the University did not confirm the task force was created in response to the incident, the announcement came within a week of the arrest.

Previous hiring practices only asked Penn applicants for their criminal records from the past 10 years, allowing past convictions for applicants like Timbers to be over-

looked.

Even if prior convictions were confirmed, the University could not bar potential applicants from the job unless they could prove the relevance of the crime to the job description — an applicant convicted for drug possession could not necessarily be barred from a maintenance job.

Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences human resources website currently states that necessary background checks are subject to all employees once a job offer is made.

“From schedules packed full of studying, partying and socializing, it makes sense that students crave caffeine,” Allie Mack, a public relations representative for GrubHub Inc., said in an email. “Rankings like this speak to the availability of these beverages at the restaurants in a given area. It surprises me that more NYC and Chicago schools aren’t on the list.”

Looking closer at the data collected by GrubHub reveals that almost

60 percent of the restaurants serving Penn students offer coffee and that students are 89 percent more likely to order in the morning than all other college students. However, college students are 83 percent more likely to order energy drinks and 15 percent less likely to order coffee drinks than the GrubHub average.

With the highest rates of “please” and “thank you” as well as 10 percent of online orders containing coffee, espresso and energy drinks, Penn has established itself in GrubHub history.

Six out of the top 14 most caffeine-ordering schools are located in the Philadelphia area. This interesting find could be contributed to the fact that GrubHub orders must have at least a 10 dollar minimum.

And as to why Penn students are the most polite, GrubHub analysts remain perplexed.

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College students still have more room for improvement in their politeness. According to GrubHub’s most recent press release, published on Aug. 19, college students across the board are 18 percent less likely than the rest of the public to submit words of thanks with their GrubHub orders.

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In the wake of three student suicides last semester, Counseling and Psychological Services hired more staff and expanded its hours. Penn President Amy Gutmann also commissioned a mental health task force in February to study student psychological well-being.

On a less publicized scale, though, Penn’s religious community has begun increasing its focus on mental health services.

For example, adult leaders of religious groups are making their support and counseling services more public and accessible to students.

From his new, more-central office in Houston Hall, University Chaplain Chaz Howard has been promoting larger-scale change among campus ministers.

“The shift was in making sure that campus ministers were available for counseling so that, for instance, you would know the priest on campus was not only there to celebrate the Eucharist but also to be there for you if you need

to talk,” said Howard, who also serves on the University’s mental health task force.

This can be especially useful in religious communities, Rashad said, where “the stigma can feel insurmountable.”

“Many students believe that if they have faith in God, if they are good Muslims or good Christians, then they should be able to get through this on their own,” Rashad said. “I hear this often in the Muslim community, that mental illness is an indication of weak faith or that is a punishment from God.” That’s why she tries to get students to talk more about their problems. Rabbi Mike Uram and the staff at Hillel, many of whom are trained in social work, have also increasingly encouraged students to talk about their personal challenges.

This increased focus on mental health, however, is being sought by both adult and student religious leaders. Heads of groups like the Muslim Student Association, Hillel and the Hindu Student Council & Young Jains of Amer-

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Several members of Penn’s Muslim Student Association received mental health and first aid training last semester. MSA plans to hold a training session for more students to receive certification this October.

ica are helping lead the charge for more transparent conversations about mental health.

This semester, MSA President Menvekeh Daramay, a College senior, plans to hold a two-day mental health first-aid training and certification session in Octo-

ber under Rashad’s guidance. It will be open to all students who are willing to make the eight-hour commitment.

“The training equips you with information about signs and symptoms of common disorders and how to respond to someone in

an emotional crisis,” Rashad explained. “It helps you connect that person to the support they need.”

Daramay and a few other MSA members were trained last year, and found it incredibly useful — Daramay now provides open office hours to anyone who needs

to talk.

Hillel President Alon Krifcher, an Engineering senior, is also looking to provide more tangible events and resources throughout the year. “Our social justice task team is still at work to see what more can be done, but the most important thing we do is to emphasize that you can feel safe and supported at Hillel and provide space for students to talk through their feelings and ideas with staff members,” Krifcher said.

The Hindu Student Council & Young Jains of America promotes mental wellness at weekly “Spiritual Sundays,” which “include a meditation session with the goal of inner peace and resilience,” said the group’s Co-president, Wharton and College senior Neel Koyawala.

