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The Penn Humanities Forum invited award-winning author Zadie Smith, to discuss her work along with Penn professor Jed Etsy yesterday. Smith’s novel “White Teeth” was included in Time magazine’s TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005 list. The event kicked off this year’s Penn Humanities Forum on the theme of “color.”

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For new Lea principal, a quick start to overcome hurdles JENNIFER WRIGHT Staff Writer

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Tuesday was a typical school day at the Henry C. Lea Elementary School.

In the hallway, shouts and laughter from recess drifted in through the open window, a student visited the school nurse’s office and the school’s new principal, Graduate School of Education student Jennifer Duffy, was working during her lunch hour — this time meeting with the parents of a student.

“There is no lunchtime,” she joked in her office a few minutes later.

As the parents with whom she was meeting were leaving the school office, one told their child, “Go back to class please

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It was just a normal day for students beginning the school year at the Lea School, located at 47th and Locust streets, even in the midst of changes in leadership across the School District of Philadelphia, as well as a stormy financial situation for the school district.

Duffy is the personification of the changes sweeping the school district: She is among the 47 first-time principals hired this school year following the 37 first-time principals hired last year. Duffy is also the

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Engineering prof named MacArthur ‘genius’ Danielle Bassett is one of 21 MacArthur fellows to receive $625,000 EUNICE LIM Staff Writer

Danielle Bassett, a physicist and Skirkanich assistant professor of innovation in the Bioengineering Department, was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow on Wednesday.

Bassett is one of 21 Ma-

cArthur Fellows awarded a no-strings-attached grant of $625,000, commonly referred to as “genius grants,” which are distributed to the fellows in installments over a period of five years. Since its conception, the fellowship has supported “people, not projects,” trusting the recipients to follow their own creative pursuits for the benefit of society.

Bassett’s research lies at the intersection of network science and neuroscience. “The

majority of my work focuses on understanding connectivity patterns and networks in the human brain, and how these networks reconfigure during disease, injury recovery or healthy cognitive function,” Bassett said. Her research also explores how brain networks are modified over time through memory and language processing.

“The grant provides the opportunity to try some very creative ideas that we are not

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More businesses participate tonight in the annual Dollar Stroll SHOBA BABU Contributing Writer

For one night only, Baltimore Avenue will be lined up with a motley group of trademark West Philadelphia vendors. Between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. tonight, passersby can try samples of goods and services ranging from craft beers to Ethiopian cheesesteaks to preview theatre tickets starting at just $1.

The Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll — which occurs at least once a year — will be hosting more than 30 businesses between the 4300 and 5100 blocks. Although it is known for its ethnic bites, this year the Dollar Stroll will include more non-food-related vendors like

Redcap’s Corner, a tabletop gaming store that will be selling trading cards, and Gush Gallery, which will be hosting a raffle. It also gives crowds the opportunity to experience two public space projects: UCD Parklets and #LoopedIn. In addition, this will be the first Dollar Stroll featuring music from the Philadelphia-based indie radio station, Y-Not Radio.

The Dollar Strolls were started in 2010 by the University City District working with a committee of businesses and stakeholders. The goal was to showcase Baltimore Avenue and its goods and services to the neighborhood and surrounding Philadelphians.

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completely sure will work but have the potential to make a big impact on the field and our understanding of human brain function,” Bassett said.

Bassett has not yet decided how she’s going to spend the $625,000 she was awarded, as she is “still processing the information that the grant has been awarded to me.” However, she plans to continue teaching while pursuing her SEE MACARTHUR PAGE 6

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Examining gender disparity in freshman campaigning Less than a third of current freshman candidates are female SONIA SIDHU Staff Writer

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The presidential election for the Class of 2018 won’t be over until Friday night, but we already know the president will be male.

Out of 13 candidates running for president, none are female. Only 14 of 48 candidates for positions on the Class Board or the Undergraduate Assembly are females, according to data from the Nominations and Elections Committee’s website, even though females make up a slight majority of the freshman class.

This trend can be expanded beyond freshman elections.

UA President and College senior Joyce Kim is the first female president or chair of the UA since the position became popularly elected in 2010. Additionally, Class of 2015 Presi-

dent Ariel Koren was the first female class president since 2004, after she was elected her freshman year.

During freshman elections, fewer females than males have chosen to run over the past five years. Since 2010, less than one-third of the candidates for the UA have been female.

Though the gender differences are less pronounced within Class Board elections, more males run for Class Board as well. Since 2010, only around 40 percent of Class Board candidates have been female.

This year’s UA has a more equal distribution of genders than previous assemblies.

Eleven out of 27 members are female, and three out of five members on the Executive Board are female.

UA Secretary and College sophomore Natalie Hernandez said that she thought that while campaigning was harder for SEE ELECTIONS PAGE 6

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GSE faculty call on state support of public higher ed.

Laura Perna and Joni Finney wrote “The Attainment Agenda” JOHN BARTLETT Contributing Writer

At a Wharton Public Policy Initiative event last night, two Graduate School of Education speakers urged states to take stronger leadership roles in structuring public college education to prepare graduates for the workplace. The two GSE speakers, Laura Perna, chair of Higher Education Division and Joni Finney, professor of Practice, recently coauthored the book “The Attainment Agenda: State Policy Leadership in Higher Education.”

The event, hosted by Andrew Coopersmith, managing director of the PPI, also brought in guest panelists from the Law School and the School of Design. He hoped to raise student awareness about the higher education issues that are prominent at colleges all across the country. ”[Penn] students should really be aware of what’s going on in higher education in general and not just at their own school,” Finney, who is also the director of the Institute for Research in Higher Education, said.

The panelists focused on a conceptual model from the book which describes the relationship between state policy leadership and equal opportunity learning.

Perna, also executive director of

the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy, encouraged strategic use of state fiscal resources, which are greater than those of the national government available for higher education improvement.

The goal of this conceptual model is to minimize the gap between the education quality provided to students at four-year colleges versus that provided to students at two-year community colleges. Interim Dean and Presidential Term Professor at Penn Law Wendell Pritchett discussed how, if each state regulated what is taught at community colleges so that students could acquire practical skills, these students could be more competitive on the job market. With this sys-

tem in place, he predicted that resumes would no longer be eliminated from consideration simply because a candidate has an associate degree instead of a bachelor’s or master’s degree.

