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Penn follows a policy of confidentiality in its searches for new deans and senior administrators. From the time a consultative committee — a committee of faculty, students and alumni that performs the search for candidates — until the release of the new hire’s name, no details of the search process are released. Penn President Amy Gutmann said that the confidentiality of the search process is the only way to attract the most qualified candidates. By sacrificing confidentiality, Gutmann says, “people who are being considered often, almost in all cases, would compromise their current position, which they’re generally happy at.” Dean searches are currently underway for both the
aren’t everything The pair talked big data skill sets and why not to ‘drink the Kool-Aid’ FREDA ZHAO Contributing Writer
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A NUTRICIOUS LIFESTYLE Penn kicked off its annual Food Week this past Monday
Two senior Google employees spoke to a full Zellerbach Theater Monday night about how Google works and their recent book of the same name.
Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and former Senior Vice President of Products and current advisor to the CEO Jonathan Rosenberg discussed their new best-
seller “How Google Works” with Penn’s undergraduate and Wharton MBA students as part of the Authors@ Wharton Speaker Series. The two speakers touched
on topics ranging from censorship and Google’s current projects to the company’s breach of the medical realm and the headquarter’s perpetually stocked kitchens.
Even Google has regrets — Rosenberg recounted a time when he was still “drinking the Google Kool-Aid, still laSEE GOOGLE PAGE 3
Jewish donor guide honors Penn Hillel’s JRP Slingshot Guide named the Jewish Renaissance Project a top innovative project
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Penn Hillel’s Jewish Renaissance Project was recognized by a Jewish donor guide as one of the most innovative Jewish initiatives in the country. Penn Hillel, an independent Jewish organization on campus, was one of only two college Hillels featured in the 10th annual Slingshot Guide, published on Monday. The Slingshot Guide is a go-to resource for donors and activists looking to invest their time and money in Jewish organizations that are engaging the Jewish community in new ways. This year’s guide featured a total of 82 organizations. “Funders trust Slingshot because it has a proven record of
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Study: Parents care less about violence, sex in films after seeing it often HANNAH NOYES Staff Writer
The scene opens with Bruce Willis talking — in his role as John McClane — to a group of thugs. Things quickly get heated in “Live Free or Die Hard,” and in less than 17 seconds he shoots three men in the head, spraying blood everywhere. A parent watching the film as part of an Annenberg Public Policy Center study — the first violent clip the group sees that day — likely says his child can see the movie when he is 17 years old. Five scenes later, the parent sees John Connor struggling to survive in a fight against a Terminator robot in “Terminator Salvation.”
After a few seconds of struggling, Connor rapidly fires a machine gun at the robot, killing it. By this time in the study, the parent probably responds that his child can watch this film when he is about 14 years old. This type of response is what Annenberg Public Policy Center researchers found when studying parents’ reactions to violence and sex in films. After exposure to films with either violence or sex — shown to parents in a random order — the age that parents gave as the minimum for their child to watch these films dramatically de-
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identifying the most meaningful Jewish sources to be funded,” Hillel President and College senior Alon Krifcher said. “Hopefully over the next few months and even years, people can point back to this and say, ‘JRP at Penn is a program that is working, why would I give to anywhere else?’” Gina Shapiro, Hillel’s director of institutional advancement, also anticipates longterm benefits for Penn Hillel as a result of the recognition. “Hillel is completely independent of the University in terms of funding. Eighty-five percent of our funding comes from individuals, alumni and parents, so this type of recognition of the great work our profession-
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No more waiting: Classic ‘P’ sweaters now available to everyone Apparel company Hillflint begins selling the sweatshirts today SONIA SIDHU Staff Writer
The classic navy blue sweater with a red “P” is no longer solely reserved for juniors. Traditionally, each year the junior class has the opportunity to order classic “P” sweaters through their Class Board. Hillflint — a collegiate sweater startup founded by two Ivy League graduates — will nowstart selling the navy blue version of the sweater through their website and at the Penn Bookstore. Hillflint only recently received a license to use the Penn logo from Penn Business Services, according to Hillflint Co-founder Woody Hines, the SEE HILLFLINT PAGE 5
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PAC groups to start performing at basketball halftimes, UA says The Undergraduate Assembly announced the first completion of a project this year, went over the administration’s response to their plan for international student integration and discussed improving communication with the student body. PAC Group Performances at Basketball Games UA Representative and College sophomore Daniel Kahana announced that the UA will start coordinating different Performing Arts Council groups to perform at basketball games in an effort to increase attendance. Kahana said that the benefit was two-fold because it will increase attendance at sports games and give groups another opportunity to perform. Kahana was in contact with
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als are doing helps in that [funding] endeavor.” According to the Slingshot Guide, the Jewish Renaissance Project is an initiative “that ignites sparks of Jewish identity through new models of community and education for college students who have not found a Jewish home.” In short, the project — led by Rabbi Josh Bolton, JRP Director
Deputy Director of Athletics Alanna Shanahan and Athletics Media and Marketing Director Joshua Craggs for a month before sending out a form to PAC groups and receiving six signups. Kahana will follow up with other groups afterwards. UA representative and Engineering sophomore Alex George recommended allowing nonPAC groups to perform at halftime as well. Engineering and Wharton junior Lukas Vacek suggested expanding the performances to other sporting events because the Penn Band already performs at basketball and football games. International Student Integration After discussing international student integration at a previous meeting, the UA received a response to their requests from International Student and Scholar
Services Director Rudie Altamirano. The Assembly of International Students and the UA have collectively been researching a possible pre-NSO orientation for international students, similar to the programs offered at peer institutions. Altamirano told the UA that a separate orientation would be repetitive, and said that early arrival can be financially costly to students. Unless the separate orientation is required for internationals, they would likely not all agree to come to campus early which might create a disparity in experiences. Instead of working on the UA and AIS’s proposed projects, ISSS is working to create an information portal for international students and added a program coordinator to its office, in addition to other initiatives.