He said that following last semester’s mental wellness push — the group led an interfaith panel discussion on mental health and donated their earnings from Holi t-shirt sales to the national Active Minds 73092 group — the Hindu and Jain group will continue to expand its services.

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jumping to Ebola.

However, the fear of Ebola spreading throughout West Africa is a larger concern than fearing it will spread to the United States, according to Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy and Vice Provost for Global Initiatives Ezekiel Emanuel.

American health facilities have proper infrastructure to control infectious diseases, but the affected African countries do not have similar advantages, he said.

“We have health systems that are overwhelmed, dealt with civil war and inability to train,” Emanuel said.

Linkin said that an outbreak in America is enough of a possibility to take precautions. As the hospital epidemiologist at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, he has helped ensure that Penn medical facilities are capable of treating patients infected by the Ebolavirus.

As an extra measure, Linkin provides guidance to emergency department personnel who would need to be the first to identify a patient infected with Ebolavirus.

However, Linkin believes that there’s little reason to worry about an American outbreak. The CDC also maintains that the threat of an Ebola outbreak in America is not significant.

“People don’t worry about the mundane things that are causing more illnesses,” Linkin said.

Penn is also on the forefront of new research to treat Ebola and

other highly contagious and deadly illnesses, which could help reduce the fears of Ebola spreading.

In a lab within Penn Vet, Associate Professor of Microbiology Ronald N. Harty has been studying Ebolavirus models since 1998. Harty works with the matrix proteins of the virus, which assemble into particles that can bud off from the original virus cell and infect other body cells. His lab focuses on finding compounds that could block the budding process.

“A virus hijacks host proteins and uses it for its own purpose to facilitate the budding process,” Harty explained. “We can block the interaction with a small compound or antiviral drug and have the viral particle dangling outside of the cell, but cannot quite break free.”

A dangling viral particle would be recognized by the host’s immune system, and so Harty’s compounds essentially buy time for the host to mount a counterattack.

The translation of Harty’s findings into a drug against Ebola is still far from reality. Harty must first prove that the treatment works on animals, and then make it safe to use on humans.

The way Ebola spreads throughout the body is similar to how rabies and HIV spread, also providing hope that this treatment can be used to protect against other disastrous illnesses — and all in a single drug.

“The exciting part there is that a drug that can block Ebola can also block HIV,” Harty remarked.

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This weekend, Penn volleyball will get to start its season off with a little bit of home cooking.

The Quakers are hosting the Crowne Plaza West Philadelphia Invitational at the Palestra, taking on Colgate on Friday and Cleveland State and Georgetown on Saturday.

The Red and Blue will be facing relatively unknown competition, seeing as the last time they played any of the three schools they will be going up against this weekend was back in September 2004, when Penn defeated Georgetown, 3-0.

Though 10 years have passed and both teams have changed drastically, the Quakers will hope to repeat the success of their pre-

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decessors this weekend by seizing a victory from Georgetown.

The Hoyas (2-1) are coming off of a strong showing last weekend at the D.C. Challenge last weekend. They were swept by American University, 3-0, but rallied back the next day to beat George Mason, 3-1, and Howard, 3-0.

Cleveland State (2-2) started its season slower, losing its first two of three matches at the Ap-

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palachian Invitational. The Vikings were swept by Appalachian State, 3-0, and fell to Tennessee, 3-1, before taking down Tennessee Tech in a sweep. Their second win of the season came in a 3-0 sweep of Akron on Tuesday.

Colgate (1-0) is closest to the Quakers in terms of games played. The Raiders squeezed by Niagara in a close 3-2 match with the final set finishing 15-13 in favor of the home squad.

For Penn, this season is a chance for coach Kerry Carr — a five-time Ivy League champion entering her 17th season as coach — to tinker with some new lineups.

Star libero Dani Shepherd is gone to graduation, as is middle blocker Susan Stuecheli, but the Quakers still return plenty of talent. Junior outside hitter Alexis Genske and senior middle blocker Kendall Turner will be relied upon heavily in the early going.

And that early production could lead to a stellar start to Penn’s nonconference campaign.

