October 1, 2014 by The Daily Pennsylvanian

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Philadelphia Police confirm cause of College student’s death SARAH SMITH Senior Writer

Incoming freshmen will take an online mental health module JILL CASTELLANO Deputy News Editor

Penn’s mental health task force offered preliminary recommendations to student groups at an Undergraduate Assembly steering committee, which included establishing a helpline staffed by Counseling and Psychological Services trainees and standardizing academic leave policies across Penn’s schools. Members of the task force also told students at the meeting last week that mandatory online modules for Penn students about mental health and managing stress will begin next summer, according to students who attended.

College student Amanda Hu’s death was ruled a suicide, a spokesperson at the Philadelphia Police Homicide Unit said early Wednes-

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day morning. Hu, 20, died in her bedroom on the 4000 block of Sansom Street late Sunday night. She was on a voluntary leave of absence from Penn at the time, working in a biochemistry lab.

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President Amy Gutmann sent an email Tuesday to all undergraduates and parents in response to Hu’s death announcing the formation of a 24-hour helpline staffed by Counseling and Psychological Services trainees — an initiative the mental

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Wishbone extends hours for late-night fried chicken runs

Penn administrators proposed the office handle on student-on-student sexual misconduct cases SOPHIA WITTE Staff Writer

Penn administrators proposed to move sexual misconduct cases from the Office of Student Conduct to a separate investigatory office. The proposal recommends hiring a Sexual Violence Investigative Officer to oversee all cases involving sexual assault, sexual violence, relationship violence and stalking. The new office would focus exclusively on student-on-student sexual misconduct cases, which are currently directed to the Office of Student Conduct. The person hired to head the investigatory office would be expected to have experience in issues concerning Title IX — a federal mandate that prohibits federally funded organizations from discriminating based on gender.

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Launch of student financial aid board delayed a semester The advisory board was supposed to start this semester HUIZHONG WU Staff Writer

consideration as food served in a four-star restaurant. That’s why we don’t serve ketchup. We make our own sauce, and it tastes goddamn awesome.” According to a Wishbone employee, recent weekends have been more profitable than ever. “Saturday night we made more money over three hours than on all of Sunday,” he said.

A student advisory board to address concerns with financial aid will launch a semester later than planned. In spring 2014, student leaders of the 5B — the coalition of umbrella groups for minority communities — met with Student Financial Services to propose and implement a board for early this fall. However, it will now officially launch in January 2015. The board is meant to address a perceived gap between SFS and minority students, who may face financial circumstances that are not addressed by the standard financial aid formula. It will be made up of nine student members from across the schools. The University’s Director of Financial Aid Joel Carstens said that he realized in spring 2014 that the board would not be ready to launch in the fall, but did not have a specific reason for the delay. “We just wanted to make sure we were moving forward in the right direction and if that takes a little bit more time to accomplish, we’d rather get it right,” he said. Students were worried when they first learned about the delay. “One of my complaints was that I was speaking with people from our past board, and they heard the same rhetoric, like, ‘It’ll be developed in a semester,’” said United Minorities Council chair

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health task force proposed to students last week in a closed meeting. “The subject of mental and emotional issues facing college and university students is a critically impor-

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Wishbone extended their closing time from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights starting late August in an attempt to bring in more late night business from Penn students. BENJAMIN ZOU Contributing Writer

Move aside, Allegro — Wishbone is the newest player in the lucrative late-night crave-busting trade. Started by two Drexel scholars originally from France, the fried chicken restaurant between 40th and 41st streets on Walnut Street just opened its doors last October, and in late August extended its closing time from 11 p.m. to 3

a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. General Manager Erica Hope made the executive decision to change the store’s hours, believing that the home-style, handcrafted chicken and mac ‘n’ cheese would lure in hungry partiers. “Drunk college kids are coming here instead of Wawa because they know good food when they see and smell it,” Hope said. “Fast food should be given the same

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Penn alumna fights for education reform Helen Gym is in the center of a suit against the Phila. School District JENNIFER WRIGHT Staff Writer

If you manage to catch Helen Gym for five minutes, two of them might be spent on the phone with a school district parent or dropping off materials from Parents United for Public Education for Back to School nights across the city. Whether it is in-between dropped phone calls on a train home from Washington, D.C., or a weekday morning after explaining to a parent on the phone how to file a complaint through myphillyschools.com, Gym can transition right into an interview about what’s going on in the district without missing a beat. A former teacher, Penn alumna and school district parent, Gym is a loud voice among the many engaged in the dialogue about affecting changes to the school district — and rallying parents to push back is what Gym and her colleagues at Parents United see as part of the solution. “The way we talk about young people in schools these days has a really punishing level of approach that is devoid of any level of caring, experiential knowledge and vision, frankly,” she said. “Did I say that bluntly enough?” When talking about students only in terms of data like test scores or seats in a classroom, she argues, some level of reality gets lost. Parents United believes that parents constitute a group that is highly qualified to weigh in on what is going wrong in dayto-day realities their children face attending public school in Philadelphia. Since 2006, Parents United has been working to encourage parents around the city to take action on behalf of their children. “We will be here after all these ed-reform hacks come

