October 29, 2014 by The Daily Pennsylvanian

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Admins solicit feedback on new sexual assault investigation oﬃce

Special teams: Setting a ‘Golden’ standard for Penn football

ZAHRA HUSAIN Staff Writer

Over the past two weeks, administrators have been meeting with student groups to discuss upcoming changes to University sexual assault policy, including the establishment of a new office to investigate reported sexual assaults. Groups aimed at preventing sexual violence, such as One In Four and Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention, as well as other groups, including the Interfraternity Council, the University Honor Council and UMOJA, were invited to meet to learn about the new policy and share their feedback. In addition to the new investigative office, Penn will hire a full-time coordinator for Title IX — the federal law mandating that colleges address sexual assault — and restructure disciplinary hearing panels for sexual assault so only professors are involved. Previously, the Office of Student Conduct has handled cases of reported sexual assault. Administrators hope to implement the changes by next semester. “It’s definitely a step in the right direction, but there are some lingering questions, such as how they will have a fully fledged training program by next semester for faculty and staff members,” said College junior Braden

Known as the ‘Gold Squad,’ these players form close-knit unit STEVEN TYDINGS Senior Sports Editor

Going to a Penn football practice, everything has a structure. Each player knows where

he is supposed to be, when he is supposed to be there and which coach will be working with him. Even the jerseys indicate the players’ place in the process: the offense dresses in white, the defense in blue, all while the quarterbacks wear red jerseys that represent that they are not to be hit during practice.

But amid all the order and structure that dictates the daily routine of the 100-plus Penn football players, there is one group that stands out from all the rest. One group that walks to its own beat. And that is the ‘Gold Squad.’ Penn’s special teams unit, consisting of six specialists that focus on kicking, punt-

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TINA CHOU Staff Writer

The fall season means many hours devoted to reviewing applications for the Office of Admissions at the Perelman School of Medicine. Last year, the school received over 5,700 applica-

tions and interviewed 898 candidates, but accepted just 239 — a 4.1 percent acceptance rate. Admissions staff have been organizing interviews since August, and the interviews will continue into January. Unlike some schools that do not require an interview, Penn Med only considers applicants that it interviews. Applicants spend a day on campus composed of two interviews — one with

faculty, one with students — as well as the opportunity to attend lunch, sit in a class and participate in clinical simulations, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Gaye Sheffler said. Brian Chang, a 2014 College and Wharton graduate, is now a first-year student at the Medical School, after applying to 15 schools. He said the interview process was long and required him to leave class during the day,

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but he would “absolutely” go through the application process again. “I love medical school now. I think that the privilege of being a doctor is very unique, because you hold a very valuable and unique position in patient care. It’s worth the time and energy,” Chang said. Chang’s positive outlook could be attributed to his passion for medicine. His father, who is a doctor, pro-

vided Chang his first exposure to a career in medicine. He also worked as a patient care technician and an EMT before coming to Penn. While an undergraduate, Chang said that he was able to develop “a more scientific understanding of medicine” to support his clinical exposure. He became involved in genetic research on aging, as well as research on the AfSEE INTERVIEWS PAGE 2

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For aspiring doctors, it’s interview season The Medical School had a 4.1 percent acceptance rate last year

ing and long snapping, refer to themselves as the ‘Gold Squad’ thanks to the gold jerseys that make them distinct from the rest of the team. But it isn’t just a different jersey or position that sets these players apart. The six players — senior

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U. to celebrate South Bank innovation at Friday forum Penn invested $35 million in building its Pennovation Center, restoring South Bank JESSICA WASHINGTON Staff Writer

Innovation: Penn sees it as essential to its future, and for the past few years has been developing a way to institutionalize this type of progress. For Penn, the culmination of that development is the University’s new South Bank campus and its Pennovation Center, an incubator for University-related businesses. On Friday, Penn will host a Silfen SEE PENNOVATION PAGE 7

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IN THE HOT SEAT Why the University’s Climate Action Plan 2.0 falls short

Students suggest improvements for Wharton curriculum Student leaders praise core classes ahead of curriculum review COREY STERN Staff Writer

As Wharton is poised to begin a review of its undergraduate curriculum, student leaders have differing

opinions on what can be improved, though there seems to be a consensus on the value of business fundamentals and other required courses. Matthew DeGagne, a Wharton senior who is the co-president of Wharton Ambassadors, praised the core curriculum, which includes introductory management, accounting, statistics,

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finance, marketing and operations and information management. “The core is a really fundamental preparation for classes later on and for professional development. It allows for a lot of ﬂexibility, which is something that I’ve definitely appreciated throughout my time here,” DeGagne said, noting that he

did not speak on behalf of all Wharton Ambassadors. Though he likes the ﬂexibility allowed when navigating the core, DeGagne isn’t sure that all students are aware of the alternate pathways to fulfill requirements. He would like to see increased promotion of these opportunities — such as a qualitative path, a quantita-

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fordable Care Act. Since Chang knew that he wanted to attend medical school from the time he got to Penn, competition did not distract him from his goal. For the most part, though, he said he tried to get involved in activities that were not medically related so that “it didn’t always seem like [he] was in the thick of the competition.” Rosaline Zhang, a 2014 College graduate who majored in biology and urban studies, is one of Chang’s classmates. She also avoided the competition of applying to medical school by being involved with urban studies. “I was much more involved with the urban studies major, which is [in] a very small department,” Zhang said. “I didn’t really feel that bogged down by the pre-med, competitive atmoISABELLA CUAN/ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR sphere, and so I just decided to do things I was just interested Rosaline Zhang (left) and Brian Chang (right) are both first-year medical students at Perelman, and were both Penn undergraduates before going to medical school. in.” Zhang applied to about 20 medical schools and ended up “You kind of hit this groove, process reaffirmed Zhang’s de- Medicine was the dream school “They were very genuineaccepting 10 interview offers. because [the medical schools] sire to attend medical school, for both Chang and Zhang. ly enjoying medical school,” Her first interview was “very ask the same questions,” and because the interview questions Chang was drawn in by the Chang said. “[Perelman is] a nerve-wracking,” but Zhang the medical schools are also required her to reflect on why medical students he met during very good school academicalsaid that advice given by upper- trying to “sell themselves to she was going into medicine. a pre-interview happy hour at ly, but they didn’t have an ego Any Large 1-Toppingabout them.” classmen helped her to prepare. you,” Zhang said. The interview The Perelman School of New Deck Tavern. Party Packages for Groups up to 300 Innovative Menu Options Exemplary Service