This is not the first higher education event at which Finney and Perna have spoken in recent months, and it will not be the last. Since publishing their book, Finney has traveled all across the western states, speaking with state legislators and education organizations, trying to persuade them to consider her conceptual model. In November she will move to the Midwest, and soon after, the South.

“A plan is important, but you have to have it be shared,” Perna said.

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Wharton Women hosted its third annual Dressing for Success event ISABEL KIM Contributing Writer

Bodek Lounge was decked with fuchsia streamers and balloons last night as Wharton Women hosted its annual event, Dressing for Success: Professional in Pink.

The event kicks off the group’s calendar for the rest of the year, combining a fun night of free food with conversation about fashion in the workplace. The keynote speech was followed by panels of students and J. Crew representatives expanding on the theme of the event, as well as by makeup tutorials by Saks Fifth Avenue.

“The event’s mission is to empower women to dress professionally but also express their femininity,” Kelsey Gliva, Wharton senior and president of Wharton Women, said. The organization partnered for its third year with Career Wardrobe, an organization dedicated to helping Philadelphia women who are on public assis-

tance transition into the workplace through clothing and career skills. All proceeds of the event, raised by donations and raffle tickets, will be donated to Career Wardrobe.

The event organizers hoped that the attendees would learn that professionalism and fashion are not mutually exclusive.

“You can wear something feminine, yet appropriate, and this event really shows you how you can do that,” Amanda Russoniello, Wharton junior and vice president of Philanthropy of Wharton Women, said.

Keynote speaker Christina Lila Wilson, a project manager for New York Fashion Tech Lab, spoke to the group about the relationship between fashion, technology and entrepreneurship.

Russoniello said they had picked Wilson as the keynote SARA CERRETA/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER speaker because the relationship between tech and fashion is “real- Students showcase professionally stylish outfits at a fashion show at ly of the moment, and we felt like Dressing for Success, a philanthropy event hosted by Wharton Women. a lot of girls could really relate to that because tech and fashion — the topic of fashion in a business As Wharton freshman Emily Jithat’s a cool mix.” setting, the room had the air of a ang said, “A lot of it is just having Although the event centered on party. a good time.”

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Girl dies after fall from 42nd, Locust building HARRY COOPERMAN City News Editor

An eight-year-old girl died on Wednesday morning after falling out of an apartment building blocks away from campus, CBS Philly first reported.

The girl was rushed to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia after falling out of the ninth floor of a building on the 4200 block of Locust Street, a

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successful in achieving this purpose. They typically attract several thousand people from all over Philadelphia, and the district has seen an increase in participation over the years. In fact, the district originally only planned for one Dollar Stroll this year in June, but decided to organize a second by popular demand.

“They do a really great job of bringing the community together and bringing the businesses together. It’s a good time,” Brennan said.

Emily Dorn, owner of the craft store VIX Emporium, has participated in the Dollar Strolls since their inception. She enjoys the vibrant festival atmosphere of the Dollar Strolls and the opportunity to meet new people.

Dorn said that the Dollar Strolls

spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed. She was pronounced dead at 8:28 a.m.

CBS Philly reported later on Wednesday that police believe the eight-year old girl had woken up before her father, looked out of the window and then tragically fell from it.

The case is being investigated by Philadelphia Police.

have also allowed her to expand her client base. “I would be a fool not to take advantage of it,” she said.

Pamela Thornton, owner of the bakery Pound Cake Heaven, will be partaking in her second Dollar Stroll. Her first time around, Thornton said that “the overwhelming crowd was very supportive.” She plans to use the Dollar Stroll as an opportunity to introduce new deals and products, like her “cake in a cup.”

Beyond the savvy steals, the Strolls provide students in particular an opportunity to meet new people and get a taste of life in Philly. Dorn calls it “the perfect college event.”

“The goal is to let [people] know that they don’t have to travel far to reach great restaurants, neat shops and a vibrant commercial corridor,” Brennan said. “It’s all in their backyard.”

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third principal that the Lea School has had in the last three years.

She is entering a school where one of the largest issues is academic achievement — every grade required to take a standardized state test at the Lea School in the 2011-12 school year, except for seventh grade, scored below the district average in reading. Appointed about three weeks before the school year began, Duffy had only a short time to develop a plan for how to implement changes at the Lea School — she only met her entire staff a week before classes started.

On top of adjusting to her new duties as principal, Duffy is starting her second semester in Penn’s three-year GSE Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational

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Leadership.

Despite the challenges Duffy is facing, and the extra work she has as a GSE student, she is determined to make tangible changes at the Lea School. She plans to draw from her experiences, seeing how the district worked on a large scale when she was a multilingual manager at the school district headquarters. “A school setting is [where to make changes] and the person in charge and able to make the kinds of changes that need to happen is a principal,” she said.

One of Duffy’s goals is to change the tone at the Lea School.

That new tone includes raising academic achievement standards, expanding support for teachers and encouraging input from faculty, parents and the community.

“We’re working really hard to get our students academically ready for the real world,” Duffy said. “Planning and preparation is

really huge and so we’re investing time in the school day to do that.”

To increase academic achievement, Duffy and her faculty are devoting more time in their schedules for class planning this year and creating common meeting times for teachers of the same grade, something that is not the norm in every school, Duffy said.

“These are opportunities for teachers to grow themselves with this idea that we’re professional learners,” Duffy explained.

Duffy also plans to reduce the achievement gap at the Lea School by taking advantage of the established partnership between Penn and Lea. Lea is one of six University-Assisted Community Schools that partner with the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, receiving funding and programming as a result of the collaboration.

In addition, Penn appointed Caroline Watts last year to serve

as direct liaison between Penn and the Lea School, naming her director of the Lea School University Partnership through GSE. In that role, Watts sat on the school district committee to choose Duffy as the new principal.

While Penn’s influence at Lea is formidable, Watts explained how the intention is to create a partnership that is community-driven and university facilitated. “This isn’t about us telling Lea who to be,” she said, but rather using Penn’s resources to help the Lea School.

Since Lea receives some support from Penn, it’s better off than many other schools feeling the strain of the Philadelphia School District’s huge budget deficit — even though none of the budget cuts at the Lea School were restored this year, Watts said. “We have enough in terms of staff,” Duffy said. “At this point we have enough to meet our needs ... bare-

ly.”

Duffy also feels that while Penn’s resources can help Lea, it’s still up to the school leadership to turn things around in the midst of the district issues. “We’re doing the work. We’re going to save ourselves,” Duffy said.

