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Coloring book was created by former Penn football player LINDA LIN Contributing Reporter
Co-ed Greek life offers an alternative perspective
It’s never too late to join the adult coloring book trend. Thanks to a recent graduate, a
Philadelphia-themed coloring book may be coming to a waiting room near you. Daniel Lipschutz, 2012 Engineering graduate and former Penn football player, is preparing to self-publish his original Philadelphia-themed coloring book this year through a Kickstarter campaign
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a coloring book and have it be something that celebrates Philadelphia,” Lipschutz said. The book features 25 hand-drawn illustrations that range from street views and historical sites to cultural icons and food markets. Opposite SEE BOOK PAGE 2
Kelly Writers House workshop teaches writing to trans youth
Presidents of Penn’s co-ed Greek groups say that representation matters
Penn’s only co-ed Greek institutions, St. Elmo’s and Alpha Delta Phi, are in a unique position to challenge traditional fraternity and sorority culture. St. Elmo’s President and College Senior Camara Brown explained that co-ed Greek institutions offer an alternative and counterbalance to some of the ideals that pervade Greek life. “Fraternities were founded on the idea that you can have a special relationship with a man that you can’t have with a woman, and the same goes for sororities,” Brown said. “We prove that’s not true.” Alpha Delta Phi president and College junior Adam deLisle spoke specifically about how co-ed societies can combat what he sees as an endemic rape culture. “I think that if you have a co-ed organization, that type of stuff gets shut down very quickly because you have so many different voices in the room,” he said. “Something like the OZ email could never come out of an institution like [Alpha Delta Phi],” he added, referring to a suggestive email inviting “ladies” to attend an event called “Wild Wednesdays” that was protested as “rape culture” earlier this semester. Brown explained that co-ed institutions are by nature uniquely equipped to confront issues with
called “WonderPHL World - A Philadelphia Coloring Adventure.” Lipschutz, who studied bioengineering at Penn, worked in product design for a few years before leaving the job for travel and volunteering a year and a half ago. “I sort of had this idea somewhere along the way during the travel, to do
The group is free and open to students and non-students LAUREN SORANTINO Staff Reporter
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The workshop’s first session was attended by a diverse group of aspiring writers and featured Philadelphia Youth Poet laureate Otter Jung-Allen.
Aspiring writers who identify as trans or gender nonconforming can cultivate their passion in a welcoming environment at a new workshop run through the Kelly Writers House. The group, which will feature a different guest writer each month, is
restricted to writers aged 14-22 years old. Penn Design professor Amy Hillier and KWH Community Partnerships Developer Rachel Zolf dreamed up the idea. “Everyone should write because writing can help support people’s identity formation and help build the community,” Hillier said in an interview. SEE WRITERS HOUSE PAGE 6
Women tech leaders return to Penn to speak at Wharton The panelists stressed the importance of networking LULU WANG Contributing Reporter
Three female alums who are leaders in the technology field returned to their alma mater to talk about the importance of networking and the power of being
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the female voice in the room. The three speakers at the Women in Tech panel represented sectors within tech and media, including broadband, video chat and virtual reality. The panel included Becky Thomas, senior director of digital marketing and media optimization at Comcast, Kimberly Kalb, director of growth at Life on Air, and Elyse Siegel, head of growth for
Littlstar. The panel was hosted by Wharton Women, Wharton Entrepreneurship Club, Weiss Tech House and Marketing Undergraduate Student Establishment, and explored the role of women in leadership positions in technology, business and media. Responding to an initial question asking about challenges women face in
the tech field, the panelists instead focused on the positives, highlighting the increased perspectives and opportunities for women in tech leadership. “I think there’s a real appreciation for the female perspective. Women working together to empower each other, that’s another piece of the equation. SEE WOMEN PAGE 6
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Alum continues wellness misson as Penn employee 2016 graduate Ben Bolnick founded Penn Wellness GENEVIEVE GLATSKY Staff Reporter
Ben Bolnick was a few weeks away from graduating in the spring of 2016, and although he had been accepted to Penn Law School, he deferred enrollment for a year and had no idea what he’d be doing in the meantime. One day, he was having brunch with several student leaders and administrators from the Vice Provost for University Life’s office. When he told Vice Provost Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum that he didn’t know what he would do during his year off, she offered him a job. Bolnick had founded Hillel Wellness in the fall of 2015 to promote mental health in the Jewish community. This eventually led him to become the founder and chair of Penn Wellness, an umbrella organization that aims to bring groups together to address mental health across different communities at Penn. After graduating in 2016, he is back at Penn for a newly created year-long position with VPUL as the Student Wellness Communications Coordinator. Some of the initiatives started during his time as Penn Wellness Chair include
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each page are facts about the subjects, including location and historical significance. “Some of them are places that I personally have a really special memory or connection of, like the Reading Terminal Market,” Lipschutz said. There are other places that I thought would represent the history of Philadelphia, like the the Liberty Bell.” “If I were new [to the city] and I didn’t go out much and I saw this
Freshmen Reflections and a consolidated mental health resource list on Penn Wellness’ website. The group also facilitated a mental health “town hall” event where students could ask administrators questions. The event cleared up several misconceptions about Counseling and Psychological Services, such as session limits on CAPS appointments or months-long waiting times. Through his position this year, he will work on both administrative and student initiatives, and hopes to continue to foster collaboration between the two. For example, when Penn Wellness received an $8,000 grant, he worked with Peter Moon, College senior and current Wellness chair , and Meeta Kumar, the CAPS director of outreach and prevention, to decide how to distribute it. His role in the administration also puts him in a better position to work on projects that he started as a student, like Freshmen Reflections, which creates “m icro-com munities” with trained upperclassmen facilitators to create a support system and opportunity for freshmen to talk about issues. And when the College Dean’s Advisory Board reached out to him looking for ways to improve the student experience, he was able to put them in touch with people working on Freshman
book, and especially if I flipped to the back pages, I saw where it is, I think I would want to leave my room and go check it out,” College junior Claudia Li said. Alex Hofmann, third-year doctorate student at the University of Chicago, contributed to the Kickstarter campaign and received a sample book page. “At first, seeing all these tiny windows and bricks was kind of overwhelming. But I dove in, moving small area to area, and it honestly was incredibly soothing to see these black and white
Reflections as well as Penn Reflect, a student discussion forum, which could help provide feedback on challenges students face. “A lot of it ends up being just making connections between different parts of the university,” Bolnick said. Bolnick also hopes to promote
wellness in more communities at Penn by involving more student groups and expanding and improving the marketing of Penn’s resources. One of the projects he wants to market is the new Wellness Feedback Box on the Penn Wellness website, where students, faculty
and parents can anonymously submit comments or complaints that go straight to Bolnick and Moon. “It’s a lot of fun working with both the administration and students,” Bolnick said. “People are very very passionate about this topic and there’s so much going
on and there’s so much to do and there’s so many people who want to do more. That makes my job very very dynamic and exciting.” Administrators are still unsure whether or not another student will fill the position once Bolnick’s year is up, but both students and staff are pleased with his role. “It was great for us to have a young alum’s student perspective to really fill a staff role,” Kumar said. “The challenge is to really have continuity for all of the student initiatives and ideas. Sometimes they start and then they graduate, so it’s really great to have him continue the work that he started.” Moon also believes Bolnick serves as a helpful liaison between students and the administration. “It’s very useful to have someone who knows both the mental wellness group student side but also is now working in the administration, and actually has a better sense for what VPUL can actually do, who’s in charge of what,” Moon said. “Rather than reaching out to someone who I see as a Penn employee first and someone I know second, I’m reaching out to Ben, who is someone who was a student and is still very much in touch with that student mindset of what it’s like to actually be going to Penn. That’s easier to connect with on both sides.”
