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Medical student’s death ruled a suicide Ari Frosch is the eleventh Penn student since 2013 to die by suicide JESSICA MCDOWELL Enterprise Editor

Second-year medical student Ari Frosch’s death on Sept. 22 was declared a suicide, The Sun Chronicle in Attleboro, Mass. reported last week.

Frosch was on a leave of absence at the time. He was 26 years old.

An investigation by local and state authorities in Massachusetts determined the cause of death, a spokesman for the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office told the Chronicle.

Students at the Perelman School of Medicine were alerted of Frosch’s death on Sept. 26 in an email from Vice Provost for University Life Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum. The email was co-signed by Senior Vice Dean for Education at the Perelman School of Medicine and was sent on behalf of President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price.

“In sadness and with affectionate reflection, we write today to share that Ari Frosch, a second-year Medical student, died suddenly last week at home with family in Newton, Massachusetts,” the email said.

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HANOVER, N.H. — Well, that was an emphatic start.

Using a physical, groundheavy attack centered around junior running back Tre Solomon, Penn football scored early and often in a 37-24

shellacking of fellow 2015 Ivy co-champion Dartmouth Friday night.

With the victory, the Red and Blue (1-2, 1-0 Ivy) avenged their lone conference loss of a year ago and asserted themselves as the

‘We’re just not doing it,’ Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said.

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Viacom and the Philadelphia 76ers were both represented ELIZABETH WINSTON Staff Reporter

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The 31st Howard E. Mitchell Memorial Conference featured keynote speaker NBA Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum.

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An accomplished lineup of speakers, including NBA Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum, highlighted the 31st Howard E. Mitchell Memorial (HEMM) Conference, held annually by the Black Wharton Undergraduate Association in honor of Mitchell, Penn’s second black tenured professor.

“His teaching career and most of

Even if the system is flawed, that doesn’t mean that you have to uphold its flaws by participating within it without good reason.”

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his life was dedicated to corporate responsibility and diversity in the workplace,” said Dawit Gebresellassie, the president of BWUA and a Wharton junior.

The conference allows students, especially minority students in Wharton, to meet other successful people of color in the business world.

Tatum delivered the keynote address and stayed over an hour after the conference to take pictures and network with students.

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senior quarterback Alek Torgersen. “We wanted some payback.”

Solomon rushed for 107 yards and two scores on a career-high 29 carries

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High school seniors applying to Penn: don’t bother changing your name on Facebook, admissions won’t be checking your page.

Social media profiles have played an increasing role in colleges’ decision-making, and sparked fear in the hearts of high school seniors who change their privacy settings and names on Facebook to evade admissions officers.

The line between what is public and private is hard to traverse: recently CNN reported that students should not delete all of their party photos because “colleges like to see that you’re a well-rounded person with a healthy social life.”

Despite the hype, social media profiles are generally not used by Penn as a factor for deciding admission.

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“Our kids came out very motivated, very upbeat,” coach Ray Priore said. “We played smart and controlled the ball.”

“We were really pumped up, really amped,” added

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Penn was ranked No. 1 Ivy League school for veterans

Schools must have three requirements to be on the list ALLY JOHNSON Staff Reporter

Penn is the top Ivy League school for veterans, according to the newest edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings.

Penn was named the thirdbest school overall for veterans in the ranking, after Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It tied for third with Duke University. Dartmouth College was

the next-highest Ivy on the list, ranked fifth.

Schools on this list must meet three requirements to be listed as a top school for veterans.

Schools that met the criteria were then ranked in descending order based on their 2017 Best Colleges ranks.

The first two criteria relate to the G.I. Bill. Schools listed in this category must be certified for the bill, and must also have 20 or more students who used G.I. Bill benefits to partially or fully finance their tuition and fees during the 2015-16 academic

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Penn was ranked No. 1 Ivy League school for veterans and No. 3 overall, behind Stanford University and MIT.

year.

There were 193 recipients of veterans’ benefits at Penn in fall

2015, according to Director of Media Relations Ron Ozio. The majority of these recipients were

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“We’re not going to systematically go through students’ social media sites,” said Dean of Admissions Eric Furda.

“We’re not going to sit here and try to do forensics on your social media.”

Penn received 37,000 applications last year, and pursuing each student’s social media account would be a logistical impossibility.

“I could probably sit here and look at 100 students’ that applied last year and be fascinated and appalled,” said Furda, “But we’re just not doing it.”

Furda said it was more likely that applicants would invite the Admissions Office into their social media sites through links to their YouTube videos or other projects.

Another possibility is that one of an applicant’s followers on social media will tip off a university about a potentially incendiary post on an applicant’s page.

“Parents of other students or other students write something to admission,” said Laurie Kopp Weingarten, director of admissions counseling at OneStop College Counseling. “I’ve spoken to several admission officers who say that once they

passion vigorously”, as he told about how he made it to where he is today.

“It is not only about what you’re passionate about and what you are good at but knowing what you are not good at,” he said.

New additions to the HEMM conference this year included a social media contest, where students who shared the most on social media with #HEMM2016 will win a Wharton or Penn padfolio.

Gabresallassie said that the goal of using social media was to make the conference more interactive for attendees.

The conference started on Thursday evening with a twohour bootcamp, where students learned networking tips and exchanged ideas about what types of questions to ask the professionals that will be at the conference.

This year’s conference theme was “Passing the Torch: Cultivating Black Excellence” and included panelists Denise Bailey-Castro, a director at Viacom; Brittany Calloway,

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While a good percentage of colleges look at applicants’ social media accounts, Penn does not take them into consideration.

get a letter like that, they feel an obligation to look and there have been kids who’ve lost their admission because somebody alerted them to something that was bad.”

Although Penn normally does not use social media to judge its applicants, other schools do with varying standards for decorum. Weingarten warned that while applying to certain schools, even mildly offensive photographs could lead to great consequences.

“Even just a picture of someone sticking their tongue out like Miley Cyrus,” said Weingarten, citing a story about a college recruit who lost their position at a university for posting such a photo.

What is considered acceptable changes between institutions, often at the discretion of the admissions board.

“Every admissions officer is different: Some are older, some are younger, some are more liberal, some are more conservative,” she said.

College senior Danielle Pi agreed with Penn’s policy to generally not look at prospective student’s social media profiles.

“I don’t think it’s fair,” said Pi, “because social media profiles are not indicative of a person’s ambitions, intellectual curiosity or social responsibility, which are factors that are actually relevant to assessing a college applicant. To me, looking at social media profiles feels like college admissions overstepping boundaries.”

However, even though Penn generally doesn’t use social media to judge its applicants, Weingarten estimated that about 30 to 40 percent of colleges do.

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studies at Colorado College in 2012, and went on to work at Bryn Mawr College and the National Cancer Institute before enrolling at Penn.

Cade’s email also detailed Frosch’s dedication to community service. “Ari spoke

veterans themselves.

179 veterans received veterans’ benefits in fall 2015. There were 40 undergraduate veterans and 139 graduate student veterans.

There also were 14 recipients who were dependents of veterans. Four of these dependents were undergraduates and 10 were graduate students.