of Engagement Emily Kaplan and 234 student leaders — engages over 1,300 Jewish students who were previously not involved with Jewish campus life through 11 different initiatives. The initiatives, ranging from Shabbat cooking classes and discussions to movie screenings, take place in dorms, fraternity and sorority houses and in off-campus apartments. “The Project is successful because it’s the students themselves working towards these programs, and it’s about helping other stu-
dents find the Judaism that is meaningful to them,” Krifcher said. Shapiro also emphasized the importance of creating Jewish experiences outside of the Hillel infrastructure. “Here’s the deal, college students don’t want anyone forcing them how to think or what to do,” Shapiro said. “The Jewish Renaissance Project then is a model for how to reach students and young adults in a more effective grassroots manner.”
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Jonathan Rosenberg, current advisor to Google CEO Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, spoke about their new book “How Google Works” as part of the Authors@Wharton series.
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beling people” and made the mistake of turning away Kevin Systrom, who went on to co-found Instagram. Schmidt emphasized the philosophy of hiring “generalists with passion,” stressing the importance of hiring a person, not someone to fill a job. When it comes to interviewing potential employees, Schmidt emphasized the difference between having “depth of knowledge in the subject” and “just preparing for the interview.” Schmidt said that Google likes to recruit professional athletes because they did something really difficult and did it with perseverance and passion. Google’s top dogs realize that every person has a
different skill set. Schmidt and Rosenberg noted the importance of understanding one’s own “user manual.” Rosenberg described himself as “great at communicating internally,” which became his management style of maximizing the rate of communication within and between teams to drive innovation. Schmidt, on the other hand, used the analogy of “constant spin rates” to describe his fast decision-making and systematic working style. Rosenberg suggested that there is more to a potential employee than “cognitive ability” and suggested becoming a data scientist, identifying big data as a growing field. “Data is becoming cheap — a person who can analyze that data will be in high demand,” Rosenberg
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his summer in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby case, the Supreme Court ruled that closely-held corporations are not required to provide employees with insurance coverage for contraceptives if it violates the owners’ religious beliefs. This ruling, which partially struck down the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act, could lead to countless women losing coverage for birth control and other forms of reproductive care under their health insurance plans. The Hobby Lobby decision is the most recent event in an ongoing epidemic of attacks on women’s reproductive rights and access to care. And the laws aren’t always as obvious in their anti-women sentiment as one might think. Although abortion is legal under Roe v. Wade, states like Texas find ways around the law by setting standards for clin-
PENN DEMOCRATS | Why we need reproductive rights ics that are normally reserved for surgical centers — like having hallways wide enough for two gurneys. While these standards are unnecessary for clinics to safely perform their services, their imposition is so costly to women’s health centers that many cannot afford to comply. According to a report by the Guttmacher Institute, as of Oct. 15, 2014, “Twenty-five states have laws or policies that regulate abortion providers and go beyond what is necessary to ensure patients’ safety; all apply to clinics that perform surgical abortion.” Over the summer, 13 Texas clinics were forced to close because of these restrictive standards. The Supreme Court ruled last Tuesday that these clinics could reopen and operate while the laws are appealed. However, many of the clinics have remained closed because they don’t currently have leases or licenses. Right now in Texas, whose population is 26 mil-
lion, there are just eight clinics that can perform abortions. What many opponents of full reproductive rights don’t seem to understand is that closing clinics around the country is doing much more than preventing access to abortion services and isn’t stopping women from seeking abortions. Clinics like Planned Parenthood offer additional crucial services for women and men, including mammograms, STD testing and treatment and prenatal care. In fact, Planned Parenthood cites abortions as just 3 percent of all its services rendered. The attack on women in America needs to end. Despite being one of the most developed and influential countries in the world, we are decades behind many other countries when it comes to reproductive rights. While European countries provide free access to contraceptives and encourage comprehensive sex education,
in America, women’s health care autonomy is limited by the religious and moral views of others.
