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Housing options at Penn can reflect wealth disparities JACK CAHN Senior Reporter

Welcome to the Radian: Where lush couches, flat-screen televisions and spiral staircases fill duplex lounges, where gyms with state-of-the-art equipment have windows that extend from the floor to the ceiling and where

modern kitchens are furnished with the newest appliances.

This is home for Penn’s wealthy undergraduates — that is, besides those who live in Domus Apartments, with its second-floor pool, private theater and spa-inspired bathrooms.

Just a few blocks west live many lower-income students in off-campus apartments that typically cost less than half the Radian’s rent. For these

students, amenities are few and far between, and landlords can be unresponsive.

“I definitely think income disparities affect housing. Obviously, if you have more money you can afford to live in a nicer place,” said College sophomore Rita Wegner. “I would never consider living in the Radian or Domus. If it’s more expensive than on campus, then no way.

That’s not happening.”

Because so many students become friends with their roommates and hallmates, these housing divisions can often lead to social divisions. “I really don’t know anyone who lives [in the Radian] because I don’t know anyone in those circles,” Wegner said.

But not all students think housing exacerbates income disparities at Penn. “A lot of people live on campus because

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Penn alum Donald Trump to host Saturday Night Live next month

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COREY STERN Senior Reporter

Saturday Night Live cast member Vanessa Bayer won’t be the only Penn alumnus on stage when the show broadcasts on Nov. 7. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is set to host SNL exactly one year and one day before the 2016 election, the show announced on Tuesday.

“It was just announced that I will be hosting Saturday Night Live on Nov. 7 — look forward to it!” Trump tweeted following the big news.

Trump’s hosting gig follows a guest appearance by Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton on the show’s Oct. 3 season premiere.

In a skit, she played a bartender named Val who strikes up conversation with a Hillary Clinton portrayed by cast member Kate McKinnon.

In that same episode, the opening skit featured a message from Trump and his wife Melania, played by cast members Taran Killam and Cecily Strong. At one point, Melania says she is not as smart as her husband — she did

of the community,” said College sophomore Lauren Murski.

And Wegner, who went to the opera with her hall earlier this semester, agrees that on-campus programming, study-breaks and trips are definitely a draw to live on campus.

Any housing disparities that do exist are most evident among upperclassmen. “I feel like the

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Physics professor scuba-dives to explore solar energy Sweeney started her science career in biology SHOBA BABU Staff Reporter

Scuba diving off tropical islands and exploring coral reefs for work sounds like some quixotic dream to most people, but for Physics professor Alison Sweeney, it’s anything but fantasy.

To Sweeney, the aquatic world is a lab unlike any other. A biologist by training but a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sweeney is able to combine her love of both subjects through her research in marine biology about how sea creatures use physics in their day to day lives. By applying her research to

real world problems, she creates a niche all her own here at Penn.

Before diving deep into research, Sweeney couldn’t imagine becoming a scientist.

“I didn’t know any scientists growing up. It wasn’t even clear to me that ‘scientist’ was a realistic job description. It seemed sort of like ‘astronaut’ or something that you might say you wanted to be when you were little but no one actually did,” Sweeney said.

Sweeney planned to enter her undergraduate studies majoring in biology and assumed that she would follow the typical pre-med path of many biology majors.

However, upon arriving at Wesleyan University in 1993 she met her first professional scientists, her professors, who served as eyeopening mentors.

After taking an invertebrate zoology class, she was blown away by the diversity of life on earth and knew that marine biology was something worth studying. Although her love of biology was cemented early on, Sweeney didn’t take her first physics class until her junior year because of the structure of her major. But she was equally blown away by the subject and began to add in as many physics classes as possible, eventually looking for a graduate mentor who could help her combine her love of evolution and physics.

Her graduate advisor at Duke University, Sonke Johnsen, is in fact the one who encouraged her to learn to scuba dive to further her research.

Although Sweeney was

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hesitant at first and wondered if it was necessary, her mentor emphasized the importance of observing what one studies up close.

Now, Sweeney totally agrees with his wisdom.

“Scuba diving, like anything else, is an observational tool for exploring the world,” Sweeney said. “There are directions that my work has gone that have been very important, and I never would have had those ideas or insights if I hadn’t been underwater seeing things for myself.”

Sweeney said that she and her team regularly go out in the water for projects around four times per year, and she currently has two funded projects involving snorkeling and scuba diving.

One is on giant clams in the Pacific island, Palau, and another is on camouflage and self assembly of camouflage in open water, for which her team will go out on sea on research vessels.

After a weather-induced delay, Sweeney’s team is expected to venture out to sea sometime this spring.

Sweeney’s research on giant clams has received much acclaim and could lead to better solar panels. Unlike normal filterfeeding clams, giant clams from the Western Pacific farm algae inside their bodies, using light as energy. This allows them to use the light in the most efficient way possible, which Sweeney hopes to replicate in solar energy.

“This seems to be a strategy that gets you the most efficient possible use of sunlight per square meter of area and this is exactly the problem you need to solve in order to make something like biofuels or make gasoline from algae a viable economic process,” Sweeney said.

