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SAC to vote partial lift of moratorium Proposal would leave moratorium on performing arts groups intact SONIA SIDHU Staff Writer

At Wednesday’s Student Activities Council general body meeting, the executive board announced that SAC will officially recommend a partial lift of the two-year moratorium on new student groups next month.

At the meeting, the SAC

general body — which is comprised of a representative from every SAC-funded group — will vote on the partial lift.

The recommendation will not include recognizing new performing arts groups, which generally have less control over

their facilities costs than other groups.

“We wanted to make sure we were out of debt for more than one year,” SAC Chair and College senior Kanisha Parthasarathy said. “We feel that we are financially stable enough to ac-

cept new groups.”

The moratorium was initially put in place in fall 2012 because of the rising cost of facilities and because of the debt accrued by SAC-funded stuSEE SAC PAGE 5

Student fundraises for family of eight-yearold girl who died JILL GOLUB Staff Writer

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Murder’ ABC’s new show is based at a university that sounds a lot like Penn CLAIRE COHEN Deputy News Editor

Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes is producing a new show that is — basically — based on Penn.

How to Get Away with Murder, which premieres tonight at 10 p.m., takes place at a “prestigious Philadelphia university,” where eager students compete to land a job at their criminal law professor’s firm. The pilot filmed scenes on 40th through 42nd streets between Spruce and Locust in March.

Penn was the show’s first choice for filming, according to Sharon Pinkenson, the executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, but the University turned down the offer in order to avoid disturbing campus life. The Film Office assisted producers in securing campus locations for filming. In the end, Murder’s campus scenes were filmed on the respective campuses of Bryn Mawr and Ursinus colleges, as well as at Media Providence Friends School.

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A fundraising campaign for the father of an eight-year-old girl who died last week surpassed its goal of $3,000 to help support the grieving family.

Maria Passarelli, a third-year student in the School of Veterinary Medicine, started organizing the fundraiser for the girl’s father on Sept. 18, the day after the girl fell out of the Fairfax Building on the 4200 block of Locust Street. As of publishing time, 123 people have donated total of $4,020 through the GoFundMe page set up by Passarelli.

“I was there at the time of the incident, so I saw everything [that] happened after the girl fell,” Passarelli said. The girl was transported to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and was pronounced dead at around 8:28 a.m. Police are still investigating the incident, although they believe it was an accident. “The thing itself is horribly upsetting,” Passarelli said.

Later that day, Passarelli discovered that the girl’s father was a Penn graduate student after she talked to the staff at the Fairfax Apartment building, although she declined to specify his identity out of respect for him and his family.

“Since it seemed like he was part of the Penn community, I just wanted to help him,” she said.

That day, she talked to members of the Graduate and Professional Student Association, as well as other student groups, to brainstorm ideas for how to help the girl’s family.

“I just felt so awful at the time that I couldn’t do anything,” Passarelli said, “and I felt here’s my chance to help now.”

The next day, she posted to GoFundMe asking for donations for the student. “Out of respect for him and his grieving family, [the graduate student’s] name will remain anonymous, but on top of having another daughter to feed, paying student bills, and paying rent, he is now faced with funeral costs,” Passarelli wrote on the page. “Please consider donating to a fellow grad student.

At the end of this fundraiser, he will receive a check– ALL funds raised here will go directly to him.”

In addition to the campaign, Passarelli is planning to place a box outside Hill Pavilion — the home of the Vet School, located at 38th and Woodland streets — through Sept. 25 so anyone who would like to donate offline will have an opportunity to so.

Student groups rally for Syrian refugees during Syria Awareness Week JONATHAN BAER Staff Writer

Amid U.S. strikes in Syria targeted against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a recent student initiative is bringing the human side of the Syrian people’s story to Penn’s campus.

Throughout the week, Penn for Syrian Refugees, Penn Arab Student Society and Al Bustan Seeds of Cul-

ture are hosting Syria Awareness Week. On Tuesday, they hosted a Skype conversation with a Syrian doctor helping refugees, and on Wednesday they set up a memorial for Syrian refugees on College Green.

“Ultimately the goal is to raise money for the people who are suffering in Syria right now,” said College and Wharton sophomore Cora Neumann, who is the direc-

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tor of publicity for Penn for Syrian Refugees. “We want to increase the scope and potentially the size of the club, and just get more people at Penn aware.”

While recent focus on Syria has centered on U.S.-led air strikes against ISIS — the most recent strikes occurred on Wednesday, according to news reports — the groups hosting Syria Awareness Week want to increase dia-

logue about the struggles of the Syrian people. The week is not being hosted directly in response to the most recent U.S. strikes.

“One of the things we decided from the beginning is that we wanted this to be Penn for Syrian Refugees, and not just Penn for Syria,” said College and Wharton sophomore Aimee Knaus, SEE SYRIA PAGE 3

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The Y-Prize Competition officially kicked off at the Singh Center for Nanotechnology yesterday. Members of the Penn community will compete to propose the best applications for an existing technology, focusing on three new nanotechnologies developed by Penn faculty.

Y-Prize is bringing three Penn-developed technologies to the market CAROLINE SIMON Contributing Writer

The hottest new ideas applying nanotechnology to the real world are developing right here at Penn.

On Wednesday night, the Wharton and Engineering schools, the Mack Institute for Innovation Management, and the Penn Center for Innovation held a kickoff event for the third-annual Y-Prize competition. The evening centered around the presentation of this year’s Penn faculty-developed technologies. Students competing in Y-Prize will work in teams to choose one of the three technolo-

gies to market as a product. They will present their ideas to a panel of judges and the winners of the contest will receive a $5,000 prize as well as an exclusive opportunity to market their technology.

Each year, the contest focuses on a different area of technology — this year, nanotechnology. The recent opening of the Singh Center for Nanotechnology has brought this new and exciting field into the spotlight at Penn. With Y-Prize, three Penn professors will have the opportunity to see their ideas take off through student innovation.

Engineering professor Vijay Kumar, a founder of the competition, introduced the event by welcoming students and discussing the goal of the program: innovative cooperation between the brightest minds of science and

business.

Several contributors to the program also made remarks. Engineering professor Kathleen Stebe emphasized the importance of learning through hands-on work, calling the competition a “beautiful union of everything that we’re supposed to be about at the University of Pennsylvania.”

Wharton professor Saikat Chaudhuri also spoke about the necessity of integrating ideas from various academic areas. “Interdisciplinary application between fields is most necessary to solve the most pressing problems,” he said.

The event proceeded with detailed presentations of the three technologies that will be the focus of the competition. This year, students’ plans will feature ultra-

strong material that is only one atom in thickness, batteries that charge in minutes but last for hours and a special adhesive surface that sticks and unsticks on command.

Wharton and Engineering senior Bahram Banisadr is competing in Y-Prize for the second time.

He believes that the contest “fits well with the Penn entrepreneurial mindset.”

According to Banisadr, many Penn students tend to pursue only a few specific career paths. The YPrize program, he said, allows students to think and learn in a new, original way. “It’s just one of many very cool opportunities out there.”

Student proposals for Y-Prize are due in early November. Finalists will be announced in late November and the winners will be determined in January.

Although it has long been recognized as an issue, poverty remains a hardship for many across the globe. Later this month, a new student group will expand its efforts to help Penn contribute to the fight to end this age-old struggle.

