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Penn Dems rallies to reelect Grad. students Casey, who leads in Senate race call for Sansom East renovations

Recent polls show he has a 16-point lead MAX COHEN Deputy News Editor

As midterm elections quickly approach, polls have focused on key Senate races, including those in Nevada, Tennessee, and Texas.

Yet one race that has not garnered much attention is Pennsylvania’s Senate election — where Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) is up for reelection this year for his third term in Congress.

On the surface, Pennsylvania should be a tight race: In 2016, President Trump carried the state and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) was reelected to the Senate, where he’s served since 2011. RealClearPolitics has Casey’s race listed as “Likely Democratic,” with its polling average giving the incumbent a 16-point lead over his challenger Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa. 11th District).

Nevertheless, Penn Democrats have been organizing in support of Casey despite his healthy leads in the polls, illustrating Democrats’ eagerness to defend blue seats and give the party the best chance possible to reclaim the Senate.

The race for the chamber has assumed increased relevance in recent weeks following the heated confirmation process of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was sworn in this month after facing allegations of sexual assault. Casey, along with 47 other senators, voted against his confirmation.

“It’s very clear how important the Senate is and how important

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RealClearPolitics has Casey’s race listed as “Likely Democratic,” with its polling average giving the incumbent a 16-point lead over his challenger.

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The race for the chamber has assumed increased relevance in recent weeks following the heated confirmation process of Brett Kavanaugh.

these positions are,” Gabrielle Fink, Penn Dems political director and College junior, said. “Every single vote matters so much and that’s why we are paying such close attention to the race here in Pennsylvania.”

Though Penn Dems’ canvassing efforts have focussed on key congressional races in the state, such as for Susan Wild and Scott Wallace, the group has also been pushing voters to reelect Casey.

“We’re focusing primarily on a lot of congressional races, while we still need to fight really hard to make sure Bob Casey remains in the Senate,” Jack Weisman, Penn Dems communications director and College junior said. “When you’re canvassing, you talk about Democrats up and down the ballot, and that means Democrats at the top of the ticket like Bob Casey who may not be super vulnerable.

But we’re still trying to get out the vote for [him].”

But why has Casey’s route to reelection appeared so smooth compared to other Democrats fighting in states that voted for Trump in 2016?

For Weisman, some of Casey’s success is a result of his appeal to Democrats who may have chosen Trump two years ago.

“Casey has historically been very good for a Democrat at conveying an economic message to some of the traditional Democrats in Pennsylvania who may have voted for Trump in 2016,” Weisman said. “Pennsylvania is a pretty evenly divided state, and when you look at how fed up people are

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It is the only on-campus option for grad. students COURTNEY DAUB Staff Reporter

In the past year, considerable attention has been given to undergraduate housing — administration announced the construction of undergraduate dorm New College House West, AC will be installed in King’s Court English College House and DuBois College house in summer 2019, and Penn Housing and Dining has announced plans to renovate the Quad in the next five to seven years.

With these recent undergraduate housing developments, many graduate students have been left wondering if resources will be allocated to Sansom Place East, Penn’s only on-campus graduate student housing option.

Although 83.5 percent of graduate students live off-campus in University City, the Graduate Hospital area, and Center City, Sansom Place East is currently home to 528 grad students, according to Director of Communications and External Relations for Penn Business Services Barbara Lea-Kruger.

In the 48 years since its construction, Sansom Place East on Chestnut and 36th streets received AC and heating renovations in 2000 and furniture and cosmetic renovations in 2011. The building can expect its next set of renova-

tions within the next five to ten years Executive Director for Business Services Doug Berger said.

For the graduate students whose only housing option is Sansom Place East, the building has several issues.

Master of Science in Applied Geoscience Candidate Esther Arthur called the college house old and its maintenance “horrible.”

She described a living situation where students had to move into unclean spaces and maintenance took two weeks to fix a light in her bathroom that was not working.

“Sansom East is not worth what people pay for it,” Arthur said of the building, where monthly prices range from $970 to $1,726.

“The only benefit was that I was on campus.”

Nursing Ph.D. Candidate and Chair of GAPSA’s Student Life Council Matthew Li also found poor conditions upon moving into Sansom Place East which caused him to use nursing facilities for a week. Li said that the wall of his bathroom was “half-taken out,” his toilet wasn’t working, and that repairs happened around the building at least every other week, especially for leaks.

Still, Sansom Place East is a popular choice for international students who face unique challenges finding housing, Arthur said. She explained that offcampus housing is more difficult SEE GRADUATE PAGE 2

Physics professors win $3 million Breakthrough Prize

Penn Dental Dean mandates Narcan training for all students

Their work focuses on topological insulators

The drug treats opiaterelated overdoses

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Penn Physics professors Eugene Mele and Charles Kane won the $3 million 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their work on topological insulators.

Founded in 2011 by high-profile figures such as Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, the Breakthrough Prize recognizes individuals who produce groundbreaking research in the life sciences, fundamental physics, and mathematics. Laureates are nominated by past winners while the founding board vets the nominations.

Mele and Kane earned the reward for their theoretical discovery of a new class of materials called topological insulators, an innovation that has important implications for the performance of electronics and memory devices.

But Mele said these applications are less interesting.

“It’s standard architecture with new building blocks,” Mele said.

“The thing that’s more interesting is when you hand people a new platform and they invent new architecture.”

The new buliding blocks may affect quantum computing, which Kane calls one of “the big techno-

For the first time, one of Penn’s schools is requiring its students to be trained to administer Narcan — a medication that can mean the difference between life and death for those suffering from opiate-related overdoses.

This semester Penn Dental required that all students and faculty undergo training to use Narcan. Penn Dental Dean Mark Wolff said he decided to require the training for the school’s educational affiliates after learning about Philadelphia’s efforts to combat the rise in opiate-related deaths through the promotion of Narcan. He added that he has friends whose children have died from opiate-related overdoses.

“We can’t easily predict who’s going to be having these overdoses, but they occur in [the students’] dormitories, in restaurants in the street, they occur in clubs and music halls.” Wolff said.

According to Philadelphia Department of Public Health data released earlier this year, upward of 1,200 unintentional overdose deaths occurred in the city in 2017. While neighborhoods in North Philadelphia saw the high-

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logical challenges of the coming century.”

A quantum computer would be able to perform faster calculations than an ordinary computer.

Kane said that topological insulators have a special property when combined with super conductors, leading to a new way to store quantum information.

Before their innovative work, “scientists thought that all insulators were the same,” Mele said.

“The world view in classical electromagnetics is that conductors are cool and insulators are boring, and I think the modern view flips it on its tail.”

Most insulators cannot conduct at all because they have no electric current, or flow of electrons. What makes topological insulators unique is their ability to conduct solely on their surface.

Kane likened a topological insulator to a Hershey’s Kiss.

“The wrapper is the electrical conductor, but the in-

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side is the insulator,” Kane said.

The conductive surface state remains conserved even if the insulator is “pulled apart,” Mele said.

“If you were to cut it open, then it would still be wrapped,” Kane said, again using the Kiss analogy. “There’s no way of taking [the wrapper] off. In a sense, it has to be there. It’s topologically protected.”

Topological insulators help organize currents of electrons. Instead of a crowded hallway full of people trying to get to class, Kane compared the flow of electrons on the boundary of topological insulators to split, two-way airport walkways.

Having worked together on their first paper in the late 90s, Mele said that he enjoyed collaborating with Kane. They share an office space across from in David Rittenhouse Laboratories.

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According to the Phila. Department of Public Health, upward of 1,200 unintentional overdose deaths occurred in the city in 2017.

est density of such deaths, new “hotspots” emerged in South, Northeast, and West Philadelphia.

So far, two trainings have been held at the dental school. Professor Elliot Hersh led the sessions, introducing students to the science and methodology of administering Narcan. Wolff noted that there will be additional trainings so that all students and faculty can learn about the medication.

Currently, the Narcan training sessions are only open to Penn Dental affiliates.

The school, however, does not

provide students with medication to keep for potential use after undergoing training. Instead, interested students can purchase bottles with medical insurance.

Wolff noted the drug can be costly, with a bottle ranging from $15 to $100 depending on a person’s insurance plan.

While Wolff is the first dean to mandate a school-wide training in Narcan, other groups on campus have taken steps to address the rapidly growing effects of the opioid crisis in Philadelphia.

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Penn startup uses ridesharing to help patients Ride Health transports patients to their appointments KATHARINE SHAO Contributing Reporter

One year after Penn students launched the company Ride Health, Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center has seen patients arriving to appointments more often and more on time, and the ridesharing technology has reduced the time and money staff spend on securing rides for patients.