borders fill in little by little, coming together to form a vibrant, comprehensive whole,” Hofmann said. Lipschutz believes this book will be a fun and creative activity for people to engage in, as well as an effective tool to release stress. He even partnered with Counseling and Psychological Services at Penn. “I wanted the book to make a bigger impact,” Lipschutz said. On the Kickstarter page, some backer levels include book and art supply donations to CAPS.
“I do think having another copy donated to CAPS sends a really strong message,” Li said. “The team that runs Prevention Programs at CAPS believes these books could be used at student centers and waiting rooms around campus, as well as be used in student mindfulness and wellness programs,” Lipschutz wrote on the Kickstarter page. He also wrote that he hopes these books will help provide “a creative escape and stress relief tool to the many students whom CAPS supports.”
“Coloring books can be a great shift of focus in a time where we constantly check our phones, or are on Facebook; they are also reminiscent of our childhood,” said Michele D. Rattigan, assistant clinical professor of creative arts therapies at Drexel University. Li agrees. “The flow phase [in the production of art] is what’s captured in these coloring books,” she said. “You color and that’s where your mind really drifts off, which is the optimal phase, because there is
not much stress in the flow zone.” Now that this project is more than 70 percent funded in just a week, Penn students can look forward to coloring this unique Philadelphia-themed book next semester. “I think of using the book as a way of encouraging students to see all of the great things that are nearby the city, and making students more grateful for the experience of being there, and also just encourage them to take a walk and see what else is out there,” Lipschutz said.
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Penn Police help open Police Athletic League center The center will support West Philadelphia youth NICOLE RUBIN Staff Reporter
The Police Athletic League, a nationwide organization with the slogan “Cops helping kids,” opened a PAL center on campus last week with assistance from Penn Police officers. “It provides a great opportunity for kids to spend time in a positive way,” said Lieutenant Gary Williams, the officer spearheading the center. “I think it allows kids to see that officers are approachable.” One of the best aspects of the
PAL program, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said, is how the PAL center can operate as an after-school program for West Philadelphia youth. “If the parent or parents are working, that’s the beauty of starting at 3 p.m., so the child doesn’t have to go home to an unoccupied house,” said Rush, who is also vice chair of the Philadelphia PAL board. At the Tucker PAL center, located at 4040 Ludlow St., kids can come after school to do homework or play games and sports. The center kept the name of a school that existed formerly at that location.
In the past, PAL has held events on campus such as “PAL at the Palestra” and “PAL at the Ice Rink.” The opening of this center will allow Penn Police and Penn students to interact with the greater West Philadelphia community. Penn Police have dedicated an officer to the PAL program for upwards of 20 years. “We think it’d be a wonderful experience to get our students — whether athletes, Greeks, any individual students or those who were involved in their hometown — to become involved,” Rush said. What makes this center unique is the relationship between Penn
and the city. A Penn Police officer and a Philadelphia Police officer co-direct the center. It is also convenient for Penn students to volunteer — though they do have to get a quick background check first, as all adult volunteers do. She described it as a “win-win” situation for Penn students to provide a positive example for the kids who want a better life. The interaction with the police, Rush said, not only breaks down barriers between kids and cops, but forms personal relationships. “They become their guidance counselor, their friend, their confidant,” she said. The officers “try to steer kids in the right direction.”
