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Gutmann’s salary breaches $3 million Gutmann’s salary has more than doubled in the last four years CAROLINE SIMON Deputy News Editor
Penn President Amy Gutmann’s salary has increased 21 percent to $3,426,106, according to the most recently available tax data. For the second year in a row, Gutmann remains Penn’s highest paid employee for the fiscal year. Previously, she lagged behind Ralph Muller, CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Muller, who maintains his position as Penn’s second-highest compensated employee, holds a $2,464,236 compensation package for the 2014 fiscal year. Gutmann’s compensation package the previous year was $2,820,452. Her salary has been steadily increasing since she became the University’s president in 2004 and has more than doubled in the last four years. The salaries of Penn administrators are SEE SALARIES PAGE 3
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Quakers’ 25-point comeback not enough RILEY STEELE Senior Sports Editor
In the end, Penn football’s epic comeback happened too quickly. Despite trailing by 25 against No. 13 Fordham right before halftime on Saturday, the Quakers staged a furious second-half rally, one that was capped off with a Ryan Kelly touchdown catch with 1:46 remaining and a two-point
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conversion to tie the game. However, the Rams managed to race down the field and kick a game-winning field goal, stymieing the Red and Blue’s upset bid, 48-45. From the onset, Penn (1-3) seemed to pick up right where it left off against Dartmouth last weekend, but for all the wrong reasons. The Quakers turned the ball over on their first two possessions, leading to a 30-yard touchdown pass from Fordham junior quarterback Kevin Anderson to make
it 7-0. After a Penn three-andout, the Rams (5-1) wasted no time doubling their lead, going 75 yards on four plays before sophomore Chase Edmonds punched in an eight-yard rush for his first of four touchdowns. Leading 14-3 after a 39-yard field goal from Red and Blue sophomore Jimmy Gammill, Fordham then went 66 yards on four plays, a drive capped off by Edmonds’ 51yard touchdown run. On the first play of Penn’s
next series, senior qu a rterback Andrew Lisa — filling in for star ter Alek Torgersen, who sustained a head injury against the Big Green last weekend — threw a ball that was tipped and picked off by SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 9
School gun scares shake the nation Gun threats shocked Phila. after Oregon shooting DAN SPINELLI Senior Reporter
In the days after a gunman at Umpqua Community College in Oregon killed 10 students, various schools throughout the nation suffered gun scares of their own. In Philadelphia, gun threats shocked campuses in Center City and Germantown following the Oct. 1 Oregon shooting. Monday, Oct. 5: Colleges in the Philadelphia area ramped up security in response to an “unspecified” threat which would allegedly take place at 2 p.m. The threat had been posted on 4chan, an anonymous content-sharing website, and was similar to a threat preempting the Oregon massacre. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Federal Bureau of Investigation reported the threat to Penn and other Philadelphia schools a day earlier. Penn’s Division of Public Safety sent an alert to the University community at 2:07 p.m. on Oct. 4 warning them of the threat and increased police presence during the identified day. Some professors even cancelled classes and midterms on
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Monday to accommodate the students who didn’t want to travel to class. No violence in connection to the threat was reported. Tuesday, Oct. 6: After reports of a gunman on campus in the morning, the main campus of the Community College of Philadelphia in Center City was locked down just before 11 a.m. Neighboring schools, including Masterman High School, werealso on lockdown. A gunman reportedly entered the Winnet Student Life Building earlier in the morning, and police quickly arrived on scene to search the building. The suspect was captured by police after 11:30 a.m., and no one was injured. CBS Philly reported that police did not make a connection between the incident and Monday’s threat and as of Tuesday evening had not found the gun that incited the threat. Wednesday, Oct. 7: Martin Luther King High School in Germantown went on lockdown just before 9 a.m. after police were informed that a student planned to bring a gun to school, according to NBC 10. The student was placed in police custody before arriving at the school. Three other students, who police determined had also possessed the gun
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Several campuses around the country have experienced gun scares after the shooting at Umpqua Community College.
at some point, were also charged, per NBC 10’s report. No one at the school was injured, and it was not immediately clear if the incident had any connection to the lockdown at CCP. Friday, Oct. 9: Two separate shootings in Arizona and Texas capped off a week of threats and gun scares. In the early morning at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz., a freshman student shot four other students, killing one. Steven Jones, an 18-year-old, was
involved in a fight with other students around 1:20 a.m., according to CNN. He retrieved a handgun from his car and shot another student, Colin Brough, and wounded three others. The students were all members of Delta Chi fraternity, though it was not immediately clear if their membership played any role in the shooting. Jones was charged with murder and is currently being held on $2 million bail. SEE SHOOTINGS PAGE 2
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Penn students less likely than average to default on loans Penn’s undergrad loan default rate is 1.1 percent
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An increasing number of students find themselves graduating from college with thousands of dollars of student loan debt, and the difficulty many face in finding wellpaying jobs after graduation leaves many wondering how they will pay off their debt. Fortunately for Penn students, though, they are much less likely to default on their loans than the typical college graduate. Penn’s loan default rate for undergraduate students is roughly 1.1 percent, meaning that almost all Penn students remain current on their loans. The national average, meanwhile, is roughly over 10 percent. This means that Penn students aren’t affected by the national debt crisis the way most college students are, says Marlene Bruno, Director of Communications for Student Registration and Financial Services. “So what that tells us is that Penn students are able to manage the debt that they have,” Bruno said, noting that the average debt for students that graduated in May 2015 was approximately $18,911. “Only one-third of the class borrowed. And every year the number of borrowers has been going down.” From 2008 to 2015, despite the rising costs of attendance, Penn has seen fewer students borrowing and a decreasing sum of money borrowed. Bruno emphasized that
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From 2008 to 2015, despite the rising costs of attendance, Penn has seen fewer students borrowing and a decreasing sum of money borrowed.