The company works with transportation providers and ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft to offer transportation to patients who don’t have the means to travel to appointments for crucial treatments like chemotherapy.

Ride Health’s web-based interface allows health care coordinators and social workers to arrange on-demand rides for patients. Ride Health can even arrange for an ambulance for patients who need medical supervision on their way to an

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for international students to secure — as many do not have the means to make a deposit, view the living space beforehand, or connect easily with other students looking for housing.

Additionally, Li said that oncampus housing is generally more convenient for students on financial aid since it can be paid for through Penn Pay. Berger acknowledged that San-

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In April, members of the student-led Medical Emergency Response Team began carrying Narcan on their shifts this year. In May, Vice Provost for University Life Valerie Swain-Cade McCol-

appointment.

Three Penn students founded the company last year — 2016 College graduate Imran Cronk, 2017 College and Wharton graduate Sumun Khetpal, and College and Wharton senior Vedant Thyagaraj. Thyagaraj and Cronk developed the idea for the business model while in a Wharton course on health care entrepreneurship. Ride Health was then a semifinalist in the Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship Start Up Challenge.

Previously, many patients would use Non-Emergency Medical Transportation, a Medicaid benefit that offers free transportation to patients to get to their appointments.

Health Innovation Manager at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Mike Serpa said a drawback of NEMT is that patients must schedule a pick-up several days in advance. This can pose a problem for patients who might be asked to come in for a last-minute appointment to discuss important test results.

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Ride Health’s web-based interface allows health care coordinators and social workers to arrange on-demand rides for patients.

for NEMT added in, patients may spend their entire day going to a single appointment. In fact, an NEMT may not show up at all.

After Ride Health was introduced

som Place East has traditionally been a “safety net,” especially for international students, and that last year there was a small waiting list for graduate on-campus housing.

Another option for graduate students to live on campus is to work as a Graduate Advisor in undergraduate college houses. In the 2018-19 school year, 137 students serve as Graduate Advisors Lea-Kruger said. With the opening of NCHW, 12 new Graduate and Resident Advisor positions will open up in fall 2021, ac-

cording to Director of Four-Year Houses and Residential Programs Ryan Keytack.

Still, graduate students who either prefer or need to live oncampus think renovations for Sansom Place East should be a priority.

“Sansom is only open to graduate students, we still pay all of the money for really crappy housing,” Arthur said. “A lot of people don’t have [the option of searching for an off-campus apartment], so they get stuck with Sansom.”

lum and Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush sent an email to all Penn undergraduates informing them about the crisis.

Around the same time, the Division of Public Safety installed a drug “Take-Back Box” in the main foyer of its headquarters at 4040 Chestnut St.

While not mandatory, some Nursing students are trained to use Narcan, Nursing Associate Director of Communications Edward Federico said.

Penn Medicine Senior Vice Dean for Medical Education Suzanne Ross explained that medical students are currently partici-

at the Abramson Cancer Center, Ride Health founders and HUP supervisors said they have seen improvements in patient satisfaction and more efficient care.

“[Health systems] see fewer noshows to their appointments,” said Ride Health co-founder and CEO Cronk. “That has operational benefits for health care providers because you’re actually getting patients in the door, or out of bed, on time.”

“There’s also been a significant reduction in the amount of time staff has to spend assisting patients on a ride,” Serpa said. “You’re saving 10 to 15 minutes per ride per patient.”

Those cost savings from Ride Health allows Penn Medicine to redirect those funds back into helping more patients.

“By cutting your costs 30 to 40 percent, you can then help 30 to 40 percent more people with the same amount of dollars,” Serpa said.

This ridesharing is free for patients, as Penn Medicine pays for it with money that typically goes toward taxi vouchers for patients in need of transportation help.

The rides are roundtrip, so patients will receive a ride home as well. Many customers have found this feature of the program valuable,

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but not congruent skills, so that helped us out,” Mele said.

Kane also said that Mele hired him and was the first person he met at Penn.

“He’s been my colleague, and he’s been my mentor,” Kane said.

Mele said that he is unsure of how he is going to use the money, but most likely some of it is going to home refurbish-

pating in studies related to opiate education to help the school assess how best to train students on the use of Narcan.

Although he has yet to attend a school training, Dental student Matt Casey said he received a ten-minute Narcan training while working at Prevention Point Phil-

ment.

Mele and Kane acknowledged the work that other faculty and graduate students also contributed to the research.

“I’m really delighted that Penn gets recognized for this activity, but there were a dozen people who blew the lid off the problem over the first couple of years,” Mele said.

“I think we’re celebrating all their contributions. I’d like to think that we’re celebrating the field.”

adelphia last summer. He stressed the importance of teaching people about harm reduction therapy to combat the opioid crisis.

“People get caught in the Penn Bubble and never venture outside of it — or if they do, they always go to a bar to do something fun,” he said. “They never see other

especially if their appointments end late at night.

Serpa said Ride Health helps patients and health systems resolve issues in real time.

“One patient didn’t get out of [the hospital] until 8 or 9 p.m.,” Serpa said. “But because of the nature of what Ride Health has built, the patient was basically able to text [Ride Health] to say, ‘Hey, dispatch my ride and come pick me up.’”

Transportation barriers, however, are not the only factor leading to missed appointments.

Patients often struggle to get a day off of work and to get childcare, and the lack of resources that prevent patients from prioritizing their health can also affect appointment attendance rates, said Krisda Chaiyachati, a professor in the Department of Medicine at Penn.

“People don’t have the social or economic capital to pull on, even in moments in which they realize it’s a life or death or emergency situation,” Chaiyachati said.

College senior Ali Ghorashi works with Mele on his research and said that he anticipated Mele would win another award based on the prizes he had won in the past. “[Mele] is an extremely humble individual,” said Ghorashi. “He’s always had plenty of time for me even though he is a busy person.”

They will receive the award at a Nov. 4 ceremony at the NASA Ames Research Center in California.

parts of the city where the opioid crisis is a problem.”

Casey noted that he believes the Dental school is a logical starting place for the rolling out of widespread Narcan training because of the use of post-operative prescription of opiates in the industry.

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Penn jogging club: ‘Like a TED talk, while running’

The group now meets three times a week OLIVIA CHENG Contributing Reporter

As a group of joggers barreled down Locust Walk on Oct. 19, heads turned. Maybe it was because of the complex maneuvers it took to get around the crowds.

Or maybe it was because of the lecture on blockchain technology that was happening in the middle of the jogging group.

Ideas in Motion is a monthly short lecture series and Q&A that takes place while the speaker and the audience jog together.

“It’s like a TED Talk, while running,” the flyers say.

Ideas in Motion is an initiative of the Annenberg (Lunchtime) Running Club, a jogging club that — despite its name — doesn’t always meet at lunchtime and also doesn’t only have members affiliated with the Annenberg School for Communication.

Assistant research professor Matthew O’Donnell and Digital Design Specialist Kyle Cassidy, both of the Annenberg School,

started the group in early 2016.

At that time, a few people from Annenberg would gather to run about every one to two weeks when they were available.

Now, the group is more structured, and currently four to seven runners from different academic departments attend each run, which now take place three times a week, usually during lunch. They occasionally meet before or after work, however, and typically not for longer than an hour. The club hopes to continue expanding, especially with the Ideas in Motion initiative.

Ideas in Motion launched its pilot event on Sept. 25 with associate professor Emily Falk introducing the series with a lecture on how the brain works while running.

On Friday, third-year Ph.D. student Zane Cooper was the Ideas in Motion speaker, and he discussed the implications of blockchain technology, as the group made laps around Penn Park.

The concept started while Cassidy and O’Donnell went running together over the sum-

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The club, Ideas in Motion, does not always meet at lunchtime and also accepts members who are not affiliated with Annenberg.

mer. They said they had the idea to host TED talk-style short lectures during some of the club’s

regular runs, which then turned into the Ideas in Motion series.

Fifth-year communication

Ph.D. candidate Natalie Herbert added that even before the Ideas in Motion series began, runners would talk about their work or research during the jogs anyway.

Future Ideas in Motion events will have both running and walking lectures as well as light refreshments for participants.

November’s running lecture will discuss how ideas spread through human networks, and the walking lecture will discuss numbering systems in ancient Mesopotamia.

Cooper said since the club is comprised of students, staff, and professors, participants get to interact with people they might not interact with otherwise.

“Having a lunchtime running club is a great thing because it builds camaraderie and it forces you to take a break in the middle of the day and just take care of yourself,” Cooper said.

