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Bills and barriers:

Greek life, beyond the sticker price Financial assistance is available, but it may not be enough

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OPINION POLITICIZING HALLOWEEN COSTUMES Dressing up as ‘Native warriors’ and ‘geishas’ for Halloween reduces other cultures to caricature

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Last year, having a social life was more stress-inducing than carefree for Brittany. For Brittany — a full financial aid student and College junior— paying sorority dues was more than a matter of asking her parents for money or digging into her own paycheck to make up the difference. While many of her peers didn’t think twice about going to BYOs and buying Fling tanks, Brittany had to keep careful tabs on all of her expenses. “It definitely wasn’t something I could do on the side,” she said of Greek life. Brittany deactivated from the sorority in the middle of last semester after realizing that her lifestyle on an installed payment plan was not sustainable. “Greek life started to feel like a burden,” she said, “but a burden you pay for.” But Greek leaders say that just like tuition isn’t $60,000 for everyone, the sticker price on sorority and fraternity membership isn’t necessarily the price that everyone pays. Forms of aid are available in Greek chapters across campus, ranging from partially or SEE GREEK PAGE 3

QUAKERS IN MATCHUP OF BROTHERLY LOVE Senior Matt Schwartz will line up against his twin brother and Columbia BACK PAGE

Restitution paid in Pottruck theft case JILL GOLUB Staff Writer

The former director of Pottruck, Amy Wagner, paid a final installment of $10,000 in restitution to Penn and will now have her criminal record expunged, after she was charged with takSEE POTTRUCK PAGE 7

Nursing student creates video game to end water scarcity PATRICK ZANCOLLI Contributing Writer

With 1.2 billion people playing video games worldwide, the gaming community is a powerful entity to transmit messages and ideas across the globe. Penn Nursing graduate student Matthew Lee is using a video game he created in hopes of reducing water scarcity worldwide. Lee’s game is a finalist in the 2014 G20 Global Business Challenge. His team, AFK Studios, is comprised of

Penn administrators, coming to a party near you A new task force aims to address heavy drinking on campus HARRY COOPERMAN AND JOE LI City News Editor and Staff Writer

If your off-campus party gets out of hand this weekend, you might hear a Penn administrator knocking

on the door. After an increase in hospital transports and several reported instances of off-campus violence this semester, including the incident that resulted in Penn football wide receiver Cam Countryman, a College junior, being charged with simple assault, the Division of Public Safety is forming a task force to reduce off-campus

2011 HOSPITAL 2012 TRANSPORTS 2013 FROM 2011 TO NOW 2014

violence and excessive alcohol consumption. Starting this weekend, administrators from the Campus Environment Task Force — including coaches from Penn Athletics, staff from the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and members of other University deSEE TASK FORCE PAGE 2

TOTAL NUMBER OF

year to date

THE MONTHS WITH THE MOST HOSPITAL TRANSPORTS IN 2013 AND 2014

2013

248 266 258 208 TOTAL NUMBER OF LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS

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April

34

34

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40

September

47

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November

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2011 29 2012 2 2013 6 Disciplinary referrals

2011 196 2012 245 2013 212

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Gutmann championed partnerships with schools JENNIFER WRIGHT Staff Writer

When Amy Gutmann became president of Penn in 2004 , she ushered in a new era of local engagement with the Penn Compact. “We cherish our relationships with our neighbors, relationships that have strengthened Penn academically while increasing the vitality of West Philadelphia,” Gutmann said in her inaugural address. “We will build on the success of the Penn Alexander School to strengthen public education in our neighborhoods.” Since the Penn Compact, the University has not duplicated the school’s relationship with Penn Alexander. Penn not only helped found the school, but also provided curriculum advice and guidance and continues to give about $700,000 to the school annually. But throughout the 10 years of Gutmann’s presidency and the many tumultuous changes in the School District of Philadelphia, the partnerships between Penn and schools in West Philadelphia have grown substantially. Director of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships Ira Harkavy said that since Gutmann became president, Penn’s tone toward engagement has changed dramatically. Rather than just addressing local engagement, it has become what Penn is all about, he said. “President Gutmann built upon and extended previous efforts and took the lead towards new creative, innovative and promising directions,” Harkavy said. One way to quantify Penn’s growSEE GUTMANN PAGE 2

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Roadmap to Research aims to make research opportunities accessible SONIA SIDHU Staff Writer

For the first time, information about research opportunities across Penn’s schools has been assembled in a comprehensive format. Officially released yesterday, the Roadmap to Research is a guide to research opportunities in various fields compiled by the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education with input from the Center of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships,

professors and teaching assistants in different departments and undergraduate researchers. The idea was born after SCUE noticed that many students arrive at Penn interested in research opportunities, butstruggle to find research positions as underclassmen. “Penn is such a vast institution in terms of resources and money for research, and yet you find a disparity with undergrads trying to find research,” Roadmap to Research co-chair and Wharton sophomore Arjun Gupta said.

OCTOBER 2004: Gutmann announced the Penn Compact in her inaugural address, which focused in part on engaging locally and globally. Gutmann mentioned building on the success of the Penn Alexander School in an effort to strengthen public education around Penn.

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The 69-page document on SCUE’s website outlines how to start research, approach professors, learn about various opportunities and make the most of the experience. The Roadmap includes eight sections detailing different fields and concludes with vignettes from students already involved with research. “There’s a lot of pressure to get involved at Penn, and a roadmap will show there is a systematic way to get involved in research,” said Mary San-

OCTOBER 2007: The Center for Community Partnerships was renamed the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships in recognition of their $10 million donation. The donation allowed Penn to create regional centers for training at universities around the country in order to develop university-assisted community school models, like the ones Penn has with local schools.

2006 Mentorship Program started as a way to expose Philadelphia public high school students to the university experience. Since then, the program has hosted about 60 students each summer to take part in four weeks of programming based out of one of Penn’s schools.

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ing engagement is through the number of Academically Based Community Service Courses — courses where Penn students learn through volunteer work with students at local schools. Last school year, 1,800 students

SEPTEMBER 2008: The first regional training center on university-assisted community schools opened at The University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, funded by the Netters’ donation.

SEPTEMBER 2007: Penn and Sayre High School opened the Sayre Health Center — a clinic for students of Sayre and West Philadelphia residents that teaches Sayre students about health care through work with students from Penn's schools of Medicine, Nursing and Dental Medicine.

participated in 65 ABCS courses that were offered by 26 departments, a growth from the 100 students involved when ABCS courses were first offered in the 1992-93 academic year. The last 10 years have also seen a growth in student-led programs impacting West Philadelphia schools, like the estab-

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ford, College sophomore and Roadmap to Research co-chair. According to Gupta, the Roadmap can be useful for all Penn students — whether they are interested in research, are already conducting research or are just curious about what opportunities exist. CURF Undergraduate Advisory Board Treasurer and College junior Dee Luo agreed. “Everyone should look into research even if they don’t think they would be interested,” she said. “It’s worth looking into.”

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SUMMER 2006: The Provost Summer

TASK FORCE partments — will ride along with Penn Police officers as they patrol off-campus areas. Officers from the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement will also be working with Penn Police and patrolling off-campus over the weekends, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said. A representative from the BLCE did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. The purpose of the ride alongs is to give administrators first-hand insight into issues the task force hopes to address — including fights between students, excessive alcohol transports and people wandering home while drunk. “As we continue to look at these issues, I think it’s important that [administrators] be able to see it firsthand,” Rush said. Rush said that members of the task force are from Penn depart-

AUGUST 2013: Gutmann announced Penn Compact 2020 highlighting Penn’s plans for the coming years. Part of the plans included expanding the University’s partnership with the Lea School by appointing Caroline Watts as the director of the Lea School University Partnership.