Finally, the school must participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program — a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008.

Universities with this program

voluntarily enter into an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs to fund expenses that exceed the tuition and fee amounts payable under the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill. The Department of Veterans Affairs then matches the school’s payments.

For the academic year 2016-17, Penn’s contributions under the Yellow Ribbon Program range from 4,000 dollars in the Annenberg School for Communications and in the Graduate School of Education to 20,000 dollars in the Law School and in the Perelman School of Medicine.

CEO of Top Notch Property Solutions and Jason Wiley, Vice President of the Philadelphia 76ers.

“We wanted to branch out from just banking and consulting,” Gebresallassie said. The career fair portion of the conference, which took place before the luncheon, featured tech, retail and media companies along with banks and consulting firms.

Following the career fair, Wharton Dean Geoffery Garrett present two scholarship awards. The first, The Freshman HEMM Scholarship was awarded to College freshman Mary Osunlana. The second was awarded to Wharton sophomore Victoria Brown.

Wiley was not originally expected to speak, but another panelist dropped out last minute. “Despite last minute changes the conference went smoothly,” Gebresallassie said.

In order to make sure everything went smoothly, Kayvon Asemani and Billy Kacyem were appointed Co-HEMM Conference Chairs. BWUA also sourced a corporate committee to handle all the necessary “grunt work”, making calls and

sending emails. This committee allowed underclassmen get involved when they typically would not have the opportunity.

Previous BWUA board members attended as recruiters for their current employers. Simon Tesfalul, former BWUA president said “This was the best conference I have seen in years.”

“I wanted to help put the HEMM Conference together, to help younger students the way upperclassmen in BWUA helped me,” College and Wharton junior Billy Kacyem said.

The conference usually takes place in December. However, with on campus recruiting moved to the fall, the board members of BWUA decided it would be most beneficial to host the conference early in fall semester.

T h is sh if t in schedule required boa rd and corporate committee members, and HEMM Conference Co-Chairs to work on putting the conference together during the summer, in order to secure space in the 8th floor of Huntsman Hall. The also had to coordinate with the large firms and companies who attend the companies looking to recruit students.

fluent Spanish, had worked in Mexico, and volunteered at Puentes de Salud (“Bridges of Health”), a nonprofit dedicated to improving the health of Philadelphia’s Latino community.

He loved rock climbing and also gave his time and talents to Habitat for Humanity,” she wrote.

Frosch’s father and brother

also attended Penn, each earning their medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine in 1976 and 2014, respectively.

Frosch’s death is the eleventh of a Penn student since February 2013 to be ruled a suicide.

City News Editor Dan Spinelli contributed reporting.

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Homeschool students speak on experience beyond stereotypes Applying to Penn is not that different for these students JULIA BELL Staff Reporter

“When I tell people I was homeschooled, either they’re like, ‘oh you’re so lucky, you got to sit around on the couch all day and eat chocolates,’ or they’re like ‘oh, poor you, your parents must’ve been so strict; you must’ve never been allowed outside to see the sun,” College sophomore Lena Greenberg said.

Greenberg was homeschooled from kindergarten through 12th grade, and now she studies linguistics and Arabic at Penn. She said her experience in homeschool was like neither of the two extremes.

Although homeschooled students didn’t go to a conventional high school, their application process to Penn is similar to those who did.

Many have already taken college classes before, through their local community college. Often former homeschooled students participate in extracurriculars at local public schools or through

homeschooled groups.

Penn “encourages applicants from a growing number of homeschool students.” Although homeschool has been a growing trend for the last decade, Dean of Admissions Eric Furda estimated that Penn receives only about 20 applications per year from homeschooled students. He stressed that the figure was not exact.

Homeschooled students must provide a “consolidated transcript” that outlines all academic work and often includes more information than a typical high school transcript. Grading scales, reading lists and detailed course descriptions provide context for a college evaluating not only a student’s grades, but also the rigor of a homeschool curriculum.

“In some ways there’s even more narrative around a homeschool application,” Furda said.

The application is generally more evaluation-based.

The Secondary School Report, normally completed by a high school counselor, is often filled out by a homeschooled student’s parent or homeschool coordinator further explaining the program. Additionally, there

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Homeschooled students often supplement their education locally with college classes and extracurriculars at public schools.

are certifications that legitimize graduation from a homeschool, but the requirements vary state by state.

“You need some data,” Furda said. “And so for a student who has taken any standardized tests, it’s best to report all the tests to us, because you do need some anchor that is nationally based.”

“People have this idea that the feeling of sitting in a classroom and listening to a teacher talking is something you can only do well if you’ve been doing it since you were five years old,” Greenberg said, “and it’s really not like that.

It’s not very hard to learn to be in a classroom.”

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Emery was homeschooled in high school primarily through a mixture of tutors, online classes and some self-study from his house in southern New Jersey.

“Mostly they just wonder who taught you, like ‘how did you actually learn?’” Emery said about other students. “So it’s not really misconceptions, it’s more like, ‘how did that work?’”

Hendry and his older brother, who was almost homeschooled, used the help of a homeschool counseling service to formalize his transcript before he applied to Penn in the summer of his senior year.

Despite the difference in school setting, the college application process is largely similar for students from conventional high school and homeschool settings.

Online classes, whether the totality of schooling or in tandem, help create verified transcripts and achieve academic benchmarks while blurring the lines between a conventional and nonconventional school experience.

“It’s not just a religious thing; it’s not just a political thing,” Greenberg said about homeschool. “It’s really an individual thing.”

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students, Greenberg supplemented her education at home with online classes and classes at the Community College of Philadelphia.

Eng i ne er i ng sophomore Christopher Hendry was also homeschooled from K-12. Like Greenberg, he also received a high school diploma from the State of Pennsylvania and used an independent agency to verify his transcript. He self-studied his way through homeschool and took online classes.

“We had a pretty strong integrity-based system,” Hendry said about his grades. “We also had a pretty strict schedule. We had to be in a certain room of the house at 9 a.m.”

Hendry ran track and crosscountry for a local public school while he was homeschooled. He also was involved in with the church in his native Philadelphia.

“My mom was a savage, and she gave me a C in Spanish,” Hendry said.

Nathan Emery is a sophomore in the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business who lives with Hendry and was homeschooled until college.

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OPINION The siren call of campus politics THE CONVERSATION | A call for integrity in a flawed system

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 VOL. CXXXII, NO. 78 132nd Year of Publication COLIN HENDERSON President LAUREN FEINER Editor-in-Chief ANDREW FISCHER Director of Online Projects BRIELLA MEGLIO Director of Internal Consulting ISABEL KIM Opinion Editor JESSICA MCDOWELL Enterprise Editor DAN SPINELLI City News Editor CAROLINE SIMON Campus News Editor ELLIE SCHROEDER Assignments Editor LUCIEN WANG Copy Editor SUNNY CHEN Copy Editor NICK BUCHTA Senior Sports Editor TOM NOWLAN Sports Editor WILL SNOW Sports Editor

When I found out that I would be writing this column, I made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t write opinions that were so obvious no rational person could possibly disagree with them: the uselessness of bag checks at Van Pelt, the uselessness of Penn’s student government and Trump. After all, a column should seek to spark a discussion, not reflect popular views that virtually no one opposes.