In keeping with that spirit, she and her faculty spent the first week putting the big ideas they decided on into place. “We were, as a staff, pleasantly surprised that what we said actually happened.”

Take for example, the new expectation for all students to be quiet at the end of recess when they see their teacher or lunch aide’s hand raised.

The hand raising is a quiet signal introduced to address the collective concern that teachers had about noisiness at the end of recess. A week into school, students are still quieting themselves when they see a teacher’s hand raised.

“I think it speaks to the fact that we have a clear picture of where we want to go and we are prepared to do the work it takes to get there,” Duffy said. “It sounds so pie-in-the-sky kind of thing,” she said with a laugh. “But this is what we’re doing.”

As for how a first-time principal is handling the new responsibility while keeping up with her class readings at Penn, Duffy joked, calling the “Mid-Career” program more than just a name, since it’s a program intended for currently employed adults. She explained how the things she’s learning — about how to create a vision and a mission in a school — are being put into practice in her work.

“It fits in with the idea that I’m a perpetual learner,” she said. “If I’m telling the students they’re expected to be lifelong learners, that’s what this means, I’m showing them how to do it.”

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ell - m e a n i n g people have long considered themselves both compassionate and able to listen to others’ experiences. Sometimes it’s possible to completely lack both in favor of an abstract idea of “academic freedom.”

Recently, a Daily Pennsylvanian editorial (“Shooting down trigger warnings,” Sept. 12) stated that trigger warnings “ultimately serve to undermine the fundamental values of academia.” This statement begs the question: What are these values? For many, academic freedom is first and foremost, and for some, trigger warnings — which have been getting a lot of attention in academic spaces lately — threaten this freedom. I want to question what we see as “academic freedom” and who is allowed to be free under that definition.

First of all, we need to understand what trigger warnings would actually do in a classroom setting. There seems to be this idea that using trigger warnings in classrooms would somehow dictate what material can and can’t be taught. This is simply not the case. The point of trigger warnings isn’t to eliminate class material, but rather to alert students to where and when certain topics will be mentioned.

Still, some who recognize this fact think that prefacing something with a trigger warning somehow disrupts the intellectual experience of reading or viewing it. As the DP editorial put it, “It is sometimes deemed necessary for students to experience visceral reactions to the material with which they come into contact. The purpose of such material is to be taken by surprise, offended and even, at times, disturbed.”

This statement shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the difference between being surprised or offended and being traumatized. Furthermore, it exposes the unsettling fact that many people out there genuinely care more about some assumed abstract “true academic experience” than the safety of students.

College senior Victoria Ford was particularly disturbed by that sentiment.

“The fact that anyone can be offended by a 30 second introduction and gesture made to help someone who has suffered a trauma in the name of ‘a true education’ is laughable, hypocritical and perturbing. … When did your education, your “free expression” become more important than someone else’s safety?”

Although the well-being of trauma survivors should be reason enough to include trigger warnings in academic settings, some may still be against this inclusion in favor of this true “academic experience.” But does this even exist?

RODERICK COOK “Being a Deaf student at Penn, I appreciate trigger warnings’ importance to students who have different learning styles. I … have a

Although the well-being of trauma survivors should be reason enough to include trigger warnings in academic settings, some may still be against this inclusion in favor of this true ‘academic experience.’ But does this even exist?”

In one course offered this semester, “Black Feminist Approaches to History and Memory,” the professor (the incredible Grace Sanders Johnson) uses an alternative approach to discussing course materials. Before discussing “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” by Harriet Jacobs, the class took several minutes to collectively and calmly support one another in thinking about their bodies and trauma in relation to the bodies and trauma in the readings. This sort of preparation and self-reflection before engaging with such heavy material helped students navigate tricky and upsetting content.

Working relationships between professors and students, classroom dynamics and approaches to teaching are constantly evolving over time. Why is the “jump right in and be surprised” strategy heralded as the “correct” way to engage with material?

We also must recognize that students take different approaches to course material, some of which differ greatly because of various life circumstances. College junior Connor McLaren relates his experience to that of those who are benefitted by trigger warnings.

stenographer who writes everything that the teacher and other students say verbatim in case I miss something. Having equal access to information allows me to be on the same playing field as other students.

All students should be given this same opportunity, no matter what their differences.”

I would hope that professors want students to get the most knowledge from their classes as possible. By opposing the inclusion of trigger warnings — either actively or passively — this will never happen for many students.

They will continue to have negative (or even traumatizing) experiences in classes in order to make room for an arrogant and outdated idea of what “academic freedom” looks like.

In the end, this overprotectiveness of an abstract “academic freedom” is really the unreasonable ideal, not the small act of making material more accessible and safer for all.

RODERICK COOK is a College junior from Nesquehoning, Pa. Their email address is rodcookthedp@gmail.com “What’s the T?” appears every other Thursday.

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couple of weeks ago, The Daily Pennsylvanian ran a story on President Amy Gutmann’s salary. That morning, I was passing out papers at the Quadrangle and got to gauge reactions. The next several days, I heard and was involved with discussions about this story. I’ve heard quite a few attacks — most of these concerning giving some of that money to financial aid — and relatively few people defending.

There are a couple reasons why I feel President Gutmann’s salary is welldeserved.

First, let us look at how much other university presidents are being compensated. Among private universities, Gutmann’s salary ranked sixth. In the top five are Lee Bollinger and Robert Zimmer, presidents of Columbia and the University of Chicago, respectively. Mr. Zimmer tops the list at $3.5 million. However, if you also add in public universities, then even Mr. Zimmer’s seems paltry compared to the $6 million claimed by former Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee. What’s really telling is when you look at the compensation per $1 million in total expenditures for each institution. Gee was paid $1,332, Zimmer received $1,113 and Gutmann $376.

Now take into consideration that Penn’s budget, at $5.6 billion, was greater than any other university that was included in The Chronicles of Higher Education’s analysis. For further comparison, the GDP of Monaco is $6 billion.

This demonstrates how Penn can be compared to a small country in terms of complexity and economic output. With its health system, police force and 12 schools, Penn has an estimated economic impact of $14 billion — about the GDP of North Korea.

Another measure is what President Gutmann’s peers in the corporate world are earning. I don’t feel I am making a large leap in considering her peers to

be CEOs of S&P 500 companies. According to the AFL-CIO, the overall average CEO pay at S&P 500 Index companies in 2012 was $12.25 million. Now let’s factor in that women in that position are, on average, paid 18 percent less than their male counterparts: $10 million. Suddenly $2 or 3 million doesn’t seem fair at all.