Despite being one of the most developed and influential countries in the world, we are decades behind many oth e r cou ntr ies when it comes to re p ro d u c tive rights.” This issue is not only national, but also personal. College students account for nearly half of new cases of sexually transmitted diseases each year. In the United States, 34 percent of abortions are performed on
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women ages 20 to 24. One in four women will be victims of sexual assault during their college years. We need unrestricted access to the services that women’s health clinics provide. We need it for ourselves, our partners and our friends. These are not privileges — these are rights that every American woman deserves. So how, you might ask, can you change the political climate, making it more favorable for women’s bodies? We offer you the same answer we do every week: vote. Governor Tom Corbett supports the Women’s Right to Know Act, which requires women seeking abortions to get an ultrasound, be offered two copies of that ultrasound and listen to the fetal heartbeat. If a woman does not want to see the ultrasound? Corbett suggests, just “close your eyes.” In addition, Pennsylvania is one of the states, like Texas, with restrictive measures that could poten-
tially require clinics to close. Tom Wolf, the Democratic candidate for governor who has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood, supports reproductive rights for women. He has promised he will not sign the current bill creating new unnecessary standards for health clinics. He has said that he will fight to expand healthcare coverage, ensuring that women do not have a co-pay for birth control, and that women are not penalized for “pre-existing conditions” including domestic violence and breast cancer. There is no gray area; if Pennsylvania women are to have full, unrestricted reproductive rights, we must elect Tom Wolf.
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I am so over extreme political correctness. Is dressing as Michael Meyers [sic] insensitive to people who lost a loved one to murder? Is dressing as a witch insensitive to the distant relatives of the “witches” of Salem? Is dressing as Amanda Bynes post-twitter meltdown insensitive to mental illness? … Have fun, eat some candy, wear something dumb and move on. The world is crazy and we have to pick our battles, and I just think there are some other battles more worth fighting.
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ANOTHER LOOK | Egg freezing to delay parenthood is a symptom of our tendency to prioritize work over other meaningful pursuits
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pple and Facebook’s recent anouncements that they will be offering egg freezing as part of its benefit package for female workers has caused a lot of controversy. Firstly, people are wondering what this does for gender equality in the workforce. Though it’s tempting to see the benefit in this light, it can’t do anything that guaranteed paid paternity leave wouldn’t do better. Delaying childbirth may help women advance their careers early in life, but if child rearing responsibilities still fall on them, not much has changed. Secondly, we want to know what it says about our culture. Egg freezing sounds extreme because it seems futuristic, even dystopian. It prompts us to imagine a sterilized, ultraregulated world in which test tube babies are the norm and not the exception. However, there’s nothing futuristic about the val-
ues it reflects, and it’s these values and not their technological manifestations that we should take a moment to think about. The culture of work in America, which has its roots in the virtue of labor extolled by the Puritan work ethic, is a culture of “never enough.” Even as college students, we divide our time into two categories: productive and not productive. Spending another hour studying for an exam is productive. Using that hour to catch up with a friend or read something noncourse-related or take a walk outside is not productive. To pass any length of time doing something with no clear link to your resume or career prospects is all right, but it would be better if you had the mental fortitude to power through another practice exam. If you’re not working as much as you possibly can, you’re probably not working enough. The work of success is all-consuming.
It’s no surprise, then, that this leads us to arrange our priorities in a such a way that we’re willing to make serious sacrifices in our personal lives for marginal benefits in our work lives. There’s a persistent mindset that non-career-related personal goals and relationships are something we’ll get a chance to do over, but that possibilities for career advancement are the real once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. The biological clock doesn’t tick as loudly as the countdown to final exams or a quarterly review. It’s the belief that if we put in enough work now, at some undetermined point in the future, we’ll finally have the time to do all the things we always wanted to do but could never schedule in. Life is what we’ll do after we turn in that final exam, or snag that promotion. But will that moment ever arrive? Before retirement, probably not. When you live your life without time for the personal or
sentimental, you set yourself up for a life in which you’ll never be able to have time for it, or at least, not until it’s almost too late.