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A second-team All-Ivy selection in 2013, junior outside hitter Alexis Genske will play a key role for Penn volleyball this season. Genske’s 299 digs and 153 kills were good for second and fourth on the team last year, respectively.

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From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ Sports Editor Colin Henderson: Volleyball may not be considered one of the marquee sports at Penn, but the team certainly held its own last year, going 8-6 in the Ivy League and 14-11 overall despite a rough start to the year.

The program certainly had reason for optimism going into this season.

However, change is in the air for the program. With the loss of sophomore Arielle Winfield — who will look to walk on to the track team — and significant senior leadership in the offseason, there are questions as to how the new team will look together at the start of this season.

With three home matches over the weekend, I’m looking forward to seeing how they answer the bell. How about you, Holden?

Sports Editor Holden McGinnis: All eyes should be on Rhodes Field Friday for what should be another classic in the men’s soccer matchup between Penn and Drexel.

There’s a little bit of everything to this matchup. Penn’s looking to show they’re still a top program after graduating a loaded senior class and they get to do it against a University City and Big Five rival in Drexel. Last year’s match was a 3-2 thriller as the Quakers held off a late Dragons surge in the final minutes and this year should be more of the same.

And don’t forget about Central Connecticut State, which faces off against the Quakers on Sunday in the second match of the University City Classic.

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Senior back Lauren Hammond will provide another veteran presence for Penn’s extremely experienced and accomplished backline this year.

It’ll be unfamiliar territory for both teams as they meet for the first time. With old friends and new, there’s plenty to get excited about for men’s soccer this weekend.

Sports Editor Ian Wenik: Holden is right about coming down to Rhodes Field, but people should be swinging by a few hours earlier to watch women’s soccer take on Old Dominion. Coach Darren Ambrose’s brand of defensive-oriented soccer isn’t going to light up the scoreboard, but it grinds out results. With the team already coming off a road match at Mount St. Mary’s on Friday, I don’t expect to see any earlyseason sloppiness whatsoever.

Haley Cooper, Caroline Dwyer, Lauren Hammond, Kaljiah Terilli ... the list goes on. Penn’s back line and keeper

can match up with any team in the Ivy League. It’ll be exciting to see them in action for the first time in 2014.

Senior Sports Editor Steven Tydings: To paraphrase Eminem, you forgot about field hockey. But seriously, the field hockey team definitely excites me going into this weekend.

Speaking with senior captain Emily Corcoran early this week, the team is young, which means we will get to see them grow before our eyes. Having leadership from seniors like Corcoran will help make things go smoothly.

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FIELD HOCKEY tantly on the defensive end.

The departure of first-team AllIvy goalie Carly Sokach â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who was consistently stellar last season â&#x20AC;&#x201D; leaves a large pair of shoes to fill between the posts.

Without the luxury of Sokachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reliability in net, the Quakers hope that either junior Emily Guthier or freshman Liz Mata â&#x20AC;&#x201D; neither of whom has seen collegiate action â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will step up and provide a strong presence in net.

As of Monday, the team had not yet announced its starting goalkeeper.

Coach Colleen Fink realizes that Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new keeper will naturally face challenges entering a new level of competition, and as such, she is stressing a complete team effort on the defensive end. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just trying to build our defense and disallow shots,â&#x20AC;? Fink said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fewer the shots, the less the goalkeeper has to tend to, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be the strategy moving forward for this season.â&#x20AC;?

In the offseason, the Red and Blue reinforced their defense with the addition of transfers Claire Kneizys and Nicole Mackin.

The two backsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to coordinate and mesh with the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s returning defenders will be crucial to keeping the pressure off the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; net in the early going.

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Cole also gone, Fink is looking for freshmen to make an impact on the offensive end as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve brought in some really exciting players in Alexa Hoover, Gina Guccione and Rachel Huang,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think they are really going to be able to contribute offensively this year.â&#x20AC;?

The offensive end figures to be the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; biggest strength this season, as the squad returns a talented core of the Three Eâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: Emily Corcoran, Elise Tilton and Elizabeth Hitti.

The trio accounted for 29 of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 58 goals last season and had a knack for scoring at opportune times.