Let’s take a look at what Gutmann has done for Penn.

She has been an outspoken advocate for increased access to higher education among lower- and middleincome families. This has been an issue she has fought

SHAWN KELLEY and the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology, but the barriers restricting interdisciplinary communication have been gradually removed.

What’s really telling is when you look at the compensation per $1 million in total expenditures for each institution.

Gee was paid $1,332, Zimmer received $1,113 and Gutmann $376.” for extending back to when she was vice provost at Princeton under Harold Shapiro, who fought for the same access.

Penn has one of the best financial aid packages among private universities.

There are many students here who would not be able to attend Penn, or any other Ivy League institution, if it were not for the efforts of President Gutmann.

She has also helped to

There are many students here who would not be able to attend Penn, or any other Ivy League institution, if it were not fo r t h e e f fo r t s of President Gutmann. increase the prestige of the university by expanding the faculty and scope of the schools. Not only have new centers for education and research been opened, such as the Smilow Center for Translational Research

Penn also gains prestige for the many activities Gutmann undertakes. She is Chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues and Vice Chair of the Association of American Universities. She also serves on the National Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences as well as, the boards of the National Constitution Center and the Vanguard Group.

President Gutmann played a key role in the Making History campaign, Penn’s largest and most successful fundraising endeavor, which raised an additional $4.3 billion.

Considering all of this, it seems Gutmann’s salary is justified. She has performed her job more than admirably. She has increased financial aid, prestige and resources while being compensated a fraction of what her peers are. One could argue that perhaps she even deserves a raise.

SHAWN KELLEY is an LPS sophomore studying history and Japanese. His email address is skelley@sas.upenn.edu. “A Vet-ted Mind” appears every other Thursday.

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THE MELTING POT | Students and administrators need to work together to make the academic leave (and return) process smoother

F

resh from my mandatory vacation from Penn, I have spoken of the benefits one can find on a leave of absence and how needing one does not doom your academic career.

However, the bureaucratic nature of academia can make the leave process appear daunting for some students like myself, who find themselves in the position of needing to simultaneously resolve class incompletes while proving to the university that they are medically or otherwise fit to resume studies.

The true test of my improved health, I found, was handling the return process itself.

A year sounds like a long time, but it took me most of that time to find a working medical treatment. Then, I had to address my classes or risk not being able to declare my major. In order to receive medical clearance, I had to mediate between my clinician and the Counseling and Psychological Services staff,

who evaluated my current health status. I spent a lot of time making repeated calls, emails and campus visits to ensure the various conditions set by Penn for my return were met, and frequently worried about my ability to come back.

plans with my family and College advisers, I still felt a little lost.

I’m sure other students have had similar experiences.

According to Katrina Glanzer, an adviser in the College Office, about 5 percent of each graduating class of Col-

In order to receive medical clearance, I had to mediate between my clinician and the Counseling and Psychological Services staff, who evaluated my current health status.”

The Penn community is very large, hosting 24,630 undergraduate and graduate students as of last fall.

Perhaps this is why in some ways, the relationship to our academic committees can be a little impersonal. The decision regarding my academic standing was made by people I had not gotten to meet faceto-face. Even after making

lege undergraduates takes at least one semester off from their studies. This is roughly the size of the entire group of graduating BBB majors.

With so many people taking semesters off — whether they’re pursuing internships or taking care of personal or family issues — it’s imperative for the University to ensure a smooth return for

students transitioning back to Penn.

However, this does not undermine the need for students to be proactive with their concerns. Penn, like any other university, treats its students as independent adults. But with that expected maturity comes the responsibility of initiative.

Will Fenton, an assistant director of graduate admissions in SEAS, said that one of the biggest problems he has seen in his career is students not taking advantage of their available resources in times of difficulty.

“I think the main thing is that many students don’t … talk to any of [their advisers, professors and chairs] until they are in very deep and/or beyond some basic assistance. Frequently, I found that if a student had talked with their faculty or their adviser early on, their problems (at least academic ones) could have been addressed with far less drastic solutions.”

I was convinced that only I could solve my own problems, and that was what it meant to be responsible. I feared others’ judgment, and it was only when professors and advisers began asking questions that I explained my situation. By then, it was usually too late. Even on leave, I made matters more complicated by hesitating to ask questions and get assistance to begin the transition back to Penn.

There were many times during my own self-chastisement when I wondered if I really was being punished by the University. But ultimately, I was given a second chance that I may not have received elsewhere. There is definitely room for improving the leave process on the administration’s part. But I cannot stress enough the importance of speaking up. The initial fear or embarrassment is minuscule compared to how much the situation can easily spiral out of control.

Through all of the obsta-

KATIERA SORDJAN cles I faced on my return, I am most grateful to Katrina Glanzer for helping me navigate what seemed like an overwhelming process and being someone I could turn to for support beyond classroom matters. When things get messy, do not be afraid to make your voice heard, even in a place as large as Penn.

KATIERA SORDJAN is a College junior from New York. Her email address is skati@sas.upenn.edu. “The Melting Pot” appears every Thursday.

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A growing Penn presence in Washington, D.C. JONATHAN BAER Staff Writer

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Penn’s influence in the Capitol Building may soon be as notable as it is on Wall Street.

When Deirdre Martinez, director of the Penn in Washington program, took over in 2006, Penn’s presence in the nation’s capital was ailing. In recent years, several Penn programs have experienced notable participation growth, and alumni have been trying to build out the Penn network there as well.

Only around 50 students a year were involved in Penn programs in D.C. in 2006. Now, the number is closer to 200. In 2012, the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative was also launched with the help of an $11 million donation from Penn alumni Marc Rowan, Marc Spilker and Diane Isaacs Spilker. The Robert A. Fox Leadership Program also offers D.C.-based research and service fellowships.

“I think there has been a realization that there is some untapped potential or opportunity in D.C.,” said Caroline Chang, director of D.C. Operations for the Penn Wharton PPI, which launched in 2012. “There are a good number of Penn alums in D.C., but it maybe has not been as high or prominent on students’ radar screens as other opportunities or locations.”

Central to all Washington D.C.based Penn programs has been alumni outreach.

“I think the most important part of Penn in Washington is building that alumni network,” Martinez said.

“I currently have about 500 alumni in our network, and these are people who live and work in DC ... they do informational interviews, they hire Penn interns, we go to dinner.”