Penn is trying to help prevent the amount of debt after school, which is why Penn President Amy Gutmann has spearheaded Penn’s all-grant financial aid campaign. Gutmann herself often refers to her own financial aid assistance, which allowed her to study at Radcliffe College. When new students are accepted to Penn, SFS sends out a pamphlet to show them payment options and teach them about the all-grant aid program. For students that choose to take out loans, many do so in order to cover their family’s contribution. Some students choose to take on their parents’
loans when they graduate. “Obviously there are people reading it because less people are borrowing,” Bruno said of the pamphlet. Bruno addressed the difference between Penn and other schools by explaining how forprofit schools or tech schools may have lower graduation rates, while Penn’s retention rate is upward of approximately 96 percent. As a result, more students complete their studies at Penn and are able to start a good career. In the years following graduation, students’ salaries and debt become very manageable, Bruno says. But doesn’t
mean that parents don’t borrow money to support their child’s Penn education. When SFS calculates students’ financial aid packages, they subtract the family’s expected contribution from total cost of attendance to get each student’s total financial need. “I’m not saying that it doesn’t exist; I do believe that there is a crisis for many young people who are graduating,” Bruno said. “To combine that fact that the debt is higher, with the fact that employment hasn’t been very strong in the past few years, those two combinations can make it very difficult.”
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On Oct. 22, Cashmere Cat will headline SPEC’s fall concert.
Concert at World Cafe Live at 7 p.m. on Oct. 22 CAROLINE SIMON Deputy News Editor
Cashmere Cat, along with special guest Masego, will headline the Social Planning and Events Committee’s fall concert on Oct. 22. Magnus A. Høiberg, also known as Cashmere Cat, hails from Norway and debuted as an electronic dance music artist in 2012 with “Mirror Maru”, whose title track was included on the Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack in 2013. His edit of 2 Chainz’
“No Lie” was ranked by VIBE music as the #1 “Awesome Genre-Bender of 2012”. He has worked with artists Benny Blanco, Jeremih, Lido, Miguel, Wiz Khalifa and Ariana Grande, and he helped produce Kanye West’s track “Wolves,” which is set to be released in 2015. Masego, a jazz vocalist, saxophonist and producer, blends jazz and electronic music with a Jamaican influence. His newest extended play, “Pink Polo,” is expected to be his breakout project. The concert will take place at 7p.m. on Oct. 22 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street.
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Hours later, at Texas Southern University in Houston, one student was killed and another wounded after a personal dispute just before noon. Two persons of interest are being held in the case, according to The Washington Post, though neither of their names were released to the press. Neither shooting on Friday involved an “active shooter” like in Oregon and instead were considered isolated incidents by law enforcement.
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Alum talks journalism, politics and the unexpected SARAH EISLER Contributing Reporter
CBS congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes has a hectic schedule. On any given day, Cordes wakes up as early as four or five a.m. to prepare for CBS live-shots and then spends the rest of the day working for CBS Radio,preparing additional live-shots for CBS’s new digital channel CBSN and writing pitches for the CBS Evening News — sometimes while traveling. On Tuesday, Cordes took a break from her busy routine to deliver the 2015 Annenberg Lecture entitled “Chasing the ‘Scooby’ Van and Tracking Trump to the Border: Covering the Wild Ride that is the 2016 Presidential Campaign.” Cordes, who graduated from Penn in 1995 with a degree in communication, spoke to an
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audience of Penn students, Penn alumni and members of the Philadelphia community about her experiences as a political reporter. Cordes began her lecture by emphasizing one of the main lessons she has learned over the course of her 15-plus years in politics: during a campaign, “crazy things are going to happen,” and reporters have to be prepared. The lecture then continued to detail many unanticipated moments in Cordes’s career, from watching Tina Fey imitate Sarah Palin while aboard Palin’s campaign jet, to traveling to the U.S. border to cover Donald Trump. For Cordes, one of the pivotal moments of this campaign season was her unanticipated, if not serendipitous, run-in with Hillary Clinton’s campaign vehicle, dubbed the “Scooby” Van because it reminded Clinton of Scooby-Doo’s Mystery Machine.
Cordes recalled working on an assignment in Iowa when she spotted what looked like the Scooby Van parked outside
Amy Gutmann
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Thomas Robertson
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who made $350,395, Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli, who made $1,131,232 and Vice President of Facilities and Real Estate Services Anne Papageorge, who made $500,061.
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Other administrators whose salaries were available in the tax data included Provost Vincent Price, who made $880,713 last year, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush,
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the School of Arts and Sciences Steven Fluharty, whose salary was $522,634. No other deans were listed among Penn’s highest-paid employees in the most recent tax forms.
Wharton Dean Thomas Robertson had a salary of $771,956 — about a quarter of a million dollars more than the Dean of
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“This is the kind of unexpected discovery that political reporters dream of,” Cordes said.
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of a restaurant. Upon entering the establishment, Cordes found “the Clinton campaign’s inner sanctum” inside.