Fink feels her offense can get back up and running well against Lehigh (0-2). And she has good reason to believe in her teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to do so: in the Mountain Hawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; most recent matchup against St. Francis (Pa.), they gave up five goals in defeat.

Going up against a winless opponent, starting the season off with a win may be realistic for the Red and Blue.

But with Friday being her squadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first time out, Finkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main focus is on how her unit executes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being this early in the season, you need to go in and focus on yourself,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to focus on what our strengths are going to be and work out some of the kinks. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly what this game is going to be.â&#x20AC;?

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M. SOCCER | Penn will take on Drexel, Central Connecticut State

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When Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer takes the pitch at Rhodes Field to begin their season on Friday, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be against a familiar foe. On Saturday, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be the opposite.

The Quakers start with a tough nonconference matchup Friday against Drexel in the 41st meeting between the local rivals, while Central Connecticut State will make its first trip to Penn for the second match of the University City Classic Sunday.

Yet whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the 41st or initial meeting between programs, coach Rudy Fuller and his team have a similar attitude in terms of their preparations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing Drexel or weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing Central Connecticut, right now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about us.â&#x20AC;? Fuller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are our first two games, and we need to figure out where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re heading and where we are, and these two teams will give us a good test.â&#x20AC;?

Drexel (1-0) provides an interesting challenge as a team coming off an eerily similar season to Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last year; the Dragons won the CAA championship and finished with a 9-8-4 overall record and a loss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

In last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting, the Quakers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and held on for the 3-2 victory after a late run by Drexel brought the Dragons within a goal.

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season was a 1-0 overtime victory over Temple (1-1). â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think there are many secrets between Drexel and Penn,â&#x20AC;? Fuller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doug Hess and myself are very close friends and talk about the game a lot and talk about our teams a lot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It should be a really exciting game for Philadelphia. There should be a good crowd here

from Drexel and a good crowd here from Pennâ&#x20AC;?

Meanwhile, Central Connecticut State (1-0) will be more of an unknown for the Quakers, though thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a double-edged blade for the opponents. The Blue Devils finished the year with the best regular season record in the NEC, but they lost in the first round of the conference tournament as St. Francis (N.Y.) won its way into the NCAA Tournament.

However, the unknowns for the Quakers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t entirely come from the other side of the pitch.

One of the biggest question marks for the Quakers arises from the loss of graduated senior leadership. With a goal of maintaining their Ivy League title and returning to the NCAA

Tournament, senior midfield Louis Schott and the rest of the senior class are now at the helm of the program.

Though only time will truly tell whether the team manages to sustain its excellent performance from last season, it certainly has strong hopes for its new freshman class. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our class has stepped up well â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we came in pretty organized,â&#x20AC;? Schott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The new guys coming in have been good, a confident and pretty fearless group, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited to see what they can do.â&#x20AC;?

The attitude for Penn is simple going into the weekend, according to Schott. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve put a lot of hard work in, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really ready to get going.â&#x20AC;?

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Senior midfielder Louis Schott, along with the rest of the senior class, will need to take on a greater leadership role on the team if the Red and Blue are to repeat last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success to the tune of a second-straight Ivy title.

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POPLAWSKI >> PAGE 12

Poplawski saw very limited minutes throughout his four appearances for the team, playing a total of seven minutes while contributing two points on a pair of free throws.

“It was really positive. The point guards, all the guys I was working with helped catch me up to speed with the coaches,” he said.

“They all understood it was a tough transition coming in that late in the year, and they really welcomed me. Towards the end, it just started to feel normal.”

Yet right now, Poplawski is entirely focused on the upcoming soccer season. As part of his agreement to play both sports, the sophomore will entirely dedicate each season to its respective sport.

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and has great shake.”

On the wide receiver front, the Quakers may be as deep as they’ve ever been.

Veterans Conner Scott, Ty Taylor and Cameron Countryman are givens, but running back convert Spencer Kulcsar, senior Eric Fiore and freshman Justin Watson have all shown plenty in practice.

“It’s probably our deepest position right now from top to bottom,” Bagnoli said.

Another recent boost for the Quakers has been the addition of some clarity in the race for the starting kicker job.

As it stands now, junior Jimmy Gammill stands atop the depth chart, with senior Connor Loftus — last year’s starter — and

For Fuller, it’s that focus that helped him come to terms with one of his strongest athletes splitting his time.