Those without running experience can join, and anyone — from Annenberg, from Penn, or from Philadelphia in general — can join.

In the past, the group has trained for 5Ks and the 10-mile

Broad Street Run. Herbert said, however, it’s not the speed that matters — it’s being active.

“There are lots of opportunities to eat badly on a university campus all around noon,” Cassidy said. “It started as a way to sort of avoid those temptations and get out and do some exercise and have people who are accountable to other people.”

The group has also grown into a community.

“We have this policy of ‘no man left behind,’” Herbert said.

“The whole idea is we are running with the slowest runner.”

After 30 minutes of jogging and discussing blockchain, Cooper and the group returned to Annenberg plaza and surprised Cooper with a birthday card and an out-of-breath rendition of “Happy Birthday.”

“There’s so much satisfaction about continuing to put on the shoes, continuing to put the work in even if you’re not seeing results in terms of pace,” Herbert said. “We have a group, a community, and that’s kind of all the impetus I need for continuing to run.”

Hallowed grounds: Penn prof. leads tour of Woodlands Cemetery The cemetery’s 54 acres holds 32,000 dead bodies

Woodlands launched a collaboration with the greenhouse of the University's Carolyn Lynch Laboratory and volunteers from the program called Grave Gardeners.

The volunteers aim to re-cultivate cradle graves — gravestones with allotted space for plants — in the cemetery.

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Just beyond the edge of Penn’s campus lies the Woodlands Cemetery, a sprawling 54 acres of neatly kept landscape, neoclassical architecture, and over 32,000 dead bodies.

The Woodlands, near Baltimore Avenue, is home to expansive burial grounds and a historical mansion that sits in its center. On the night of Oct. 17, the Woodlands hosted a public tour of its grounds, which was lead by PennDesign assistant professor Aaron Wunsch, who also serves as the vice president of the Woodlands Boa rd of Directors.

During the tour, Wunsch discussed the cemetery's past as a funeral home and its significance in Philadelphia.

“Woodlands is really one of the two great rural cemeteries to survive in the 19th century in the city," Wunsch said. "I think it also increasingly adds a local value to the neighborhood. It’s a place people come for recreation, for jogging and walking their dogs, and for events."

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right now with the Trump administration, that translates to a pretty healthy lead in a close state like Pennsylvania.”

The Democrat’s lead in the polls can also be attributed to a regionwide phenomenon across the Midwest, a trend that has Pennsylvania behaving like a Midwestern state, Political Science professor Marc Meredith said.

“It seems as if the Midwest in the polling data is trending more Democratic than the rest of the country,” Meredith said, referencing the Senate races in Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. “It’s less of a Casey fac-

to watch a production of "Mary Rose."

“It was a ghost story, so the location added a totally new layer to the story. You felt like there was history there as you walked through," said College freshman Daryn Naiburg-Smith, a student in the seminar. "Aside from being a cemetery, it is also a beautiful piece of land just to walk through."

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Following the lecture, the approximately 20 visitors took a walking tour through the graveyard before returning to the mansion to examine historical artifacts, such as copies of some old maps of the Woodlands estate.

The tour began with a lecture presentation about the Woodlands' history while visitors sat in the Hamilton's Mansion.

Following the lecture, the approximately 20 visitors took a walking tour through the graveyard before returning to the mansion to examine historical artifacts, such as copies of old maps of the Woodlands estate dating back to the early 1800s.

Wunsch also said the Woodlands played a significant role in the rural cemetery movement, which was the shift from private,

in-home funerals to more institutionalized burial services.

Wunsch also described the Woodlands' close ties to Penn; the land's original owner, William Hamilton, was a Penn graduate and owned 600 acres of West Philadelphia property, which Wunsch said is “really the entire Penn campus of today.” The cemetery is also the burial grounds of Thomas W. Evans — who donated money to help create the Penn Dental School and was the former dentist of Napoleon III — and Paul

Cret, former Penn professor and famous Philadelphia architect.

Penn students can get involved with the Woodlands through PennDesign's Historic Preservation program. Emma Max, Woodlands Program and Operations manager, said the Woodlands offers internships and work-study opportunities, some of which are now filled by Penn students. She added that interns help with "site management, administration, and event planning."

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tor, and more of a general regional factor that is explaining it.

Penn Dems members also pointed to the policies and ideology of Casey’s challenger, Rep. Lou Barletta, as a reason for the Democrat’s wide advantage.

As mayor of Hazleton, Pa., Barletta implemented a controversial anti-illegal immigration act in 2006 that prohibited employers and landlords from hiring and renting to illegal immigrants. The American Civil Liberties Union sued and challenged that the law was unconstitutional as it violated federal immigration policy at the time, and a federal judge ruled in the ACLU’s favor in 2007.

“With immigration being a hot

topic right now, there’s a really huge difference between the two candidates here in Pennsylvania,” Fink said. “I think people see that and that’s why this race has not been particularly a toss-up.”

Weisman echoed these sentiments and criticized Barletta for “hardline” immigration policies and his close ties to Trump.

“Lou Barletta really represents everything terrible in the Republican party right now,” Weisman said.

“He basically seems to do whatever Donald Trump tells him to do, and I think the voters of Pennsylvania just don’t want to see that.”

Casey, on the other hand, has done an impressive job of standing up to the president’s policies,

Weisman said. And Penn Dems Legislative Director and Wharton junior Celina Lin also commended the senator for being passionate and attuned to his constituents.

“One of the reasons I support Senator Casey is because you can just tell he genuinely cares about the people he’s serving,” Lin said.

With the election under a month away, Lin urged Penn students to show up at the polls and buck the trend of the disaffected youth voter.

“Nothing’s going to change unless we do something about it,” Lin said. “If you’re not happy with the way things are, if you feel like politicians don’t care about you, then make your voice heard and make them listen to you.”

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Khashoggi’s murder is a test of Trump’s leadership. He’s failing.

SPENCER’S SPACE | The free press needs protection now more than ever

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s each day passes, it becomes more and more clear that Jamal Khashoggi, the progressive dissident journalist who disappeared after entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul a little over two weeks ago, was brutally murdered. Evidence is mounting that this was a planned execution, with increasingly convincing ties to the Saudi government, including the Prince.

Trump, always a fan of conspiracies, whether it’s his ridiculous assertion that Ted Cruz’s father was involved in the assassination of JFK or the belief that former President Obama wasn’t born in the United States, decided to push his own narrative. Our president’s initial reaction was to come to the defense of the authoritarian Saudi monarchy, raising the possibility that “rogue killers” could have been responsible.

Setting aside the absurdity that a bunch of random assassins

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Trump has relentlessly attacked the press. He routinely refers to media outlets as “Fake News,” even going so far as to label the

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The free press is too valuable to dismiss this incident as the work of ‘rogue killers.’”

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would have the ability to infiltrate an armed embassy, the whole Khashoggi saga tells a more important tale about the state of free press in America, and the relationship the media has with this administration.

Ever since running for office,

mainstream media as “the Enemy of the American People,” a tactic commonly used by despots throughout history to assert their rule. You may think this is just hollow rhetoric, but much of his base agrees with him, with the majority of Republicans trust-

ing more in Trump than the news media itself. Could it be, that in an environment such as this, the Saudis felt confident that killing a journalist wouldn’t elicit a forceful response from our president?

Possibly. One of Khashoggi’s close friends, Arab-American political activist Khaled Saffuri, thinks so. He said just a few days ago that the Saudi prince likely thought, “Trump hates journalists and he would not react if we kill one.”

Khashoggi’s brutal death, in which he was reportedly dismembered, packaged, and brought to a secret location, hasn’t seemed to create a moral epiphany for Trump, let alone the Republican Party. The GOP leadership, which has consistently shown an outstanding lack of courage when confronted by Trump’s worst ten-

dencies throughout his presidency, has decided to begin a smear campaign against Khashoggi.

Amid all the international outcry coming from the incident, Trump is still remarkably tonedeaf. Just a few days ago at a rally in Montana, he referred to Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.), who assaulted a reporter last spring, as “anybody that can do a body-slam, that’s my kind of guy.” The Washington Post, where Khashoggi worked, put it aptly with this sobering headline: “As we mourn a colleague, Trump celebrates violence against a journalist.”

Look, I completely understand that journalism is not perfect.