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Four pre-professional advisors are available to undergraduates at Penn’s Career Services to support students who are thinking about applying to medical school. “We can be helpful at any stage of the process,” Associate Director of Graduate and Professional School A dvising Carol Hagan said. Hagan said that advisors provide feedback on essays and personal statements, and also write committee letters to complete each student’s application. Career Services also offers mock interviews, which “were very helpful,” Zhang said. “They would point little things out. Like, ‘You always say ‘um,’ you always say ‘like,’” Zhang said. Hagan said Career Services has a “very friendly relationship” with the medical school. Over 300 Penn students and alumni applied to medical school during the 2013 cycle, and 25 of those matriculated into the Perelman School of Medicine. “[Penn undergraduates and alumni] are part of our family and we take a very special look,” Sheffler said. “Penn alums constitute the largest undergraduate college represented in our class.”

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Doing what she can to ﬁght Ebola HUP doctor Trish Henwood is helping Ebola patients in Liberia DAVID CAHN Contributing Writer

They say you are supposed to face your fears. A Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania doctor is taking that phrase to the next level — traveling to Liberia this fall to join thousands of international health workers in their quest to contain the Ebola epidemic and provide those already inﬂected with supportive care. Trish Henwood, the newly appointed Director of Global Health Initiatives in Emergency Medicine at HUP, splits her days between riding in ambulances, where she helps identify patients with Ebola symptoms, and providing supportive care to Ebola patients. This mostly involves helping patients keep their ﬂuid levels up, inserting IVs and providing drugs to support blood pressure. “She’s a doer, she can’t wait and watch things happen without getting involved — that’s just not her nature,” said Jill Baren, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at HUP. Henwood was planning for make trips to Rwanda, Uganda and Ethiopia on top of her regular

shifts as an emergency-room clinician, but she rescheduled them to go to Liberia instead. When Henwood approached Dean Anthony, the director of HUP’s Division of Emergency Ultrasonography, with a request to leave for Liberia, Anthony was concerned about missing her ER shifts. But despite understaffing, other doctors agreed to trade shifts with Henwood, and she will make up for them when she returns. Anthony has worked with Henwood is the past, serving as a mentor and board member at Point-of-care Ultrasound in Resource-poor Environments. PURE educates African doctors in ultrasound treatment and has earned Henwood respect in the emergency medicine community. He says that Henwood’s Ebola work is characteristic of her mission to bring “sustainable improvement ... to people’s lives in resource-poor areas.” Baren communicates with Henwood on an almost daily basis. Despite the risks associated with treating Ebola patients, Baren says that Henwood is properly trained in safety precautions and has maintained a positive attitude throughout. She cannot touch anyone, use public bathrooms or eat meals outside of her compound, where she uses her own utensils. According to Baren, Henwood is “totally upbeat ... she’s not a

complainer. She’s not talking about any personal discomfort.” Even before she left for Liberia, Henwood was “very organized and straightforward. I didn’t get the sense that she was nervous. She was very focused and businesslike.” Henwood will return to Penn in mid-November. When she returns, she’ll have to follow a strict set of reporting procedures and be continually monitored for Ebola symptoms. Henwood is not the only person from the Penn community helping treat Ebola in Liberia. Philip Kerkula Bemah, a native Liberian who received a Master in Environmental Studies in 2014, is assisting the National Ebola Case Management Team. Bemah’s friend and candidate for a master’s in environmental studies Edita Stuckey describes him as “one of the most humble people I have ever met. He is incredibly modest, doesn’t take credit for anything and downplays his role and achievements.” Bemah and Stuckey are working together to coordinate a relief effort including a shipment of desperately needed supplies. Ebola has infected 10,141 people and killed at least 4,922, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO says there could be between 5,000 and 10,000 new cases each week by December.

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ast Tuesday, President Amy Gutmann sent an email to the Penn community about the launch of Climate Action Plan 2.0. Despite its account of previous accomplishments and plans for the next five years, CAP 2.0 falls short of the mark. To be a genuine climate action leader, Penn must divest its endowment from fossil fuels and reinvest in clean energy. According to The Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn’s endowment grossed $9.6 billion as of June 2014. About 4 percent of this amount is invested directly in “natural resources” assets along with other investments in fossil fuel equities and commingled funds, according to the 2012-13 Annual Financial Report. While our University commits to reducing emissions on a local scale, it is hypocritical for us to continue financing and profiting from the fossil fuel companies that are destroying the environment on a global

scale. This is not just the environment in a scientist’s climate model. Climate change impacts are real and are happening right now. The World Health Organization estimates that climate change — through extreme weather conditions, increased disease transmission and food production disruptions — already kills 150,000 people every year. Yet the fossil fuel industry keeps pouring money to promote faulty “science” and lobby against sustainable policies. These companies are committing a moral evil, and so is Penn as long as we invest in them. But what about “fiduciary duty” — Penn’s obligation to its donors to maximize longterm returns for advancing the University’s mission? When interviewed by the DP, Penn’s Chief Investment Officer Peter Ammon emphasized the endowment’s long “time horizon” and the importance of being

“well-positioned for long-term success.” With this mindset, fiduciary responsibility is fully consistent with fossil fuel divestment. According to a report by the Carbon Tracker Initiative and the London School of Economics, up to 80 percent of current fossil fuel reserves must remain unburned to avoid catastrophic global warming. Since a fossil fuel company’s valuations are based on its proven reserves, the entire fossil fuel industry is extremely overvalued. By divesting, Penn can actively protect its endowment from the massive carbon bubble — an important step to ensure “longterm success.” We can make money and keep our morals too. Amy Gutmann calls Penn an “environmental leader among American colleges and universities.” Yet we see 14 other colleges and universities already leading the way by divesting their endowments or committing to do so. The Climate Action Plan 2.0 calls for “bold

progress,” recognizing that “as a leader in higher education and in the larger culture, Penn has a responsibility to take risks, ask difficult questions, and put our highest values into practice.” The University can reclaim this leadership role by removing its funds from the industry that nullifies all of our progress from CAP 2.0. We are asking the difficult questions, and it’s time for Penn to take this risk with us. Let’s put our highest values into practice and align our investments with our morals.