An international society committed to providing resources to impoverished countries, Giving What We Can has an emerging local chapter on Penn’s campus set to officially launch on Oct. 22. Most members of the organization take the “Pledge to Give” and commit to donating 10% (1% for students) of their incomes to relieve the struggles caused by poverty across the world. The organization researches and recommends charities for these funds that provide the most effective interventions of poverty in the developing world.

The Penn chapter was founded in March 2013 by President and third-year School of Arts and Sciences graduate student Rossa O’Keeffe-O’Donovan and Vice President and Engineering sophomore Peter Buckley. In order to spread the word about the organization and its mission, the group partnered with Impact

Magazine to host a “Giving Game” in March, at which a large audience was educated about several charities. Each audience member was then given $10 to deliberate and make a donation to one of the charities.

“It’s important that students can get in the habit of giving some money but also thinking of where it goes,” O’Keeffe-O’Donovan said.

“Don’t just give money to charity because of an ad campaign, but actually research its impact.”

The group’s launch event will feature philosopher Peter Singer, a professor at Princeton University. Singer spurred the Effective Altruism Movement throughout the United States and United Kingdom with his 2009 book “The Life You Can Save”.

The movement is growing, with chapters of Giving What We Can springing up at universities like Harvard, Princeton and Rutgers. One for the World, the counterpart of Giving What We Can for MBA students, was introduced to Penn’s campus earlier this year by two Wharton graduate students.

Buckley is pleased with his own efforts to continue the momentum in starting the Penn chapter of Giving What We Can. “It’s easily the thing I’m proudest of at Penn,” he said.

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Shakespeare Globe Theatre bridges performance and reality in ‘King Lear’ NANETTE ELUFA Contributing Writer

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Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre’s production of King Lear put on its first night of performance at Annenberg Center yesterday.

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not be reached for comment until after its premiere.

Pinkenson speculated that show creator Shonda Rhimes, who is also the creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, chose to set “Murder” in Philadelphia because the city differs from the film industry norm.

“It’s the perfect combination,” she said. “There’s a great Ivy League college,” referring to Penn, “and lawyers in Philadelphia have been famous for centuries.”

In the show’s trailer, actress Viola Davis, in character as a criminal law professor, strides into a packed lecture hall a leather purse and an evident attitude. On the board, she writes both the name of the name of her fictitious course, Criminal Law 100.

Criminal law professor Paul Robinson teaches the real-life Criminal Law 100 at Penn Law. In a single lecture, Robinson tackles manslaughter, criminal homicide and statutory rape cases.

“One of the complications of teaching criminal law is [the students] have watched a lot of the shows and think they know what the laws are,” he said.

While Robinson and Davis’s character teach the same course, they have backgrounds in different sides of the courtroom. Davis’ character is a high-profile defense attorney, who often uses dirty methods to get her clients acquitted.

Robinson, on the other hand, is a former federal prosecutor and counsel for the United States Senate Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures.

In one of Robinson’s regular Friday afternoon classes, the class dynamic is reminiscent of a scene on the small screen. Students flip through fat red books and scribble down notes on one

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who is the director of business development for Penn for Syrian Refugees. “We didn’t want to focus more on the political aspect, but more on the human rights and the suffering of the people.”

Conflict and war in the region has produced skyrocketing numbers of refugees in recent years.

According to the UN Refugee Agency, there are currently over 3,000,000 registered Syrian refugees as of Sept. 24. Two years ago, in September 2012, there were 250,000 registered Syrian

of the day’s cases — whether or not to convict a group of producers for the death of children on a movie set.

Robinson abandons his podium to lounge on a desk in the corner of the room. With omniscient air of Harvey Specter from “Suits” or Olivia Benson of ”Law & Order: SVU,” he responds to students with answers that inspire an even more fervent round of questions.

“We’re talking about criminal law, is this kind of risk taking in this kind of situation — movie making — condemnable?” he says, gesturing to the lecture hall.

After 10 more minutes of debate, Robinson reveals that the studio in the case was found not guilty of aggravated manslaughter. The next case yields a discussion of whether or not to convict a legally mentally disabled man who claims he unknowingly committed statutory rape.

“Have a sense of the difference between law on the books and law in the real world — what actually happened,” Robinson said, stressing the use of real-life cases in courses like his and the one featured in “Murder.” “It’s a little less predictable, things aren’t necessarily working the way you think they were.”

Robinson won’t be watching the show, but he is excited to see the criminal law-centered conversation that will follow.

“The fact that there are all these shows is evidence that humans have this interest in issues of blame and punishment,” he said. Every human has had this challenge — what do you do [with] those societal norms, what do you do if people breach them?”

“Murder” isn’t the first time Penn has made an appearance in movies and television.

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The Shakespeare Globe Theatre’s performance of “King Lear” at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts makes something out of nothing.

“We’re in for an ordeal,” declared English professor Rebecca Bushnell at Wednesday night’s pre-show. Bushnell, president of the Shakespeare Association of America , talked about the play’s emphasis on the word “nothing.”

In the play, King Lear asks his three daughters which one loves him most. While the two eldest sing his praises, the daughter who truly loves him most says nothing because she does not feel that words or actions can adequately express her love.

The king goes on to disown her, while his eldest daughters proceed to betray him.

The opening night performance drew in the crowd by breaking the boundary between actor and audience.

At the beginning of the show, audience members waited for the lights to dim. However, an enthusiastic actor explained that the theater company leaves the lights on to simulate daylight.

“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” were filmed on campus, as well as the 2000 Bruce Willis drama, “Unbreakable.” The pilot for cult-hit “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” features characters walking down Locust Walk and external shots of Van Pelt Library. The campus also makes cameos in later episodes.

Although the pilot was filmed in Philadelphia, the rest of “Murder” will be filmed in Los Angeles now that the show has been picked up for a full season. Davis’ contract, Pinkenson said, includes a mandate that regular filming take place in the L.A. area.

“We were disappointed that the series didn’t get picked up to film here,” Pinkenson said.

“But when [someone is] a big star they have the power to make those decisions.”

It wasn’t just scenery that brought the audience close to the performance. Before the show, the actors walked along the aisles of the theatre, talking to audience members. Later — during the play — King Lear, played by Joseph Marcell, looked into the crowd and asked, “Do you know who I am?”

The audience laughed. Those

who recognized him knew that the actor also played Geoffrey, the butler in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Marcell had both a reversal in character and social status in his role as King Lear from that of Geoffrey. The show featured seven other actors, all of whom played multiple roles in the show, including sound effects and crew.

“I think it’s really cool how they break the fourth wall,” Wharton freshman Felipe Haddad said. “This is the first play that I’ve seen that does it in that way.”

The lucid boundaries between performance and reality echoed the sentiments Bushnell shared during the pre-show.

“Theatre is both real and unreal at the same time,” she said.

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“Even though politically things have changed a lot, the people still suffer and that’s our main issue,” Knaus added.

On Thursday, the groups will host a Syrian refugee in Annenberg Hall at 6 p.m. The refugee will talk about his experience in the country and the atrocities he saw committed, according to the event’s description. On Saturday, the sponsors of Syria Awareness Week will hold an event in Claudia Cohen Hall at 3 p.m. centered on educating Penn’s campus about Syrian culture.

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means nothing if it only focuses on male opinions

ll About That Bass” is a cute tune by 20-yearold Meghan Trainor — poppy, infectious and full of feel-good vibes. In the song, Trainor encourages bigger women to embrace their curves and see themselves as beautiful, despite the constant societal messages telling them otherwise.