These days, news outlets, both on the right and left, can be fixated on the outrageous and scandalous, instead of the important. The motivation to seek profit and ratings

at the expense of the truth can be quite compelling. Speaking about the rise of Trump, ousted media tycoon Les Moonves put it well: “It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS.” Yet despite all its flaws, I believe that journalism is still incredibly valuable, and therefore, am extremely concerned that trust in the media is at a historic low.

With the judicial, legislative, and executive branches all controlled by the same party, the press has an inherent responsibility to act as the fourth estate, covering the stories that matter.

The president’s alternate theories behind a respected journalist’s death could not be more disheartening. “Fake news” is rhetoric; this is denial. Not holding Saudi Arabia accountable is truly weak leadership that sets a dangerous precedent going forward. Jamal Khashoggi’s death comes at a pivotal point in United States history.

The free press is too valuable to dismiss this incident as the work of “rogue killers.”

S P E N C E R S WA N S O N i s a College sophomore from London, studying political science. His email address is sswanson@sas. upenn.edu.

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azing is not a simple problem. Despite the ubiquity of hazing, those who partake in “new member education” will find very few topics more taboo than a discussion of their pledge tasks.

While plenty of groups engage in activities that would be unanimously rejected by campus at large, many pledging activities occupy a moral gray area.

I have even participated in such activities, treading the fine line between maximizing group bonding and inciting feelings of discomfort in group members. Without a clear right and wrong, hazing has become a major student-driven problem on campus where thousands of students feel compelled to perpetuate a yearly routine of forced activity.

Numerous efforts have been undertaken to address the issue. The Pennsylvania Legislature passed measures to make hazing punishable as a felony. Organizations have formed to spread information regarding the negative impacts of these activities. On Penn’s campus, several groups have been sanctioned by the University for hazing-related conduct. Despite these efforts, campus culture surrounding hazing has been

largely unaffected. Further, the unforgiving definition of hazing (wherein almost any pledging activity could fall under the umbrella policy) has left students uninterested in amending their group practices in order to meet a seemingly impossible university standard.

more influence on their experience at Penn.

As the University Honor Council, Penn’s student group charged with upholding community standards for conduct, we would like to announce two new student-driven initiatives to address hazing. First, we will be

We hope to use these conversations as opportunities to have open dialogue and deliberate on potential alternative group bonding experiences.”

However, one key group — at least on Penn’s campus — has been missing from the list of those seeking answers to this problem. Students.

As of late, numerous calls have come from students seeking to have a greater say in matters relating to student life. Daily Pennsylvanian op-eds regarding the Huntsman Hall closing time and the new sophomore housing policy represent just two recent examples of students demanding

hosting confidential, individual-level conversations with student leaders who are interested in discussing their groups’ activities as they pertain to hazing and learning more about University sanctions. In these conversations, we will discuss how groups can maintain traditions which increase group camaraderie without harming members. While it is not our place to dictate the actions of student groups, we hope to use these

conversations as opportunities to have open dialogue and deliberate on potential alternative group bonding experiences. Second, in the spring, we will launch an anonymous online form for students to report incidents of hazing. Students will be able to use the form to report any hazing activities which have put them under distress at Penn. This tool will be used by the UHC to target our efforts in reaching out to groups to discuss their group practices.

While reporting options for students and possible sanctions for hazing have always existed, we hope to encourage students to utilize these two avenues as paths to seek peer guidance on the issue. By engaging in student-to-student discussions on how to improve group cultures and by giving individuals an avenue with which they can safely report their experiences, we hope to provide real, substantive solutions to the problem of hazing.

If you are a student leader who wants to tangibly improve campus culture by incorporating both tradition and respect in to your group’s practices, then please reach out to the University Honor Council at universityhonorcouncil@gmail.com.

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KEVIN MYERS be off the record and will not be reported to any organization (including the Office of Student Conduct, Office of Student Affairs, or even your own group).

We do not believe that we have all of the answers on this matter. The issue of hazing is too widespread and diverse to allow for a blanket solution. However, through student-tostudent discussion and action, we can work to make Penn as inclusive of a community as possible, holding on to activities that build us up and amending activities that break us down.

KEVIN MYERS is a College senior studying philosophy, politics, and economics. He serves as President of the University Honor Council. His email address is universityhonorcouncil@gmail.com.

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When picking the next batch of Quakers, focus on merit, not legacy CHRISTY’S CORNER | Legacy admissions is unearned privilege

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s a first-generation student, I was the pride of my family when I got into Penn.

Both my parents never graduated from middle school, and education was the last thing on my grandparents’ minds.

Unknowledgeable about the college application process, my parents supported me from behind, and I relied on and did everything myself, from researching which colleges to apply to and answering essay questions to preparing for interviews and filling out the FAFSA. So, by the time decisions arrived, my parents weren’t even clear about which colleges I had applied to. Penn was barely on their radar.

This couldn’t be more untrue

“Alumni/ae relations” are “considered” throughout Penn’s admissions process and are “given the most consideration through Early Decision.” For my class year, this resulted in legacy students comprising 25 percent of the early admit pool. As of last August, legacy students formed 16 percent of Penn’s undergraduates.

Other schools display an active preference towards legacy students as well. 22.1 percent of Cornell University’s early admit pool for the Class of 2022 were legacies.

At Harvard University, the overall admit rate of legacy students is up to five times that of non-legacies.

While I knew legacy admissions was pervasive within the Ivy League, these statistics strike a chord with me, and they should

Students who aren’t members of a ‘Penn dynasty’ can be just as invested in the University’s history and mission.” for some of my peers, who’ve had one or more parent or grandparent that has attended Penn. For some, they’ve been practically destined to be a Quaker from birth. Maybe they grew up wearing Penn bibs and sucking Penn pacifiers. Maybe for all their life, they’ve been driven around in a car with a license plate that read “Penn Alumni.”

Maybe their go-to pajamas include hand-me-down Penn shirts that originate from previous generations. They’ve grown up with helpful resources and advantages, and they undoubtedly have an upper hand in admissions.

with you too.

Legacy admissions, regardless of whether they are used as tie-breakers or other methods of consideration, undervalue equally qualified or more qualified students without legacy statuses who’ve been successful without familial advantages. An assembly line manufacturing baby elites, legacy admissions is a modern-day aristocracy. Using legacy admissions as a way to honor a family’s tradition of attending Penn is the same as rewarding students for being born into the right family.

Students who aren’t members of a

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“Penn dynasty” can be just as invested in the University’s history and mission.

There is one main argument supporting legacy admissions: money.

Legacy admissions is widely believed to stimulate donations from content alumni, which may then be distributed as financial aid for lowincome students. These donations do indeed help fund Penn, but with Penn’s multibillion dollar endowment, that’s mostly made up of investments in private equities, it’s unreasonable to believe that one’s financial aid comes solely from alumni donations.

One look at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reveals that private, highly selective universities do not need to, and should not, rely on legacy admissions for funding. MIT, which does not practice and instead denounces legacy admissions, still managed to rack up $81.9 million in donations to its

Annual Fund in 2017, in contrast to the Penn Fund’s record-breaking 2018 result of $37.5 million. At MIT, approximately 57 percent of its undergraduate student body is awarded need-based financial aid, while 35 percent attend tuitionfree. While Penn currently boasts an endowment return of 12.9 percent and a recently announced 5.3 percent increase in financial aid, MIT surpassed Penn with a return of 13.5 percent and a 9.6 percent financial aid increase.

Ivy Coach Managing Director Brian Taylor believes that legacy admissions for the children of alumni donors is a violation of tax law, specifically 26 U.S. Code § 170. The law stipulates that people who make tax-deductible donations are prohibited from receiving anything in return. Legacy admissions breaches this law since donors receive gifts of preferential treatment in admissions for their

future generations. This kind of quid pro quo can’t be legal.

If Penn is looking for donations, it needs to cultivate a sense of pride and loyalty while students are on campus, not through a corrupted structure of giving and taking. This cultivation starts by ensuring that students feel a personal connection to Penn, through the life-changing courses they take during their four years or the lifelong bonds they build through clubs and organizations. Students must feel safe on campus, knowing there are resources to help strengthen mental health and people they can turn to when things get tough. An enjoyable and flourishing four years at Penn leads to alumni voluntarily donating with genuine intentions and creates a connection that triumphs any self-centered affiliation formed through legacy admissions.

Especially for first-generation students, legacy admissions are a

jump-the-fence type of issue. Before getting into college, most of us are united with the same belief that legacy admissions is utterly wrong, but the second we get accepted to our desired colleges, these ardent beliefs are fractured into a dichotomy. The second some students get a taste of victory by gaining what they want out of the college application process, they want more.