For Cordes, the encounter was more than just a chance occurrence; it was an example of “how stage-managed campaigns really are these days.” According to Cordes, Clinton’s staff was visibly horrified by her appearance at the restaurant. It was one of Clinton’s first days on the campaign trail, and there was already a reporter on her tail. “It is our job as reporters to try and pull back the window or the curtain” on these kinds of campaigns, Cordes said. Students seemed enthusiastic about Cordes’s lecture. Barry Johnson, a College junior st udy i ng Com mu n icat ion, was especially pleased with Cordes’s personal anecdotes. “Typically what we come to, the lectures, they’re more academic,” Johnson said. “She was very personal.” Annenberg graduate student David Larochelle echoed these sentiments. “I enjoyed hearing all of the stories,” he said.
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OPINION Procrastinators, unite!
MONDAY october 12, 2015 VOL. CXXXI, NO. 83 131st Year of Publication
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hen it comes to the virtue of “industry,” Ben Franklin’s language is clear: “Lose no time. Be always employed in something useful. Cut off all unnecessary actions.” This week I focus on procrastination, which to this day remains a frustrating but commonplace component of contemporary life. After a quick Google search, I discovered that Franklin’s negative opinion of procrastination continues to be predominant today. The majority of articles I found, in sources ranging from The Atlantic to The Guardian, abounded with tips for minimizing time-wasting activities. Many psychologists and educators writing for publications like Psychology Today even medicalized it, talking about its “causes,” “symptoms” and possible “cures.” On a site called waitbutwhy.com, co-founder Tim Urban uses cartoonish
The Benjamin Franklin Experiment | The perils and possibilities of putting off work images accompanied by an informal essay to try to convince his readers that “fake” procrastinators should be distinguished from those for whom procrasti-
I can face my next tasks with greater alertness. I wonder what Franklin means by the term “useful.” Useful to whom and for what?
Is it not possible that procrastinating is ‘useful’ in the sense that it provides a mental break for us … to just be ourselves and develop our friendships, exercise or indulge in our hobbies?” nation is a serious and debilitating issue, a similar discourse to that which we use when explaining clinical depression versus run-of-the-mill sadness. On the other hand, my own personal experience has demonstrated to me that a controlled amount of procrastination actually increases my productivity. Taking a few breaks throughout the day for non-goal-oriented activities like listening to music helps me to rejuvenate so that
Is it not possible that procrastinating is “useful” in the sense that it provides a mental break for us, a space for us to take some time off from the fastpaced tune of contemporary life to just be ourselves and develop our friendships, exercise or indulge in our hobbies? In this sense, procrastination becomes a way of resisting our status as cogs in the machinery of contemporary life, finding time to be ourselves as individuals
rather than as tools employed in achieving the goals of corporations and other large organizations. But let me return to Urban’s post. Though I procrastinate all the time, I always eventually find the wherewithal to stop playing 2048 and write my Daily Pennsylvanian column or study for my qualifying exams. Urban’s article makes me realize that I have no idea what it means for procrastination to be such a major issue in my life that it leads to me floundering in working toward my goals. Knowing that procrastination is a serious issue for many makes me hesitant to go against the grain of popular thought and speak in its defense uncritically. So here is what I will say instead: Franklin’s argument is both extreme and a little vague. I am not convinced that there is anything wrong with taking breaks from work occasionally to relax and recharge. In addition to keeping us from feeling
frazzled and overworked, caring for ourselves in this way can actually lead to greater alertness and productivity. Plus, as I argued above, procrastination may be a small way in which individuals can stake a claim for their self-identities in a professional world that often feels impersonal. However, what about those who are procrastinating for one of the myriad other possible causes of putting off work? For some people, the advice to practice controlled procrastination ignores the fact that their very problem is their inability to resolve to keep a 10-minute break from becoming a five-hour one. It is important for people who have serious issues with procrastination to acknowledge their problem and seek help from professionals who have advice for helping them to overcome it. The Weingarten Learning Resource Center and the Graduate Student Center are great starting points, as well as
GINA ELIA many other resources available on campus and online. Each of us has different preferences about what works best in terms of how and when to meet deadlines. It is consequently up to each of us to be attuned to our individual needs and whether or not we are living up to them in our daily practice.
GINA ELIA is a graduate student from Hingham, Mass. Her email address is ginaelia@sas.upenn.edu. “The Benjamin Franklin Experiment” appears every other Monday.