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MARCH 2012: Penn received its second Presidential Award in the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the University’s summer learning programs, which included summer education camps and community service-based internships for high school students.

lishment of Community School Student Partnerships. CSSP began in 2005 as a group of undergraduates mentoring a small group of Sayre High School students. The group eventually became a full partner of the Netter Center by 2009. Most recently, Penn announced the appointment of Car-

oline Watts as the director of the University’s partnership with the Henry C. Lea Elementary School — a full-time position working with the local school. “Beside the facts on the ground,” Harkavy said of the data used to illustrate the expanded partnerships, “the engagement comes because it is

ments that work with students on daily basis. She noted that Penn Athletics is involved because student athletes have been involved in recent incidents. If officers riding with administrators see house parties getting too loud or too full, they might approach the house to try to speak to a host. “When houses come to our attention,” Rush said, “they’re going to get a knock on the door and they’ll get educated.” Officers will be carrying pamphlets with information about liquor crimes, advice on how to be good neighbors when throwing a party and a reminder about Penn’s medical amnesty policy — that students in need of medical attention won’t get in trouble if they call for help. Rush emphasized that this initiative is about education, and that students need to acknowledge that relaxation is more than drinking. “It doesn’t have to be all about alcohol,” Rush said.

PENN’S WORK WITH PHILA. SCHOOLS SINCE ‘04 Here is a look back at a few key moments in the past 10 years where Penn was working toward Gutmann’s 2004 inaugural statement:

OCTOBER 2014: The Netter Center is introducing Young Quakers, a partnership between the University’s Division of Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics to bring athletic programming into the University-assisted community schools.

seen as central to Penn now, in the present and going forward.” At a meeting with the Daily Pennsylvanian in August, Gutmann spoke of how Penn’s role in Philadelphia public schools should be to both help schools in the community and “inform education reform” through research at the Graduate School of Edu-

“Effective engagement begins right here at home.” Graphic by Sophia Lee

cation. “We can do more and more in doing the kinds of research that shows what works in public education,” Gutmann said, noting that incoming GSE Dean Pam Grossman plans to do exactly that: ”[have] our GSE do more research with our local school district.”

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fully waiving national dues, to delaying payments until after a first paycheck. Still, for students like Brittany, these options may not be enough. In 2013, the Panhellenic Council gave scholarships to 12 sorority members, who received an average of $295 — about a quarter of the roughly $1,100 in dues that sororities charged initiated members that year on average. Penn charges an additional yearly $86 program fee, which provides funds for Greek governing organizations, supports staff salaries at the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and pays for supplies for mailings. Members who do not live in a chapter house must pay another fee for the house’s upkeep. The Interfraternity Council does not have a scholarship fund, and information on the costs of fraternity dues is not centralized. And the informal costs of Greek life can quickly add up — from purchasing apparel, spending on BYOs and date nights to splurging on Big-Little Week. Brittany did not apply for the Panhel scholarship or explore any potential forms of financial assistance within her own sorority chapter while in Greek life. She felt that the financial strain was not an issue that could be resolved semester by semester. She realized that a Greek experience at Penn just wasn’t financially possible.

Pressure to spend

Dues cover all of the official costs of Greek life, but other expenses can build up, along with the pressure to spend. Vice President of Finance at Alpha Chi Omega Sam Hernan, an Engineering senior, estimated the cost of attending a date night in her sorority — for which the tickets themselves are covered by dues — could be close to $100, including a new dress, a BYO beforehand and cab fare. Hernan hypothesized that asking for help to pay for the optional costs of Greek life might be more difficult than asking for help with dues. As a result, Greeks with less money to spare may end up going to fewer social events and being left out of those aspects of Greek life. Since she didn’t have money to spare, Brittany found herself trying to squeeze the fun out of every dime. “People at Penn put a lot of pressure on having a big social scene,” Brittany said. “The more money you spend, the more fun you’re going to have.” “You can’t do it casually if the money is a big deal for you,” she said of being in a sorority. Brittany, like others interviewed for this article, asked that her real name not be used, to protect her privacy and to avoid negative feelings from former sorority sisters. Kris, a College junior and former member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, agreed that no matter how flexible Greek life finances can be, members who do not have financial leeway might not

feel fully at ease in the Greek environment. “The whole Greek system is structured around the assumption that members have a lot of money,” Kris said.

ity spent over $1,000 in gifts for Big-Little Week, averaging roughly $500-$600, by her estimate. Other current and former Greeks interviewed estimated

The whole Greek system is structured around the assumption that members have a lot of money. ” - Kris, College Junior

“There are definitely ways that everybody can be a part of the system,” she said. “But whether that person will be comfortable being in that culture is not certain. But you could say that about Penn, too.” Hernan, the AXO vice president of finance, guessed that most girls in her sorority do not feel the strain of dues and other expenses — although she believes AXO represents students of diverse financial backgrounds. The costs of BYOs and apparel printed with organization logos are not unique to Greek life. The full cost of attending Penn doesn’t show up on a bursar bill. However, it is unclear whether students involved in Greek life tend to have greater means of supporting a robust social life than the typical Penn student. Last school year, 31 percent of all undergraduate men and 28 percent of all undergraduate women joined fraternities or sororities, and 47 percent of undergraduate students received need-based financial aid. The Provost’s Office declined to provide information on the financial background of students in Greek life compared to non-Greeks, and no standard University reports include those statistics. Scott Reikofski, the director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, said the office doesn’t collect financial data on individual members. There is also no Universitywide financial assistance program for Greek life. “Participation in Greek life is optional, and as such, there is no specific pool or money for financial assistance with dues,” Reikofski said in an email. He noted that scholarships and payment plans are available through individual chapters and Panhel. Some students in Greek life say it is possible to save money by being in a fraternity. When College senior Jimmy Germi, the president of the Interfraternity Council, lived off-campus last year, he paid about $4,000 more after utilities than he does living in his fraternity house this year. In addition, the meal plan his fraternity offers costs about half that of the University’s, and provides five lunches and four dinners per week. Still, there are additional costs outside of dues and housing to consider. Hernan said that this year, some girls in her soror-

more modest figures of $50-$200 as an average spending point for Big-Little Week. But there are ways to minimize the cost of these purchases. Brittany bought extra merchandise throughout the semester to give to her future little. Others bought inexpensive gifts like candy and organized showy stunts like getting fraternity brothers to sing for their littles. Many girls get hand-me-down apparel and gifts from their lineage to give to its newest member. Social media can generate competition during Big-Little Week that might translate into monetary expenses. “There’s pressure to keep up or out-do [other Bigs],” Hernan said. College junior Seema Patel countered that pressure does not always necessitate action. “Absolutely, social pressures probably do exist, but I don’t think that always translates into a girl’s spending behavior,” said Patel, director of finance of her sorority — which she asked not to be named. “More likely, other girls have the same issues and concerns as you do.”