Penn Wharton PPI has looked to build on what Chang referred to as the “very robust alumni network and network of internships” of Penn in Washington.

“We certainly look to alumni from all the schools and that is a big piece of our outreach,” Chang added. “We are trying to be thoughtful in how we complement those activities that have already existed here, and how we can build on it and leverage it.”

In addition to Penn’s presence in D.C., Penn’s upper level administration on campus has increasingly come from political backgrounds.

Penn President Amy Gutmann taught political science at Princeton University for nearly 30 years, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Penn David L. Cohen is Comcast’s chief lobbyist and an Obama confidant and newly appointed Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garret has an academic background in political economy.

“I want kids to go to Washington,” Martinez said. “So if more people on campus are recognizing that that’s a valuable thing and they 73092 are willing to help kids get there, I’m all for it.”

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40th St. Trolley Station on way to being community plaza University City District raised $1.4 million for the $2 million project SOPHIA WITTE Staff Writer

With a recent award of $6,500 from PECO and Natural Lands Trust, University City District is slowly coming closer to redeveloping the 40th Street trolley station.

UCD has been officially fundraising for the project since 2012, although it has been in the making for over a decade. As of now, UCD has raised $1.4 million of its $2 million goal — a $1 million decrease from the original $3 million estimated for the station’s renovation.

“Complicated public space projects take time and effort, and we’re ecstatic with the way this is coming together, but there is a lot more work to be done,” UCD spokesperson Lori Brennan said.

Though the plan to transform the 40th Street trolley portal into an attractive, greened plaza was announced only a couple years back, community leaders recognized the portal’s potential to become a neighborhood asset several years ago.

“There have been primary promoters of the project going back 10 years,” Barry Grossbach, director of the Spruce Hill District zoning committee, said.

“But the project was shelved for

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research.

Bassett’s award marks the second consecutive year a Penn

a while ... since you can’t get anywhere unless you have an entity committed to raising funds and grants.”

Awarded with a William Penn Foundation planning grant in 2012, UCD finally took on the role as the key entity needed to revive the community’s ambitions for the trolley station. UCD — in collaboration with SEPTA, city agencies and landscape architects at Andropogon Associates — decided to spearhead the project largely due to its advantageous location.

At the junction of Baltimore Avenue, 40th Street and Woodland Avenue, the station has the 11, 13, 34 and 36 trolley lines running through it. Since the four trolley lines extend to all corners of West Philadelphia, the stop functions as a significant entryway into University City’s educational, medical and business opportunities.

“The portal is at the crossroads of economy-shaping institutions and job-creating commercial corridors and is a key access point that allows residents of the region to efficiently commute to Philadelphia’s central business district,” Brennan said.

UCD wants the space to better reflect the dynamic neighborhood that the station introduces.

Traveling from Center City into West Philadelphia, SEPTA trolley riders currently emerge from

a dark tunnel to face a bleak acre of underused space. But after the renovations, this unattractive first impression will become a “vibrant and social space, featuring trees, movable tables and chairs, native horticulture, artful lighting and boulders for creative play,” Brennan said.

Beyond drawing more SEPTA users, the plaza will also attract people since UCD hopes to add a local cafe and encourage social activities in the area. In the longterm plan, the site will introduce bike parking and eventually be “activated by a variety of arts and cultural programming, ranging from musical performances to temporary art installations,” Brennan said.

While the recent $6,500 grant leaves UCD close to its fundraising goal, the plan still needs to overcome some logistical issues. Since hundreds of trolleys pass through the station each day, SEPTA warns that the conceptual layout must account for “safety and operational concerns,” SEPTA spokesperson Jerria Williams said.

“Once UCD incorporates our comments, it’s really all a winwin situation since this project will bring more riders to our service and bring more community amenities to the people,” Williams added.

UCD will have an exact timeline and more details for the project later this fall.

professor has been awarded the grant. In 2013, associate psychology Professor Angela Duckworth was selected as one of 24 MacArthur Fellows.

Duckworth’s research exam-

ined grit and self-control as the two traits that predict success in life. She continues to pioneer research and interventions to help children foster and internalize self-control.

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females, there was “no stigma or gender inequality” for those women who actually serve on the UA. The Double Standard For some freshman candidates, the thought of campaigning during the first weeks of college can be intimidating. Campaign posters and slogans can leave lasting associations with candidates’ names in the minds of the student body.

“The way freshman representatives win their seat is by getting their name out there,” Meyer said.

“And the way that historically candidates have gotten their name to stick out is by doing something over the top and outrageous.”

Meyer, Hernandez, Sharma and Hoeven all agreed that campaign strategies differ between males and females.

Medha Sharma, a candidate for Executive Vice President and a Wharton freshman, believed that presidential candidates need ”a certain amount of ego,” a trait that can be perceived as less appealing in women than in men.

Three freshman women running for various Class Board positions all said that the reason they did not run for president was to optimize their chances of winning by running for positions with less competition. College sophomore Darren Tomasso, who is the sophomore class president, experienced the opposite phenomenon.

He originally planned to run for executive vice president on Class Board but decided to run for president after getting advice from a friend, even though he knew it would be more competitive.

Many freshman candidates garner votes by directly approaching students, implying that a level of confidence is needed to win the election. Executive Vice President candidate and College freshman Emily Hoeven said that confident girls can be seen as overbearing, so it is harder for girls to appeal to a large audience.

“There’s a double standard. If you are as confident as a male, it’s too confident for a woman, and some people are turned off by that,” Hoeven said. “Women can-

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UA & Freshman Class Board candidates are female

Breakdown of candidates running for this year’s UA and Freshman Class Board 9 female candidates are running for the UA 14 female candidates are running for Class Board of 2018

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not find that middle ground of being appealing but not being sexy.”

Hernandez said she experienced this double standard firsthand during her spring UA campaign. Her campaign poster featured a photo of her in a leotard looking downward, imitating the famous Beyonce photo. The Beyonce-themed campaign echoed Hernandez’s Miley Cyrus-themed campaign from the fall semester.

However, Under the Button published a post about her “touching herself” and about her breasts.

UA representative and College sophomore Marc Petrine was running at the same time and made a video of himself shirtless, but Hernandez did not feel that he was subject to the same criticisms.

“I don’t think showing off your body is degrading. I think its empowering,” she said. “That’s how I show my confidence, and everyone has their own way of doing it.”

Tomasso was elected after fea-

turing “twerking” in his campaign video but acknowledged that he may have benefitted from different gender standards. ”People wouldn’t have felt the same way if it was a girl … possibly because it could have been seen as objectifying themselves,” he said.