The biological clock doesn’t tick as loudly as the countdown to final exams or a quarterly review.” Apple and Facebook’s egg freezing benefit attempts to circumvent this problem in the specific instance of the desire to have children. But, as with all of our attempts to address the symptoms of our problematic work culture without changing it, it doesn’t seem like a real solution. The technology is not foolproof — chances of successfully
having a baby with a surgically removed and preserved egg are significantly lower than chances of having one the old fashioned way. And even if the procedure were successful, there are plenty of compelling reasons not to put off having babies until after your 40s. Younger parents have more energy and the real possibility of getting to know their grandchildren. If egg freezing is a choice, it’s a choice that involves a lot of sacrifice and an unsure outcome. It treats career advancement as a non-negotiable priority and meaningful relationships as worth the risk of forgoing. It’s just another example of what happens in the kind of culture that overvalues work and undervalues relationships, one that tells people a successful career is a career that leaves no room for anything else. I could make an economic argument as to why this is bad for society — overworked people are less productive and cre-
SOPHIA WUSHANLEY ative, etc. — but we shouldn’t need one. Relationships are intrinsically valuable, not for the GDP, but for the purpose of having meaningful lives. There’s a value in human connection that can’t be measured in the shareholder dividends.
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Philadelphia decriminalizes pot, public school rules stay the same JENNIFER WRIGHT Staff Writer
As of Oct. 20, Philadelphians caught with small amounts of marijuana will only be fined $25 as far as the city is concerned. But if caught in school, public school students in Philadelphia are still at risk for expulsion or suspension, since the School District of Philadelphia’s disciplinary procedures will remain the same after decriminalization. No disciplinary procedures will change, Deputy Chief of the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities Rachel Holzman said, because marijuana is illegal in the city and state — something Mayor Michael Nutter stressed during the signing of the bill earlier this month. Currently, if a student is found with marijuana in a public school, the school must notify the Philadelphia Police Department, according to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Philadelphia Police. But last May, Philadelphia started a diversion program to cut back on school-based arrests. If students do not have a record with Philadelphia Police, they are not arrested for minor incidents on school grounds and are instead referred to the Department of Human Services. “It’s an issue, just like in all school districts,” Holzman said of marijuana use in Philadelphia public schools. Statistics from the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years show that a little over 3 percent of all infractions in Philadelphia schools were for possession or use of a controlled substance. Sale and distribution of a controlled substance accounted for 0.67 percent of all infractions in 2012-13 and 0.4 percent for 2011-12, according to Pennsylvania Department of Education statistics. Possession of alcohol or drugs is a Level 2 or above offense — meaning the possibility of an out-of-school suspension, a disciplinary school assignment or expulsion, according to the 20142015 Student Code of Conduct. But Holzman said that the school district weighs many factors when deciding the fate of a student. In the case of drugs, this includes the amount of drugs and the student’s personal situation. “We are mandated to make referral to treatment if a kid needs treatment,” she said. School administrators help decide what consequences students will face if they are caught with drugs. “We leave a lot of that in the hands of the principals in the building because they know the kids the best,” Holzman said.
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company’s chief operating officer. Last semester, Penn students and alumni petitioned Business Services to allow Hillflint a license. The petition had 103 signatures, and Hines received more than 100 emails advocating for Hillflint to sell the “P” sweaters. Junior Class Board President Jesus Perez said that allowing anyone to buy the sweaters undermines their importance. He said that Hillflint caters to a more affluent population than the class boards do — Hillflint sweaters are more expensive than class board sweaters — and also noted that the unity and class spirit inspired by the class board sale is something that Hillflint sweaters cannot provide. “You get this sweater and everyone is so energized and excited and there is this sense of camaraderie among the class,” Perez said. He mentioned that the class board custom designs the sweaters each year and makes minor changes. This year, for example, the “P” is half an inch longer. The Junior Class Board has sold 1,600 sweaters this year and will have another sale on Oct. 25 due to popular demand. Hillflint sweaters are made from merino wool, do not include a class year on the sleeve and cost $95, or $75 if pre-ordered. At the bookstore, sweaters will cost $150. The sweaters provided by the Junior Class Board are made from cotton and cost $35. Hines said the Hillflint sweaters are “the best quality for the price available, authentic to the school” and inspired by the traditional sweaters worn during the 1960s. Class of 2017 President and
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Previous research on medical marijuana legalization has found that legalization did not affect how many teens used marijuana, although these studies might not be applicable to Philadelphia’s recent measure. Brown University Medical School professor Esther Choo’s recent study, which was published in January, showed that there was no increase in teen marijuana use after laws about medical marijuana changed in several states. Choo said that the study might not be applicable to recreational marijuana decriminalization or legalization because medical marijuana is a substance directed towards a different subgroup of the population — the chronically ill or elderly. “It seemed a little bit unlikely to me that releasing it to that population would bleed into adolescent use,” she said. Marijuana use after decriminalization is a bit of a different situation than after medical marijuana legalization. Not many states have decriminalization laws in effect — Philadelphia is the largest U.S. city to pass this type of law. As for now, “It’s all conjecture,” Choo said. “There are researchers and research agencies literally waiting for the passage of time.”
