September 23, 2014

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“ For ‘dreamers’ the post-grad job search is an uphill battle Many career paths are closed even to students with temporary resident status HUIZHONG WU Staff Writer

While deciding on a future career can be difficult for any college student, those students who are undocumented have to consider an extra step — whether or not they can even apply for a certain job.

2014 Wharton graduate and former executive director of Penn for Immigrant Rights, Jose Gonzalez was one student that faced this reality. Undocumented students like Gonzalez were generally brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents as children and therefore are not able to get proper legal documentation.

“My biggest concern was just finding a job that I would really like to apply to and having it require American citizenship,” he said.

While Gonzalez said that he did not talk about his legal status during his on-campus recruiting interviews, he said he only applied to jobs where he knew it “wouldn’t be a big deal” to recruiters.

Additionally, Gonzalez has an Employment Authorization Document, which allows him to work legally in the U.S. He was able to go through OCR and received an offer from a financial firm.

The Employment Authorization Document came from President Obama’s 2012 executive order known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Under this order, certain immigrants — they must be under 31 years of age and have entered the U.S. before the age of 16 — can apply for temporary resident status, which also protects them from deportation.

Before this executive order, undocumented immigrants living in the country — those both with and

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PayPal co-founder and billionaire investor Peter Thiel shared his advice on how to build a successful company COREY STERN Staff Writer

After graduating from Stanford Law School, Peter Thiel took a job at a top law firm in New York. From the outside, it seemed like a highly coveted job, one that many qualified lawyers were trying to snag. After taking the position, however, Thiel developed a different perspective.

“There was this really bizarre dynamic where from the outside, everybody was trying to get in, and from the inside everybody was trying to get out,” he said. “I left the law firm after seven months and two days. One of the people down the hall told me, ‘It’s really reassuring to see that it’s possible to escape from Alcatraz.’” For Thiel, escaping was just finding the courage to walk SEE THIEL PAGE 3

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Designing a frat jacket, from zipper to hood Two College juniors are selling a jacket meant for wearing out ZAHRA HUSAIN Staff Writer

If you have not left your coat behind after a night out, you almost definitely know someone who has. But College juniors Caroline Calle and Melissa Greenblatt think they have a solution for those prone to fratdriven forgetfulness.

Calle and Greenblatt, members of Penn’s chapter of Delta Delta Delta sorority, recently launched FRACKIT, a company that sells waterproof hooded jackets. The name comes from ‘fracket,’ or ‘frat jacket,’ which is defined by Urban Dictionary as “a jacket you wear to frats because you don’t mind if at the end of the night, it is covered in beer [and] frat sludge.” Greenblatt and Calle say their version is intended for usual daily use as well as for nights out. Taglined “Dress responsibly,” the jackets

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Next generation of UA representatives start terms One College representative also stepped down this week SONIA SIDHU Staff Writer

During their Sept. 21 meeting, the current Undergraduate Assembly members welcomed eight new freshmen — and one sophomore.

College sophomore Taha Tariq replaced College sophomore Alid Castano after Castano stepped down to focus on other commitments. “[I] wanted to give the opportunity to someone else who would have more time to make an impact,” Castano said. Tariq will replace Castano after receiving the second highest number of votes during the spring elections.

He attended a training session with the other new members.

Because all the spring 2014 UA candidates, aside from Castano, currently serve as UA members, if a candidate resigns or is asked to leave, special elections will have to be held to find a replacement.

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PA House passes cigarette tax to address the School District of Philadelphia’s budget deficit The bill must now be passed by the PA Senate and signed into law JENNIFER WRIGHT Staff Writer

The Pennsylvania House passed a bill that includes a local $2-a-pack cigarette tax that is set to help close the budget gap for the School District of Philadelphia on Monday. The 114 to 84 vote comes two weeks after the first day of school for Philadelphia public school students.

The school district estimates the tax could bring in up to $49 million in revenue, helping to partially close up the $81 million

dollar gap. The PA Senate still has to pass the bill and Governor Tom Corbett would have to sign it into law.

The Senate could debate the legislation as early as Wednesday and Newsworks reported that Corbett has promised to sign the legislation.

The bill has been contentious to some members of the PA House because of additional provisions tacked on to the bill. Last Tuesday, the House “cleaned up” the bill — known as HB 1177 — removing language that included revision of provisions for city revitalization and improveSEE CIGARETTE TAX PAGE 5

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Team of Penn students launches ‘Tinder for friends’ app Down to Chill The four founders are taking a year off from Penn to develop the app

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The UA also discussed international student integration and voted on a contingency funding request from Penn Chinese Theater at Sunday’s meeting.

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Next time you’re bored on a Friday night, don’t swipe right or left — swipe down.

Four Penn students launched an app earlier this month to mobilize plan-making. Wharton junior Michael Powell, Engineering junior Matt Wojcieszek and Engineering and Wharton juniors Adam Elkassas and Arjun Jain developed Down to Chill, a social networking app that allows users to connect with Facebook friends who are available — or “down to chill” — at a certain time.

Down to Chill launched on Sept. 10 through the Apple App Store. In less than two weeks, Powell said over 500 users had downloaded the app.

Powell said the inspiration for the project came from Tinder, an app that helps people connect with singles in their area.

