THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2014
CORRECTING MISCONCEPTIONS
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African students say Ebola should not define the continent
NEWS
EUNICE LIM Staff Writer
GETTING HIRED AT WHARTON A look at the practices Wharton uses to hire new professors and staff
For African international and first generation students at Penn, Ebola is more than just a news topic. Many of these students are frustrated with how the media covers the virus and the overall lack of discussion on campus about Ebola-
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OPINION AN APOLOGY AND APPEAL Columnist Jeremiah Keenan reflects on his column from last week
affected countries. “Some students seem to believe the virus is spread across the continent, that it’s affecting a larger area than it is,” College senior and Penn African Students Association President Kevin Rugamba said. “Others think we [Afri-
can students on campus] may have potentially been exposed to the virus, but that’s not the case. There are no cases of Ebola in South Africa. None in East Africa. None in North Africa. African students would appreciate if there was more informed awareness of the
SEE WEST AFRICA PAGE 6
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SPORTS M. SOCCER DRAWS YALE In disappointing finish, Penn men’s soccer ties last place Bulldogs BACK PAGE
FOOTBALL SUFFERS BIG LOSS
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Dean Geoffrey Garrett called work-life balance females’ biggest obstacle JESSICA MCDOWELL Staff Writer
According to Wharton’s new dean, the biggest challenge facing women in the business world is ensuring that they “can have a balance between their families and their professional lives, with their husbands and partners.”
“AFRICAN VILLAGES IN GUINEA-CONAKRY” COURTESY OF JURGEN LICENSED UNDER CC 2.0
What is Wharton doing for women? In an Oct. 17 article in the Wall Street Journal, Geoffrey Garrett said that helping women create that balance is a challenge with economic implications. “If we lose a lot of productivity at times of highest talent and potentially highest contribution, that’s a cost that society can’t bear,” he said. Clarifying his comment in an email from abroad last week, Garrett added that “there is simply no justification for paying women any less than men to do the same jobs. Equal pay for equal work
As volunteers, students dedicate more than a vote Penn students are volunteering in midterm election campaigns JONATHAN BAER Staff Writer
Penn students are jumping into political races across the country to influence the outcome of 2014 midterm elections, which could change the makeup of Congress. “You can’t really change how governments support you if you are just sitting at home,” said Penn Democrats Outreach
should be a core principle for all societies.” But with full-time female employees making 78 cents to every dollar earned by males in the same jobs, and females still comprising only 40 percent of each the newest undergraduate and MBA classes, the new Wharton leadership team may not be focused on the right issues. Wharton sophomore Graciela Arana thinks Garrett’s Wall Street Journal comment represents a “typical” mentality. “The
world is changing, and couples are becoming different. There is more shared responsibility in the household,” she said. “But I wouldn’t say it’s the biggest challenge women face in business today.” That, she said, is “the narrow mindset” men still seem to have about what women can and cannot do. “A lot of men, even though they seem to be really openminded, still have in the back of their minds that women are not meant to be in high positions —
that they’re too emotional or that they’re meant to be home with their families,” she said. Arana grew up in Puerto Rico and attended an all-girls high school. After a clubbing night she attended during her freshman year, Arana joined the undergraduate student group Wharton Women, designed to bring women in business and pre-business tracks together to overcome common challenges women face today. “Wharton Women has definitely given me a lot of opportu-
nities,” she said. In general, Arana described her experience in Wharton as positive. “To be honest, I haven’t really felt like I’ve had to overcome a lot of challenges in Wharton that men don’t,” she said. “I haven’t met a single woman in Wharton who thinks of herself as less capable or as less of a competitor than men.” Wharton senior Anna Reighart, a vice president of Wharton SEE WOMEN PAGE 7
PHOTO FEATURE
CONCERT ROUND UP This weekend saw a rich mix of concert performances both on and off campus. It kicked off with Jeremih performing at the SPEC-TRUM Concert on Thursday, hip-hop DJ and producer Carnage entertaining crowds at the Electric Factory on Friday, Skylar Grey’s show at the SPEC Fall Concert on Saturday and rounded off with Penn Glee Club and Penn Dance’s joint performance “Prime Time” that ran three nights this weekend.
Director and College sophomore Ray Clark. “And that’s why I personally volunteered. Just doing my part on that end can make sure that we have leaders who support our values in the long run.” Clark canvassed for gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolfe and participated in phone banking for congressional candidate Kevin Strouse, who is running in Pennsylvania’s 8th District. “I’ve helped certain candidates because they have a strong vision for education and SEE VOLUNTEERS PAGE 2
Alums release documentary The film was featured at the Tribeca Film Festival STEPHANIE BARRON Contributing Writer
Eight years and one documentary after graduating from Penn, 2006 College graduate Adam Weber discovered that required reading can, in fact, come in handy later in life.
Weber, along with his friend and 2007 College graduate Jimmy Goldblum, co-produced and co-directed a documentary called “Tomorrow We Disappear,” which premiered last weekend. The film was inspired by Salman Rushdie’s novel “Midnight’s Children,” written in 1981 about India’s transition from British Colonialism to independence to British partition. SEE FILM PAGE 7
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