They want their own future children to reap the benefits of their hard work, and coast their way to an Ivy League acceptance letter.

These students must realize that in the large scheme of things, alumni donors contributing to their college tuitions is only prolonging a fundamentally unjust system.

Penn needs to judge students not based on the ancestry that they were born with, but based on students’ own proven merit. I would hope that, in the future, my children will never have to question whether their legacy status helped them get into the college of their choice. Abolishing legacy admissions might make a dent in Penn’s incredibly wealthy financial status, but it’s the right thing to do.

CHRIST Y QIU is a College freshman from Arcadia, Calif. studying architecture. Her email address is christyq@sas.upenn. edu.

How Penn can make midterms and finals less stressful SHAH SPEAKS | Some of our Ivy peers have student-centered exam policies without sacrificing rigor

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hile working to make campus a healthier place, it’s important to focus on the core issues that make students stressed. Midterm season is upon us and inevitably, it is a tough time for many.

And no, I am not saying that we should get rid of midterms or exams. Evaluations such as these are sometimes the only ways to measure learning. But at the same time, focusing on increasing health resources is not the only way to make Penn healthy. It is only an aspect of it.

If something is making people stressed, I would try to look for alternative ways of doing them, especially if other institutions have taken those steps.

Every midterm season, I come across a handful of students who are extremely stressed because they have three midterm exams in a day. Although

I was fortunate to never have been in that predicament, I’ve seen many who have to struggle through this.

I have always wondered, how can you perform your best on examinations when you are taking three in one day? The answer is, you probably can’t.

With some of these examinations being worth 30-40 percent of students’ final grade, it makes sense that they feel overwhelmed. Then, when grades come out and one or more of them didn’t go as planned, students are left playing catch-up for the rest of the semester.

Although Penn has a policy regarding taking three finals in a calendar day, we do not have a policy regarding midterms. But many times, from my experience, midterms are worth very close to what finals are worth.

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and perform to the best of their abilities. If a student has three midterms in a day, they should be allowed to postpone one to another day. A policy regarding midterms or even a recommendation for faculty is something that should strongly be considered.

I have been in several meetings regarding this with students and administrators, and

the obstacle that often comes up is that the Registrar’s Office or the University does not regulate midterms. So yes, I do understand that logistically this might be an issue. However, aside from a systematic change, there are other alternatives that can be taken and precedents that can be set.

Columbia University has stated on their website that no

student should be asked to take three exams in a day and if this is the case, then accommodations can be made.

Regarding final exams, many of Penn’s peers have distinct policies from which we might be able to improve our own.

Our current policies state that no student should take three exams in one calendar day, but a student could have two exams in one day and another the next morning. Cornell University’s exam policy states that student should not have to take three exams in a 24-hour period. Princeton University has a distinct policy regarding overcrowded examinations: Students with two in-class exams on the same day are allowed to submit a request to postpone one exam.

Creating a culture of wellness might seem daunting. After all, cultural change can take years to accomplish. But taking smaller steps can make that

JAY SHAH process a lot less insurmountable. Adopting exam policies similar to those of some of our peer institutions could happen overnight. These changes are not terribly difficult to implement, and would make students’ lives a bit less stressful without compromising Penn’s academic rigor.

JAY SHAH is a College senior from New Hyde Park, N.Y. in the Biological Basis of Behavior Program. He is the former Vice President of the Undergraduate Assembly. His email is shahjay@ sas.upenn.edu.

Second Opinion with Dennis Morris Dear Dennis, My son is a freshman and he hasn’t returned my FaceTime calls for a whole week. He always says he’s busy. I want him to have fun, but I’m nervous that he is ignoring school. How do I tell him I’m there for him without making him embarrassed?

From, Concerned Mom

To Concerned Mom, As hard as it may be for you, it’s probably as hard for him. Freshman year is about self-discovery, friends, and finding your place in what’s considered the beginning of the rest of your life. As a college kid and the brother of five sisters, I see both sides. My sisters are my heart and I worry about them every day, but I also know that if I get too clingy, they will become exhausted.

Your love for him is definitely not forgotten. I rarely see a Penn student forgetting the hard work that they have to put in for a better future. I usually am good at helping these kids remember what really matters at the end of the day. I got you, honey! He will come around and when he does, the space and time given will be well worth it.

Love, Dennis

Dear Dennis, My best friend told me she saw my boyfriend on Tinder.

I thought maybe he just never deleted his profile because we only started dating a few months ago. But he’s been really distant, and lately I feel like I have to beg him just to hang out with me. Do you think he’s cheating on me?

How can I bring this up with him without making things super awkward?

From, Worried Girlfriend

To Worried Girlfriend, GIRL, I’ve heard this one before and it’s something that’s a bit tricky. It’s one thing if your friend saw him on Tinder, but he’s still around you. It’s another when he’s also being distant! My advice to you is to ask yourself if is this worth the begging and confronting. For closure purposes, I would at least hang out with him and tell him how you feel, and if he’s not receptive, then he should know where the door is. I would avoid sending multiple text messages. No one should have to pry emotions out of someone they’ve been dating for a few months.

A women’s intuition is usually accurate. Trust yourself and if you’re going to confront him, don’t do it where you’re

pushing him into a corner. Let him know how his distance makes you feel and keep it at that. In the end, we as humans, think about the what ifs and tend to want to explore all paths. You will find a guy who would turn his Tinder off the moment you both solidified an exclusive relationship.

Love, Dennis

D E N N I S M O RRI S i s one of Penn’s most well-known faces.

He is the star barista of the 39th Street Starbucks. If you want Dennis to weigh in on any issue going on in your personal life, email letters@thedp.com with “Second Opinion” in the subjec t line, or f ill out the Google form online.

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Groups discuss cycle of news around sexual assault The event was hosted by Active Minds and ASAP CLAIRE OCHROCH Contributing Reporter

On Thursday, students convened to discuss how to stay mentally well amidst a storm of current events surrounding sexual assault.

Student organizations Active Minds Penn and Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention hosted an event to talk about mental health in relation to the prevalence of sexual assault in media coverage recently, particularly news surrounding the Brett Kavanaugh hearings. The event also aimed to educate students on how they can help peers dealing with similar issues.

“Sometimes it seems like they are separate things but in reality health and trauma are very much related,” College junior Melissa Song

and ASAP board member said.

Co-president of Active Minds and College senior Megha Nagaswami said that the event’s goal was not only to be educational, but also to give students a chance to cope with difficult topics.

“One of the things we want to focus on is how people can cope and take care of themselves when trauma that people can often strongly relate to are consistently being rehashed in the media,” Nagaswami said.

Methods they suggested included taking a social media cleanse, participating in advocacy and marching, separating oneself from what is happening, taking a break from news, and practicing self-care while also helping others.

“I think it is important to talk about not just the chronic problem of mental health on campus, but like actually what are the flares, what

is the day-to-day actual problem, where are they coming [from] and how can we solve them and how can we help,” event attendee and Engineering junior Kathleen Givan said.

One way Active Minds demonstrated how to be an effective supporter of peers, family, and friends was through the Validate-Appreciate-Refer model, a process detailing how to effectively support and listen to whoever reaches out for help.

First, the listener should ensure that the person seeking support knows they are believed. Second, the listener should appreciate the courage of this person for speaking up and confiding. Third, the listener should refer them to resources, but not push resources onto them.

“I think that active listening training has made a big difference in how I interact with the world and how I process my own feelings,” Gi-

van said. “I really recommend that people reach out and learn how to talk about [mental health] and destigmatize it.”

Those who came to the event said the discussion with their peers on how to cope with current news proved useful.

“I always really like connecting with peers who are concerned about similar topics that I am and are passionate about helping the community at Penn and just making sure everyone’s well being is better than it was before,” said Anna Hardie, College sophomore and ASAP board member.

ASAP was created to give students a place to talk about issues surrounding sexual violence. Each year it organizes Penn’s participation in Take Back the Night, an international event focused on ending sexual violence, but the club is currently undergoing changes.

“ASAP as a group … is really changing its mission to fit the needs of the people and that we are definitely open to hearing suggestions that people might have for what they want to see from us,” Song said.

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Methods they suggested included taking a social media cleanse, participating in advocacy and marching, and taking a break from news.

ganization that hosts various events each semester and collaborates with the administration on mental health related policies.

The group holds general board meetings twice a month, where members discuss different issues surrounding mental health.

“I think it’s really important to create an environment where students can come if they’re comfortable sharing their opinions,” said Nagaswami. “Sometimes people come and don’t say anything but just know that a safe space is available for them.”