Amidst all of the voices that constantly tell women to shrink their waist sizes, “All About That Bass” seems like a breath of fresh air for women of all body types. The music video shows Trainor as a pretty, playful and confident woman who is proud of her body and her femininity.

The song may be catchy and well-intentioned; however, it sends a very problematic message that is important to highlight. All of the “body positivity” talked about in the song is still framed in the view of the ever-present male gaze. “My momma she told me don’t worry about your size. She says ‘Boys like a little more booty to hold at night.’” Trainor says throughout the song that men love her for her curves and that she won’t deal with men who want a superficial, plastic woman.

“All About That Bass” isn’t the first pop song to tell young women and girls that the only real value of their bodies is how men perceive them. “What Makes You Beautiful” by One Direction and “Just the Way You Are” and “Treasure” by Bruno Mars are just some examples of pop hits that require the man to define a woman’s beauty for her. “Men love curvy women.”

“Guys love skinny girls.” These back and forth arguments are unhealthy and put down other

women. Girls shouldn’t have to justify their body types by pointing to what men find attractive.

Women also have various sexualities that should not have to

‘All About That Bass’ isn’t the first pop song to tell young women and girls that the only real value of their bodies is how men perceive them.” be constrained by a heteronormative or stereotypical view of what femininity should be.

Just as women come in different sizes, men too have different preferences when it comes to women. Stereotyping and generalizing is insulting to both genders. And the men that are consistently fixated on a particular body type, or body part above all others, are probably not men you want to be involved with in the first place.

I noticed in my mid-teens that I was one of the few girls in my peer group that was comfortable with her body. It took me a lot of time to develop my self-esteem, but body image was usually low on my long list of concerns. It seemed no matter their size, shape or color, girls I knew had some hang-up over their appearance, to the point where it severely impacted their selfconfidence. Starting at younger and younger ages — before they even mature into adult bodies — girls learn from the adult world to fixate on their looks and hate their bodies. They are learning that their appearance is more

KATIERA SORDJAN important than their character, accomplishments and dreams.

It is silly to expect pop culture to become anything close to perfect. Every day we are bombarded with problematic images that reinforce the inequalities of our communities. But as we try to inspire women and girls to feel confident in their own skin through the media, we must also remember to teach them that they don’t owe men (or society) their prettiness. Basing your entire concept of self-worth on someone else’s ideals will never make you happy or help you love the body you are in.

Encouraging women to obsess over their looks is just another societal attempt to keep them in line and keep American consumer culture booming.

There are so many more valuable traits and strengths that women have. We have much more to contribute to the world than just a dress size. This is the real type of empowerment we need to be passing on to the next generation of girls, not an idea of value based on the male lens.

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

Not so special THE MAYA PROJECT | Let’s focus on our passions instead of making

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’ve always been “wellrounded.” It’s a vague, somewhat complimentary way of saying that I could never stick to just one or two things. Throughout high school, I dabbled in everything from tennis to the school chorus to Model U.N., refused to quit time-consuming activities like ballet and piano lessons and managed to sustain interest in a variety of academic subjects as well.

When college applications came around, I fervently prayed that the talk of looking for specialized students to form a wellrounded class was a rumor. I had awards and accomplishments in certain areas. But I certainly wasn’t specialized in anything, except maybe being busy. Luckily, I was able to count on Ben Franklin being a bit of a Renaissance man himself.

Then I came to college.

That’s when people finally choose one field to focus on, right? There seems to be a pressure to pick one interest immediately and build your entire college career around it.

By this logic, I need to get my life together. I’m pursuing a STEM major peppered generously with humanities electives, I dance in Penn Ballet and I participate in the South Asia Society. Oh, and I sometimes write a column for The Daily Pennsylvanian. But scattered as my passions may seem, I’ve pursued them with dedication — and I don’t think anyone should find fault with that.

There are just as many students who experiment with a few different activities until sticking with one, or decide to try something new as juniors or even seniors. I don’t understand why anyone should look down

passion our focus

on them for that. Instead, I applaud their curiosity. This is the last time in our lives that we will have access to hundreds of free groups representing a full range of just about every possible hobby or interest. If the club you’re looking for doesn’t exist, you can start it. And by all means, audition for that a cappella group even if you’re graduating in May. Better now than never at all.

My clubs also serve as a much-needed outlet from the stress and pressures of my academic workload. When I’m fed up with trying to learn about neural networks or medieval Spain, I can seek relief in ballet rehearsal or a fun SAS event.

We have the rest of our lives to focus on our chosen field of work. Take advantage of Penn’s opportunities now.”

It’s also important to expand your horizons, and college is the perfect place to do that. Don’t be that Wharton kid concentrating in finance whose entire life revolves around starting networking groups and attending speaker presentations in Huntsman — when not busy studying in that GSR he’s reserved for the next two weeks straight, that is.

Maybe some people out there genuinely enjoy devoting themselves solely to their business career prospects. But if you don’t, why bother? I have already gained so much from the student groups I’m in. They have exposed me to a wide variety of people with so many different ideas and interests.

MAYA RAWAL That’s what makes college so special. We are thrown into an enclosed environment for four highly formative years — we construct our beliefs about the world around us as we encounter other students and professors. It simply doesn’t make sense to waste this chance to grow and learn as much as possible in order to challenge our preconceived notions.

We have the rest of our lives to focus on our chosen field of work. Take advantage of Penn’s opportunities now. Meet someone in a different school. Try salsa dancing or slam poetry or student government. The possibilities are almost limitless.

So to everyone who gives me a startled look when hearing my list of extracurricular activities — sure, maybe I can’t top my resume with them. Yeah, they’re probably not going to land me a cushy job on Wall Street after graduation.

But, regardless of the career path I eventually settle on, I’ll have valuable skills and lifelong friends. And you can bet I’ll be pirouetting through my lunch breaks.

MAYA RAWAL is a College sophomore from River Forest, Ill. Her email address is mrawal@sas.upenn.edu.

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THE FAITHLESS QUAKER | History puts us in touch with our humanity — that’s why we have a duty to study it

ast week, a wellknown clothing manufacturer sold a sweatshirt reading “Kent State University,” covered in what look like bloodstains. In an apparent attempt to be edgy, they conjured up memories of the 1970 Kent State massacre, when student protesters were shot and killed by the Ohio National Guard during an antiVietnam War demonstration.

Earlier this summer, one of its competitors sold a gown whose black and white stripes and six-pointed yellow star were chillingly reminiscent of Jewish concentration camps.

These products do more than just exploit death and violence — they also disrespect the historical awareness that honors those who were wronged. They send an implicit message that the memory of those events is appropriately reducible to a fashion statement.

Blunders like these, and the resulting outrage, remind

us how powerfully our identities and values are informed by the past — and how important it is that we take responsibility for that historical awareness. If we abandon our memories, we abandon the cohesion and continuity that give our lives purpose — that give shape to our most meaningful dialogues about community, liberty, justice and wrongdoing.

It’s tempting to say history doesn’t matter, that the past is the past and offers nothing useful. But to value history, we need not expect it to predict the future or teach us easily applicable lessons. Rather, it defines the way we see ourselves today. Although it seldom yields proofs or predictions like those of math or science, history offers a rich sense of what is possible and gives the perspective we need to understand our own time with greater clarity.