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and go and leadership comes and goes,” Gym said. “We’ll be the ones picking up the pieces of the ed-reform mistakes and promises that they failed to live up to.” Currently, Parents United is involved with a pending lawsuit along with several district parents against the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Carolyn Dumaresq. The suit claims that about 825 complaints from parents about curriculum deficiencies and other issues were not investigated properly by the state’s Department of Education, citing Pennsylvania state law. Dumaresq’s office told The Daily Pennsylvanian in early September that the suit was “outrageous.” “The lawsuit itself is an

administrative test case, but the procedure we were going through last year was so incredibly important,” Gym said in reference to the way that parents banded together to file the complaints. Gym said this lawsuit is just a small piece in a larger effort to bring widespread attention to the lack of funding and oversights in the district. Gym’s activism in Philadelphia stemmed from her involvement, beginning in the early ‘90s, with Asian Americans United, a group that works on community building and support for Asian Americans in Philadelphia. The director of AAU, Ellen Somekawa, met Gym years ago when she initially became in-

volved with the group. “When we work in communities there [are] these questions about how we establish ethical and reciprocal relationships with communities we work with,” Somekawa said. “I don’t remember her having [an] especially different analysis or understanding. I think she was absorbing things really quickly.” Gym now serves as a board member of AAU. Among other projects, she and leadership at AAU have helped halt a proposal to open a baseball stadium in the heart of Philadelphia’s Chinatown — and then worked to open Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School in the nearby area. With AAU, Gym was part of the group of adults that inter-

vened on behalf of students at South Philadelphia High School who were victims of racial attacks in December of 2009 that resulted in an eight-day student boycott of the school. Amid the escalating drama, Gym and Somekawa grew close. “All of a sudden you’re spending 24/7 together trying to figure things out, and Helen was one of the core people that leapt into action,” Somekawa said. Somewaka said this incident marked one of the times when it had been especially important for adults to come together to support the young people involved. “Part of it was the response to the injuries, the fear, the hurt — and part of it was to raise this as an issue and look at what is the actual injustice here and how we talk about the problem,” she said. Gym said it’s easy for some to say that nothing ever changes, but that the implications of taking action are much further reaching than some believe. “What we understand this struggle to be is that things do change and people do advance,” she said. “But the struggle does largely stay the same, because the question of whether we will educate young people with justice and humanity is to be the central challenge of American society today.” One of the things Gym says she doesn’t understand about the reform movement is the constant refrain: Are you with us or against us? Advocates encounter this mentality for causes that involve a large institution and actual people who are emotionally effected by the upheavals, like those felt by people whose schools were shut down, Gym said. “There are plenty of ways that I’m a supporter of the school district and am a critic of their policies,” she said. “We don’t want institutions to be insulated — we want them to strengthened by public debate and feedback.”

CRIME LOG SEPT. 19 - SEPT. 25 DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Sept. 21: An affiliated malewas cited at the Tap House at 3925 Walnut Street at 12:41 a.m. after he was seen to be engaged in a disturbance with the police. The suspect refused to leave, and was verbally abusive and belligerent. Sept. 22: An unaffiliated 25-yearold female was cited at Copa Banana at 4000 Spruce Street at 1:58 a.m. after she was observed to be attempting to leave the restaurant without paying. The suspect screamed at the police and pointed in the officer’s face.

BURGLARY: Sept. 23: An affiliated 25-yearold male reported personal items missing from her locked apartment at 4224 Osage Ave. at 8:00 a.m. There were no signs of forced entry.

OTHER OFFENSE: Sept. 19: An unaffiliated 42-yearold male was arrested at John Morgan Building at 3620 Hamilton Walk at 11:25 a.m. after he was observed to be using cutters to remove a cable lock from a bike. He was found to have an outstanding warrant. Sept. 23: An unaffiliated 25-year-old male was arrested at Steinberg-Dietrich Hall at 3620 Locust Walk at 1:30 p.m. after he attempted to trespass. The suspect was found to have a stolen package in his possession.

PUBLIC URINATION: Sept. 21: An affiliated 19-yearold male was arrested at the intersection of 37th and Spruce streets at 2:53 a.m. after he was observed to be urinating in public.

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and College senior Reggie Stewart. “Hearing the same thing a year later is really frustrating.” The 5B continued to email their contacts and brought up their concerns again with President Amy Gutmann at an earlier meeting this year. “We let them know what our concerns were specifically with the timeline in hopes that they would advance it,” he said. After a recent meeting with SFS, though, Stewart said that he and the other students are now happy with the results because the plan for the board includes more detailed guidelines. He called the meeting a “huge turnaround.” In spite of the complications, he remains hopeful. “Yes, it’s a semester longer, but I understand how things work,” he said. “It takes a lot of fighting to get something done, but as long as the University stays committed to helping its students and shows that through working hard to develop the advisory board, then I think myself and UMC will be happy.”

The task force will present its finalized recommendations to Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price by the end of the year, and a final public report of the results is expected in early 2015. Members met throughout the spring and summer to gather relevant research and student feedback on the best and most feasible recommendations to improve the mental wellbeing of Penn students. Those who attended the meeting said some of the recommendations focused on centralizing information about mental health resources, like the Chaplain’s Office and Student Intervention Services, which currently are not advertised all in one place. Members of the task force suggested creating a single helpline staffed by CAPS trainees to help students dealing with varying levels of stress and a corresponding online portal with information on available resources for students. Gutmann formally announced

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014 the helpline in an email sent to all undergraduates on Tuesday. “It’s been really interesting to see all the great things that are going on already,” former School of Arts and Sciences Dean Rebecca Bushnell told the Daily Pennsylvanian in August. “At a place [like] Penn, which is so decentralized, we need to find a way to bring all these things together.” Bushnell, her co-chair of the task force and Director of Education for the Department of Psychiatry Anthony Rostain and vice-chair of the task force and Vice President for Institutional Affairs Joann Mitchell could not be reached for comment. Another focus of the recommendations surrounded leave of absence policies, which are currently described differently on each school’s website. The task force is looking to destigmatize leaves and make the process of how to take a leave more transparent, as well as clarify that leave of absence policies are standard across schools on the school websites.

Students at last week’s meeting responded with an array of questions and comments, which ranged from the effect of Student Financial Services on stress to how to reduce academic stress for incoming freshman. Ultimately, one of the underlying questions the task force will have to face is how to measure the mental well-being of Penn students in order to gauge whether or not their implemented recommendations — complied after months of research and planning — make an impact. “My sense of things is the University is thinking carefully about it,” said Victor Schwartz, the medical director of the Jed Foundation — an organization that works to promote mental health and prevent suicide among college students — who met with the task force over the summer. “They’re looking at various levels of how counseling centers provide services and looking at communicating and educating students. Hopefully some observations and enhancements come out of that.”