Meyer agreed that the same trait or action in a man and in a woman are often perceived differently.

The double standard continues in politics post-graduation and pools of female candidates become smaller, according to “Girls Just Wanna Not Run,” a study cited by UA Representative and College junior Jane Meyer that was conducted by the School of Public Affairs at American University in 2013.

Role Models and Identity Women are socialized not to see themselves in positions of leadership, also according to “Girls Just Wanna Not Run.” The study explains that societal norms favor men going into politics and assuming leadership positions. Females subconsciously shy away from running because the people they see in these positions are male, linking leadership with the male gender.

Meyer experienced the phenomenon firsthand. After losing a Class Board election during the fall of her freshman year, Meyer attended several UA meetings and noticed Kim, the only female on the Executive Board at the time.

“I remember seeing [Joyce] as the only female face up there and really relating to that,” Meyer said.

“I didn’t know Joyce on a personal level, but I just knew her as the woman at the front of the room.”

For Kim, the lack of females running this year is upsetting because she believes the diversity in student government should be representative of the diversity at Penn. It would be sad if women choose not to run not because of ability or skills but because of aspects of their identity, Kim said.

“Identity does form your thoughts and actions,” Kim said, adding that it is “good to have that diversity of opinion” in the room.

Meyer agreed and added that even if the issues that the UA discusses may not be gender specific, the ideal student government should represent the opinions of every demographic on campus.

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Seeing double: There are two sets of twins running for student government BOOKYUNG JO Staff Writer

“You may have mistaken me for my twin brother at some point,” College freshman Noah Falk said, with an emphasis on the syllable that sounds like “steak.”

Wearing a cow costume and a sign that read “Milk your future president,” he was easily distinguishable from his twin brother Jeremy Falk, also a College freshman, during an interviewon Thursday . “If someone asks for our platform, I would say ‘stop grilling me,’” Noah joked.

Twins like the Falks account for about three percent of births in the United States each year.

But two sets of twins are running for freshman student government positions.

In deciding who was going to run for president and who for vice president, Noah jokingly said he is the better twin.

“I put in my contacts better than [Jeremy], I can write in cursive and I’m a quarter inch taller,” he said.

But it was Noah who really wanted the presidential position, and Jeremy conceded. Both brothers were involved in student government in high schoolok, but Noah also had a little more experience.

“We just feed off each other a lot,” Jeremy said.

The other set of twins currently campaigning are David and Jack Cahn, Wharton freshmen and

candidates for Wharton Class Chair and Class Board President, respectively. For them, choosing which position to run for was relatively easy.

“As twins, a lot doesn’t need to be said,” David said.

Being a twin running for Undergraduate Assembly positions makes their experience a little different. It helps with getting people’s recognition, and “it’s nice to have someone else with you to give you confidence,” Jeremy said. "[Jack and I] have been working together for 18 years,” David said. He added that there is almost a synergistic effect between the two that enhances their performance.

However, David also said being a twin can be confusing to voters, because “it seems like you are running for two positions.”

Both sets of twins admitted that

people find it difficult to differentiate between the two.

All four twin candidates expressed genuine interests in student government and in the election process, independent from their siblings. “There is something nice about getting to know people on an individual level and I look forward to it,” David Cahn said of campaigning.

Jeremy Falk cited the Class Boards’ mission to make Penn more fun and cohesive as a reason for his interest in getting involved.

The Falk brothers said they chose Penn in the first place because they found people to be “very interesting, cool and diverse,” and hope to continue meeting new people.

Both sets of twins also said that they are relying on each other during their campaigns.

“One plus one is greater than two,” David Cahn said.

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PLAYERS TO WATCH PENN Sr. WR Conner Scott

S c o t t i s f a s tapproaching numerous Penn football records.

He only needs 21 receptions and 360 receiving yards to break into the all-time top f ive in both c ategorie s .

Jacksonville’s secondar y, though, has only allowed 152 passing yards per game to opponents so far this year.

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group of young players is prepared for the pressure of game action.

“We certainly have looked good at points in practice — we feel good about our attack and its multiplicity — but we have some young kids,” Bagnoli said.

“As much as we could control, we tried to put them under a tremendous amount of practice stress, and hopefully that will be more than what they see on Saturday.

“But they still have to react to the officials, the lights, the crowd, the noise and everything actually counting.”

Among those relatively inexperienced players is quarterback Alek Torgersen, a sophomore

who played only one quarter behind two seniors in 2013.

Despite having only thrown 10 passes in his college career, the Huntington Beach, Calif., native insists he’s prepared to take the team’s reins.

“I’m eager to go play,” Torgersen said. “I’m looking forward to it, and I’m trying to take in the whole process of preparing for the game and enjoying it along the way.”

As Penn has had time to become more adept to its new spread offense, the squad has noticed a dramatic development between the beginning of the preseason and now.

“We’ve improved a lot mentally and physically, and we’ve been practicing really fast so we’re definitely adjusting to our own speed,” senior tight end

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“Right now, we’re anxious. We’ve had a long preseason,” — On the excitement of opening up the season

Penn coach

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Red and Blue dive into Ivy play FIELD HOCKEY | Penn will face off against Cornell this weekend

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Freshman attack Alexa Hoover has been a sensation in her first year with the Red and Blue, having led the team thus far in the season with six goals. She will need to be dynamic this weekend for Penn to take down a strong Cornell squad.

Penn field hockey’s season has started off with some exciting play, but it promises to bring even more excitement as the team looks toward its first Ivy League game of the season.

The Quakers (2-2) have gotten off to a solid start with two wins against Lehigh and Fairfield and two one-goal losses against Bucknell and Liberty.

On Saturday, Penn will look to continue its promising start to the season on the road against Cornell, a team off to its best start to a season since 2010.

Competition between the Big Red (3-1) and the Quakers has always been tight. Six of the last 10 games played between the two teams were decided by only one goal.

The last time the teams met, Penn won, 4-3, at Ellen Vagelos Field. While Cornell managed to tie the score twice, the Quakers controlled the game from start to finish.

Key players in the two teams’ last matchup for Penn were forward Jasmine Cole, — who contributed three goals — and goal-

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keeper Carly Sokach, who ended with 12 saves, including one on a late penalty stroke that would have tied the game.

The key difference in this year’s game is that Penn no longer has Cole and Sokach on its roster.