Even if we take these clothing companies at their word and assume that they didn’t mean

to exploit human suffering for commercial gain, their lack of historical appreciation is appalling. Kent State reminds us of the horrors of police brutality and violence born from fear and resentment. Six-pointed yellow stars symbolize a deep anti-Semitism that continues in Europe, and that previously resulted in the unspeakable atrocity of the Holocaust. These events don’t live in the past — their moral significance carries into the present and fuels those essential questions about how we ought to live our lives and treat each other To study history is to take ownership of the human race, sharing in its triumphs and bearing witness to its sins and follies.

We join a legacy of transient beings striving to craft a fleeting world for the better. Only by linking ourselves to them across the ages do we keep that legacy intact.

That’s why “knowing” history isn’t enough. Learning ba-

sic history in high school and visiting the occasional museum won’t guarantee a meaningful grasp of past events. It’s also important to understand how history is crafted.

To study history is to take ownership of the human race, sharing in its triumphs and bearing witness to its sins and follies.”

The influence of the past on our collective values makes history a source of power — whether to glorify national identity or justify war and persecution. As George Orwell said, “Who controls the past, controls the future.

Who controls the present, controls the past.” The hallmark of a free society is the ability to ques-

tion, be it the authority of rulers or the veracity of the stories we’re asked to buy into. How much of our legacy is true, and how much is just wishful thinking?

It’s not just about power, though. Historians — even those without an agenda — are inevitably biased one way or another. Every interpretation reflects a particular perspective with its own attitudes and assumptions.

Anyone who cares about the past must take it upon themselves to be at least mildly familiar with the methods of historical practice — to understand how historical “facts” get made. Only then will we be safe against destructive, misleading narratives.

R.G. Collingwood once said that all of history is really the history of thought. We study history to understand our predecessors and how they saw the world — and, hopefully, to recognize ourselves in them.

We are but the most recent participants in a longstanding

JONATHAN IWRY ethical project, and that makes the study of history a moral imperative.

Those who came before have left their footprints in time.

To make full sense of who we are, we must discover the path by which we’ve come to be.

JONATHAN IWRY is a 2014 College graduate from Potomac, Md. His last name is pronounced “eev-ree.” His email address is jon.iwry@ gmail.com. “The Faithless Quaker” usually appears every Monday.

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dent groups. SAC plans to address the rising cost of facilities with the sustained partial moratorium.

When the Performing Arts Council had fewer groups, SAC was able to fund the facilities the groups used. However, with the rising number of groups and the rising cost of facilities, that is no longer feasible, Parthasarathy said.

On Sept. 10, the PAC executive board voted in favor of a moratorium to recognize new PAC groups due to the continuation of the SAC moratorium and the lack of available rehearsal and performance spaces. This year, PAC lost Dunlop Auditorium as a rehearsal and performance space due to renovations.

Performing arts groups do not know which specific facility PAC will assign them for a show. Since the cost of facilities varies and performing arts groups are retroactively funded for facilities, SAC cannot allocate a certain amount of money to them when they assign budgets. Currently, PAC has been giving 20 percent of ticket rev-

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enues to SAC to help pay for the facilities.

However, SAC does cover the costume and production costs of PAC groups. Those costs are known in time for the budget allocation period in late March to early April.

“Groups are not overspending on their budgets. As far as they know, they are spending within

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their budget because they don’t deal with the invoices for space costs. SAC does,” Theater Arts Council Chair and College senior Megan MacInnes said.

Parthasarathy and MacInnes both cited the labor charges and technical fees that go into making a space usable for groups as reasons facilities costs are high.

Parthasarathy and her successor

will work with PAC to create a feasible way to fund performing arts groups.

Performing arts groups are working with SAC to brainstorm innovative ways to effectively use the limited spaces that are currently available for rehearsals, A Cappella Council Chair and College senior Swaroop Raosaid.

SAC receives their budget from

the UA annually. SAC’s budget has increased for this school year to slightly less than $1.15 million.

The increase accounts for inflation and rising facility costs, Parthasarathy said.

“Unfortunately the amount that the UA is allocated never increases at the same rate that facilities costs increase,” Parthasarathy said, but commended the UA for allocating

as much as possible to SAC. To address the issue of student group debt, Parthasarathy has ensured that SAC is “in the black” and groups in debt are notified immediately. As of October 2012, SAC instituted a debt incentive program that marginally cuts from student groups’ budgets depending on their amount of debt. A group with $101 to $500 of debt will face a five percent budget cut.

Each SAC executive member has about 20 groups that they reach out to and educate about debt policies. Written debt plans from groups still in debt are due to SAC’s executive board by the Oct. 23 meeting.

Following the meeting, the SAC executive board led sessions on alternative funding sources, an idea that UA Treasurer and College senior Amanda Acosta-Ruiz helped formulate.

At the October GBM, the new chair will be elected and criteria for new group recognition will be announced, provided that the general 73092 body votes to accept the executive board’s recommendation on the moratorium at the meeting.

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Penn donates around 90 computers to nearby Robeson High School BOOKYUNG JO Staff Writer

For a high school with computers that hardly work, even hand-me-downs can be invaluable.

Penn donated around 90 used computers to West Philadelphia’s Paul Robeson High School last week. The Netter Center, which could not be reached for comment in time for publication, coordinated the donation.

Andrew Saltz, a teacher and technology point person at Robeson, took it upon himself to seek new electronics for the students when he realized that the high school’s current technology was insufficient.

“I emailed about twenty businesses, schools and law firms to ask for donations,” he said.

“Penn was the only one that responded.”

Paul Robeson already had connections to Penn through the Perelman School of Medicine Educational Pipeline Program, but the donation was made independently from the medical school program.

“The majority of technology

here is between 4 and 9 years old. Unfortunately, the lifespan is not that long,” Saltz said.

Ninety-five percent of students at Paul Robeson are African American and 89.8 percent are “economically disadvantaged,” according to school’s profile on the School District of Philadelphia’s website. Saltz noted that many of the students do not have computers in their homes.

Kim Lent, the guidance counselor at Paul Robeson reiterated the importance of the donation.

“It is difficult to keep up with other schools that are technologically savvy when we don’t even have computers and printers that work,” she said.

The computers will also be used for Individual Learning Plans, which let students check their grades and set up yearly academic goals.

Lent said students at Paul Robeson are thrilled with the updated technology. “Other high schools have a lot of technology and our kids were frustrated they hadn’t had these,” she said.

Saltz said access to better technology means more than

simply updating school facilities. “When [students] are seeing commercials for MacBook Pros on TV, they know that they’re second-class citizens,” he said. However, Penn’s donation sends the message that, “You’re worth something, you’re valuable,” he said.

Graduate School of Education Professor Linda Leibowitz, who supervises graduate counseling for students working at Paul Robeson, added that computers are helpful in the college application process and for accessing career readiness programs that make it easier to achieve post-secondary goals.

“I have two computers in my office and I have seniors here every day,” Lent said.

The high school is continuing to try to provide more technology to students. Saltz said he is looking for more ways to take old technology and make it work — he is even trying to make a Chromebook-inspired device from old computer parts.

“Ideally, computers are introduced earlier than high school, but it’s never too late to learn the use of this technology,” Leibowitz said.