Once you get involved in the Greek community you see that there’s a lot of flexibility. ” - Jimmy Germi, Interfraternity Council president and College senior

A perceived barrier

Many in the Greek community maintain that cost is only a perceived barrier to entering Greek life. “Once you get involved in the Greek community, you see that there’s a lot of flexibility,” Germi said. In AXO, for example, Hernan explained that “special status” membership is available to sisters who need financial assistance. This means that the chapter’s executive board can waive part or all of a member’s dues after assessing her financial need

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— no formal documentation is required. Patel noted a similar form of assistance available through her sorority. If a member were planning to deactivate for financial reasons, the sorority could offer associate status in the chapter, meaning that the member would pay the same amount as an abroad member — about 20 percent of the usual amount — and pay for individual events she attends. Although Hernan said her chapter is only supposed to grant a certain number of special status cases each semester, according to the national organization’s bylaws, AXO has been able to fulfill every request it has received since Hernan joined the board last semester. “We can take the hit financewise,” Hernan said. The first area to take a cut would be social expenses, which has the largest budget. “If you’re thinking of $1,000 less we spend, that’s not that big of a deal.” But for an emerging sorority on campus, Alpha Delta Pi, which colonized at Penn last spring, small fines and fees might be more important. The sorority charges $10 for missing chapter meetings and anywhere from $10 to $100 for missing events without a valid excuse. This came as a surprise to Kris after she missed an event this semester. While she got her own $50 fee waived because she missed the event for work, ADPi leaders asked her to keep it quiet, saying the sorority uses the fines as a way to incentivize members to attend events. ADPi President Taryn Seifert, a Nursing senior, said in an email that the sorority’s “fee structure and use of member-approved fines are typical for Greek organizations and are in line with other sororities on campus. Each member signs a document annually that acknowledges these fees.” Hernan and Patel said that their sororities do not fine members who fail to attend chapter meetings or events, although Hernan has heard of this being a policy in other sororities, particularly around rush. Kris, who deactivated shortly before Fall Break, said that there was a strong push to get dues in on time because of the constant need to create marketing tools and events to publicize the new sorority. She is currently communicating with the chapter officers in hopes that they will refund her dues for the semester — $672 — as they have for other

people who have deactivated. Lily, an Engineering junior and another former ADPi member, said that sorority leaders read out the names of members who are behind on payments in chapter meetings. More established Greek chapters at Penn, on the other hand, have the option to turn to alumni when the chapter can’t cover all of the financial need members have. For example, Sigma Phi Epsilon can use internal funds to subsidize up to about 50-75 percent of the cost of a brother’s dues. But last year, a SigEp alumnus agreed to cover the full cost for a member who couldn’t afford it, Engineering junior and SigEp president Tadas Antanavicius said. More often, he added, the board will allow for payments to be pushed back until a brother receives a paycheck for a summer internship — the second most common way to pay dues in his fraternity. The first most common source of money to pay dues is parents and the third is student loans. Some members take out loans even if they are financially stable, in order to have extra cash during the semester. The sense of job security innate to Penn undergraduates helps students justify taking out loans to pay for Greek life, Antanavicius said. While an alumni network is often seen as a draw for Greek life, it may not be what justifies the cost at Penn. “Greek life at Penn isn’t necessarily about being in this deep sisterhood like it is in the South,” Hernan said, but is more about the experiences

while on campus. Antanavicius agreed, saying that if brothers are thinking of dues purely “as an investment in the network, they’re probably not enjoying the brotherhood.” Financial assistance in Greek life is not exclusively a formal affair. Germi, the IFC president, recalled a recent incident in his own fraternity, Phi Delta Theta, where brothers pitched in some extra cash to subsidize another brother’s vacation in return for him planning the trip. Last year in Alpha Delta Phi, a small co-ed fraternity of fewer than a dozen members, dues were raised by $50 to cover two students who could not afford to pay the $150 chapter fee, plus the one-time $300 fee to the national organization. “Most didn’t protest because dues were so low to start with,” said Engineering senior Max Morant, the fraternity’s co-president. ADPhi can afford to keep dues this low because it is currently an affiliate of the national organization, rather than a full chapter, and does not have a house. While it is clear that financial assistance is present within Greek life, Germi worries that this is not clear to those outside of the Greek community. “I think a lot of people aren’t actually aware of dues prior to rush, which I actually think is a flaw of the system,” Germi said. Even at the sticker price, however, Antanavicius argues that being a part of Greek life is invaluable. “It’s making my college experience,” he said. “That’s something I’d be willing to pay a lot of money for.”

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was in a class recently when the professor said a particular phrase I’m certain most students have heard by now: “ ... is something you’re too young to know about.” I’m not sure what it was about this particular uttering of that phrase, or if it was simply the result of a gradual buildup over hearing it, but I finally had enough. There has been a multitude of discussions about the changing face of university students. There is now a greater percentage of women than men attending college. In California, the UC system now has more Latinos enrolled than Caucasians. Even the LGBT community is receiving more recognition in academia. However the one group that seems to be consistently left out is the nontraditional student. I am a nontraditional student. After graduating from high

school I joined the U.S. Navy. I served five years, over the course of which I had a plethora of life-altering experiences. I took part in military exercises on every continent, with the exception of Antarctica, and when I wasn’t actively participating in maneuvers, I was exploring the countries I was in, learning their cultures and languages. After leaving the military, I started a career as a chef — a career I pursued for 13 years, until I decided that I wanted more. During that time I lived on my own, in three different states, balancing career direction, a limited income and various interests. Now that I’m a university student, there are new challenges to face, and I seek them out willingly. However, I also face similar experiences to every other student. I came in knowing what major I wanted to pursue and, after a couple years and exposure to many new ideas,

changed my major. I take a full load of classes and balance homework as best I can, which generally means completing assignments an hour before they are due.

stereotype. Nontraditional students are a growing presence in higher education. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, between 2000 and 2011 the

I am not a doe-eyed freshman who just graduated from high school in the town I spent my whole life in. In fact, there are many students who don’t fit this description at all. Yet there are professors who still give lectures as though their class composition consists of this very stereotype.” I am not a doe-eyed freshman who just graduated from high school in the town I spent my whole life in. In fact, there are many students who don’t fit this description at all. Yet there are professors who still give lectures as though their class composition consists of this very

enrollment of students over the age of 25 rose 41 percent. This year, of the 17.6 million undergraduates in the United States, 38 percent are over the age of 25 and 25 percent are over the age of 30. And we’re not going anywhere. The NCES also reports that between 2013 and 2020

college enrollment is projected to increase 16 percent for 25- to 34-year olds and 17 percent for students 35 years and older. We bring with us all our experiences — the things we’ve previously learned, our successes and our failures. Some of us are older than the professors we are learning from, but we don’t make it a point to call them out on it. Yet we are still subjected to a phrase that, while overtly innocent, makes a mockery of those personal accounts. I believe it demeans all parties involved when phrases such as “you’re too young” or “you wouldn’t know about that” are used. It shows that the professors are out of touch with the changing dynamic of their students. It devalues the experiences of the nontraditional student who may, in fact, know more about a situation than the professor. It is also a fairly offhanded way to brush aside the experiences of the traditional student.

SHAWN KELLEY I think we can all agree that this phrase, and others like it, no longer has a place in academia. If we are truly going to embrace a “culture of diversity” we need to embrace age, as well as gender, race and social status.

SHAWN KELLEY is a LPS sophomore studying history and Japanese. His email address is skelley@sas.upenn. edu. “A Vet-ted Mind” appears every other Thursday.