However, the Quakers are more than prepared to take on the challenge with new freshman attack Alexa Hoover and senior goalkeeper Allison Weisenfels.

Hoover has been a revelation for the Quakers, leading the team with six goals in the first two weeks of the season. In goal, Weisenfels has also performed impressively, playing every minute of Penn’s four games and maintaining a 1.75 goals-against average while saving 20 shots on goal.

Senior attack Emily Corcoran is one of Penn’s hottest hands, contributing greatly to the team this season with five goals so far.

Corcoran was a key component to Penn’s offense last year, scoring 13 goals.

While Penn has Hoover — who was just named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the second week in a row — the Big Red can respond with junior Marisa Siergiej, who was recently named Ivy League Player of the Week for the second time in her career and has tallied seven goals for Cornell this season.

Siergiej is well on pace to set a career high in scoring — her previous high-water mark was 10 goals in 2013.

It remains to be seen how Penn’s fresh faces will respond to the challenge against the Big Red, but one thing is certain: This is where the season really begins.

Penn to wrap up nonconference play VOLLEYBALL | The Quakers will look to apply West Coast lessons

BY TITUS ADKINS Staff Writer VILLANOVA 5-7 Friday, 7 p.m.

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With morale high, Penn volleyball is looking to end its nonconference play with a bang.

The Quakers have one week until they open Ivy League play against Princeton, but this weekend, they face Villanova, La Salle and Temple in the Big 5 Volleyball Tournament at the Palestra.

Fresh off of a great bonding experience during their trip to California for the Stanford Invitational, the Red and Blue (2-5) are trying to better their results against local opponents. They went 0-3 against two nationally ranked opponents in No. 20 Duke and No. 1 Stanford, as well as a strong Santa Clara team.

Penn used each of the three matches as learning experiences, focusing on getting better pointby-point rather than solely trying to win each match.

During those three matches, junior outside hitter Alexis Genske led the squad, contributing 24 kills to lead the team, as well as 30 digs.

For her efforts, she was named to the All-Tournament team.

Now the Quakers come home to face the Wildcats, Explorers and Owls in their final three nonconference matchups.

After bringing what is widely considered the loudest cheering section on the road, the Red and Blue will look to bring their bench’s same level of enthusiasm back home to the Palestra.

Penn will match up on Friday against Villanova (5-7), a team which before its victory over Delaware on Tuesday, was on the wrong end of a four-match losing streak. Last season, the Quakers fell to the Wildcats in four sets.

Friday will be Penn’s first chance to end a losing streak of its own as the Red and Blue will be going into this weekend with a five-match losing streak, their longest since the 2011-12 season.

Saturday’s matchups will start off against the Explorers (6-7) — who recently lost in three close sets to St. John’s — and will finish against an Owl squad (6-3) that is going into the weekend with a three-match losing streak.

Against Temple last year, thensophomore Alex Caldwell led the Red and Blue to a five-set victory, contributing 10 kills, 29 assists and 14 digs.

Whether it’s Villanova, La Salle or Temple, Penn knows this weekend’s opponents well as the

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The Quakers will look to dependable upperclassmen — like junior Alex Caldwell — to help the team apply the lessons it learned over its trip out west as it attempts to end nonconference play on a positive note.

Quakers have compiled an 11-5 record against these three teams combined in the past five years.

With familiar foes, Penn will look to increase that victory margin to 14-5 this weekend, some-

thing that is certainly possible after the effort the Red and Blue have put forth recently.

The Quakers start Ivy play against rival Princeton on Sept.

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third straight game against top-tier competition.

The Quakers dropped their last two games against Seattle and Washington in their west coast road trip, yet for the team it was more of a learning experience than anything else. Moving into the game against the Eagles (5-1), Penn hopes that experience will pay off.

“Without question we came back a better team than when we went out there. We were significantly more dangerous on the ball and on the attack against Washington,” Fuller said. “Now we’ve just got to make sure [Thursday] against American is better than Sunday against Washington.”

The Eagles made their way up the rankings thanks to a 2-1 OT win over then-No. 1 UCLA at a neutral site.

Since then, American has been on a four-game winning streak, though none have come against ranked teams.

Leading the way has been a pair of sophomore forwards, Joe Iraola and Dale Ludwig. The duo have combined to score seven of the Eagles’ 11 goals this season, while junior goalkeeper Dylan Hobert has been solid in goal, allowing just 0.49 goals per game.

“We’ve got a great opportunity against American,” senior back Kamar Saint-Louis said.

“We’re playing them on our home field and we know what we can do as a team. We’ve already made strides the past couple games, now we just need to put it together and have a great performance on Thursday.”

Later in the weekend, the Quakers will find themselves facing local rival Temple in a game that should offer Penn a slight respite from the string of nationally-ranked foes.

Though Temple (1-3-1) has struggled for much of this season, city games always spur tough competition from familiar opponents. “[Coach David MacWilliams] has done a phenomenal job. Him and his staff each and every year have brought in better and better players,” Fuller said. “This is a team that has a lot of depth. Like just about every other team in Philadelphia, they’re tough to break down.”

For Saint-Louis, it will be a set of familiar faces in both American and Temple uniforms. The Potomac, Md. native played with three of the probable starters for American and has a cousin playing forward for Temple.

“It’s crazy because you play with these guys growing up and college is the next step — not everyone unfortunately gets to play — it’s always a blessing to be able to be repping your school’s colors against one another,” Saint-Louis said.

“There’s a little bit of smack talk that goes on, but it’s all in good fun.

I’ve known some of these guys since I was eight or nine years old.”

While the opponents may be familiar, Penn continues to focus on reaching their midseason form. This weekend will pose more tests for the team, but Fuller knew that when he built the schedule.

“We’re really trying to fine tune our sharpness on attack. Despite giving up the goals we’ve allowed, we spent a lot of time early on our shape and our defending,” Fuller said.

“In the attack, that comes slower over time with the understanding and the partnerships and the chemistry and I think we’re pretty close.”

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monwealth and Delaware.

The Quakers (2-1-1) will ďŹ rst head to Richmond, Va. on Friday to play VCU (3-3-2), a team that no current players have faced during their Penn careers.

Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s match will be a homecoming of sorts for sophomore midďŹ elder Lindsey Sawczuk, a native of Alexandria, Va. She leads the team in points with three, and will be relied upon heavily to provide some oďŹ&#x20AC;ensive spark for the Quakers in her home state.