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citizen capozzi | How Bernie Sanders is challenging Hillary Clinton’s inevitability as the Democratic presidential nominee on Penn’s campus
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he coronation has been scheduled. For months, the media has declared Hillary Clinton the inevitable nominee, while the Democratic Party has actively protected her by limiting the number of debates and obstructing other candidates from entering the race. Many liberal students on campus have accepted the party’s heir apparent and are currently bored out of their minds while waiting for Clinton’s inevitable crowning. And then there are the party crashers, led by the Penn Students for Bernie Sanders movement. These rebels have the audacity to demand the coronation’s postponement. “This isn’t a monarchy where your sons or spouses become the next leader. People want new ideas,” College freshman and Penn Students for Bernie co-founder Daniel Fradin argued. According to College junior and Penn Students for Bernie co-founder Matre Grant, “Over 300 students have engaged with the pro-Sanders movement on campus.” Several Penn Students for Bernie leaders also acknowl-
edged they were surprised taht Sanders was so popular with a student body that included many seeking jobs on Wall Street. Alarmed by Clinton’s connection to big money, many Bernie supporters think the Democratic coronation might as well be hosted in the Wharton School. While canvassing for Sanders outside this capitalist palace, College sophomore Jordyn Tannenbaum lamented that Clinton has “received a huge sum of money from corporations.” College sophomore Ari Lewis agreed, saying, “A lot of Hillary’s money is coming from corporations and super PACs. For that reason, I don’t really trust her and think she can be bought.” Some of these Sanders supporters have confessed to plotting revolution against queen-elect Clinton. Fradin acknowledged, “Bernie is trying to start a political revolution against money in politics. The conversation should be more about taking money out of politics. It shouldn’t be about who can buy the most advertisements, but about who can do the best job for our country.” School
of Design first-year graduate student Aidan Smith acknowledged complicity in the plot, saying, “Campaign finance reform is my most important issue, and Bernie has been talking about it.” As the Democratic Party’s high priestess Debbie Wasserman Schultz ignores objections,
These Sanderistas are also terrifying the party dignitaries with one of the dirty words of American politics: socialism. While College sophomore Yasmeen Kaboud acknowledges “socialism has a bad reputation in America,” she argues that “taxing the wealthy more is fair.
As the Democratic Party’s high priestess Debbie Wasserman Schultz ignores objections, these unruly party crashers demand a discussion of issues.” these unruly party crashers demand a discussion of issues. According to Grant, Sanders is winning support on Penn’s campus because Sanders is “talking about issues college students really care about” like “free college, raising the minimum wage, social justice and police brutality.” For Lewis, Sanders’ attention to the “racial aspects of police brutality and criminal justice” won her support.
A more progressive tax helps a greater number of people.” Tannenbaum agreed, saying, “Rich people are getting away with not paying as much taxes as they should. Income inequality is the great issue of our time. The top one percent have all the money and all the influence, and the poor are being hurt by this.” While Bernie supporters would prefer no coronation, they differ on whether they will even-
tually clap when Clinton wears the crown. Reluctantly, Grant acknowledged she would vote for Clinton if Sanders falls short. Lewis agreed with a caveat, stating, “I won’t support Clinton, but I will vote for her.” Others like Smith disagreed, saying he might prefer the Republican or a thirdparty candidate. “I’m not interested in a candidate who doesn’t shake things up,” Smith said. Eventually, Bernie supporters will probably have to decide between joining Clinton’s royal procession and standing outside in the cold. While Clinton has been endorsed by 354 Democratic representatives, senators and governors, Sanders has the support of exactly one. Even in Sanders’ home state of Vermont, Gov. Peter Shumlin and Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sanders’ Senate colleague, have endorsed Clinton. On a related front, Clinton has outraised Sanders by almost 45 million dollars. And while Sanders has made progress in the polls against Clinton, he’s still behind by over 16 points. This reality check does not bother some Sanders sup-
LOUIS CAPOZZI porters. For Fradin, “Bernie is raising questions that wouldn’t have been asked if he didn’t run for president.” Even though Sanders is unlikely to stop the coronation, he has already energized the Democratic primary process by starting important conversations. For that reason, even though I am unlikely to vote for him and disagree with many of his positions, I’m “feeling the Bern.”
LOUIS CAPOZZI is a College senior from Mechanicsburg, Pa., studying classics and history. His email address is capozzil@sas.upenn.edu. “Citizen Capozzi” usually appears every other Monday.
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Penn’s push to the polls for Election Day
Last year, 1,060 people voted at Penn’s polls MITCHELL CHAN Staff Reporter
Like many Philadelphia institutions, Penn will be filled with voting booths next month on Election Day. Voter turnout among Penn students is consistently poor: An approximate 1,060 people turned out to Penn’s polling stations for the gubernatorial election last fall, down from 1,460 in the 2010 midterm election and 1,521 in 2006. With this in mind, students and staff make efforts to bring people to the polls. This year’s Philadelphia elections will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 3, and the voter registration deadline passed earlier this month. In addition to a number of local city positions, this year’s ballot includes several candidates for the Pennsylvania state judiciary and five for Mayor of Philadelphia. Penn campus groups have traditionally played an active role in getting Penn students to vote. In September 2014, the Penn Democrats and Penn College Republicans jointly launched a voter registration drive with Hillel and other campus groups as part of an initiative called “Bridging The Gap: Voter Registration Kickoff.”
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Penn has a number of polls on and around campus to help students overcome the difficulties of traveling to polling locations during the daytime.
Penn also commemorated National Voter Registration Day, which fell this year on Sept. 22. The Office of Government and Community Affairs, which maintains a page on its website about voter registration in Philadelphia,
held an information session about voter registration in Houston. Universities are required to distribute voting registration information since the National Voter Registration Act was expanded with a new act in 1998.
The difficulty of getting to a daytime polling place has long been seen as an obstacle to voting. Fortunately, Penn students registered to vote in Philadelphia won’t have to go very far on Election Day.