“I was walking around Penn and I thought, ‘Why isn’t there an app to see when everyone is free — a Tinder for friends,’” Powell said.

The idea began to take shape in the middle of their sophomore year, aided by a grant from the Wharton Innovation Fund. Unlike other apps that cater to long-term group conversations, Powell said that they wanted their app to focus on spontaneous events, with group conversations that expire at the event’s conclusion.

“It took all four of us and all of our different skill sets to get

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Four Penn students launched a mobile app that facilitates plan-making called “Down to Chill,” which one of the founders described as “a Tinder for friends.” The mobile app was launched on Sept 10.

the idea flushed out in a reasonable time frame,” Powell said.

After a month and a half, they had developed the first version of Down to Chill for their phones.

The four founding members are currently taking a year off from Penn to devote more time to developing and marketing the app.

“Our major success so far has

been getting the app into people’s hands,” Wojcieszek said, adding that contrary to their expectations, users have even organized study groups through Down to Chill.

“The chat interface is very convenient since I can switch between friends and see who I’m talking to right on the same screen,” College junior Alanna Cruz said. “I’ve used it a couple

times to hang out with friends to grab food or even watch a movie.”

In the future, the team hopes to widen the scope of Down to Chill users by licensing the app out to music festivals. They have also brainstormed future spinoffs such as “Down for Golf” or “Down for Basketball.”

The Down to Chill team hopes to soon see their apps on phones all over campus, adding that their current priority is getting “the app into people’s hands at Penn and then into other local campuses,” Powell said.

UA President and College senior Joyce Kim and Assembly of International Students President and College and Engineering senior Angel Garcia de la Garza presented a discussion paper about international students.

Currently, the UA and AIS are researching what resources are available to international students at Penn compared to those at peer institutions, and aim to implement programs or initiatives to help international students.

The UA and AIS met with Director of International Student and Scholar Services Rudie Altamirano. ISSS provides services and advice to international students about topics ranging from employment to immigration to “culture shock.”

One finding of the research was that peer institutions — such as the other Ivies — have longer international student orientation that is separate from the general new student orientation. These orientations would include events such as getting a cell phone and setting up a bank account without a Social Security number.

Another finding from the research was that the graduation rates for international students are generally lower than the rates for domestic students. In 2008, the graduation rate for international students was 73.9 percent compared with 86.7 percent overall.

When talking about how AIS does help international students adjust to life at Penn, Garcia de la Garza commented that it is “not [the] responsibility of other students to pass the information ... I think it should be the institution [that passes on

information],” which was met with agreement from the body.

Garcia de la Garza discussed the lack of an international center for all international students and the lack of training that RAs and GAs receive to help international students adjust to life at Penn. Creating an international center and improving college houses and dorm resources are two of the six recommendations that UA and AIS proposed.

The other recommendations include hiring an advisor as a “single point of reference for international students” for social, educational and other issues, increasing funding for international students, researching the lower graduation rate for internationals and creating a structured three or four day international student orientation.

UA representative and College and Wharton sophomore in the Huntsman program Andrew Gegios suggested looking to the Huntsman program as a model because of its advising and higher international graduation rate.

Contingency Request Penn Chinese theater presented its case to receive funding for a speaker event on Thursday. The event would feature Director Jiang Wen, a Mandarin speaker.

The organization asked for funding to get interpretation devices, which would make the event run smoother and faster than it would with translators.

The group did not include the funding for the devices in the original funding application, and would have required $2000.

Because UA contingency funding is a last resort funding option — something a group can request after appealing to the Student Activities Council and SPECtrum, among other possible sources — the budget committee recommended giving zero dollars to the organization, and the general body voted in agreement.

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without college degrees — were limited to manual labor jobs and occasional jobs in food service, Sundrop Carter, the organizing director of the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition said.

“DACA really revolutionized that, because it suddenly opened the door to all these professions,” she said.

This meant students like Gonzalez could start pursuing jobs at organizations like Teach for America, which welcomed 45 applicants living in the country without legal permission in 2014. Gonzalez, and fellow 2014 Wharton graduate Tania Chairez, an activist on immigration rights, were part of this group.

Even with a temporary resident status, students still face an uphill battle to achieve their professional dreams.

“There’s a huge amount of uncertainty,” Carter said. “It’s not a guarantee of continued ability to have a work permit.”

Every two years, permit holders must reapply. A new presidential administration could choose not to continue the program, she added.

People with temporary resident status still cannot apply

for federal government jobs or any jobs at private sector companies that work with the U.S. government, Gonzalez explained.

Most other jobs are open to them. “[Students] do not have to reveal their status in the interview process, and they should receive full consideration from employers,” Career Services Director Patricia Rose said in an email statement in response to questions.

Even with DACA, students who want to go on to get higher degrees encounter obstacles.

PIR director and College senior Cristian Montoya knew of only one medical school that openly accepts students with temporary resident status — Loyola University’s Stritch School of Medicine. If a student graduated, it is uncertain whether he or she would be allowed to practice medicine in U.S. Gonzalez added that at one point he was considering law school, but did not apply because even though he had temporary resident status, he would not be able to practice law anywhere except California.

“You can attend the schools, the question is whether [you] can practice and put those degrees to use,” he said.

