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Anita Hill: Kavanaugh hearings were a ‘tragedy’ The attorney spoke to a full audience at Irvine Auditorium on Wednesday AVNI KATARIA Staff Reporter

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Twenty-eight years after her last appearance in Irvine Auditorium, American attorney Anita Hill told a packed audience of mostly women that the Brett Kavanaugh hearings were a “disservice to the American public” and “really a tragedy.” On Wednesday, Hill likened the recent congressional testimony alleging sexual misconduct by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to her own testimony in 1991, in which she brought forth sexual harassment allegations against current Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings. Her appearance in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991 has been a topic of public conversation recently, in light of professor Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony that she was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh. But in light of the hearings’ results in 2018, “it’s like we find out it’s almost as though none of that took place,” Hill told the audience. Welcomed by a standing ovation, Hill dissected the movement to end sexual assault, as well as the Congressional testimonies that alleged sexual harassment and assault.

Kimberlé Crenshaw, a civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory who coined the term intersectionality in 1989, joined Hill for the event. It was moderated by Penn Law professor Dorothy Roberts and hosted by the Alice Paul Center and Penn’s Gender Sexuality and Women’s Studies program. Hill and Crenshaw analyzed the way the culture around sexual misconduct has both changed, yet remained the same due to structural asymmetry in the political landscape. Hill said initially, she saw the Kavanaugh hearings as an opportunity for fair process in a sexual misconduct allegation case, but she soon recognized obstacles similar to ones she experienced during her own testimony. For example, Hill said in both cases, the Senate did not initially push for an investigation, did not provide ample preparation time for the women bringing forth the allegations, and placed significant restrictions on witnesses that could be called. “It’s really a tragedy,” Hill said of the lack of witnesses and fact-based questioning at the 2018 hearing. “Their framing of the process and their framing of the questions were not informed by facts and knowledge, and therefore they excluded a whole body of information that has been developed in the past three decades.” SEE ANITA HILL PAGE 7

Penn will install AC in Kings Court and Du Bois

Mold discovered in 100 Quad rooms over fall break

The installation is scheduled for summer 2019

10 freshmen relocated to nearby hotels for a week

JULIA KLAYMAN Staff Reporter

Two of the three remaining college houses at Penn without air conditioning will finally be installing a cooling system this coming summer. Kings Court English College House and Du Bois College House are scheduled to have air conditioning installed in the summer of 2019, Penn’s Business Services Division spokesperson Barbara Lea-Kruger wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian. Gregory College House — the third dorm without AC — is

also on the plan, but Lea-Kruger said she could not provide a time estimate on the project given that the University is still undergoing the planning phase of the operation. The study phase exploring the options of installing AC in these dorms launched in September 2016, she added. For years, students living in these dorms have suffered from uncomfortable heat. This year, during the hot first few weeks of school, freshmen living in KCECH reported sleeping in lounges, libraries, and computer labs in a desperate effort to avoid their overheated dorm rooms. Even though Facilities and Real Estate Services, as well as Business Services, tried to

alleviate the situation by adding portable air conditioning in some locations and offering Italian ice to residents, students reported still sweltering in the heat. Carol Leavitt, mother of a Wharton and Engineering senior and a 2018 Penn graduate, said it bothered her that her children were living in uncomfortably hot environments, especially knowing other dorms had much nicer amenities. She said her son lived in Gregory for his first two years at Penn and her daughter was assigned to live in KCECH her freshman year. “I’ve been there during the move-in and move-out and it’s SEE DORM W/O AC PAGE 3

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This year, during the hot first few weeks of school, freshmen living in KCECH slept in lounges, libraries, and computer labs in a desperate effort to avoid their overheated dorm rooms.

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Minor evidence of mold, moisture, and mildew was found in about 100 student rooms in the Quad this past weekend. University administrators said they worked with outside contractors over fall break to address the mold, allowing most residents to return to their rooms by Sunday. However, there are still six rooms under mold remediation, which has forced approximately 10 freshmen to relocate to nearby hotels for a week. Prior to fall break, 22 Quad dorms were reportedly affected by mold, forcing 11 residents to move to alternate locations. Several also reported feeling sick as a result of the mold. According to Director of Communications and External Relations for Business Barbara Lea-Kruger, staff from Penn Residential Services discovered the extent of the mold spread during annual Health and Safety checks of the residential system over fall break. Most of the rooms that initially reported issues with mold were in Ware College House, but during the check, dorm rooms across the Quad were found to have evidence of mold. On Sunday, all Quad residents received an email explaining the results of the inspection. “This year has been one of the wettest on record in terms of inches of rainfall and as a historic building, the Quad is more vulnerable

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On top of removing the mold, Residential Services cleared the gutters and patched leaks in an effort to prevent the moisture from returning.

to this type of occurrence,” said the email, which was signed by Executive Director of Business Services Douglas Berger and Executive Director of Operations and Maintenance at Facilities and Real Estate Services Faramarz Vakilizadeh. On top of removing the mold, Residential Services cleared gutters and patched leaks in an effort to prevent the moisture from returning, Lea-Kruger said. Despite this, some students have continued to find evidence of mold in their rooms. Wharton freshman Niva Patel,

who was temporarily relocated for two weeks earlier this semester due to mold in her dorm, received an email on Sunday, Oct. 7 informing her that the mold in her room with roommate and Wharton freshman Eliza Thaler had been successfully removed over the break. But when the students returned to campus this week, they found that there were still traces of mold on the wall. They also found mold on their furniture, shoes, and clothes, Patel said. SEE MOLD PAGE 6

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Penn hosts underrepresented high school seniors Participants attended workshops on admissions JULIE COLEMAN Staff Reporter

On Oct. 7, less than a month before the early decision admissions deadline, 113 high school seniors from 32 states across the country arrived on campus as part of the Penn Early Exploration Program. Now in its fifth year, PEEP is an annual three-day event intended to give talented students from underrepresented backgrounds – especially those who are first generation and/or low income – information about Penn as well as general advice on applying to college. PEEP participants stayed with current Penn students in various dorms, and the University covered the cost of their travel, housing and food for the duration of the program. During the three-day event, participants attended workshops on admissions and financial aid. They

also participated in panel discussions — including one featuring current Penn students — to learn about University life outside the classroom, as well as resources like the Weingarten Learning Resources Center and Counseling and Psychological Services. Penn’s Associate Dean of Equity and Access Nicole Maloy said the program launched in line with President Amy Gutmann’s Penn Compact 2020 – a plan that aims to prioritize inclusion, innovation, and impact. Maloy, a 1995 Wharton graduate, emphasized that the program was not just designed to acquaint students with Penn, but also to help them become better-informed applicants to any college they wish to apply to. “We also want to make sure that they have the chance to learn as much as they can about the application process itself,” Maloy said. “So wherever they ultimately apply, we know that they will be stronger college applicants and of

course we hope that for many of them, Penn will be on that list.” Participants also had the opportunity to sit in on classes, take a bus tour of Philadelphia and attend a dinner where professors from the College, Nursing, and Engineering Schools gave mini-lectures and answered questions. Maloy said PEEP has grown since its inception in 2014, though the University no longer releases data on the number of students who apply to attend the program. In 2015, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that 93 students from 23 different states attended the program, out of a pool of about 300 applicants. To apply to PEEP, students must submit academic records, extracurricular activities and a letter of recommendation. They must also write an essay about their academic interests and how they envision “shaping [their] college experience to enable [them] to impact society.” Jennifer Tegegne, a high school senior from Northside College

Prep in Chicago, Illinois, said her time at PEEP has peaked her interest in Penn and has given her a clearer version of the type of college she hopes to attend. “So far the program has helped me really understand what kind of college I’m looking for,” Tegegne said, “Not just how I’m interested in Penn, but also seeing that I enjoy a bigger school that has a bunch of resources with research.” Lauren Kim and Oralia Quinones, also seniors form Northside Prep, agreed with Tegegne. Kim said she appreciated learning about the interdisciplinary nature of Penn, and is excited about the prospect of pursuing music, chemistry and neuroscience during her college career. “[PEEP] did a real good job at showcasing Penn, for all of it... like we went sightseeing too and went up to where Rocky was recorded and that was really cool,” Quinones said. However, Maloy said that although a large number of PEEP

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Attendees participated in panel discussions — including one featuring current Penn students — to learn about life outside the classroom.

participants do choose to apply to Penn, attending PEEP does not directly impact their chance of being accepted. “The fact that they have the opportunity to be here and see the campus is something that’s going

to influence the way they speak about why they’re interested in Penn,” she said. “So that’s something that can enhance their ability to communicate to us why they see a fit between themselves and the University of Pennsylvania.”