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to mean whatever you want — some things carry meaning that shouldn’t be lost

ne of the first things they teach you in “Intro to Philosophy” is the sixteenth-century phrase “beg the question.” According to the teaching assistants, to beg the question means to offer a premise in place of a conclusion, also known as circular reasoning. When someone argues that God exists because the divinely ordained Bible says so, they are “begging the question.” While many (read: philosophers) remain faithful to its original meaning, many others use it as a slightly fancier substitute for “raise the question.” There are plenty of other phrases that are not misused, but butchered altogether. While it’s understandable to say that you couldn’t care less about something, saying that you could care less defeats the purpose by implying that you do, in fact, care. The same goes for “hone in on,” a malapropism that has managed in recent years to permeate the language pool with alarming virulence. To “home in” on something is to zoom in or pinpoint; to “hone” is to sharpen or refine. And, of course, there’s “literally,” which apparently now means its exact opposite. How this one managed to take off is anyone’s guess, but it’s figuratively driving some of us nuts. Even as I type this, I can imagine those who will reel from my pedantry. Isn’t it obnoxious to correct people on their relatively innocent mixups? Besides, language is meant to change and evolve — think of Humpty Dumpty, who insisted to Alice that every word “means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” The debate over who “owns” language is nothing new. Most of us have actually been familiar with it since childhood, when we read Andrew Clements’s award-winning novel about a boy who incites a nationwide uprising by renaming his pen a “frindle.” The book sums the

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schism up nicely — the eager classmates and supportive parents stand opposite the crotchety formalism of the stern and patriarchal teacher who punishes her students for disgracing the long and precious history of the word “pen.”

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When we scramble, garble or generally maim language with reckless abandon, we risk burying important concepts alive.” The easy relativism is appealing. If the People want to modify language and use words or phrases differently, who are an elite few (read: philosophers) in the Ivory Tower to tell us otherwise? But it doesn’t take a fetish for grammar to be irked by these malapropisms. It would be one thing for laypeople to use plain English, to say exactly what they mean and nothing more. But when “beg the question” is used incorrectly, it’s typically invoked for its air of sophistication — “beg” sounds like a charmingly old-fashioned change of pace from the more mundane “raise.” Is it really their lack of understanding that pushes our buttons, or is it the fact that they’re putting on airs? Perhaps by trying to sit high up above the rest of us, Humpty Dumpty is actually setting himself up for a fall. Of course language is supposed to change — it should always be evolving with the ideas of its speakers. But being eager to create new uses of language doesn’t necessarily excuse us from stomping on old ones. When we scramble, garble or generally maim language with reckless abandon, we risk burying important concepts alive. “Beg the question” bears a

unique meaning that most people would benefit from understanding. In a society that undervalues rhetoric and logic, a powerful analytical tool is humbled to a cheap catchphrase. Even when particular concepts aren’t being discarded, a moment of reflection is all it would take for a speaker to realize that what they’re saying doesn’t actually make sense. If a speaker knows what it means to “hone” and “hone in on,” respectively, then they’re failing to notice that “hone in on” is a nonsensical expression. They’re not paying attention to what they’re saying — there’s a sense in which they (literally?) don’t know what they’re talking about. While it’s inevitable that languages evolve, the flow of change often lends itself to entropy and atrophy instead of complexity. Sometimes it helps to stop and think — to direct the flow of change to prevent mindless erosion. William Safire put it nicely when he explained that “I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expansiveness.” The implication rings clear: If the newer usages produce less clarity or more confusion, then perhaps it’s the old ways that we should home in on.

JONATHAN IWRY is a 2014 College graduate from Potomac, Md. His last name is pronounced “eev-ree.” His email address is jon.iwry@ gmail.com. “The Faithless Quaker” usually appears every Monday.

need than food or shelter

nside the tightly packed cluster of nine story walk-up apartment buildings, it was damp and dark. There were about five feet from the wall of one building to the wall of the next. This constituted the passage way in and out of the complex. I ducked my head to avoid some laundry hung out to dry (God knows how!) on a pole extending from a second-story window. I was 15 at the time, and had come to visit a girl named Jin Shui who was in the first floor apartment to my left. The door was slightly ajar, and my father walked in without knocking. Jin Shui’s mother, with a strained and silent face, came into the room. Speaking in subdued tones, she ushered us into the bedroom.

In the bedroom lay her 17-year-old daughter — dirt poor, up from the countryside and dying of cancer. Two months earlier, Jin Shui had traveled to Guangzhou with her parents to sit on the street and hope some moneyed passerby would take her to the hospital. It just so happens, however, that moneyed passersby have a habit of passing by in a great hurry to get where they are going. By the time a woman in our church found Jin Shui, it was already much too late. Doctors prescribed pain meds and predicted five months of life. I sat on my hard plastic stool in the small bedroom where Jin Shui was dying, and listened as my father

WHAT’S THE T? | We need to think critically about the political implications of the media we

set of complicated choices arises when we hear Iggy Azalea being played at

a party. By now, most of us have hopefully heard discussions and critiques of this Australian artist and some of her more problematic aspects. Her rapping style, which is a butchered attempt at mimicking AAVE (African American Vernacular English), has been called “vocal blackface” and her entire persona and performance have been critiqued as cultural appropriation. For those who want to make an effort to combat oppression in all of its manifestations, there is still internal conflict and argument as to how to react when we come into contact with these individuals. What do we do when we hear Iggy Azalea’s music being played, or when we hear her being lauded for her “talents”? Some may choose to ignore her background, taking the stance that musicians and other pop culture figures doing some questionable things isn’t worth focusing on in the grand scheme of social issues. Others may choose to extend their politics into these seemingly “minor” instances of racism or oppression, acknowledging that indulging in these cultural practices actually helps to uphold the systems of oppression that they play into. Then, you have people who uphold their approach as a perfect

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mix of these two approaches. They believe that one’s political and social spheres can easily be separated. This leaves room for being critical of that artist’s practices in certain contexts, but choosing to ignore this in situations where it doesn’t need to be brought up. One might agree with the assertion that Iggy Azalea is appropriating black culture through her music, but it’s not necessary to bring this up outside of political discussions, such as at a party.