College sophomore Darren Tomasso said he does not anticipate that future sales will decrease now that Hillflint has permission to use the Penn brand. Hines said he did not “want to tread on the turf of an existing tradition at Penn,” but he acknowledged the differences between the sweaters and encouraged students to purchase both.
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Daniel Campo returned to Penn to discuss his new book
ferent stories of the people who used the site over the years, from skateboarders, to an “in your face marching band,� and from dog walkers to a starving French artist. “What we think is marginal may not be so marginal for other people,� Campo said of his book’s message. Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education and Chair of the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning Eugenie Birch — who is also Co-Director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research — introduced Campo at the event. Having taught him during his time at Penn and serving as one of the three faculty members on his dissertation committee, Birch knows Campo personally. Birch said that, before the presentation, she had not been familiar with the experiences of people who need space for unusual purposes, and stated that Campo’s work has “great value�
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While urban planning may evoke thoughts of linear cities, 2004 Design School graduate Daniel Campo believes we should “rethink the condition of vacancy� and reassess how we use urban spaces. The Penn Institute for Urban Research hosted an Urban Book Talk Monday night at the Penn Bookstore, featuring Campo and his new book “The Accidental Playgrounds: Brooklyn Waterfront Narratives of the Undesigned and Unplanned,� which developed from the dissertation he wrote as a doctoral candidate at Penn. “Accidental Playgrounds� tells the story of the Brooklyn waterfront by documenting dif-
because he makes “keen observations of how spaces that have been neglected can be used by people to express themselves artistically.� Many current Ph.D. students majoring in city planning attended the event to learn from the experience of a veteran in the field. “Professor Campo was also in the program [that I am in] and I came to see how research from a Ph.D. program could be received publicly,� a first year Ph.D. student said. A fourth year Ph.D. student attended because he wanted to hear about Campo’s transition from Penn’s Ph.D. program to writing the book. He said he found the talk interesting, as it made him think about research in a broader setting. Since his book evolved from his academic work, Campo’s talk was particularly relevant to Penn students. He stated that it was “great to be back where all of this research began� and said that Penn ultimately allowed him to run with unconventional ideas that “may not have flown at another university.� Although his dissertation advisors were initially not happy with his field of research, Campo persevered. “I had a passion for it, and so I made the case and was successful,� he said.
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Vice Provost for University Life Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum and Vice Provost and Director of Libraries Carton Rogers, has firsthand experience about how the process works. “People will apply, and they will be vetted,� DeTurck said. “It’s like applying to school. They’re vetted on paper first, and then some number of finalists will emerge from that vetting process.� By keeping its prospects confidential, Penn is also protecting its own interests. “The place they are now may react to the fact that we’re looking at them by making them an offer they can’t refuse. So we don’t want to compromise our own positions,� DeTurck said. Five dean searches were conducted last year, with four new permanent deans and one interim dean — Pritchett — beginning their terms this school year. Even tenured professors, who face no risk of job termination for considering other institutions, are not announced publicly as candidates for deanships. “It’s not that they would be fired — it’s that they would be less effective in their positions,� Gutmann said. “They might not want to be candidates if they had to make it known to people that they were candidates.� The consultative committee is not the only group who must keep secrets during a dean search. School of Nursing Dean Antonia Villarruel said that she was required to keep her consideration of the
Penn deanship confidential before departing the University of Michigan. Villarruel noted, however, that private dean searches attract higher-profile faculty members. At a public university like the University of Michigan, candidates are made public, so a candidate’s previous school will be informed of his or her potential exit. “It worked to my advantage. Michigan is a public university, so in those searches, it’s public, and in some ways that sort of decreases the likelihood that you’re going to get candidates who have a lot more to risk.� Villarruel said that throughout the roughly fourmonth search process, she met with the search committee in Philadelphia and had two other meetings with administrators on campus. When Fitts left Penn to take on the presidency of Tulane, his decision to leave was kept confidential until Tulane officially announced him as its new leader. Villarruel said she followed a similar procedure at Michigan. Penn announced her deanship initially, and then Michigan released the news. Although, she noted that a few of her peers were in the loop. “Of course people I worked with knew that I had accepted the position,� Villarruel said. “Many people were surprised at Michigan... A few people I worked with knew about the announcement before it was made, but they were sworn to secrecy.�
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Frehsman midfielder Austin Kuhn may have saved Penn men’s soccer’s Ivy title chances with a game-winning strike against Dartmouth. For his efforts, he earned City Six Player of the Week.
