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resident Donald Trump’s decision to end a program that protects nearly 790,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation has sparked uncertainty and protest on campus.

On Sept. 5, the White House called on Congress to pass legislation replacing the Obama-era program,

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, a 1986 Wharton graduate with over two decades of experience in the Department of Justice, has been the subject of numerous headlines since he wrote a highly publicized statement recommending the firing of former FBI Director James Comey in May. A week after that memo, Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to head a special counsel investigating the links between President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign and the Russian government’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. Rosenstein has continued to expand the investigation even as Trump, a 1968 Wharton graduate, has dismissed the probe as a “a total fabrication” and “a witch hunt.”

On Sept. 5, Rosenstein sat down with The Daily Pennsylvanian in the Department of Justice’s office in Washington, D.C. to discuss his role in the ongoing investigation by the special counsel, his thoughts on Trump’s recent decision to end DACA as well as his experience at Penn.

DP: What is your involvement with the Mueller investigation?

RR: The special counsel reports to the acting attorney general, so I have responsibility for overseeing the operation — that includes budgeting and certain issues that may require approval from the department. But we don’t talk about it publicly, so I’m afraid I’m not going to be able to give you any details.

DP: Have you had any one-on-one interactions with the President?

RR: I don’t talk publicly about my communications with the President or the White House. But it is certainly appropriate for Presidential appointees — in the Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General, and many other positions in government — to have contact with the President and the White House.

We need to be careful, though, about what that contact is and what gets communicated. An important role of the deputy attorney general’s office is to translate policy po-

called the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. DACA will be ended in six months, the Trump administration announced.

“It’s perverse, and it affects a lot of students at Penn that are DACA recipients.” Cipactli Latino Honor Society chair and College senior Ramon Garcia Gomez said. “Among the student SEE DACA PAGE 2

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Penn InTouch to be replaced — but not until the end of 2020 The current system hasn’t been updated since 2008 RAHUL CHOPRA Staff Reporter

Penn is in the process of replacing Penn InTouch, but many current students will not get to benefit from the new and improved system.

The ”Next Generation Student Systems" project is currently developing a new online registration and information system called Pennant to replace Penn InTouch. However, the final version of the system will not be available until the end of 2020.

The first Penn InTouch system was first launched in 1993. Students had to visit Houston Hall to use touch-screen kiosks to change addresses, print bills and add or drop courses. At the time, students could also use the Penn Automated Phone Registration System to register for courses.

The online version of Penn In-

Touch was first launched in 1995.

Since then, the system has been updated various times, but hasn’t undergone a major update since 2008, when the underlying technology for the site was redesigned.

Director of Student Systems and NGSS Project Manager Rob Tisot was one of the principal architects of the original Penn InTouch. He said the current system has some flaws, such as the fact that students can’t use the back button or have more than one window of Penn InTouch open at a time.

Penn InTouch is currently supported by a single mainframe service, Tisot said, which means that the system can only handle so many users at once. He added that administrators began limiting the number of users after they realized that the site would crash each time an inordinate amount of students would log on at once, such as on the first day of classes.

Tisot added that the registrar’s

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both students and faculty, can use the site at once.

That is 5 percent of Penn’s overall student population, which is 21,358,

and 11 percent of the undergraduate student population, which is 10, 468.

Tisot added that administrators created a time limit for the site,

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Crime during NSO increased from 2016 to 2017 Still, MERT reported a similar call volume SKYLER PALATNICK Staff Reporter

As in previous years, New Student Orientation, which began on Aug. 23 and lasted six days, spelled trouble for many students on campus.

The number of sickness transports assists and transports were 23 percent higher than last year.

There was also a 61 percent increase in unruly partying.

Between August 24 to 27, there were 11 cases of students requiring sickness transport and five cases of them requiring sickness assistance. Of these cases, an equal number of males and three more females were involved this year than were involved in 2016.

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community, it’s created a lot of uncertainty about what their future is in this country. A lot of these students came when they were young, and they wouldn’t know what they’re going back to.”

The ending of DACA also has ripple effects beyond the student community. Associate Director of La Casa Latina and 2013 College graduate Kareli Lizarraga is an undocumented immigrant who entered the country as a minor.

“We [La Casa Latina] unequivocally stand by undocumented communities at Penn and this country,” Lizarraga said.

She added that Penn does not keep track of the number of undocumented students at the University in order to protect them.

This is unlike some peer institutions, including Harvard, which has approximately 65 undocumented students.

Daniel Klyde, more than one of the individuals requiring sickness transport wasn’t a student, and not all of them were alcohol related.

Maureen Rush, the Vice President for Public Safety, also added that not all students who suffered from alcohol sickness were freshmen and that the increased unruliness among Penn students could be due to the warm weather.

This year, 29 houses were reported to/by Penn Police as disorderly, compared to the 18 houses considered disorderly in 2016.

Comparing the start of this fall semester to that of 2016, Klyde said, “I think it was very similar in how we respond to things, and I think that we had a very similar call volume.”

He added that the statistics do not always reflect the severity of the call.

President Amy Gutmann has released multiple statements condemning the announcement.

Last week, Gutmann wrote a letter to President Donald Trump urging him “in the strongest possible terms” to continue DACA. “The deportation of these bright and highly motivated young people would grow the federal deficit, greatly damage the economy, and tear the very fabric of our campuses and communities across the nation,” Gutmann wrote.

Hours after Trump’s announcement, Gutmann released a separate statement condemning the decision, writing that today is a “heartbreaking day for our country.”

Penn administrators also addressed the ending of DACA in an emailed statement to the University community Wednesday, reaffirming their commitment to offer support and protect the privacy of undocumented students. Gutmann, Provost Wendell Pritchett and Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli signed

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“This shortsighted decision violates our core principles as a University community – indeed, as a nation,” the statement read.

“This country was founded by immigrants and exiles. We have all, generation after generation, fought and strived to achieve our dreams in the United States.”

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a “sanctuary campus” — a term that is likely to mean law enforcement forces are prohibited from turning over unauthorized immigrants to the federal government. In the past, Gutmann has referred to Penn as a “safe space” and a “sanctuary,” but never explicitly described Penn as a “sanctuary campus.”

Garcia Gomez said the University’s recent statements provide some assurances to DACA students, but that is is difficult to feel settled when the decision still rests with the government.

“I think it’s a good sign to DACA students that the University is with them,” Garcia Gomez said. “Obviously the statement is important, but not much — it’s ultimately up to Congress to make a decision.”

Not all students feel positively about Gutmann’s advocacy for DACA.

“The President of a University has certain specific duties and those duties do not include taking a stance on national legislation,” said Michael Moroz, the co-director of the College Republicans’ editorial board and a College and Wharton sophomore.

Garcia Gomez said that in light of the DACA ruling, providing space for affected students on campus is particularly important. Many organizations on campus have been providing support for immigrant communities at Penn even before Trump’s announcement on Tuesday.

Penn for Immigrant Rights chair and College senior Pamela Fuentes is an undocumented immigrant protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. As chair of the organization, she aims to share her story in hopes that her will-

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ingness to address the taboo of an undocumented immigration status will be able to comfort others in a similar position.