WILL JOHNSON AND THOMAS LEE are sophomores in Engineering and M&T, respectively. Their email addresses are wij@seas.upenn.edu and thomlee@wharton.upenn. edu. They are members of Fossil Free Penn, which is a campus group advocating for the University endowment to be divested from fossil fuels.

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YESSI CAN | Even within the queer community, bisexual and pansexual identities are often invalidated

f you’re at all familiar with the acronym LGBT, you should know it stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender. You might also know that this acronym is sometimes played with to show the disproportionate representation the various groups get, a la GLBT. It is a criticism of the queer community in general that we sometimes ignore the problems facing those most marginalized within our umbrella. A lot of queer representation, whether in the media or in policy initiatives, focuses on gay and lesbian people, which are both monosexualities — they denote attraction to only one gender. Sometimes, these representations use explicitly exclusionary language — equating gender to genitilia, equating same-sex marriage to gay marriage — or outright ignore non-binary or non-monosexual people. As someone who identifies as non-monosexual, I am familiar with some of the unique challenges the community fac-

es, coming from both the heterosexual community and even within the queer community.

higher rates of sexual assault and abuse compared to both heterosexuals and lesbians.

This kind of belief, that every nonmonosexual person must want to be dating someone of every single gender at all times, is … incredibly reductive.” Both bisexuality and pansexuality are forms of attraction to more than one gender and identifying as such can lead to a variety of issues, including discrimination. Bisexual people report higher rates of poverty and mental and physical health issues. They report lower levels of community connection, even within the queer community. Non-monosexual women face high levels of sexual harassment, due in part to the myth that they are somehow more sexually promiscuous, deviant and/or available than their peers. It is unsurprising, but still upsetting, that they also report

While I believe that these cultural myths about the behavior of non-monosexual women are dangerous and should be eradicated, I also want to make clear that even if they were true, they do not justify the abuse inflicted on non-monosexual women. They are part of the greater patriarchal pressures affecting women, and should be issues all feminists take up. Aside from these outright aggressions, non-monosexual people also face more subtle and daily forms of discrimination as well. One prevalent form is stereotypes of what non-monosexuality entails.

Non-monosexual does not mean promiscuous. It does not mean unfaithful. It does not mean polyamorous. Although non-monosexuals can be all those things, they are not traits inherent to the community any more than they are inherent to heterosexuality. Perhaps you have heard of the popular dating site Ashley Madison, which is targeted toward those already in relationships to facilitate affairs, and, which last I checked, was not marketed exclusively or even primarily toward non-monosexual people. This kind of stereotyping leads to harmful interpersonal interactions, including while dating. I’ve had partners worry that I would be unfaithful or end our relationship once I got bored of their genitalia. This kind of belief, that every nonmonosexual person must want to be dating someone of every single gender at all times, is not only incredibly reductive of romantic relationships — it is invalidating of my personhood and emotional capacity. Not to

mention, it is usually accompanied by an erasure of trans and non-binary people. Non-monosexual people often face a similar issue of erasure. “Pansexuality doesn’t exist.” “It’s just a way to get attention.” “It is a stepping stone to ‘truly’ coming out.” These remarks, all of which I’ve heard, are ways of discrediting someone else’s sexual orientation, and their romantic and sexual attractions and experiences. Non-monosexual women are told we are catering to the male gaze, and non-monosexual men are told that they are “actually” gay and just haven’t fully come out yet. Both stereotypes are false and harmful. This continued disbelief that non-monosexuality exists in the world is astounding to me, given that studies have shown that bisexuals represent up to 40 percent of the queer community, a rather significant portion. The discounting of non-monosexuality happens on our campus, both within our queer community and within the larger Penn community.

YESSENIA GUTIERREZ This isn’t and shouldn’t be about creating a hierarchy of oppression. It’s about acknowledging the ways in which our experiences diverge due to our respective identities. Part of this is making space for nonmonosexuals to express our experiences — and our complaints — and learning more about the challenges our fellow classmates face.

YESSENIA GUTIERREZ is a fifth-year senior frrom Hollywood, Calif., studying biology and Latin American studies. Her email address is yeg@sas.upenn.edu. “Yessi Can” usually appears every other Monday.

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Professor Jean Bennett began her lecture on Tuesday by turning off the lights in Bodek Lounge and asking the audience to think about what it would be like to be blind. “Imagine what it would be like not to be able to see your way around a room. To not be able to see the chair you’re sitting on, the fork on the table, in front of your face,” she said. Bennett, a professor in the Ophthalmology Department, researches inherited retinal degen-

erations — specifically a rare disease called Leber Congenital Amaurosis, which causes blindness. She developed innovative treatments involving gene augmentation to treat LCA and improve the vision of clinically blind children. The drug, which is on track to be released next year, may be the first gene therapy drug to be approved and made clinically available in the U.S. Its success has helped spur renewed interest and investment into gene therapy research. As part of the drug’s development of, she operated the first

clinical gene therapy trial for a non-lethal disease to be carried out in children. The first doses of the drug were administered to 12 patients in fall 2007 at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “The fact that the product is the first approved drug of its kind is amazing,” said College and Wharton LSM Freshman Abhishek Rao, who attended the Tuesday lecture. “She is truly blazing new pathways in regulatory approval.” Philip Rea, a professor of biology at the College and faculty co-director of the LSM program,

echoed Rao’s judgment. “Dr. Bennett’s work shows so clearly that intersection between really fine science and ... the process which transforms those very exciting scientific discoveries into innovative therapies for fellow human beings,” he said. “I would say that all of these Decision Resource lectures are an attempt to identify multiple luminaries who epitomize what we would like to see a significant portion of the students in the program eventually doing, given a reasonable span of time in the horizon, of course,” he added.