Sweeney is currently partnering with Penn professor Shu Yang from the School of Engineering and Applied Science to imitate the cells that clams use in

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Professor Allison Sweeney scuba-dived in the island of Palau for her research on giant clams.

this process. She said that since physicists may not know where to find biologically-based problems, her job is to bridge both fields.

“The University really put its

money where its mouth is when it comes to bridging ideas between disciplines,” Sweeney said, “and in my opinion it makes Penn the most exciting place to be to be doing science right now.”

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Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin and Clinton all appeared on the show, hoping for good publicity.

Tr ump previously hosted

SNL in 2004 to promote the first season of his NBC reality show “The Apprentice.” Since then, he’s also been the butt of countless jokes on the show.

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Saddle up for Mask and Wig’s Western-themed show The production runs from Wednesday to Saturday

extensive planning and preparation.

“As soon as we finished our junior year, we wanted to plan early. We started writing bits

in May,” Shen said. During the initial stages, Engineering senior and Stage Manager Billy Clarke met with other section heads and decided on the

show’s Western theme.

The show follows the format of Mask and Wig’s past shows: an original opening and closing piece by the band and sketches

and bits interspersed with renditions of popular songs. “What makes this show unique though is that I’ve noticed there’s more political humor and topical

current events,” Clarke said.

Although the troupe, which consists of 48 students across all four years, rehearsed during Fall Break, it didn’t gain access to the Iron Gate Theatre until Saturday. Having done runthroughs from 7 p.m. until midnight during the past two days, members feel prepared for the show’s debut.

“This has been the tamest hell week that I’ve ever been a part of,” Shen said. He attributes this to the early planning and gives credit to the energy of the new members. “We took in 15 new guys this year, and this has probably been the most enthusiastic class of freshmen that I’ve ever seen in my time here.”

The business staff has been busy amplifying their advertising this week by selling tickets on Locust Walk and setting up shifts outside the Quadrangle to encourage freshmen to come out to the shows. “Ticket sales have been good. We’re excited to fill up the theater,” Engineering senior and Business Manager Sam Rowland said.

The show is expected to deliver lots of laughter along with wittier humor than past years.

“We tried to put in some commentary, and it’s more smart humor, which ref lects the growth of our writers,” Shen said.

are struggling with mental illness. The ambassadors, who have not yet been chosen, will receive I-CARE training from Counseling and Psychological Services, which teaches people to recognize signs of mental distress, says CAPS Director Bill Alexander.

T he progra m will not subst it ut e for p r ofessiona l assistance — distressed st u d e nt s w i l l b e d i r e c t e d t owa rd s CA PS or a not h e r r esou rc e. But E ng i ne er i ng

professor Paulo A r ratia, who help e d to develop t he pro gram, explained that faculty o c cupy a n i n f luent ia l role i n st udents’ l ives, a nd ca n encou rage t hem to seek t he treatment they need. “ I m a g i n e yo u h a v e a student in distress and if another st udent — a f r iend of t he st udent — recom mends that the student goes to seek the help. The student may or may not go,” A r rat ia sa id.

“But i f t he facult y ask s or

suggest s t hat a st udent go seek help, in particular, go to CAPS, it is much more likely that the student seeks help.”

Pen n Law School professor a nd Faculty Senate Past C h a i r C l a i r e F i n k el s t e i n , who also helped develop the program, said that professors can often pick up on signs of ment a l d ist ress a mong st udents when t hey sk ip class or fail to turn in assignments — even i n la rge le ct u r es.

And in recitations, teaching

assistants will ideally benefit from their professors’ training and be able to provide help as well.

“Faculty members have an obligation to serve as moral leaders on these issues, and often they lead by exa mple, so by responding well themselves [they] help to stimulate appropriate responses among their TAs and among their colleagues,” Finkelstein said.

A major goa l of t he pro gram is to change the culture

su r rou nd i ng ment a l hea lt h through faculty involvement.

“This would contr ibute to [that] goal,” Finkelstein said, “so that students would feel t hat fa cu lt y were supp or tive a nd facult y were awa re that mental health is a ser ious a nd impor t a nt issue on campus.”

The faculty will find a way to assess t he prog ra m a f ter its f i rst yea r. I f successf ul, it will be expanded to Penn’s graduate schools as well.

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Inside the Iron Gate Theatre, there is a sign that reads “Smokey Joe’s,” but this is no bar. Loud commands echo from all over the theatre and cast members run to their positions.

The stage lights are cued, revealing a Western frontier set and the members of the Mask and Wig Club standing in their trademark dresses and heels.

This is the first full dress rehearsal for Mask and Wig’s fall show “No Country for Old Penn,” which debuts Wednesday evening and runs for a total of seven shows.

“It might not look like it right now, but this is the most prepared we’ve ever been during my four years with Wig,” College senior and Mask and Wig Chairman Zach Shen said amidst a backdrop of shouted orders and occasional profanity.

While the crew focused on technicalities, the cast ran through its lines and was met by laughter off-stage from members listening to the show’s one-liners.