However, I’m going to break that promise today, and no, it won’t be about The Donald. Not yet.

The Freshman Class Board and the Undergraduate Assembly held their freshman elections last week. I know, I had no idea either until The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that two freshmen were disqualified for violating the Fair Practices Code. For many students, including myself, this brought to mind the “House of Cards”-style politics of Penn student government a couple years back, in which the vice president of the UA attempted to impeach the president and then faced

charges for campaign violations — which included the rather un-Frank Underwood charge of “not fully reporting the costs of buying Facebook likes.”

I am not so naive as to believe that public service is always (or ever, really) done in the name of service alone. After all, it takes a certain amount of ambition and self-confidence to believe that you can represent your peers. Yet, I am also not cynical enough to believe that we can ignore the responsibility to the public completely. There are many ways to serve the Penn community and even more ways to make a difference in the lives of Penn members — not just student government.

The prestige of the class board or the UA is not such that those trying to improve the community are automatically led to think that running for seats in these organizations is the answer — you really do have to be a certain kind of person to do it.

Part of the problem is systematic. The timing of the election means that fresh-

men who decide to run must do so before they even identify the problems or issues at the school. These are kids who are just taking their first midterms. Nonetheless, the tradition of making unrealistic campaign promises continued this year — lon-

UA got done during my time that I can recall was to begin providing airport shuttles — which, well, thank you UA. Clearly not many things (if any) are at stake, but I will still claim, at the risk of sounding horribly old fashioned, that an election

Even if the system is flawed, that doesn’t mean that you have to uphold its flaws by participating within it without good reason.” ger dining hours, a Quad concert series and classwide snowball fights were all promised.

Of course, also in adherence to tradition, students attempted to win by posting funny pictures of themselves and printing catchy posters.

And look, like I said, I understand that this isn’t the presidential election. The only significant thing the

should represent something and that things ought to be done in a certain way.

I hope people do not take this to be the usual criticism of Penn’s student government organizations as ineffective. Certainly, my limited knowledge concerning its role and accomplishments has to do partly with my lack of interest, and one could claim that if I’m not

a part of the solution, I’m a part of the problem. The thing is, it’s really hard to think that anyone would say printing a rather inappropriate/awkward picture of themselves with a punny logo (mine would have been “Ready to Leed” — just saying) really is the solution. Rather, I’m trying to talk about how those trying to get involved should approach it — as a true form of service, and as something more than a personal goal.

Even if the system is flawed, that doesn’t mean you have to uphold its flaws by participating in it without good reason.

If you are new on campus, and looking to truly make a difference, here is the advice of a lowly columnist: Sit back, and observe. Notice things, and think about those things in different ways.

Talk to people about them until you feel like you have a deeper understanding.

Wanting to be at the helm of the ship isn’t a bad thing, but take your time in moving up through the ranks. Notice how rough the sea is, how bright the moon. Earn the

JAMES LEE respect of your peers by displaying intelligence, dedication and courage. And when considering whether to bear the weight of representing others, really consider the weight of that responsibility and what it means. For the journey might be more perilous than you think, the light from stars not quite so bright and blind ambition and self-interest too heavy for the ship to bear.

JAMES LEE is a College junior from Seoul, South Korea studying English and Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. His email address is jel@sas.upenn.edu “The Conversation” usually appears every other Monday.

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First we ruined the workforce, then marriage, then (somehow) the Olympics and now, according to a recent New York Times article, even the election may not be safe from millennials.

In their article, “Hillary Clinton Struggles to Win Back Young Voters From Third Parties,” reporters Jeremy Peters and Yamiche Alcindor claim that, “young people often display little understanding of how a protest vote for a third-party candidate, or not voting at all, can alter the outcome of a close election.” A finding which they scientifically determined by quizzing three millennials about Ralph Nader.

Setting aside, for a moment, the condescending tone of their piece, I think we ought to question the assumption that knowledge of the 2000 election is a necessary prerequisite for understanding third-party voting.

Does one really need to know who Ralph Nader is to realize that not voting for Hillary Clinton means Donald Trump has a higher chance of getting elected?

I’d argue millennials can figure that out on their own, even without the history lesson.

And yet, I’ve seen countless articles targeted at millennials, warning us of the dangers of third-party voting — many of which include hyperbolic statements and fear mongering, with titles like “Voting for a third party candidate in this election is the worst thing you can do for American democracy.”

Young people have seen this kind of rhetoric before.

It’s a similar brand of scare tactics to the “Just say no” campaign, but this time it’s, “this is your brain on third parties.” And in either case, whether you’re talking about drugs or voting, people make better choices when you give it to them straight, rather than trying to scare them one way or the other.

That being said, I understand why people are concerned. The Bush years were a travesty, and if even 1 percent of the Ralph Nader voters in Florida had chosen Al Gore, those years never would have happened.

To be clear, I don’t think this history is unimportant or useless for young people. But if we’re actually concerned, as Peters and Alcindor seem to be, that millennials don’t understand the significance of

The answer is 308,000; that’s 274,000 more than those who voted for Nader and certainly enough to cover the 537 votes Gore lost by. Or maybe: do you know how many self-described liberals voted for

... whether you’re talking about drugs or voting, people make better choices when you give it to them straight, rather than trying to scare them one way or the other.” a third party vote, then let’s give them all the facts and discuss it rationally. I’m all for learning from history and taking advice from older generations, but let’s make sure it’s good history and fair advice.

Perhaps Peters and Alcindor would have been better served by asking their interviewees a few more questions. For example: Do you know how many registered Democrats in Florida voted for Bush?

Bush? Again, the answer is more than Nader: 191,000 to 34,000.

None of these other factors excuse the effect Nader’s supporters had on the election, but it certainly means they don’t deserve all the blame we tend to give them. And not only is the extent of this blame unwarranted, but it also discredits the important role third parties play in our democracy.

Speaking in a PBS New-

sHour article about the history of third parties in America, historian Sean Willentz said, “[Third parties] are the ones that raise the issues that no one wants to raise and in the process they change the political debate and even policy … ” The article also went on to note the important influence third parties have had throughout history, such as the Socialist Party, which “popularized the women’s suffrage movement. They advocated for child labor laws in 1904 and, along with the Populist Party, introduced the notion of a 40hour work week, which led to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.”

I’m not trying to convince anyone they should vote for a third party, or even to espouse my own political beliefs — I’m voting for Hillary by the way.

I just think young people should be given all the facts and then be trusted to make whatever decision is right for them.

Voting for third parties if you don’t live in a swing state (or using vote trader websites if you do) is a useful way to bring light to an

CAMERON DICHTER issue without swaying the outcome of an election.

And telling millennials that they’re throwing away their vote by choosing a third party isn’t just inaccurate, it’s ineffective. Statements like these are more alienating than they are convincing.

So maybe instead of talking down to young people or shaming them for wanting a third option, we should try discussing voting in a rational way.