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Founder of new satire magazine talks comedy writing, careers Lowenthal wanted to write satire after transferring CATHERINE DE LUNA Contributing Reporter
College senior Abigail Lowenthal is the founder of a new humor magazine on campus called Bluff. The Daily Pennsylvanian talked with Lowenthal to discuss her inspiration to create the magazine and her involvement with Penn’s comedy community. Daily Pennsylvanian: How did you come to create Bluff Magazine? Abigail Lowenthal: I transferred at the beginning of last year to Penn. I had worked for a satire and art magazine at my prior school. When I was in the transfer process, I was really intrigued by Penn’s different writing opportunities, like the Kelly Writers House and the DP. As school started up, I realized that I missed that old version of a satire and art magazine. With Bluff, I can create another alternative space for satire and art. There are voices that are missing from the spaces we do have. DP: How does your experience in performing comedy translate to writing satire? AL: In both spaces, there is always room to push limits in terms of what people think is funny and what people are expecting to see. I am interested in both of those
spaces and to push that to allow people to see comedy in both a physical form, in performance and in a written form slightly differently. There is always room for growth and change in both of those areas. DP: Do you prefer performing comedy or writing about it? AL: I am interested in televisionwriting and script-writing, so that has been a focus of mine. Satirewriting can be so pointed and great. Especially in a college environment like Penn, where things are often taken so seriously, there is a lot of possibility and room for exciting pieces in satire. The Late Night [a student-run comedy show] is something we worked towards, we have guests and we recently introduced stand-ups to the mix. You end up working, working, working and then putting on a live performance. Bluff is similar though because you get submissions and sit down saying we are going to craft a magazine around this theme or idea. They do align, but they are also very different. DP: What do you see Bluff being for your readers? AL: I am interested in our first issue being zen style. Easy to distribute, easy to pick up, read a few pieces and then put down. Something to put a smile on people’s faces. DP: Do you see yourself
continuing to work with comedy after graduation? AL: I am definitely interested in the entertainment industry. Whatever space people can find themselves after graduation that feels positive and related to what they are interested in is great. I would definitely not limit myself, and say, “I just want to go into writing scripts.” I think there are awesome opportunities in tons of different fields, but I definitely am interested in continuing something related to entertainment and comedy. DP: What advice do you have for people who are interested in media and entertainment? AL: I think the scariest part of the entertainment industry is before you have entered it. The advice that I have is just try it. There is nothing wrong with putting your neck out there and submitting to a magazine like Bluff or trying out for something that you end up not getting. My first two years of college I had a hard time wanting to be involved in all these different groups and realizing it is not possible to spread yourself that thin. That is really challenging to expect yourself to be perfect at everything and that is not the point. Just try. Share your work and get involved in things at Penn that you would never expect to try. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.
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OPINION Asian HYPHEN American CHANCES ARE | The trouble with calling Asian Americans “bananas”
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My best friend and I throw around the term “banana” all the time. We see an Asian girl who only hangs out with white people, and we call her “banana!” I forget to take my shoes off when I enter his house, and he goes, “banana!” Then we laugh hysterically at how funny we think we are. “Banana” is an intrinsically troublesome term. A “banana” is a person who is yellow on the outside and white on the inside. A lot of Asians use it to describe Asian Americans who seem to betray their heritage by “acting white” all the time. In general, “acting white” means only hanging with white people and having no interest in Asian culture. Up until college, I had never used the word at all. I grew up in the South, in a mostly white community. I guess you could say I was one of those “bananas.” My white friends called me “wasian,” because I only ever hung out with white people.
Regardless, I never felt white myself. My friends constantly reminded me of how Asian I was. Once, we were sitting around giving each other cute nicknames for the colors of our skin. My half-black, halfwhite friend got “dulce de leche”. My blonde-haired, blue-eyed friend got “white chocolate”. When they came around to naming me, my blonde friend screamed, “Duck sauce!” She played it off like she was joking with my other friend, but I knew. So did he. He immediately chastised her for it. When I came to Penn, I gravitated towards the Asian community. I won’t lie; I didn’t want to. Growing up, I was fed all these criticisms from my white friends about how sad it is that Asians group together. “You’re different, Amy” they said. “You even look less Asian!” I’m ashamed to say that I considered that a compliment at the time. I wanted to be white. Sometimes, I still do. How-
ever, at Penn, I found that the people I connected with most easily were Asian. I consciously tried to avoid it, even rushing Panhellenic sororities, but no group other than akDPhi — one of the Asian sororities — wanted me. So I fell into the Asian
back on their heritage. I called them “bananas” and I hated them. Was that hate a natural outflow of pride in my culture? No, I realized. It wasn’t. It was bitter jealousy because they had done something I couldn’t. They had been ac-
I wanted to be white. Sometimes, I still do. However, at Penn, I found that the people I connected with most easily were Asian.” community’s open arms. I began to push down the side of me that wanted to be white, and I assumed pride in my Asian identity. The problem is that I took that pride too far. I began to condemn Asian people who were “white-passing”, who, in my mind, had turned their
cepted by the white community where I hadn’t been. I started to see that there was something wrong in using the word “banana”. To me, “banana” has a connotation of hate. When I use it, it is to criticize, to judge, to condescend. To make myself feel better. It is
that feeling behind the word that makes it so dangerous. And if others are using it in that way, then we only spread more hatred. There is a more fundamental problem in saying that someone is “white” on the inside. When we say that someone is acting “white,” what does that even mean? Did that person suddenly change his genetics? Or because this person likes to eat hamburgers, connects with friends who happen to be white, then he acts “white?” It’s another dangerous assumption to make. It leads to appropriation, and it leads to segregation. White people don’t own American culture. When you say that eating hamburgers is white, then does that mean I’m not allowed to do it because I am Asian? Race is being confused with culture. Then that leads to encouraging races not to integrate for fear of losing cultural purity. No matter what I do, it will never change the color of my skin. I can never for-
AMY CHAN get my heritage, because I am reminded of it every time I look in the mirror. I was raised in America, I adopted American traditions and that’s not a bad thing. I am allowed to love American TV shows, I am allowed to prefer steak but I am also allowed to love chicken feet. I am Asian-American. That’s the beauty of a hyphen identity. AMY CHAN is a College junior from Augusta, Ga., studying English and classics. Her email address is chanamy@ sas.upenn.edu. “Chances Are” usually appears every other Wednesday.