“We want to make sure that there’s a community and that other undocumented students know that there is a support system of undocumented students within PIR that are willing to help — whoever that may be,” Fuentes said.

Fuentes declined to comment about Trump’s announcement ending DACA. Last year, PIR successfully campaigned for Penn administrators to designate Penn a “sanctuary” for undocumented students.

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A look at outgoing LGBT Center director’s legacy Schoenberg helped expand insurance for trans students GIOVANNA PAZ Staff Reporter

Penn is now one of the most LGBT-friendly campuses in the country, but this hasn’t always been the case.

Campus Pride, the leading national educational organization for LGBTQ college students, recently ranked Penn in the top 25 most LGBT-friendly schools for the 10th year in a row. This is a stark improvement from the 1980s when LGBT students faced threats of violence on Penn’s campus. Much of this progress can be traced back to longtime LGBT Center director Bob Schoenberg.

Schoenberg will resign from his position on Sept. 12 — a date that marks exactly 35 years since the center opened and he assumed the role of director.

In 1981, a Penn sophomore was severely beaten on Locust Walk by a fellow student who targeted him for being gay, Schoenberg said. This act of violence, along with several other homophobic incidents, served as the impetus to create the LGBT Center in 1982.

Schoenberg, who was then a doctoral student at what is now known as the School of Social Policy &

Practice, was hired to spearhead the center’s mission and to act as “a point person for lesbian and gay concerns,” according to the LGBT Center website.

Schoenberg worked at the center three days a week while continuing his course. By the time he finished his dissertation, he was serving as the center’s full-time director. This is a stark improvement from the 1980s when LGBT students faced threats of violence on Penn’s campus. Much of this progress can be traced back to longtime LGBT Center director Bob Schoenberg.

“The mission has always been continuous,” Schoenberg said. “We do education and training, as well as community advocacy. And in those regards, we’ve been pretty successful.”

Since his hiring, Schoenberg has worked with three different University presidents and moved from a small office in Houston Hall, to the third floor of the 3537 Locust Walk offices, and finally to the historic Carriage House, which has housed the LGBT Center since 2002.

Soon after Schoenberg started, 1983 College graduate Susan Miller, now an associate professor at Rutgers University-Camden, joined him as the Center’s first work-study student.

“In the early ‘80s, not that many people were [openly gay], and the

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Robert Schoenberg will resign on Sept. 12, which marks exactly 35 years since the LGBT Center opened and he assumed his role as director.

campus was not an open place,” Miller said. “Beyond the programming, it was just important that Bob was there. What Bob did so well was he created a space where students could act for themselves.”

In the 1980s, Lesbians & Gays at Penn was the only student-run organization of its kind on campus.

Miller said its members really benefited from the guidance Schoenberg was able to offer in his new position.

“Students kind of ran the direction, so what people were interested in, he was willing to support and promote,” Miller added.

2007 College graduate Lex Ruby-Howe worked closely with the LGBT Center and helped form the

Lambda Alliance, the coalition for LGBTQ groups on campus, where she served as political chair.

With the aid of Schoenberg’s network of LGBT activists and Penn administrators, Ruby-Howe and other Penn students brought many visions into fruition, including blood donation programs, the gender-neutral bathrooms and admissions tours specifically for LGBTQ students.

Senior associate director Erin Cross, who is slated to replace Schoenberg as director come Sept.

12, joined the Center in 1998 and has worked closely with Schoenberg as the second full-time employee at the Center.

According to Cross, Penn granted domestic partner benefits to employees in 1994 after Schoenberg made major pushes with the help of professors. Penn took a step further and “grossed up” salaries of gay and lesbian employees in 2012, since before marriage equality domestic partner benefits were taxed.

Under Schoenberg’s leadership, Penn also expanded insurance coverage for transgender and gender nonconforming students in 2010 and then for faculty and staff

in 2012 to include services such as transition surgeries or hormone injections.

“Doing that advocacy in a way that wasn’t threatening but was really powerful and successful has been amazing to watch,” Cross said.

Director of Career Services Patricia Rose, a previous board member of the LGBT Center board, worked together with Schoenberg on initiatives such as LGBTQ training for Career Services employees.

Rose lauded Schoenberg’s dedication to providing LGBTQ faculty and staff with resources as well as students, saying he was “very well networked with LGBT activists in other arenas.”

“Penn was a leader in higher education,” Rose said, “but Bob was a leader in LGBT advocacy.”

On Oct. 14, there will a rededication of the LGBT Center in honor of Schoenberg’s legacy at Penn. A future fund for the LGBT Center archives will be established in honor of Schoenberg.

“Bob is an institution at Penn,” Ruby-Howe said. “I was happy to be one of the voices that worked alongside him. With him, the answer was always yes, instead of no.”

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Tisot also added that as a web based server, Pennant should be able to handle more concurrent users.

University Registrar Adam Sherr, said the new system will include a revamped user interface and some new features to better suit student needs.

Pennant will replace the aging mainframe used by Penn InTouch with Banner, an educational software system used by Yale University, Texas Tech University and the

University of Georgia, among others.

Sherr said that the University is also working to make Pennant more mobile friendly, revamp the user interface and potentially incorporate new features, including personalized course recommendations and a section that shows the possible academic repercussions of dropping a course.

The University also hopes to design a system which will not only benefit current users, but be flexible enough for any changes in the future, Sherr said.

College sophomore Philippe Atallah said he sometimes finds Penn InTouch hard to navigate and

is glad that the University is replacing it.

“When I was trying to register for classes, [Penn InTouch] would not save my progress and made me start over multiple times,” Atallah said.

College sophomore Aleksei Queirolo agreed, adding that he finds the site to be inconvenient, “ugly” and slow. He also noted that Penn InTouch could be slow to update when it came to scanning various forms such as required medical documents.

Tisot said the University will continue to listen to student feedback regarding Pennant.

“Pennant will be the student experience of the future,” Sherr said.

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Yearning for a simpler club PHONE HOME | Being more involved doesn’t make one more ‘well-rounded’

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The second-worst question on any application, the one that always makes my heart sink, is perhaps the single most common one: “Which extracurricular organizations are you involved in?” (The worst question is the one that inevitably follows: “Which leadership positions have you held in these organizations?”)

Often, these questions serve to identify how “well-rounded” a candidate is, and I should clarify: This piece isn’t a tirade against the value our society places on well-roundedness.

That’s for another time, and perhaps another writer. I expect many students at Penn, myself included, are here because the admissions office deemed us not masters of one subject, but rather jacks-of-most-trades.

Well-roundedness is a fine quality — in pursuit of it, we become scintillating dinnerparty conversationalists, yes, but we’re also better able to understand the fields in which we choose to concentrate later on in life.

The trouble lies not in wellroundedness itself, but in how

exactly we go about becoming and defining “well-rounded.”

Lately, the prevailing attitude (and not just at Penn) has been that one should always be “doing” something, always be “busy” — and the things we “do,” with which we make ourselves “busy,” are the things that make us well-rounded.