From Cyprus to Penn: the journey of the new VP of libraries YONI GUTENMACHER Deputy News Editor

When Director of Penn Libraries Constantia Constantinou first came to Penn in May 2018, one of the first rooms she visited was the Moelis Family Grand Reading Room in Van Pelt Library. As she walked into the room, she was immediately struck by the large windows facing the trees on Locust Walk, the tapestry, and the ottomans. “It looked like a very luxurious space for very important people doing very important things,” Constantinou said. “It turned out to be a room of students doing homework.” Constantinou, who was previously Dean of University Libraries at Stony Brook University, was named as the new H. Carton Rogers III vice provost and director of Penn libraries in May. She was first invited to apply for the position through an email from a recruiting agency

hired by Penn. Once she learned that she was chosen for the spot, she flew home to get her parents’ blessing to accept the gig. She formally began her job on Aug. 1. Constantinou was born in Cyprus and became a refugee during the Turkish invasion of the island nation in 1974, at the age of 10. At 18, she moved to the United States to study music at Queens College in New York City. After college, she spent years working in the libraries at State University of New York Maritime College, Rutgers University, and the City University of New York. In the email announcing her appointment, Penn Provost Wendell Pritchett emphasized Constantinou’s strong record of embracing technology in her previous roles. “She has been a pioneer throughout her career in developing digital, multimedia, and technology initiatives in large university library systems,” Pritchett wrote. At Penn, Constantinou said she wants to focus on expand-

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After graduating from college, Constantia Constantinou spent years working in the libraries at State University of New York Maritime College, Rutgers University, and the City University of New York.

ing the world of digital scholarship and enabling research through that medium. “What excites us is contributing to this new world of free sharing, thinking and scholarship,” Constantinou said in ref-

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erence to Penn’s digital scholarship initiatives. She added that she hopes to use her position to engage with students to a greater extent, hearing what they have to say about the libraries and inviting them into the libraries. With greater student engagement,

Constantinou said, the library is also creating the potential for greater interdisciplinary studies. “By building this new knowledge here, creating this new knowledge and allowing our librarians to disseminate and and invite our faculty and students

back into the library is one of the ways I’m going to crosspollinate disciplines,” Constantinou said. While she has spent time in many university library systems throughout her career, she said Penn Libraries has more specialized libraries and a greater number of staff than any of the institutions she has previously worked in. Constantinou also noted that the urban environment and cultural opportunities in Philadelphia add a new layer to the function of a library system. “I am most excited about being in Philadelphia, being surrounded by cultural institutions that we are interested in collaborating with and are interested in collaborating with us,” she said. “Philadelphia carries the name of the brotherly city but I thought that was just old historical facts. But the way that the community welcomed me here — that was amazing,” she said. “Everyone wanted to share with me, everyone wanted to show me around, tell me about their favorite neighborhoods, their favorite restaurants and truly connect me with the faculty.”

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Penn graduate seeks second term in Congress While in school, Josh Gottheimer was IFC president MAX COHEN Deputy News Editor

Bipartisanship is becoming increasingly elusive in the United States, pundits say. But Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), a 1997 College graduate, has nonetheless made it his priority. Gottheimer won his seat in 2016, beating seven-term incumbent Scott Garrett (R-N.J.), and has since been appointed as the co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus. Come Nov. 6, Gottheimer will be up for re-election in New Jersey’s 5th District facing fellow Penn alumnus and Republican opponent John McCann, who graduated from The University of Pennsylvania with a master’s degree in government administration from the Fels Center of Government in 1995. After graduating from Penn in 1997 with a degree in political science, Gottheimer went to Oxford University in the United Kingdom through the Thouron Fellowship and later received a law degree from Harvard Law School in 2004. Gottheimer also worked as an speechwriter for President Bill Clinton during his presidency and held positions at Ford and Microsoft.

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miserable,” Leavitt said. “I hate being in that room just for the short time just trying to help pack up, so I couldn’t imagine having to be in that room and study and focus.” Leavitt’s daughter found it so challenging to work in her dorm room that she asked to stay in a hotel during finals week. “It was so hot she couldn’t concentrate and she felt like she wouldn’t do as well on her fi-

Gottheimer attributed his passion for working with those who have differing political viewpoints to his time on Penn’s campus, which he said had “a diverse political spectrum” when he was here. Gottheimer also said his experience in the private sector and in Congress has reinforced his belief in compromise. “When I worked at Ford and Microsoft, I learned that when you’re working on a deal and trying to get something done, it’s really important that you’re able to sit at a table and develop relationships; and that’s what I’ve learned co-chairing the Problem Solvers Caucus,” Gottheimer said in an interview. “We develop great friendships and we try to develop common ground — we try to get 80 percent of what we want, but know you’re not going to get 100 percent.” During his time on campus, Gottheimer was the president of the Interfraternity Council, president of Alpha Epsilon Pi, a member of Sphinx Senior Society, and a University Scholar. For Gottheimer, the highlights of his Penn experience were living in the Quad his freshman year, attending football and basketball games, and building friendships through Penn’s “work hard, play hard” environment.

Academically, Gottheimer focused on the history of civil rights in America at Penn. He worked closely with history professor Mary Frances Berry, whom he described as “one of the most remarkable people you’ll ever meet.” Berry, who also acted as Gottheimer’s major advisor and supervised his thesis, said he was an “excellent student.” “His Harvard Law degree and experience in the private sector as a senior executive at Ford Motor Company and Microsoft added to his government experience and prepared him well as a Congressman brimming with practical ideas,” Berry said. “Some of my students eagerly worked on his campaign, where he upset a seven-term incumbent. The sky’s the limit given Josh’s talents and integrity.” Those who knew Gottheimer well at Penn also said he was a driven, charismatic leader whose political ambition was evident early on. Neil Sheth, a 1997 Engineering graduate and close friend of Gottheimer, said Gottheimer’s leadership positions influenced his bipartisan outlook. “He’s always been destined to do something in government,” Sheth said. “When he was Interfraternity Council president is when it all started, with that bipartisan mentality of being

able to look at both sides and talk to people on both sides to get stuff done.” This sentiment was echoed by 1997 College graduate Jen Blumenfeld, who knew Gottheimer through overlapping social circles as well as through the Sphinx Senior Society. “He was a uniter, able to bring people together,” Blu-

menfeld said. “The person that has been in the news that everyone is seeing is totally consistent with who he has always been. He’s passionate about his constituents, he is a hard worker, he thinks through issues, and he’s willing to reach across the aisle to do the right thing.” Others who knew Gottheimer expect that he will continue to

rise in U.S. politics. “Josh could be president someday and not one of us who went to school with him would blink an eye. He’s one of the only good ones out there,” said 1997 College graduate Jared Miller, who knew Gottheimer through the Sphinx Senior Society. “Penn is and should be very proud of Josh Gottheimer.”

nals if she had to stay in the hot dorms,” Leavitt said. “So actually I did that. I did get her a hotel room.” She added that she is against the administration’s recent announcement requiring all undergraduate sophomore students to live on campus in college houses, until all dorms have air conditioning. “I think that’s a terrible idea unless they all have air conditioning because I don’t think anybody would want to stay there two years if they happen to get the

short straw in the dorm lottery,” Leavitt said. College freshman and KCECH resident Diya Singh spent her first two weeks at Penn sleeping in the dorm lounge. “I’d have to go and put my bedding on one of the couches at around seven or eight, so that I’d be able to get a couch because they fill up pretty fast,” Singh said. Singh, as well as College freshman and KCECH resident Lindsay Smith, said it is unfair for all students to pay the same price

given that some dorms are more luxurious than others. Since the price revamp of college houses in 2016, all freshman housing rates have become the same. For the 2018-2019 academic school year, all rooms available to first-year students cost $10,200. “It’s kind of frustrating when you’re paying the same price as everyone else for room and board, but you still can’t even use your own dorm room,” said Smith, who spent most nights sleeping in the lounge or staying with friends

who lived in air-conditioned college houses during the first month of the school year. Singh acknowledged, however, that housing should be accessible to everybody, referring to the fact that the 2016 price revamp was meant to allow freshmen access to both doubles and singles in first-year houses, regardless of how much they could afford. “I feel like that’s a doubleedged sword in a way,” Singh said. “I understand that everybody should have access, but if that is the case then all of the

dorms should have the same qualities.” But given that each college house provides varying levels of amenities, Smith said it would be a good decision for Penn to revert to varying housing prices to better reflect the experience each dorm provides. “I think that would be more honest,” Smith said. “Because it really does make no sense why I’m paying the same price as someone else for a worse experience. It should be reflected in the cost.”