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Phila. DA discusses ‘spiritual activism’ at U. event Krasner discussed religion at the Penn Dems event CAMI DOO Contributing Reporter

In an auditorium of about three dozen Penn students, Philadelphia's District Attorney Larry Krasner and other city activists spoke about how their spiritualities inspired them to work in politics.

Sponsored by Penn Democrats, the Tuesday event, titled "Spiritual Activism in the Age of Trump," was moderated by Penn’s Chaplain Charles Howard. Aside from Krasner, panelists included Gregory Holston, who is the executive director of Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower, and Rebuild, and 2000 College graduate Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad, the founder of the Muslim Wellness Foundation.

This event is the latest in Krasner's appearances at Penn since becoming Philadelphia's DA in 2018. In early September, Krasner personally came to Penn's campus to recruit Penn Law School students. The recruitment effort came after the DA fired 31 staffers during his first week in office in January.

During the event, the panelists discussed a variety of topics surrounding religion and their social activism journeys and views. The panel was followed by a question and answer session for students.

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The Tuesday event, titled “Spiritual Activism in the Age of Trump,” was moderated by Chaplain Charles Howard and included Gregory Holston, Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad, and Larry Krasner on the panel.

Holston said that when he was growing up, there was no separation between the Gospel, worship, and protest marches in his community.

“Our worship is our service, and our service is our worship,” Holston said. “There is no distinction between what I do for social justice and what I do for my worship.”

Krasner said his family's eclectic religious beliefs have pushed him to love everyone because "you don't have a choice." In the panel, Krasner said that his dad is Jewish, his mom Protestant Christian, and his wife Catholic. Krasner added that he and his wife had a Quaker

wedding.

Rashad mentioned that, as converts to Islam, her parents instilled in her the values of self-determination and freedom. She said her mom inspired her social justice activism by taking her to rallies when she was just in first grade.

Penn Dems member and College freshman Ashley Fuchs said these stories were very moving for her.

“It’s weird because there’s absolutely no faith in my life, and I wish there was,” said Fuchs. “The transcendent idea of morality — it’s incredibly valid.”

The conversation also turned to the Brett Kavanaugh hearings.

Krasner criticized both Democratic and Republican senators for their questions during the

Kavanaugh Judiciary Committee hearing.

He said that he thinks the senators engaged in "despicable conduct" during the hearing because he believes they used most of their time during the hearing to produce material that could be used for their campaigns.

Penn Dems President and Wharton junior Dylan Milligan said he thought Krasner's perspectives on the senators' questioning during the Kavanaugh hearing was particularly unique.

Moderating the discussion, Howard also asked the panelists what they rely on when faced with struggles and hard decisions.

Holston noted that he depends on the love of God, especially during threats of physical harm. He said he drew from this source of strength and resilience when Nazi sympathizers followed him back to his car

during the Charlottesville march in Philadelphia.

"It is really the love you feel for God's people that is greater than [the] fear of what people might do to you," he said.

On the theme of speaking about spiritual activism during President Donald Trump's era, the panelists discussed how they restrain hatred for "enemies." Rashad said that she is grateful for people who disagree with her because they help her clarify what she believes.

“How can I fight against and challenge what you’re presenting to the world if I’m uncertain about my values and my principles?” Rashad asked.

Milligan, who helped organize the event, said that he connected with the event on a personal level because "no matter where you are in the political spectrum, faith can always play a role."

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Football’s title chances Penn falls to Princeton for disappear in an instant second time this season CARTER THOMPSON

and Princeton, don’t look like they are coming back down to Earth any time soon. And even if they did, they wouldn’t fall close to far enough for the Red and Blue to have a chance.

The Red and Blue should be able to take care of Brown and Cornell in the upcoming weeks before taking on Harvard and Princeton to close out the season.

But instead of being in the position of playing those games to win the league, they will be trying to play spoiler after failing to capitalize tonight.

The Red and Blue could be left to finish out the season wondering what could have been. And it all hinged on that one snap.

CARTER THOMPSON is a College senior from Tallahassee, Fla., and an associate sports editor at The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.

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Penn’s hopes for a comeback victory were dashed when a wide snap eluded sophomore quarterback Ryan Glover for a safety.

VOLLEYBALL | Quakers lose in straight sets again JACKSON SATZ Contributing Reporter

Penn volleyball hit another bump in the road Friday night.

Coming off two promising victories against Cornell and Columbia, the Quakers looked to start the second half of the Ivy League season on the right foot against a Princeton team that had lost only once this year in conference play. Despite their momentum, the Red and Blue never settled into the match with the Tigers, as they fell in straight sets to Princeton for the second time this year.

Penn (5-14, 2-6 Ivy) dropped its seventh consecutive contest against the Tigers (14-5, 7-1), whom the Quakers last defeated in September of 2015. Errors plagued the Red and Blue, who failed to match the Tigers’ consistency over the course of the match. “[Princeton] are an exceptionally strong passing team,” coach Iain Braddak said. “That was something we needed to match.”

Early in the first set, Penn hung with Princeton as both teams went back and forth. The Quakers’ attack errors began to pile up, though, and the Tigers capitalized on their ensuing service points. Princeton’s efficiency — the Tigers committed just two first set errors compared to the Red and Blue’s eight — helped close out the first set 2516 in their favor.

After the early setback, Penn looked to recover in the second set by limiting mistakes. Princeton had other plans, however, as the Tigers opened the frame on a 9-3 run. Nevertheless, the Quakers kept fighting and won four consecutive points to bring the score to 16-12.

ANNIE LUO | CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior opposite hitter Madison Goldstein had nine kills and 12 points to pace the Quakers, but Princeton still emerged victorious.

Junior opposite hitter Madison Goldstein, who led the Red and Blue with nine kills and 12 points, capped off the run with a block on Princeton sophomore outside hitter Alexa Underwood.

Despite Penn’s comeback effort, the Tigers pushed to end the set 25-16 after an 8-3 run.

Having lost the opening two sets, the Quakers came into the third set eager to perform better.

“We tend to play our strongest sets later on in the match,” Braddak said. “We’re making adjustments and that’s the hope, to get better set by set and point by point.”

Princeton refused to give way though, and began the final set by winning three consecutive points.

Playing from behind proved difficult for the Red and Blue all night, but Penn clawed back to tie the Tigers at eight points apiece early in the third set.

Despite their work to even the score, the Quakers were unable to take the lead. Princeton’s mini-runs were troublesome for

the Red and Blue, who struggled to slow the Tigers’ roll throughout the match and eventually lost the final set 25-19. Penn rarely took advantage of Princeton’s mistakes and dropped numerous points because of communication failures.

Even after losing, Braddak and the Quakers are optimistic: the Red and Blue’s third set was still its best, as was the case in the first match of the year against Princeton, when the Tigers barely held off Penn to claim the last set 2826. That in-game improvement continues to be a focus for the Quakers.

“The team has been really receptive and really takes ownership,” Braddak reiterated. “It’s been really incredible to watch the analytical thinking of our players.”

As they look toward next weekend’s doubleheader at Brown (89, 1-6) and Yale (12-4, 6-1), the Red and Blue will look to play at a high level more consistently against strong opposition.

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As soon as Bulldogs’ running back Alan Lamar ripped off a 47-yarder to start the game, the Red and Blue were in trouble.

Big plays from the Elis doomed the Quakers all night.

But despite being outplayed for nearly three quarters, the Quakers looked like they were ready for a rally following a Yale punt which left the Red and Blue on their own 9 yard line. On the very next play, a high snap over the head of quarterback Ryan Glover led to a safety and ended any hopes of a comeback.

When it’s all said and done, that could be the biggest missed opportunity, and the biggest turning point, of the season.

It could go down as the drive that eliminated the Red and Blue from Ivy title contention. If Penn had driven the ball down and scored to make it 21-17, it would have been a different game. At that point, it would have been hard to bet against the Quakers. Playing at home against a backup quarterback with all the momentum on their side, the potential comeback was all but scripted.

But the opportunity, like the snap, went right over their heads.

The Red and Blue could have been traveling to Brown next week just one upset away from being back in a tie for first place in the Ivy League standings.

Back in the title race where they belong.

The safety was not the sole reason the Quakers lost this game. You can point to defense — Yale racked up 440 yards of total offense and dominated the

time of possession. You can point to offense — Glover threw for 274 (87 of which came on one play) but the Quakers as a team only rushed for 14 yards on 26 carries. They even finished 5-15 on third down.

However, there are plenty of reasons why Yale should not have won this game either. The Elis came out on top because the Quakers missed the opportunity to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Championship teams find ways to win those types of games.