On one hand, there’s the “extracurricular activity,” which is performed voluntarily to fill out resumes and build social capital, although it is occasionally done in search of actual camaraderie. On the other, there are the College’s infamous sector requirements, which require students in the school to choose several courses from almost-arbitrary sets outside their field of study. These could be “interesting,” or even “lifechanging,” but if a student has no prior interest in the course material, then quite often they feel that Penn is simply making them go through the motions to be “well-rounded.” It’s all about doing, doing, doing.

The ways in which I feel that I’ve learned more about the world, though, have always

felt more like doing nothing.

If I were to draw up a set of hard-and-fast rules for my ideal club (as opposed to an “extracurricular activity”), it might look something like the following: 1) This club shall not “do” anything as a group; 2) This club shall have no officers; 3) This club shall not exist on any member’s resume.

exist, at least not in the eyes of the greater Penn community. Maybe it’s because they don’t advertise — because they don’t have a marketing director or a graphic designer or indeed, any budget whatsoever.

But you don’t need to join one that already exists. In fact, you shouldn’t — you should start your own with your friends,

You become ‘well-rounded’ by simply existing at Penn, and by not letting your extracurriculars define that existence for you.”

This club might not sound like it’s actually a club. You might ask — how will it get anything done without an established hierarchy? But this club doesn’t “get anything done.” If all the rules are followed, it’s just a group of friends sitting in a room, chatting, being themselves.

These kinds of clubs don’t

so you can just hang out, no strings attached.

Sure, I joined a few “clubs” right off the bat, as many freshmen will: They all fell more under the category of “extracurricular activities,” centered around the pursuit of a common goal (plays, publications, you name it). Theoretically, they ought to have contributed

to my development as a student and as a person.

That’s what you’re told about extracurriculars — and that’s what you’re told about the sector requirements, too, even though, despite having worked hard and done well, I can’t remember a thing I learned in my first-semester Formal Reasoning class. In the same way, I look at who I am now, consider my “extracurricular activities” and realize that — though the final products were great, and the people wonderful — nothing about me was ever shaped by being “busy.”

You become “well-rounded” through late-night conversations with classmates in the Quad’s musty basement lounges — conducted until all hours in the guise of “working on homework.” You become “well-rounded” at raucous potlucks — “dinner parties,” if you will — thrown by friends in cramped apartment kitchens that are too small by half.

Most of all, you become “wellrounded” during the dead-eyed but beautifully honest dialogue between two roommates after

SHILPA SARAVANAN one has just come home from Van Pelt at 4 a.m.

This is how you learn more about the world — by interacting with other people (sorry, sector requirements) in settings in which you and they can both be yourselves (rare, in the context of a large, formalized extracurricular activity).

You become “well-rounded” by simply existing at Penn, and by not letting your extracurriculars define that existence for you.

SHILPA SARAVANAN is a College junior from College Station, Texas, studying linguistics. Her email address is shilpasa@sas.upenn.edu.

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THE OBJECTIVIST | Why Penn needs to seriously consider open-sourcing When I received the email notifying me about the Penn Reading Project, I was super impressed. The selection of Walter Isaacson’s “The Innovators” demonstrated Penn’s veneration towards technological innovation and seemed like an exciting way to both immerse myself in Penn’s culture of entrepreneurship and to learn more about the history of computer science.

Ignoring the annoyingly meticulous descriptions of the technology behind creating the modern computer and other innovations — what even is lambda calculus? — what I found particularly interesting about “The Innovators” was its emphasis on collaboration: how each innovator depended upon easy access to the workings of other innovators throughout the book.

Whether it was uniting people with different expertises, sharing ideas or simply being at a large research university like Penn — which was mentioned at least a dozen times — information was accessible for the innovators to share and collaborate and was the key to advancing computer science and creating the world

we live in today.

Yet here I am, about to begin my four years at Penn, staring at my first hurdle towards accessing the same information as these innovators: the expensive costs of textbooks.

There’s an incongruity here.

Penn lauds — more so than many other universities — the tech industry, where the access and sharing of information is free and easy to use by the public. At the same time, students are often required to buy expensive physical copies of textbooks. While I am just a freshman and do not know of any secret free-textbook sites, information should be free and accessible for every student on campus.

The culture within computer science has always been decidedly open-source, which is a technical term for reusing code in other programs for free. By being open-source, technology has been able to grow at an exponential rate.

Take GitHub as an example: According to the GitHub blog and GrowthHackers, the opensource code repository was founded in 2008 and rose from a $750 million valuation in 2012 to a $2 billion valuation

as of 2015 due to its increase in revenues and large user base. Its customers include tech giants Amazon, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, all of which rely on this free and public repository to quickly and easily share code and other information.

If Penn really wants to help

academic information in the university setting: professorto-student and student-tostudent. Currently, buying physical textbooks is the more costly option for professors to share with students.

It would be more open and economical for professors to distribute online PDF versions

… streamlining the flow of information between professors and students — and between students themselves — can act effectively as an investment from Penn in its students … ” its students achieve the success of entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, whose companies rely on an open-source means of communication, it is imperative to ensure that campus communication is also an open-source system.

There are two ways to share

of these textbooks to students — as opposed to students pirating them — or for the University to distribute these textbooks to students for free or at least offer massive discounts.

The most efficient option would be no textbooks at all, but detailed course notes that bypass the need for textbooks

in the first place.

After all, students do pay tuition to come to Penn, and having them pay for access to Penn’s basic resources is antithetical to open-source communication. With respect to student-to-student sharing, an emphasis on more student collaboration or academic support networks would also help promote a more open-source environment.

However, students would need to be mindful of academic integrity violations.

For example, at Harvard University, more than 60 students faced academic dishonesty charges in a computer science course, due to the fine line between collaboration in an open-source environment and plagiarism.

Furthermore, streamlining the flow of information between professors and students — and between students themselves — can act effectively as an investment from Penn in its students, with payoffs that greatly exceed the costs of the University hypothetically providing expensive textbooks.

In the long run, this easier and cheaper access to information can result in a boom of produc-

JACQUELYN SUSSMAN tivity and innovation from students themselves, which in return rewards Penn in the form of augmenting its brand name and better preparing students for entrepreneurial ventures.

An open-source system is evidently imperative to the success of any institution, especially one with students as motivated and creative as those at Penn. If this upcoming academic year is the “Year of Innovation,” perhaps one focus could be how to make information cheaper and more accessible throughout the University.

JACQUELYN SUSSMAN is a College freshman from Westport, Conn. Her email addres s is jasus s@sas. upenn.edu. “The Objectivist” usually appears every other Wednesday.

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Reminder to upperclassmen: we were all freshmen once GUEST COLUMN BY JAY SHAH, VP OF THE UA As I attempted to navigate through the crowd of mostly freshman at the activities fair, I could not help but reminisce on my experience during my first few months of school. The memories have faded, but the feelings and emotions of anxiety, social pressure and trying to find a home are still strong.

I, like many students, found myself tagging along with anyone I saw. I wondered who my best friends were going to be

or if I was ever going to find a group of individuals I enjoyed being around. I wondered if there would be a time where I could just be myself and not put on a façade to impress people.