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Perhaps Thiel’s experience following the crowd in his early career decisions was a catalyst for the billionaire’s eccentric resume, which now includes cofounding PayPal and being the first outside investor in Facebook. Thiel also established the unconventional Thiel Fellowship, which encourages students to drop out of college to pursue their own ventures. Somehow, a man who was once funneled from a top-ranked law school to a conventional career in law is now a known advocate for students to break from the masses and find a unique niche.

This topic is largely discussed in Thiel’s new book, “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future,” which he promoted on his visit to campus on Monday when he spoke before a packed crowd at the latest installment of the Wharton Leadership Program’s Authors@Wharton series.

Thiel believes that those who don’t try to pave their own paths “are just being lazy” and “not thinking hard enough about what is going on.” Those who do truly work hard to find new answers to questions, he said, have the opportunity to create histori-

cal innovations that can never be recreated.

“I think that every moment in business, every moment in the history of technology only happens once,” he said. “The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page won’t build a search engine and the next Mark Zuckerberg won’t build a social network.”

Thiel said that to join the ranks of Gates, Page and Zuckerberg takes exploring the junction between “mysteries,” which are impossible to figure out, and “conventional truths,” or things that are well understood by everyone. Thiel labels this junction “secrets, [or] things that are hard but possible to figure out.”

“In the 18th century, if you looked at a map, you could say, ‘Well, I don’t really know what is at this part of the map,’ and you could become an explorer to find out,” Thiel said. “But that’s not the case anymore today as we have mapped out the entire surface of the planet; there are no secrets left to geography.”

But most subjects, he added, are not like geography.

When he cofounded PayPal in 1999, Thiel was working to answer his own “secrets,” trying to determine the potential of digital currency and change the

nature of money. He even hoped to replace the U.S. dollar. PayPal was creating its own unique domain and could not be easily described as part of a specific industry, a trait that Thiel believes is indicative of future success for startups.

He is irked by the startups that attempt to join established industries and use buzzwords that

he claims to be allergic to: big data, cloud computing, health care IT, mobile Internet and education software, among others.

For those whose companies can easily fit into an existing category, Thiel compares their chances of success to those of someone who, in the 21st century, wants to be an explorer and search for new areas on the globe.

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Yes, you’re a feminist

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our weeks into college, I feel obligated to measure myself against the person I was in high school.

My friends back home are struggling with college apps, and as I read over their essays, I remember how difficult it was to package myself with neat catchphrases and college-accepted terminology.

In a school of 10,000, though, I’m constantly meeting new people, and I look for easy ways to define myself. For me, “feminist” is an easy term to tagline my self identity.

I’ve identified myself as a feminist since middle school, but it’s difficult to apply that passion into real social settings. I note trends, but I don’t see the significance in them.

I spend too much time trying to determine if a friend’s joke or a passing comment is antifeminist that I end up letting it pass. I want to practice what I preach — or more accurately, what I share on Facebook — but I over-rationalize my way into inaction.

Furthermore, it’s difficult to put the more idealistic points of feminism into place at college. I consider myself a feminist, but I compare myself to other women. Few of my conversations are about women’s issues, and I have no plans to take a gender studies class. Eighty percent of the

music on my workout playlist is overtly misogynistic. I don’t freak out when “Blurred Lines” comes on at a party. I go to the gym not so I can release endorphins, but so I can fit into my skinny jeans.

men — across Penn’s campus applying feminism to make a difference in our society. But a movement as important as feminism should be accessible at every level. People who believe in gender equal-

I consider myself a feminist, but I compare myself to other women. … Eighty percent of the music on my workout playlist is overtly misogynistic.

I don’t freak out when ‘Blurred Lines’ comes on at a party. I go to the gym not so I can release endorphins, but so I can fit into my skinny jeans.”

There’s a concept of “analysis by paralysis”: the state of overthinking things so much that you never actually act on them. But that doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t feel justified in adopting the label of feminist — I believe that women should receive equal pay for equal work, that gender discrimination is wrong and that our society still needs the feminist movement. To me, that means that I am a feminist.

I don’t mean to undermine the importance of advocating for women’s issues. Real change comes when people do more than think about ideas, and there are women — and

ity but aren’t sure about how to translate that belief into action shouldn’t feel guilty for calling themselves feminists as well.

A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon excerpts from Roxane Gay’s essay collection “Bad Feminist,” her attempt at “raising my voice to show all the ways we have room to want more, to do better.”

She admits, “I am failing as a woman. I am failing as a feminist,” for not adhering to every rule of the pro-women movement. However, she suggests that it’s okay to not subscribe to all the beliefs of the “capital-F” feminists — complete devotion isn’t necessarily the

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DANI BLUM only path that does the feminist movement justice. Gay’s essays gave me the validation I didn’t realize I needed. I’ve found that, while I still have to find the best method of applying my feminist ideals, I can still safely call myself a feminist.

Feminism shouldn’t fall into categories. Some of us may be more active in the feminist movement than others, but everyone who supports gender equality should feel comfortable calling themselves feminist. If you’re passionate about egalitarianism, you’re one of us, too.

As Gay says, “I’d rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.”

DANI BLUM is a College freshman from Ridgefield, Conn. Her email address is kblum@sas.upenn.edu.

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ow much do you think your race and gender affect your grades?

Consider the study co-conducted by Wharton professor Katherine Milkman, which showed that professors responded to emails signed with a name designed to indicate a white male student at a higher rate than emails signed with names that suggested females and minorities.