Typically, many of West Philadelphia’s polling places are on Penn’s campus. According to data from the Office of the Philadelphia City Commissioners, for example, residents of the electoral district containing the
Quadrangle vote at Houston Hall. Likewise, Harrison and Harnwell College Houses serve as polling places for much of Penn’s campus west of 38th Street, an area which includes the high rises as well as DuBois and Gregory College Houses. Hill House similarly serves most of the area between 36th Street and the Schuylkill River. Those living around Pine Street and Baltimore Avenue between 40th and 42nd streets vote at Penn’s Civic House, while those directly north between Pine and Walnut vote at the nearby Walnut Street West branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Students living in the Radian, Domus and Hamilton Court fall in the vast division served by Penn’s Center for Rehabilitation and Care at 36th and Chestnut streets. Pennsylvania state law allows out-of-state Penn students to register in both their home state and Pennsylvania, as long as they choose one location to actually vote in. This gives students additional flexibility in voting, according to the Office of Government and Community Affairs. “You can decide whether your vote will make a larger impact if you vote in the location of your student domicile or if you vote in your previous permanent residence,” the OGCA website states.
New book presents Penn’s rocky rise to academic prestige Book describes ongoing gentrification of West Phila. OWAIN WEST Contributing Reporter
What do murder, biological warfare and gentrification all have in common? They all helped shape Penn as a worldleading institution. “Becoming Penn,” a new book written by professor John Puckett and University Archives and Records Center Director Mark Frazier Lloyd, presents Penn’s rise to an internationally-reputed intellectual destination. “For Penn to be attractive to … international audiences, it had to develop as a place that fostered the greatest number of
incentives to students to study,” Lloyd said. Those incentives included a neighborhood that promoted learning, something that was lacking in the 1950s. According to Puckett, the 1958 murder of a Korean graduate student near campus provided the “proximate cause” to create that learning environment by expanding into West Philadelphia. Lloyd said that while there was a national consensus that development was warranted, the displaced weren’t happy. He added that even though homeowners were paid fairly, renters — who were mostly African American — “were evicted rather than getting fair value for their property.” Although Lloyd said there is
“no evidence that the University was racially motivated,” Puckett said that there existed “a hubristic vision … that all Penn could do for the world was a greater good than the plight of the poor.” At the same time, the University was increasing research to help its astronomical rise in academic prestige, culminating in the development of the University City Science Center in the 1960s. The venture was considered unpopular among students as it was implicated in two classified projects tied to the Vietnam War. War dissent became mixed with displeasure with how Penn was acquiring local land. Dissent climaxed with a sit-in at College Hall in 1969 led by student activist, and
now Netter Center for Community Partnerships Director and professor, Ira Harkavy. A success, the sit-in resulted in the foundation of the Quadripartite Commission to oversee Penn’s expansion, alongside the promise of money to help provide housing for poor locals. “We changed the decision making processes and priorities at this institution,” Harkavy said. “Nothing was destroyed, but we built a hell of a lot.” The later establishment of Academ ically Based Community Service courses by Harkavy and professor Lee Benson exemplified Penn’s newfound ethos, setting about a new tradition of community engagement that still stands today. Judith Rodin, Penn’s previous
president, had made it her goal that Penn “be a worldclass university.” A continued focus on West Philadelphia development, as well as placing additional funding into research and the School of Arts and Sciences, helped Penn attain that distinction,
eventually resulting in a U.S. News Top 10 ranking under her administration. For P uckett, “Becom ing Penn” “presents a foundation that was missing on Penn and … other research universities that were coming into their prime.”
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took command with two kills that sandwiched a service ace by sophomore libero Michelle Pereira to give the Quakers the 1-0 lead.
Genske’s first-set performance was critical to Penn’s early success, logging 10 of the team’s 15 kills while putting up a .769
hitting percentage. For a squad reliant on energy and momentum, the senior captain’s presence was decisive. “I think part of that was me just having confidence in my teammates,� Genske said. “And I feel like I could swing really hard because people were covering me, so I think that taught me that I really rely on that.� The Big Red rallied back in a second set that saw seven ties before finally breaking away with five straight points to clinch the set, 25-20. It was in the second set that Cornell was able to take on the Red and Blue’s freewheeling offense, notching three blocks — more than it would throughout the rest of the match. The last two sets saw the Quakers win the battle at the net, with the Big Red recording a single block and a .115 hitting percentage to Penn’s five and .227, respectively. The Red and Blue captured the third set, 25-19, before closing out the match, 28-26, to move into a four-way tie atop the Ancient Eight.
that makes those moments even more challenging.� Penn seemed to adjust after the timeout, putting the pressure back on the Big Green. Eight minutes after Dartmouth’s goal, the Quakers earned a corner of their own and capitalized. Freshman Selena Garzio received the ball and passed to sophomore Gina Guccione across the circle who fed it right back to Garzio for an open shot and goal, giving the Quakers a 2-1 lead and retaking momentum. After taking a timeout in the 65th minute, Dartmouth seemed
to regain its composure, and scored a minute later on a deflection goal. Julia Donald redirected a shot from far outside the circle just enough from sophomore goalie Liz Mata’s reach to tie the game at two with four minutes left in regulation. When Penn failed to convert a corner chance at the end of regulation, the game was forced into overtime. The first 15-minute half produced plenty of back-and-forth action as the field opened up, with junior Claire Kneizys receiving a yellow card, one that put the Red and Blue down a player for five
nerve-wracking minutes. After fending off the penalty, the Quakers stormed down the field, and junior Elise Tilton marched into the shooting circle and earned a penalty stroke for the squad. Hoover took the shot, but seemed to clip the ball, causing it to roll right to the goalie. The second overtime period saw more action, as senior captain Elizabeth Hitti had a chance to end it on a breakaway before her shot went begging wide. But with about five minutes remaining in overtime before going to a penalty shootout, Penn’s offensive pressure
finally led to the game-winning goal. Tilton got off a shot in the circle that rebounded to Hoover on the side of goal. The sophomore passed the ball across cage back to Tilton, who tapped it into the goal for the backdoor overtime winner. Finally, after almost 100 minutes of field hockey, the Quakers captured the win, surviving an upset scare from a Dartmouth team still looking for its first conference win. Looking ahead, Fink felt that Penn would have to get through many more of these types of
games with four Ivy opponents remaining on the schedule. “There are quality players in this league, there’s quality coaching in this league, and no game is ever going to be easy,� she said. “There’s a lot less separation between worst and first.� “We’re building a real sense of family on the team,� Hitti added. “We’re fighting this season. Everybody wants it, from the freshmen to the seniors, and we’re on a relentless pursuit. There’s definitely something special going on.� Penn is back in action on Friday when it travels to face Columbia.