“Matt and I have talked about it, and I know he’s talked to [Penn men’s basketball coach] Jerome [Allen],” Fuller said. “As long as soccer’s the priority during soccer season, I have no problem with basketball being the priority during basketball season.”

“It’s a credit to him as an individual and an athlete that he’s able to juggle both,” he added.

Though Penn fans won’t get to see Poplawski step out onto the Palestra hardwood for a few months to come, they’ll have plenty of opportunities to watch this tremendous athlete on the pitch as the men’s soccer program opens its season this weekend.

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more short-term goals before setting their eyes on an Ivy League championship or an NCAA berth. Right now, the team is taking every practice and game one day at a time.

“We are kind of just starting small,” senior back Haley Cooper said.

The team is untested, with nine new players — including eight freshman and one junior transfer student — filling out the 27-person roster. At this point in the season, nothing is settled on the roster front.

According to coach Darren Ambrose, the first few games of the season give the Quakers a chance to find the optimal formation and lineup before conference play opens against defending Ivy League champion

Harvard on Sept. 27.

“We want to see how the girls [play] before we decide on a final system,” he said. “We want to see who complements who so that we’ve got a system that allows us to maximize the depth of our roster.”

Penn’s first game of the weekend will be away on Friday against Mount St. Mary’s (0-4).

The Mount is coming into the match against Penn off of a close 0-1 loss to Lehigh last Sunday.

The last time Penn took on the Mount, the Quakers emerged with a 4-0 victory. This year, the Red and Blue is hoping for a repeat outcome to bolster the young team’s confidence.

Then, on Sunday, the Quakers will play Old Dominion (0-2) in their home opener at Rhodes Field at 2 p.m. This year marks the second time the Quakers have played the Monarchs after

first meeting last year in Norfolk, Va. When the two teams played in 2013, Penn came back from a two-goal deficit in regulation to tie the game at 2-2. Despite outshooting the Monarchs, 177, Penn was unable to take the upper hand in either of the two overtime periods. The game ended in a tie, the Quakers’ second consecutive draw of the season.

This year, the Red and Blue is hoping for a slightly different outcome and Cooper, one of the team’s three captains, knows the importance of the weekend.

“It would be good to get two wins the first weekend, both away and home,” she said.

Starting the season with a winning 2-0 record could help the Quakers gain momentum before they face Harvard later this month. Last year, the Crim-

son was responsible for the sole loss on Penn’s 5-1-1 conference record.

While it is still too soon to make any promises about what will happen come November, the Quakers have their sights set far beyond this opening weekend.

“Obviously,” said Cooper, “an Ivy League title is in the back of our minds.”

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Gammill displayed some impressive leg strength at Wednesday’s practice, coming up just short on a 58-yard attempt after his first kick from that distance was blocked.

“Jimmy’s had a pretty strong preseason,” Bagnoli said. “All three of them have kicked very well, so it’s becoming a strong position for us.”

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M. SOCCER Vs. DREXEL Rhodes Field Friday, 7 p.m.

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MOUNT ST. MARY’S 0-4 Friday, 7 p.m.

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OLD DOMINION 0-2 Sunday,

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It’s soccer season in UniverRhodes Field sity City.

Penn women’s soccer opens its season this weekend with on the right foot. two games — one away against The season is young, so the Mount St. Mary’s and one home Quakers are trying to focus on against Old Dominion — giving SEE W. SOCCER PAGE 11 the team two chances to start out

New look squad gets fresh start FIELD HOCKEY Penn will open its season against Lehigh

BY SEAMUS POWERS Staff Writer

LEHIGH 0-2 Friday, 3 p.m.

Ellen Vagelos Field

BUCKNELL 1-1 Sunday,

The follow-up to a thrilling 11 a.m. campaign that fell just short of an Ellen Vagelos Field Ivy League title begins Friday for Penn field hockey, which will face roster, with the second coming on Lehigh at Ellen Vagelos field.

Sunday against Bucknell.