The chances of another Ancient Eight crown was low but not out of the question for the Quakers after dropping the Ivy opener to Dartmouth. Now with two losses, those chances are fading. No team has won an Ivy title with two losses since 1982.

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Schneck shines once again as Quakers defeat Yale, 2-0 FIELD HOCKEY | Penn keeps Ivy chances alive

forward Alexa Schneck, who found the goal for the first score of the game in the 48th minute. “We decided to do a give and go between me and Reese,�

Schneck said. “I just happened to have a wide open shot, which was really nice. She set me up very nicely for that goal.�

Although the one goal is all the Quakers would need, Schneck added an assist on a goal by sophomore forward Erin Quinn, her second goal of the season. That goal in the 54th minute sealed the win for the Red and Blue, as the clock began to wind down and the defense continued to keep the Elis scoreless. “We’ve really worked on just putting the pedal down even more and just really trying to get another goal,� Schneck said. “We knew Yale was going to come out with fire after we scored the first and second goal...Our defense did a phenomenal job of staying composed and being confident in our skills.�

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TYIRA BUNCHE Contributing Reporter

The Red and Blue are doing all they can to remain relevant in the championship conversation.

With its chances of winning an Ivy League title on the line, Penn field hockey was able to secure a huge win against Yale by a 2-0 score in New Haven, Conn. Reminiscent of last year’s match against the Bulldogs (77, 2-3 Ivy), the first half was largely a defensive battle, with both teams making plays when it mattered.

Despite a scoreless first half, the Quakers (8-7, 4-1) outplayed Yale, outshooting them nine to three while forcing three penalty corners in the first half.

In the second half, the Red and Blue were able to capitalize on their fourth penalty corner of the afternoon. Sophomore back Reese Vogel passed to junior

was not overlooked by the Quakers, as they knew what a win against an Ivy opponent meant for their team. “We also knew it was kind of a do-or-die moment, like we knew that in order to remain in contention for the Ivy League championship, we really needed to win this game,� Schneck said. “We definitely were in an intense mindset...this was a bit more pressure compared to other games.�

The Red and Blue hope to ride the momentum from this win throughout the end of the season. At 4-1 in Ivy play, Penn is currently tied for second in the conference with Princeton.

Harvard remains at the top at 5-0. “Any win in the Ivy is great,�

Schneck said. “This definitely gives us the momentum we need going forward to Brown next week.�

Penn will continue its quest to win out as they return back home for their last home game of the season and senior day against Brown (6-8, 1-4).

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He also displayed the vision that Donahue expects from his big men, with several nice passes to set up teammates with open looks. And his off-the-ball movement was solid as well, as there was one specific play that senior guard Jake Silpe found him down low after a great cut. “He’s a really good offensive player. That’s how he’s wired,�

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Wang will probably start the season on the bench, but if this scrimmage was any indication, he’ll get plenty of time to shine.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

Penn takes care of business against division rival Caldwell SPRINT FB | Next week’s game, with the team’s defense setgame will decide division title ting the tone. On the day, Caldwell MICHAEL LAU Contributing Reporter

Bouncing back after two tough losses is easier said than done. But on Saturday, that is exactly what Penn sprint football did.

The Quakers defeated Caldwell 38-14 on a crisp afternoon at Franklin Field after back-to-back losses to Chestnut Hill and Army, the latter of which also beat Penn in the championship game last year.

“We were without our starting quarterback [Eddie Jenkins] when we played Chestnut Hill, so we struggled to get our offense together,” coach Bill Wagner said. “[Against Army] we still had several kids healing up, and we had a touchdown called back when the momentum was all ours.”

The injury situation was not any better for Penn (3-2) in the buildup to this game, as they had to battle through an illness that affected several of the team’s players. However, the Red and Blue showed few signs of fatigue at the start of the

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was not healthy enough to suit up. But the Bulldogs’ offense didn’t miss a beat with junior Alan Lamar in his place.

On the first play of scrimmage for Yale, Lamar took a handoff for 47 yards — a sign of things to come. Lamar gashed the Quakers all night long, totaling 179 rushing yards and two scores, including 116 yards in the first quarter alone.

Altogether, Yale’s offense finished with 440 total yards on the day.

On the other side of the ball, Penn’s vaunted rushing offense was held in check from the start.

Averaging 215.0 rushing yards per game entering Friday night, Penn only secured 14 rush-

(0-5) was forced to punt six times and only managed 75 rushing yards.

Penn’s first touchdown came on its first drive of the game, courtesy of senior running back Jake Klaus.

Following that possession, both teams struggled to create chances, with the biggest play coming on a 23-yard rush by Penn quarterback Eddie Jenkins.

“That was huge,” Klaus said of the early score. “We know how good our offense is, and from there we kicked off.”

Penn found its stride in the second quarter, outscoring Caldwell 24-0 in the process. However, the Quakers first had to get out of their own way. A Klaus rushing touchdown was taken off the board following a penalty, forcing Penn to settle for a 33-yard field goal from junior kicker Theodoros Papazekos, who is also a sports editor at The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Caldwell fought back but had to punt from near its own end zone after being called for two consecutive penalties. The punt was returned 41 yards for a touchdown by Penn re-

ing yards on 26 attempts. Star junior running back Karekin Brooks was held to a mere two rushing yards.

Even when things did briefly go right for the Quakers, it seemed that fate was not on their side. Leading 21-3 midway through the third quarter, Yale had the ball inside the Quakers’ one-yard line on a fourth down, but Lamar fumbled just before crossing the goal line to give Penn some life.

“100 percent; I definitely thought we were on our way to victory at that point,” senior linebacker Nick Miller said. “It was a big stop for us on defense, and we were ready to go.”

From there, Glover and Farrell led what was by far

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Senior running back Jake Klaus scored three touchdowns in the Quakers’ 38-14 win over Caldwell.

Penn will play for a spot in the Collegiate Sprint Football League title game next week against Navy.

ceiver Brendan McCaffrey, which pushed the score to 17-0. Later in the quarter, Klaus notched his second rushing touchdown of the game. His cousin, freshman tight end Ben Klaus, also got in on the action, catching an 11-yard throw

Penn’s best drive of the game, and likely the season as well.

Glover completed five different passes for first downs before finding Farrell on a perfect fade route in the corner of the end zone, cutting the score to 21-10.

Penn forced a punt on Yale’s next drive, making Franklin Field as loud as it had been all night. But just as soon as the Red and Blue seized momentum, their hopes of a comeback dissolved.

The Quakers’ next play involved a slightly wide snap that Glover couldn’t catch.

Penn fell on it for a Yale safety, and neither team would score a single point the rest of the way.

“That’s the ebbs and flows of the game. If you don’t get

from Jenkins.

The second half was considerably less one-sided as Caldwell settled into the game, converting on a 15-yard touchdown pass. Jake Klaus would take matters into his own hands once again, darting

the safety, we don’t know what ends up happening,” Priore said.

Despite the result, the box score did show some good signs for Penn. Glover’s total of 274 passing yards was a career high, and most of them went to Farrell, whose 173 receiving yards represented his own lifetime best.

But those numbers were all for naught, as the Quakers now fall below .500 in Ivy play. No team has won an Ivy title with two losses since 1982, and with Princeton and Dartmouth both unbeaten, it seems that this year will be no exception.

As a result, barring a miracle, Penn is looking at its second straight year without any Ancient Eight jewelry.

through the middle on his way to his third touchdown. He would finish the game with 79 rushing yards and 70 receiving yards.

Caldwell eventually found the end zone again with under five minutes to go in the fourth quarter,

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found a taker in sophomore midfielder Breukelen Woodward, who sprinted in to hit a header that rebounded off the crossbar. Emily Sands, finding herself in the middle of a chaotically organized Yale defense, struck the ball with her right foot straight past the goalkeeper. This goal was Sands’ seventh match-winning goal of the season and eighth overall.

“I think we went out there and battled. We did what we needed to do; we do the small things well and our goal is to win the Ivy League and play NCAAs. We just have to keep on doing the small things right and not look too far ahead,” Sands said.

The Quakers’ defense held down the fort in the last 10 min-

but at that point Penn was already well ahead. Caldwell’s late touchdown proved to be the last score of the game, as the Red and Blue prevailed 38-14.

“I followed my guys, I trust them,” Jake Klaus said. “I always try to run as hard as I can, try to fall forward. It’s just about the [execution.]”

Wagner was full of praise for his captain. “[Jake Klaus] is a workhorse, he’ll do whatever we ask him to do. He certainly leads by example.”