Consider also the story that recently went viral, about a man named Jose who changed his name to Joe on his resume and suddenly started hearing back from potential employers.

In both cases, names meant the difference between getting a foot in the door and shouting into the void. Brad Anderson’s email got a response. Mei Chen’s did not. Joe got an interview. Jose did not.

SOPHIA WUSHANLEY Philosophy department, writing your name at the top of a paper activates your grader’s implicit biases such that a white male student who writes his name on his paper gains a distinct advantage over a black female student who does the same.

“A person’s grade should not be a function of their race and gender,” said Singer, who asks his students to submit their work with-

Names meant the difference between getting a foot in the door and shouting into the void. Brad Anderson’s email got a response. Mei Chen’s did not. Joe got an interview. Jose did not.”

How can a name be such a powerful determinant of opportunity?

Names generally offer evaluators two pieces of information: gender and race. When an evaluator — be it a professor or an employer — reads a name, she is immediately primed to assess the work associated with it according to her implicit biases, the term used to describe the associations we all have in our subconscious brains that shape our perceptions of others.

Surely it’s no surprise to any of us that the race and gender we present affect how others perceive us — we all know racism and sexism exist. But what makes implicit biases insidious is the fact that their location in the subconscious means we’re completely unaware of them.

What’s more, there’s no clear correlation between our explicit biases — the ones we would admit to holding if we didn’t fear being labeled racist or sexist — and our implicit ones. Implicit biases are unaffected by how impartial a person consciously believes he is.

Even the most educated and openminded among us are influenced by prejudices that lie beneath the surface.

Because of this, everything you’ve ever put your name on has been tinged with your race and gender, be it a paper, an exam, a lab report or a resume. No matter how well you know your professors, and how earnestly they condemn prejudice in any form, a bulk of scientific literature suggests that who you are influences how they see the work you produce.

So what does this mean for your grades? According to Daniel Singer, a professor in Penn’s

out writing their names anywhere on the material. When asked if this grading process makes things more difficult, he said, “With the current technology, it’s almost no burden at all.”

Most classes use Canvas, which allows students to submit work that can be traced back to their name after grading. For professors who prefer to grade on paper, student ID numbers can be used in lieu of names.

So why isn’t blind grading the universal procedure? In smaller, higher-level classes without TAs, in which students discuss paper topics with their professors prior to grading, the case can be made that such a system would be impossible.

But for classes in which implementing blind grading would be feasible, not doing so seems inexcusable. Failing to do all that we reasonably can to minimize the degree to which grades are a function of a student’s race and gender seems to me like passively condoning the advantages afforded to men over women and certain races over others. And looking at inequality in the world today, it’s clear that in aggregate, their impact is enormous.

I think we can all agree that race and gender should not determine a person’s place in the world, and that grades impact future success. Blind grading is an opportunity to increase fairness. If we’re serious about equality, the least we can do is take it.

SOPHIA WUSHANLEY is a College senior from Millersville, Pa., studying philosophy. Her email address is wsophia@sas.upenn.edu.

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ood is one of the basic necessities of life — a statement so obvious you’re probably wondering why we would waste our time opening our column with it. The sad truth is that one in five American children struggles with the problem of hunger. The United States is the wealthiest country on Earth, yet millions of American kids wake up each day not knowing whether they will have enough to eat.

This is unacceptable.

September is National Hunger Action Month, and it’s time to take action. It’s time to take a stand against the plague of hunger in this country. While many Penn students do a great deal to help disadvantaged children, we must all realize that charity and service work are complements to — not substitutes for — gov-

GUEST COLUMN BY PENN DEMOCRATS ernment services. What we do in our communities is incredibly important, but what happens in Congress and in our state capitals matters, too. When we go to the polls in November, we should consider how our representatives believe we should treat the underprivileged members of our communities.

A primary and indispensable role of government is to help those who cannot help themselves — a category that surely includes hungry children. It is one of the government’s sacred duties to do what it can to ensure that no child goes hungry.

Sadly, however, Republicans in Congress have made it clear that they do not agree. At a time when many Americans are just getting back on their feet following the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,

Congressional Republicans have been trying to make life more difficult for the most vulnerable among us.

In 2013, the Republicans in Congress voted to reduce funding for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, by an astounding $40 billion over the next decade.

Defending his support for these cuts, Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) quoted a passage from the Bible: “If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.”

This begs the question, who are the beneficiaries of this program? The congressman himself might be surprised to learn that 47 percent of those who receive SNAP benefits are children, and an additional 26 percent are adults living with children. Even more astonishing,

perhaps, is that 82 percent of all SNAP households with at least one working-age, non-disabled adult include someone who worked in the year immediately before or after receiving SNAP. The idea that this program benefits lazy, mooching adults who refuse to get a job is just wrong.

Fortunately, Republicans were not able to cut SNAP funding by $40 billion. Still, Republicans were somewhat successful in their quest to cut aid to the needy. Earlier this year, President Obama signed into law a compromise agreement that cut SNAP by almost $9 billion.

As a result of those cuts, 175,000 Pennsylvania families will lose $65 in benefits each month. Many of these families undoubtedly live close to Penn, and perhaps some of the affected children are those whom

Penn students tutor in local schools. For families that have already been struggling to make ends meet, these cuts will be devastating.