Despite its lighthea r ted humor, the show required

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OPINION Not a chance, part II

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keen on the truth | Revisiting the possibility of getting the aaRS protein by chance

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n my last column, I introduced a small part of why I favor the conclusions of a minority of scientists who are skeptical of materialistic explanations for the existence of biological life. Members of The Daily Pennsylvanian community made incisive comments on both sides of the issue.

One response, quite common in the wider debate over strict materialism, was as follows: Sure, the probability of getting the aaRS is small enough that it wouldn’t have happened on Earth in 4.5 billion years. But the universe is a big place — the dice were being rolled on every conceivable Earth-like planet. Think in terms of the universe, and the statistical problem goes away.

This argument fails when we begin to put numbers to general statements. The observable universe contains an estimated 10 to the 80th electrons. Letting each electron be an amino acid furiously linking and unlinking with its neighbors for 13.5 billion years, still leaves us many orders of magnitude below the

expected waiting time for getting a couple of functional proteins. Of course, it is possible that a very large unobservable universe exists, and one could define the boundaries of such a universe to make the numbers work. Such claims are unfalsifiable — but remain more a way of salvaging untenable theories of abiogenesis than providing a reasonable suggestion for how life began.

In a similar vein, some have pointed out that there may be many ways of making life out of matter. The low probability for the one that happened is no more significant than the low probability that, out of millions of college-bound seniors, one particular combination of 2,500 names ended up on Penn’s register this fall.

This suggestion fails to consider that even granted a very large number of ways of making life out of matter, the probability of hitting upon one of them remains negligible as long as there is an overwhelming number of nonfunctional combinations for each func-

tional one.

The analogy about Penn’s register does not apply because

are many ways of getting “functional” combinations of letters.

Just as the aaRS function might

For example, suppose the first letters of the last names of the Class of 2019 … turned out to be a recognizable approximation of the opening stanzas of ‘Hamlet.’” there is no “unfunctional” combination of students. To make the analogy relevant we must create such a combination. For example, suppose the first letters of the last names of the Class of 2019, arranged in the order that students confirmed their attendance, turned out to be a recognizable approximation of the opening stanzas of “Hamlet.” This might constitute a “functional” combination of names, and has a ballpark probability similar to that of stumbling upon the entire family of aaRS proteins.

Now, to keep the analogy consistent, we imagine there

arise in any number of different ways, so, too, the 2,500 letters might spell out virtually any conceivable thought. Would this get us into the ballpark of the possible? The answer, statistically, is no. For, though there are an extremely large number of ways to arrange 2,500 English letters into coherent sentences, they remain an infinitesimal fraction of 26^2500.

The same principle applies to achieving a functional system like the aaRS proteins.

There may be many ways to achieve such a system. Some of them might not even involve

amino acids. But the combinations of amino acids, or other substances, that “work” remain an infinitesimal fraction of a much larger total.

A few commentators brought up the RNA world hypothesis which suggests that the function of the aaRS protein might have been achieved through RNA-based enzymes.

There is evidence for the possibility of RNA-based charging of tRNA molecules. Some RNA structures may be capable of self-replication, thus allowing for gradual development of RNA enzymes guided by natural selection.

However, as far as we currently know, the length of RNA needed to act as an aaRS protein is far too great to realistically allow for such self-replication. Thus, the RNA world hypothesis does not solve the overarching problem I articulated with respect to the aaRS protein function. It simply moves the problem from a proteinbased system to an RNA-based system.

An increasing number of

jeremiah keenan scientists faced with this and other issues have become skeptical that life arose on Earth by purely materialistic means.

Their (and my) position is not a matter — as some imagine — of questioning laboratory science. It’s a rational rejection of an ideological framework that demands life can be explained by chance and Darwinian evolution.

Jeremiah keenan is a College junior from China studying mathematics and classical studies. His email address is jkeenan@sas. upenn.edu. “Keen on the Truth” appears every other Wednesday.

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The Netter Center of learned optimism

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hat makes certain people stand-out performers? For years, I’ve tried to pinpoint common qualities among high achievers. From my observation, the answer can be summed up in one word: optimism.

Optimistic thinkers lead happier, more productive lives.

Who wouldn’t want to be an optimist? But too often, people believe that optimists are born, not made, and that their status is immutable.

Now what if I told you that optimism could be learned — that even the most dyed-in-thewool pessimists could change their ways?

In the 1960s, Penn professor Martin Seligman studied a concept now known as “learned helplessness.” He subjected a sample of dogs to a series of shocks and trained them to believe that pulling a lever would put an end to the shocks. At first, the dogs worked to avoid the shock by pulling a lever.

But for a subgroup of the dogs, the shocks continued even when the lever was pulled. In

the quixotic quaker | Service learning helps us and the community other words, the dogs “learned” that they were helpless — the shocks were coming no matter what. They gave up trying to help themselves.

The dogs — both those that

found that, like helplessness, optimism could be learned.

Learning optimism is rooted in changing how we think about the future and navigate obstacles. Optimists tend to believe

Learning optimism is rooted in changing how we think about the future and navigate obstacles.” learned helplessness and those that did not — were then placed into a different experiment, where all the dogs could escape a series of shocks by jumping over a bar. Even though the shocks were now avoidable, the dogs with learned helplessness were far less likely to jump over the than the dogs who had not learned helplessness. The phenomenon of learned helplessness was later observed in humans facing seemingly inescapable problems, such as children who had been frequently abused.