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Come Nov. 6, Gottheimer will be up for re-election in New Jersey’s 5th District facing fellow Penn alumnus and Republican opponent John McCann, who graduated from Penn’s Fels Center of Government in 1995.

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OPINION PENN REACTS TO KAVANAUGH’S CONFIRMATION

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The effect of Kavanaugh’s confirmation on survivors

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GUEST COLUMN BY ASAP CHAIR KARA HARDIE

he summer after my freshman year at Penn, I was raped by another student. I have spent the years since then grappling with this fact and when I considered speaking up, I experienced thoughts that many survivors experience: nobody will believe me, I should not have been at the party, if I speak up it will hurt his reputation, he is so wealthy and powerful that nothing could ever be done about it. Do these thoughts sound familiar? They should, because they are many of the thoughts that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford echoed during the Kavanaugh hearings. The survivor’s fears of not being believed or, worse, being blamed for the trauma they endured are overwhelmingly common and overwhelmingly devastating feelings experienced after sexual assault. The sheer amount of parallels between Dr. Ford’s experience of sexual assault and mine is horrifying, and at the same time, not

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freshman floor. It is also important to note that the trauma does not stop after the encounter. RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network) lists depression, flashbacks, and post-traumatic stress disorder as three common results of sexual violence. Further, they mention that many survivors also experience self-harm, STIs, substance abuse, dissociation with others, eating disorders, sleep disorders, and suicide.

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The survivor’s fears of not being believed or, worse, being blamed for the trauma they endured are overwhelmingly common and overwhelmingly devastating feelings experienced after sexual assault.” at all surprising. Around 80 percent of rapes that occur are acquaintance rape, done, for example, by a boy in your high school class or someone who lives on your

In light of these serious effects of sexual assault, it is appalling that so many politically powerful people, including President Trump, find it appropriate to suggest that Kavana-

ugh’s life has been unfairly torn apart due to an accusation about something that occurred in his teenage years. In reality, it is unfair that Dr. Ford and other survivors of sexual assault have to deal with the myriad effects of the trauma they experienced, during their teenage years or whenever the assault occurred, for the rest of their lives. Speaking up about an experience with sexual assault requires courage because of situations such as these. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, an estimated 63 percent of sexual assaults are never reported to the police. The Center estimates that merely 2-10 percent of these are false accusations, which is an astoundingly low percentage that overwhelmingly suggests we should believe survivors who speak up. A report published by the NSVRC states that those who do report face barriers including feeling “that their victimization has been redefined and even distorted by those who investigate” or that they will not be believed because they do not have a completely clear memory of the event.

While Dr. Ford’s testimony was not part of a criminal trial, it is not hard to see the overlap between this sentiment and what occurred to Ford as she appeared before the Senate and had her memory of her assault questioned and doubted. The President even went so far as to mock her difficulty recalling the exact details of the night in a way that did not even accurately portray what she had said. My story of being personally affected by the Kavanaugh hearings and his subsequent confirmation to the Supreme Court is far from unique. Since news of Dr. Ford’s experiences began making headlines, many survivors of sexual assault have come forward echoing sentiments similar to mine. Dr. Ford’s treatment during her testimony, the rhetoric around her testimony, and Kavanaugh’s confirmation in spite of her testimony have reinforced many

survivors’ worst fear: our experiences will not be believed and valued. We need to do better. We need to vote for people who would not allow this to happen. We need to eliminate rape culture. And, most importantly, we need to believe survivors. There are groups across the nation and on Penn’s campus doing this work. There are people who care and who believe and who are trying to help those who are affected by sexual violence. As the Chair of Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention, I am one of those people and I want it to be known that I believe survivors and I believe that we can do better.

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What men should learn from the Kavanaugh hearings

or two weeks, it felt like the entire country was consumed by the debate surrounding the Kavanaugh hearings. Kavanaugh and Ford served as proxies for the left and the right in an ideological and cultural battle that swept the nation. How far had the country progressed since Anita Hill, since third-wave feminism, since #MeToo? Kavanaugh’s ensuing confirmation served as a cold answer. Despite the heart-wrenching weight of Ford’s ceremony testimony, all 11 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s majority party (who are also all male) had agreed to move the Kavanaugh nomination forward for a full Senate vote. And on Tuesday afternoon, over the sound of protesters chanting “shame, shame shame,” 50 senators (only 5 of whom were women) voted to confirm the nomination. The ease with which this vast number of male Senators was able to denounce Ford’s emotional account, despite it being narrated directly to them, is indicative of a deeper issue when it comes to the way a vast number of men (especially men in power) confront sexual assault in the United States. Kavanaugh’s nomination demonstrates a cognitive dissonance in the male Senators who voted to confirm. Instead of understanding that Ford’s experience is just one of many that women across the country deal with daily, these Senators saw the testimony as purely political, an attempt to diminish the potential of a conservative majority in Congress. Instead of seeing the women in their own lives in Ford, friends, daughters, wives, sisters, mothers, these Senators instead opted for the much easier emotional

DOUBLE TAKE | It’s time for men to confront the reality of rape culture route of seeing Ford as a political adversary. The power of this cognitive dissonance is evident in Senator Jeff Flake’s change of heart after hearing the story of sexual assault survivors. While Flake was on the way to push Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Senate floor, Maria Gallagher and Ana Maria Archila caught the senator in an elevator. An activist from New York City, Archila used the encounter as a chance to tell Flake, “you have children in your family; think about them. I have two children. I cannot imagine that for the next 50 years, they will have to have someone in the Supreme Court who has been accused of violating a young girl.” Gallagher added, “You’re telling me that my assault doesn’t matter … look at me and tell me that it doesn’t matter what happened to me.” During the following Senate Judiciary Committee deliberations, Flake had a visibly troubled look on his face. Instead of delivering his expected affirming vote for Kavanaugh, Flake voted to push the Kavanaugh nominations forward only on the grounds that an FBI investigation take place for one week before Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing among the full Senate. Such a drastic change of heart in such a small amount of time was extremely unexpected for both the Senators and political pundits. Though Flake is one of the more moderate Senate Republicans and had debated on whether or not to push Kavanaugh’s nomination through longer than had his colleagues, his office nevertheless published a statement in strong support of Kavanaugh, alluding to the “presumption of innocence” and lack of

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“corroborating evidence.” And though Flake would eventually vote to confirm Kavanaugh, it is clear that on the day of the Judiciary Committee vote, Maria Gallagher and Ana Maria Archila’s personal stories told to Flake outside a political setting broke the cognitive dissonance he and his colleagues held when it came to seeing Ford’s account as a political tactic instead of a survivor’s story. In an interview in the New York Times’ podcast “The Daily,” Ana Maria Archila said she wanted Flake to understand for the first time “the pain that women are feeling.” By doing so, she forced Flake to see the true emotional struggle that sexual assault victims must deal with, and the pain it would bring to so many if another victim were silenced. But men turning to cognitive dissonance to escape confronting the emotional rawness of sexual assault is an issue that is not exclusive to Congress. Across the country when a sexual assault allegation arises, from Cosby to Kavanaugh,

you’ll hear men across the country proudly denounce the assailant. Peggy Orenstein interviews teenage and college-age men on their experiences with intimacy for her book on emotional intimacy and sex. When she asked some of her subjects about the Kavanaugh hearings, many men were quick to announce that “neither they nor any of their friends would ever do such a thing.” Though it is important to condemn the actions of those that commit such egregious crimes, ascribing sexual assaulters to a deranged, minority faction of society instead of understanding the overarching conditions that caused the assault can lead many to fall into the same trap of cognitive dissonance as the senators on the judiciary committee. Instead of proudly condemning the acts of those like Kavanaugh and confiding in the idea that we would never commit such an act, men need to be willing to confront the emotional rawness of the rape culture in the U.S. and dig deeper to understand why these assaults hap-

pen, how we may be playing a part in perpetuating it, and how we can work to help end it. Orenstein’s research goes on to detail many ways men can unknowingly perpetuate a culture of sexual violence: Parents who tell their sons to not get a girl pregnant ignore the much harder conversation of being sure your partner is consenting, or male friends who are praised for sleeping with and ghosting a girl encourage the treatment of women as objects to conquest. It’s easy and important for men to condemn Kavanaugh and to realize that what he did was wrong. But, if there is going to be a change in this country when it comes to the way women are treated, men can no longer be satisfied with denouncing the actions of the accused. They need to go deeper, to have the uncomfortable conversations. Call out your friend who makes the sexist joke that you know is wrong. Expect more from your friends than the low “boys will be boys” standard set by Kavanaugh supporters. In doing so, maybe we can hope to be a small part in a much needed change for the women of this country. SIREESH RAMESH is a College freshman from Alpharetta, Ga. His email address is sireeshr@ sas.upenn.edu.