SNAP is a vital program that ought to be strengthened, not dismantled. It is well-documented that children perform worse in school and have poorer health when they experience food insecurity. We cannot expect our students to excel academically while they are suffering from extreme hunger. Children who receive SNAP benefits have been shown to be healthier and less likely to experience developmental delays than those children who don’t but are eligible.

And in 2012 alone, SNAP lifted 2.2 million children out of poverty. SNAP works.

SNAP aids children and parents who are struggling to put

food on the table for their families. These are the people with the least, and they have the most to lose from what happens in the halls of Congress.

Trying to balance the budget on the backs of the neediest members of society is reprehensible, and it is time to reject this reckless agenda.

Food is one of the basic necessities of life — a statement so obvious that many of our elected officials seem to have forgotten it. There is one easy way to remind them: Vote.

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ment zones as well as authorizing an increase in hotel taxes in some counties. A stipulation about charter school appeals remains part of the bill.

Other opponents did not support the bill because they do not think it is appropriate to fund schools with a cigarette tax.

Director of the Adolescent Communication Institute of the Annenberg Public Policy Center Dan Romer said that a tax may have a disproportionate effect on some Philly residents. “Two dollars to a poor person is going to be a bigger increment than to a wealthy person,” he said. In 2012, 27.9 percent of adults were living below the poverty level compared to 17 percent of adults living at or above it, according the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

He mentioned the idea of taxing cigarettes has been around for a long time because of public health concerns about cigarette consumption. The evidence exists that a tax is a deterrent to smokers, he explained, giving New York City as an example of a low-smoking rate paired with a high tax rate on cigarettes. “[Philadelphians who live below the poverty line] need schools and we are taxing them. We are asking them to shoulder the burden

by paying this tax,” Romer said.

“That’s the inequality problem with it, but at the same time we are encouraging them to smoke less.”

This House vote has been several months in the making.

In late July, the House chose to go on summer recess without voting on the bill. School started before the house reconvened on Sept.

15.

Superintendent William Hite called the cancelled July vote “devastating to the students, staff and families of The School District of Philadelphia” in a press release from Aug. 1. Because the budget was not decided before the first day of school, Hite was forced to then consider two options: delay starting classes or lay off about 1,300 employees due to the lack of essential funds.

Both options were avoided as of Aug. 15 when Governor Tom Corbett advanced $265 million to the district in an effort to open school doors on time and avoid the layoffs — but it was money the district was already counting on receiving later, not the new revenue the district needs.

To avoid these options, the district also enacted $32 million in money-saving cuts that included leaving school police vacancies unfilled and cleaning facilities less frequently. They also negotiated with vendors to reduce costs.

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are priced at less than $50.

The duo thought of the idea freshman year after Greenblatt left her jacket at a party and Calle came back with someone else’s by accident. During their sophomore year, FRACKIT started to come to fruition. Calle, who has sewed her own designs for Penn Fashion Collectiveshows, created three prototypes before choosing the one they liked the best.

Calle and Greenblatt designed a FRACKIT logo for the sleeve and planned for name tags inside of the jackets so that partygoers will have an easier time finding jackets.

“But at the same time, the jackets are the same, so if you find your size, trade if you want,” Greenblatt said.

After agreeing on a prototype, the duo approached family and friends for financial assistance to make their dream a reality. Taking the prototype with them, they had potential investors try on the jacket and received positive feedback.

Next, Calle and Greenblatt shopped around for a manufacturer. They knew they wanted their jackets to be Americanmade and they partnered with a small company in Minnesota.

Now, Greenblatt and Calle are

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focusing on teaming up with a new manufacturer, this time in New York, where they can monitor the progress in person.

They also ordered their own zippers and had them sent to the production company, found their own fabric supplier and spent time checking out various types of quilting for the jacket before settling on a diamond pattern.

“There are so many middlemen, and they all have their own timelines. People tell you things will be ready, and then they’re not,” Calle said.

On Saturday, Calle and Greenblatt hosted their launch party at Tap House. Around 100 people attended, and they sold roughly 77 jackets.

FRACKIT offers one unisex jacket in black and features a hood.

Calle and Greenblatt spent a lot of time sampling sizing because they wanted “one jacket with different sizes, but [that] works for both guys and girls,” Greenblatt said.

While Calle is a communications major and Greenblatt is pre-med, they have started to see entrepreneurship as a potential career path. Calle already has

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a consumer psych minor, but FRACKIT has made her want to take some entrepreneurship electives this year.

Greenblatt and Calle hope to expand their business over the coming years. “We want to become a frat brand,” Greenblatt said, citing Rowdy Gentlemen and Chubbies as examples of companies they look to for inspiration for their own business model. “We want to have everything you need to go out, and it’s probably hardest to have started with the jacket.”

Their future ideas include a phone case with a cardholder, lighter and bottle opener, and they are also considering expanding the color choices for their jacket.

The jackets are available for preorder online and will be available by this winter. They will also be sold at the Penn-Princeton football game hosted by Princeton this year.

To further expand their business, Calle and Greenblatt are hoping to sell their jackets at the University of Virginia. They are getting in contact with presidents of fraternities and sororities because “Greek culture is a big part of UVA, and it makes it much easier to spread the word through sorority or fraternity listservs,” Greenblatt said.