When we uphold the value of artists such as Iggy Azalea, we allow them to take space from other ar tists who are producing art that is both more authentic and less offensive.” I think that this mentality is dangerous because it doesn’t actually make room for systemic change. Culture and politics are deeply connected, and it’s important to take every opportunity possible to show disapproval of people’s violent actions. This may result in casual dismissals and eye-rolling from peers, but actively resisting oppressive things that are ingrained into our

culture makes a powerful political statement. While I agree that we should not completely vilify individuals who are working through their understandings of these issues and who apologize and grow along the way, this is not often the case with artists who are perpetuating racism. Often, their entire careers are built upon appropriating culture and upholding racist stereotypes while benefitting from their own privilege. While most of us acknowledge that we must critique these artists, we need to go a step further and actively think through these oppressive aspects every time we engage with the artist’s work. This may seem daunting, but it’s the only way to ensure that we don’t become complacent about the real issues that are reflected in the culture that we consume. Furthermore, we need to be aware that when we uphold the value of artists such as Iggy Azalea, we allow them to take space from other artists — in this example, black artists — who are producing art that is both more authentic and less offensive. It’s also important in a given situation to listen to and prioritize the voices of people who are directly affected by the violence that these individuals uphold. If someone is uncomfortable and has a critique of an artist based on their own identity and experiences, it’s likely that they have a

spoke about heaven and the life to come. The girl responded in a quiet, clear voice — held carefully in check by conscious effort. But once, her voice wavered. In pain, fighting back tears, rushing over her words, she stuttered her hope against hope: that by some miracle the cancer might stop. That by some miracle she might recover. She wanted to live! To get out of bed, to be a big sister to her brother, to return to her home! A month later the girl was dead. Her father wore a shoddy suit — which did not fit him — to the memorial service. Her mother cried. Her little brother tried not to. Recently, something made me think of Jin Shui again in connection with Nick Cernek’s Bold and

There’s a guy who sits on the corner of 38th and Chestnut in a wheelchair that I’ve walked past many times. He’s the poverty I’d like to solve. But not once — even just with a passing smile — have I acknowledged his humanity.”

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RODERICK COOK deeper understanding of these issues than you do — especially if your experience with a piece of entertainment doesn’t have political ramifications on your own life and identity. Not being offended by something isn’t some sign of “higher development” and maturity of not letting it get to you — it’s probably a fundamental misunderstanding of the systems of power and oppression that are being upheld by these offensive things. At the end of the day, we can pretend that we are wise in our ability to “take the good with the bad,” but if we don’t recognize how much of an influence media has on politics, then we passively uphold systems of oppression.

RODERICK COOK is a College junior from Nesquehoning, Pa., studying gender, sexuality, and women’s studies. Their email address is rodcookthedp@ gmail.com. “What’s the T?” usually appears every other Thursday.

Humble Project. Currently a super senior at Penn, Nick spent this past summer living on five dollars a day biking across the United States as a vagrant and trying to connect with homeless people he met along the way. This would have been Penn-typical if he was collecting statistics for a paper on American vagrancy or jotting down stories to write a novel. But he wasn’t. He was using the summer after his senior year for the exclusive purpose of learning to appreciate people. I talked with Nick for nearly two hours trying to figure out what could have motivated him to do something so crazy. It all boiled down to a simple idea: Nick want-

JEREMIAH KEENAN ed his heart to break with love for broken hearts. And he wanted to show that love. He wanted to buy lunch for someone and then — instead of handing it down to them and hurrying off to class — sit down next to them on the pavement and treat them like he’d treat a friend. Nick’s boldness made me so uncomfortable I had to blink and swallow to keep my voice steady. Like most Penn students, I have political and social ideas about what should be done to help “the underclass.” But there’s a guy who sits on the corner of 38th and Chestnut in a wheelchair that I’ve walked past many times. He’s the poverty I’d like to solve. But not once — even just with a passing smile — have I acknowledged his humanity. It dawned on me that it was to avoid just such an error that my father forced me to visit Jin Shui back when I was 15. He didn’t want me to just know about the 17-year-old girl mentioned for prayer during the Sunday announcements. He wanted me to see her where she lived. He wanted me to hear her long to stay with the people she loved. And he wanted me to care.

JEREMIAH KEENAN is a College junior from China studying mathematics. His email address is jkeenan@ sas.upenn.edu. “Keen on the Truth” appears every Wednesday.

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Law fraternity stages a comeback The fraternity will accept all members who apply JOE LI Staff Writer

For students interested in studying law and wanting to enjoy the brotherhood of a fraternity at the same time, there’s good news: Phi Alpha Delta is coming back to Penn after a hiatus of more than 10 years. Phi Alpha Delta, a professional law fraternity, originated in Chicago 117 years ago when a group of students got together and stood up to protect their rights against an unfavorable rule of admission into the Bar Association. Its Penn chap-

ter was active more than a decade ago, mostly in the Law School, and faded away for unknown reasons. College sophomore Barry Johnson is the president of PAD’s new Penn chapter. He learned about PAD in the summer when he talked to a practicing lawyer who was a former member of PAD and contacted school officials and students in mid-July with the proposal to bring it back. Johnson wanted to extend the scope of PAD from only focusing on studying law to doing community service and helping students get to know the legal industry. “Unlike many student groups on campus that only focus on helping students preparing for LSAT, we engage a lot with the community.