Fortunately, Seligman later

they are in control and capable of solving problems. They see disappointments as bumps in the road to success, not impassable roadblocks that detour to failure. Seligman proved empirically that people could shift their mindset, become more optimistic, and, by extension, lead happier and healthier lives.

Penn is a terrifically optimistic institution, and a substantial portion of that optimism can be ascribed to Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships. The Netter Center is known for its service programs including Community School

Student Partnerships, Moelis Access Science and Academically-Based Community Service courses that mobilize hundreds of Penn undergraduates as change agents in the West Philadelphia community.

By enabling undergraduates to work on complex problems in a hands-on way, the Netter Center essentially “teaches” optimism. At the Netter Center, volunteers see their effort help an elementary school student learn to read at grade level or a high school senior become the first in her family to apply to college. How optimistic would you feel knowing you were powerful enough to change the course of someone’s life?

Perhaps its best work is spreading optimism to those in the West Philadelphia neighborhood.

Remember how the dogs in Seligman’s experiment learned helplessness after receiving shock after shock? Many West Philadelphians have similarly experienced learned helplessness. Poverty, prejudice and poorly functioning schools can, over time, wear down the spir-

its of young Philadelphians and convince them that they have no control over their destiny. But the Netter Center gives West Philadelphians the optimism they need to jump back into the driver’s seat and combat learned helplessness.

I witnessed this experience firsthand last week when my Penn Leadership Training Institute team visited one of our partner high schools. We talked about goal-setting, but one freshman was reluctant to write down a long-term goal.

“What’s the point?” he asked, “I don’t know what’s going to happen to me down the road.” But once we discussed short-term goals — the baby steps that lead a person to reaching their longterm goals — I saw light come to his eyes. He was excited. This particular student wanted to become a classics teacher, and by the end of our session, he was excitedly arranging a meeting with the chair of his school’s classics department to seek out career guidance.

Benjamin Franklin sought to create a university where young people could develop the

theodore l. caputi “Inclination” to “serve Mankind, one’s Country, Friends and Family.” This “Inclination” to serve is born from a great sense of optimism. Building optimism has been part of this school since its 18th century founding and continues to be an essential part of Penn through the everyday work of the Netter Center.

Theodore L. Caputi is a College and Wharton junior from Washington Crossing, Pa., studying finance/statistics and mathematics. His email address is tcaputi@wharton. upenn.edu. “The Quixotic Quaker” appears every other Wednesday.

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Penn’s Women in Art Initiative hosts panel of female Phila. artists Panelists discussed gender, pay gap in art fields

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A Penn program is helping female artists in Philadelphia speak up for each other.

On Tuesday, the Women In Art Initiative hosted a panel of six artists featured in the “10 Philadelphia Female Artists You Need to Know” by PhillyVoice. The women in the panel included Kiki Gaffney, Diane Feissel, Hollis Heichemer, Mallory Weston, Leslie Boyd and Katherine Fraser.

This panel promoted awareness of female artists in Philadelphia.

The artists discussed their art practice, the inspirations of their artwork, being an artist in Philadelphia and the role that gender plays in their art or in their lives.

Panelists differed in their perceived gender gap in the visual arts. While women represented 51 percent of visual artists in 2014, they have a low representation in major art cities. The National

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Museum of Women in the Arts reported that out of 4,000 artists represented in Los Angeles and New York City, only 32.3 percent were women. In addition, women hold only 24 percent of art museum director positions and earn, on average, 71 cents for every dollar earned by male directors.

Gaffney and Heichemer said that gender does not play a critical role in their work and they do not face any gender biases.

“I have not experienced any gender biases probably because I am focusing on what connects us and not what separates us,” Heichemer said.

However, for Weston and Boyd, both in the field of jewelry, gender directly influences their work.

Both women said they often face gender inequality in their subfield.

“Even though a majority of jewelers are women, it is disheartening when awards and huge career steps are often going to male jewelers. I would like to change that,” Weston said.

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The Women in Art Initiative advocates for gender equality in the visual arts and brought six panelists to campus on Tuesday.

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is a nonprofit student organization at Penn that addresses gender imbalance in the presentation of art, draws recognition to women artists of all time periods and nationalities and advocates for gender equality in the visual arts.

College sophomore Linda Lin, founder and president of Women in Art Initiative, started the organization at the beginning of her second semester at Penn to combine her passion for the visual arts and women’s rights. For Lin, advocating for women’s equality in the visual arts is intuitive — gender equality should be advocated for in every field.

“At Penn, there are clubs like Women in Engineering and Women in Technology to promote women in fields known to be male-dominated,” Lin said.

“But the thing with art is that even though it’s perceived as a girl thing, when you look at the representation of galleries, the collections are mostly male.”

In the near future, the Women in Art Initiative plans to collaborate with PennDesign to fight the gender gap in the amount that is written online about female artists compared to male artists. Similar to an Edit-a-thon, the two groups plan to create a book of collections of women’s printed art and create works responding to the perceived gender gap. In the long term, Lin said she hopes to establish an exhibition to represent female artists.