Power lives on the pavement, not in the polls

ith the confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh, the mechanisms of our political system are working: a beneficiary of nepotism (legacy at Yale, Bush operative) was nominated by a president who lost the popular vote and confirmed by legislators representing less than half of the population. As the cycle of these political indignations recurs, the shocks accumulate and the deafening consensus — from Amy Gutmann and Joe Biden to Eric Andre — is simple: Pokémon Go to the polls. This limited imagination addresses neither the fundamental and historical injustice of our

CARLITO’S WAY | Elections: a trap for fools ments and corroding our political energy, voting is a necrotizing infection that renders our comatose body politic septic. At present, voting is the basic legally recognized form of political power. It claims to best represent popular opinion but is necessarily indirect (representatives, first-past-the-post or “winner takes all” voting, electoral college, party filtration of candidates, etc.). That voting is state sanctioned should mean it is unsurprising that it obscures other legitimate methods to exercise power in a democracy. It revises history, exploiting exercises of legitimate power as means for the end of electoral participation. Strikes, boycotts, and civil disobedience are instru-

Between sterilizing mass movements and corroding our political energy, voting is a necrotizing infection that renders our comatose body politic septic.” democratic institutions nor how to solve it. Instead, we should learn from those responsible for the low voter turnout so often prattled about: directly or not, they know that elections, or anything short of direct democracy, are shams. Before worrying about discriminatory voter ID laws, we must realize how voting prevents us from identifying inequalities in political power. Tried and tested ways of engaging with each other, politically and socially, must be reanimated and recovered from the icy grip of voting. Between sterilizing mass move-

mentalized for an ideal of equal suffrage, when they were in fact aimed at actual political equality, be it for the suffragettes, blacks under Jim Crow, or the working class throughout the American labor movement. For example, the Civil War is conceived of as ending the subhuman treatment of blacks by elevating them to the equal identity of a voting citizen. But the right to vote was not enough. Blacks were still dominated by asymmetrical political power, maintained not only by hindering their ability to vote, but also by the repression of black political orga-

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nization, be it clandestine like the surveillance and assassination of black community organizers or the subversion of leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., or be it open like public lynchings and police riots against black demonstrators. It is no coincidence that today’s most prominent mass movements, the Women’s March and the March for Our Lives, prove to be little more than voting drives for the Democratic Party. This fact alone proves the degree to which voting is a fetish for political power and an instrument to sustain political parties. Conservatives may decry their protests as “mobs.” Rather, if they were more like mobs, instead of pep rallies for the polls, they could achieve their ends, à la the Boston Tea Party. When we enter a voting booth, its privacy curtains off social ties to family, friends, coworkers, and even consumer goods. When we submit our lonely ballot, univer-

sal suffrage erases what constitutes our identity, turning us into faceless members of the civic body without political access to the different social organs in which we participate. Materially, voting threatens authorities by replacing their careers with that of a different stooge. But this accountability is hindered by incumbent advantage and their ability to manipulate institutions to ensure reelection (e.g., gerrymandering). Instead, legitimate power strikes authorities where it hurts: their pocketbooks, their self esteem, any social aspect of their lives. Penn students, the targets of campus voting drives, have no reason to expect a shortage of political capital. Beyond their high expected lifetime income, alumni will enter government, influential think tanks, advocacy groups, and institutions of topdown knowledge production (in academia or mass media) – or at the very least, the adjacent social

circles. In a campus that sees such asymmetry in local and broader politics, the emphasis on voting is little more than a story we tell ourselves to feel better. This celebration of political equality disguises the concentration of power in our hands. With every farcical exhortation for voting and civil discourse, the less anybody is able to imagine effective, legitimate political power or value the full depth of their social ecosystem. The premise of the charade of voting drives is that political crises emerge from an inactive voting body. Otherwise the institutions are irreproachable. Certainly, had the electoral college selected Hillary Clinton, we would see little outcry toward the flaws of indirect democracy. We might be happier if Democratic state senators were redrawing districts for their benefit. But this Machiavellian hope—conceding institutional flaws but installing

our own candidates—is fruitless. Liberal darling Barack Obama now vacations with the global elite and filled his foundation’s board with corporate executives. The immediacy of the climate crisis necessitates something more effective and democratic than electorate-wide Machiavelli-play. I don’t endorse abstaining, which welcomes oppositional victory, or voting, which exhausts our optimism and exclaims our powerlessness. I don’t want to diminish contemporary conflicts over voting rights, but they are of little priority if this voting only serves to maintain perverse institutions and divide what few social bonds remain. Rather, by remembering other sources of power with proven track records, we can make it so that adverse results in the Supreme Court or elections make little difference. Instead of allowing a hegemonic transfer of energy, we should rebuild the social cords frayed by an alienating democracy. We should vote when democracy is direct, such as in referenda. We should not place our political confidence in susceptible electors, but in each other. CARL-EMMANUEL FULGHIERI is a College senior from Carrboro, N.C. studying economics and philosophy. His email address is caful@sas.upenn.edu.

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remember working through my Common App and in the Primary Major of Interest section, selecting chemistry. At that time, I was sure of that major, and I wanted to let Penn know that. After a few weeks of CHEM101 during my freshman fall, I told my pre-major advisor (who was a chemistry professor) that I decided I didn’t want to study chemistry after all. The confidence I had in my major plummeted. Since then, I’ve gone through endless possibilities, mock schedules, and academic worksheets to figure out what I might want to study. But still, when people ask me what my major is, I usually shrug my shoulders or say “I’m undecided.” During the college application process, we were painting a picture of ourselves. We thought

we needed to become a student who knew what they wanted to do ever since they were a baby. Some people wouldn’t even dare apply undecided, but why is that? It is because too often being undecided gets conflated with being apathetic — that the student has no direction and is just aimlessly taking classes and not thinking about their career. Thus, even before coming to Penn, we have been primed to think of ourselves as perfect applicants. The person that Penn accepts becomes the person who we are. But I fear that the gap between that perfect applicant and our actual self is becoming dangerously large. I want to urge students to know that the application they submitted to Penn does not have to be the person that they are now, especially when it comes to career and major.

Despite the stigma around being “undecided,” I believe that a lot of people are very unsure or insecure about their major

actually enjoyed studying. Most importantly, I didn’t want to admit that I didn’t have everything figured out.

Despite the stigma around being ‘undecided,’ I believe that a lot of people are very unsure or insecure about their major choice or their undecided status.” choice or their undecided status. When I realized my indecision, I felt like there was no time for academic curiosity, and that the classes I was taking were leaving me more and more behind everyone else who knew what they wanted to study. I didn’t realize how integral it was to choose something that I

But we can rest easy in the fact that about 75 percent of students in the College will change their major during their time here at Penn. Being undecided is not a bad thing, and for me, it means that I am making sure that my intentions for what I want to study are true and authentic. I don’t want to choose a

path just to be able to answer the major question, or for a lucrative career. I want to find something that’s ultimately fulfilling. Starting college changes you. After my first few weeks at Penn, the person on my college application didn’t match who I was. I was lucky enough to realize that that person did not have to transfer over to my time here at Penn. Maybe the confines of the types of majors offered don’t really fit what you want to pursue. That’s OK as well, and we should recognize the fact that our major shouldn’t control who we are or how we feel about ourselves. Choosing a major is an important decision and taking time to decide is worth way more than choosing something you won’t enjoy. As sophomore year begins, I am faced with the looming task that I will have to declare

JOEL LEE a major. I will take time to decide, and you should too. Don’t let your college application and its perfect picture dissuade you from admitting that you might not have everything sorted out. We have all been given this opportunity to attend Penn, and we should spend our time here studying what we truly want to. JOEL LEE is a College sophomore from Groton, Conn. His email address is joelslee@sas.upenn. edu.