a year off from the game, Jones has managed to reacclimate. “I was kind of anxious and kind of waiting for that first hit,� he admitted. “But once we got
back into the swing of things, it meshed and felt normal again.� In addition, Jones had to adapt to the increased skill level of his opponents compared
to those he had faced in high school. “The game did speed up from high school,� Jones said. “I could definitely tell. I was a little caught off guard during the first game with the way the speed was. “But I’m picking it up really well.� With the start of basketball season just a month away, Jones is beginning to think about hoops. He anticipates there will be times when sprint football games or practices and JV basketball practices overlap, but it is understood that
sprint football takes priority while he is still on the roster for that team during the season. Still, it’s a delicate balancing act. “It’s going to be a little bit of a jumble,� he noted. Once the sprint football season comes to a close, Jones will also resume his duties as a manager for coach Steve Donahue’s basketball program. His responsibilities with the Quakers include helping with equipment, filling water bottles, filming practices and making sure everything runs smoothly on game day.
Although playing for the JV team while managing the varsity group can be quite time-consuming, Jones views the opportunity to do both as invaluable experience. “I think of myself as a student of the game, even though I’m not on the varsity team,� Jones said. “I like to watch, like to learn and like to pick up new things and play better in JV games. “The coaches could see that as I was paying attention at the varsity practices, I was translating [what I learned] to the JV practices. I think it translates well.�
pair of double-doubles NICK BUCHTA Contributing Reporter
The changing seasons bring about new colors around campus, with greens turning to oranges and browns, Red and Blue fading in favor of a shade of pink. Penn volleyball hosted Cornell and Columbia in this weekend’s Dig Pink! Rally, donning pink instead of the normal Red and Blue to raise money for breast cancer research. Despite a strong showing Friday night, the Quakers could not complete the weekend sweep on Saturday, falling to the Lions in four sets after a convincing win against the Big Red. Against Cornell (4-11, 0-5 Ivy), the Red and Blue jumped out to a quick 12-5 lead. But Penn (9-8, 3-2) was forced to regroup as the Big Red stormed back out of a timeout, knotting it at 23. From there, outside hitter Alexis Genske
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call a timeout. “We just have to buckle down and get through those moments,� Fink said after the game. “I think that, as a program, we are starting to draw some attention to ourselves, and teams are coming in prepared because of the quality coaching in our league and also coming in with a different level of energy. “When you’re on the top, you have to know that there’s always a target on your back, so sometimes
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2015
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McCurdy dominant through air, land to lead Quakers SPRINT FB | Junior QB
freshman running back Max Jones, no stranger to clutch performances, ran for 97 yards. As the fourth
quarter clock ran down, the score read 29-12 in favor of the Red and Blue.
After last week’s difficult loss to Navy, coach Bill Wagner made clear to his team the implications of
Friday’s contest and sought to instill a sense of urgency in the Red and Blue. “We realized that the only way we could get back into this race for the championship was to run the table,” Wagner said. This do-or-die mentality showed early on in the play of the Quakers (3-1). In the first quarter, their special teams came up with a big turnover, blocking a punt deep in Cornell territory. McCurdy then led his team to a quick lead with a fouryard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Henry Mason. Penn further widened the scoring gap at the end of the first, as McCurdy steadily led the offense down the field. After a forty-one yard throw to sophomore Andrew Sutton, the quarterback took the ball into the endzone himself, his first of three rushing touchdowns on the day. Wagner emphasized the strategic benefits of having such a mobile threat at quarterback. “What [having a mobile quarterback] does is it forces the defense to spread across the field because he’s still such a good passer,” he said. “That allows another back in the backfield and for us to use the
I think it all comes down to consistency on both sides of the ball. Penn has had a tendency to start games off on the wrong foot, whether it’s untimely turnovers — see Lisa’s interception on the first drive against Fordham — or just struggling to extend offensive series beyond the first set of downs. If the Red and Blue can avoid digging themselves into an insurmountable deficit within the first
half of the game, it’s clear that they can hang around with the teams on the rest of their schedule. It’s hard to identify what leads a team to start off slow, but at this point there aren’t any more excuses. There are six Ivy League games left in the season, and within those come opportunities to prove that the Quakers are a team on the rise, better than the sixth-place team from last year. The first test is a reunion with
Al Bagnoli’s Columbia squad, another 1-3 Ivy League team, but one that got there a very different way. The Lions came up with their first win since 2012 this weekend with a dominant 26-3 rout of Wagner. But just because Penn and Columbia have identical records doesn’t mean they’re equals on the playing field. Emotions will be running high, but on Saturday in New York, the Red and Blue will need
to put together those flashes of brilliance into a complete game against the Lions. I’m not the stoutest believer in momentum in sports, but if it does exist, the Quakers have a winnable game this weekend to spur them into the rest of the Ivy League season. Columbia and Cornell are definitely games where Penn will be a clear favorite, and after this weekend, it might not be unreasonable to see the Quakers knock off Brown, Yale or Princeton.