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After serving as TAs for several courses together, Wharton seniors Frank Ragusa and Nathan Barzideh have spent a significant amount of time evaluating the Wharton curriculum. While they agree about the importance of the core, they strongly feel that the curriculum structure needs increased flexibility. Ragusa and Barzideh point to the Wharton MBA curriculum review, led by legal studies professor G. Richard Shell and implemented throughout 2011 and 2012, as

a good example for the undergraduate review to follow. “Going forward, there should be a focus on enhancing flexibility in the curriculum, which is something they did at the MBA level,” Barzideh said. “Mirroring that closely at the undergraduate level would be fantastic.” Ragusa added that repetition between courses should be addressed, with courses like Management 101 and Management 104 having too much overlap. “There tends to be a little bit of redundancy in courses, so sometimes students find them-

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Forum celebrating the ceremonial groundbreaking of the new Pennovation Center, which has been four years in the making. The University purchased the South Bank’s 23 acres of land for $13 million in 2010, and is now investing approximately $35 million to upgrade the site with new utilities and build the 52,000 square foot Pennovation Center. At Friday’s forum, Penn President Amy Gutmann will interview author Walter Isaacson about innovation across societies. Issacson, who wrote Steve Jobs’ and Benjamin Franklin’s biographies, will talk about his new book on innovation — “The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution.” In addition to the forum, professors from all four of Penn’s undergraduate schools will present “Pennovation talks” about topics ranging from robotics surgery to Alzheimer’s as an infectious disease. The main goal of the event is to showcase the South Bank campus , located at 34th Street and Gray’s Ferry Avenue, to the Penn community through lectures and tours of the campus. Free transportation to the South Bank campus will be offered through Penn Transit. The Pennovation Center will be the centerpiece of the South Bank campus, the University’s hub for innovation and development. The main goal for the campus is to attract innovators both in education and in the private sector onto campus. In keeping with that goal, Penn has already lined up several companies to settle the newly developed South Bank. These include: PCI Ventures, which offers resources and advice to entrepreneurs associated with Penn; Novapeutics, a diabetes treatment company; KMel Robotics, a company run by 2011 Penn alumni Alex Kushleyev and Daniel Mellinger that builds flying robots; Edible Philly magazine publishing and The Philadelphia Free Library archives. Penn Engineering’s GRASP Lab, the robotic arm of the Engineering School, will also be expanding innovation into the South Bank. Current projects include a computer program that is intended for self-driving cars, the creation of tiny mechanical fingers to aide in surgery and bacteria powered nano-motors. The South Bank campus will also be home to many new Uni-

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2014 selves learning the same thing two or three times which creates a little bit of frustration,” Ragusa said. Both Barzideh and Ragusa believe in the importance of liberal arts to the Wharton experience and feel that it should be further incorporated into the core curriculum. The opportunity to take courses outside of

Wharton contributes to a balanced student experience, they said. “[Billionaire investor] Carl Icahn was a philosophy major at Princeton because it taught him how to think critically. Some successful hedge fund and private equity fund managers took English because they’re able to communicate ideas to investors

and their colleagues,” Ragusa said. “If the core took these things into account, that would add tremendous value for the curriculum.” With the beginning of Geoffrey Garrett’s deanship, Ragusa and Barzideh are optimistic for the outcome of the review. But they stressed that student representation is crucial during the

review process. “It is absolutely imperative that there be a strong student voice at the table,” Barzideh said. “If you really want a curriculum re-evaluation that makes a meaningful impact, it’s so important to have the people that are the beneficiaries of the changes to communicate their views to other stakeholders.”

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Amundsen, a member of One In Four who was at a meeting with administrators. The committee in charge of the new policy will provide training for the faculty members that comprise the hearing panels for students accused of sexual assault. Currently, hearing panels include both faculty and students. “I think they felt unsure whether peers make people more or less comfortable,” Amundsen said, adding that he was not speaking on behalf of all One In Four members. “While new federal mandates don’t say ‘no students,’ they do suggest that students aren’t completely trained.” He added that he hopes training will be extensive, so faculty are adequately prepared for cases. Several other student leaders

who have met with administrators declined to comment on the new policy. “We have worked hard during this process to be as inclusive as possible and have met formally and informally with student leaders, providing the opportunity to raise questions and concerns about the proposed new procedure,” Wendy White, the University’s general counsel, said in an email. The new policy will follow those of other Ivy League schools by separating sexual violence cases from other disciplinary matters and creating a special office to handle them. The new office is federally mandated to handle all reports of sexual assault, even if the victim pursues legal action in a criminal court. In the past, the Office of Student Conduct has paused its internal investigation if police were also conducting a criminal investigation.

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Oct. 18, 2014: An unaffiliated 24-year-old man reported on the 200 block of S. 41st Street at 3:45 p.m. that he was approached from behind by an unknown male holding a knife who demanded his money. After a struggle with the unknown male, the suspect fled without taking any possessions from the complainant.

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Oct. 18, 2014: An affiliated 18-year-old male student was cited on the 3900 block of Delancey Street at 1:31 a.m. for urinating in public.

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Founded in 2001, it took the company 10 years to reach their millionth customer and they expect to reach their two-millionth customer in the next few months. Their ultimate goal is to have 10 million customers in the next 10 years. They also hope to increase the good they can do by partnering with governments. This “eyelieance” hopes to find out why lack of eye care is such a huge international problem and characterize vision issues as a fundamental foreign policy issue affecting nearly every aspect of life. “No matter how effective and successful we are, as a small and underresourced organization, there is no way we can take care of this problem alone,” explained Kassalow.