Dean orientation fosters bonding, collaboration among new school heads KRISTEN GRABARZ Deputy News Editor

The tides are changing at Penn, with five new deans taking the helm throughout the next academic year.

But even as five of Penn’s schools embrace changes in leadership, the five individuals filling the positions are acclimating to the University and their new roles. For the first time, the newest class of Penn deans was met with a formal orientation.

Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett, Nursing Dean Antonia Villarruel, Social Policy & Practice Dean John L. Jackson Jr. and Interim Law Dean Wendell Pritchett began their terms this summer. Stanford professor Pam Grossman will take up her post as Dean of the Graduate School of Education on Jan. 1.

“The new deans ... have all hit the ground running,” Penn President Amy Gutmann said of the University-wide turnover. “The faculty has welcomed them. The deans themselves are thrilled at their starts, and I’m delighted to see how smooth and strong their beginnings are.”

Spanning two days, the orientation was reminiscent of the annual New Student Orientation undertaken by incoming freshmen, providing a bonding opportunity for the new deans.

Gutmann, Provost Vincent Price, the sitting deans and the rest of the University’s high-ranking faculty members and administrators also met with the new deans.

“We bonded with them and they bonded with us,” she said. One session even included a campus

tour — which was facilitated by golf carts, Villarruel said.

A formal tour may have been of little benefit to the deans who have already clocked in steps down Locust Walk over the years.

Garrett, who came to Penn from the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Whales, was a professor at Penn from 1995 to 1997.

“I’ve changed more than the institution [has changed],” Garrett said, adding that his current objectives as dean encapsulate a broader vision than the researchfocused work he did during the early stages of his professorship.

Pritchett, who is also a Presidential Term Professor in the Law School, said that he can’t remember his first Penn encounter, recalling a day in his youth when he took the SAT at Penn. Even with his familiarity with the University, Pritchett found the orientation session to be beneficial.

“I felt at the end of it we really knew each other fairly well, which was fun,” Pritchett said. “I think it will accelerate our working together.”

Consistent with the goals of the Penn Compact 2020, the deans’ orientation served as fodder for future collaboration and integration of academic disciplines.

Jackson, a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, said he and the cohort of new deans are keen on working collaboratively across schools.

“We’ve already started to brainstorm about ways to work together to enhance the research of our faculty and students,” Jackson said in an email. “That is one

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of the most exciting things about the current moment: seeing how we can institutionalize crossschool links that translate into a much more robust and enriching experience for our faculty, students and staff.”

Villarruel, who came back to Penn for the third time from the University of Michigan, highlighted the integrated Nursing and Wharton program at the undergraduate and graduate levels, adding that a Social Policy and Practice faculty member serves as co-chair.

Beyond mere tours and gateways for collaboration, however, the deans agree that the personal aspect of their orientation proved to be invaluable.

Garrett recalled a dinner held at the conclusion of the first day, during which instead of jumping straight into policy and their jobs, each person spoke about who they were as people — he learned that Price grew up in Los Angeles, where Garrett himself lived for 10 years.

“I think there’s a temptation in big jobs with busy people that there’s a ruthless focus on the job,” Garrett said. “Not only is it more enjoyable, but we do our jobs better … if we know the people we’re interacting with as human beings.”

With searches underway for new deans to lead the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Law School, the next dean orientation may be sooner rather than later.

“We’re going to do it now no matter how many deans we have,” Gutmann said. “The reviews have been enormously positive.”

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Chess at McDonalds, a nightly ritual

A night of chess with people who ‘play for pride’ JILL GOLUB Staff Writer

“Welcome to the terror dome,” Moses said as I sat down across from him.

Seated in a booth on Monday night in the corner of McDonald’s at the intersection of 40th and Walnut streets, we played chess for about 20 minutes before Moses declared victory. (I’m not skilled at all, so it wasn’t a surprise.)

I had already watched Moses beat Rashid right before me in a longer, more skilled match, so, when he said that I was entering the “terror dome,” I already anticipated a quick defeat.

Although I observed the players for just one evening, it was an opportunity to watch a ritual where, nearly every night, male chess players rotate in and out of McDonald’s — and sometimes the Fresh Grocer — to play chess. They do not play for money, but rather for the love of the game — and bragging rights.

“We play for pride,” Moses said.

Moses learned to play chess in the 1970s, although he wouldn’t say exactly when because he didn’t want to disclose his age; none of the players that night wanted to give much personal information, and most chose only to disclose their first name. Rashid learned to play when he was about six years old.

“I’m Muslim and play chess to pass the time away, as I am trying to be obedient to God,” Rashid said.

For him, playing chess is a way to keep busy and stay out of trouble.

In total, there are about 10 rotating chess players at McDonald’s.

The rotation began in February,

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Moses (left) and Warren (right) are pictured here playing chess in front of the Fresh Grocer. Normally, they play with others in McDonalds.

said Warren, another frequent player who chose to observe on Monday since he had already lost a few games earlier that evening. It was Warren’s chessboard they were using that night.

Warren moved to Philadelphia from Virginia Beach two years ago with his wife when his mother, a Philadelphia resident, was hospitalized. He currently works part time at Lincoln Financial Field, where the Eagles play.

“This is very relaxing,” Warren said. “Chess makes you think — I love that. It keeps you mentally active.”

Occasionally the players play blitz, also known as speed chess.

“Sometimes you might see a dozen guys here,” Moses said.

“Some guys bring their own clocks.

Sometimes it gets ugly in here.”

As my game with Moses continued, he said he had never before played chess with a girl — which made me laugh, because he had been playing chess for over 40 years. In between our moves and

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conversation he would motivate himself out loud. “Wait a minute Mo,” he said over and over again, referring to himself, “that’s gonna leave a scar.”

Other than at McDonald’s, the players and observers unanimously agreed that the best spot to play chess during the day is in Rittenhouse Square.

One of the observers, Yahya, who is 30 years old, said he comes but doesn’t play because he wants to observe and improve his chess skills . He has won a pool tournament before and says he did so through careful observation and repetition — the same strategy he’s endeavoring to take with the game of chess.

“All you gotta do is show up,” Moses said to Yahya.

As for playing more frequently with college students, the chess players seemed excited by this possibility.

“We’re not prejudiced,” Moses said. “Students can come by all the time.”

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Quakers look beyond the numbers VOLLEYBALL | Penn to kick off Ivy campaign against rival

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we’re going to be unstoppable. I think our home stretch will help a lot with that.�

Penn will also look to their bench for support, as they are widely considered the loudest bench in the Ivy League. “The bench is different people all the time this year,� Carr said. “Our team’s mentality is: ‘Hey, if I’m not on the court, I’m going to contribute in every way I can.’ The deciding factor in this Friday’s game and their remaining Ivy run may be the Quakers’ depth. All seven Penn freshmen have already seen action this season.

With their typically rowdy bench and improved consistency across the board, the Quakers hope to win the first of what should be many in their quest for an Ivy League title.

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can keep their opponents guessing on what they will do. Penn is ready to open up their bag of tricks; unfortunately for Princeton, they will be the first to experience them. “We’ve added new offensive strategies,� Carr said. “This match will have some surprises from what our tape has shown so far.�

Along with their new plan of attack, the Red and Blue will look to add consistency to their play.

Penn has shown flashes of dominance this season. This weekend, look for the Quakers to turn that flash into fire. “We have really great moments,�

Turner said. “If we can make those moments last the entire match, then

Some say numbers never lie, but Penn volleyball may disagree.