Two of VCUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three losses have come from ranked teams, a 6-0 season opener to No. 2 Virginia Tech and a 4-1 loss to Clemson, which was No. 18 at the time.

With the sting of Harvard edging out the Red and Blue for the 2013 Ivy League title all too fresh in the minds of the 18 returners, any potential boost to

the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RPI may prove to be invaluable in the pursuit of an NCAA bid, and Penn has just ďŹ ve non-conference games left to do so.

On Sunday, Penn will take the short trip to the Delaware to tackle the Blue Hens (3-4).

In its most recent game, Delaware snapped a four-game losing streak with a doubleovertime victory oďŹ&#x20AC; of a heroic last-minute free kick.

The Quakers, on the other hand, will head into the weekend coming oďŹ&#x20AC; their ďŹ rst loss of the season, a 3-0 losing eďŹ&#x20AC;ort against William and Mary.

As a team once known for its suďŹ&#x20AC;ocating defense, Penn will be hoping to improve upon their last defensive showing. The defense was solid through most of the match, but eventually broke down under the pressure of William and Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relentless counterattacking oďŹ&#x20AC;ense.

However, trying to replicate the astounding defensive pres-

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ence of past Penn squads may not be the most productive use of time for the Quakers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With all the injuries we have to deal with as well, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diďŹ&#x192;cult to compare [this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team with last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team],â&#x20AC;? coach Darren Ambrose said after the William and Mary loss.

This weekend, Penn will look to reintegrate some key defensive pieces coming oďŹ&#x20AC; injuries. Honorable mention All-Ivy sophomore defender Tahirih Nesmith and senior midďŹ elder Kaitlyn Moore were deďŹ nitely missed in Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only loss this season.

In addition to their skill and dynamism, their experience as veterans will aid in the development of the eight freshmen if Penn debuts a healthy squad over the weekend.

Between youth, injuries and conference play on the horizon, the Quakers have a lot to prove, but they also have the tenacity to do so.

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Senior running back Mike Beamish will look to tear into Mansfield one more time during Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season opener on Saturday. Last year, Beamish galloped for 72 yards on 14 carries and scored a touchdown as the Quakers manhandled the Mountaineers, 42-14.

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Midfielder Lindsey Sawczuk has burst onto the scene for Penn womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer in her sophomore season. Sawczuk leads the Quakers in points through four matches with three and has gotten three of her five shots of 2014 on target.

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LET THE GAMES BEGIN

They’ve had one of the longest preseasons of any team in the country. Finally, the Quakers are ready to get down to business.

While most college football teams have been in action for over three weeks, Penn football — along with the rest of the Ivy League — has been forced to sit back and watch, waiting to kick off its season. But the Red and Blue has been patient, practicing methodically for its season opener.

Now it’s time.

Coming off a disappointing campaign in 2013, one in which a team loaded with veterans dropped its final four games by a combined 48 points, Penn (00) hits the road this weekend to open its season against coach Kerwin Bell’s Jacksonville squad.

“Right now, we’re anxious — we’ve had a long preseason,” coach Al Bagnoli said. “I think we’re excited, we have some young, new kids and I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do.”

Although the extra three weeks in the Quakers’ preseason CAROLYN LIM/DP FILE PHOTO have helped them continue to refine schemes and pay attention Penn football begins its 2014 season on Saturday against Jacksonville with four new captains including senior tight end Mitch King, who will play a part in Penn’s new pro-style offense. Sophomore quarterback Alek to detail, Bagnoli is aware that Torgersen won’t just have King to target as senior receivers Conner Scott, Ty Taylor and Spencer Kulcsar give him a wealth of options, not to mention senior running backs Lyle Marsh and Kyle Wilcox out of the backfield. his team may be at a disadvantage this weekend, especially “That’s the problem with our in the opener each year has al- of time and game experience to game speed like they have.”

Penn’s practice time has been given that the Dolphins (1-1) entire league — it’s not just a ready played two, if not three, iron out the bugs because it’s one Still, the Red and Blue has devoted to ensuring that a key have already played two games Penn problem,” Bagnoli said. games before we play them. thing to practice like we’ve been attempted to make the most of SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 8 this year.

“Everybody we end up playing "[Jacksonville has] had a lot doing and a different thing to go its extended offseason. A lot of

Quakers face another ranked foe Penn works to get

M. SOCCER | Penn hosts No. 12 American, travel north to Temple

No. 12 AMERICAN 5-1

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TEMPLE 1-3-1

When Penn men’s soccer released its schedule in June, there was a clear stretch of nonconference games that would pose trouble for the Quakers.

Now, midway through that stretch, coach Rudy Fuller stands by his logic that games against top teams can only improve his

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team’s performance.

When the Red and Blue (2-2) takes the field on Thursday night to face off against visiting No. 12 American, it will be the team’s SEE M. SOCCER PAGE 9

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When Penn senior back Kamar Saint-Louis takes the field this weekend, he’ll be facing familiar opponents. Saint-Louis played with three players from American and has a cousin playing for Temple.

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Before Penn women’s soccer 1 p.m. opens conference play under the Newark, Del. bright lights of Rhodes Field next weekend, it has two away friendly confines of University games to iron out the kinks.

City to take on Virginia ComThey will do so over the SEE W. SOCCER PAGE 10 weekend when they leave the

Dolphins against WMDs [Disclaimer: Swamis is an exercise where The Daily Pennsylvanian’s editors make jokes and pick the Ivy League football games.

Enjoy.]

Ever since the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, the State of Florida has been official property of the United States.

And for one week only, Florida’s largest city — Jacksonville — is property of the Swamis.

It certainly won’t be glamorous.

I mean, after all, it is Jacksonville, the world’s main exporter of humidity and horrible football teams.

And Penn football will be playing the Dolphins, the puny cousin of the Jaguars. (Seriously, there is no way a dolphin could beat a jaguar in a fight, either on dry land or in the sea.)

Now the so-called intelligent species of dolphins is trying to re-

turn home from a trip to California to beat the fighting Quakers. The Quaker may seem peaceful, but put it up against a self-righteous sea mammal, and boy howdy do you have yourself one hell of a fight.

Moving on from a debate of which mammal is better (IT’S HUMANS, DUH), this Saturday’s game is the first career start for Alek Torgersen.

Torgersen does not have the facial hair to match his predecessor, but he does have the throwing arm. While the Swamis will miss Billy Ragone’s majestic beard, we decree that Torgersen’s rocket arm is an acceptable replacement.

After all, weapons of mass destruction beat sea mammals easily.

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