He believes he can fly Junior tight end Ryan Kelly provided some more ignition for Penn football, scoring a touchdown to put the team ahead for good. It was his second TD of the year.
Awad on his A-game The star junior won the men’s 8,000-meter race at the Princeton Invitational with a spectacular 24:00 finish. The result should give him confidence moving into Heps.
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Freshman sensation Alexa Hoover showed off her skill over the weekend, scoring two goals against Longwood on Sunday en route to a 5-0 Penn victory.
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Making short order of Longwood Led by a stout defense and senior goalkeeper Allison Weisenfels, Penn field hockey registered its first shutout of the year over the weekend. Graphic by Laine Higgins
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program. Originally from Pensacola, Fla., where he says “football is king,” Lengyel played on the offensive line of his high school team. Last year, he decided to approach Wagner about a possible coaching position on the sprint football team. “He came up to me and said, ‘Look I’m a football guy … I’d love to play, but I can’t make weight … and I can help you out,’” Wagner said. “I said, ‘Well, we already have our coaches, but what do you know about computers?’” “I mentioned Hudl [a type of sports video software], and he understood Hudl right away. His high school team used Hudl, and he started talking, and I realized he knew more about Hudl than I did,” Wagner continued. “And I said to him, ‘We have a spot for you. You’ll be in charge of our Hudl system. We’ll get you two cameras and an iPad, and you’ll be able to work on the sideline.’” And like that, Lengyel became Penn sprint football’s video coordinator. While his job title suggests he would be up high working a camera, Lengyel stays on the sidelines during the game, tracking plays on an iPad. He will later upload them and create relevant sta-
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tistics such as play calling tendencies, sometimes staying up as late as 4 a.m. “[The CSFL] has taken the Hudl system as part of the exchanging of game film, instead of scouting,” Wagner said. “Jimmy puts all our stuff in order, and he’s a lifesaver because it’s such a time-consuming thing.” “Last year, all the assistants did my job in parts, so I’m just taking a little off their plates,” Lengyel added. Lengyel hopes this is just the first stop in a long football career. His dream job? “A big-time college football coach. But I love football, and I’ll be happy doing anything.” Lengyel is confident that his dedication will prove its worth and that he has found his calling. While coaching is a full-time job, he still manages to stay active in one of his other passions, the Mask and Wig Club. Currently a cast member and the club’s external social chair, Lengyel is appreciative of Wagner’s flexibility when it comes to missing practices or games for Mask and Wig. Still in college, Lengyel has plenty of time to hone his craft. He went to a seminar for the Hudl technology this past summer, and has a year and a half left as a Penn undergraduate. Now known as Jimmy, it’s only so long before he’ll be known as Coach.
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learning period this year, which is fine,” senior co-captain Doug Roman said. “We lost a lot of people this past year, including our co-captains Himalaya and Tab, who were big players both on and off the field, as well as about five other starters who all played vital roles on the team.” As new co-captains, Shields and Roman — both of whom are mechanical engineering students — do not seem too worried about the lack of college frisbee experience on the roster this season. “We’ve seen drastic improvement from a large majority of freshmen on the team this season, which is of course great to see so early in the season,” Roman said. Shields went on to elaborate that many of the freshmen on the team already have experience with the game and are already applying the skills they learned in high school to
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But regardless of whether the Red and Blue were facing a Pop Warner team, an Ivy League team or the Denver Broncos, all they really needed was to come away with a win to take a step forward. “It was nice to see that we could
the collegiate level. The team this year seems to possess the work ethic and drive necessary to precipitate drastic improvement and success this season. It holds practices on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday each week, with weekday practices running from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. Additionally, the team is implementing an ambitious new fitness regimen this season led by sophomores Grant Steiger and Sean Cohen. The program includes sprint workouts at least once a week and frequent team runs along the Schuylkill River. Collegiate frisbee conferences are determined by dividing the United States into geographic regions, which are then further divided into sections. As a result, Void competes in the Eastern Pennsylvania section, which is comprised of local eastern Pennsylvania schools such as Drexel, St. Joseph’s and West Chester, and is part of the greater Ohio Valley region.
build, we could win,” Bagnoli said. “We feel a little bit better about ourselves, a little more confidence, and hopefully carry the momentum with us when we go to Yale.” That isn’t to say the Quakers can forget about those first four games. Those losses amounted to four hours of film that highlight their weaknesses, and while it always
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Sophomore Adam Strouss was the epitome of confidence on Saturday, running Penn’s run-gun formation to perfection, especially on this three-yard TD scamper.