We also invite lawyers to talk about their experience so that students can have a feeling about the field,” Johnson said. PAD is currently working with the Books Through Bars project to help distribute books to incarcerated people in Philadelphia. Another event the team is working on is a discussion on the recent marijuana decriminalization legislation. Johnson is planning to invite the city council members who voted on the bill — either for or against it — to talk about the issue. Apart from its academic focus and devotion to community service, PAD is different from existing fraternities on campus because of its open membership: No one who applies will get rejected, as long

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as they pay their dues and follow PAD’s rules. College sophomore Natalie Au found out about PAD during the summer and was immediately interested, as she is passionate about law and human rights issues. Au, now PAD’s Community Service Chair, is excited about PAD’s future. “I really appreciate PAD’s presence on campus. I always wanted to discuss legal topics with a group of people who share similar interests,” Au said. “Now that I am the Community Service Chair, I want to act as a bridge between the brothers and the local community, and put the PAD ideals into real changes that could help the society.”

This new proposal stems from a recent focus on Penn’s protocol for sexual misconduct cases. The discussion has been led by Vice Provost for Education Andy Binns, Vice President for Institutional Affairs Joann Mitchell and Senior Vice President and General Counsel Wendy White. Binns and White could not be reached for comment before publication time. Penn’s policy revisions have been influenced by the federal government’s efforts to bring sexual violence to the forefront of national discourse. Last year, a White House task force on sexual assault was created to produce a report and launch a

website with resources for both schools and students. The Department of Education also released a list of 50 colleges under investigation for improper handling of sexual violence complaints. Penn was not listed. The government’s pressure on college procedures led Penn to update its sexual violence policy this past May for the first time since 2012. In addition to extending its policy to include physical, sexual, emotional and economic violence, the University added specific definitions for relationship violence, domestic violence and stalking. The only definitions included in the previous policy were rape, non-forcible sex acts and consent.

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Building your best Penn experience: a senior year retrospective

Student panelists gave tips to Penn life at Hill College House yesterday ABHISHEK RAO Contributing Writer

“Don’t be afraid to admit you’re not good at something,” said College senior Gabriel Jimenez, offering his words of wisdom to new Penn freshmen. A Tuesday panel sponsored by the College Dean’s Advisory Board featured four seniors spilling their advice for incoming students as a part of a series called “Retrospect: Penn Seniors Tell All,” the last of which will be held at King’s Court English College House on Oct. 6. The panelists used their lists of regrets to give their best advice to the fresh legs on Locust Walk, telling students how to make the most out of their time at Penn. The variety of wishes included “going out

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and exploring more,” “taking classes because you want to take classes” and being sure to enjoy “little, fleeting happy moments.” The panelists particularly focused on the balance between extracurricular clubs and schoolwork. The seniors agreed that concentrating in particular clubs was important to avoid the stress of being overcommitted, whether that entailed being slower to join clubs or leaving clubs that were less satisfying. Another common thread emerged among the panelists when discussing both Greek Life and extracurricular clubs: It is critical to find a Penn group that will serve as a surrogate family. “As long as you like the people, that itself will form a mini-community for you,” College and Wharton senior Ajay Shroff, one of the panelists, said.

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Philadelphia poet laureate Frank Sherlock, a frequenter of the Kelly Writers House, returned to campus on Tuesday to host a trio of guest poets from across the country. Melissa Buzzeo, Samantha Giles and Julie Patton shared samples of their work that ranged from melancholy to hilarious, from painstaking metaphor to playful verbal experimentation. Philadelphia is one of a few cities nationwide that can claim a poet laureate, though their numbers are growing. Among Sherlock’s other duties are mentoring Philadelphia’s youth poet laureate, Soledad Alfaro-Allah. In October, he plans to launch a project called Write Your Block, administered with the help of the Free Library of Philadelphia, designed “to encourage people all over the city to map their neighborhoods” through the medium of poetry, he said. “I’m kind of the face for the art form of poetry of the city,” Sherlock said. A Philadelphia native, it was on Penn’s campus that he first discovered his calling — at the Science Center, of all places, where he attended a

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poetry reading. And he has returned to Penn many times since. “I’ve been here, been a part of the community,” he said of the Writers’

House, which gave him “free reign” to curate the event. The event’s theme was the collaborative nature of art, drawing his inspiration for the event from the American poet

Eileen Myles. Buzzeo shared a section from her work The Devastation, Giles read from her upcoming book Deadfalls and Snares and Patton delivered an improvised verse in song.

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said. “Not everyone gets that they’re paying for quality, handmade food. Penn kids understand ﬂavor profile. If they didn’t, we’d be downtown where the 20 and 30 somethings get us — but up here, even the 18 year olds get us.” Although some Penn students are still unfamiliar with the young establishment, those in the know have been taking full advantage of Wishbone’s extended hours. “I’ve eaten here during the late-nights a lot because it’s just so convenient,” Penn sophomore Eli Cehelyk said. “Everyone loves it.” Future Wishbone initiatives to bring in more Penn students include hosting more open mic nights and extending Thursday and Friday bonfire nights into the winter, for which the restaurant has already purchased outdoor heaters. “We always knew we wanted to do [late nights] — it was just about getting the team together,” Hope said, attributing the restaurant’s success to the commitment of her staff. “Once we got that dream team together, we were ready to swing chicken out the door. We’re whatever Penn wants to make of us.”