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This Monday, for the second time in less than a month, Brother Aden and his ragtag cadre of anti-gay “preachers” took up residence at the Button for a few hours to spew the noxious garbage that they confuse with theology. Don’t worry. I’m well aware nobody needs to hear my now-tired little spiel about why it’s proper that the Penn administration takes no action to prevent or disrupt these nauseating demonstrations again. But how the University responds is only half the story. Equally important is how we, the so-called “Penn Community,” choose to react to such distasteful outbursts. When you, the individual, turn the corner onto College Green and hear the sounds of shouting voices and see the slurs elevated on home-made cardboard signs, the choice you face is binary — to stop or not to stop. On Monday, when I was in this situation, I stopped to watch the spectacle. The longer I stood there,
however, the more I began to suspect I’d made the wrong choice, and on reflection I’ve become convinced of it. So here’s what I’ve resolved: If Brother Aden and company come back to Penn, as it seems likely they will, I’m not going to stop. I’m not going to argue with him, or make a sign, or chant or shout back, and I think you shouldn’t either. First off, it’s exactly what he wants. Such groups rely on the outrage they generate — particularly the accompanying crowds and media attention — to spread their message. They know full well that the nastiness of their “preaching” is the key to its effectiveness. “We use the shocking parts of the Bible to draw them in. And it works every time,” one of the protesters told The Daily Pennsylvanian. From an evangelical-theology perspective, it’s not particularly important to them that their message be received well; it’s just important that they deliver it to people. The more people
hear that message, the bigger they believe their victory to have been. By giving them an audience, even a hostile one, we encourage them to keep coming back. The most compelling counterpoint to this line of
than another. But in a community like Penn, where widespread acceptance of the LGBTQ community is the overwhelming norm, the risk that silence will be reasonably perceived as endorse-
They know full well that the nastiness of their ‘preaching’ is the key to its effectiveness.” reasoning, I think, is that response is necessary in order to avoid the appearance that, by our silence, we endorse their message; in other words, we need to respond to demonstrate to our, in this case, LGBTQ fellow Quakers that we oppose hate speech. This is distinct from the more self-centered act of “virtue signalling,” in which one seeks only to demonstrate that they themselves hold the “correct” views, vindicating themselves rather
ment is low enough that, in my opinion, it doesn’t counteract consequentialist concerns about incentivizing future return visits. We can and do refute Brother Aden’s ideology more powerfully on a daily basis by treating our LGBTQ friends and classmates with the same respect and dignity as anyone else, than we ever could by being late for class in order to shout at a homophobe. The attempt to bring the preachers around to
our presumptively more enlightened views doesn’t justify engaging either. These folks have made it clear they aren’t interested in disputation, and they respond to challenges only with vitriol and provocation. We’re not about to change their minds any more than they’re about to change ours. And, finally, there’s the fact that these groups often rely on the more extreme manifestations of the outrage they engender as a revenue source. The notorious Westboro Baptist Church and a number of other “hate preachers” make a great deal of money suing municipalities that attempt to use unconstitutional methods to shut them down and, even more lucratively, counter-protesters who they’re able to goad into assaulting them. On the occasions when justifiablyenraged observers have allowed themselves to be provoked into hauling off and clocking members, the WBC has been able to recovers tens of thousands of dollars in civil damages per
ALEC WARD incident. I guarantee that copycats like Brother Aden have taken notice. There’s a reason the last one wore a body camera. As he packed up his gear that afternoon, Brother Aden swore he’d return. I don’t doubt it, as I’m sure he views the crowds he drew as a fantastic success. When he does, do our whole campus a favor and join me in just walking on by. ALEC WARD is a College senior from Washington, D.C., studying history. His email address is alecward@ sas.upenn.edu. Follow him on Twitter @TalkBackWard. “Fair Enoug h,” u suall y appears every Wednesday.
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Startup gives to charity when people buy dinner Participating restaurants hope to attract new patrons RACHEL LIU Contributing Reporter
With the help of a startup, groups on Penn’s campus can raise money by doing nothing more than eating out with friends. GroupRaise is a startup that allows organizations including Penn clubs to fundraise for themselves or for social causes they’re passionate about at local Philadelphia restaurants, and is already being used by Penn Colleges Against Cancer and a number of other groups at Drexel University and Temple University. Formed by recent graduates f rom a nu mber of different schools, GroupRaise was founded on the idea that
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Greek life. “Because we are co-ed, because we are already fighting this grounded culture that fraternities are for men and sororities are for women, it creates a space that’s very open to challenging other aspects of what Greek culture is and means,” she said. “Could you just imagine if fraternities across the country had women in some of their meetings when they were making party themes? It makes a difference to have someone’s voice in the room who is directly affected or directly objectified.” While both Brown and deLisle were critical of certain aspects of Greek culture, they both were quick to acknowledge the value of traditional single-gendered fraternities and sororities. “Even though [Alpha Delta Phi] has dodged much of the criticism thrown at fraternities, I can see an increase in hostilities toward Greek institutions, which isn’t always very helpful,” deLisle said.
the act of giving should be a memorable process, making restaurant fundraisers a way to advocate for causes while enjoying a social gathering. Because of the company’s focus on providing an accessible variety of restaurant options and price ranges, it has reached 300 campuses across the nation. All stakeholders benefit, as the startup charges the restaurant a fixed fee, the restaurants earn more revenue with more customers, and the fundraisers receive a percentage of the proceeds from the restaurant. “Forty percent of people who go to the restaurant go for a GroupRaise meal; 96 percent are willing to come back”, said Sean Park, co-founder of GroupRaise. Customers coming back to the restaurant is a large reason why restaurants are
willing to host GroupRaise fundraisers, even though they both have to pay a fee and donate a portion of their profits. T he sta r t up emphasizes making a social impact by providing students with preset charities, where the amount earned is donated directly to a choice of organizations, including those advocating for good health, clean water, food security, education and social entrepreneurship. Penn clubs can also raise money for their own groups as long as they register as a nonprofit under the University. GroupRaise aims to make these dinners a great way to expand the budget of the club, while members can socially interact. “If GroupRaise is marketed well, it would have a big market here,” W ha r ton f resh ma n Wendy Lee said. Both Penn
clubs and GroupRaise would benefit from the restaurant fundraiser if there is a high demand for the startup’s concept. Penn clubs seem inclined to use GroupRaise as a win-win way of interacting with the club while raising money. “For the first social event of the year, we went to a restaurant that would probably use GroupRaise. It seems like a really good idea for future events,” Penn Taiwanese Society freshman member Andrew Tsai said. As GroupRaise continues to expand, the challenge for the startup will be balancing the generation of revenue for the survival of the company but also maintaining the company’s devotion to the social causes. In the long run, the startup hopes to expand beyond the college market of the United States and into the international scene.
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Through GroupRaise, a fundraising startup, Penn organizations can generate money by eating at participating restaurants.
“It’s creating a vicious cycle. It doesn’t address the issues. It can sometimes just make fraternities feel more alienated.” Eddie Banks-Crosson, director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, sees the value of co-ed Greek organizations when it came to offering an inclusive culture. “I think it is a very progressive ideology around becoming coed,” he said. “I think you are able to offer a wider experience to both men and women and you’re tailoring your organization to meet the needs of both, which I think is very compelling.” While Banks-Crosson recognizes the advantages of co-ed Greek organizations, he explained that the most important part of Greek life is simply finding a place where students feel comfortable. “I think it’s important for students to have a space and I think it’s up to the student,” he said. “I think that what we need to do as a community and a system is to encourage students to go where they feel comfortable.”