The early days were quite a preview to an acting career for many of us. Our faces indicated we were having fun, while our hearts yearned for honest company. Our faces stated that we had transitioned very well, while our hearts yearned for a home.

Among the first places incoming students turn to are organizations and clubs on campus, whose recruitment processes are determined solely by us, upperclassmen. Freshmen are often shocked to learn that there lies a multi-step process for them to find their home. Sometimes, this process includes application essays, rounds of interviews, coffee chats, meet and greets and even dress codes.

Does this process really

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BRAD HONG is a College sophomore from Morristown, N.J. His email is bradhong@sas.upenn.edu.

have to be this stressful? Should we really make it this difficult to find a community at Penn?

What are we actually gaining from it?

While by no means should we lower the caliber of our organizations, it is important to ask ourselves if each part of the process is absolutely necessary. Would our organizations really suffer if we took out the coffee chats? Are three interviews really necessary?

As we ask ourselves these types of questions, it’s important to consider the costs to the freshmen as well as the actual benefit to the clubs. Yes, the meet and greet might have great intentions, but if it causes the freshmen to put on masks rather than feel free to be themselves because they feel stressed and the need to impress, is it really beneficial in the end?

Another facet to consider is how our recruitment process aligns with the goals and mission for our organization. If the goal of our organizations is to serve the Philly community by volunteering, should our process contain multiple essays and interviews? Why should there be a hard barrier to people who want to volunteer? If we are a

non-competing dance team, why can’t we take more people?

Logistically, for some organizations, these changes might not be possible, but these are certainly questions we should continue to ask ourselves.

One of the first themes heard during Convocation is discov-

If we are just continuing a precedent that was set or imitating similar groups to “stay in business,” why do we have to follow the negative trend? Why can’t we create a positive trend?

As upperclassmen, it is quite easy to believe that our transition to college was a breeze, facing limited obstacles along the way. I mean it just sounds better. However, contrary to the façade we many times like to don, the transition was anything but smooth for many of us. Instead of shying away from these memories, let’s embrace them and use them as a catalyst for change.

Let us not be afraid to deviate from precedent to enact change and make the University a healthier place. Let us not forget what it’s like to be an incoming student trying to find a home.

Let us not forget that each of us has the power to make Penn a more welcoming place.

With so many organizations on campus, we feel a pressure to differentiate our organizations from the rest by priding ourselves on the notions of exclusivity.” ery and pushing ourselves beyond our comfort zones. New students are encouraged to try activities they hadn’t tried before or had always wanted to try.

But how do they try new activities if we solely evaluate applications on prior experience and accomplishments?

With so many organizations on campus, we feel a pressure to differentiate our organizations from the rest by priding ourselves on the notions of exclusivity. But what is this all for?

Will it matter when we graduate and our role on the executive board was just a mere memory?

JAY SHAH is a College junior from New Hyde Park, N.Y, studying biological basis of behavior and South Asia Studies. His email address is shahjay@sas.upenn. edu. He is the Vice President of the Undergraduate Assembly.

Let’s regulate businesses’ insidious impact on sustainability FRESH TAKE | We should care about the ‘little’ things in environmentalism I recently thought back on my time working in retail, for a large company with three decades of history. Within my role, I had many opportunities to witness the degree to which the business cared for the environment, through small- and large-scale practices.

Frankly, I was shocked. Before being displayed on the shop floor, new stock was individually wrapped in multiple layers of plastic. I was supposed to rip them off before the customer ever saw them, and dispose of them in a landfill far far away from where anyone in the shop could see — maybe even the Pacific Ocean.

Sometimes there was even a nifty sheet of plastic that had the magical “recycle triangle” printed on it. Filled with an environmental and civic responsibility, I hunted for the appropriate recycling facility within the store. By now you could’ve guessed, there was none. An ostensibly green move from the higher-ups was ruined further down the chain with the inconsistency of green practice throughout the whole company.

A more traumatizing experience was when a customer handed me the box of her new shoes, telling me she didn’t need it and “at least you’ll recycle it, right?” With the image of the cardboard box falling into a waste compactor downstairs and eventually ending up in landfill, I smiled and timidly nodded slightly. A nod that hid not only my shame, but the company’s. An affirmation that I wish I didn’t have to give in order to save the interests of the company and keep my job.

And the worst part? The overuse of plastic and the lack of recycling, happened with a whole shipping pallet of stock, and with every customer, on a daily basis, in every single branch of the company and in many companies across the nation and the globe.

Clearly, businesses have a large-scale and daily impact on sustainability. Because of the increased impact compared to individuals, they have greater environmental responsibilities and should be held to a firm standard. Governments should therefore be aware of businesses’ huge influence on the

environment and implement strict and specific mechanisms to target this elusive problem.

Of course, every jurisdiction has different regulations for business environmental obligations. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has many programs that encourage businesses to

gible incentives.

The EPA only mandates a handful of concrete laws and regulations that pertain to businesses, such as the Clean Air Act, or various laws relating to insecticides and toxic substances. These are not specific enough to mitigate smaller actions from businesses,

If we demanded that governmental attention be paid to small actions by businesses, we may just end up with a little less wastage and a little cleaner land.” prevent pollution and adopt sustainable practices. But the keyword there is “encourage.”

These are programs that have no enforcement mechanism, and require managers to take initiative to research them independently, with lack of tan-

that done on a daily basis, are incredibly destructive. These don’t reduce the carbon footprints of businesses that don’t visibly make the sky sooty, but instead fill our landfills insidiously and unnecessarily.

How exactly to regulate

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businesses in such detail is not clear. But one thing is crystal — the issue has been ignored and hidden, in exchange for activism against large scale, dramatic environmental threats — fossil fuels, oil drilling, ice cap melting activities.

It’s the small, everyday practices that can and should be changed. Carbon emissions and deep sea oil drilling are certainly environmental dangers.

But legislators and the public already fight over this more than any other environmental issue. It’s a large, visible issue. One shipping pallet full of plastic disposed everyday in every store is comparatively invisible. It isn’t discussed, but it’s pandemic, consistent and destructive.

Penn students often get caught up in the “big picture.” They want to do a lot, and fast. Let’s face it, it looks and sounds better to be on the team that stopped Penn’s administration from investing in fossil fuels, than to talk about the lack of a recycling bin in Urban Outfitters.

That being said, Fossil Free Penn activists are doing a fan-

LUCY HU tastic job, targeting a huge issue that matters. But where are the activists for our growing landfills? It should be time for us to target less dramatic, but also very harmful practices.

No one notices, and that’s exactly why businesses have no incentive to change.

If we demanded that governmental attention be paid to small actions by businesses, we may just end up with a little less wastage and a little cleaner land. First steps though? To notice and to care.

LUCY HU is a College sophomore from Auckland, New Zealand, studying political science. Her email address is lucyhu@sas.upenn.edu.

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New program mentors minority group leaders The inaugural cohort included 21 participants KELLY HEINZERLING Deputy News Editor

Since it was founded in 1914, Penn’s Graduate School of Education has produced 29 college and university presidents. This year, the Center for Minority Serving Institutions, which is hosted within Penn GSE, aims

to add to that figure.