The Quakers (3-7) will look to start off Ivy League play with a bang against rival Princeton as they play their first of a six-game home stretch.

Though their record may not reflect it, the Quakers’ morale is higher than ever as they get their shot at an Ivy title run. “We’ve played a lot of really tough teams — that other Ivy schools didn’t get a chance to play — this season,� senior Kendall Turner said. “That’ll really help us.

We have a few L’s on our record, but the level was higher. I think if we can take that level and apply it to Ivy season, we’ll do really well.�

The Quakers have had the opportunity to play and gain experience against NCAA-ranked teams in No. 1 Stanford and No. 20 Duke.

This experience will prove to be invaluable.

Penn’s first chance to showcase this experience will be against a Princeton squad (5-5) coming off of a tough weekend. However, like every Ivy squad, the Tigers should not be taken lightly. “There’s a parity within the league. Anyone on any given day can beat each other,� coach Kerry Carr said. “Last year was a little different, but this year I’d say it’s pretty even across the board. You just never know.�

The Quakers know that their record up to this point —much like the rest of the Ivy League — means nothing, as it is in no way indicative of how a team will do against other COURTESY OF PENN ATHLETICS Ivy League foes.

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When the Quakers play Cornell at Franklin Field on Friday, it will conjure up some mixed emotions.

Penn sprint football lost a heartbreaking six-overtime contest against Cornell two Septembers ago by a score of 42-34. However, the Quakers handily beat the Big Red 28-14 last year to kick off the season. “I think we put it to rest last year,� said senior running back/ punter and team captain Mike Beamish of the 2012 marathon. “[In last year’s game], we just physically dominated them for four quarters.�

Penn manhandled Cornell in last year’s game, especially on the ground, rushing for 311 yards and passing for 205 more.

Cornell showed a strong rushing defense against Franklin Pierce in its first game last week, however, limiting the Rindge, N.H.–based college to a measly one-yard per carry. “We’re just going to try to put our guys in better positions to make blocks without giving away too much,� said Beamish of the team’s plans to combat Cornell’s rush defense. “There’ll be some new formations, putting guys in better positions to make blocks against their active defense,� he continued.

Coach Bill Wagner agrees that the offensive line will be key in Friday’s home opener, especially with regards to the quarterback.

Although the Quakers pulled off a thrilling 14-13 comeback win against Mansfield last Saturday, the O-line was somewhat lacking. “We need to make sure that [sophomore quarterback Mike] McCurdy doesn’t get sacked five times,� Wagner said. He also added that he’s been devoting special attention to the kicking, coverage

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and punt return special teams units this week in practice.

Penn and Cornell’s sprint football team share a long history, and it extends off the field as well.

Wagner and co-head coach Terry Cullen have been coaching against each other for 45 years.

Cullen was preceded at his current post by his father, the late Robert Cullen, who restarted Cornell’s sprint football program in 1946 after it was shut down during World War II. “We’ve developed a good friendship after the game and before the game,� said Wagner of his and Cullen’s relationship. “But during the game, we know both want to win the game.�

A player to watch for on Friday will be sophomore defensive lineman Arthur D’Angelo. D’Angelo had a breakout game last Saturday,

sacking Mansfield quarterback Mike Maniscalco two and a half times.

D’Angelo was very modest when speaking about his stellar performance, chalking his success up to the Quaker defense as a whole. However, Wagner gives him a bit more credit. “He wanted to play,� said Wagner simply, adding that D’Angelo had impressed him enough to earn himself a hard-fought starting role on the defensive line.

D’Angelo, a native of Medfield, Mass., hopes that the team can capitalize on last Saturday’s comeback win to get a win streak going. “I really hope that we can work together and beat Cornell and continue to beat the other teams,� he said.

They’ll get to work this Friday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. on Franklin Field.

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Penn (3-4) answered quickly though, with a goal of its own from senior forward Duke Lacroix in the 15th minute, evening out the score at one all. “I got the ball at my feet and I saw the defenders backing off,� Lacroix said. “And they kept backing off and I just took it right at them.

Next thing you know I was in the box. I took a touch and it was wide open far post.�

However, it took the defending Big Ten champions only 90 seconds to respond, with junior Brandon Savino scoring. Assisted by sophomore Connor Maloney, Savino helped his team regain the lead practically before the Quakers could finish celebrating their goal.

Penn State’s efficient distribution of the ball continued throughout the first half, and in the 33rd minute, Maloney found himself on the end of a goal himself, taking a 3-1 lead into halftime.

The barrage of scoring would not end in the second half, either.

In the 50th minute, Maloney would score his second goal of the match off a through ball from junior Brian

James.

Despite being down, 4-1, the Quakers showed they still had some fight left and sophomore forward Alec Neumann found the net just a minute later. “I felt that in the second half our mentality really started to change,�

Neumann said.

The team’s leading scorer on the season says this shift in mentality had a lot to do with head coach Rudy Fuller’s halftime speech. “He was saying that it doesn’t matter who we’re playing, what their rank, what their game is, any of that,� Neumann said. “What really should determine the game is our style of play and who we are.

And who we are is a team that is going to press you and we’re going to work hard and then our skill will show through, and I thought we did that in the second half.�

However, the Nittany Lions immediately squashed any hope Penn could muster when they added another goal, making it 5-2. Shortly after, Fuller subbed out junior goalkeeper Max Polkinhorne and gave fellow junior Nick Savino a chance in the net.

The score would remain at 5-2 up until the 89th minute, when

Penn State would add insult to injury with a sixth and final goal.

When it comes to the box score, the scoreline is the only real distinction between the Quakers and the Nittany Lions. Penn matched Penn State’s 16 shots with 15 of its own, with each squad having 10 on goal.

For Fuller, the difference maker was attitude and Penn State’s goalkeeping. “I felt that we came out at the opening whistle tentative and the other thing is I think their goalkeeper, Andrew Wolverton, was outstanding,� Fuller said. “He had eight saves on the night and four of them were complete blank range.�

Despite the disparaging goal difference Wednesday, Fuller is optimistic in how the outcome of Penn’s play against Penn State foreshadows the rest of the season, especially as it relates to the upcoming Ivy play. “It’s just about continuing to get better and you know despite the scoreline tonight, and there were clearly areas [where] we need to get better, I’m looking forward to these next couple weeks,� he said. “I think when we get this group believing and clicking, it can be a dynamic group.�

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Limited last week by a thigh injury, Wilcox is good to go for the Quakers’ home opener. He averaged 3.7 yards per carry against Jacksonville — a similar per formance against Villanova would do wonders for Penn’s offense.

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for the Wildcats in 2014. Their only defeat came in their season opener, a one-point loss to FBS Syracuse in which Villanova missed a chip shot field goal to win in regulation and a two-point conversion to win in double overtime. They promptly followed that up with a 50-6 throttling of then-No.11 Fordham and a 49-31 triumph over James Madison.

The primary catalyst behind Villanova’s rise in the rankings has been dual-threat quarterback John Robertson. The redshirt junior was named CAA Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season when he completed 22 of 27 passes for 337 yards against James

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Madison. Robertson has also averaged 65 rushing yards per game through three contests.

But the Quakers’ defense is not intimidated as it heads into its third matchup with one of the nation’s premier players.