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alloween is without a doubt my favorite holiday. The fall atmosphere, communal viewings of horror films and decorations riding on the border between creepy and hilarious all make for a truly entertaining and fun occasion. But the most notable aspect of this holiday — and my personal favorite — is the opportunity to dress up in costume. Whether reflecting our personal tastes in pop culture or acting as beautiful works of art in and of themselves, Halloween costumes say a lot about us. Beyond just the aesthetic and personal value that they hold, however, lies an inherent political and cultural potential. For example, Halloween presents a unique opportunity for trans people to express their gender in ways that they might not otherwise be safe or comfortable doing during other times of the year. However, the political and cultural potential of dressing in costume is not always utilized in totally positive ways. Halloween costumes also unfortunately present an opportunity to perpetuate oppression. One of the most recognizable ways that costumes uphold systems of oppression is through cultural appropriation. For those who may be unfamiliar with the term, cultural appropriation refers to the adoption of certain elements of a culture by outsiders who do not belong to that cultural group. This may sound innocent enough, but it more often than not plays out in harmful

other cultures to caricature

ways that promote stereotypes and other negative ideas about cultural groups. Cultural appropriation is not merely educating oneself about aspects of different cultures, but rather partaking in very specific cultural practices that are not meant to be consumed and performed by those outside of that group. Examples of cultural appropriation around Halloween include dressing up as “Native warriors,” “geishas” and “hula dancers.” I intentionally include quo-

Putting on … simplified and decontextualized constumes reduces complex histories and cultural practices into something that can be simply put on and taken off by just anyone.” tation marks around these examples because in addition to uncritically picking and choosing over-simplified versions of cultural elements from groups of people, cultural appropriation also includes (intentionally or unintentionally) making a mockery of these elements and mass-producing them in ways that completely remove them from their original context. Putting on these simplified and decontextualized costumes reduces complex histories and

cultural practices into something that can be simply put on and taken off by just anyone. Some who put on these types of costumes do so while willfully ignoring the critiques coming from the cultural groups that the original practices or clothing belong to. Others may not be quite as active in silencing those voices, but rather claim that their intention is to emulate a culture rather than mock it. However, it’s impossible to look at this issue of appropriation through costume outside of its colonial and racist context. College junior Jade Huynh says that we need to recognize that oppression has historically been maintained by colonizers asserting the “complexity” of their own culture over the “simplicity” and “backwardness” of those who they oppressed. “Given that culturally appropriative Halloween costumes are caricatures of the cultures that they aim to emulate, they’re a means of exercising control over them,” Huynh says. “In this mindset, white culture gets to be complex. It cannot be reduced to a certain type of clothing or mannerism. But ‘East Asian culture’ can be reduced to the geisha girl. Cultures can be bought and worn for Western entertainment.” Although cultural appropriation may appear on the surface to be only a minor aspect of the structural issues of racism and colonialism, these supposedly small perpetuations of those systems are vital in holding them up. The pain and anger that come with seeing one’s

RODERICK COOK cultural identity reduced and mocked in such a way cannot be easily described in words. But activists and community members, such as students involved with Ohio University’s “We’re a Culture, Not a Costume” campaign, are working on getting people to recognize the gravity of these issues and disengage from these practices. Halloween is only a few weeks away, and many of us are currently figuring out what kind of costume we’re going to wear. I encourage all of us to utilize the potential of Halloween to express our genders, creativity and personalities through our costumes. But we must also be self-critical of what costumes we are considering this Halloween and make the conscious and political choice to not be complicit in perpetuating 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?” appears every other Thursday.

hen I found out about the most recent suicide at Penn, I immediately picked up my phone to talk to my mother. I had told her of the string of deaths in the Penn community since my own mental health leave, including that of someone I knew personally. On the phone, I asked her if she had heard any news regarding what happened. Unsurprisingly, she had not. Why is it that when a tuition bill is posted to my account, my parents are notified immediately to pay up, but when it comes to the deaths of our classmates, they are left in the dark? In February, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that an email was sent to parents to share with them a number of mental health resources available on campus. But many parents expressed soon afterwards that they were not aware of why the email was even being sent or how the focus on mental health at Penn had come about in the first place. They had no idea how many students had taken their own lives. And this lack of communication is still continuing. The fact that parents have been so removed from the activities of Penn, only able to rely on what their child chooses to divulge, is very concerning. Having independence and privacy is an important part of college students’ transition to adulthood. For many, this is the first environment in which we’ve been able to have an academic and social life without fear of constant supervision. We may not want our parents to constantly be able to check up on our grades in an already stressful school environment. But this does not always mean that family is no longer an important support system or that they should have no part in our education except to pay the bills. This is not to say that a student’s death should mandate full disclosure of all of their personal information against their family’s wishes. Grieving families should not have to be put through any more distress, and their personal privacy should be respected. But all families can and should still be made aware when these losses happen, particularly when they are reoccurring. There are many students who struggle with mental health issues and are ashamed to talk about them until they know they are in the company of someone they can trust. Families who are well-informed about the true environment of Penn, particularly those of students with previous struggles with mental health, can be a vital resource. This seemingly small intervention can be crucial in ensuring the well-being of a student.

KATIERA SORDJAN The University, like all other private schools, is a business at the end of the day. Maybe there is a fear that by being completely transparent, potential applicants would be discouraged by their families from attending. After my own hospitalization, my mother considered withdrawing me from Penn altogether. However, dancing around the current state of our student body is very irresponsible for a university that prides itself on an image of prestige.

Why is it that when a tuition bill is posted to my account, my parents are notified immediately … but when it comes to the deaths of our classmates, they are left in the dark?” Furthermore, the handling of these deaths reflects our society’s frequent inability to understand mental health issues and to consider them just as legitimate as physical ones. We are uncomfortable talking about suicide because we are uncomfortable about mental health in general. We label suicide as a cop-out and selfish rather than realizing the factors that went into it. Addressing the problem will require drawing on multiple perspectives of the Penn community in an attempt to not only understand students’ struggles, but to unite as many resources as possible. I don’t go out of my way to tell my family the most intimate details of my school life. But I know if I was in their position, I would want to have peace of mind when it comes to health and safety. Being uncertain of a child’s well-being is one of the worst things a parent can face. As we continue our conversations on how to help students in need, we must make a greater effort to include the voices of Penn families as well.

KATIERA SORDJAN is a College junior from New York City studying communications. Her email address is skati@sas.upenn. edu. “The Melting Pot” appears every Thursday.

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Penn honored as finalist in White House interfaith award EUNICE LIM Staff Writer

Penn was honored as one of four finalists in the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge in Washington, D.C., last month. Penn was the only nonreligious institution to be selected as a finalist by the White House. The challenge is part of a White House initiative to engage college students in interfaith and community service projects. This year, the challenge was turned into a competition and over 400 higher education institutions applied to showcase their campus’ interfaith initiatives. Associate Chaplain Steve

Kocher, Netter Center’s Associate Director Joann Weeks and Civic House Director David Grossman submitted an application on behalf of Penn documenting Penn’s interfaith community service and programs, including Hillel’s Interfaith Rwanda Trip, Interfaith Service Weekend and the Interfaith Dialogue in Action class, as well as other initiatives. Each year, the Interfaith Rwanda Trip sends 14 students to Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village for 10 days to help children orphaned during the Rwandan genocide. As part of Interfaith Service Weekend, approximately 100 to 150 students volunteer at a local church or high school to help with cleaning

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the buildings. The Interfaith Dialogue in Action class offers credit to students who want to explore religious pluralism and religious identity, and they work together on a variety of service projects. “We were surprised [to be selected], to be honest, because we know other universities are doing tremendous work out there. But, it was a nice affirmation and an award for all of the religious and service groups at Penn,” University Chaplain Chaz Howard said. “Without the level of service going on around the whole school, Penn wouldn’t have been recognized,” Weeks said. Staff writer Sophia Witte contributed reporting.