Lin has high aspirations for the organization.

“Right now, we are focusing on women in the visual arts but our direction is diversity in the arts world,” Lin said. “I think diversity is important in every field. We need to have multiple perspectives and hear diversity of different experiences so we can embrace all of these great things the world has to offer.”

Reception to follow.

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Sophomore midfielder Erica Higa provided energy off the bench for the Quakers as the team found its offensive rhythm, exploding for five goals against American. Penn had been held scoreless in its past five contests, fighting to a 0-2-3 record during its scoring drought.

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Sophomore back Luka Martinovic tries to start the attack against Rutgers. The Quakers struggled to get going offensively all game.

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differences are more so junior and senior year because sophomore year people just live on campus because it is easier,” said Nursing sophomore Erin Hartman.

Housing disparities exist because so many Penn students — 41 percent — live off campus in luxury or more affordable housing units. Among upperclassmen, who unlike freshmen are not mandated to live on campus, that percentage is even higher.

This is not necessarily the case at other Ivy League universities. At Harvard and Yale, for example, 97 and 86 percent of students live on campus, respectively. As a result, students of all income-levels and backgrounds more easily become roommates, hall mates and best friends throughout their four years as undergraduates.

“There isn’t really any reflection of income inequality in the housing system because it is totally randomized,” said Harvard

sophomore Aa ron M il ler.

“Toward the end of freshman year, every one is randomly assigned one of the twelve houses and you usually stay there for three years.”

New York University, by contrast, is on the other extreme.

There, because of the plethora of nearby off-campus housing options, 56 percent of students live off campus, and housing is divided among those who can afford to live in New York’s most expensive neighborhoods and those who cannot. Even on-campus housing at NYU is divided along income lines, with some housing options costing more than others.

Penn students are quick to point out that, at the end of the day, housing doesn’t cause income disparities — it simply reveals already existing issues.

“It’s regardless of housing,” said Engineering sophomore Keen Butcher.

“Income is more than just a number. It’s also a lifestyle: where you eat, how you eat, what you do, [and] how you grew up,” Wegner said.

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Senior goalkeeper Max Polkinhorne started the first half of Penn’s 2-0 loss to Rutgers, conceding one goal before being pulled at halftime.

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Muslim Student Association hosts “Meet a Muslim” They hope to raise awareness of Muslim students EUNICE LIM Staff Reporter

On Tuesday, Penn students got the chance to “Meet a Muslim” in Houston Hall and on Locust Walk as part of the Muslim Student Association’s “Islamic Discovery Series.”

Even in a country as religiously diverse as the United States, only 38 percent of the population knows a Muslim person, according to a 2014 Pew Research Center study.

It is in the context of this and the ongoing negative portrayals of Islam and Muslims in the media that MSA hosts its annual, weeklong discovery series.

“I feel that there are a lot of misunderstandings when it comes to Muslims because it’s easy for the media to dehumanize them. And the narratives that

exist around them are very extreme and discouraging,” said College and Engineering senior Habeeb Suara, who is the community relations chair in MSA. “This discovery series week is meant to emphasize similarities rather than differences.”

MSA Vice President and College senior Fahmida Sarmin echoed this sentiment.

“We’re normal students, and like everyone else we’re here to get an education. Through this event, we’re just showcasing something that’s a really big part of our lives — Islam,” Sarmin said.

A handful of MSA members manned the booths at “Meet a Muslim,” distributing pins, flyers and candied dates and chatting to students who stopped by. The event had about 200 RSVPs on its Facebook page.

“Sometimes people are scared to ask us more questions about Islam, like why we wear the hijab. This space is a forum

where people can ask us anything,” Sarmin said.

College and Wharton senior James An was one of the many students who stopped by the booth to chat and learn a bit more about the religion and culture.

“I decided to go to the event because I have a few good friends that are in MSA, and I wanted to show support for the community and learn more about them,” An said. “I had a wonderful time because they were so welcoming, kind and open to meeting new people and just having a wonderful conversation. Even though I wasn’t Muslim or ‘religious,’ I felt a part of the community, and I was just happy.”

Students can look forward to more events in the series throughout the week, including an Islamic food lounge on Wednesday, a lecture led

by Imam John Starling and a public sermon on College Green on Friday.

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FALL TO FORDHAM

On Saturday, Penn football mounted an epic comeback against Fordham on Franklin Field — a comeback that ultimately came up three points short as the Quakers fell, 48-45. Here are some of our favorite shots from the game.

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Penn’s offense celebrates around junior running back Brian Schoenauer (20) after one of his three touchdowns.

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Freshman defensive back Mason Williams is escorted to the locker room after being ejected in the fourth quarter.

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Fordham sophomore Chase Edmonds celebrates after one of his five total touchdowns (four rushing, one receiving) as he decimated Penn’s defense to the tune of 279 total yards.

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Watson, Genske and Hoover all first-half MVP candidates DP SPORTS EDITORS Discussing Penn Athletics... with more personal pronouns

So here we are.

With fall break in the rearview mirror, we have passed the unofficial midpoint of the fall season for Penn Athletics. And as expected, some Red and Blue performers have clearly stood out amongst the rest.