The Quakers’ championship aspirations are still alive following Navy’s win over Chestnut Hill. If they beat Navy (4-1) at Franklin Field next Friday, Penn will represent the South Division in the Collegiate Sprint Football Championship game. In last year’s game, Penn emerged victorious in a 2823 win. “[Next Friday] could be the last game I play; if not, we get to play again in the championship,” Jake Klaus said.

The team certainly hopes for the latter and will look to avoid costly penalties against a stronger opponent in Navy.

utes, and Penn left New Haven with its undefeated away record intact. With Harvard falling to Princeton later in the day, Penn now has sole possession of first place in the Ivy League with just two weeks remaining.

Van Dyke echoed Sands’ affirmation of the team’s values.

“We take responsibility and are very aware that you have to put in work day in and day out,” Van Dyke said. “The team has done an exceptional job of doing that; I cannot comment enough about their character. They have a tremendous amount of belief in each other, and everyone has had their impact on this season in their own way. In the end, it produces these results as a team.”

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Everything was right about the setting. The beautiful Franklin Field venue under the Friday night lights. The national attention coming from ESPNU’s television coverage. The must-win mentality for two teams entering with an Ivy League loss already in hand.

But once the opening kickoff came for Penn football against Yale, almost everything that could go wrong did for the Red and Blue.

Outplayed in almost every facet of the game from start to finish, the Quakers took their second Ancient Eight loss of the year, falling 23-10 to Yale on Friday night. The Red and Blue (4-2, 1-2 Ivy) gave up touchdowns on both of Yale’s first two offensive drives and trailed by double digits the rest of the way.

“I’m disappointed, obviously disappointed with the outcome. Our kids came out battling, but early on we just had a couple of big plays allowed and critical third downs that really hurt us,” coach Ray Priore said. “You play against good football teams, you can’t make those mistakes during the course of a game.”

Despite the game’s final margin, it wasn’t truly over until the very end. With Penn taking possession with 3:43 left at its own one-yard line down by 13, sophomore quarterback Ryan Glover found senior wideout Steve Farrell on a 87-yard bomb down the middle of the field, putting Penn in scoring position.

But Yale (4-2, 2-1) buckled down from there, sacking Glover on third and 10 from the Yale 12. Glover threw incomplete on fourth and 17, and Penn’s glimmer of hope was gone almost as quickly as it came.

“I applaud our kids’ effort and saw some energy coming on the sidelines. Really thought we could get this win,” Priore said. “But we could never put together that finishing drive.”

At the start of the contest, Penn appeared to catch a major break when reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year and running back Zane Dudek SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 11 CHASE SUTTON & ANNA LISA LOWENSTEIN | SPORTS PHOTO EDITOR & DESIGN ASSOCIATE

Red and Blue Scrimmages provide Two more goals from Emily Sands propel Penn past Yale first glimpse at Quaker lineups W. SOCCER | Penn now alone atop Ivy standings

HOOPS | Freshman Michael Wang impresses at Palestra

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The Red and Blue continued their dominant display in the Ivy League by beating Yale 2-1 on the back of a scrappy last-minute winner by Emily Sands, who slotted in a rebound off a corner kick.

Penn women’s soccer (11-11, 4-0-1 Ivy) took charge of the game in the first half, as continued pressure from plays built by senior forward Sasha Stephens materialized into multiple chances that the Quakers were unable to convert. In the 14th minute, Stephens found space on a quick link-up with Sands and played in a cross to sophomore defender Katherine Larson. Larson hit her shot into the bottom corner, but the goal was disallowed as she was slightly offside.

In the 25th minute, Stephens found herself in space again after beating her defender and played a ball in to senior midfielder Allie Trzaska, who shot over the crossbar. Shortly after, around the 30th minute, Trzaska pounced on a wanting Stephens’ corner and headed the ball straight into the crossbar. Another critical chance came less than five minutes after, as Stephens took her first shot of the game and hit the woodwork with a formidable shot.

The Quakers ended the half with another big chance, as junior forward Emma Loving came on as a substitute and made an immediate impact on the game.

Loving beat a defender and took an imposing shot which ricocheted off of a Yale defender towards goal. The keeper parried it away, and the ball was eventually

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Junior forward Emily Sands scored both goals in the Quakers’ 2-1 win. Sands now has seven game-winning goals on the season.

cleared to bring an eventful first half to a close at 0-0.

Penn was unrelenting in its attack to start the second half. The Quakers’ pressure finally broke through the Bulldogs’ defense, as Trzaska found Stephens, who outmaneuvered two defenders to put a cross into the box. The Yale defense cleared the cross and the ball right into junior midfielder Megan Lloyd, who lobbed the ball back into the box and into the path of Sands. The center-forward pulled away from a defender, and found the bottom corner of the net for the seventh time this semester to give Penn a 1-0 lead.

“I think a position change from center-midfielder to center-forward has really helped me. I keep on finding myself in the right places in and around the box, and just doing that consistently has worked well this season,” Sands said.

Yale (7-6-1, 1-3-0 Ivy) clawed its way back into the game in the 65th minute. Junior goalkeeper Kitty Qu’s clearance of a corner

was picked up by Yale junior midfielder Kristi Wharton, whose cross into the box found a taker who scored at the back post.

The Quakers ended their shutout streak of 733 minutes, and coach Nicole Van Dyke used this as a learning experience for the team.

“This is going to sound silly, but if you’re going to score on us, it has to be a very good goal.

Today we gained the experience of responding to a team equalizing on us, and it was another opportunity for us to grow; one we haven’t had since Navy,” Van Dyke said.

After play resumed, Penn doubled down on its offensive strategy, and started pushing more into Yale’s half. With the added pressure came more chances, and two found the back of the net but were disallowed as they were offsides.

The second breakthrough came in the 81st minute. Stephens took a corner for Penn, and her cross SEE SOCCER PAGE 10

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On Saturday, Penn men’s and women’s basketball returned to the Palestra for the Red and Blue Scrimmages — the teams’ first appearances in front of fans since last season. With the start of the men’s and women’s seasons both coming within the next three weeks, here are a few players from both squads to keep an eye on after their impressive performances today.

Eleah Parker Parker begins this season as perhaps the Quakers’ most decorated returner. As the 2018 unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Big 5 Rookie of the Year, and a second-team All-Ivy and second-team All-Big 5 selection, the center will be one of the top players in the Ivy League in her sophomore year.

“I think I have grown a lot from last year to this year,” Parker said. “My mentality about the game, my mentality about workouts have just changed. Pushing through fatigue and competing every practice hard, I think that’s the biggest difference between last year and this year.”

Parker believed the scrimmage was useful for diagnosing areas the Quakers need to improve upon.

“I think the Red and Blue scrimmage really helped point [weaknesses] out, especially defense as a team, that’s one area we really need to strengthen before our first game,” she said.

Mia Lakstigala

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Freshman forward Michael Wang, the highest rated recruit of coach Steve Donahue’s tenure, displayed his potential in preseason action.

The freshman guard from Naperville, Ill. appeared to have what it takes to get significant minutes come game day. Mia Lakstigala’s performance at the Palestra demonstrated how she graduated with the second most career points in her high school’s history. With the Quakers’ current shortage of big-name starpower, Lakstigala has plenty of room to make a name for herself in the coming months. McLaughlin feels confident in her skill on the court as well.

“I think Mia Lakstigala has played really well, she’ll be in the mix,” McLaughlin said.

“She’ll either start or get a lot of immediate playing time.”

Lakstigala enters into her rookie season with two other talented freshmen, Kennedy Suttle and Meg Hair.

“I think them three could be in the mix pretty quickly,” McLaughlin said.

Ashley Russell After graduating big-impact players like Michelle Nwokedi and Anna Ross,

upperclassmen will need to step up to fill leadership roles. Senior guard Ashley Russell leads the senior class in experience, having averaged 24.3 minutes per game last season. Russell could be the player to fill the scoring gap, as last year she averaged 7.5 points per game.

Regarding her seniority and experience, Russell hopes to be able to lead by example.

“I kind of have just relied on my team-oriented style of play,” Russell said. “Trying to get extra possessions, trying to get offensive rebounds — I feel like those little things really gets the team going, really gets everybody excited, it gets the bench going, and so just leading by example in that sense.”

Michael Wang The highest rated recruit of coach Steve Donahue’s tenure did not disappoint in his first showing for the Quakers. Playing as more of a point forward than a center, Wang displayed SEE RED AND BLUE PAGE 10

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