rushes for three scores SANJAY DURESETI Contributing Reporter
Many students use fall break as an opportunity to head home. For Penn sprint football, it was a chance to leave the homey confines of Franklin Field for the third straight weekend. However, despite once again finding itself in unfamiliar territory, Penn sprint football delivered a crucial performance against conference rival Cornell. The team travelled to Ithaca, N.Y., to take on the Big Red in a key Collegiate Sprint Football League matchup. The winner would find themselves entrenched in third place in the league, behind only perennial powerhouses Army and Navy. Penn’s star players, coming off a slightly disappointing performance against the Midshipmen, redeemed themselves. Junior quarterback Mike McCurdy used his arm and his legs to lead his team to victory, passing for 178 yards and a score and rushing for 44 yards and three touchdowns. Not to be outdone,
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the game. Coaches always say that difficult schedules build tough teams, and with four of Penn’s hardest games in the past, we’ll see just how true that is. So, what can we expect moving forward? Obviously this team is somewhere in between the one that struggled against Lehigh and the second-half performance against the Rams on Saturday.
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and picked off by Niko Thorpe at the Quakers’ 14. Less than two minutes later, the Rams had made it 28-3. “You’re not going to beat anybody if you spot them that many points early, that’s the lesson we learned,” coach Ray Priore said. “If you spot a good team like that that many points early, you’re going to need a heroic effort to come back.” Fortunately for the Red and Blue, less than three weeks after shocking then-No. 4 Villanova, they had a similarly heroic effort up their collective sleeves. On the verge of replicating the result of last year’s 60-22 loss to Fordham, Penn benefited from two long runs by junior Brian Schoenauer to approach the Rams’ red zone. Then, Lisa found Justin Watson for a 21-yard touchdown, the fourth consecutive game to start the season in which the sophomore wideout has scored. After Edmonds caught a 21yard touchdown pass of his own seven plays later, the pressure was back on the Red and Blue. But another long drive, highlighted by a 53-yard bomb to Watson, helped set up Schoenauer’s first of three touchdowns and made it 35-17 at halftime. Although Fordham eviscerated the Quakers’ defense in the opening half, Penn stood tall throughout the third quarter.
ARABELLA UHRY | CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Junior quarterback Mike McCurdy had a game to remember Saturday, throwing for 178 yards and a TD while rushing for 44 and three scores as the Quakers toppled Ivy rival Cornell 29-12 in Ithaca.
Though the Rams ran 19 plays on its first two drives in the period, the defense — led by senior linebacker Tyler Drake, who finished with four sacks — forced two punts. “Once we got into halftime, we really buckled down, and we got our minds right,” Drake noted. “And once we started making some plays, we knew we would be able to exploit them with some pressures, and it helped that we were able to get stops, get off the field and get our offense the ball.” With the ball in the offense’s hands, Penn began laying the groundwork for its miraculous comeback. Eight minutes after Schoenauer’s three-yard score made it 35-24, Lisa found tight end Ryan O’Malley for a nine-yard touchdown before the Quakers failed to notch the two-point conversion. Now only leading 35-30, Anderson wasted no time bringing Fordham down the field. Aided by two personal fouls against Penn’s defense, the Rams extended their lead to 42-30 on Edmonds’ twoyard touchdown run with 13:03 to play. The game seemed all but lost for the Quakers after Lisa — who finished the game 24-for-37 with 263 yards, three touchdowns and two picks — fumbled on Penn’s next drive deep in its own territory. But the Red and Blue forced a turnover on downs, keeping the matchup within reach. It took the Quakers 11 plays to
HOLDEN MCGINNIS | SPORTS EDITOR
In his first career start, senior quarterback Andrew Lisa was poised behind center. Despite the Quakers’ 25-point deficit, Lisa threw three touchdown passes and a game-tying two-point conversion on Saturday..
go 77 yards and cut the deficit to five on Schoenauer’s third score of the game. But Fordham’s Jihaad
Pretlow returned the subsequent kickoff to Penn’s 26-yard line, setting up the Rams for a field goal
that made it 45-37. With 3:44 remaining, Lisa and company went to work. Thanks
running back as a lead blocker. We get a lot of good action out of that.” In front of any dominating rushing performance lies a successful offensive line. And one week after surrendering five sacks to a powerful Navy defense, the line held up admirably, allowing only one hit on their quarterback. “Obviously, they blocked really well,” Wagner commented. “They opened up more play-action, and we got good looks at running our motion and getting the ball to our motion receivers.” Cornell (2-2), however, put up a fight towards the end of the game. In the fourth quarter, the Big Red quickly drove towards the Penn end zone, hoping to pull within a single touchdown of the Red and Blue. But this time, Penn’s defense delivered, as junior Chris Colavita clinched the game with a critical interception. His performance, along with freshman linebacker James Juliano’s ten tackles, proved to be the difference on the defensive side of the ball. The Quakers will finally make their return back to Franklin Field and look to continue their winning ways next Friday against Mansfield in their home game since a 51-7 rout of Franklin Pierce on Sept. 16.