Last semester, the center launched its inaugural Minority Serving Institutions Aspiring Leaders program, which is funded by $745,000 in grants. The goal of the program is to shape the next generation of university presidents who will lead the country’s minority serving institutions, which are institutions of higher education that serve minority populations.

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The Aspiring Leaders mentoring program begins with a threeday forum on Nov. 17 for 21 participants, who will be paired with current and past presidents at minority serving institutions.

“We’ll create a space for people who are within five to seven years from pursuing a presidency,” Associate Director for Programs Paola Esmieu said. “[They’ll] start developing some of the skills they’ll need in preparation for these presidencies.”

The program was the brainchild of Marybeth Gasman, who first pitched the idea when the Center opened in 2014 with little support. Gasman’s work paid off in January 2017 when the program received a four-year grant from the ECMC Foundation and The Kresge Foundation.

“There are 650 minority serving institutions across the country,” Gasman said. “We really don’t have leadership training programs for future presidents that are specifically focused on these minority serving institutions.”

Historically black universities and colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions are examples of minority serving institutions.

Gasman noted that what makes Penn’s program unique is that while other programs can cost thousands of dollars, Penn’s is entirely free for all participants. Another defining aspect is the two-year mentorship the

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The goal of the Minority Serving Institutions Aspiring Leaders program is to shape the next generation of university presidents who will lead the country’s minority serving institutions.

program fosters, a relationship Gasman said is important “in order to be successful.”

For its inaugural year, the program selected 21 participants from nearly 70 applicants to be a part of its inaugural cohort.

Jessica Harris, a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville professor and director of their Black Studies program, is a member of the inaugural cohort.

“I knew that I wanted to transform and impact in a really positive way the lives of students

on multiple levels,” said Harris, who said she has always dreamt of becoming a president of a historically black college or university. She said she hopes the skills she learns both at the forum and from her mentor will help her in her career goals.

“It means a lot to have UPenn at the center serving minority institutions,” Harris added. “It really sets UPenn apart.”

Gasman, a researcher on minority serving institutions at Penn for the past 15 years, noted

that Penn’s tradition as a leading research university on education has certainly played a part in the program’s location at Penn. She has also had two former students become presidents of minority serving institutions.

“Penn has become known for creating presidents,” Gasman said. “Penn has a strong track record. We have resources, and I think that Penn as an institution lends a lot of credibility to any program that is affiliated with it.”

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Penn researchers use Twitter to predict well-being

The World Well-Being Project analyzes life quality RAHUL CHOPRA Staff Reporter

Penn researchers are using social media to measure mental well-being across the country.

A collaborative effort between psychologists and computer scientists, the Penn World Well-Being Project analyzes millions of Facebook and Twitter posts to predict geographic variations in personality, life satisfaction and mortality rates.

Penn computer and information science professor Lyle Ungar, a principle investigator for the WWBP, said that one of the project’s goals is to use social media to measure and identify the components of emotional well-being, such as happiness, relationships and quality of life.

Martin Seligman, a professor of psychology and another principal

investigator for the WWBP, said that analyzing social media is a good way of collecting data on emotional well-being. "[Analyzing social media is] not intrusive, it’s not reactive, it’s very inexpensive and you get huge samples,” he said.

Ungar added that although economic metrics such as GDP are commonly used to measure mental welfare, they fail to provide a full picture of happiness and quality of life.

Instead, he said that the use of language processing algorithms allows scientist to relate social media posts with emotion and personality.

In a recent study of the status updates of 75,000 Facebook profiles, the researchers used certain phrases and words to determine the personality, gender and age of users. The researchers were able to correctly identify a subject’s gender 92 percent of the time. According to the

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The WWBP was able to create the Well-Being Map, a free and interactive map of U.S. well-being based on 37 billion publicly available tweets.

study, the highest previous social media gender prediction studies were only able to reach an accuracy of 88 percent.

Andy Schwartz, a computer science professor at Stony Brook University and another principal investigator for the WWBP, said one of the most interesting correlations they

have discovered is that individuals with diabetes tended to mention the word “church” in their posts more than those without the disease. Individuals with higher rates of neuroticism also tended to post less about sports or exercise than others.

He added that analyzing social media can be a cheaper and more

objective way of obtaining information than traditional surveys.

“It’s the modern questionnaire,” Schwartz said.

Since so much of the WWBP’s research deals with social media, Seligman, a principal investigator in the WWBP, said they are careful to respect the privacy of subjects.

“We went out of our way to always have subject consent, and never collected individual data without consent,” he said.

By measuring quality of life through social media, the WWBP was able to create the Well-Being Map, a free and fully interactive demographic map of the United States which was generated by analyzing more than 37 billion publicly available tweets.

The Well-Being Map provides data for every U.S. county regarding well-being, depression and trust as well as personality, health and socioeconomic factors. Users can see

how different counties rank and differ for certain traits.

San Miguel, Colo. ranks the highest for overall well-being, while Lincoln, Mo. ranks the lowest.

Out of 3,235 American counties, Philadelphia ranks 661 for well-being, 2,283 for depression and 3,223 for agreeableness.

Anneke Buffone, the lead research scientist for the WWBP, said in the past, the group has worked closely with governments to study constituents and with a company to analyze employee satisfaction and presented their data before the United Nations.

In the future, Ungar said that the WWBP might work with governments or health care providers to use the data they have collected to allow for more personalized mental and physical health treatment.

“In the end what matters is not just measuring things but changing things,” he said.

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sitions of the administration into operational decisions of the Department of Justice. And so most of the work of the government is unaffected by changes in the administration, but not all of it is.

Just to give you one general example, this administration will have certain priorities that were different than the priorities of the last administration. For example, our emphasis on violent crime, immigration enforcement and drug enforcement, among many other areas.

My responsibility is to make sure that those policies are translated into the operations of the department. But we don’t do it in a partisan way. We do it in a principled way. And that’s really the function of my office.

DP: Penn’s President Amy Gutmann has strongly spoken out against Trump’s decision to end DACA. From your perspective, is there anything the American people can take away, in a posi-

tive way, from this ruling?

RR: As we’ve explained, the justice department’s position on this issue is about the rule of law.

It’s not about whether it’s good or bad as a policy matter, it’s about what’s authorized by law — and that’s the position that the Attorney General has taken. The congress, of course, is supposed to legislate and has the opportunity to legislate and decide what the law is. And then the Department faithfully enforces the law.

DP: What does a day in the life of the deputy attorney general look like?

RR: The role of the deputy attorney general is analogous to being a chief operating officer for a large organization. And the Department of Justice is a very large organization — about 115,000 employees, and tens of thousands of contractors who support our work, and then many other agencies that either work with us in conducting investigations or that we represent in litigation. All the components of the department report to the deputy, although not

all issues require resolution by the deputy.

So there are two aspects to the job — the first is a lot of recurring meetings, because it’s my responsibility to keep in touch with what all components of the department are doing on a regular basis. And the second is crisis management, because in an organization of that size, things are always going wrong.

A result of that is no day is really predictable; you don’t know what will come up on a particular day.

DP: Why did you choose to come to Penn?