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students from the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Queensland and himself. In the past, the competition has aimed to bring graduate students together to create solutions to global challenges through innovation. The challenge this year, according to the G20 website, is “to develop an innovative solution to use, recycle and/or manage water to achieve large scale beneficial impact.”

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014 Their solution is a real time strategy game, known as Tethys, named after the Greek mythological mother of rivers. They will be traveling to Brisbane, Australia in November to present in the final round of the challenge. Tethys is a multiplayer online game in which players build empires using primarily water at first, and then food and other resources subsequently. Users have the ability to geo-engineer the map, move things around and manipulate water, “reflecting how water is at the

center of human civilization,” Lee said. AFK Studios’ game has a twofold purpose – firstly, to educate its users about water-related issues and secondly, to raise money that can help fund key projects to alleviate water issues. Lee said that its target audience is “young adults who are getting into the gaming scene as well as people who used to be big gamers, but have scaled back due to the demands of career or family.” If the game becomes a reality, the creators intend for it

to be a midcore game — a type of game that is in between casual games such as Candy Crush or Farmville and hardcore games such as World of Warcraft. Both Lee and his Berkeley teammate Rahul Khurana believe that they have a good shot at winning the G20 Challenge and the $100,000 grand prize. Lee has full confidence in his team, stating that their solution is the “most comprehensive of those in the competition.” “We have done absolutely everything we can,” Khurana said.

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Penn’s policy of affirmative consent precedes California law ZAHRA HUSAIN Staff Writer

“Yes means yes,” may soon become the precedent for sexual violence policies on college campuses around the country. California’s state senate unanimously voted to enact an affirmative consent policy to replace the current status quo of “no means no.” The new policy is supposed to reaffirm the importance of consent and combat the current statistic ofapproximately one in four women are victims of sexual violence. Penn’s policy, which predates California’s new law, defines sexual assault not only as those acts committed by force but also those cases in which the victim is unable to give consent. The inability to give consent could be due to inebriation, the influence of drugs or being a minor, but is not limited to these reasons. The policy also goes on to say that consent must be affirmative and mutual. Consent is not all encompassing, so consent to one act does not mean someone has consented to all sexual acts. Furthermore, Penn’s policy explicitly states that there is no such thing as implied consent — meaning that someone’s actions never imply consent. Consent must be explicit. “Personally, I think that the concept of ‘Yes Means Yes’ gets to the heart of consent. Consent is ongoing, enthusiastic and affirmative, and is not inclusive of silence or lack of resistance,” College senior Joanna Kamhi said in an email. Kamhi is the chair of Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention but clarified that

she was not speaking on behalf of the organization. “I think that the law questions outdated cultural notions that rape always involves an ultra-violent attack by a stranger on the street. Rape occurs in a variety of situations,” she said. “This law underlines the importance and necessity of communication and respect in any and all sexual interactions.” “We can create an environment that’s healthy, that’s conducive for all students, not just for women, but for young men as well too, so young men can develop healthy patterns and boundaries as they age with the opposite sex,” said State Senator Kevin De Leon, a Democrat who represents Los Angeles and a major proponent of the bill, when he addressed the California state senate before its vote. The new law will apply to any school receiving California state funding, but seems consistent with some existing school policies. “UCLA is definitely bigger on sexual harassment than most state schools, I think,” said University of California, Los Angeles sophomore Yassaman Erfani . “I know of a student who was cut from several different fraternities last year because his behavior pushed limits of girls, so people are very aware and conscious of how wrong sexual harassment is,” she added. Other campuses face challenges that a stronger affirmative consent law could address. Columbia has recently come under fire for refusing to share statistics and data on sexual assault cases and punishments.

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Commission OKs apartment complex at 40th and Pine

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The Philadelphia Historical Commission approved a redevelopment proposal to demolish a mansion at 40th and Pine and build a fivestory, 120-unit apartment complex aimed at attracting graduate students. This vote, which took place on Friday, upholds the supportive stance that the Commission’s Architecture Committee adopted just a few weeks ago. While the Historical Commission’s approval pushes the proposal along, the redevelopment plans — spearheaded by Penn and developer Jonathan Weiss — continue to be “stuck in legal limbo,” said Barry Grossbach, the executive

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ing items from Pottruck in May. Wagner was charged with stealing cash collected as part of guest fees to Pottruck, as well as items from the lost and found which she later sold on eBay, a spokesperson for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office said. The items she was charged with stealing included iPods, watches, jewelry and sneakers. Wagner’s acceptance to the program was approved last Wednesday in a meeting before the Philadelphia Senior Common Pleas Court Judge, Harvey W. Robbins. Wagner, who was director of Pottruck since 2007, paid $2,417.50 last Thursday as restitution to Penn and to cover court costs. Under the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program — the program through which Wagner’s record will be expunged — her criminal record will be cleared if she completes two years of probation. “We’re really grateful that the district attorney and Penn agreed to a resolution, which was very fair and at the end of the day makes everybody

director of the Spruce Hill Community Association zoning committee. A group of West Philadelphia neighbors and property owners, represented by Woodland Terrace Homeowner’s Association, continues to fight the redevelopment efforts in court because they fear that the scale and character of the building will not fit into the neighborhood. This group is involved in two ongoing court cases. One challenges the demolition rights to the mansion which was designed by Samuel Sloan, a famous mid19th century Philadelphian architect, and registered as a historic place in 1973. The other court case calls into question the zoning compliance of the proposal.

whole,” Mariana Rossman, Wagner’s attorney, told the Inquirer. Rossman did not respond to requests from The Daily Pennsylvanian to comment. Wagner’s employment at Penn was terminated in May after she was charged with the thefts.

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A Penn research team led by Wharton professor Jonathan Kolstad and former medical care company executive Jay Silverstein founded Picwell, a start-up that narrows down extensive health care options. The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with the pair to learn more about how it works. The following transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Daily Pennsylvanian: What is Picwell, and how does the company’s program work? Jay Silverstein: Picwell is a company specifically focused on helping people solve the riddle of picking the ideal health plan ... It’s kind of the the first of it’s kind, a company that marries together predictive analytics ... and big data along with a wealth of industry knowledge to create a seamless and very easy way for individuals ... to sort through the confusion of the maze that is health care. Health care is one of the most important decisions people make every year, a decision that even the most sophisticated of experts might as well be making throwing darts at a dartboard. And with this system and this program ... we are enabling individuals to sort through and pick the best health plan for [themselves]. That’s how the whole thing works ... The idea is that the tool is available through every exchange platform, employer, broker, anyone who is in the business of selling or helping people or offering health plans to people. DP: What inspired you to open this start-up? What inspired you to create it? Jonathan Kolstad: [Health care is] just the consummate example for choice overload, and for years I’ve been teaching that hey, this is a great opportunity for people to solve it, we have the technology invented, and finally we decided that maybe it’s time to put our efforts where

our mouth[s are]. So we took it on, and it turns out there’s a reason it hasn’t been solved. It takes a really specific set of knowledge, combining methods from really different disciplines, from the tech sector, from the data analytics sector and the economics sector in one place. DP: Where are you getting seed funding from? JS: The original money that we received was from friends and family, and we’ve been very fortunate to be able to build our launch product and it’s resonated in the market, to the point where we’ve got several clients who are essentially generating revenue with us so we’re in a very good position to be able to decide how we pursue next without necessarily needing to go out and do the normal realms of financing. JK: That said, we will eventually go down that path as we continue to expand and push and bring new products to market, as well as continuing to enhance our presence in the marketplace.