“We knew he could tuck it and run it, and he did that a good amount of times, especially when there was nothing there for him to throw to,” Columbia senior linebacker Ray Pesanello said. “I think he did a nice job on some of those gun-run reads where he ended up keeping it,” Penn coach Al Bagnoli added. On those gun-run plays, Torgersen seemed to make the right decision each time, helping to facilitate Penn’s strong running game either by keeping it or by handing it off. When Torgersen himself runs, the sophomore goes right at defenders, bowling over them and rightfully keeping Bagnoli on his toes. “We’re obviously trying to minimize the number of times that Alek gets hit,” Bagnoli said. “Alek is more of a power runner so he doesn’t yet have the elusive shake of a Billy Ragone where he can dodge people and not take too many hits.” Yet while absorbing a hit or two, Torgersen also showed his maturity while reminding everyone that there is definitely still a head on his shoulders. The epitome of Torgersen’s growth came with Penn and Columbia tied in the middle of the second quarter. The sophomore quarterback had pressure in his face, something that he had struggled with at times in the Quakers’ previous losses. But instead of allowing a sack or throwing a dangerous pass, Torgersen evaded the Columbia lineman and found an open receiver — senior captain Conner Scott — for a gain deep into Lions territory. Just a few plays later, Torgersen made another nice play on the run, hitting junior tight end Ryan Kelly on a roll out that put Penn ahead for good. “I think he threw the ball — especially from mid-first quarter on — better,” Bagnoli said. “I think he was a little bit hyper for the game. I thought he was wild and the ball was flying all over the place. “But he was able to calm himself down and get into a rhythm and I thought he acquitted himself well.” That growth will be essential for the Red and Blue moving forward. Despite the strong day from the running game — something that Torgersen contributed to significantly — the team will still be reliant on his arm and decision making in big games like the one at Yale on Saturday. But after leading Penn to a win against Columbia, the reasons to doubt Torgersen are quickly fading away.
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Senior Chris Wang tosses the disc at this weekend’s tournament at Penn Park. Wang is one of the upperclassmen for the Penn Void, the ultimate frisbee squad.
Penn often plays schools such as Pitt and Ohio State on the regional level. Last year’s ultimate frisbee regionals were held in Toledo, Ohio, and the team placed fifth in the competition. Penn ultimate frisbee will be
competing this weekend in the Steel City Showdown in Pittsburgh and will look to begin its gradual trek to nationals. “It’s going to be tough,” Shields said. “But if we really push hard for two years, it’s more than possible.”
feels good to focus on positives, one has to acknowledge their flaws in order to get better. Even in Saturday’s win, Penn wasn’t able to win the turnover battle, something that the Red and Blue need to do against stronger teams. And Penn’s upcoming opponent — Yale — has a profile that looks a lot more like those first four squads than Columbia. The Elis are 4-1 on the year, scoring at least 31 points in each of their five games and at least 45 in each of their four wins. They lead the Ancient Eight in scoring and total offense, utilizing a balanced attack that has given opposing defenses nightmares. And like Penn, Yale’s only Ivy loss came against Dartmouth. Since each already has a loss in conference, the matchup at the Yale Bowl holds extra importance with both teams looking to stay in title contention. Only twice — in 1963 and 1982 — in Ivy League history has the Ivy champion had two losses. But with Saturday’s win, the
Quakers now know they have what it takes to win games. They have the quarterback to lead them. They have a stable of running backs that can make things happen. They also have a defense that can lay hits on quarterbacks and not let running backs get to the second level. Heck, the Red and Blue have one of the most efficient kickers in the Ancient Eight with Jimmy Gammill going 9-for-10 on field goals to start the year. All of this goes to say that Penn isn’t going to be a walkover for the Bulldogs. Yale can’t expect to face the Penn team that gave up 60 points to Fordham or the offense that looked lost against Villanova. No, the Quakers have confidence now. And confidence can go a long way. STEVEN TYDINGS is a Wharton junior from Hopewell, N.J., and is senior sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at tydings@ thedp.com.