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The writing group’s first session in mid-September featured a visit from Philadelphia Youth Poet laureate Otter Jung-Allen. Three trans co-facilitators, Kalen McLean, Hazel Edwards and Andrew Spiers,
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Being a woman means … you bring a different perspective. It’s a real opportunity,” Siegel said. They were also asked what drew them to their field. Siegel said she was inspired by the opportunity to help others and solve problems. “Democratizing knowledge and technology, that’s how you solve problems and advance society,” Siegel said. She also spoke about the potential for virtual reality to promote connections and novel virtual experiences. “What really drew me to LittlStar was the opportunity to do something new. Social connectedness is going to be a huge part of the future, as well as virtual reality,” Siegel said. Thomas emphasized the
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oversaw the session, offering support for those in attendance and conducting the opening and closing exercises. “We [the co-facilitators] were worried because we didn’t have anyone RSVP to the first event, then we had at least 20 kids at the first workshop when we thought we’d
maybe have five,” McLean said. Edwards highlighted the diversity of attendees, who displayed unique and different writing styles and personalities. Though only the one session has happened, the three co-facilitators are already hopeful about future sessions and beyond.
McLean said the existence of a writing group like this is necessary for a trans or gender nonconforming person’s growth as a writer. “You learn best in environments where you don’t have to worry about outside stresses,” McLean said. Edwards added, “It’s good to
importance of social connectedness within the tech field and her career, particularly mentorships and sponsorships. “Mentorship is really important for those coaching moments, or workplace guidance. Sponsorship is equally important. It’s having someone who’s going to pound the table for you, and fight for you,” Thomas said. Siegel echoed this sentiment. “From a personal growth perspective, both [mentorship and sponsorship] couldn’t be more important. Find those people who can guide and teach you along the way.” Siegel said. At the end of the panel, the women offered advice to aspiring businesswomen in the tech field. “Being proactive is the way to go. Look up people, reach out, go to events like this and talk to us after,”
Thomas said. The panelists agreed in unison that they all wished they had learned to code in college, and Kalb said she wished she had stayed open-minded to smaller companies. “There are obviously the big brands, but so many opportunities at places you haven’t heard of. If you do your research, there might be a better fit, for more opportunity for you to grow early in your career,” Kalb said. In considering careers, Thomas encouraged the audience to let passion guide them. “Pursue a career that you’re really passionate about. Not because it sounds really important, not because everyone’s going in consulting or banking. Ask yourself what motivates you, what you do in your spare time, and there’s probably some sort of way that can tie into your career.”
Female alums working at technology companies such as Comcast and Littlstar advised students to be open-minded in their job hunts. They encouraged students to look at small and big companies alike.
have this big supportive place where folks identify exclusively with this community.” The Kelly Writers House has also worked to make the workshop as accessible as possible. It costs no money. The group is free and open to Penn and non-Penn students alike,
with SEPTA tokens and snacks provided for all those who attend. The group will continue to meet on the second Saturday of each month during the academic year. The next session on Oct. 8th will feature guest Kavi Ade, a writer, activist, arts educator and nationally recognized spoken word poet.
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Quakers rout American in midweek D.C. sojourn
W. SOCCER | Penn scores
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Columbia (5-4-2, 2-0 Ivy) 5 p.m.
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The moment the whistle blew, it was off to the races for Penn women’s soccer. The Quakers managed to put up three goals in the first seven minutes while paying a visit to American on Tuesday in their 4-0 win over the Eagles. Getting things started was senior Tahirih Nesmith, who banged in a corner kick after only a minute and a half of play,
grabbing an early lead for the Quakers (6-2-1, 1-1 Ivy). It was then sophomore Sasha Stephens’ turn, as she contributed two of her own, via a long-range screamer in the second minute and precision strike in the seventh. Penn coasted past the Eagles (1-12-1) from this point, only pausing for freshman Emma Loving to knock home her classmate Emily Sands’ cross in 56th. This scoring spree is not new to the Quakers, as they left Ithaca, N.Y., after blanking Cornell to the tune of 5-0 on Friday. Coach Nicole Van Dyke has put an emphasis on the importance of a quick start, and her team has delivered, with 16 of their 21 goals scored in the first half. “I think that’s really been one of our goals every game, and we talk about it a lot. We have to start out strong and put our stamp on
the game, that way we dictate how we want to play and not adapting to the other teams,” Van Dyke said. “And it’s been with different people in different games, so that makes us even more dangerous.” Stephens, who served in the ball for the first goal and now sits in first for points with 11, echoed her coach’s sentiment. “I think that we come into the game with a lot of confidence and energy, so that allows us to create a lot of opportunities in the beginning which leads to more goals. Our confidence from past games, our coaches, and teammates helps to create a lot of excitement for each game and gets us scoring often and early,” Stephens said. Part of the new striking corps is actually the defense, as Van Dyke has implemented a highly successful wingback system where they play a crucial role in
springing the team into offense. “We attack a lot with our outside backs, and encourage them to get forward, which in turn pins teams in and provides a lot of freedom for other players. We want our players to have an attacking mindset, but to be tough and gritty defensively,” she said. “I think that’s a testament to our team that there’s not just one person who can score, so from a scouting standpoint it makes it tough to know what we’re doing.” The potential drawback to that method of getting forward is one can be exposed to a quick counterattack by a well-organized team. However, Stephens dismissed this concern as her back line is more than capable of regaining shape. “Our outside backs have a lot of pace and are very fit, so if they do lose the ball they get back or we
cover for them, so that’s not really an issue for us.” One of the most impressive stat lines of the game was that every player dressed on the sidelines saw game time, a testament to the dominating performance. As mid-week games pop up in the schedule, coach explained the importance of tactical subbing. “Whenever we can put away a game that early, it allows us to rest some of the starters, just because they play the most minutes, and will be the group starting Saturday against Columbia. But it also allows us to get real game time for players who do contribute a lot but might not necessarily get the amount of minute that equate in game fitness,” Van Dyke said. “The last two games we’ve been able to do that and I think that will really help us throughout in conference play.”