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The Institute of Contemporary Art opened its fall exhibits on Friday JACK CAHN Contributing Reporter

Chapter houses aren’t the only places to find sleeping frat boys near Penn’s campus — one of the Institute of Contemporary Art’s new fall exhibits features their sculpted counterparts.

The grand opening of the ICA’s fall exhibits on Friday, Sept. 19 attracted over 700 guests from the Philadelphia community, New York and Penn.

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1999: Penn-’Nova resumes at long last

DP: When did you go on your official visit and what did you do with the coaches then?

JS: I took an unofficial visit late July, and I haven’t taken my official visit yet. I believe I’m taking it next month with Jule.

DP: What’s your relationship like with the coaching staff? Did any coaches in particular help contribute to your commitment?

JS: Most of my recruiting came through coach [Mike] Lintulahti. We had a very good past. I went to the Penn camp when I was a sophomore — before he was an assistant at Penn — and he was my coach, and we developed a good relationship.

He coached me for a little bit at that camp, and then he was hired as an assistant coach. He’s a great guy and a great coach. I like all the coaching staff. I like coach Jerome Allen, coach [Ira] Bowman and coach [Nat] Graham.

DP: Penn basketball has struggled over the past couple years, and coach Allen has been under a lot of scrutiny. How did that affect you during the recruiting process?

JS: I wasn’t worried about what happened in the past. People were saying like “Penn is going downhill and everything,” but I was

more looking towards the future. I decided on going to Penn because I believe our future is bright and I want to be on a team that starts now, moving our way up. I’m optimistic about our future.

DP: What did the coaching staff tell you about how you’ll fit into the team?

JS: Coach basically said that nothing is given to anyone. He said they needed a true point guard for Penn and a leader, and that’s what I’m going to do for the team.

DP: How would you describe yourself as a player? Strengths and weaknesses?

JS: I’m a true point guard I believe, so my strengths are my passing ability, my defense and my leadership. Just being a floor general and controlling the game. I’m a playmaker. Something I’m working on is my pullup shot and my three-point shot.

Shooting over screens, after screens.

DP: Are there any players you try to model your game after?

JS: I have a very recent close friend of mine, Zack Rosen. He’s a former Penn player, and now he’s in Israel. He took me under his wing and showed me a few things. I had a couple of workouts with him. I’m learning from him.

He’s my role model right now and always will be.

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Penn football faced Villanova for just the second time since 1911 back in 1999 and the results didn’t turn out quite like the Quakers would have hoped. The Red and Blue lost, 34-6, and haven’t beaten the Wildcats since. Penn will play Villanova for the 19th time this Saturday as the Quakers hope to end a 13-game losing skid to Nova.

BY COLIN HENDERSON From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ It seems pretty commonplace nowadays.

Early on every season, Penn football takes on Villanova and — at least every time within recent memory — it loses.

However, it wasn’t all that long ago that the two teams playing was far from a familiar occurrence.

A little less than 15 years ago on Sept. 25, 1999, the Quakers and Wildcats decided to rejuvenate a Big 5 rivalry that had lain dormant for the previous 19 years.

Anticipation was high for the matchup, as special $5

ticket prices and a late 5 p.m.

Saturday start time facilitated a crowd tallying well over 20,000.

“Even when you get 10,000 people in this stadium, it looks like there’s no one here,” thenPenn linebacker Jim Hisgen said. “So it’s just nice to see a lot of people cheering for you.”

The Red and Blue may have waited a long time for the matchup, but once the game started, it couldn’t end fast enough for the Quakers.

Penn — which was previously 5-1 against Villanova — was run straight off of Franklin Field by the opposing Wildcats, losing handily, 34-6.

The Quakers hung in there for a quarter, staying within three points of their opponent, but after that, it wasn’t close.

Ranked No. 14 in Division I-AA football, this was a different Villanova team than the Quakers were accustomed to facing historically.

The Wildcats had a lot of athleticism out on the edges of the field, and they made it very evident throughout the game.

“There was a significant speed differential at the skill positions, both in their secondary versus our receivers and their receivers versus our secondary,” Penn coach Al Bagnoli — now in his final season — said. “I think we would’ve done OK if they’d tried to run the ball 30, 40, 50 times.”

Villanova parlayed these advantages into an absolute clinic in the passing game.

Wildcats quarterback Chris Boden broke his own school-

record with 424 yards in the air off of 33-for-43 passing.

“We have a ton of weapons,” Boden said. “We’re just waiting to use them all.”

Meanwhile, Penn’s offense was overwhelmed by the athleticism present on the other side of the ball. Then-quarterback Gavin Hoffman was limited to a meager 108 passing yards off of only 7.7 yards per catch.

The Quakers did manage to retain possession of the ball for 28 minutes, but they simply did not have the firepower to compete with the Wildcats.

Since then, Penn has played Villanova nearly every season and has failed to win any of these matchups. In fact, Penn hasn’t beaten Villanova since 1911.

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team.

“It was incredible to get the opportunity to go to the Word Championship out in Oregon this summer, and it was great to get to meet people from all over,” Shearn said. “It was also good to get a feel for what it’s like to race some of the best competition in my event for my age group.”

Shearn is just the latest in what has been a series of successful Quakers who have taken part in these games, and coach Steve Dolan hopes that he will not be the last.