The first of four home games Roles need to be claimed in all to open up the season, Friday’s areas, but perhaps most impormatchup will offer the first glimpse SEE FIELD HOCKEY PAGE 10 at the Red and Blue’s reassembled

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Sophomore Matt Poplawski will be doing something that is quite rare at Penn: playing two sports. After playing for the Ivy champion men’s soccer squad last year, Poplawski played in four games for men’s basketball. He will play for both varsity squads this year, committing to both coach Rudy Fuller and Jerome Allen’s teams.

Sophomore Matt Poplawski to play both M. Hoops and soccer

BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS Sports Editor While rare, two-sport athletes have always been a revered part of American sports culture.

Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders are usually the first two in the minds of most fans, but last year, when then-freshman Matt Poplawski took the floor at the Palestra, Penn had one of its own.

And while it may have seemed unlikely to recur this year — given that Poplawski’s addition to the men’s basketball squad was driven by a rash of injuries — the sophomore will be a part of two varsity teams this year.

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All-Ivy midfielder for the Ivy League Champion men’s soccer team in the fall, Poplawski had never given playing basketball in college much thought. Early on, he decided that soccer was the sport he would pursue upon graduating high school.

“To be honest — I think [Penn men’s soccer coach] Rudy [Fuller] knows this — basketball was always my favorite,” Poplawski said. “But soccer was always the one I knew I would play in college.”

For Poplawski, basketball and soccer have always been major parts of his life, but never too difficult to balance.

The Bellevue, Wash. native was a five-year captain of Crossfire academy, a local club soccer team, as well as captain of his high school basketball team when they reached the state finals in his senior season.

When it came time to think about athletics in college, one thing really stood out to Poplawski: the ability for his sport to help further his education. When considering that, soccer became the clear frontrunner in Poplawski’s mind.

“I knew the type of school I wanted to go to, I wasn’t going to be able to make [basketball] happen, at least at the time.”

And though he gave up intentions of playing basketball for a varsity program in college, Poplawski had no intention of giving up his second sport entirely. Upon arriving at Penn, he was made aware of the junior varsity team and soon decided to try out.

“I actually didn’t know we had a JV program when I came in, but that ended up working out really well,” Poplawski said.

“I talked to the coaches right as

I came in, letting them know I was interested and that worked well as a tryout for me.”

Though he knew there was a remote possibility that his position could lend itself to a transfer to varsity, the idea never really stayed in the thenfreshman’s mind.

Then the injuries began to pile up. Next thing anyone knew, the Quakers were shorthanded.

When former assistant coach and head JV coach Jason Polykoff gave Poplawski the call to join the Red and Blue against Harvard last February, his dream became reality. For the soccer star, the experience was “incredible,” especially getting to play against a nationally-hyped team like Harvard in his opening game.

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Sophomore Elise Tilton — who was third on the team in goals and assists last year — figures to be a major part of the Quakers’ attack once again this season.

Penn football solidifies depth chart ahead of opener

Marsh and Solomon stand out in backfield, Gammill named kicker

BY IAN WENIK Sports Editor

Though the season opener against Jacksonville is weeks away, there’s plenty going on in the world of Penn football.

As preseason practices roll on, the Quakers have made headway towards settling their special teams position battles, while several newcomers and veterans have made names for themselves at other positions.

The most notable news to have broken out of the Red and Blue’s camp in recent days has been the confirmation that running back Lyle Marsh has been granted a fifth year of eligibility by the NCAA. “He got approved, so that was good news last week,” coach Al Bagnoli said.

Marsh took the 2013 season off to concentrate on academics, one year after he ran for 516 yards and was named secondteam All-Ivy. Marsh received an extended number of reps with Penn’s second-team offense at Wednesday’s practice, taking handoffs from senior quarter-

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back Patton Chillura.

Sophomore signal-caller Alek Torgersen has handled much of the first-team offensive duties, and has been joined in the backfield by a previously unheralded name.

Freshman running back Tre Solomon lined up alongside Torgersen in shotgun sets for several plays, serving as a fresh face in the usual backfield committee of Kyle Wilcox and Mike Elespuru. “[Solomon’s] a really talented freshman,” Bagnoli said. “He’s very explosive, has great vision SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 11

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Penn football has another solid running back to add to its depth chart: fifth-year senior Lyle Marsh. A second-team All-Ivy selection in 2012, Marsh sat out in 2013 to focus on his academics but was granted an extra year of eligibilty.

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