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He donated over 3,000 books and other artifacts to the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. In addition, he gave $5.5 million to the Kislak Center at Penn in 2013.

preserving “rich collections of primary research materials on the history of Florida, the Caribbean and Mesoamerica, with special emphasis on native cultures, their contact with Europeans and the colonial period to about 1820,” according

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Jay Kislak, the namesake of the Van Pelt Library Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, died on Oct. 3 at age 96. Kislak, who graduated from The Wharton School in 1943, was a well-known real estate magnate, historian, and philanthropist. He donated over 3,000 books and other artifacts to the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. In addition, he gave $5.5 million to the Kislak Center at Penn in 2013. He visited Penn in 2013 for the dedication ceremony, which was part of Penn Libraries’ $17 million campaign to renovate the 5th and 6th floors of Van Pelt.

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people and opportunities in life that many people did not see. His impact and contributions in so many areas — real estate, education, arts and humanities, animal welfare and environmental preservation — will be felt for generations to come.”

Stein said she and her roommate, College freshman Ari Stonberg, first found and reported mold in their room the Monday before fall break. “The mold was growing in our ceiling, so, if you looked up, the ceiling was like discolored in certain places,” Stein said. “So once they established there was mold in the ceiling and they had to remove it, they offered to move us to a temporary housing situation before fall break.” To mitigate the mold and compensate Stein and Stonberg for damages, Residential Services replaced the carpet in their room and offered to clean their moldcovered shoes and reimburse the residents for damaged belongings. The costs of the mold, moisture, and mildew remediation will be reported to the University’s environmental liability insurance carrier and coverage is expected, Lea-

Kruger said. “They sent us an email every single day over break about what they had done that day, which I thought was really impressive because we weren’t there to see it, so they wanted us to know,” Stein said. “It was an overall unpleasant experience, but the school handled it very well.” Lea-Kruger said the mold found in the Quad is “not typically harmful,” adding that Penn Environmental Health and Safety inspected all rooms in the Quad and found no evidence of unhealthy air quality. However, multiple students have reported feeling sick in association with the mold. Student Health Services Executive Director Giang T. Nguyen also confirmed that there have been recent cases of students experiencing medical symptoms because of their exposure to the mold.

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economics degree, Kislak joined the United States Navy as a pilot during World War II. In 1953, Kislak moved the operations of the now-named Kislak Organization to Miami, where he would found the Kislak National Bank ten years later. The company has now orchestrated more than 1,550 commercial real estate transactions with $6.3 billion in gross sales since 2000, according to its website. Kislak expanded his enterprise to art collection in the 2000s. “I’ve always hung around books and libraries,” he told the Fine Books & Collections magazine in 2008. “When I first moved to Florida, I had a shelf filled with the regular fodder young people collect—fine bindings, Dickens, that sort of thing.” Through both the Kislak Family Foundation and the Jay I. Kislak Foundation, he was dedicated to

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“Preserving cultural history and making materials from the past available to researchers has always been my passion,” Kislak told the Penn Libraries website at the time. “Through the renovation of the [special collections] space, the Penn Libraries have shown their commitment and leadership in the field, particularly in the digital humanities. My family and I could not be more pleased to support their endeavors.” Kislak was the first of three generations of his family to go to Penn. Many of his family members have gone to Penn, including his son Philip Kislak, who graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences in 1970, and his granddaughter Elizabeth Kislak, who graduated from Wharton in 2010. Raised in Hoboken, N.J., he became involved in his father’s business, Kislak Realty, at age 16. After graduating from Wharton with an

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While the National Native American Law Students Association was founded in 1970, secondyear Penn Law student Makenzie Way realized last year that Penn did not have its own chapter. Way then worked with Penn Law professor Maggie McKinley to change that. Way partnered with McKinley, who currently serves as the association’s faculty advisor, to work with the University. Within a few weeks, Penn had its very own Native American Law Students Association, with Way serving as president. The school has been supportive, Way said, even funding most of the events NALSA has hosted since its founding. McKinley did not respond to request for comment. NALSA is dedicated to creating a supportive environment for Native American students, and educating the student body about Indian Law, indigenous rights, tribal sovereignty, and peaceful resolution. NALSA aims to allow students to connect culturally with peers, as well as partner with “the federal law classes you can take

at the University, and spreading awareness about what Federal Indian Law is,” Way said. First year Penn Law student Erik Nickels is now the 1L representative for Penn’s NALSA and is working to give back to his tribe in Oklahoma. “There is a huge Native American population in Oklahoma, and when I was in Oklahoma, I relied very heavily on my tribe for health care services,” Nickels said. “I felt called to give back to my tribe. They gave me a lot of help, more than just healthcare. They also helped me with college scholarships and housing scholarships.” Way explained that Federal Indian Law is important for all law students regardless of their cultural background because “[Federal Indian Law] can be utilized in your career, even if you don’t end up pursuing Federal Indian Law specifically.” Way said one of the issues the group hopes to examine are the laws surrounding pipeline proposals affecting Indian land territory, which encompasses Federal Indian law, domestic law, and international law. NALSA aims to discuss and convey what is happening in Indian country and how they can make the issue more salient. A

contributing factor to helping NALSA accomplish this goal is their collaboration with other groups. Since the founding of this association, NALSA has hosted two major events: a talk in collaboration with another school at Penn, and a dinner specifically for Native American students across the Ivy League. Nickels hopes to host an event related to the Carpenter v. Murphy Case, a developing Supreme Court case that discusses whether the state of Oklahoma or a native tribe has jurisdiction over a particular piece of land. “I would really love to have one of the professors here who has experience with Federal Indian Law talk about that case and its potential ramifications,“ Nickels said. While all law students are welcome to join NALSA, most of the events that NALSA hosts are open to the entire Penn community at large. Way said she hopes to continue working with the University to help recognize minority groups like Native Americans. “A lot of what we’re doing is in conjunction with the University’s aim overall to increase these recognitions, and that goes for the University itself, as well as other student groups,” Way said.

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lies, and we respect their right to express their views,” he wrote in an emailed statement. “Please direct any additional inquiries to the employer, Morrison & Crothall.” The Daily Pennsylvanian has reached out to press representatives from the Compass One group for comment and is waiting to hear back. Pace said the union believes hospital administrators have reexamined workers’ PTO from 2005 and recalled money in the process. “They did an audit on the member’s time and said that if the members told them any time in 2005 until now, they’re taking it back, which is unfair,” Pace explained. “You cannot tell a person you messed up for 10 years and then all of a sudden say, hey, we want our money back … These people don’t make a lot of money. All of our members make under $20 an hour. ” The workers clustered on the road outside the HUP building, waving large yellow “SOLIDARITY” flags and chanting.

Pace also said union members have been frustrated by the “disorganization” of Crothall’s management at HUP, and that union members have brought up these issues at several monthly labor management meetings. “We ask for these things, they make promises and they do not keep them,” Pace said. “The next step is to do an even bigger rally, [and then] the next step is a strike, where we have our members actually walk off the job.” The rally was scheduled between 3-5 p.m. Woods said people began congregating outside the hospital at 2 p.m. and estimated that 300 people showed up to take part in the rally over the course of the afternoon. At 4:45 p.m., roughly 60 protestors were present. Woods said union members are going to keep organizing and “pushing back.” “We got more people that’s energized right now, that want some changes,” Woods said. “So we’re going to be out here until we get those changes.”

Dozens of health care workers demonstrated outside the main building of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon to “rally for respect” from their employers. The rally was organized by Philadelphia’s District 1199C, an affiliate of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees (NUHHCE) that represents hospital workers. All the workers in attendance were union members. Although they work at HUP, the hospital workers were not directly employed by Penn Medicine, but by sister companies Crothall Healthcare and Morrison Healthcare, which provide HUP with employees. Together, Crothall and Morrison are known as Compass One. According to Salima Pace, organizer and union representative for Crothall at HUP, workers were unhappy with their employer’s failure to follow the contractual grievance procedure and their implementation of an “unfair” retroactive audit of paid or personal time off (PTO) that was not discussed with workers beforehand. “There’s a lot of issues going on within the hospital in both food services and [environmental services], so our members thedp.com/politics just wanted to come out here today, let the public know, let visitors know, let patients know what kind of employer is inside the hospital,” Chris Woods, executive vice-president of NUHHCE in District 1199C, said. Live music • Film • Dance • Theater Art Patrick Norton, Penn MediEducation • Community cine’s vice president for public affairs, said that even though Taja Lindley’s The Bag Lady Manifesta these workers are not employed Oct 14 2018 @ 6:00 PM by Penn Medicine, the school respects its right to protest. In a world that treats Black life as if it’s disposable, The Bag Lady “While they are not employed is an urgent reckoning and revelation. She is the accumulation by Penn Medicine, we value the of discarded lives and abandoned histories reeking havoc on contributions they make each the amnesia, the forgetting, the erasure and the silencing. day to help fulfill our mission to Remembering is the responsibility of the living. Are you doing care for patients and their famiyour work? Because an unacknowledged history produces ghosts.