Wisdom is a valuable thing, condescension not so much.

CAMERON DICHTER is a College junior from Philadelphia, studying English.

His email address is camd@ sas.upenn.edu. “Real Talk” usually appears every other Monday.

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Cosi declares bankruptcy, but Penn’s location stays afloat

Other locations in Philadelphia seem to be closing REBECCA TAN Staff Reporter

Cosi filed for bankruptcy last week, causing several of their locations in Philadelphia to close immediately. But it does not appear that the Cosi on 36th and Walnut streets will close.

As part of their bankruptcy announcement, the company announced the shutdown of 29 of its 74 locations nationwide, but has not yet released a list of which stores are closing. Two Cosi locations — at 1228 Walnut Street and 235 S. 15th Street — are no longer listed on the Cosi websites and, according to Philadelphia magazine, are not operational.

The outlets at 30th Street Station, 325 Chestnut Street and near Penn at 140 S. 36th Street are all still open, employees at the locations confirmed in phone

conversations this week. Calls made to the Cosi at Temple University went unanswered.

When approached for comment, the staff at the 36th and Chestnut streets location said that they were not authorized to speak on the issue. However, Ashley Sweeney, a manager at the 30th Street Station outlet said the Cosi outlets on Penn’s and Drexel’s campuses are “high-value stores” which are likely to remain open for a “long, long time” even if ownership of the chain changes.

The Cosi restaurant chain, known for its square bagels, or “squagels,” has been in poor financial shape since 2015 when they posted a net loss of $15.7 million. Over the past year, the company’s stock has sunk by nearly 95 percent and in the bankruptcy petition they filed on Wednesday, the company listed $19.8 million in debts.

This bankruptcy petition came after a series of leadership changes

at the company’s executive level.

In August, Cosi’s Chief Financial Officer Miguel Rossy-Donovan submitted his resignation. At the same time, the company’s Board of Directors terminated the contract of Chief Executive Officer and President R.J. Dourney.

Going forward, the company is seeking a sale through section 363 of the bankruptcy code.

“We worked very hard to avoid this step,” said Cosi’s Chairman of the Board Mark Demilio in a statement. He said the company has “explored multiple paths,” including raising capital through equity and selling certain assets of the company.

Despite this, it has became clear to the Cosi Board of Directors that “the Company cannot continue to operate in its current financial condition, and that the best alternative for the Company and its creditors would be to accomplish a sale through the bankruptcy process.”

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Despite several Cosi locations in Philadelphia closing due to the company’s file for bankruptcy, the Cosi on 36th and Walnut streets is staying open and will likely continue to do so.

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Penn First, the student organization for first generation, low-income (FGLI) students on campus, held its second summit this weekend to plan its agenda for the rest of the semester.

Since its inaugural summit in April, Penn First has implemented a range of initiatives, including the establishment of a free textbook library for FGLI students housed in the Greenfield Intercultural Center and the creation of a position within the Student Financial Services advisory board for a Penn First representative.

“As board members, we’re always talking to the school administration but we don’t often get the opportunity to hear from the community in a structured manner,” said Wharton senior

Seidy Pacheco, who is the financial chair of Penn First. The summit was an opportunity to give a voice to any and all FGLI students, she added.

The Saturday event, which began at noon, started with the 20 attendees breaking off into groups to discuss the issues they faced in their life at Penn. After an hour, the attendees came back together to discuss feasible steps that they could take to address their challenges.

College freshman Daniel Gonzalez said that the summit was the first time he felt engaged in a discussion about the FGLI student experience. He added that even though he is only a freshman, he had already observed certain issues on campus that disproportionately affect FGLI students. Examples include the need to foster FGLI students’ sense of belonging at Penn and an increase in their access to academic and post-graduate

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For first-generation, low-income students, changes in financial aid may impact their ability to return to campus next year.

resources.

One of the actionable steps that Penn First will be campaigning for this semester is increasing the opening hours of resource centers like Student Financial Services and Counseling and Psychological Services. Currently, SFS is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday, with the exception of Tuesday, when it opens at 10 a.m.; CAPS is open

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, then from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Many FGLI students are not able to access these resource centers at these times because they spend the mornings and afternoons either attending lessons or working.

The issues raised during Saturday’s summit were more complicated to address than those

raised at the previous summit in April, Pacheco said.

Right now, the immediate priority for the board is to prepare FGLI students for the changes that have been made to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Starting with the academic year of 2016-17, students will be able to submit a FAFSA as early as Oct. 1, 2016 rather than from the previous date of Jan. 1, 2017.

On the FAFSA website, it states that the federal deadline of June 30, 2017 will not change, but that “some state and school deadlines” might be shifted earlier.

Federal student aid is the largest provider of student aid in the nation and many students at Penn are likely to be affected by these changes. FGLI students are particularly concerned because small changes to their financial aid plan can significantly affect their ability to return to school the following year.

“For some people here on cam-

pus, a couple thousand dollars isn’t a big deal,” Pacheco said.

“But for people within our community, even a couple hundred dollars may determine whether we have a place to live or not.”

The changes to FAFSA are being rolled out on a national level.

As such, students from Penn First are not yet sure how these changes will manifest within the University. Seeing as the opening date for federal aid has already passed, Penn First plans to reach out to administrators as soon as they can in order to clearly understand what implications the FAFSA changes have for students applying for financial aid.

“A lot of us settle these financial aid applications on our own,” said College senior Megan Brookens who also attended the summit. “When changes like these happen, and if they are not well communicated, we are left to figure it all our own. It causes a lot of stress.”

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JULIANNE SMOLYN Contributing Reporter

The wildest event at Penn Thursday night had to be the Philomathean Society’s Annual O rat ion. Excited st udents waited anxiously outside to get in, society members guarded the doors and speaker Jane Goodall greeted attendees with a traditional chimpanzee call.

The primatologist took the audience back 78 years ago to when she was a little girl with an insatiable desire to learn about and question the natural world. Goodall recounted that she would sometimes bring worms into her bed and even waited over four hours once to see how a hen laid an egg. Nevertheless, Goodall spoke about how lucky she was to have a mother who was so accepting of her love of animals.

“Isn’t that the making of a lit tle scientist: Cu r iosity, asking questions, getting things wrong, learning patience,” Goodall said. “And to think a different kind of mother

might have destroyed that.”

As the years went on, Gooda ll’s passion for a n ima ls continued to grow and at the age of twenty-three, she had the opportunity to assist paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey in a study that compared the behavior of chimpanzees to the behavior of humans.

At the end of this six-month journey to Africa, Goodall observed a chimpanzee whittling around a stick to make it smooth and eating termites with pieces of grass. The chimpanzee’s clear usage of tools was a huge discovery for the field because it showed a clearer link between humans and chimpanzees, Goodall said.

Goodall said she always likes to use this story to inspire young people to pursue their own passions.

“If you really want this thing,” Goodall said, “you are going to need to take advantage of things and work very hard.”

This message certainly resonated with many audience members, including College freshman Carlos Alcocer.

“We all have an opportunity and the resources, especially as Penn students, to make change,” Alcocer said. “I think she made that pretty clear that there’s so many institutions and so many resources and anything that you want to do, there are people that can help you.”