“It’s been really neat to see some of our freshman, including Brendan, excel at that USA level, and it’s motivational for the whole team,” Dolan said.

“That level of success is just contagious, and it inspires more of our athletes to want to go MICHELE OZER/DP SPORTS PHOTO EDITOR compete at that level.”

As a freshman, Shearn got The young runners for the women have gotten plenty of attention, but headlined by sophomore Brendan Shearn, the men’s plenty of opportunities to compete program also has plenty of young firepower. Both squads hope to translate this young talent to team succes this year. at the top level last year and had several solid performances during Dolan said. “One of the things just your physical ability.” started to pay dividends on his first semester at Penn. that you need to run the long However, coming off an in- the race course. Shearn placed Last fall, he was the Quakers’ distance races is the resilience tense offseason of work, Shearn second at Penn’s first competisecond man to cross the finish line to take the training, to be able to is primed to make an even great- tion this year, helping the men’s at Pre-Nationals in Indiana and mentally and physically hold up er impact this year. team sweep the podium at the finished 24th overall at last year’s with that level of competition, “I was getting in about 80 to Big 5 Invitational race. regional championship. and he has that.”

90 miles a week over the sumHowever, this is likely only In the spring track season, “I think one of my strong suits mer,” Shearn said. “My season the beginning of what we can Shearn signed his name into is that I’m pretty strong aerobi- went a lot longer than other peo- expect from the sophomore.

Penn’s record books by running cally, and I like mentally lock- ple’s, and I had to balance trying “I really want to see us do the fourth-fastest 10,000-meter ing into a race for that long,” to get in maximum miles to get well at Regionals and Heptagotime in school history. He was Shearn added. “I’ve always just ready for this season while still nals this year,” he said. “My also an NCAA qualifier at that enjoyed the longer races be- maintaining some speed for the goals are all aligned with the same distance. cause I think it shows you how races.” team’s goals. If we do well, “He’s got a special talent,” mentally tough you are and not The results have already then that’s all I can ask for.”

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Head coach Jerome Allen had a strong recruiting class set up for next season, which includes point guard Jake Silpe, small forward Jule Brown and guard Jackson Donahue.

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tally in the Big Red’s 1-0 defeat of the Quakers on Saturday. Hoover has also recorded two assists, good for second on the team.

Nobody is more pleased with the freshman’s early performance than Hoover’s coach Colleen Fink, who says she is cautiously optimistic that Hoover’s play will mean big things for the program.

“She works well within the confines of the team,” she said.

“We’re all excited for what her four years will bring.”

However, Fink is quick to note that Hoover’s success is not entirely unexpected.

“Alexa Hoover is and was one of the top recruits in the Class of 2014,” Fink said. “No one can predict how well someone will adapt to the college game, but surprise would not be a word I would use to describe her performance.”

Hoover credits senior attack Emily Corcoran as her largest positive influence on the team. Corcoran’s five goals place her one behind Hoover for the team lead.

“She’s been amazing, and she definitely helps me with skills on the field — she’s a great person to look up to,” Hoover said. “Being a forward, I hope to be as successful as she’s been over the last four years.”

Despite all the accolades and

impressive statistics, Hoover’s freshman campaign has not been without its hiccups. A yellow card late in a Sept. 14 game against Liberty led to the deciding goal in a 3-2 loss.

Hoover said of the miscue, “It’s frustrating, but it’s never intentional. But the thing about sports is overcoming things that are hard.”

Fink was quick to come to her young star’s defense, noting that Hoover is gifted at overcoming adversity. “I don’t think it gets to her, which is really a huge strength of hers. But she’s still learning how to manage the game.”

Saturday’s loss to Cornell kicked off Ivy League play for the 2-3 Quakers, who will take on Lafayette on the road Wednesday.

Looking to the future, Fink is ecstatic that her team’s leading scorer is only a freshman: “She’s making us very optimistic. She really loves to play.”

As for Hoover, she has some well-defined goals for the years to come. “I really hope to keep making an impact. I hope to keep up at the rate I’m at now.

“And clearly, everyone wants an Ivy League title.”

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ONLINE Penn football freshman punter Hunter Kelley was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week. Ready more at THEDP.COM/blog/buzz

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

We look back to 1999, when Penn football renewed its dormant rivalry with Villanova >> SEE PAGE 7

Shearn opens eyes for cross country

Freshman Alexa Hoover lights it up for Quakers

The talented sophomore looks to take next step this season

In particular, sophomore Brendan Shearn is poised to help the men’s program take its next step after an impressive body of work this offseason.

BY SAM ALTLAND Shearn competed this summer at Staff Writer the 2014 USA Junior Track and Field Championships in the 10,000-meter While plenty of attention has race, and after winning the silver been paid to the talented underclass- medal, he earned himself a spot on men of Penn women’s cross coun- the US World Junior Championship try, the men’s program boasts some SEE XC PAGE 7 young firepower of its own.

FIELD HOCKEY | In just five matches, Hoover has six goals

BY TOM NOWLAN Contributing Writer It’s always nice to have one of the top offensive players in the Ivy League on your team.

It’s even better when that player is a freshman.

Alexa Hoover, an attack out of Collegeville, Pa., is enjoying one of the best breakout seasons in recent memory for Penn field hockey. She leads the Quakers with six goals through five games and has been named Ivy League Rookie of the Week two of the first three weeks of the season.