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Both Hill and Crenshaw however did highlight some important changes that have occurred since Hill’s testimony in 1991. “In Anita’s case it really was a tribunal but it was an imbalanced tribunal,” Crenshaw said. She noted the differences were mainly optic-related, saying an active attempt was made to avoid the perception that Blasey Ford’s testimony was imbalanced. For example, Ford’s testimony took place in “a far more intimate room and her family and various supporters were right behind her,” Crenshaw said. Unlike the 1991 testimony, Republicans instituted a woman to conduct further questioning of Ford, and Republicans said “virtually nothing” during Ford’s testimony. “Trump even for like 24 hours didn’t say

anything,” she said. “Even the Democrats got the memo,” she added. “In 1991, the Democrats were at best kind of standoffish. They did not affirm Anita’s testimony; they tried to be impartial.” At the time of the hearing, Penn professor and former Vice President Joe Biden was the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and has recently been criticized for the way he handled the hearing. Hill, however, contended that the differences in 2018 were more than just optics and “true substance,” noting that there were more women and women of color on the Judiciary Committee. She said the conversation and information available around sexual assault today is very different to that available in 1991. Both women said that all these positive changes, however,

seemed to be rendered unimportant since finding the truth, they said, was not a priority among the hearings’ leaders. For example, Hill pointed out that limited FBI investigation did not share every possible witness’ perspective to the American public. Both women also then discussed the prominent role structural inequalities played in leading to the same result in 2018 as 1991. “We need to understand that what we’re dealing with is not just behavior, we’re dealing with systems that protect it and sometimes encourage it and sometimes reward it,” Hill said. “Ford had no support. There was no organization that was on the inside … that was going to be able to help her.” Hill said if nothing changes, and if the same structures exist, the country will “end up in the next few decades reliving these sagas.” Both women also discussed the

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intersectionality of racism and sexism that differentiates Hill’s experience. Crenshaw discussed how Hill’s identity as a black woman weakened her ability to make a credible claim. College sophomore and attendee Tathagat Bhatia said parts of the talk took him by surprise. “I think it was amazing to hear the speakers talk about intersectionality. It is something that is never talked about. How it’s not about just feminism and race for them but a combination of the two.” Penn Law student Emily Nowlan said recent controversies drove her to attend the event. “Everything that was going with the Kavanaugh hearing had really brought Anita Hill to the forefront again,” Nowlan said. “I thought it was amazing honestly. All the speakers were so eloquent and firm and knowledgeable in their beliefs.”

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Sands notches her sixth game-winner of the year MICHAEL LAU Contributing Reporter

Penn womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer was in a procrastinating mood on Monday. But at the last possible minute â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with 52 seconds left in double overtime â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ivy League Player of the Week Emily Sands came through. The 1-0 win over Lehigh (49) came courtesy of Sandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sixth game-winning goal in the season, enough to tie for second most in the nation. The junior attacking playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deciding strike gave the Quakers (91-1, 2-0-1 Ivy) the win and extended their unbeaten streak to eight games. The Quakers started the game strongly, pinning Lehigh in its own defensive third on the field. That pressure resulted in an eighth-minute scramble in the box following

a corner. That scramble allowed Penn to get three shots on goal, two of which were blocked by Lehigh. Penn pushed on and threatened Lehigh goalkeeper Sam Miller on several occasions, including a nice curling effort by Sands that narrowly whizzed past the post in the 20th minute. Both teams were in search of an elusive goal for the entirety of the game, but the best opportunity in regulation came with a minute and a half to play. A free kick caused confusion in the Lehigh penalty box and left space for a Quaker goal, but sophomore midfielder Breukelen Woodard volleyed high from a few yards out. Penn was dominant in attack during overtime, but Lehigh did manage to squander its lone chance in front of net in the first overtime period. With the game looking destined for a scoreless draw, senior forward Sasha Stephens lofted a cross into the box. Lehigh headed it away but only as far as towering freshman forward Abbey Duncan, who headed it back into the danger area

for Sands to poke the ball home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just about] staying focused, knowing my role in every game, and fighting for my teammates,â&#x20AC;? Sands said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goal wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pretty, but it went in, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what matters.â&#x20AC;? Sands credited her teammates for helping her receive Ivy League honors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been improving from last seasonâ&#x20AC;Ś my teammates have been pushing me in practice and that has raised the level for everyone on the team.â&#x20AC;? Penn managed 21 shots, far outpacing Lehigh, but only six of them were on target. Miller, who has 22 career shutouts, was solid throughout the game, most notably performing a double save late in first overtime to deny both Sands and Stephens a goal. But it was Penn who kept the clean sheet. The Quakers will be looking for contributions from all over the pitch as they take on Dartmouth (6-3-2, 2-0-1 Ivy) on Oct. 13 in Hanover, N.H., who themselves are undefeated in the last six games.

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Against Lehigh, junior forward Emily Sands came through in the clutch yet again for Penn womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer with just 52 seconds left in the game. The goal was her sixth game-winner of the season.

Football hosts Columbia looking for revenge of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heartbreaker Quakers lost first Ivy game two weeks ago vs. Dartmouth DANNY CHIARODIT Associate Sports Editor

The Ivy League season is still just beginning, but Penn footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game this weekend already feels like a must win. The Quakers will begin their stretch of six consecutive conference games with a home game against Columbia this Saturday at 1 pm. Both teams were defeated in their respective Ivy openers, and the loser of this one will find itself in a deep hole. Both sides also remember the dramatic ending of last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s battle at Columbia, a game in which the Lions (3-1, 0-1 Ivy) walked off with a game-winning touchdown pass in overtime. The Red and Blue (3-1, 0-1 Ivy)

are doing everything they can to ensure that there is not a similar result this weekend at Franklin Field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game] fueled me; it fueled literally everyone who watched that game, especially just because of how they won,â&#x20AC;? sophomore quarterback Ryan Glover said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really putting forth maximum effort, because â&#x20AC;Ś we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like these guys. They really got that win on us last year, and we need revenge.â&#x20AC;? Revenge for Penn will require the team to improve areas of weakness shown against Dartmouth in the Ivy opener two weeks ago. That game exposed an offense that was stagnant throughout the afternoon and a defense that could neither get to the quarterback nor stop the Big Greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aerial attack. But since then, the group has taken strides toward becoming a more complete football team. Last

weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nail-biting win at Sacred Heart was definitely a step in the right direction, as the Quakers look to continue their positive momentum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we showed some good signs last week,â&#x20AC;? coach Ray Priore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first 33 minutes of the game, the first half and into the first drive of the second half, we were [firing] on all cylinders, running the ball, good blocks â&#x20AC;Ś We sort of had a down moment in the second half, and we came back strong with the last drive of the game, which was good to see.â&#x20AC;? Glover, like his coach, had a positive attitude regarding the progress that Penn has made since Week 1 of conference play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last game, I definitely noticed more toughness. When we were in tough situations, I noticed that we persevered a lot more. So I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just mentally toughened since that [Dartmouth] loss,

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out senior captain Sam Philippi will be tested by the Lionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sophomore quarterback Josh Bean. Entering this week, Penn has shown flashes of great football, but according to Priore, the team has yet to put it all together. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really where we spent a lot of time this year, working on finishing, finish-