Of course, it all depends on consistency. Coach Priore and the team know that. This weekend showed that Villanova wasn’t a fluke and that Penn, when everything clicks, can hang with the best. Now, on to Columbia. HOLDEN McGINNIS is an Engineering junior from Gladwyne, Pa, and is a sports editor at The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at mcginnis@thedp.com.
to a 44-yard kickoff return and a crucial unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Fordham, the Red and Blue wound up with second and 10 at the Rams’ 13 before Lisa found Kelly for the touchdown. Moments later, Lisa’s pass to Watson on a slant route tied the game at 45. “I want to fight when we get into games,” Priore said. “I want to go down to the wire. If, at that point in time, we’ve given everything we have and they’re the better team, then so be it.” After Aron Morgan’s kickoff rolled out of bounds, Fordham had 106 seconds to get in field-goal range. It wouldn’t need that long. Four of the Rams’ first five plays on the drive went for nine yards or more, easily bringing the squad into Penn territory. With 11 seconds left, Makay Reed lined up for a 31-yard field goal that sailed through the uprights. Ball game. The Quakers are next in action next Saturday when they take on Columbia and former Penn coach Al Bagnoli in New York.
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BEATING BIG RED Penn sprint football rode three rushing touchdowns from Mike McCurdy to a win over Cornell
After beating Columbia on Friday night, Penn volleyball lost to Cornell
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2015
Busiest man in Penn Athletics
Sophomore plays sprint football, manages varsity hoops, plays JV STEVEN JACOBSON Sports Reporter
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ARABELLA UHRY | CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Sophomore Marcus Jones joined sprint football in 2015 after focusing on basketball.
Marcus Jones may be the busiest man in Penn Athletics. The sophomore from Newport, Pa., can lay claim to being part of three of the program’s teams. After playing for the junior varsity basketball team and managing the varsity basketball team throughout his freshman year in 2014-15, Jones has maintained his commitments to both teams and joined sprint football this fall as well. The underclassman has played both sports since fourth grade, lettering three times in basketball and twice in football in high school. Having heard of his prowess, Penn sprint football coach Bill Wagner got in touch with Jones during his senior year of high school and asked if he wanted to grace the gridiron for the Red and Blue. However, Jones ultimately decided to devote his time to basketball. But Wagner didn’t give up. “[Wagner] gave me a call and asked if I wanted to try on the pads again at the end of basketball season last year,” Jones said. “I was kind of reminiscing about high school at the time, so I was really excited when he gave me the call. “I was more than happy to accept.” Jones has been an integral part of the Quakers’ defense this fall, playing in all four of the team’s games and totaling 22 tackles while serving as a defensive end. Although
RILEY STEELE | SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR
HOLDEN McGINNIS
It’s honestly hard to know what to make of Penn football after four games. The season has been a rollercoaster ride for both the team and its fans alike. It has featured a blowout loss to Lehigh,
followed by an historic upset of then-No. 4 Villanova, a blowout loss to Dartmouth and then an incredible comeback to nearly defeat No. 13 Fordham. The Quakers put together their two best performances of the year against their two toughest opponents but came out flat in its other two games. But before we even think about the future, it’s worth just talking about the resilience
Penn showed on Saturday. Starting their backup quarterback, Andrew Lisa, and down 28-3 in the second quarter, the Quakers looked to be out of the game. Nothing was working for it offensively, and Fordham running back Chase Edmonds was torching the Red and Blue defense to the tune of more than 10 yards per touch. The Quakers came out of the break down 18 and put
together arguably their best half of football all season. The defense held Fordham to just 13 points and got constant pressure on quarterback Kevin Anderson, while the offense found success through the air and on the ground. A year ago, I’m not sure we would have seen Penn fight quite as hard to get back into SEE McGINNIS PAGE 9
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Hoover breaks scoring record in Quakers’ ninth straight win FIELD HOCKEY | Penn
wins in OT yet again
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THOMAS MUNSON | ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Attacker Alexa Hoover continued her torrid pace in 2015, adding her 21st goal of the season in Penn’s win over Dartmouth on Saturday. The sophomore broke the program record for goals in a season when she scored in the 21st minute. SEND STORY IDEAS TO DPSPORTS@THEDP.COM
Another overtime game, another conference win for Penn field hockey. For the third Ivy League contest in a row, the Quakers needed overtime to get the result they wanted, this time making Dartmouth the victims of their extra time heroics, winning in incredible fashion, 3-2. Penn (9-1, 3-0 Ivy) dominated the first half, out-shooting
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Dartmouth (4-6, 0-3), 16-4, by the end of the period. In the 15th minute, sophomore phenom Alexa Hoover opened the scoring, breaking the Red and Blue’s 12-year-old season goal-scoring record set by Liz Lorelli in back in 2003 after eclipsing the season pointsscoring record on Tuesday against Lafayette. The Quakers continued to dominate the first half, but Big Green goalie Paige Duffy was up to the task, making save after save to keep her squad in the game until the horn sounded to signal the end of the half. Penn came out strong again
after the break, getting a couple of good chances before momentum began to swing in Dartmouth’s favor. Similar to the Cornell game on Sept. 25, the Red and Blue began giving up corners, with the Big Green getting increasingly closer to breaking through. In the 50th minute, Dartmouth’s Brooke Van Valkenburg scored off a penalty corner to tie the game at one apiece. That goal put Penn on its heels despite a massive shot disparity in the Quakers’ favor, forcing coach Colleen Fink to SEE FIELD HOCKEY PAGE 9 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640