Of course, the most coveted individual honors are bestowed at the end of the season, but that’s not stopping us from asking the question: “Who is the midseason MVP for Penn Athletics?”.

Sports Editor Colin Henderson: Forget the Houston Texans’ star defensive lineman — there’s a new J-Wat taking the game of football by storm.

And on game day, he too wears Red and Blue.

I’m talking, of course, about Penn’s breakout wide receiver, Justin Watson.

As a freshman last year, the dynamic wideout showed signs of his explosive ability but was hampered by injury. Apart from a small injury scare in his game

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calmed down it began to decrease the deficit.

“I’m not sure we did [many] different things in the second half other than our players settling down, coming to get composure, play one play at a time and make some plays,” he said.

One of the X factors for Penn was the performance of Lisa. With two interceptions before Penn scored its first touchdown, Lisa just needed to gain some positive momentum, Priore said.

against Villanova, he has had no such problems this season.

Watson is currently averaging 107 yards receiving per game in 2015. That’s over 80 yards more per game than anyone else on the Quakers’ roster. With his five receiving touchdowns to date, he also has four more than anyone else on the team.

Furthermore, his mind-blowing catch and run for a touchdown against the Wildcats was the most electrifying play I’ve seen from anyone in a Penn uniform all year.

All of this is to say that Watson has been far and above the best and most important player on Penn football this season. I have to give him the nod for midseason MVP honors.

Sports Editor Holden McGinnis: After a disappointing 2014 campaign, Penn volleyball has gotten off to a strong start this fall in large part due to senior captain Alexis Genske.

Just one game out of first place in the Ivy League, the Quakers are clearly one of the teams in the title hunt in this young season.

Genske has 196 kills on the season, good for first on the team and third-best in the

conference, while also providing stellar defense. The senior has 180 digs, second on the team behind libero Michelle Pereira and 11th in the Ivy League.

As the team moves forward through the rest of the conference schedule, the senior will be

looked on game in and game out to provide consistent offense.

When Genske turns it on, Penn is nearly unstoppable.

In addition to her play on the court, though, as a two-year captain, she will also be looked upon to provide leadership for

a group of athletes that has exceeded expectations thus far.

And midway through the fall season, Genske has clearly succeeded on both accounts.

Contributing Reporter Nick Buchta: I hate to be the one to do this, but I’ve got to go with

the obvious choice here: field hockey’s star attacker, Alexa Hoover.

Penn field hockey has been straight fire emoji this season, winning nine straight and opening its Ivy slate with three overtime wins. The Quakers have undoubtedly done more to exceed expectations than any other Penn squad this season.

And the four-time Ivy League Player of the Week has been instrumental in making that happen. It took her only nine games to break the program’s single-season points record, and a game later the goals record fell too. Hoover is second in the nation in goals per game and points per game, at 2.1 and 4.7, respectively.

The sophomore from Collegeville, Pa., is already the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and she’ll be adding more hardware to her name before season’s end. To me, the most valuable player is just that — the person whose absence would do the most damage to a team’s chances.

And if I’m field hockey coach Colleen Fink, I want Hoover on that field; I need her on that field.

“All of the sudden, things started clicking, confidence builds,” the first-year head coach said. “When you start getting confidence and then he made some throws, both to Ryan O’Malley on one touchdown, Ryan Kelly in the back of the end zone on a two-point play, and he was in motion, he was flowing.”

Despite the fact they were trailing, the Quakers stuck by their gameplan. While some teams abandon the run in favor of the pass when behind, Penn attempted 20 rushes in the second half.

“The attack from an offense or defense is to take what they give

you, and a 15-yard run is as great as a 15-yard pass,” Priore said. “When they’re playing coverage and people out of the box and give the opportunity to run, I think our offensive staff is smart enough to attack that.”

The surprise was that the majority of these runs came from Schoenauer, a relative unknown coming into the season behind sophomore Tre Solomon on the Penn depth chart.

Schoenauer, who is the Red and Blue’s leading rusher through four games, made the most of his snaps.

In the second half against Fordham, he ran 13 times for 98 yards and two

touchdowns, finishing the day with 161 rushing yards and three touchdowns. The Princeton Junction, N.J., native found the team’s ability to pile on the points even after a slow start encouraging.

“It feels good, because we know that if as a team, we execute on what we’re being coached to do, we could have some success,” he said.

“Being able to do that as a team felt great, and I just wished we had been able to get going a bit earlier in the game.”

A key component, perhaps unsung, of the comeback was the play of the offensive line. Fordham

was unable to sack Lisa, and Schoenauer received wide running lanes.

When asked about not being sacked even once, Lisa did not hesitate to hand over the credit.

“That’s not on me at all. That’s my O-line just being able to block their butts off,” Lisa said. “They did a great job up front. I trusted every single one of them, they trusted me, so with that relationship we have.

It allowed us to succeed with no sacks.”

Senior lineman Jack York said the strong performance came in an important spot with needing to protect the backup quarterback, with whom

they had less in-game experience.

“Not having a sack is huge for us, huge for the quarterback, especially a backup quarterback like Andrew,” York said.