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Quakers ‘bicycle’ their way to a win

W. SOCCER | Olivia Blaber’s first collegiate goal comes at perfect time BY ANNA DYER Associate Sports Editor Before Tuesday night’s game against Penn women’s soccer, 433 minutes had passed since Lehigh had scored a goal. After the game, 523 scoreless minutes had passed as the Red and the Blue notched a 2-0 shutout in which both the defense and offense shined. For the first 75 minutes, the match was a back-and-forth battle. The evenly matched teams both had chances in their opponents’ final third, but each failed to capitalize. Junior goalkeeper Kalijah Terilli kept the Quakers (6-5-3) in the game with multiple diving saves — eight in total — to keep the game scoreless and

AT LEHIGH the allow Penn’s offense to go to work. In the latter stages of the second half, the offense did just that against the Mountain Hawks (4-6-5). Sophomore back Olivia Blaber broke the draw as she sent the ball to the back of the net with a beautiful bicycle kick off a free kick by junior midfielder Erin Mikolai and the ensuing blocked header by senior midfielder Kaitlyn Moore in the 78th minute. Both Mikolai and Moore were credited with assists. The late second-half surge continued as freshman forward Anna Estep beat a Lehigh defender and launched a shot off the left post and into the net, providing an insurance goal in the closing minutes of the

game. Coach Darren Ambrose praised his team’s efforts in the weekday nonconference away match. “I think we got better as the game went on today, which is a good thing given the fact that we have played the first half reasonably well and struggled in the second half this year,” he said. “We started a little slow, but we started to take over in the second half. It was a good momentum builder.” The strong second-half play had a lot to due with Olivia Blaber. Not only did Blaber score the winning goal — her first collegiate strike — she also supplied the team with a stellar defensive performance with junior back Caroline Dwyer sidelined due to injury. “Blaber stepped in at outside back and was absolutely tremendous defensively,” Am-

brose said. “She defended very well and when we got an opportunity to score a goal, she was there to score it. It was a spectacular bicycle kick, which is very rare in the women’s game.” As for the bicycle kick, Blaber said she has been known to attempt this type of kick in the past, especially in soccer tennis. “My whole team was laughing about it because it is not something I haven’t tried before on a few instances,” she said. “So it was exciting to actually have it happen” “It felt great,” she added. “It is something I have always pictured. I don’t think I could have done it in a more exciting fashion.” The Quakers will need more of that excitement when they take on Brown on Saturday, the team’s Senior Night.

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which gave us some more opportunities. No matter how much you have the possession, the only thing that matters is the scoreboard.” Penn fans had a scary moment in the second half as senior captain Duke Lacroix went down with an apparent injury following a strong offensive series, but Lacroix would return within minutes and continue to play the remainder of the game.

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Junior Olivia Blaber isn’t normally thought of as an offensive threat, but the back scored on a bicycle kick to help push the Quakers to a 2-0 win vs. Lehigh.

However, the Quakers wouldn’t leave the match entirely unscathed as sophomore midfielder Matt Poplawski left the game with a shoulder injury. His status is uncertain moving forward. With their final nonconference game finished, the team’s entire focus can shift back to the Ivy League — though it likely never left. Penn has three games remaining — one each against Brown, Princeton and Harvard — and still has the potential to finish atop the league with some help from Dart-

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don’t know exactly how the guys are going to be,” Tirapelle said. “I was optimistic for a 50-50 split of guys wanting or resisting the change, but it has actually been really good. Everyone’s been really receptive, working hard and I’m

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really excited to start the season.” It’s not surprising at all that Tirapelle commands respect and is able to get strong responses out of his wrestlers given his impressive track record. Penn’s new coach was a twotime All-American at his alma mater and coached five All-Americans at Stanford.

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New coach Alex Tirapelle has instilled a new attitude on Penn wrestling, one that emphasizes the little details that ultimately make big differences in matches.

Tirapelle is not the only new Penn coach with a championship pedigree, however. Pete Friedl, a teammate of Tirapelle’s at Illinois and most recently assistant coach at American, will be joining the Quakers’ staff as well. Friedl — who was a three-time All-American in the 184-pound class — was what Tirapelle termed a “comfortable hire” given their past relationship. Although Penn’s coaching staff this season will be made up of several new faces, it retains a key member in Matt Valenti. Valenti, a two-time national champion and third-year assistant coach for Quakers, knows the Penn program as well as anyone and has been a big help to Tirapelle in his transition. “I came into a fortunate situation where coach Valenti has a lot of first hand experience with the program,” Tirapelle said. “He was able to get me on track much earlier than I would be able to on my own. That minimized the amount of lost time with the transition.” Tirapelle is confident that his team is positioned for a strong start to the season, but he is more concerned with putting in the necessary work than setting specific performance goals. “I think we have a lot of talent and a lot of potential, but it’s difficult to really measure that or try to gauge that without having seen any competition,” Tirapelle said. “We’re just busting our butts right now, working hard trying to get a little bit better each day. Hopefully by the end we’ll be able to turn some heads.”