DP: Is there anything else like Picwell out there? Is it unique? JK: There’s nothing like this. There are folks who are interested in this question generally, but what you see is a lot of players in the exchange space often really focused on the front-end user experience ... but that misses a lot of the important details of it ... JS: If we just look at the health care selection arena, thats been an industry for quite

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fact, Penn has struck first in their last four matches. It is certainly an issue that needs to be addressed moving forward, but coach Rudy Fuller does not believe that the answer lies in a change of style of play or in his team’s conditioning. “Against Rutgers, it wasn’t a collapse,” he said. “We were defending poorly in both halves, and it just caught up to us.” As a forward, Neumann may have looked at the Rutgers loss differently, noting that the offense should also share part of the blame for the Quakers’ disappointing performance. “It’s a group effort,” he said. “On the attacking side, we had opportunities to put them away, especially in the first half.” For the Quakers, the duo of

Lacroix and Neumann have combined for two-thirds of the team’s 18 goals. As talented as the two forwards are, the Quakers seem to be in need of a third goal-scorer on offense. Junior midfielders Forrest Clancy and Sam Engs each have two goals on the season, and Clancy also has four assists. Moving forward, it will be interesting to see if one of these two steps into that role. Dartmouth, meanwhile, has a much more balanced offensive attack, as the Big Green have only one player — Alex Adelabu at five goals — who has scored more than three goals this season. In goal, junior keeper Max Polkinhorne has started all 11 games for the Quakers and leads the Ivy League with 58 saves. His .725 save percentage also ranks among the leaders,

but his 2.04 GAA is the highest among full-time keepers in the Ivy League. As Fuller suggested, Penn’s defenders are allowing far too many balls into Polkinhorne’s range. For Dartmouth, Stefan Cleveland is likely to start in goal. He has seven starts, 16 saves and a .667 save percentage. His GAA of 1.10 is almost a full goal lower than Polkinhorne’s, despite a lower save percentage. All of these problems will need to be fixed immediately. With one Ivy loss already and several other nonconference defeats, this match is close to a must-win for the Red and Blue. Despite the Quakers’ recent struggles, Neumann is confident they can pull through and turn things around in Ivy play. “We just have to come together as a group and gather the strength to win those games.”

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Penn returning to basics W. SOCCER | After loss to Navy, Ambrose simplifies gameplan BY LAINE HIGGINS Staff Writer DARTMOUTH 3-4-4, 0-0-3 Ivy Saturday, 4:30 p.m. Hanover

For Penn women’s soccer, this weekend — the halfway mark of Ivy League play for the Quakers — comes with no shortage of challenges. To start, Dartmouth, their opponent, is a ferocious competitor. In its three conference games, the Big Green (3-4-4, 0-0-3 Ivy) have played 60 extra minutes in overtime. Although Dartmouth has not yet tallied any conference wins this year, they hung with Princeton (5-3-3, 2-0-1) — arguably one of the Ancient Eight’s best teams — through all of regulation and two overtime periods, finishing in a draw. Penn (5-4-2, 1-2), on the other hand, has not had to play more than 90 minutes since tying St. Francis, 1-1, on Sept. 11. Unfortunately, the odds of battling through all of regulation are stacked against the Quakers, as just keeping their legs fresh for Saturday’s game after making the 360-mile trek up to Hanover will be a challenge for the team. “It’s a long trip up there,” junior back Caroline Dwyer said. “That’s never easy to take an eight-hour trip.” But the distance between Philadelphia and Hanover is not the only obstacle the team must overcome in order to escape the weekend with a win. This weekend, it is imperative that Penn play cleanly for the entirety of regulation — and then some. Given that Dartmouth’s three conference games have all ended in ties this season, it is possible that the Quakers might need an overtime period — or two — to emerge victorious. As of late, the team has strug-

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gled to make its execution on the field consistent from whistle to whistle. “We’ve had some good moments in defending,” coach Darren Ambrose said. “We’ve had some pretty good moments in attack but we’ve yet to see both sides perform at the same time for 90 minutes.” Most recently, the Quakers fell, 2-1, to Navy on Oct. 11 after a disappointing performance in the second half. “The first 20 minutes I thought we were pretty good,” Ambrose said. “And then mistakes cost us.” Come Saturday, the Red and Blue are hoping that those mistakes don’t follow them up to Hanover. Instead of laying out a detailed game plan, Ambrose is hoping his players can go back to basics and fulfill their roles on the field.

“If you’re a forward, hold the ball up. If you’re a midfield player, then complete passes. If you’re a defender, then tackle,” Ambrose said. “We’re still waiting for that game when we do all of those things together at one time.” Essentially, Ambrose wants his players to focus on controlling the “controllables” in their upcoming match and not worry about how the Big Green are preparing for Saturday’s game. “When we go into games, it is not so much about the other team,” Dwyer explained. “It is just what we need to do.” The way Ambrose sees it, focusing on the other team can serve as somewhat of a distraction, because what the Red and Blue need to do right now is simple. “We need to find our rhythm.”

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SPRINT FB | Penn has perfect chance to end streak vs. Post BY STEVEN JACOBSON Contributing Writer POST 1-2 Friday, 7 p.m. Franklin Field

Penn sprint football will look to reverse history this weekend. The Red and Blue (3-1) have received a walloping at the hands of Post — located in Waterbury, Conn. — each of the past two times they’ve played one another. The Quakers lost by 21 in 2012 and by 31 in 2013. The annual Post-Penn game has been rather high scoring in each of the past few years: Penn defeated Post (1-2) by scores of 42-14 and 48-35 in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The Red and Blue will look to improve on last year’s 14-point effort against the Eagles with an offensive attack led by sophomore quarterback Mike McCurdy, senior captain and running back Mike Beamish and sophomore wide receiver Mario del Cueto. Del Cueto, who came into the season as a defensive back, has seen ample playing time as a wide receiver and punt returner this season. “He’s got a lot of ability,� said coach Bill Wagner, citing del Cueto’s growth on offense and special teams. “I don’t want to spread him too thin, though.� Del Cueto has logged 234 receiving yards and 11 receptions this season, resulting in a teamhigh average of 21.3 yards per

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Junior setter Alex Caldwell will play a cruical role in Penn’s upset hopes against Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend. Caldwell ranks second on the Quakers with 237 assists, and her 2.00 kills per set average is second-best on the team.