The story line this season has been the sheer dominance of the freshman class, as the second and third spots on the points ladder belong to rookies. Loving, who now leads the team with five goals to her name, asserted that everyone is fully integrated and ready for any challenge. “I think we fit in pretty well, the atmosphere of the team is great, and everyone just sees us as team players at this point,” she said. “We have a lot of positive energy going for us right now, so we’re taking all the things we’re doing in practice and they’re really working and paying off in the games.” Looking ahead, the team will have loads of positives to take with them from this blowout when they invite Columbia to Rhodes Field this weekend for an Ivy League showdown.
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It may just be Central Connecticut State, but the Quakers, who are rolling after taking down Dartmouth for the first time since 2013, are approaching Saturday’s contest like it’s any other game. “In our progression they’re game number four,” coach Ray Priore said. “It really doesn’t matter who we’re playing.” The game, which will be at Franklin Field on Saturday at noon, will be key in building on the momentum that the Red and Blue (1-2, 1-0 Ivy) established during last Friday’s win over their Ivy League foes in New
Hampshire. “We gotta keep the same mindset as last week,” sophomore defensive back Mason Williams emphasized. “Everyone was all like, ‘It’s our first league game so we really gotta play well,’ but for us the mindset is ‘we gotta play well every single week.’” A win against the Blue Devils (1-3, 0-1 NEC) will go a long way towards building confidence heading into the onslaught of six straight Ivy League contests to finish the season. In the Ancient Eight, there are no bye weeks, and there are no easy victories, so any extra boost an out-of-conference win can add is welcome by Penn. “People don’t understand how hard it is to win in this league,” senior quarterback Alek Torgersen explained. “Coming off this win we’re pretty excited,” he added. “We’ve seen what we can do as a team. We put together four quarters of a good game finally. We’re trying to maintain that energy level.” Of course, the difference in
the win over Dartmouth was 60 minutes of sound defensive play, something that had been lacking in the first two games of the season. With the graduation of 2015 Ivy League defensive player of the year Tyler Drake, there was a hole in the middle of the defense at linebacker. After their first two losses, the Quakers were still looking for someone to fill the void. Last Friday, Connor Jangro filled that void. The freshman linebacker from Jessup, Md., who sports the same No. 49 jersey that Drake used to wear, was phenomenal in the first Ivy League game of his young career. His seven tackles were a season high and good enough to earn the conference’s freshman of the week honors. But, while the Dartmouth game was the first time that it all came together for the Quakers, Priore looks back to the previous week for the moment his defense started to click. “If you look at the second quarter of Fordham we made that
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Senior quarterback Alek Torgersen will look to build on Friday’s threetouchdown performance as the Quakers host Central Connecticut State.
much as they had hoped in weeks one and two. “We know what we can do. We know what we’re capable of,” Torgersen said. “If we just keep pushing limits, pushing what we can do and executing as best as we can, we’re gonna keep driving in this Ivy League right now.” A win against Central Connecticut State won’t affect the Ivy
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turn,” he said. “We had that great goal line stand that got us going.” Since then, Penn has played six excellent quarters of aggressive football. Turnovers, and big plays have been a key component of that shift. “We want picks; we want fumbles. We want fourth down stops, three and outs. We want blocked kicks, safeties if we can get them.” Williams said. “So you know we’re always keeping that mindset open throughout the whole week of practice.” That ferocious level play is what won the Red and Blue a share of the Ivy League championship last year. Their road to the title began when then-junior Donald Panciello blocked a potential game-winning field goal by Princeton as time expired last November. Returning to that brand of football is what got them a safety last weekend, and ultimately the win. The Quakers knew they could go out and execute in that same fashion, even if they hadn’t done it as
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Captains took very different paths to Penn careers FIELD HOCKEY | Squad
will need its senior leaders DAVID FIGURELLI Sports Reporter FRIDAY
Dartmouth (3-6, 0-2 Ivy) 4 p.m.
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It’s not about where you start, it’s about where you end up Penn field hockey’s senior captains, Elise Tilton and Claire Kneizys, made it to Penn in very different ways. But now that they’re here, they have one key similarity: an unmatched drive to lead the Quakers to their first Ivy League title since 2004. This is by no means an easy feat; the Ivy League is one of the most tightly contested leagues in the NCAA. The recent loss to Harvard means that the Red and Blue will likely have to win every other Ivy contest they play, including the match at archrival and perennial field hockey powerhouse Princeton. Penn lost in overtime to the Tigers last year in the de facto Ivy League championship game, so the Quakers will be looking to avenge that defeat in the pursuit of a conference championship. That is, of course, assuming that they can come up with wins against
SPRINT FOOTBALL >> PAGE 10
Mike McCurdy will have to continue his high level of play against a defense that has only been allowing six points per game. McCurdy will certainly look to get the ball early and often to his talented receivers like junior Andrew Sutton and sophomore Aidan Kelly. Penn will also look to pound the ball with sophomore running back Jake
the remainder of the Ivy League as well. But the captains have faced plenty of challenges before. After a disappointing sophomore season in 2014 that saw the Quakers go 8-9 and finish fifth in the Ivy League, the duo was critical to last year’s comeback season for the team, when the Red and Blue finished second in the league with a 13-4 record overall. If the Quakers are to finally break through, it will start with the leadership of Kneizys and Tilton. “I think the number one thing is that people trust them,� Penn coach Colleen Fink said. “People know that they’re committed to the program and always have been, and that’s exactly what you want in a leader. They lead by example, and they want it more than anything. They’re great people on and off the field.� While they find themselves sharing captain’s duties now, the captains arrived at their leadership positions in different ways. Tilton was scouted by Fink when she was in high school at a camp held at Princeton, and she made an impression on the coach immediately. “[Elise] was just one of those people that really did display resilience, even in a camp setting,� Fink said. “She was just really tough, she would just grind things out, she worked incredibly hard. She also had a lot of finesse skills, and she definitely just had the style of hockey that I look for.� Kneizys, on the other hand, wasn’t actually even at Penn for her freshman year. Even though she was coached by Fink on her high school club team, she originally
decided to attend Columbia. After a year of playing for the Lions, however, she decided that she wanted a change. Kneizys transferred into Wharton, but also wanted to make sure she could still play the sport that has played such a big role in her life, so she asked her former coach if she could have the chance to walk on to the team. “After she was admitted to Penn and got the proper releases, she contacted and me and said, ‘Hey, could I walk on?’ I mean that’s a coach’s dream come true. To have an experienced, strong player that