“We’re doing some stuff on defense where you have to account for [Robertson] and you need to make sure he isn’t out of the pocket,” senior linebacker Dan Davis said.

“They also do a lot of read-option, QB draws, which we’ve been stressing this week.

“There’s only so much you can do, it’s just part of the scheme.”

Penn’s best counterattack to Robertson’s abilities may be some offensive fireworks of its own.

Sophomore quarterback Alek Torgersen acquitted himself well

THEY SAID IT

Dan Davis

“I like the matchup, because I feel like they underestimate us a little bit.”

— On taking on No. 6 Villanova

Senior linebacker

last week against Jacksonville in his first career start, completing 14 passes for 200 yards and a touchdown. Though the Quakers surrendered 15 unanswered points in the fourth quarter en route to a 34-31 defeat, the potential for an explosive offense is clearly there.

“I thought [Torgersen] did a really nice job of making decisive plays with his feet, making decisive plays with his arm,” coach Al Bagnoli said. “I think he’s got a huge upside, and I think he’s gotta continue to build on it just as we have to do as a football team.”

Though last year’s matchup between Penn and Villanova wasn’t close, the Quakers have given the Wildcats more trouble than perhaps the CAA program would like to admit: four games between the

two schools in the past decade have gone down to the last possession.

And as a result, Bagnoli and his staff have made sure that there will be no intimidation factor come Saturday.

“We’re trying to tell our kids: ‘Hey, this is a great opportunity for you to stack up against one of the elite programs in the country, and you’re gonna have to give it your best effort,’” he said.

And all of the heavy lifting that such a message entails has translated over to the players.

“I like the matchup, just because I feel like [the Wildcats] underestimate us a little bit,” Davis said.

“Especially myself, I take it kind of personally.

“And I think it makes everyone play a little bit harder.”

Penn aims to erase an unhappy anniversary

W. SOCCER | Quakers have chance to get revenge on Harvard

BY INES DIAZ Contributing Writer HARVARD 5-2 Saturday, 7 p.m.

Rhodes Field

Penn women’s soccer’s match against Harvard will mark the beginning of conference play on Saturday. It will also mark the oneyear anniversary — to the day — of the heartbreaking loss that ultimately crowned the Crimson the 2013 Ivy League champions.

The Quakers (3-1-2, 0-0 Ivy) play Harvard (5-2, 0-0) at Rhodes Field on Saturday in a matchup of the top two Ivy squads from a year ago, once again beginning Ivy League play against the rival Crimson.

“Of course in the back of everyone’s minds heading into the weekend, it’s Harvard,” senior back and captain Haley Cooper said.

With the memory of last year’s loss — one sealed by a Quakers own goal with just four minutes left in the contest — very much fresh in the minds of upperclassmen and freshmen alike, the Red and Blue are looking to start this Ivy season with a win.

“Especially after last year’s loss and having [Harvard] at home this year, it’s very exciting,” senior midfielder Kaitlyn Moore said.

“Hopefully we’ll be able to shut them out and get our win.”

At the 2012 Penn-Harvard game, Moore, then a sophomore,

road, so we had the cards stacked against us. We got a tie against a good team and a win.”

After conceding six goals in three games leading up to the pair of away games, the Red and Blue defense had looked uncharacteristically shaky so far this year. The shutout road trip was indicative of how much the team had gelled in a week.

“I think we’re finally starting to find our places and our roles in the backline,” Cooper said. “We had some injuries and we had some younger kids coming in but it just took us a couple games and we’re finally back to the foundation of what we do: defending the backline all the way to forwards, staying compact and staying on the same page.”

As for playing in their first Ivy games, Cooper spoke about the anticipation and excitement that is so contagious in sport.

“I think they’re right there with us. You never really know how important conference games are until you play in one,” she said.

“You hear everyone talking about Harvard and Princeton, but not until you get to play them do you realize what it’s all about. They’re just as excited as we are. They’ve got the mentality: we don’t lose at CEAPHAS STUBBS/DP FILE PHOTO Rhodes.”

Senior midfielder Kaitlyn Moore has plenty of good memories from playing Harvard. She scored the game-winning goal With momentum on their side, against the Crimson in 2012 with only 10 seconds left to play. Harvard would repay the favor one year later. a chip on their shoulders and a home field advantage, the Quakers scored the game-winning goal 0-0 draw against Virgina Com- games. are ready to take on the Crimson. with ten seconds left to play. monwealth (VCU) and a 1-0 win “[Last week’s road trip] was “I literally couldn’t be more “I’m just hoping that that goal against Delaware. huge. I can’t even describe it,” excited,” Cooper said. “Especially will happen again,” Moore exThe lone goal of the weekend she said. “That was always going because it’s our Ivy opener, especlaimed. came off of a header from Moore, to be the weekend for us to build cially because it’s senior year.

The team’s first real road trip who was playing in her first game momentum going into Harvard.

“What more could you want but of the season took place over all season due to injury. Cooper It was really important, they were to play defending champion Harlast weekend. It culminated in a spoke to the value of the away good teams, and we were on the vard at Rhodes?”

Quakers get shot at local top dog XC | Penn will follow up its Big 5 performance at Haverford

BY ANNA DYER Contributing Writer The men and women of Penn cross country are off and running at a record-setting pace.

After an outstanding performance at last week’s Big 5 Invitational, in which the Quakers took six of the top seven spots in the women’s race and the top seven in the men’s, the Red and the Blue are ready to follow up their success Thursday at the Main Line Invitational.

Freshman Abby Hong, who placed first in the Big 5 four-kilometer race with a time of 14:21.5, is looking forward to competing against many local rivals including Villanova, La Salle, Saint Joe’s, Lehigh, Swarthmore, Widener and host Haverford.

“The Villanova women are coming,” she said. “They’re one of the nationally ranked teams, so it’s definitely going to be good competition up front.”

Although Villanova fielded a small men’s team for the Big 5 Invitational last week,it did not send a women’s team.

The 13th-ranked Wildcats will certainly be steep competition, but Hong believes that the Quakers can be successful if they stick to their game plan.

“We are going to focus on doing our own race. Coach [Steve] Dolan has a plan for what all our girls are going to do, so it’ll be a good race,” she said.

As for specific strategies for the women’s three-mile course, Hong says the team has been working on sticking together while increasing their pace, specifically at the beginning of the race.

“For this meet, our front group is going to go through the first mile and a half together in a pack,” she said. “We are going to go out slightly faster than we did last week. Last week, we went out at about a 5:50-mile pace. This week we are aiming for about a 5:40 to be a little more competitive and get in to the feel of what it’s going to be like for the bigger races.”

Because both the men and women were able to practice on the course this week, Hong feels confident that the team is poised to perform well yet again.

However, one challenge the Quakers face Thursday is a serious threat of rain. With a 60 percent chance of precipitation and up to 15 mph winds, weather could play a factor in the race especially considering the course is primarily grass.

Rain or shine, Hong says the team will be ready.

“I think last week was definitely a confidence booster because the whole team was able to run

together,” she said. “I just want to go out there and contribute to the team.”

And after only one collegiate race, Hong certainly has made a significant impact. Undoubtedly, both she and the young and talented squad have very bright futures ahead, and the Main Line Invitational is just the next step in a long journey.

After a late arrival to the Invitational last year, which gave the women’s team only 10 minutes to warm up, the team has confirmed the starting time of this year’s event and is planning their trip to Haverford accordingly.