Goodall’s love for her work was also an inspiring takeaway for a lot of Penn students.

“She had so much soul behind her work,” College freshman Aiden Brossfield said. “Stereotypically, a lot of scientists are more brain than heart but she definitely has both.”

In her oration, Goodall further spoke about the choice between pursuing money and passion.

“I think it goes wrong when we start living for money,” she said. “Unlimited economic environment with finite resources is tragedy.”

“I liked how she talked about the unity between the mind and the heart and I like how she touched on consumerism and how we need money to live but we shouldn’t be living for money,” College freshman

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Jane Goodall related her work with chimpanzees to inspiration for young people and the double-edged nature of human intelligence.

Helen Catherine Darby said.

Goodall also touched on the idea that while the immense human intellect separates the human race the most from chimpanzees, it can also be seen as a double-edged sword.

She discussed how things like global warming, nuclear weaponry and slaughterhouse conditions were all hurting humans, asking, “How is it possible that the most intellectual creature that inhabited

human earth are also the one’s destroying it?”

This idea stuck with College junior Julia Wang.

“We normally frame things a lot as good or bad, in two binary extremes whereas she kind of put it in the context that they can coexist,” Wang said.

“It’s important to understand that we can optimally push to do more good.”

Goodall also received the University of Pennsylvania

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s Wilton Krogman Award Thursday night.

The award is an honor for individuals who are “pioneering and transformative of knowledge within the related fields of human evolutionary studies.”

One of Goodall’s messages was to get the audience members to use their intelligence for the better. The primatologist stressed the importance of remembering that an individual’s decisions impact not just themselves but those around them and those that come after them.

“There’s been a terrible disconnect between the human brain and the human heart,” Goodall said. “So often today, decisions are made without thinking about future generations.”

Yet Goodall concluded her speech at the Penn museum with optimism and goals that the human intellect can turn some of the world’s biggest problems around.

“My greatest reason for hope,” she said, “is the young people.”

PennHealthX hosts conference on nontraditional health The focus was on connecting medical skills to tech TYLER SHEVIN Contributing Reporter

Penn’s medical school graduates are thriving in tech fields — instead of becoming clinical physicians, some are choosing to found apps or startups instead.

Philadelphia medical students and prominent leaders in the field joined together to connect medicine and technology Saturday, as the PennHealthX program hosted its inaugural “MD as a Passport” Conference at the Jordan Medical Education Center.

PennHealthX started as a small group of medical students and has become a large student group and certificate program within the Perelman School of Medicine. Members

of PennHealthX said they were excited to lead the conference, which is indicative of the program’s emphasis on hosting educational events.

The theme of “MD as a Passport” represents the ways in which medical degrees can lead individuals to innovative endeavors and career experiences beyond traditional clinical medicine. The conference focused on the integration of clinical medicine, health care, management and technology, and included speakers and workshops.

“Each speaker offers something unique,” Penn medical student and Vice President of PennHealthX Nadir Bilici said.

“We are trying to give students an opportunity to see people who are just barely taking a couple of months out of med school to people at the end of their career and everything in between.”

“This is the first year — our inaugural conference — but we are hoping to keep it going,” Bilici said. “It will ideally serve as an annual gathering of right now the Philadelphia med schools, but hopefully eventually it could be all the national med schools of students who are really interested in this sort of HMET (health care, management, entrepreneurship and technology) space.”

The conference featured two prominent keynotes speakers, Principal of Laskowski Advisors Dr. Robert J Laskowski and Chief Financial Officer of Moderna Therapeutics Dr. Lorence Kim. “I think that there are a lot of different routes you can take as a physician, not just academic medicine,” second-year Penn medical student Emmanuel Pardo said, adding that the

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The conference contained innovative workshops in which attendees learned from experts and gained practical skills in diverse fields. Roderick Wong, the managing partner of healthcare investment firm RTW Investments LLC, led a workshop entitled, “How to think like

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Penn men’s soccer started off Ivy League play with a bang yesterday.

In a back-and-forth overtime affair, the Red and Blue picked up a key 2-1 road victory over Cornell.

Right from the opening whistle, the intensity and importance of the match was on display with fouls and cards being assessed evenly to both sides. Not evidenced from the match’s outset, however, was just how close the score would be, as Penn dominated the first twenty minutes.

Early fouls by Cornell led to early chances for the Ivy League’s leading scorer, Penn (3-1-4, 1-0 Ivy) senior forward Alec Neumann. Fortunately for Cornell (0-8-2), those early chances were foiled by the strong play of Cornell freshman goalkeeper Ryan Shellow. Shellow’s impressive

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time he was pulled early in the fourth quarter, he had thrown for 188 yards and rushed for another 52.

The run game, meanwhile, was similarly powerful. Junior running back Tre Solomon consistently found space up the gut and rushed for 107 yards before Priore pulled him out of the game as well.

On the other side of the ball, the defense came up with two interceptions — on two consecutive Dartmouth plays to boot. A fourth quarter safety topped off the scoring for the visitors. The hosts actually accrued more yardage on the day than the Quakers, but none of that mattered thanks to the defense’s play in the red zone.

If Torgersen can play like that for the next six Ivy League games, if Solomon’s ground

play would continue for the entirety of the half while Cornell began to raise its level, culminating in a scoreless draw at the break.

Right out of halftime, it was apparent that Penn was the team with the fresh legs, as they took the play to the Big Red immediately. The fruits of their labor were enjoyed right away, as junior back Sam Wancowicz lofted a beautiful ball to a waiting Joe Swenson in the box, who, while holding off multiple defenders, delivered a no-look feed to a cutting Neumann, giving the Quakers the lead in the 47th minute.

The connection between Swenson, last year’s team MVP, and Neumann, this year’s leading scorer, was so smooth that it’s as if the duo has been playing together their entire lives — in actuality, Swenson transferred from UConn last year and Neumann hasn’t been fully healthy until this season. “We’ve kind of figured out each other. We have a connection,� Swenson said.

Led by the active play of Swenson

attack can keep pounding away, and if the defense can stay consistently sharp, then there’s no telling what this team can do.

Harvard notwithstanding, the other five conference contests should be blowouts. The Crimson will be the team’s toughest test, but last year’s surprise victory in Cambridge will give the Red and Blue confidence that even that game could be a win.

The title is theirs for the taking, basically. They must stay focused and replicate their form at Dartmouth in the coming weeks to give themselves a shot, but 2016 could be the year the Quakers return to the top of the Ivy League — without having to share.

Next week’s matchup against Central Connecticut State marks the team’s final non-conference game before its remaining Ancient Eight fixtures. If all of the stars can match their performance from Friday night, then

in the midfield, Penn appeared to be the dominant team, but a lack of success on corner kicks and other set pieces allowed Cornell to keep things close, trailing by only one.