VOLLEYBALL Harvard presents big test for Quakers BY CARTER COUDRIET Staff Writer HARVARD 10-6, 3-2 Ivy Friday, 7 p.m. Cambridge

DARTMOUTH 12-4, 3-2 Ivy Saturday, 5 p.m. Hanover

Volleyball is a team sport, but this weekend, the Quakers will need to deal with a pair of standout individuals. As Penn (5-11, 2-3 Ivy) enters a crucial slate of games, the Red and Blue face some of the most powerful players in the Ivy League: Dartmouth libero Julia Lau and the bane of the Ancient Eight, Harvard setter Corinne Bain. “Both [teams] are very physical at the net,� coach Kerry Carr said. “Harvard is balanced across the front row ... [and] Dartmouth has one of the better defenses. We have our hands full both sides of the coin this weekend.� Starting this weekend in Hanover, Penn faces Dartmouth’s stout defense. The fifth-best Ivy team based on

RPI rankings, the Big Green (12-4, 3-2) have found success in league play, sweeping Harvard in their Ivy opener. Led offensively by outside hitter Paige Caridi and right side Emily Astarita, Dartmouth’s excellent blocking unit will likely challenge Penn’s squad. However, the Big Green’s 5-foot-3 sophomore libero poses the biggest threat to the Quakers. Lau is the only Dartmouth player to have played in every set this season, and she ranks sixth in digs and top-20 in assists in Ivy League play. “We know the ball’s coming back,� Carr said. “Dartmouth is very well-coached defensively. We have to be patient, and we have to kill the ball three or four times to get one kill.� The Quakers face even stiffer competition as their road trip ends in Cambridge. Harvard (10-6, 3-2) is rated as the second-best Ivy in RPI behind only Yale, which the Crimson defeated. The team’s strength lies in its front line, headlined by sophomore powerhouse Bain. Though officially listed as a setter, the reigning Ivy Rookie of the Year doubles as a hitter and leads Harvard in kills, assists and digs in league play. Seemingly on

her way to her second straight All-Ivy recognition, Bain could be the reckoning of Penn’s vaunted defense. “[Bain] is still a young player,� Carr said. “She’s learned a lot. We’ve studied her tapes. We know where she hits, so it’s designing a defense around her.� While adjusting to these stars will be Penn’s biggest challenge, the team can win despite dominating performances from a single player. In their victory against Brown, the Red and Blue allowed 33 kills to Maddie Lord but held the rest of the Bears to only 8.4 kills per set. “Our ‘x-factor’ is focusing on us,� junior setter Alex Caldwell said. “We had a homework assignment this weekend to watch our film and to see where we got our most kills and to keep improving on that.� Rather than focus on the effort to capture the team’s first Ivy title since 2010, Carr has emphasized the importance of looking only as far as the upcoming games. “I think every week in practice we get in the gym, get after it and continue to improve,� Caldwell said. “A big thing for us is to be consistent out there. We really focus on the game plan for each team coming up.�

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As the saying goes, it’s always darkest just before the dawn. Penn field hockey will certainly hope that adage rings true as it prepares to host a pair of games against Columbia and Longwood this weekend. The Quakers (4-6, 1-2 Ivy) are in the midst of a three-game losing streak, with two of the three losses coming on the road. After falling to Dartmouth in Hanover, 5-3, on Oct. 4, Penn lost to Monmouth at home last Thursday before enduring a 9-0 thrashing at the hands of No. 2 Maryland in College Park. Luckily, the latter two games

Lancers are coming off a 3-0 victory over Davidson on Monday. Longwood’s offense is powered by junior attack Jennifer Burris, who leads the team with eight goals on the season. Much like Penn, Longwood has been challenged with top-tier competition. Last Friday, the squad hosted North Carolina, the No. 1 team in the nation. Although they didn’t allow a goal for the game’s first 17 minutes, the Lancers eventually wore out en route to a 7-0 loss. Despite the team’s recent struggles, the Quakers still boast quite a bit of offensive firepower of their own. Freshman sensation Alexa Hoover has scored nine times on the season, while her mentor, senior forward Emily Corcoran, is close behind with eight tallies. When Hoover and Corcoran take the field on Saturday across from Columbia’s Blake and Ruesterholz, four of the Ivy League’s top six scorers will be on display. While Penn’s nonconference play has not gone well as of late, it can be valuable preparation for the games that really matter: those against Ivy League opponents. This weekend, the Red and Blue get a bit of both worlds.

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were nonconference battles that will not impact the Quakers’ most important statistic: their Ivy League record. Penn has played only three of its seven games in the Ancient Eight, having beaten Harvard and fallen to Cornell and Dartmouth. Columbia (8-4, 2-1) will be an important measuring stick, coming in tied for second in the Ancient Eight — just one game behind Cornell — and on a two-game winning streak. The Lions are powered by a very deep offensive attack. Senior midfielder Zoe Blake leads the Ivy League with 11 goals on the season, while sophomore attack Katie Ruesterholz has added nine of her own. Midfielder Christina Freibott has a league-high 18 assists, twice as many as her nearest challenger. Freibott’s penchant for setting up teammates earned her this week’s Ivy League Player of the Week award, the first by a Columbia player since September 2012. The junior tallied a goal and four assists during the week, leading the Lions to nonconference wins over UMass and Towson. On Sunday, the Quakers will jump right back into action for yet another nonconference matchup when they welcome Longwood (5-9) to Ellen Vagelos Field. The

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against the military academies — Army and Navy — which historically have boasted the best teams in the conference. The Eagles return sophomore quarterback Greg Volpe, who is coming off a successful freshman season. Volpe passed for 378 yards in last year’s game against Penn. While Volpe hasn’t been quite as sharp this year, Post features a powerful ground game that revolves around freshman running back Joseph Lynch and senior running back Dashawn Wingate. Helgeson and the Quakers will look to neutralize Lynch and Wingate to move to 4-1 on the season. If they do, they’ll be creating a bit of history for themselves in the process: The Red and Blue haven’t started 4-1 in a season since 2011.

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FOOTBALLEXTRA THE EDGE OFFENSE : Penn has struggled offensively this year, particularly in the red zone. But that’s nothing compared to Columbia. T h e L io ns’ se nio r captain and quarterback Brett Nottingham just walked out on the team. ADVANTAGE: PENN DEFENSE: Sure, 60 points given up was pretty bad for the Red and Blue. But when Columbia faced Fordham, the Lions lost by even more. The Lions defense might be the strength of Columbia’s team, and it still can barely stop a competent offense. ADVANTAGE: PENN OVERALL: Columbia has lost 15 straight games dating back to 2012 and hasn’t beaten the Red and Blue since 1996. The Lions may seem like they’re due but in this battle of winless Ivy squads, it appears Columbia is the inferior squad. However, the Lions might finally play within 30 points of an opponent for the first time this season. ADVANTAGE: PENN

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held on the very course on which they will run this weekend. The Quakers will be sure to take the opportunity to prepare for their biggest meet of the year. “We want to get to know the course really well,” junior captain Amy Darlington said. However, with several races under their belt, the Red and Blue also have plenty to look back on. Two weekends ago, most of the top runners in the program made the trek out to Indiana to compete in the highly competitive Notre Dame Invitational. However, the men’s and women’s squads were both less than thrilled with their most recent

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ing at quarterback. According to the Columbia Spectator, junior quarterback Brett Nottingham may be done with the program after his benching against Monmouth. With fellow junior quarterback Trevor McDonagh stepping up in the starting role, it remains to be seen if Columbia’s offense will be able to rebound after a slow start. McDonagh finished with 276 passing yards to go along with four touchdowns and an interception in garbage time against Monmouth. Yet the Lions may have more to worry about on the defensive side of the ball, as the Light Blue have failed to hold an opponent under 38 points this season. Starting this season on Columbia’s defensive line is Roy Schwartz, identical twin of the aforementioned Matt. It wasn’t too long ago that the two were playing side by side on the defensive line at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas. “It’s really weird because we al-

ways played together in high school, and that was always fun,” Matt said. “It’s a little different competing against each other. We always call each other and see how each other did in the game.” Yet the past four seasons have seen a transformation for Matt as the former defensive lineman transitioned first to fullback and then to tight end this season. The senior has seen his share of targets on offense this season and is currently tied for third on the team in receiving yards with 137. When he lines up against Roy this weekend, it will be the final matchup between the two, with both currently in their senior years. “It’ll be interesting to see what side [my parents] sit on and what they’re wearing,” Matt added. “We’ll see where their loyalties lie.” So while Penn’s focus this weekend will be on claiming its first victory of the season against winless Columbia, there will certainly be at least two fans in the stadium who are just looking to watch their sons compete against each other for the final time.