you know. The stars aligned, and we were reunited,� said Fink. Consistent with the theme of differences between the two captains, both draw their inspiration from different sources as well. For Tilton, the player that had the most profound impact on her was the captain of the team from her freshman year, center midfielder and captain Julie Tahan. “She just had a really aggressive style of play, and it’s very different from my style, but I think that’s why I liked it so much,� Tilton said. “Her intensity that she played
with all the time, her aggression in intercepting on defense. It’s very different from what I do but at the same time I try to incorporate what she does because it adds a little bit more to my game and makes me a little more multi-faceted.� For Kneizys, the players that molded her game and attitude were last year’s captains, forward Elizabeth Hitti and back Nicole Mackin. “Hitti was a great player and put her heart into every game, so I think taking that and putting my all into field hockey has really
helped me. Nicole was always just the most positive player, I try to be a teammate like her every day. She was always cheering everyone on and making sure to support everyone on and off the field, so I look to those two a lot,� Kneizys said. Although there are clear differences between the experiences of the two captains, they’ve both gone through incredible periods of growth during their time on the team. The qualities that they’ve gained from their time playing for Penn field hockey are qualities that they hope pass on to younger teammates, and their experience and leadership is something that the team will need to rely on in order to achieve their goal of seeing an Ivy League championship. “I think the biggest thing I’ve taken away from my time at Penn is how to take criticism and learn from it,� Kneizys said. “Even in my job over the summer and in classes, just taking criticism well and learning from it is the biggest thing. Resilience is another big thing. Especially the game today, even when you’re not doing your best, you’ve got to be able to bounce back.� “I just really love this team. The whole team dynamic, everyone having everyone else’s back. You don’t necessarily get that on every team, but you definitely get that here,� Tilton said. “Just that sense of family and having friends for life is something that I’ll definitely cherish.� The captains will continue their campaign for an Ivy title by leading the Quakers against conference opponent Dartmouth on Friday in Hanover.
ankle injury to sophomore running back Max Jones, but more injuries on both sides of the ball will force even more young players to make big impacts. “Our running game has to be better, and I think that some more unknowns have to step up — guys who have been getting experience these last three weeks,� Wagner said. “And it happened, we had some young guys really step up this past week. We had five starters out.�
One doesn’t need to know a lot about sprint football to see how important this game is. If Penn were to win Friday night’s game, it would be the first season since 2000 that the Quakers beat both service academies. And even in that year, Penn
needed overtime to pull out a onepoint victory against Navy. A win on Friday would also put Penn in position to win its first championship since 2010. “It would mean everything. There are a lot of seniors who have
worked a lot of hours. It’s been four long years to be able win a championship,� McCurdy said. “And now we have got this game in front of us that’s essentially a championship game, and we don’t take that lightly.�
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Senior Elise Tilton first came on Penn coach Colleen Fink’s radar at a high school camp at Princeton.
Klaus. “We have explosive players who can make explosive plays and we’re definitely not going to shy away from that,� McCurdy said. “But a more consistent attack is something we need against a team as disciplined as this.� Being consistent against any team as good as Navy is difficult, but a slew of early-season injuries will make it even tougher. Penn has so far been able to overcome the
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freshman outside hitter Caroline Furrer. The Texan wasted no time becoming one of the Red and Blue’s biggest threats on offense, putting up a whopping 20 kills in just four sets against preseason opponent George Mason. In Ivy play, she is off to a thunderous start, with double figures in both kills and digs in each of her first three contests. “Caroline’s biggest strength is her confidence,” said sophomore and fellow outside hitter (and Texan) Courtney Quinn. “As
recruit D’Andre Swift to announce his commitment to play football at the University of Georgia. Based on the looks of dismay I receive from Philadelphia natives when I tell them I haven’t seen Rocky, you would think I committed a cardinal sin. To me, they’re just boxing movies and I wondered how they could still be relevant to generations that weren’t even born when the original Rocky came out in 1976. I learned from IMdB that the premise is startlingly unoriginal for sports movies: the underdog faces his Goliath, a veteran hero makes a comeback, hard work pays off yet good narrowly fails to triumph over evil. How could a series so rife with clichéd storylines be so iconic? Clearly I was missing something. So I decided to do a little anthropological research. I spent an hour last Sunday perched incognito on the stone steps above the Rocky statue at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The whole time I was there, the line of eager people waiting to get a picture with their fists thrust in the air like the bronze behemoth himself was no shorter than 20 people. They don’t get more than three or four seconds to capture the moment, yet the stream of humanity is constant. “Something about the way they
a freshman — one of the freshman that consistently plays every game — that’s something you have to have. If she gets blocked, the next ball she’s coming out swinging all-out still. She never gets down on herself, and she bounces back from mistakes really fast.” “She’s like a sponge, she just wants to learn more and more,” Carr said. While the freshman is often praised by her teammates and coaches, getting Furrer to talk about herself, is a much harder task. “I would say [it] has come from
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Senior sports reporter Laine Higgins observed people take pictures in front of the Rocky statue by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
did the slow motion scenes was spot-on,” a woman says as she saunters past my hiding place. From where I’m sitting, I can’t see the poses the tourists strike; only the reluctant dads, cooperative friends and acquaintances who waited in line just to raise their iPhones overhead, angling their eyes above sunglasses rims to capture both human feet and metallic fists in the frame. It’s all rather bizarre. What struck me most were the different languages I heard from the Rocky devotees as they strolled up the museum steps past where I sat. There was Spanish, Mandarin,
the team,” Furrer said when asked about her individual success, “and how hard everyone pushes each other.” Furrer ranks fourth in the Ivy League with 40 kills and sixth with 46 digs through three games. She is confident that if she and her teammates can keep up the strong play, Penn should be able to take care of business this weekend, regardless of the competition that awaits the Quakers in the Empire State: “I personally believe it doesn’t matter who’s on the other side of the net as long as you take care of your side.”