RR: I went to Penn in part because it was close to home, in part because it had such a superb reputation and in part because I was admitted to Wharton, which I found to be a really valuable experience. When I entered college, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do for a career — I had in the back of my mind, maybe something in science or medicine. I took biology my first year, but decided not to go in that direction. My dad

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was an accountant, so that’s part of what attracted me to Wharton.

DP: Did your Wharton education helped you be a better prosecutor?

RR: I think Wharton was a really valuable foundation for me for law school, because you get accustomed to thinking about things in economic terms; considering the practical consequences of legal decisions. I think it was useful from that perspective.

In terms of how it’s impacted my law career, I became a whitecollar prosecutor, so understanding financial matters was helpful to me, and that’s another way that it helped. Later in my career, when I became a supervisor, initially in 2001 and continuing until today, I used a lot of the skills I learned at Wharton. In management, and marketing and finance in particular.

But there are other ways that it helped me. For example, when I was in college, personal computers were relatively novel, and I took a class in which they taught

us how to use a spreadsheet program and that really became very handy for me. I still use it today.

DP: Were you involved in any extra-curricular activities at Penn?

RR: I started, with a couple of friends, a monthly publication called the Penn World Review, which focused on international affairs. In those days, a newspaper was an old-fashioned newspaper — we actually had to find a printer to print the paper. And we had to go around and sell ads — that was definitely an interesting experience, a sort of a start-up experience.

I was also the editor-in-chief of the Penn Course Review. In those days, to survey students, we had to go around to each class at the end of the semester and hand out an 8.5 X 11 bubble sheet. Then they would bubble in ratings of their professors and write comments at the bottom.

Then we would tabulate that and produce the course review, which I thought was a great tool for people to evaluate which pro-

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fessors would be best for them and which classes might be most valuable.

I was also very active in my college house. I was in Ware College House for my sophomore, junior and senior years. I was active in the governing structure of the college house and I ran one of the committees and produced the newsletter — the Ware College House newsletter, in my senior or junior year. I was also vicepresident of the pre-law society.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

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Penn forwards hope to end Other Penn sports in scoring woes against Rider action this weekend: W. SOCCER | Stalwart

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Penn women’s soccer is already four games into its season, but the offense has yet to kick into high gear.

The Quakers (0-2-2) will look to break out of their scoring rut as they return home this Saturday to take on Bucknell (14-0). Through four games this season, the Red and Blue have only squeaked across one goal: a 12-yard strike off the foot of senior midfielder Erica Higa in the team’s most recent game against UC Riverside.

The scoring drought has not been because of a lack of opportunities: Penn has more shots (43 to 39) and shots on goal (18 to 17) than its opponents thus far.

Instead, the problem has been converting those scoring chances and shots into goals.

The Quakers are no strangers to scoring droughts. Aside from a five-goal outburst against Cornell, the squad scored just four goals in six games of Ivy play last year. Still, the three shutouts thus far this year already matches the total from last year,

DP Sports’ Soccer Issue previews the season ahead and the matchups on tap this weekend.

But what about the rest of Penn Athletics? Here’s what the other squads who don the Red and Blue will be up to over the next few days: Penn volleyball will be looking to build on a strong start last weekend in Virginia, and this weekend they’ll be playing in more familiar territory. Participating in the Valley Forge Sports Invitational, Penn (2-1) will host Siena on Friday and Navy on Saturday at the Palestra before visiting La Salle on Sunday.

Siena (0-5) enters the tournament looking to break into the win column, while Navy (6-1) and La Salle (7-1) both enter the weekend with serious momentum— the latter has won seven straight games since dropping its opener. But the top team on Penn’s schedule this weekend is also the only squad Penn faced last season, and that matchup resulted in a 3-0 sweep for the Quakers over La Salle.

Meanwhile, Penn field hockey will be looking to rebound from a pair of losses last weekend. The Quakers dropped a 1-0 contest against Rutgers before losing 3-1 to UNC, the top-ranked team in the country. This weekend, they’ll host Delaware on Friday and Villanova on Sunday. The Blue Hens (3-1) will be looking to repeat last year’s result, a 3-2 overtime win

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“The freshman this year have a lot of talent,” the attacking midfielder said. “They’re just very get down to business, work hard, get out. I am very competitive and so are they, so it’s helped raise the level of the team.”

For the Penn sophomores, the arrival of this freshman class signifies their new role as leaders.

Loving credits being around her teammates for fostering inspira-

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Only senior midfielder Erica Higa has scored for Penn women’s soccer this season. Against Bucknell, the forwards will look to help her.

making the slow start even more concerning.

While the offense has sputtered, the Red and Blue’s back line has proved itself to be in midseason form, giving up only three goals thus far. Led by sophomore goalie Kitty Qu, who posted an eight-save shutout against UC Irvine this past weekend, the Red and Blue’s defensive unit has kept the squad in contention in each game.

Luckily for Penn, Bucknell has had an equally frustrating start to the season. The Bison lost four straight games to start the season before ultimately capturing a 2-1 overtime win over Rider.

So while it has been an aggravating start for Penn’s offense, there is still plenty of time to turn it around. This weekend gives the Quakers another opportunity to break out and get that first win.

tion in her training.

“The biggest challenge is keeping yourself focused over the summer when you’re not constantly with the team,” Loving said.

“When you’re with the team, you have each other to motivate yourself; you always have that person next to you trying to beat you in the fitness test.”

When asked, both players declared that the team’s goal was to qualify for the NCAA tournament they missed out on last season.

As far as individual objectives are

concerned, the duo is seeking to improve as players, meaning more goals, more assists, and better performances than they had in their impressive rookie seasons.

If the duo takes another step forward, perhaps so will the squad.

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While Penn football and cross country train this weekend, sprint football, field hockey and volleyball all face packed schedules.

over the Quakers. The Wildcats (0-4), on the other hand, will be looking to avenge a 6-4 defeat at the hands of the Red and Blue last year.

In a less formal setting, Penn sprint football will be taking on its own past in the annual Alumni Game on Franklin Field. Active members of the Red and Blue will suit up against graduates who once wore the same uniform.

While an old-versus-new battle usually favors the current, more youthful squad, the active Quakers will have to fight hard to earn the win on Saturday.

Last year, the active squad barely managed to avoid defeat, winning 26-21 on the strength of a last-minute Hail Mary touchdown pass from then-backup quarterback Eddie Jenkins. Jenkins is

now the starter, and on Saturday he’ll face a very formidable counterpart and a former mentor in Mike McCurdy, the 2017 graduate who won the League MVP award twice. McCurdy is one of several stars from the Class of 2017 who will suit up against players he just months ago called his teammates.

The alumni will also have multiple current coaches playing for them, and they could very well be the favorite to win on Saturday and end a four-year losing streak.

Ivy League competition hasn’t started yet, but teams will certainly be giving it their all this weekend. With one team looking to keep up a strong start , another team looking to get in the win column and a third team looking to disrespect its elders, sparks are going to fly.

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Winless after two, Red and Men’s soccer sophomore Blue prep for Seton Hall returns after special summer M. SOCCER | Goals still

elusive for the Quakers

Omitaomu played for MLS hopefuls Nashville

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After losing its first two matches of the season by identical 2-0 scorelines against Monmouth and Bowling Green last weekend, Penn men’s soccer will look to rebound this Sunday at home against Seton Hall.