A slew of injuries to Penn’s starting tailbacks caused senior wide receiver Eric Fiore to transition to the backfield. Fiore has carried the ball nine times this season on jet sweeps.

performances. “We weren’t too happy with how we did,” sophomore Nick Tuck said. Dolan took a more optimistic view of his program’s performance at South Bend, but he also recognized that his athletes still have a lot to learn. “We had a number of good races but some that weren’t dream runs,” Dolan said of the men’s team, also noting Thomas Awad’s outstanding fourthplace finish. “On the women’s side, honestly, our inexperience showed a little bit.” It would appear that over the past couple weeks, the Quakers have taken these lessons to heart. “As a team, we took away that we need to get out faster in such a big group of people,” Darling-

ton said. “Personally, I just need to be more confident ... and run my own race.” The Quakers have used the relatively long layoff leading up to this weekend’s meet to get back to basics and perfect the strategy that worked for them earlier in the season. “Going into Princeton, we’re going to focus on working as a team and having a lot of good pack running,” Tuck said. However, Dolan also believes that the Quakers have used the past two weeks to fine tune their abilities. “We definitely got some quality [workouts] done over the past two weeks,” he said. While this meet may not feature the volume and quality of competition at the Notre Dame

Invitational, the Quakers will have their hands full with one team in particular on Saturday — Princeton. This weekend should be a solid test to see if the Red and Blue can hang with the Tigers, a more experienced group that figures to be a top Ivy contender this year. Also of note is that, according to Dolan, sophomore Cleo Whiting — who has not competed yet this year due to injury — is progressing. It is a possibility that she will race this weekend. Ultimately though, the results of this weekend are of secondary interest for the Quakers. Their primary focus rests on the future. “I want to feel 100 percent,” Tuck said. “Heps is definitely the biggest thing on our minds.”

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PLAYERS TO WATCH PENN So. RB Brian Schoenauer

Penn began the season with two senior running backs — Kyle Wilcox and Lyle Marsh — alongside freshman Tre Solomon. All three are now injured and out for Saturday. Schoenauer will start with junior Mike Elespuru at backup. Can Penn get a running game going? Time will tell. Columbia Jr. QB Trevor McDonagh

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The St. Louis, Mo., native stepped into Columbia’s m a t c hup w i t h Monmouth and performed pretty well. After coach Pete Mangurian announced he would start McDonagh against Penn, the former star ter walked out on the team. Due to those circumstances, all eyes are on McDonagh.

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“This one’s for all the marbles,” Matt said of his final matchup against his twin, Roy. “You have eternal bragging rights if you win this one.” And while this weekend’s conBY HOLDEN McGINNIS Sports Editor test against Columbia (0-4, 0-1 Ivy) may be the opportunity for On Saturday, Philadelphia truly one Schwartz brother to gain bragwill be the City of Brotherly Love ging rights over the other, it’s also for Penn football’s Matt Schwartz. the opportunity for one of the two When the senior lines up for the remaining winless Ivy teams to pull Quakers on offense, he’ll find a fa- out its first victory. miliar set of eyes staring right back For a Penn (0-4, 0-1) squad that’s at him. It isn’t every day that you faced off against a slew of tough get to face off against your identical opponents to start the season, the twin. Lions provide a bit of an easier test.

“[A win] will do a world of good for our confidence, for our momentum. It’s been elusive,” coach Al Bagnoli said. “Part of it is that we let one go against Jacksonville, and part of it has been that we’ve been playing really good teams on the road.” One of the biggest question marks for the Quakers moving forward is at running back, where injuries have sidelined the top three players. Senior Lyle Marsh went down with a forearm injury in the team’s opener, while senior Kyle Wilcox and freshman Tre Solomon suffered a concussion and knee in-

jury, respectively, against Fordham last week. All three will be inactive for the game against the Lions, giving sophomore Brian Schoenauer an opportunity for a more active role. To beef up the depth at running back, senior wide receiver Eric Fiore — a high school tailback — will be transitioning back into the backfield and will likely see his share of carries. However, Penn’s uncertainty at running back pales in comparison to the transition Columbia is makSEE FOOTBALL PAGE 11

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Senior fullback/tight end Matt Schwartz will be looking into a mirror against Columbia as he lines up opposite his identical twin brother, Roy, who starts on the Lions’ defensive line.

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BY COLIN HENDERSON Sports Editor Don’t look now, but the Heptagonal Championships are only a little over two weeks away for Penn cross country. And with another preparatory meet — the Princeton Invitational — coming up this Saturday, the de facto Ivy championships are on the minds of the Red and Blue. “We definitely talk about it,” coach Steve Dolan said. “That’s when the championship meets start.” It’s tough to blame the Quakers for looking ahead a little bit. Even Dolan is quick to admit that the significance of regular season cross country meets pales in comparison to that of postseason meets. Adding to the team’s forward-looking tendencies is the fact that Heps will be SEE XC PAGE 11

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Junior midfielder Sam Engs has posted two goals thus far this season for Penn men’s soccer. He, or a number of other contributing pieces on the team, will need to step into the role of a third scorer if the team is to repeat last year’s Ivy championship run. This year, the Quakers have had an unbalanced offensive attack.

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Penn men’s soccer is running out of time to right the ship. This Saturday, the Quakers will trek to Hanover, N.H., for a key Ivy League matchup against Dartmouth. In the 7 p.m. match, the Quakers (5-6, 1-1 Ivy) will look to pull out a win to keep their Ivy title hopes alive, with the Big Green (7-31, 2-0) in their way. In last season’s tilt, the Quakers ran roughshod over the Big Green, defeating Dartmouth behind two goals from then-junior Duke Lacroix and another from then-freshman Alec Neumann. That win was key moment in Penn’s run to an Ivy title. But recent weeks have not been as kind to the Red and Blue. The team followed up a 1-0 win against Cornell to open Ivy League play with losses against Columbia and Rutgers. In both losses, the Quakers held early leads only to later surrender the advantage for good. In SEE M. SOCCER PAGE 8

Any given Saturday The Swamis are at a loss for words. It just seems to keep getting worse for Penn football. Four conference leaders faced. Four losses. But contrary to Taylor Swift’s new single, the Red and Blue just might be “Out of the Woods.” All thanks to Columbia. Oh, glorious Columbia. We decided to make a compre-

hensive list of everything worse than the Lions this season. Here it goes … Okay, we’ve got nothing. The only thing that could make Columbia’s football program worse would be a series of racist tweets… In all seriousness, that program is a mess. But the Quakers and Lions have eight and 15 game losing streaks, respectively, so something has to give. Any

given Saturday, right? With Columbia losing its starting quarterback (Brett Nottingham, please respond!), the Lions will turn to Steamin’ Trevor McDonagh, a flashy quarterback who has a striking resemblance to Jamie Foxx. With McDonagh at QB, the Lions have thrown out their playbook and will simply wing it. But unlike his movie counter-

part, McDonagh won’t have LL Cool J in the backfield or Terrell Owens at wide receiver. And it is hard to think of Al Pacino playing Pete Mangurian. So don’t expect a big production out of the Light Blue. This matchup is bypassing the big screen and going straight to VHS. Prediction: Penn 0, Columbia (-4)

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