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Penn physics professor identified as possible Nobel Laureate frontrunner Charles Kane has researched the unique properties of electrons EMILY OFFIT Staff Writer

Penn may soon be adding another esteemed professor to its list of Nobel Laureates. Physics professor Charles Kane was chosen as a Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate for his work on unique properties of electrons and how they move through magnetic fields. Citation Laureates are considered strong candidates for Nobel Prizes. “I am interested in the electronic properties of materials — in particular, what type of electronic states they can exhibit,” Kane explained. “We’ve been fortunate enough to find some ways that electrons can behave that people haven’t thought of before.” He work specifically involves the quantum Hall effect and topological insulators. Thomson Reuters analyzes citation rates of research articles in order to predict possible Nobel Prize winners, with more than 20 percent accuracy. Thomson Reuters names researches Citation Laureates if they are highly cited. The company pulls data from its citation database, known as Web of ScienceTM, which provides access to more than 12,000 high impact journals covering fields such as humanities, arts and sciences. The more a research article is cited in other work, the more inﬂuential it is generally considered in its field. “Very few papers are extremely highly cited — we are very confident that we are looking at research that is important

to the scientific community,” David Pendlebury, an analyst for Thomson Reuters, CHARLES KANE said. “These authors are pioneers in their fields and the Nobel committees are looking for these original discoverers.” Citations of scientific literature, according to President of Thomson Reuters IP & Science Basil Moftah, are one of the “greatest dividends of a researcher’s intellectual involvement.” “Our aggregation and analysis of citation information provides unique insight into individuals contributing highly impactful work and enables us to identify candidates likely to receive a Nobel Prize,” Moftah said. There are two other Physics professors, Laurens W. Molenkamp and Shoucheng Zhang, also nominated for their work on the quantum Hall effect and topological insulation, from University of Würzburg in Germany and Stanford University, respectively. Kane has been more than pleased with his peer collaborations here at Penn, particularly

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his colleague Eugene Mele, also a professor in Physics. While Kane is excited about his naming as a Citation Laureate, he is more honored by awards given by his own peers. “There have been other honors that have been based on judgments of people who know what they are reading about — those are more meaningful,” Kane said. “We’ve worked together for 20 years, this work that I did started as a collaboration with [Eugene], and this certainly wouldn’t have happened had I not come to Penn,” Kane said. The process that Thomson Reuters uses dates back to 1965, when Eugene Garfield analyzed the Scientific Citation Index and found important connections, allowing him to make predictions about potential prizewinners. Kane was also elected to the National Academy of Sciences earlier this year. In addition, he was endowed a grant of $500,000 in July from the Simons Foundation, in recognition for his contributions to the field of physics. Nobel Laureates are chosen in early October, selected by the Swedish Academy through majority vote and the prizes themselves are awarded on Dec. 10 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Penn Democrats panel examines LGBT issues in Pa. governor election The incumbent governor’s main opposition in the race is pro-gay ZOE STERN Contributing Writer

LGBT activists warned Penn students at a panel Tuesday night to not be pacified by the progress the LGBT community is making — there is plenty more that needs to be done. Penn Democrats hosted the panel featuring LGBT activists Sarah McBride of the Center for American Progress and Malcolm Kenyatta of the Philadelphia Liberty City Board with the upcoming gubernatorial and Congressional elections in mind. “I came to the panel tonight because this is an important time,” College freshman Shaishvi Shrivastava said,

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BY COLIN HENDERSON From The Daily Pennsylvanianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sports blog, THE BUZZ On Saturday in Hanover, Al Bagnoli will be on the sidelines for his 221st game as Penn footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head coach, facing Ivy-rival Dartmouth. 220 games ago, Bagnoli and the Quakers made the same trip to New Hampshire to take on a very different Big Green squad. Bagnoliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first game as Penn coach began well but ended badly, as the Red and Blue fell, 36-17, to the defending champion Big Green. In 1991 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the year before â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dartmouth was an offensive juggernaut, having averaged an impressive 28.3 points per game. Bagnoli entered the program promising a new spread offense based on a one-back, four-wide receiver attack. With the new system, there was some hope that the Red and Blue would be able to increase their offensive production from the year before, but few expected that the Quakers would be able to keep up with the Big Green. However, it was Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new defensive system â&#x20AC;&#x201D; designed by Bagnoli and then-defensive coordinator Mike Toop, both of whom worked together at Union College previously â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that stole the show. At least in the first half. The Red and Blueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense dominated in a low scoring first half to start the season, shutting out the Big Green. One touchdown was good enough to give the Quakers a 7-0 lead going into halftime. Once the third quarter started, though, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last long. Then-Penn quarterback Mike Barthlow got the second half off to an inauspicious start for the Quakers when he threw an interception on third down that was returned deep into Penn ter-

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ritory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the momentum changed with the interception,â&#x20AC;? Barthlow said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we kind of got down on ourselves.â&#x20AC;? The mistake proved to be the ignition that would get the Big Green offense going for the remainder of the game, as thenDartmouth quarterback Jay Fiedler caught fire. Two plays later, Fiedler was able to connect with wide receiver John Hyland for a 13yard score, and it was all downhill from there for the Quakers. When all was said and done, the Big Green torched the Red and Blue for 273 yards and 22 points in the third quarter alone. The sleeping giant had been awoken, and there was nothing that the Red and Blue could do

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Sophomore forward Alec Neumann provided the heroics on Tuesday evening, scoring a goal in the second overtime period to give the Quakers a walk-off win. The victory hands Penn the City Six title and gives the squad momentum going into Ivy play.

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horne. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always going to be hard but at the same time you want to win games,â&#x20AC;? senior back Kamar Saint Louis said about the defenseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effort late in the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So you work hard and dig deep and do whatever it takes.â&#x20AC;? With Ivy League play right around the corner, the team does not have much time to celebrate its Philadelphia Soccer Six championship. However, Fuller con-

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neurological tests, and could be up in the air until gametime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see what happens,â&#x20AC;? coach Al Bagnoli said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not certain whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening, but [Davis] worked out today, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll let the doctors decide the rest.â&#x20AC;? The identity of Davisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ďŹ ll-in is no secret With Davis off on the sidelines in a baseball cap, there was a new face to fill the second linebacker slot alongside junior Nolan Biegel: sophomore Donald Panciello. Panciello received the majority of firstteam reps during seven-on-seven drills and showed good lateral movement while doing so. Panciello is credited with three total tackles on the season, all of which came against the Wildcats last Saturday. Spinal Tapâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new drummer may wear a yellow practice jersey While the offense and defense worked on 11-on-11 drills, Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kickers and punters found a way to add some fun to their kicking practice on the side. Senior kicker Connor Loftus was spotted enthusiastically air-drumming along to Cakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Distanceâ&#x20AC;? before he booted a football deep into the end zone stands.