With Torgersen back in practice as the Quakers ready to play Columbia in New York this weekend, Lisa will return to his reserve role, and it remains to be seen how many carries Schoenauer will need to concede to Solomon.

But heading into a matchup with a big name like Al Bagnoli, the duo have already shown that the players you know the least can make the biggest impact.

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after its opener against Franklin Pierce. “[We are] excited to come back and be home on Franklin Field,� senior captain Stu Helgeson said. “It’s been a long road trip, and we’re looking to follow up our win from last week.�

Since the Red and Blue’s (3-1) victory over the Ravens in mid-September, they have only dropped one contest, to a powerhouse program in Navy, no less.

And this run of strong play has come amidst some difficult travel.

This week, the Quakers will have no long bus ride, but rather return to the historic Franklin Field to take on an opponent it has

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After three weeks on the road, they’re coming home.

This Friday night, Penn sprint football hosts Mansfield for its second home game of the season

never fallen to.

But according to coach Bill Wagner, cockiness is not an option, especially against a hungry opponent. “You never underestimate your opponent,� he said. “Mansfield hasn’t beaten Penn since they came onto the league, so they are going to come down here ready to play as hard as they possibly can.�

The Mountaineers (1-3) come to Philadelphia with only one win on their slate against the newest member of the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL), Chestnut Hill.

Despite Mansfield’s less than stellar record, the game holds

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great significance for the Quakers. Currently sitting at second in league, the Red and Blue are serious contenders for taking the crown. “We’re in a good position to be a contender to win this league,�

Wagner said. “I think that I would have liked to have a better outcome at the Navy game, and then we would be having a perfect season possibly. But I think we are really in a good position now to have a big game against Mansfield.�

In addition to the game, the program will honor the 2000 Penn sprint football team and its league championship on Friday night. “Before the kickoff, they are going to come out onto the field, and we will congratulate them,�

Wagner said. “Many of them are very supportive of our program through mentoring and financially as well as being fans forever, because they are all sprint football guys.� “It’s exciting,� Helgeson added. “It’s the last time Penn has won it and we are striving to be like them.�

In fact, it is the only time that

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half.

Given the team’s comfortable lead, Van Dyke opted to substitute goalkeepers in the 37th minute, giving freshman Kiera Towell a chance in goal. The rookie keeper made one save in the second half for a solid collegiate debut.

When the referee’s whistle blew to sound off the start of the second half, the 11 Penn players on the field were completely different than the 11 women who started the game. Such an extensive substitute shakeup might give some coaches pause, but Van Dyke trusted in her team’s depth. “Usually when you sub on a group of eleven players you worry,

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Senior Stu Helgeson leads the Quakers with two interceptions and is tied atop the team leaderbaord with two fumble recoveries and 19 solo tackles.

the Quakers have solely held the league title.

Penn’s season is nearing its end with only two games remaining after this weekend’s contest.

The two teams remaining: Princeton (0-2), which has yet to win a game, and Army (4-0), which is undefeated and the only team ahead of Penn, currently the

CSFL leader.

The Red and Blue’s fate in the league entirely depends on these last three match-ups.

But first, Penn must beat the Mountaineers on Friday night. “They’ve never beaten us, but you can never take them lightly,�

Helgeson said. “You never know who will show up.�

what’s it going to be like? But those kids play together every single day so you could tell they have cohesion and the style of what we’re looking for,� she said. “A lot of kids played tonight that have been working really hard, and they came on and the level didn’t change.�

In the second half, Penn would score a fifth and final goal, as junior midfield Lindsay Sawczuk skipped a free kick past a pack of American defenders for an unassisted goal in the 62nd minute.

Saying that this Penn team looked fundamentally different than the team that stormed onto the field in its past six nearly scoreless games would be misleading. For every one of those games with disappointing results, the Quakers looked rock solid on offense. Tuesday’s match was more of the same. The only

thing that looked different was the scoreboard — gone were the gaping zeros on Penn’s side. “The thing is the final third is the hardest part of the game,� Van Dyke said. “We’ve been doing some really good things in the defensive third and the middle third, and we kind of needed that to click.�

The timing could not be better for the Red and Blue, as their conference slate continues on Saturday against Dartmouth. Although the Big Green has yet to tally an Ivy win in 2015, they boast one of the most productive offense in the league with 29 goals for in 12 games, second only to Princeton, who is currently tied with Harvard for first place.

The drought is over. Now it’s just a waiting game until Saturday to see if the goals will continue to rain down.

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sloppy defending in the 19th minute, when Rutgers defender Drew Morgan scored off a corner kick to make it 1-0.

“We were too relaxed in the box,” Penn sophomore midfielder Joe Swenson said. “We need to work on that.”

“It was a miscommunication,” freshman defender Gavin Barger added. “Their guy got away from one of our guys, so we have to make sure we stay marked in the box.”

The goal served as a wake-up call for the Quakers, with play picking up following the Rutgers score. However, no serious threats were made on goal by either team, and at halftime the score remained 1-0.

At the half, Fuller replaced sta r ting senior goalkeeper Max Polkinhorne with freshman Etan Mabourakh, a move that was pre-planned by Fuller before the game despite Fuller’s previous indications that senior

Nick Savino would get the nod.