Finally, in the 86th minute, Cornell took advantage of Penn’s mistakes when Jack Ferguson headed the ball past Penn’s Etan Mabourakh on a perfect cross from Cornell’s most dynamic player, Ryan Watters, shifting the complexion of the game. Heading to sudden victory overtime, momentum clearly sided with the Big Red. But the Penn team that came to the pitch for overtime was not the same team that left for the sidelines at the end of regulation. Rather, they seemed revitalized, returning to the attacking style with which they opened both halves. “Going into overtime, in a weird sort of way, the Cornell goal motivated us even further,� coach Rudy Fuller said. “There was a bit of anger.�

That motivation was utilized in the first ten minutes of overtime with

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a win is nothing less than expected.

The only valid fear is that the players could take their eyes off the ball. But Friday’s trouncing of Dartmouth should soothe those doubts — not only did the Quakers not turn the ball over, but they also hardly gave up a penalty all night long. The team played such a disciplined game that they at times looked robotic.

That’s what the team needs to be to win the Ivy title: ruthless and disciplined. And if their robotic performance at Dartmouth was anything to go by, they’re programmed for success in the weeks to come.

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Torgersen, in yet another display of his dual-threat talents, matched him with two ground scores and added another touchdown through the air.

The defense, meanwhile, had a solid performance, racking up two interceptions and allowing just one touchdown before garbage time. Sophomore defensive back Mason Williams had one of the picks, his third in three games.

He will have the remainder of the schedule to attempt to break the program single-season record of four interceptions. “[Defensive Coordinator Bob] Benson always preaches ‘turnovers, turnovers, turnovers,’�

Williams said. “The interceptions and the safety helps not only us, but the offense as well — it keeps the sideline lively.�

Dartmouth (2-1, 0-1), meanwhile, looked lost on both offense and defense for most of the evening. Having lost star quarterback Dalyn Williams to graduation, the offense was turnover-prone and even surrendered a safety on a sack of quarterback Jack Heneghan.

The Big Green defense, meanwhile, came up short on several pivotal third- and fourth-down plays, allowing the Red and Blue to extend drives and score touchdowns on their first four possessions. Though the Quakers

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aggressive attacks on goal coming from all corners of the field. Neither team was content with a tie, so the pace of play picked up substantially.

With Penn’s abundance of offensive skill, this change in pace worked in their favor.

As is often the case in the most important moments of the game, the best players on the field stepped up, and luckily for Penn, the two best players both happened to be wearing red and blue striped kits.

Once again, it was the Swenson to Neumann combination that burned the Big Red and ultimately sealed the victory for the Quakers with Swenson firing in a laser of a cross from the right side that was expertly finished by Neumann on the left. “To get out of the gates with a win in the first game is really important. It puts us in the driver’s seat right out of the gate,� Fuller said.

Swenson was quick to emphasize his coach’s point. “We put ourselves in a good position, and we’re ready for Columbia on Saturday.�

back as they had for much of the night. Penn conceded only three shots on goal, which were easily handled by freshman keeper Kitty Qu in the first half and sophomore Kiera Towell, who started in net in the second 45 minutes.

The score line didn’t change however until the 78th minute, when a cross from Blaber found the foot of forward Cameo Hazelwood, which the sophomore preceded to fire home, giving Penn its second-largest Ivy League victory in program history and Hazelwood’s first career goal.

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Fresh off a hat trick against Drexel, senior forward Alec Neumann propelled Penn men’s soccer past Cornell with two goals on the road.

added just one more TD after intermission, a steady diet of handoffs to Solomon allowed them to wind down the clock and dominate time of possession, holding the ball for 38 of the game’s 60 minutes.

After splitting carries out of the backfield over the first two years of his career, Solomon has emerged as the team’s go-to threat, getting all of the squad’s first-team carries over senior Brian Schoenauer. Still, the junior is quick to emphasize the elder tailback’s continued off-the-field influence. “We have a great group of running backs — Brian is amazing,� the Brooklyn native said. “He knows the game a lot more than me, so just knowing that he’s there takes a lot off my shoulders.�

The game’s first touchdown came less than three minutes in, when Torgersen found sophomore wideout Christian Pearson for a 28-yard score. The Quakers then scored via two short Solomon runs and a Torgersen designed run to jump to a 28-10 halftime lead.

After Torgersen found the endzone again in the third quarter, defensive lineman Taylor Hendrickson took down Heneghan in behind the goal line for Penn’s 36th and 37th points of the night.

Touchdown throws to Drew Hunnicutt and Charles Mack in the fourth quarter helped Dartmouth bring the score within respectability but failed to

“Ivy League games are always so competitive and tense that you usually don’t get to go out there and try new things, but tonight we were able to get everyone involved,� Van Dyke said. “It was great to get lots of our players into that type of environment and having them all contribute to building some good momentum going forward. “ Penn will have little time to savor its success though, with a midweek game against American on Tuesday and another Ivy League matchup against Columbia looming next weekend.

Another two games to see if the Red and Blue truly have put their scoring demons to rest.

jumpstart a credible comeback attempt.

The comfortable lead allowed Penn to play second-stringers in the game’s final minutes: Freshman quarterback Michael Collins, a prized recruit and Torgersen’s heir apparent, played two series in the fourth quarter while Schoenauer relieved Solomon.

The Quakers managed the offensive explosion despite a second consecutive uncharacteristically quiet showing from star wideout Justin Watson. After accounting for just 33 yards a week ago against Fordham, the junior put up respectable numbers — a team-high nine catches for 67 yards — but failed to post the eyepopping statline that nearly won him the Ivy Offensive Player of the Year a season ago.

The Red and Blue will have a nonconference tuneup against Central Connecticut State next Saturday before they delve back into league play for the remainder of the season. They will likely be favored in the remainder of their Ivy games, with the possible exception of the Nov. 11 face-off against Harvard, a game that will almost certainly have title implications.

Still, that contest is weeks away; Penn must first take care of business in the preceding games.

But if Friday’s result was any indication, the team has plenty of reason to set their expectations for this season sky-high.

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In recent years, Ivy League volleyball has trended toward two stratifications: the four teams at the top and the four at the bottom.

This weekend, Penn solidified its status among the top tier.

Following a five-set defeat against Princeton last weekend, the Quakers swept their first full Ivy weekend, edging past Dartmouth in five sets before downing Harvard in four.

The win over the Big Green (6-7, 0-3 Ivy) was the first fiveset contest to go Penn’s way on the year, and sophomore outside hitter Courtney Quinn’s 16 kills led the Red and Blue (7-8, 2-1) offensively. Quinn added 13 digs for a double-double, but it was setter

Sydney Morton who put the Ancient Eight on notice.

Against Dartmouth, the junior captain finished just a few kills short of a triple-double, logging six kills, 38 assists and 12 digs.

She kept it going against the Crimson (3-9, 1-2), once again just missing a triple-double with a 6-45-11 performance.

“She’s always been effective, but she’ll dump once or twice and then forget to go back to it,” Penn coach Kerry Carr said. “So it was about her really stepping up and saying, ‘You are an attacker in a 5-1, so if you’re not going to attack, I’ll put another hitter in and run a 6-2,’ and she’s like, ‘Nope, I don’t wanna leave the floor.’”