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back into training, but her determination to come back kept her going. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just wanted to be ready to run and be there for my team,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard not to be there, but all of us who have been injured need to know that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just as much a part of the team on the field versus off of it.â&#x20AC;? In the absence of these big names, other runners have had to step up this season, such as junior Maddie Villalba for the women and sophomore Anthony Russo for the men. Villalbaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breakout season has seen her place first or second among Penn runners in every course she has run so far, and similarly, Russo has been the fastest for the Red and Blue men in two meets this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a testament to our team,â&#x20AC;? Colin Daly said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We pride ourselves on having a lot of depth, and when big guys take a fall you have to step

up; I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done a great job.â&#x20AC;? After the last race two weeks ago where Orie and Visconto made their return, this weekend at Penn State will see Monogue and Will Daly back, so both teams will be eager to perform at their highest strength so far this season. All four were among the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top finishers at last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heptagonal Championships, so their recovery will only help the team. With this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heps just two weeks away, every last time on the course counts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now is where it gets more exciting, and the fact that we have everyone coming together for this race, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna be interesting to see what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been striving for,â&#x20AC;? Russo said. The injuries might have slowed Penn cross country down a little, but now the Quakers are ready to face the competition as a whole.

of the season, towards championship season, so our goal is to really get better. We need to see how weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve improved.â&#x20AC;? While the competition should be reflective of the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; previous runs, Villalba explained that the course itself will be an new challenge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This course will be a bit different from what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve run at this year. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little farther, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also going to be hillier, which will be fun,â&#x20AC;? she said. Additionally, this race will be the final chance for the Quakers to compete as a team without the pressure of potential championship glory on the line. In addition to it being the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; final tune-up, it will also be the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first chance this season to see injured veterans Kevin Monogue and Will Daly return

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Sophomore quarterback Ryan Glover has grown into his role as the starter after seeing limited playing time last season.

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for sure.â&#x20AC;? Perhaps another good piece of news for the Red and Blue is that Columbia has lost seven AllIvy players to graduation since last season. Still, the Lions have brought back five all-conference selections, although at least two â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fifth-year safety Landon Baty and junior wide receiver Josh Wainwright â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have missed games this season. Baty did not play in last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against Marist, making his status for this week uncertain, and Wainwright is out for the season after he suffered a torn ACL in Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first game of the year. In last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting, Wainwright torched the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; secondary, going for 193 yards and catching the gamewinner in overtime, one of his two touchdowns on the day. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safe to say that he will not be missed by Penn. On the other side, the Red and Blue will of course lean on junior running back Karekin Brooks, who is first in the Ivy League with seven rushing touchdowns on the season and second in the conference in rushing yards with 467. Defensively, linebackers Nick Miller and Brian Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill will be key to stopping the Columbia run game, while a secondary with-

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at Penn State. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The competition this weekend should be pretty darn good,â&#x20AC;? Villalba said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It should be at the same level as Paul Short, if not better. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be looking to step up and to rise to that challenge.â&#x20AC;? The sentiment is the same on the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side, with star sophomore Anthony Russo and his team preparing to face tough competition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is going to be great competition [at the Penn State National Open]. There will be teams ranked not only in the region but also nationally,â&#x20AC;? Russo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be great to see how we stack up against them. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting towards the end

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Penn’s Rachel Mirkin grows into leadership role in final year

FIELD HOCKEY | Senior has grown into a steady star MICHAEL LANDAU Associate Sports Editor

Growing up comes with added responsibility. It’s a lesson that Rachel Mirkin has taken to heart so far this season. The Penn field hockey forward is now a senior, and her place on the team has changed significantly. “I’ve definitely tried to take more of a leadership role on and off the field this year,” Mirkin said. “I’d like to think of myself as a team rallier. I like to motivate people and bring the team together.” Mirkin’s changing role has largely been the result of losing of several key seniors from last season. In particular, the graduations of Alexa Hoover, Gina Guccione, and Rachel Huang

have affected the Quakers (6-6, 2-1 Ivy) significantly, leaving a void that someone needed to fill. As one of only five seniors on Penn’s 25-person team, Mirkin has done just that, becoming a leading voice during games and practices. Her play on the field has become more impactful as well. After scoring only three goals during her first three seasons as a Quaker, Mirkin has matched that total already this year. In fact, two of her scores have been game-winners, taking out then-No. 14 Wake Forest and City 6 rival Villanova. “It’s super gratifying, but at the end of the day, I just want us to win,” Mirkin said. “All of my goals have come in a team win. I think we’ve played well in some really big games, and we’ve definitely made strides. I’m just happy to finish for the team.” Mirkin has also spent signifi-

cantly more time on the field this season. After never playing more than 28 minutes in a game last year, she has matched or exceeded that number in 11 of the Quakers’ first 12 contests. Whenever Mirkin has had one of her seven shots on goal this season, Penn has won, illustrating her meaningful impact on the team’s performance. The Red and Blue have had a bit of an up and down season so far, falling to 6-6 after Monday’s 2-1 loss to Lafayette. However, five of those defeats have come to ranked opponents, and Mirkin has been encouraged by the team’s development. “We have a bunch of different people scoring goals, which is really great,” she said. “We have a lot of depth on the team, and we’re learning that throughout the season.” However, those positives come with growing pains,

which Mirkin understands well. The Quakers have been shut out three times so far this season and have been limited to one goal on five other occasions. “People are stepping up into different places. We have had some inconsistencies, and we’re learning from those,” she said. “We need to stick to the game plan and do our skills better and have more focus.” The young team’s maturation will be tested with an important stretch of play to finish the season. In their final five games, the Quakers will face four Ivy League rivals and two ranked opponents, including a challenging matchup at No. 3 Princeton to close the fall on Nov. 3. The team’s results this season might be ever-changing, but its leadership has been steady and constant. No matter how the Quakers play, Mirkin has been there with words of encouragement and motivation.

VARUN SUDUNAGUNTA | ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

Seeing increased playing time, senior forward Rachel Mirkin has already doubled her career goal title after scoring three times this season.

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After 110 minutes of play at Rhodes Field on Tuesday night, Penn men’s soccer still couldn’t break its month-long scoreless streak. Coming off a 2-0 loss to Columbia, the Quakers were unable to get anything past UMBC, drawing the Retrievers 0-0. Penn (2-3-4, 0-2 Ivy) could not con-

vert any of its 11 shots and put just one shot on goal. From the opening whistle, neither team had an edge. Both UMBC (5-4-2) and Penn took four shots in the first half, but all of them sailed over the crossbar. Possession was identically split throughout the game, and both UMBC goalkeeper Ciaran O’Loughlin and Penn senior Scott Forbes made difficult saves amidst much commotion in front of the goal. About midway through the second half, UMBC pushed forward offensively. The Retrievers kept the pressure on the Quakers, pouring in five shots in a threeminute span. However, just one of those was on frame, as a hard shot by striker Cesare Marconi

forced Forbes to make a diving stop. Penn began to turn the momentum back a few minutes later, as junior midfielder Dami Omitaomu bolted towards the box and crossed it over to sophomore midfielder Amado Lozano, who booted the ball off the crossbar. In overtime, both defenses stood tall, and the game ended scoreless. As the final buzzer sounded, Penn still had yet to score in over 600 minutes of play. Penn’s lack of scoring has been frustrating to the team, but the Quakers are certainly getting their chances. “Our whole situation isn’t because the players aren’t good

enough or because they’re not in advantageous spots to score,” coach Brian Gill said. “It’s just been our ability to execute those opportunities.” Because of the scoring troubles, Gill and his staff have turned to different players to spark the offense. “We’re giving some [younger] guys some opportunities to step up … into new roles,” Gill said. But despite all of the struggles, Gill still had an inspiring message for his players. “For us, our message as a staff to our players is: keep believing, and things will come our way.” The Quakers will travel on the road for the next three games and will look to break their scoreless streak against Dartmouth on Saturday.

CHASE SUTTON | SPORTS PHOTO EDITOR

Senior goalkeeper Scott Forbes earned another clean sheet against UMBC to lower his goals against average to just .690.