After all, if you’re going to keep up a record-setting pace, you can’t afford to start late.

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THE EDGE The Quakers face off against the Wildcats — who’s got the advantage?

OFFENSE: The Wildcats average 41 points per game, tops in the CAA and 17th in the FCS. With weapons like running back Kevin Monangai and wide receiver Poppy Livers at its disposal, Villanova just has too much firepower.

ADVANTAGE: ‘NOVA

DEFENSE: In their opener against Jacksonville, the Quakers held the Dolphins to just four third-down conversions on 15 attempts. But Penn let Jacksonville back in the game late and gave up 15 fourth quarter points.

ADVANTAGE: ‘NOVA

FIELD HOCKEY >> PAGE 10

ficult to create solid opportunities in the early going.

Following a series of early Lafayette (4-5) runs that failed to materialize, a Britany Blass blast that was deflected in by Katie Birle put the Leopards ahead 1-0 just over 15 minutes into the contest.

As the period progressed, the Quakers began to find holes in the Lafayette defense and attacked with more authority.

Penn’s pressure generated several unsuccessful corner chances before the unit finally converted with 12 minutes left in the first half. Although an Alex Iqbal attempt was initially denied by Katelyn Arnold, the keeper could not secure the ball, and Corcoran was waiting on the left side to take advantage. The goal was the captain’s sixth of the year, giving her a share of the team lead with Alexa Hoover.

The Leopards took advantage of their final first-half scoring opportunity, as sophomore Amanda Magadan was able to sneak a goal by Penn keeper Allison Weisenfels off a corner with 20 seconds left in the period to make the score 2-1.

Back-and-forth action ensued in the second half, and although Corcoran missed an opportunity to deflect an Iqbal shot into the net, Hitti was able to tie the contest up with just under 25 minutes left on a running drive from the right side.

It was the junior attack’s third time finding the net this year.

With the momentum back, the Red and Blue continued to attack and soon enough seized the lead on a point-blank goal from Corcoran, her second of the night.

“In the second half we were able to turn our good midfield play into legitimate scoring opportunities,” Fink said.

The Red and Blue refused to take their foot off the gas, and a late run

by Hitti resulted in a Hoover goal, giving the Quakers a comfortable 4-2 lead that would hold.

“We played really good hockey tonight, and if we continue to play like this I think we’re going to be able to win a lot more games this season,” Fink said.

The Quakers return to Vagelos Field on Saturday hoping to build off Wednesday’s triumph and notch their first Ivy League victory against Harvard.

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NO. 6 VILLANOVA (2-1)

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Time for some ‘heavy lifting’ FOOTBALL | Penn not afraid of Villanova’s national pedigree

BY IAN WENIK Sports Editor There’s a certain mantra that’s been circulating around Penn football this week. It’s been uttered at every practice and pasted on every sheet of paper at every meeting.

It goes something along the lines of: “To get strong, you’ve got to lift heavy.”

The Quakers will have to lift heavy — and then some — if they want to pull off the upset on No. 6 Villanova in their home opener.

Saturday, Penn (0-1) will host the Wildcats (2-1) in the 19th meeting of a rivalry that dates back to 1905, but has been very onesided as of late: ’Nova has won 13 straight matchups with the Red and Blue.

Last year, the Wildcats throttled the Quakers from the very first possession, holding Penn to 20 rushing yards on 30 carries in a 35-6 romp.

Things have only gotten better SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 9 MEGAN CADET /DP STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Senior linebacker Dan Davis will be the man in the middle when the Quakers take on Villanova this Saturday. Penn’s leading tackler in 2013, Davis is the Red and Blue’s primary run-stopper.

And coming right at Davis will be Villanova quarterback John Robertson. The redshirt junior torched Penn with his legs in 2013, running for 132 yards on 15 attempts in a 35-6 Wildcats victory.

Quakers top Leopards in comeback

FIELD HOCKEY Three second-half goals power Penn

BY SEAMUS POWERS Staff Writer

It was a long time coming.

Penn field hockey, which last defeated Lafayette in 2007, submitted a strong comeback effort on the shoulders of senior Emily Corcoran to topple the Leopards, 4-2, Wednesday evening.

Corcoran’s pair of strikes, along with goals from junior Elizabeth Hitti and freshman Alexa Hoover, helped the Red

AT LAFAYETTE and Blue (3-3) climb back to .500.

“It was a great response coming off of a tough weekend,” Fink said. “They really came out and were able to play with a lot of grit and make adjustments over the course of the game.”

A Penn offense looking to get back on track after being shut out by Cornell found it difSEE FIELD HOCKEY PAGE 9

Penn State, not Penn, wins easily

M. SOCCER | No. 7 Nittany Lions force Quakers to pull GK

BY GARRETT GOMEZ Contributing Writer

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Senior attack Emily Corcoran helped lead the charge for the Red and Blue on Wednesday, scoring her sixth and seventh goals of the year in a comeback win for Penn field hockey.

DP SWAMIS 61 YEARS OF GRIDIRON GENIUS WEEK TWO Winner is better together.

Loser is independent Scotland.

Another ranked squad and, unfortunately for Penn men’s soccer, another loss.

The Red and Blue went to Penn State on Wednesday to face the No. 7 Nittany Lions and, despite numerous offensive

opportunities, were unable to match the home squad’s performance, losing 6-2.

Penn State (7-0-1) struck first with a goal from senior forward Mikey Minutillo in the 10th minute to start off what would be a high-scoring match.

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103 reasons why Penn will beat ’Nova [Disclaimer: Swamis is an exercise where The Daily Pennsylvanian’s editors make jokes and pick the Ivy League football games. Enjoy.]

It’s been a long time since Penn defeated Villanova. Like, a really long time. In fact, it’s been more than 37,000 days.

Over the course of the last 103 years, we’ve seen Penn transform, from a team coached by John Heis-

man and one that actually mattered on the national football stage to a team playing Ivy schools exclusively and taking pride in Playboy rankings.

Since Penn loves lists and rankings, here’s a selection of our 103 reasons why Penn will beat Villanova...

1. Al Bagnoli. What a guy.

10. Heisman hopeful Alek Torgersen 17. The toast toss distracts Villa-

nova while Dan Davis manhandles its offense in the second half.

19. The minuscule chance that Villanova quarterback John Robertson mysteriously goes missing.

47. Mitch King turns out to actually be royalty and declares dominion over all the Big 5.

77. The magical Swamis stop trying to predict football games and use their powers for something important, like winning football games.

Taylor "Not committed" Culliver 7-1

Jennifer "The 44.7 Percent" Yu 6-2

Michele "Same Photo" Ozer 6-2

Matt “Hi Jiaxin" Mantica 5-3

Laine "Sprint #1 fan" Higgins 5-3

Amanda “Didn’t cheat?”

Suarez 5-3

Steven “T-Swift Fangirl” Tydings 4-4

Ian “Big Guy" Wenik 4-4

Holden “For You” McGinnis 4-4

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PENN Army Harvard New Hampshire Albany Bucknell Princeton

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87. The remix to Ignition, hot and fresh out the kitchen. Ryan Kelly running those post routes, got all the cornerbacks missing.

99. Connor Loftus wins an epic special teams duel pregame with ‘Nova’s kicker. Game declared over right then.

103. It’s opposite day. Penn doesn’t beat Villanova?

PREDICTION: Villanova 14, PENN 5

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