French, English and some vaguely Eastern European dialect I couldn’t identify. It was almost as if I stumbled upon some sort of pilgrimage. That’s when I started to put it
together. The constancy and diversity of people flocking to the statue – albeit of Marciano, the real life heavyweight champion, and not Balboa, the fictionalized character from the movie franchise – proves that the story of the underdog is resonant. Clearly, the lessons taught in sports in victory and in loss can transcend a boxing ring and pop culture to enter an entirely different dimension of meaning. Rocky is so resonant that he is probably mentioned in the same breath as Ben Franklin, cheesesteaks and the Liberty Bell when people think of Philadelphia. The storyline of the movies also gives Philly a sense of identity and pride – the underdog East Coast city playing second fiddle to New York known not for its glamor but for its grit. A metropolis quick to show off the chip on its shoulder.
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Trust me, you don’t have to see the movies to understand that aspect of Philadelphia’s character. All of this is just my long way of saying that sports – even the ones memorialized in movie scripts rather than history books – are pretty crucial to a city’s sense of self. If you don’t believe me, ask anyone from Cleveland how much the 2016 NBA Championship meant. In the process of writing this, I’ve come to understand the facial expressions of my friends from Philadelphia. I really am a disgrace. But Fall Break starts tomorrow, and I think I know how I’m spending my two days off. LAINE HIGGINS is a College senior from Wayzata, Minn., and is a senior sports reporter of The Daily Pennsylvanian. She can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.
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Cornell (5-7, 0-3 Ivy) 7 p.m.
Ithaca, N.Y.
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Columbia (8-5, 3-0 Ivy) 5 p.m.
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game. And Penn’s run defense will be especially important. At times, the Quakers have struggled against the run, even allowing 251 rushing yards against Army. Containing Navy’s rushing attack will be key, but accomplishing this will be no easy task. The Midshipmen enter the game averaging over 260 rushing yards per game. On the other side of the ball, Penn senior captain and quarterback
Coming off a sweep in the first Ivy doubleheader of the year, Penn volleyball will hit the road over fall break and take on Cornell and Columbia. The Quakers (7-8, 2-1 Ivy) carry momentum into the weekend after wins over Harvard and Dartmouth, but they’ll face two hungry teams in New York, with the Big Red (5-7, 0-3) desperate for their first conference win and the Lions (8-5, 3-0) looking to stay undefeated in league play. Cornell, whom the Quakers will face first on Friday night in Ithaca, is far more formidable than its winless Ivy record might suggest. The Big Red have blown big leads and lost by paper-thin margins. Remarkably, Cornell has outscored its opponents, 304-298, en route to its 0-3 record against Ancient Eight foes. “There is no chance of us overlooking Cornell,” Penn coach Kerry Carr said. “They have an amazing offense. They’re outhitting, outplaying the other teams they’re losing to. They’re definitely a force to be reckoned with. As soon as they figure out the last couple points of each set, they’re going to be very good, and it might be our [game] that they figure that out.” Columbia, meanwhile, has had no trouble finishing off games, leaping out to the first 3-0 Ivy start in program history. Penn will look to introduce the Lions to the loss column on Saturday in Manhattan. “It really will be about jumping on top of Columbia and staying on top of them,” Carr said. “Because the longer you play them, the better they get, the smarter they get.” As far as the Red and Blue are concerned, beating the 0-3 team will not be easy, nor is the challenge of topping a 3-0 side insurmountable. The Quakers aren’t cocky, but they are confident after a 2-1 start to Ivy play in what many expected to be a rebuilding year for an extremely young team. A key contributor to Penn’s success has been
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You won’t find many sports where the league’s most important game happens halfway through the regular season, but for the Collegiate Sprint Football League, Friday night’s Franklin Field matchup pitting Penn against Navy
will be just that. With both the Quakers and the Midshipmen entering the game tied atop the standings at 3-0, the winner of this game will be the odds-on favorite to win the league. That is because in the CSFL, there are no playoffs. The team with the best regular season record wins it all. And with just seven games in the regular season, one loss can easily end a team’s championship hopes. “It’s a title game,” Penn head coach Bill Wagner said. “You can’t
look any further than the next game and the next game happens to be the Naval Academy. Anybody who has ever won this league, including the academies, has to beat the academies.” The Red and Blue already beat one academy with a 14-9 triumph over Army, but for the Quakers to win this game, they will have to slow down the Mids’ explosive offense. In wins over Cornell, Franklin Pierce and Post, the Midshipmen have averaged 48 points a
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Anna “Dixie” Dyer
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MAKE PENN GREAT AGAIN! I appreciated the congrats on being right about the Red and Blue losing in week two against Fordham. But I didn’t want congrats, I wanted to see Penn win, and I got that last Friday. The failing Dartmouth defense was no match for Wharton football last weekend. The Quakers humiliated the Big Green on national television. Thank you, @NBCSN! Columbia stole our head coach, and we’re going to make Columbia pay for it. But before we take on Crooked Bagnoli and the
Holden “Who?” McGinnis
13-7
Lauren “Swiping Right” Feiner 13-7
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Lyin’s in week five, we have to play Central Connecticut State in a nonconference game at Franklin Field. The game doesn’t count in the Ivy League standings. Irrelevant! But the low stakes don’t mean Penn can’t still win bigly. The game doesn’t count, but the Quakers are sending their best. They’re sending Torg, they’re sending J-Wat and some of them I assume can run the football. Central Connecticut State is in trouble. They will lose big in October. Speaking of Justin Watson, many
Carter “Cincinnati Zoo” Coudriet 13-7
Ilana “4016 Spruce” Wurman 12-8
Joyce “KFC” Varma
13-7
William “Volunteer Work” Snow 13-7
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have noticed his decline in production the last two weeks. They say he doesn’t have the stamina. I said, they say he doesn’t have the s-t-a-m-in-a. But in week four, Alek Torgersen will Make America’s Best FCS Receiver Great Again. Hopefully, this is the first week I correctly pick Penn to win. But at least my “swami” record isn’t as bad as dopey Tom Nowlan’s. He’s doing worse than Morning Joe. Sad! Prediction: PENN 38, Central Connecticut State 14.
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Nick “The Office” Buchta
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