“Nick had a good run of games in goal this past month,” Fuller explained. “We felt this was a good opportunity to get both Max and Etan some minutes.”

Penn built on the momentum it ended the half with but continued to struggle to finish opportunities.

An Alec Neumann equalizer seemed to hit the back of the net in the 65th minute, only to be disallowed after a contentious offside decision.

Rutgers nearly doubled the advantage in the 70th minute with a rocketing free kick from the right boot of captain Mitchell Taintor, requiring a diving save from Mabourakh to keep the ball out.

In the end, it was an all-toofamiliar story for the Red and Blue, with a lack of offensive incisiveness leading to a second consecutive defeat. The Scarlet Knights added a second goal in the 90th minute by virtue of a brilliant solo effort from

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015 forward Jason Wright, which made the score 2-0 and put the game out of reach.

“This wasn’t the result we wanted, but things are starting to come together,” Swenson said. “It’s just one more pass that’s missing right now.”

“It’s something we ca n build on,” Barger added. “In the second half we were all over them. We need to eliminate our careless mistakes.”

However, to Fuller, the performance can only go so far.

“We can talk about performance all we want, but in the end it’s about winning games. It was a better performance than this weekend, but we need the results.”

When all is said and done, this loss can be seen as a learning experience for the young Penn roster that started eight underclassmen Tuesday night, and Fuller acknowledged as much.

“We’re still growing up and learning what it takes to win against great teams.”

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They are not the faces of Penn football. But at the end of Saturday’s game, Fordham fans knew who they were.

In Saturday’s 48-45 loss to

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the Rams, senior quarterback Andrew Lisa threw for three touchdowns and junior running back Brian Schoenauer ran for three of his own, as the two were responsible for all six of Penn’s touchdowns.

The week prior, Lisa saw his first collegiate action, stepping in for an injured Alek Torgersen and completing 15 of 21 second-half passes, including two

touchdowns. After that game, he said he enjoyed the opportunity to play but wanted the win.

Noting that he prepares for every week as if he were the starter, Lisa was not fazed when he needed to start the second half versus the Big Green. But knowing he was the starter against Fordham, he did focus a little more during the week and collected first-team reps at practice.

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Freshman goalkeeper Etan Mabourakh saw his first collegiate action in the 2nd half.

Then, on Saturday, he made his first collegiate start.

“It’s a great opportunity. It’s always been a dream of mine to do that,” Lisa said.

On Saturday, Lisa and the Quakers came back from a 25point deficit to give the Rams a fight until the end. Coach Ray Priore said that once the team

A lapse in concentration and a few wasted opportunities.

That’s all that separated Penn men’s soccer from victory against a tough Rutgers squad in Tuesday night’s match.

As the Quakers (2-7-1) walked off the field following a 2-0 loss to the Scarlet Knights (7-4-1), the Red and Blue displayed clear signs of frustration following a performance that on another day may have earned a better final result.

The game began slowly, with Penn struggling to settle in and maintain possession.

“It was a quiet first half,” coach Rudy Fuller admitted. “We were putting ourselves in bad spots defensively, giving the ball away when we should have kept it.”

The Quakers paid the price for the

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Penn’s goal drought finally over with American blow out W. SOCCER | Red and

Blue dominate Eagles LAINE HIGGINS Sports Editor

On Tuesday night under the lights at Rhodes Field, something clicked for Penn’s embattled women’s soccer squad.

Heading into Tuesday’s tilt with American, the Quakers (53-4) had only scored one goal in their previous six matches. In every one of those games, except their 2-0 loss to Harvard on Sept.

26, Penn outshot their opponents.

Clearly the offensive spark was there. It just wasn’t quite igniting the fuse, failing to translate into fireworks — or goals on the scoreboard. All that pent up offense and frustration poured out in a flurry of goals as the Red and Blue routed the Eagles

(4-8-2), 5-0.

“I think in California they got some rain, so the drought’s over,” joked coach Nicole Van Dyke of her team’s blow-out win.

“There’s times when you feel like you’re not good, and you know, we can’t score a goal. But we turned around and had a growth mindset.”

In the first 26 minutes of play, Penn buried four goals in American’s net. The Red and Blue wasted no time with their goal-scoring barrage, as senior back Paige Lombard headed the ball past American’s Courtney Bembenek in the second minute after a well-placed corner kick from freshman forward Sasha Stephens.

Stephens would go on to add two more points to the stat sheet of her own just minutes later, scoring off the crossbar in the 10th minute and again in the

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22nd minute, heading the ball past a throng of Eagles defenders.

“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m finally back in the groove, we’re finally back in the groove!’” said Stephens of her performance.

Despite scoring two goals in her first collegiate game against Seton Hall, the freshman had been dormant on offense ever since.

“It is a great confidence booster,” Stephens said. “We’ve been waiting for this moment for so many games, and finally it’s back.”

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Although she hadn’t scored a goal since the season opener against Seton Hall back in August, freshman forward Sasha Stephens found her groove on Tuesday, tallying two goals and one assist all in the first 22 minutes.

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