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Penn keeps winning streak alive

FIELD HOCKEY | Red and Blue win third straight contest BY OSCAR RUDENSTAM Staff Writer

AT VILLANOVA In a game characterized by Penn field hockey looking both strong at times and vulnerable at others, the Quakers began to build a winning streak against a local rival on Tuesday. The Red and Blue beat Villanova, 2-1, extending their winning streak to three games thanks to goals from Alexa Hoover and Elizabeth Hitti. Penn (7-7) appears to have fully shaken off the effects of a devastating overtime loss to Columbia back on Oct. 18, but it did not come easy against the struggling Wildcats (4-12). Following an uneventful first couple minutes to start the game, Penn quickly started advancing a determined offensive attack marked by several chances for an early goal. Hitti, a junior attack, kept Villanova on its toes with a number

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Senior midfielder Alex Iqbal tallied two assists in Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2-1 victory over Villanova, helping the Quakers extend their winning streak to three games.

of dangerous shots. Despite her valiant efforts, however, both teams remained both goalless as the first half dragged on. It was after fifteen minutes of

continuous battery from the Red and the Blue that their efforts finally paid off, as Hoover scored the first goal of the game in the 27th minute on a penalty corner

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off of an assist from senior midfielder Alex Iqbal. The goal, tallied just minutes before halftime, put Penn in a comfortable position for the second half. After the break, though, things would heat up. After trading shots in the initial minutes, Villanova found an equalizer in the 41st minute as sophomore midfielder Kristen Mericle pushed a shot past Penn goalie Allison Weisenfels. Once again, the game was wide open. After nearly ten minutes of relatively few chances for both teams, Hitti finally managed to push a shot past Villanova goalkeeper Jordyn Clipstone off a tough angle. Iqbal received credit for her second assist of the game. With the comfort of the lead in hand, it was all Penn again, until Villanova called timeout in the 61st minute. In the last ten minutes of the game, the Wildcats attempted desperately to level the game, but were unsuccessful. The future schedule does Penn no favors, though. The Red and Blue still have to face Ivy leader Princeton in the season finale after matchups with Brown and Rutgers.

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Clockwise from left: freshman Hunter Kelley boots a punt in Penn’s win over Columbia, then-sophomore Connor Loftus celebrates a game-winning field goal with David Park, junior Jimmy Gammill makes a kick against Columbia, and the Gold Squad goofs off.

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“Just about everyone on the team has an important job, and we have to make sure that job gets finished. ” -Connor Loftus Senior kicker

coach is going to be the first one that is going to be disappointed because, naturally, they’re trying to win games,” Lopano said. “But the person who will come to you from a place of empathy is the kicker who has missed a kick before and knows how much it sucks, and so it is really good to have those kinds of people on the sideline.” Beyond the sideline, the group has become close friends off the field, with Lopano and Loftus’ friendship as a golden example. “He’s one of my best friends, and we spent a few years together almost constantly because we roomed together on away trips,” Lopano said. “You are on the field together all the time, so it is a very close bond.” While the friendship began on the field, it has expanded with Loftus seeing Lopano as not only a great friend but also a mentor — and someone who always has a spare couch. “You start going to Shake Shack more, you start doing other things [with the Gold Squad],” Loftus said. “With Scott, I was really lucky [that] he always reached out to me and wanted to do things, and he’s become one of my best friends. I still hang out with him all the time. He’s up in New York and he always says the couch is open, so I crash on his couch.” The real MVPs While the group is willing to lend each other a couch, they also lend each other advice while going through daily practice. “It is quite tough because when you know you’re doing something wrong, you can get down on yourself,” said junior Max Kurucar, who started at punter last season before becoming a staff member of The Daily Pennsylvanian. “We’re always on each other to get better at our trade and always there to support and work through

any slumps that we may have.” Because the group is working mostly on its own, each player has to manage his own workload. “It is [about] responsibility because we have a little bit more freedom than the rest of the team and we have a really important job,” Loftus said. “Just about everyone on the team has an important job, and we have to make sure that job gets finished.” Whether Kelley and Elmore are helping each other go through their punts or Loftus, Gammill and Morgan are trading off kicks, each player remains active. “You think about your steps,” Lopano said. “You break down every little component because it is naturally a very mental thing to be a kicker or punter, but you have to spend those three hours doing something.” However, as each of the players points out, they can’t spend the entire practice on kicks, punts and snaps. So naturally, there are lulls in the process, an issue of which the coaching staff is fully aware. “It is sort of like being a baseball pitcher: they have to be on a pitch count,” Priore said. “There are times in practice where we do work with them, but the problem is exactly that — they get bored and all they want to do is go out there and hit like a baseball pitcher wants to keep pitching.” So the coaches have devised ways to get the players involved, even when they aren’t kicking the ball. “The guys that aren’t playing, we try and make them feel a part of things, whether it is snapping a ball or being the running back in a scout drill or whatever it may be,” Priore said. It may seem like grunt work to take snaps in offensive line drills or the other small duties the special teams unit takes on, but the group has embraced each part. At a practice a few weeks ago, for example, Gammill, Morgan and O’Leary were momentarily idle, sitting on the bench. First, Morgan was called over to take

snaps for some drills with the offensive and defensive line, his gold jersey preventing a serious hit from one of the D-linemen. Just a few minutes later, Bagnoli called over Gammill to take snaps with the scout team offense. While getting up from the bench and gathering his helmet, he turned back at his fellow ‘Gold Squad’ members and joked simply, “I’m the real MVP,” before sprinting to the other side of the field. Keeping themselves entertained Without that sense of humor which each player brings to the field, it would be nearly impossible for the special teams unit to pass the time at practice. While each player takes his position seriously and spends more than adequate time working on it during each practice, the group also finds creative ways to keep itself entertained. “My freshman year, I brought a riddle to practice every day because Scott Lopano and Connor [Loftus] are both very intellectual people, so they loved the riddles,” Gammill said. While the tradition of bringing riddles has slowly died — the upperclassmen jokingly blame Morgan for his lack of interest — it is one of the silly routines that defines a Gold Squad practice. Even former players look back fondly on the routine despite some of the more challenging puzzles. “We had many simple ones and really difficult ones that involved math and were difficult to the point that we were getting physically angry,” Kurucar said. “It gets really difficult, and I felt like I was in the middle of a midterm that I didn’t prepare enough for.” The special teams players also take turns trying each other’s positions, attempting to rival Zach’s long-snapping or Hunter’s punting. When asked who excelled at the other’s craft, the consensus was that Elmore was the best longsnapper besides O’Leary, even though that title “is not good for his ego.”