Through three sets on Friday, the Quakers and Big Green traded blows. Dartmouth took the first set, 25-18, and Penn responded with a 25-20 set win.

With a 25-22 victory in the third

frame, the Red and Blue were on the verge of falling to 0-2 to start conference play.

They were having none of that.

Carr’s squad blew past Dartmouth for a 25-13 win in the fourth set and, after getting to a 10-10 tie in the fifth, rattled off four straight points before sealing the deal, 15-11.

“It felt so amazing because it just shows how mentally tough we are,” Morton said. “Five sets — that’s a lot of playing, that’s two and a half, three hours of volleyball — and we were just focused and intense the whole entire time. And at the end, everyone was hugging — it was like we won the Super Bowl.”

With momentum in hand and defending Ivy champion Harvard on tap, the Quakers returned to the Palestra on Saturday. Against the Crimson, who were playing in the face of both injuries and substantial graduations in May, Penn

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side that had not stopped its relentless press of the Red and Blue backline.

Mata and her defenders often came up big with saves as Harvard attacked the Penn goal, but whenever the Red and Blue took the ball, it was only a short time before the Crimson regained possession, often forcing tough and rushed passes from the Penn midfielders and defenders.

“I think our midfielders need to do a better job of transitioning in those outletting situations,” Fink said.

“I think it’s because the style of play that Harvard had today was man-to-man,” Hoover said. “We don’t usually see man-to-man in field hockey much so it was a little bit different playing against it.”

But whenever the Quakers were able to string together a couple passes, they had no trouble threatening the Harvard lead.

With seven minutes left to play, the overcast parted as an interception from junior defender Jasmine

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Sophomore running back Jake Klaus (20) found the end zone in the first quarter for Penn sprint football, putting the squad up, 14-0.

that, so I was excited to see the offense and defense really pick it up in the first half.”

All told, the Penn defensive unit outscored the Ravens offensive unit 8-6 in the first quarter while only allowing a net total of 17 yards, helping the Quakers jump out to an early 23-6 lead that would not be relinquished.

“It’s been that way,” Wagner said about the defense. “They’ve done a great job so far, the two safeties did a great job, our corners shut down their receivers. ... They really play together; they really play good team defense.”

The Red and Blue added to their lead in the second quarter with a Mario Del Cueto field goal and a 26-yard TD pass from McCurdy to junior Marcus Jones, putting the squad up a resounding 33-6 at the half.

In the second half, the Quakers’ pulled many of their starters, leading the defense to take center stage.

The unit came up big, with four second half interceptions for a total of six forced turnovers, several of which halted Franklin Pierce drives deep in Penn’s territory.

The defense’s only blemish in the second half came a fourth quarter

Li turned the play and released Hoover, who then reverse-chipped the ball into the bottom right corner with three Harvard players closing in on her.

Overtime was an even battle between the two sides, who looked extremely well-matched with the reduction in players and increase in open space. Both sides had numerous opportunities to score that golden goal, but it was ultimately Harvard that did the job in the 87th minute and ended the game.

As disappointing as the loss was, there were clear positives to be taken from Fink’s players, one of whom did not the field leave empty handed.

“Obviously you would have loved the storybook ending for [Hoover’s record breaking],” Fink said. “But she scored an important goal, and I knew it was going to come at the most critical time.”

Now with 46 goals to her name, Hoover has left no question as to her place in the record books and managed to bring some light to what was overall a gloomy day.

“It was awesome hearing them say that over the loudspeaker.”

touchdown, and even that came with a positive — senior Ed Cai blocked the Ravens’ extra point try.

“I think that by the time we got into the second half the lead was pretty big and we ended up playing a lot of people in the third and fourth quarter,” Wagner said. “I was happy we won and that we were able to overcome injuries, and we had some young guys who stepped up and played outstanding.”

The continued momentum could not come at a better time for the Red and Blue, who on next Friday will face their biggest challenge of the season in an undefeated Navy squad that has outscored its three opponents, 14420.

“It builds tremendous momentum,” Wagner said about the victory. “They all realize that it’s right in front of them. We already went through one service academy and everyone always says that in order to win a championship you have to beat one of them. We have a title game for ourselves Friday night.”

And for Penn, the formula for that game is simple: wash, rinse and repeat.

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For Penn sprint football, it’s like deja vu all over again.

In their third game of the season, the Quakers stuck to the formula that has worked all year — a quick start, strong aerial attack and forcing turnovers on defense — en route to a 33-12 rout of Franklin Pierce. Penn (3-0) remains undefeated after its first three games for the first time since 2010.

The Quakers shot out of the gate again, scoring touchdowns on their first two drives. The first drive featured sophomore Chaz Augustini, whose 15-yard rush set up a 26yard touchdown reception from senior quarterback Mike McCurdy.

Sophomore running back Jake Klaus punched in the second touchdown with a five-yard run on a drive highlighted by a 56-yard connection between McCurdy and sophomore receiver Aidan Kelly.

The defense was stout early on, forcing the Ravens (1-2) into two three-and-outs on the first two drives. The defense also got involved in the scoring in the first quarter, with sophomore Tom Console recovering a fumbled punt snap in the end zone for a touchdown before the team recorded a safety on a Patrick Boyle sack.

“We went up to Franklin Pierce and played outstanding in first quarter,” coach Bill Wagner said.

“We shut them down, we made some key plays on defense, and then McCurdy had a real nice touchdown pass to Augustini. All this was happening in the first quarter and we kind of fed off of

worked quickly.

In the first set, junior captain Kendall Covington paced the Quakers with six kills on seven attempts as her team went ahead, 25-18. Harvard took the second set, but Penn responded with 25-16 and 25-21 victories and its first weekend sweep of the year.

With the win, the Red and Blue took down the Crimson for the first time since 2014 and swept their second straight full Ivy weekend, dating back to the end of last year.

The Quakers are also now in a strong position relative to the conference, currently tied for third place.

“Even though I’ve seen a roller coaster ride, our dips are a lot less length of time, and our highs are a lot higher,” Carr said. “And that’s what we’ve been working on.”

Regardless of the team at the top, right now, the Quakers now rank amongst the league’s best.

What difference does an extra few thousand meters make? Evidently not much: the Quakers seemed unfazed as the distance ramped up at Lehigh in longest race they’ve seen so far this year.

Both men’s and women’s cross country had powerful finishes Saturday at the Paul Short Invitational. With the women tying for third place and the men securing fourth, the Quakers proved that they were more than ready for both the heightened competition and the longer races of the regular season.

Though Penn women and men were ranked an impressive 22nd and 26th, respectively, in this past week’s nationwide USTFCCCA poll, this weekend’s meet was the Quakers’ first legitimate opportunity to prove themselves against a large, nationally competitive field of runners.

And they certainly did. Both teams’ top five performances were accompanied by numerous notable individual finishes.

On the women’s side, an impressive 20:12 time in the 6-kilometer race by Ashley Montgomery earned her a second-place overall finish among a field of over 400. The Whiting sisters also cracked the top 25, with Cleo finishing 19th and Clarissa 21st, as only Brown senior Taylor Worthy split the less-thanthree-second gap between them.