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How will Penn fare in Ivy play? BY SPORTS EDITORS From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ With many Penn sports about to begin Ivy play while others like field hockey and women’s soccer are already in the midst of conference matches, it’s time to look at the expectations for each squad moving forward. Our editors look at what we’re looking for from some of Penn’s fall sports moving forward. Senior Sports Editor Steven Tydings: Focusing in on Penn field hockey, the Quakers are off to a solid 1-1 start within the Ancient Eight. The Red and Blue lost their first Ivy match against nationally-ranked Cornell and then beat Harvard behind a hat trick from senior midfield Alex Iqbal. Princeton and Cornell seem to be the Ivy favorites at this point, but the Red and Blue certainly can make things interesting. With

a strong core of seniors headed by Iqbal, attacker Emily Corcoran, goalkeeper Allison Weisenfels and MaryRose Croddick on defense, the rest of the season will be important as the upperclassmen look to go out with a bang. While one still has to pay attention to the progression of those seniors, especially the relatively inexperienced Weisenfels, the upward trajectory of freshman attacker Alexa Hoover has to excite Penn fans going into the future. Hoover is currently third in the Ivies in goals scored and, alongside Corcoran and others on offense, makes the Red and Blue must-watch entertainment, regardless of their Ivy finish. Sports Editor Ian Wenik: I think that you should be pretty confident if you’re a fan of Penn men’s soccer. The team is 4-4, and I wouldn’t call any of those losses “bad” in any sense of the word. The Quakers have taken on three different top 15 teams this

season, and have held their own in each of those matches. Honestly, they should have come away with at least a draw against American. That kind of performance against such a brutal nonconference schedule makes Penn the clear favorite to repeat as Ivy champs and earn a return trip to the NCAA Tournament. I don’t think that you can make the case for any other Ancient Eight team being as well prepared for the Ivy grind as the Quakers are. This Saturday should be interesting, though. Penn will open up Ivy play against Cornell, which has won six of its last seven matches. If the Red and Blue aren’t careful, they could find themselves behind the eight-ball quickly. Sports Editor Colin Henderson:You know I’ve gotta hype up the cross country team. Last week at the Main Line Invitational, the program got its first shot at an (almost) fully assembled Villanova squad that is

consistently ranked at or near the top of the region, and the Quakers didn’t disappointed. Despite being without some key runners, the women were dominant, and the men had enough depth to outlast the Wildcats. I’d say it’s just about official: The Red and Blue are no longer just up-and-comers, they’re certified contenders. It should be interesting to see how they compete this weekend as they split up for the Paul Short and Notre Dame Invitationals, so big races with formidable competition. I fully expect more team-based running from the two squads, as that is really what coach Steve Dolan has stressed throughout the season. I’m especially looking forward to seeing how junior Thomas Awad does this weekend. He’s had this weekend circled on his calendar for a while now, and he may be able to dazzle us once again.

tionally, which kept morale afloat at many points throughout its California trip and empowered the team to overcome a 10-point deficit against La Salle in the Big 5 Tournament. Largely responsible for this resilience is the Quakers’ chemistry, as their undaunted enthusiasm provides the freshmen with an excellent model moving forward. “They come into practice every day saying ‘we’re ready,’” Carr said. “They came to practice a half hour early yesterday. … That’s something you don’t get from every year’s team.” However, for a freshman lineup comprised completely of high school captains and three-time letter winners, the lack of tangible successes may be a morale deflator. At 3-9, the young Quakers have lost matches to nationally ranked teams, potential division winners and Ivy opponents alike while keeping their freshest, occasionally overmatched legs on the court. “We’re letting them stay in longer and make a lot of mistakes and learn on the fly,” Carr said. “The freshmen get better the more time they get.” If this logic holds true, the team has a bright future. Of 39 total sets played, the top three freshmen — Stephenson, Friedler and Covington — have played in 38, 37 and 32, respectively. To put that in

perspective, star outside hitter Alexis Genske played 32 sets her entire freshman year. “It’s great, so that by the time we’re all seniors we’re going to have so much experience and leadership on the court,” Stephenson said. The middle blocker has taken advantage of every opportunity, recording the secondmost kills for the Quakers thus far. Stepping into the starting lineup after an injury to junior Jasmine DeSilva, Stephenson has embodied the bounce-back behavior integral to Penn. “[Aimee] did not have a good match against Princeton, and she came right back and had a very good match [against Dayton],” Carr said. “We’re very happy with how she’s responding to more playing time.” Covington has also taken advantage of her experience, ranking second in blocks and sixth in kills for the Quakers. One of the team’s best athletes, Covington continues to grow more skilled and confident as she prepares to be a full-time starter in the future. “[Playing time] contributes a lot, because I get so much experience,” Covington said. “With the more practice we get and the more times we get to step on the court, being freshmen, I think is going to be very advantageous in the future.” This future — both the 2014 Ivy season and beyond — can be summed up in the words of Stephenson: “It can only go up.”

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Freshman Alexa Hoover has been electric on the attack for Penn field hockey this year and will be interesting to watch moving forward. She is currently third in the Ivy League in goals scored with seven on the season and has the potential to break out even more during the rest of Ivy League play.