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[The other players] want to be Gold Squad members, but I don’t know if they can handle the pressure of getting the job done. ” - Zach O’Leary Freshman long snapper

Gammill for the starting job while Kelley and Elmore tried to earn the punting spot. Ultimately, Gammill and Kelley took the starting spots while Loftus now exclusively handles kickoffs. Gammill, who is referred to as ‘butter’ by Kurucar for his smooth kicking motion, thinks the reason that he got the position was his determination in the preseason. “We all had a great preseason,” he said. “I’m sure we made it difficult on coach Bagnoli. But I came in here and I took charge almost. I really wanted to kick and I knew what I could do.” Based on the Quakers’ special

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Connor Loftus, junior Jimmy Gammill, sophomore Aron Morgan and freshmen Hunter Kelley, Brock Elmore and Zach O’Leary — share a unique bond as a result of their time spent working together. Unlike every other player in the program, Penn’s special teams players don’t have a coach. Every other position group has a coach and place to be at every moment. Yet while this could lead to chaos and disorder for some groups, the specialists learn and grow with each other. They become best friends, coaches and mentors, all at the same time. And they wouldn’t have it any other way. Following a different road To an outsider or the casual football fan, the assumption is that each of the players was unathletic growing up and turned to punting or kicking when it became clear he wasn’t going pro at one of the top skill positions. And in the case of former Penn punter Scott Lopano, that is actually somewhat true. “I all of a sudden realized I had a natural knack for [punting] and was not quite as good athletically at being a wide receiver,” he said. “So I started gravitating towards what I was really good at.” But each of the current players followed a different road to his vocation and, eventually, to Penn. Loftus, a veteran placekicker and the unofficial leader of the group, comes from an Ivy League football family. His father was a linebacker at Cornell and his uncle was an All-American wide receiver at Harvard before becoming an All-Pro punter in the NFL. “When I was seven and my brother was nine, my dad bought a book about kicking and brought us out to the field one day and started kicking,” he said. “And we’ve been doing it ever since.” While Loftus came from a family of special teamers, nothing quite compares to the highlight film that led to one of the current freshmen — O’Leary — joining the Red and Blue (or Gold). O’Leary, a California native, had an injury that sidelined him for his entire final season of high school, where he played tight end, linebacker and long snapper. Naturally, the 6-foot-1 athlete was scared that he wouldn’t be able to play college football. But longsnapping proved to be the saving grace for O’Leary. While it may be surprising to know that something like it exists, O’Leary and his coaches strung together a long-snapping highlight reel, hoping it would catch the eye of a college coach. Watching his videos online, it is extremely difficult for the untrained eye to see the differences snap to snap. But sure enough, head coach-inwaiting Ray Priore saw the video and was eager to bring O’Leary aboard as Penn’s next long-snapper. “When he called me and said, ‘We like your snapping,’ I remember the excitement … that they wanted me for something,” O’ Leary said. A deep bond Flash back to practice as O’Leary shows off his long-snapping skills. Kelley and Elmore take his snaps and practice their punts while the kickers take a break. Loftus walks by beaming, “Another great day to be Gold.” There is very little attention

paid to the ‘Gold Squad’ outside of an occasional cameo from coach Al Bagnoli for practice kicks or their designated periods where they become the focus on the field. With time to themselves, it is only natural that the group would form a bond that goes beyond football. At one practice, the players discuss their relationships. In another, they poke fun at O’Leary, the designated jokester of the group. “A snapper’s got to be a goofy, fun guy,” Loftus said. “That’s the role of the snapper. You’ve gotta have fun because you do the same thing every time. Zach is quite a character and a great snapper.” And while they are having fun, they are also each other’s biggest fans. Each one of them has had moments of both failure and triumph, like Loftus making the game-winning field goal to beat Brown in 2012. Through it all, they know what each other is going through in a way that other players and coaches may not. “When you come off the sidelines from a bad punt or kick, the

teams results this year, it is clear that the coaching staff made the right decisions on personnel. In his first week on the job, Kelley won Ivy League Rookie of the Week. Loftus has proved adept at kickoffs and even delivered a vicious hit on kickoff coverage last weekend against Yale. O’Leary has provided crisp snaps and been one of Penn’s top players on punt coverage. But Gammill might be the most impressive of them all this season. After missing his first kick of the game against Dartmouth on Oct. 4, the junior kicker caught fire, making eight straight field goals over the next three games. He broke Penn’s record for field goals in a game by going 5-for-5 against Fordham, earning both Ivy League and national accolades. If you’re special and you know it Gammill’s performance this year has been a prominent display of the Gold Squad’s importance. While he hasn’t gotten a chance to win a game with a kick, like Loftus did two years ago, Gammill and company have made a difference to help keep Penn in games. “One thing [Bagnoli] has made everyone aware of is that those four to five plays those guys partake in a game win or lose more games than anything else,” Priore said. “They understand that they’re a special group.” Part of being on the Gold Squad is being able to take the jokes of being a punter or kicker. But those within the squad also know that their abilities set them apart. “Being Gold Squad is high-risk, high-reward,” O’Leary said. “If you’re good at it, you’re good, but at the same time, one bad snap, one bad punt, one bad kick could ruin the game. “[The other players] want to be Gold Squad members, but I don’t know if they can handle the pressure of getting the job done.” Every practice, after the entire team meets in the middle of the field, the special teams players meet up one last time and go over what happened that day. Once their brief discussion is over, there is time for one final tradition. “It’s always the senior guys and you say, ‘If you’re special and you know it,’ and we give two claps,” Lopano said. “It’s the little things like that you remember that stay with you and you make lifelong friends that way.”