Only Yale and Georgetown were able to top Penn in the team rankings, while West Virginia and the Quakers tied with 127 point each.

The men were led by a

commanding run from senior Nick Tuck, who was able to break into the top 10 with his 23:52 8K time on Saturday. Brendan Shearn, also a senior, was only nine seconds behind, taking 17th place overall. Additionally, junior Chris Luciano ran a strong race, finishing right on the heels of sophomore Patrick Hally and just ahead of a slew of Ivy League competitors.

The men’s team, which scored 146 points, was topped by Iona, Georgetown and Adams State overall but managed to finish first of the Ivies, upsetting No. 25 Columbia, who finished fifth.

This was the first “long-distance” meet of the year, with the women upping their race from a 5K to a 6K and the men from a 5K to an 8K. This extension appeared to come as a blessing in disguise for the Quakers.

“I think our runners are pretty strong and we do a little better with the longer courses, so we kind of welcomed the distance,” Penn coach Steve Dolan said.

For the team’s youngest members, however, the longer distance can take some time to get used to.

“For freshmen it’s a big adjustment since in high school you don’t run these distances,” Dolan

noted. “I think the freshmen will do better every time they run the longer races.”

Freshmen seemed to have mixed feelings about their first full-length collegiate meet.

“It was definitely a learning experience ... a shock to my system for sure,” Aaron Groff said.

Despite the transition, however, Groff ran a solid 8K in 24:54, which earned him a scoring spot in Penn’s top seven.

“It wasn’t as big of a transition as I would have expected,” Scranton, Pa., native Erin Feeney said of the women’s race’s 1,000m incremental rise. “In workouts at practice we’ve been doing 1,000 repeats a lot, and that definitely helped mentally.”

Feeney finished fourth for the Quakers and 36th overall with a 20:43 5K that put her only 31 seconds behind Ashley Montgomery and 46 seconds behind first place finisher Angel Piccirillo of Villanova.

Penn’s season will continue Oct. 14 at the Wisconsin Invitational in Madison. The season will culminate in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, which will be held Oct. 29 at Princeton.

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fter a demoralizing loss to Harvard last week, it was hard not to wonder if last year’s scoring draught had returned to haunt Penn women’s soccer.

However, when the Red and Blue took to Cornell’s Berman Field Friday night, those demons were conspicuously absent. The Quakers stormed out to a 4-0

lead before the halftime whistle and never gave Cornell (3-6-1, 0-2 Ivy) a chance to breathe in the second period en route to a 5-0 final score and their first Ivy League victory of the year.

It didn’t take long for Penn (52-1, 1-1) to find its way onto the score board. After getting a few early looks on net, senior Olivia Blaber delivered her third goal of

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the season in the eighth minute on Penn’s first corner kick of the match, definitively stating this was not going to be another one of those frustratingly low-scoring games.

“We all came out of the Harvard game a week ago wanting to start tonight off fast and show that our result last week was not who we are,” Penn coach Nicole Van

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There was a strong overcast over Ellen Vagelos Field as Penn field hockey squared off with Harvard, an apt metaphor for the stubborn opposition that the Quakers faced on the field Sunday.

In what ended up as an unfortunate 3-2 loss in double overtime for the Red and Blue (6-3, 1-1 Ivy), there were many points where the home side showed little sign of being able to surmount the 2-0 lead from its Boston rivals.

The Crimson (6-4, 2-0) went up 25 minutes into the first half after a shot off a corner found its way past junior goalie Liz Mata.

With less than two minutes in the first half, Harvard extended that lead to two when Crimson senior and leading goalscorer Marissa Balleza streaked down the left side and got off a shot that eventually deflected into the goal.

Harvard had seemed to

neutralize its hosts, trapping Penn in its own defensive half for long periods of time and letting off a barrage of shots. While the Red and Blue had looked dangerous on certain occasions, the Crimson offensive press held strong and kept the Quakers on the defensive.

But every cloud has its silver lining.

“I think our team has always had that [resilience] as one of their core values,” coach Colleen Fink said. “I think that’s a characteristic that you get from playing college athletics, and when you’re really put to the test, that’s when you need to believe in yourself the most.

“And that’s what we talked about at halftime.”

The sun broke through when junior Alexa Hoover jumped on a Harvard defensive miscue and took the ball in a position where a forward with her proven track record could hardly be expected to miss. And she didn’t.

Hoover punished the Crimson and with it, cemented her status as one of, if not the best, forward Penn has ever seen. That goal, her

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45th for the Red and Blue, elevated her to position of Penn’s all-time leading goal scorer.

“I’ll still have the same intensity as I’ve had in past years with wanting to score goals,” Hoover said.

“It’s who I am. I’m a goalscorer.

So I don’t think much is going to change. I’m just going to keep continuing.”

After breaking the single-season scoring record with 27 last year, Hoover had a slow start to her newest campaign, only tallying three in the team’s first eight games. Although she had her fair share of assists to supplement the lack of goals, there was little doubt that she would be back to her scoring ways soon.

“Obviously it was only going to be a matter of time,” Fink said of Hoover breaking the record.

“She’s already had such an amazing career here at Penn, and she just stuck with it.”

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Dyke said. “We had a great week of practice leading up to today, and we got after it right from the start of the game.”

Sophomore Allie Trzaska was next to add her name to the stat sheet by burying a feed from fellow sophomore Sasha Stephens past Cornell’s diving keeper in the 20th minute. Less than three minutes later, Penn struck again.

Freshman Emma Loving notched her team-leading fourth goal of the season by taking advantage of yet another Penn corner kick with a decisive header that summarily put to rest any doubts about the outcome of the game.

And just as Cornell’s beleaguered defense thought it was finally going to get out of the half, junior Erica Higa capitalized on

yet another period of dominant possession with her second goal of the season, a mere 15 seconds before time expired.

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orget the first two games of the season.

Penn football plays higher-caliber teams at the beginning of every year. It’s just how it works — win one, lose one, maybe lose both, but the first two games are never grand successes.

It’s the Ivy League that counts.

And the Quakers just picked up right where they left off from the end of last year’s championship-winning run.

The 37-24 scoreline at Dartmouth Friday night frankly, if anything, flatters the hosts. The game was over before halftime when the Red and Blue commanded a 28-3 lead over the Big Green. The team came flying out of the gates with energy and passion as the offense tore “artmouth” (their D was nonexistent) to shreds.

They didn’t even have good field position. The Quakers’ three opening possessions — all touchdown drives — lasted 66, 61 and

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Quarterback Alek Torgersen continued to show off his strength on the ground, recording a pair of rushing touchdowns on Friday.

77 yards each.

Dartmouth only managed to put up 24 points because Penn coach Ray Priore put in the backups for virtually the entire fourth quarter. At 35-10, you couldn’t blame him, either, for trying to keep his starters safe and give his young blood some valuable experience.

For those who were starting to doubt senior quarterback Alek Torgersen’s ability to repeat last season’s success, they were promptly silenced when he threw a 28-yard pass for a touchdown and ran one in himself in the first 20 minutes of the game. By the SEE SNOW PAGE 8

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