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onfidence is a crazy thing. A team without confidence can quickly see losses pile up, with each defeat increasing the doubt in each player’s mind. But when a team wins a game, it can change everything in a heartbeat, which is what Penn football hopes Saturday’s win over Columbia will do. Before the Columbia game, Penn was mired in the worst losing streak of coach Al Bagnoli’s entire career after failing to win the last four games of 2013 and the first four of 2014. The most recent three losses had been particularly ugly, with the Quakers losing by an average of 30 points per contest. The offense turned the ball over too often, and the defense made opposing offenses look comfortable imposing their will against the Red and Blue. That changed on Saturday. Penn executed its offense as well as it has in a calendar year. Sophomore quarterback Alek Torgersen made all the throws he needed to. Fourth and fifth-string running backs Brian Schoenauer and Eric Fiore stepped in to help Penn gain more than 200 yards rushing. The defense was even better. After the opening Columbia drive, the Quakers shut out the Lions and made junior quarterback Trevor McDonagh uncomfortable in the pocket, pressuring him and forcing him to make wobbly, inaccurate throws. The run defense looked especially strong, holding Columbia to just 20 yards rushing. Since many of you are already wondering, yes, this was Columbia, a squad that has lost its last 16 games and last 18 matchups with Penn. SEE TYDINGS PAGE 7
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Through four games this year, sophomore quarterback Alek Torgersen had gone through the normal growing pains of a first-time starting QB. However, on Saturday, Torgersen played his best game of the year, throwing crisp passes while managing the offense efficiently. He even showed off his running ability on a few option plays, rushing 12 times for 70 yards and a touchdown.
FOOTBALL | Sophomore QB Torgersen shows off top-notch potential BY STEVEN TYDINGS Senior Sports Editor There were plenty of reasons to doubt Alek Torgersen before Saturday’s game against Columbia. The sophomore quarterback
had displayed his strong arm all season, but something was not quite clicking. Despite setting Penn’s record for completions in a game and showing some flashes of brilliance, he also had turned the ball over 12 times, more than any other player in the Ancient Eight. Such are the growing pains that come with a first-year starter adjusting to a new offense while playing one of the toughest sched-
ules in the FCS. Despite the unseemly number of turnovers and the lack of wins as Penn’s starter, Torgersen’s teammates refused to put any blame on his shoulders for Penn’s early season skid. “Alek is a phenomenal quarterback,” senior wide receiver Spencer Kulcsar said after Penn’s 31-13 loss to Dartmouth. “He’s really picked up the position. He’s been
Not your average College junior SPRINT FB | Still a student, Lengyel chases his coaching dream BY JACOB ADLER Staff Writer Looking at Jimmy Lengyel, one could easily mistake him for a ball boy or a manager. An hour before the game, he is excited, smiling in a Penn sprint football windbreaker. “This is a make-or-break game,” he says. The players are stretching, and Penn sprint football is preparing for its Oct. 4 game against Navy, a traditional powerhouse in the CSFL. Heading into the game, Penn and Navy both stand at 2-0, meaning one team will head home disappointed. Coach Bill Wagner walks over to Lengyel, a former staff member of the Daily Pennsylvanian, and they converse for a minute — but ball boys don’t talk to the head coach before the game. Only a College junior, Lengyel, a former Daily Pennsylvanian staff member, is the head video coordinator for the sprint football SEE SPRINT FB PAGE 7
a leader in the locker room. “I think we’ve got to do a lot of things around him to make him better. A lot of those errors and those interceptions that he’s had are not his fault, and I’ll be the first one to say that.” And with Penn’s running game providing consistent yards throughout Saturday’s win, Torgersen had the support he needed to play to his potential.
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Facing the ultimate test with Penn frisbee Quakers look to fill the ‘Void’ created by departed co-captains
Jimmy Lengyel may just be a junior in the College but he is also already on his way to living his dream of becoming an NCAA head coach. After approaching coach Bill Wagner about a position, he currently serves as the video coordinator for Penn sprint football.
While he fumbled the ball once, the sophomore didn’t throw a single interception when leading four touchdown drives. His passes were crisply on target, as he completed throws to seven different receivers. But more impressive than the points that the Quakers put up or the yards Torgersen amassed was his decision making.
Ultimate frisbee — that quintessential staple of any college campus — is back in full swing at Penn. This past weekend, Penn ultimate frisbee, known colloquially as Penn Void, opened its season with a two-day home tournament at Penn Park against a number of Philadelphia area and northeastern schools, including Drexel, St. Joseph’s, Columbia and Yale. Void split its roster into two evenly distributed teams before the tournament, and both teams came away with 2-3 records. Despite this mediocre initial showing, the team is confident that it will improve moving for-
ward. “For this season, our goal is definitely to improve on our fifth place ranking for regionals last season, which is a whole year process,” junior co-captain David Shields said. “We have to learn all our strategies throughout the fall and develop them further in the spring, but we really have a long term twoyear plan moving forward since we’re only losing two seniors at the end of the year.” This team is wet behind the ears, to say the least, as about half of it is comprised of freshmen and new undergraduate recruits. The team also lost several graduating seniors last season, including co-captains Himalaya Mehta and Tate Tabtieng, whose dominating presences as student leaders and players will be sorely missed. “We’re going to have a big SEE ULTIMATE PAGE 7
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