“I’ve always believed that I could [perform at this level], but I wanted to actually see it and feel it,” said Hoover, who credits her speed and stick skills for her breakout success.

“I’ve been dreaming of playing at Penn since I was seven years old. I told my parents, ‘Mom, Dad, I want to play here,’ and they were just like, ‘Yeah, OK.’” Hoover’s six goals scored are the second-most in the Ivy League, trailing only Cornell’s Marisa Siergiej, who coincidentally provided the lone

Q&A with Penn basketball recruit while. I remember we played the summer when I was going to be a sophomore on the Jersey Shore Warriors 16 and under team, and that’s when I first met him. From there we just had great chemistry together,

BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS and we became great friends on and Sports Editor off the court.

Penn basketball has a strong reDP: What were you looking for in cruiting class for next season high- a school, and what separated Penn lighted by a couple solid guards and from the other places you were looksmall forward Jule Brown. Brown’s ing at?

AAU teammate — point guard Jake JS: What I was looking for is a Silpe — looks to be one of Penn’s school with a great basketball tradinext top ball-handlers and the Daily tion that has high level academics.

Pennsylvanian spoke with him last I’m looking to be a business major week about the recruiting process and you can’t get any better than the and, among other things, Zack Wharton School. I was also lookRosen. ing for a school that’s competing to Daily Pennsylvanian: To start win a championship. I’m all about things off, you committed to Penn competing. Jule is on the team, so I on the heels of Jule Brown’s com- know a good teammate, and we have mitment. What’s your relationship two other good commitments in our with Jule like, and how did he factor class. And just good coaching and into your decision? the tradition at Penn is like no other.

Jake Silpe: Me and Jule Brown, SEE M. HOOPS PAGE 7 we’ve been playing together for a

Class of 2015 guard Jake Silpe ready to team up with Red and Blue

SEE FIELD HOCKEY PAGE 7

HUNTER MARTIN /COURTESY OF PENN ATHLETICS

Five games into the season, freshman attack Alexa Hoover has made a big difference for the Red and Blue, leading the squad with six goals. Hoover has teamed up with senior captain Emily Corcoran and junior Elizabeth Hitti to form a strong attack up front, making Penn formidable with the Ancient Eight.

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Steamin’ Mike Beamish

<<< Penn sprint football running back MIKE BEAMISH showed no mercy when he went up against his hometown college on Friday

night. The senior running back devastated Mansfield with 125 rushing yards and scored two game-deciding touchdowns in the fourth quarter. The Quakers escaped the Mountaineers, 14-13.

Duke starts it off (as always)

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When Penn was down one goal to American on Thursday, who did Penn turn to? Senior captain Duke Lacroix, who set up an Alec Neumann goal to tie the match. And three days later, who did the Quakers turn to score their first goal against Temple?

Lacroix, of course, as Penn would go on to win, 3-0.

After sitting out the first four games of the year due to injury, midfielder Kaitlyn Moore — a senior captain — provided Penn women’s soccer’s only goal of its weekend road trip, a game-winner against Delaware.

Moore figures to be a key component of the Red and Blue offense as they move into Ivy play.

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Turner-ing it around

Moore Moore Moore

After La Salle had fought off some set points in the second set on Saturday, Penn volleyball turned to one of its seniors — middle blocker Kendall Turner — to provide a big kill that helped the Quakers take a two-set lead. Penn would win the match in four sets and Turner was named to the All-Tournament team for her efforts.

R. Kelly with the Ignition

<<< Penn football junior tight end RYAN KELLY was poppin’ fresh out the kitchen after his team fell behind Jacksonville midway through the third

quarter on Saturday. Kelly made a juggling catch in the back of the end zone for his first career catch and gave the Red and Blue a 24-19 lead.

Saved by Weisenfels

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Despite the struggles Penn field hockey has experienced as of late, senior goalkeeper Allison Weisenfels has been outstanding in net throughout the season, having already registered 27 saves. Five of those saves came in her strong performance over the weekend against Cornell.

54-holes of fun

Both Penn men’s and women’s golf were in action this weekend, and both took home second-place finishes. At the Navy Fall Invitational, the women’s squad had two of the top three finishers with sophomore Isabella Rahm finishing first — three strokes over par — and senior Amanda Chin finishing third. The men’s squad finished tied for second at Cornell.

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#Wilksanity

Early in the season, Penn football’s secondary has shown the potential to make the big play. Senior defensive back Dan Wilk recorded a tip-toe interception late in the third quarter to set the Quakers up at the Jacksonville 34. Three plays later, an Adam Strouss touchdown run would give Penn a 31-19 lead.

Defense. That is all.

Over the past few years, Penn women’s soccer hasn’t made it easy on its defense with its inconsistent scoring output.

This past Friday was no exception, but the backline was up to the challenge, maintaining a clean sheet en route to a scoreless tie against VCU. In fact, the Quakers did not concede a goal all weekend.

Three Goal Barrage >>>

After facing ranked team after ranked team, the Red and Blue needed a game where they scored goal after goal. So three goals in five minutes was certainly an effective cure for Penn’s losing skid as Duke Lacroix, Forest Clancy and SAM ENGS provided scores for the Red and Blue against Big 5 rival Temple.

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