Sprint football’s Jenkins nearing return ahead of Army matchup

Star quarterback has been sidelined for three weeks MICHAEL LANDAU Associate Sports Editor

He’s back. Maybe. Penn sprint football junior quarterback Eddie Jenkins returned to practice this week after an extended layoff due to a left knee injury. The junior, who is also a team captain, is potentially poised to return on Friday night in what will be a gametime decision as Penn takes on Army at West Point. “[The knee] is feeling a lot better,” Jenkins said. “Hopefully I should be able to go sometime soon.” Jenkins has not played since injuring his knee in the first quarter of the Quakers’ 16-7 win over Cornell three weeks ago. He was held out of the following week’s game against Chestnut Hill, which the Red

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recruiting class we have, and it’s just a matter of being able to work hard to achieve what they want to achieve.” It’s been said, though, that hard work beats talent only when talent doesn’t work hard. So the responsibility then falls on the upperclassmen to show the younger talent how to work hard. “It’s exciting because they’re all such phenomenal runners and phenomenal people,” junior Maddie Villalba said. “I get to work hard, and they get to see that and appreciate it, and they work hard too. It’s this reflexive thing: working hard and feeling good and performing well, that I think is really exciting.” A combination of hard work and talent could prove to catapult Penn cross country even further up the rankings, to try to reach the national stage. In the past three meets, underclassmen have finished well. At the Bison Open in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Russo finished second, six seconds behind the winner, with a time of 18:53.1. At the Main

and Blue went on to lose 31-26. However, a bye week has given Jenkins time to heal, and he now feels relatively close to game ready as his knee improves each and every day. “It feels great, no pain at all,” he said. “I’ve been doing some physical therapy, and our trainers have been taking great care of me.” Despite Jenkins’s progress, a lack of pain is not necessarily sufficient for him to get back on the field. The team’s trainers will be looking for more than just that in their evaluation of his knee before the game on Friday. “They have to be confident that I’m healthy and not at risk to get any further injury if I go back and start playing,” Jenkins said. “It’s just for them being confident that I’m ready to go and not rushing it.” In Jenkins’s absence, different members of Penn’s offense have had to pick up the slack. Junior

quarterback Reed Connor and sophomore wide receiver/quarterback Joshua Trybus have split time in Jenkins’s place, with the latter throwing twice as many touchdowns (two) as interceptions (one) against Chestnut Hill. Senior running back Jake Klaus has rushed for 229 yards and three touchdowns over the same span. However, the Quakers have struggled to make up for the immense production that Jenkins provided on offense. He was first-team All-Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) last year and passed for 240 yards, ran for 126 yards, and scored six total touchdowns in Penn’s 2018 season opener at Mansfield. The Red and Blue’s 42 combined points from the two games in which Jenkins missed significant time fall well short of the 54 scored against Mansfield, illustrating the importance of having the quarterback on the field.

Line Invitational in Haverford, Pa., he was again the runner-up with a time of 19:34.2 for the 4-mile race. “I’m right where I want to be with my fitness,” Russo said in Haverford. With another month of training under his belt, his status near the top of the team should be better cemented with championship season lying ahead. Renken and Cohen also ran well in the first half of the season. At the Bison Open, the pair finished third and fifth with times of 18:55.6 and 19:01.9. The following meet, the pair took 15th and 12th, respectively. As for the women, Hayes, Zimmer, and Hebner finished sixth, seventh, and eighth at the Bison Open. Then at Haverford, Hebner ran the fastest out of her Quaker teammates, finishing eighth with a 17:18.3 time for a 3-mile race. Last year, then-rookie Orie led the women with an eighth-place finish at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship. She ran a 6k in 21:20.0. She credits much of the team’s success to the influence of upperclassmen runners. “They told us a lot that what we

really have is this great work mentality, and it’s really exciting to be a part of this whole building process, because I know that it’s not coming from only just talent and training hard,” Orie said. “It’s also coming from having really great mentors on the team and I think the upperclassmen really set the stage for that.” “When you’re competing you’re not really doing it only for yourself, you’re doing it for the girls with you.” The women and men have both needed younger runners to step up this year in the wake of an unfortunate stretch of injuries plaguing some of the more senior members of the program. With senior captain Karli Visconto sidelined for the former and senior Kevin Monogue and junior Will Daly set to make their season debut this weekend for the latter, a greater burden than usual was put on Penn’s underclassmen this fall. Despite the steep learning curve, though, they look poised to make a splash come championship season in the next few weeks.

Friday’s matchup against Army will likely not have a big impact on the Quakers’ CSFL Championship Game prospects. However, with one division loss already, a win against the Black Knights could serve as a tiebreaker if Penn wins its remaining division games versus Navy and Caldwell. Army is traditionally the toughest matchup of the season, which is all the more reason the Quakers hope to trot out Jenkins. Despite this, Jenkins does not believe he will be held out on Friday if the sole purpose is to save him for the future. “I think at this point every week is a must win in our eyes, so every game is just as important,” he said. “This week, Army is the most important game of the season.” So while the decision on whether to play this week is not completely up to Jenkins, he is excited and ready to go.

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With junior quarterback Eddie Jenkins sidelined with a left knee injury, the Quakers lost a divisional showdown to Chestnut Hill.

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RISING STARS Underclassmen have been key contributors to men’s and women’s cross country sides TEIA ROSS Sports Reporter

The advantages of youth are advantages for Penn cross country. This season, Penn cross country has called upon a core of exceptionally strong underclassmen. A large number of the Quakers’ scorers at each meet have come from fresher faces — the women have enjoyed contributions from freshmen Isabel Hebner, Annie Zimmer, and Ariana Gardizy, and sophomores Danielle Orie and Niamh Hayes. On the men’s side, sophomore Anthony Russo has been a leader on the course, while classmates Ryan Renken and Daniel Cohen have each pitched in. It’s unusual in college athletics for less experienced underclassmen to be so dominant, but for the Quakers, it can largely be explained by the program’s upward-trending recruiting. “We always talk about how each year, we keep seeing that the talent we bring in is just better and better each year,” junior Colin Daly said. “To us, it’s not a surprise because we think we’re moving in the right direction.” “As a program, we want to compete at a higher level, but I’d say right now, one of the things with the freshmen is they’re definitely the most talented SEE UNDERCLASSMEN PAGE 9

Anthony Russo

Isabel Hebner

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Penn pushes through injuries with title meet approaching

Quakers travel to Penn State for final pre-championship tune-up

Key runners for men and women have been sidelined

Penn State National Open will see top teams, fast times

WILL DIGRANDE Associate Sports Editor

BREVIN FLEISHCER Senior Sports Reporter

Cross country comes with its usual aches and pains, but it hurts even more when some of the strongest runners are out at the same time. Although injuries have kept a few of the best runners for Penn men’s and women’s cross country off the course, both teams are ready to move past them as the Quakers head into the most important stretch of their season. Notably kept from racing early in the season have been captains from both the men’s and women’s squads, seniors Kevin Monogue and Karli Visconto, as well as junior Will Daly. Being on the sidelines doesn’t mean these runners are down and out, though. There are many ways they can still be involved despite not being able to race, whether that means cheering their teammates on or improving their own fitness. “Physically, if they haven’t been able to run, they’ve been doing a great job of cross-training or doing little things just to get themselves healthy,” said junior Colin Daly,

Championship season is fast approaching for Penn cross country, but before the starting gun sounds at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships in a few short weeks, the Quakers will travel across the state for a final tuneup. However, Friday’s Penn State National Open is no ordinary warm up. Slated to run against some of the top teams in the country, the Red and Blue will have their hands full. The women’s team, led by junior Maddie Villalba, will be running for the first time since the Paul Short Invitational at the end of September. Villalba, who finished 18th out of 353 runners in that race, paced the Quakers to an 11th place finish out of 41 teams. Villalba will be relied upon heavily down the stretch, but, as she says, she needs her team just as much as they need her. “On a personal level, my success kind of owes to being disciplined over the summer,”

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Despite being one of the team’s best runners, senior Kevin Monogue has not competed yet this season because of an upper leg injury.

the twin of Will Daly. “And mentally, they’ve been here at practice and supporting us at meets, so it’s almost like even though they’re not running they seem like they’re a bigger part of the team. It’s been awesome to have.” Both Monogue, sidelined with IT band trouble and resulting upper leg pain, and Will Daly, heal-

ing from a toe surgery, have been actively practicing with the team and gaining back the time they lost recuperating. The pair will make their long-awaited return this weekend at the Penn State National Open. Like the men, the women’s side SEE INJURIES PAGE 8

CHASE SUTTON | SPORTS PHOTO EDITOR

In Penn women’s cross country’s last meet at the Paul Short Invitational, junior Maddie Villalba finished 18th overall.

Villalba said. “I was trying to get my miles in and trying to take care of myself on a dayto-day basis. But on a broader look, it’s definitely a result of being on this team. I’m surrounded by really hardworking people, and I’m pushing myself because I’m seeing

how hard my teammates work. That’s been really key for me.” Paul Short, widely known within the cross country community for its competitiveness, should resemble what the Quakers will see this weekend SEE PENN STATE PAGE 8

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