Last Friday against Monmouth, Penn (0-0-2) quickly established themselves as the more aggressive team. At halftime, the Red and Blue had doubled the Hawks’ total shots 6-3. Penn finished the game with three more shots too, but Monmouth managed to make the most of its opportunities, converting two of its three shots on target into goals.

It was a different story, but the same result in the weekend’s second game against Bowling Green. The Quakers struggled to find scoring opportunities in the early goings, but had several promising chances by the game’s end. Unfortunately for Penn, it’s best chance ended in disappointment after sophomore forward Sam Hefter broke away late in the game for a one on one with the Falcons’ goalie. Not only did Hefter fail to score, but he also earned himself a red card after making unnecessary contact with the goalkeeper.

On the other end, Bowling Green built its two-goal lead early

Penn men’s soccer lost its first two matches of the season. In a sense, that’s only natural — the team came in late and played against higher-ranked teams with games already under their belts.

But two losses don’t quite tell the full story on the Quakers’ preparation for this season. In fact, according to coach Rudy Fuller, his team might just be better prepared than ever. “It was a really good summer for us. It was the first time I think I can remember where everybody was placed with a team, getting good minutes, good experience and staying sharp over the summer‌ from a fitness perspective, and from a sharpness perspective, we were in a really good place on day one.â€?

One player who looked particularly fit and sharp at the start of the season was sophomore winger Dami Omitaomu.

While many of the team plied their trade at local soccer clubs across the country, from New Hampshire to California, Omitaomu’s summer situation stood out for several reasons. The Knoxville, Tenn. native returned home to his native state to play for Nashville SC — a club on the rise, currently being considered for expansion in the MLS. That element added a lit-

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Behind the leadership of senior captain Sam Wancowicz, Penn men’s soccer is looking for its first win of the season this weekend.

in the second half after scoring two goals within a five-minute span.

If Penn wants to flip the script against Seton Hall (1-2-1) and win its first game of the season, some of the Quakers’ shots will have to start landing between the posts.

Despite combining for 16 overall shots so far, only three of those have been on target and none have found the back of the net.

This will be no easy task against Seton Hall’s stingy defense. Through four games so far, the Pirates have only allowed four total goals — including a shutout victory in the team’s most recent matchup against Sacred Heart.

It also does not help that the Red and Blue will need to play

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without Hefter, who will be forced to sit out after his ejection against Bowling Green. Though Hefter did not start either of the first two matches, he provided valuable rest for Penn’s other strikers.

Of course, stopping Seton Hall’s scoring attack will not be easy either. In the win over Sacred Heart, three different Pirates — sophomore Jonathan Jimenez, senior Mario Prata and junior Gabriel Viola — all recorded both a goal and assist in the game.

If Penn is able to come through and win this game, not only will it be the Quakers’ first win of the season, but it will also mark a major improvement from 2016 when it took Penn five games to get in the win column.

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If he can add a strike rate or provide assists at the same level he did this summer, Emerson’s prediction may just hold true.

And as for the pair’s inevitable meeting — set for Oct. 21 when the Bulldogs visit University City — the Yale defender is looking forward to the occasion. “I’m very excited to play him now that I know him even better. I think I’ll be able to hold my ground pretty well as we square up against each other,� Emerson said, joking, “but it should definitely be a competitive matchup and game overall.�

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tle extra excitement to what might have otherwise been a standard summer soccer gig, the winger said. “We got great attendance every single game,� Omitaomu remarked. “We had an awesome fan section. Everyone was very lively and into it, and it was just nice to see the growth of soccer in Tennessee. Especially with all the attention [Nashville] has gotten, with their hockey team [the Predators] going to the Stanley Cup Finals, having that kind of culture built into the area was really big.�

In seven games for Nashville, Omitaomu provided two assists and scored a goal — off just four shots, for a conversion rate of 25 percent.

Although he may not have gotten the most minutes on the team, featuring in half of the club’s matches, he certainly held his own against others in the National Premier Soccer League, American soccer’s unofficial fourth tier. “The level of play was about the same — it was very intense,â€? Omitaomu said. “A lot of the people there were looking towards playing pro‌so it was very competitive.â€?

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Speed kills – and Penn men’s soccer has plenty.

It all starts with Jerel Blades.

The winger is on the small side — only 5-foot-7 — but he doesn’t let that affect him. After all, the defense has to catch him first.

“As you get the mileage and go through the year, [you] figure out how to use your center of gravity better. It’s not only about lifting and getting bigger but balance and quickness,” Blades said.

“The larger center-backs in the [Ivy] League probably struggle with smaller, quicker forwards.

There’s some really good, athletic defenders so it will be fun to watch [Blades] go up against them,” coach Rudy Fuller noted.

Blades’ counterpart on the other wing is sophomore sensation Dami Omitaomu. Omitaomu is just as tall as his fellow winger, but the sophomore has a knack for getting to balls that impresses even Blades.

“If you see Dami play, and there’s a ball 25 or 30 yards away from him, he has the determination to get there. He’s a small guy, and he’s always competing,” Blades said.

Fuller understands first-hand just how important his wingers are to his team. Much of the offense early in the season has been generated down the sides, whether it has been putting Omitaomu or Blades through behind the defense or re-

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Blistering pace on the wings is one of Penn men’s soccer’s greatest strengths — and junior Jerel Blades has more than enough to offer.

lying on them to create chances through a cross.

“I think we have some quality wingers. We feel like we’re not a one-dimensional team. We’re a much more balanced team this year,” Fuller said. “We have some pace outside with Dami and Jerel that can get in behind. The goal is

to score goals.”

That goal has been a fruitless one so far. Two games into the season, the Quakers have yet to put the ball in the back of the net while conceding four goals. The defending troubles are worrying for a team that had the same issue for large stretches last year.

“When you give up as many goals as we did last year, one of the things that is a focus this year is being more sound defensively,” Fuller said.

Fuller suggested that in his 4-23-1 system, the wingers, although responsible for much of the playmaking and creativity on offense, have large defensive roles as well.

For a player like Omitaomu or Blades, that means playing box-tobox — a huge area to cover effectively for 90 minutes.

That’s where the substitutes come in. Freshmen Wes Maki and Jake Kohlbrenner have both already earned playing time on the flanks. The two provide the ability to give the more experienced Blades and Omitaomu a breather without sacrificing too much in terms of pace or quality.

Omitaomu has been a bright spot for the Quakers of late, extending as far back as his freshman year.

He has the skill and speed to cause problems for Ivy League defenders all game long, and proved his ability to create quality chances last year. This year, however, the tape is out there. Omitaomu won’t have the benefit of surprising defenders with his wicked speed.

“The expectations are higher for him now,” Fuller said. “This year everybody knows abou st him. I think he would tell you that he’s got to get better, and I have confidence that he’ll have another great year.”

Another great year for Omitaomu, Blades and the rest of the wingers would be a crucial part of a Penn title run. The message to the rest of the Ancient Eight is simple: speed kills.