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“I’m probably the worst of the other jobs,” O’Leary said. “I’ve tried to learn how to punt, and I’ve had probably three spirals in all of my hundreds of kicks. And on my field goals, I haven’t managed to get one over five yards yet in the air. I’m probably the least versatile Gold Squad member.” However, the short kicks may have their place. “I’m going to have to try something else,” he said. “Maybe squibs.” Outside of imitating each other, the Gold Squad also has some competitive flair during practices, playing what they refer to as “The Game.” “We created a new game on rainy days,” Kelley said. “We put the rainy ball bin out except for the last few periods of practice. We’ll all line up 30 yards away with our balls and try to throw them in.” Competing for gold While the Quakers’ season began in rainy Jacksonville in September, Kelley and his fellow special teams players have been focused on football season since August, going through a competitive preseason that featured multiple position battles within the group. Loftus, the incumbent kicker, competed against Morgan and

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Thomas is everybody’s All-American

WRESTLING | The senior starts his last run at an NCAA title BY THOMAS MUNSON Associate Sports Editor

Penn may not boast many All-American athletes, but senior wrestler Lorenzo Thomas is anything but boastful about his resume. The 184-pounder, ranked No. 4 in the nation, looks to build on his success from last season in which he finished sixth at the NCAA tournament and second at the EIWA conference tournament in his weight class. “He’s not a guy who’s looking at what he did last year and walking around like he’s done something,” coach Alex Tirapelle said of his captain’s resolve. “He’s training like he’s got something to prove.” Thomas might be a lock to earn Ivy glory to outside observers, but he certainly isn’t viewing himself as such. He’ll face an uphill battle atop both the EIWA and NCAA rankings. The InterMat preseason rankings include three other EIWA wrestlers in the top five. Atop the rankings is Cornell sophomore Gabe Dean, who finished third in the NCAA championships last year. Thomas and Dean have a long history together. The two squared off three times last year, with Dean comSEE THOMAS PAGE 13

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Senior 184-pounder Lorenzo Thomas had a staggering campaign in 2013-14: He went 30-11 overall, reaching the EIWA finals and notching a sixth-place in the NCAA tournament at his weightclass. Thomas was named second-team All-Ivy and an All-American for his efforts. Thomas lost three times to Cornell’s Gabe Dean, though, and the new captain of Penn wrestling has his sights set on dethroning the defending EIWA champion.

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way. Tirapelle, most recently an assistant coach at a thriving Stanford program, brings a workman-like mentality to a Penn program that BY SEAMUS POWERS is trying to get a more consistent Staff Writer effort out of its deep squad this season. Alex Tirapelle, the new leader “It’s not an exciting philosoof Penn’s wrestling, won’t be turn- phy [that I have],” Tirapelle said. ing any heads with his style of “We focus on the nuts and bolts of coaching. wrestling and the ancillary areas He wouldn’t have it any other like discipline, attention to detail,

hard work — all the stuff that’s not necessarily all that flashy, all that entertaining on paper, but that makes a significant difference in the results.” So far, the team has bought into Tirapelle’s way of conducting business. “There’s been a lot of change, but it’s been good change,” senior All-American Lorenzo Thomas said. “Everyone’s getting used to it, everything’s going well.”

Tirapelle had a similar take on his start as head coach. “It’s been busy,” Tirapelle said. “It’s been a good busy. I feel like we’ve been productive.” The Illinois alumni did admit to being initially unsure about how he would be received as the new head coach, although those fears were quickly washed away. “As a new head coach, you

Whiting twins are double trouble

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Penn falls in final nonconference test M. SOCCER | Quakers unable to score despite late flurry of chances BY HOLDEN McGINNIS Sports Editor

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Senior back Jason deFaria led a Penn defense that held West Virginia to only three shots, yet the Mountaineers scored on their only shot on goal for the win.

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“College soccer is won in the boxes.” Senior back Jason deFaria made that simple statement following Penn men’s soccer defeat to West Virginia on Tuesday night and it rang true throughout the game. The Quakers fell to the Mountaineers, 1-0, in the Red and Blue’s final nonconference game of the season. Penn (6-7-1) controlled the tempo for most of the game, but in a physical contest against West Virginia (9-6-1), a few key plays in the boxes made all the difference. West Virginia midfielder Mike Desiderio’s header in the 8th minute off of a free kick from Andy Bevin put the Mountaineers ahead early and the Red and Blue never found a way to get on the board. “It’s a game that we absolutely need to win. You only give up three shots over the course of 90 minutes, you can’t come away

VS. WEST VIRGINIA without a win there,” coach Rudy Fuller said. “When you look at this game, where the game was won and lost was that final pass and getting on the end of things on the attack and making sure we’re first to the ball in our box defensively.” The Quakers picked up the pressure in the second half and appeared to have numerous scoring opportunities down the stretch, yet the West Virginia defense held firm. Junior Forrest Clancy had a pair of corner kicks in the waning minutes, including one that banged off the far corner of the goal. Scoring chances were few and far between for much of the match, but Penn certainly seemed to find most of its offensive success in the final 15 minutes. “We just identified that we had some rhythm going down our right side, so we just kept stressing to do that,” deFaria said. “They started to sit in a bit more SEE M. SOCCER PAGE 12

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Sophomores Clarissa (left) and Cleo (right) Whiting have a tendency to finish close to each other in races, all the better for Penn cross country.

XC | Sophomores Clarissa and Cleo make each other better BY TOMMY ROTHMAN Associate Sports Editor A casual observer at the recent Princeton Invitational may have been a bit confused by the sight of the same Penn cross country runner crossing the finish line twice in a onesecond span. That’s because sophomores Clarissa and Cleo Whiting are identical twins and, while they might not share a personality, they are nearly perfect matches in terms of appearance and — oftentimes — performance

on the trail. Clarissa clocked in at 13th overall with a time of 22:06 at the 6-kilometer race, just a heartbeat before Cleo crossed the line at 22:07 (one identical heartbeat later, fellow Penn runner Elyssa Gensib ran in with a time of 22:08). “We think about it, but it’s not as competitive,” Clarissa said of the near-tie. “First and foremost, Cleo and I work really well together, so it’s never as much of a competition. There was a point in the race, before I came ahead of her, where she was helping me get out there. We work really well together and I think that shows.” SEE XC PAGE 14