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However, Awad’s success cannot be wholly contributed to his natural ability, although that certainly has a lot to do with it. Instead, his coaches are quick to point out his tireless work ethic and his uncanny competitive determination. “He’s making the kind of sacrifices you have to make to be a great runner in terms of training and lifestyle,” Dolan said. “That’s inspiring to those around him.” This willingness to lay it all on the line was on full display at last year’s Penn Relays, in which Awad became only the second athlete in school history to break four minutes in the mile. Despite being one of the smallest competitors in the race, he was able to lengthen his stride enough in his final kick to break the historic barrier. As middle-distance coach Robin Martin affectionately noted following the race, Awad may not have the fastest 800-meter split, but he succeeds anyway because he “sticks his nose where it doesn’t belong.” “Runners have their own kind of mental toughness [that can’t be coached],” Dolan added. “That’s one of Tommy’s special instincts.” Awad recognizes his competitive spirit, but he is hesitant to

cast himself as an underdog. “I really don’t think about [being an underdog]. I have the confidence,” he said. “You have to be able to run a lot of different ways, and I think I’m pretty good at that.” He is also hesitant to rest on his laurels, largely due to the relative lack of team success he has enjoyed. Moving from the shorterdistance training of track to the long-distance training of cross country has been a challenge — that much Awad admits — but he may face a larger challenge off the course, as he has been named a captain for the cross country season. “As our team captain, I’ve asked him to focus a lot on his training, but also on building our team,” Dolan said. “He’s a good

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leader by example that way.” Awad understands that in order for his talented men’s squad to compete in the Ivy League, it will take more than just an individual effort from him. “Last year I was fifth in the region, so if this year I’m second or first, that’s such a small point difference,” he said. Don’t think for a second that this means he has lost sight of his own individual goals, though. According to Dolan, Awad has largely been in cruise control in the season’s opening meets, but this weekend’s race at Notre Dame will give Awad his first opportunity of the season to give it his all against some of the top competition. So just don’t be surprised if Awad continues to ignore the discussion of the book versus its

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unforgettable and telling triumphs of the season, sophomore forward Alec Neumann was able to find the mark and score the game-winning goal in double overtime. The BY WILL AGATHIS Quakers won the match, 2-1, to Contributing Writer become Philadelphia Soccer Six champions. For Penn men’s soccer, defeatThe Red and Blue (4-4) were ing Saint Joseph’s is not an ordi- able to get an early goal after connary victory. trolling possession in the first half. In what was one of Penn’s most After 25 minutes of back and forth

play, senior forward Duke Lacroix opened the game’s scoring off the rebound of a shot from Neumann. That momentum continued throughout the first half. Coach Rudy Fuller approved of his team’s play in the first 45 minutes. “I thought we came out with a lot of energy,” he said. “I thought we were really sharp at the beginning of the game. We put them un-

der a lot of pressure. “We controlled the game in those first 45 minutes. And then they came out of the second half flying.” It took only three minutes in the second half before Saint Joe’s (52-3) would notch the equalizer off of a bicycle kick from junior Emmanuel Temeh. The Hawks continued to put up shots before and after the goal. After many quality

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chances from both sides, regulation ended with the score tied, 1-1. At the beginning of the second overtime, junior goalkeeper Max Polkinhorne had a tremendous diving save to keep the game tied. Just a few moments later, a pass from freshman back Luka Martinovic to Neumann resulted in a header that ended the match. “Luka got the ball out wide, picked his head up,” Neumann

Junior Thomas Awad has taken Penn track and field by storm When it comes to Thomas Awad, you can’t judge a book by its cover. With his long-ish curly hair, scruffy beard and glasses, the diminutive junior runner does not look like one of the premiere athletes in the nation. But looks can be deceiving, and when he steps onto the track, he’s an absolute giant. “Some guys in real competitive situations get nervous,” coach Steve Dolan said. “He doesn’t fear it. He welcomes it.” Last year, he broke out and established himself as the clear face of Penn track and cross country. In the fall, he placed third in cross country Heptagonals as a sophomore, and he earned a trip to Nationals. His spring track campaign was even more impressive, as he broke four minutes in his mile run at the Penn Relays. He was a force for the Quakers all season, at one point winning six straight races in six different distances and constantly flirting with top national times. So how did Awad become one of the most dominant runners in the nation? To hear him tell it, it has everything to do with confidence. “In my junior year [in high school] I had a huge [personal record], and I got to run the Millrose Games,” Awad remembers. “That was the point where I took the full commitment to running, and everything else has followed since then.” Awad hadn’t even completed his freshman year before he decided he wanted to “go to big meets and compete to win.”

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Only one game into the Ivy season, is it too early to talk about the future of Penn volleyball? Not when the future starts now. As the Quakers took the court against Dayton on Sept. 28, three freshmen were part of the starting lineup: outside hitter Aimee Stephenson, middle blocker Kendall Covington and libero Emmy Friedler. Last

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said. “Duke made a run. The defenders followed him so I snuck back-post undetected and it was a perfect ball right to my head.” However, the win would not have been possible without some help from the defense. In a game that lasted over 102 minutes, the defense remained stout, never causing a breakaway on Polkin-

weekend’s games proved to be a challenge for the young team, as it dropped matches to the Flyers and rival Princeton. “Right now we need to learn how to take the things from these losses and use them to beat teams in the Ivy League,” coach Kerry Carr said. “We are focusing a lot on the positive things of the game rather than correcting [younger players] all the time.” Centering on the positives of each game is vital for a team whose focal point is its mental game. The Red and Blue’s claim to fame has been its ability to dominate its opponents emoSEE VOLLEYBALL PAGE 9

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With Penn football’s Ivy opener against Dartmouth coming up on Saturday, the team’s intensity has hit a new level. Here are a few takeaways from Tuesday’s practice: Don’t count on Lyle Marsh returning anytime soon… The senior running back was granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA, but has not been able to do much with it so far. After rushing for 30 yards on five carries against Jacksonville in the season

opener, Marsh missed last week’s 41-7 loss to Villanova with a right forearm issue. Marsh was on the sidelines at Tuesday’s practice out of uniform, with his right arm wrapped and immobilized. He has already been declared out for Saturday. But Dan Davis could be a different story Davis, a senior linebacker, was forced out of the Villanova game early after suffering a concussion. The captain was not in uniform at Tuesday’s practice, but the Penn coaching staff is optimistic that he’ll be able to practice on Wednesday. Davis’ status is dependent on him passing a number of SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 8