Eleven freshmen form gargantuan rookie class for men’s soccer Diverse group makes almost half of roster JOSH STONBERG Sports Reporter

Penn’s men’s soccer team brings in a new crop of freshmen every year to bolster their roster, but this year’s class stands out just a bit more.

This year, the Quakers brought in 11 new players — almost half of the 28-man roster. With the greater size, this year’s freshman class will also be expected to play a bigger role on the team than freshmen of years past.

Providing depth at the goalkeeper position this year is Corning, N.Y. native Erik Ekstrom. Ekstrom led his high school varsity team to back to back section finals, scooping up two straight All-State awards on the way.

New on defense this year are Filip Guhr, Alex Touche and RC Williams. Guhr is from Boca Raton, Fla., and comes from a family with a long history in athletics. His mother was a gymnast in Hungary, his father was a national-team table tennis player, his sister was a dancer, his grandmother was a handball player and his grandfather was a volleyball player.

Touche is from Albuquerque, N.M., where his high school career earned him a multitude of accolades. He was named honorable mention All-State as a freshman in 2013, then firstteam All-State the next three years, including an All-State Player of the Year honor in 2015. Touche has a twin brother who is playing soccer at Cornell this year, which should make their September 30 match at Penn even more interesting.

“It’s been super easy,” Touche said of the transition to

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college. “We have 11 freshmen so I think that has made it a lot easier, we all get along really well so I have not felt alone at all.”

Williams is from Wayne, Pa., and enters the squad already knowing fellow freshman Giacomo Giordano from their high school years. Williams attended YSC Academy, a prep school affiliated with the Philadelphia Union.

Helping out in the midfield this year will be freshmen Joey Bhangdia, Giacomo Giordano, Nicky Goldlust, Jake Kohlbrenner, Amado Lozano and Henry Sherwood Caballero.

With such a big crop of freshmen all playing midfield, minutes will likely be sparse for several players.

Bhangdia hails from Lewisburg, Pa., where he was named NSCAA All-American in 2016, along with Pennsylvania Male Soccer Coaches Association

2016 Male Player of the Year.

He graduated Lewisburg as the team’s all-time leading goalscorer with 117 goals and will look to continue his success here at Penn.

Giordano is from Radnor, Pa., and trained on and off with the Napoli youth team throughout his high school years.

When not training with Napoli he played for the academy team Continental FC Delco.

Goldlust differs from the rest of the incoming class in that he grew up outside of the states — he is from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Goldlust also comes from a rich family history in athletics.

His father played for the Brazilian rugby team and his mother competed in triathlons. In addition to his success on the pitch, Goldlust excelled in the classroom as he was the valedictorian of his class at his school, Pequeninos do Jockey.

Kohlbrenner, from East Syra-

cuse N.Y., was also the valedictorian of his high school (East Syracuse Minoa). There, he was the team’s leading scorer in 2014 and 2015. In addition to competing for his school, he competed for club team Empire United Academy.

Lozano is from Alameda, Ca., and played club soccer with the San Jose Earthquakes Academy from 2013 until his arrival at Penn. He was ranked the seventh player in the Northwest region by Top Drawer Soccer and the No. 52 player nationally in 2015, so expectations will be high for the freshman.

Caballero, born in Danderyd, Sweden, grew up in New York, N.Y. He played club soccer at Gottschee and Esporte Athletic Club Samba, captaining both teams. He also comes from a family with lots of success in sports, with a sister running cross country at Macalester

College and a dad who played basketball there.

The lone freshman forward this year is Wes Maki, from Naples, Fla.. The IMG Academy graduate has a brother who plays soccer at Wisconsin and a father who played baseball at Wyoming. Before transferring to IMG, he played for his public school, Barron Collier Academy.

“The level of commitment has been the biggest difference between college and high school,” said Maki. “You have to be prepared every day to work hard.”

This year’s freshman class not only represents the future of Penn men’s soccer, but with such a large class, several players will have the opportunity to make a difference this year.

And if the freshmen’s quality is as strong as their quantity, the grass will look a lot greener on Rhodes Field for years to come.

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few seniors on a roster seems unusual, the Quakers are no stranger to having a youthsaturated team—you need only look to the 2016 roster to find the last time there were only three seniors.

On the surface, their graduation greatly impacts the team’s dynamic. Matt Poplawski and the prolific Alec Neumann scored nearly half of the team’s 25 total goals and tallied 30% of the shots on goal last year. The third 2016 senior, Nick Sa-

vino, played an important role as a backup and mentor to the burgeoning now-junior goalkeeper Etan Mabourakh.

Wancowicz, however, is not concerned by the shoes those three left to fill.

“The culture has definitely changed over the past twelve months,” the captain said.

“We’ve lost a couple players, but we’re a stronger group now. The camaraderie has been better than ever, and we feel more like a team than in the past three years that I’ve

been here.”

This year’s triumvirate of seniors all have a unique and important role to play on the new-look squad.

Wancowicz figures to play an essential role on the offense side of the ball. Last season, he was responsible for the second most goals on the team, scoring four himself and assisting on three. However, perSEE CAPTAINS PAGE 10

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Sands and Loving poised to build off of breakout seasons W. SOCCER | Soph.

duo ready to keep scoring MOSES NSEREKO Sports Reporter

It’s often tough for athletes to follow up an impressive performance when expectations are heightened.

But given what Penn women’s soccer’s sophomore attacking duo of Emily Sands and Emma Loving has accomplished, it’s hard to see these two Quakers faltering anytime soon.

Both Loving and Sands enjoyed plenty of success during their rookie seasons. Loving scored a team-high six goals, three of which were game-winners, while Sands posted team-bests with six assists and 14 points, and finished second with four goals — tying with junior forward Sasha Stephens in all three categories.

For Loving, just getting to this year’s preseason has been a bit of a feat in and of itself. The Doylestown, Pa. native underwent toe surgery in May and required a large portion of the next two months to recover.

“It’s been a bit of a long process,” Loving said. “I was not walking for the first week or so, and after that I was able to do light FOLLOW US @DAILYPENN FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ONLINE AT THEDP.COM

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Last campaign, Emma Loving (left) and Emily Sands (right) led the team in assists and goals respectively.

After a long offseason, the pair will look to build off the platforms they built in their debut seasons.

activity, but I didn’t get cleared to fully run until August 1st.”

Evidently, Loving’s recovery has progressed. The forward most recently tallied forty minutes in the Red and Blue’s (0-2-2) 1-1 draw versus UC Riverside (2-2-2) last Sunday.

For some collegiate athletes, an offseason challenge is finding ways to keep a competitive rhythm. Sands kept her competi-

tive instincts sharp by playing for her old club team over the summer.

“My old club team has a women’s team which is semi pro in is in a league called the Women’s Professional Soccer League (WPSL),” the West Chester, Pa. resident said. “Our team actually won our division and made it to regionals, but we didn’t have enough people able to go so we

had to forfeit.”

One would expect that with a year of collegiate experience under their belts, preparing for this season would be a little easier for Loving and Sands. But Sands was keen to praise her new teammates for bringing an energy level that has resulted in more intense preseason training.

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