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A former student is likely going on trial for sexual assault in Massachusetts after prestigious boarding school Phillips Exeter Academy reportedly mishandled allegations against him last fall. Sea Coast Online, a newspaper in Portsmouth, N.H., reported that Chukwudi “Chudi” Ikpeazu pleaded not guilty on Aug. 8 to a misdemeanor charge of sexual assault, stemming from allegations that he forcibly fondled a 17-year-old female student’s breasts after she told him “no” multiple times. After a trial management conference on Nov. 1, a trial date for Ikpeazu will likely be set. Neither side “expects a plea deal at the conference,” the Sea Coast Online article SEE ASSAULT PAGE 2 JULIA SCHORR | ASSOCIATE DESIGN EDITOR
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“Unruly” Quakers caused Princeton to crack down JACOB WINICK Staff Eeporter
An increased security presence will greet any Penn students traveling to Saturday’s football game in Princeton, N.J. as part of Princeton University and Penn’s attempt to curb the “unruly” actions of previous Penn tailgaters. Penn student groups, especially affiliated Greek organizations and off-campus groups, have a tradition
of chartering buses to the Penn-Princeton football game, which is hosted at Princeton every other year. While many see the tradition as a fun way to show support for Quakers on the road, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said in recent years some Penn students have abused the tradition, showing up “extremely intoxicated and unruly.” “Students chartered bus companies and filled them with alcohol,” Rush said. “And buses illegally transported that across state lines.” In order to prevent students from acting in a manner which Rush said was a “discredit to Penn,” the
Division of Public Safety notified a number of Greek organizations that there would be an increased police presence at the football game. While DPS did not detail exactly what these precautions would be, Rush said they were “working with liquor control enforcement of state police.” Princeton has also taken steps to limit disruptions caused by Penn fans. Director of Media Relations at Princeton John Cramer wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian that a “separate tailgating section will be created for Penn students at this Saturday’s Princeton-Penn football
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game as a result of behavior by some Penn student tailgaters in previous years.” While Princeton has not made any changes in its alcohol or tailgating policies, Cramer said the separate Penn tailgate section would “enhance the experience for all tailgaters, who are expected to respect the rights of others and the entire University community.” As a result of increased security at the game, many Greek organizations have decided to break tradition and not attend the game, fearing
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Penn Transit has released a contingency plan to accommodate those who need to use public transportation, in light of a strike.
More than 5,000 SEPTA workers went on strike at 12:01 a.m., the Transportation Workers Union 234 announced in a statement early Tuesday morning. At issue in the negotiations between SEPTA and the TWU were
“healthcare, pension and non-economic issues like schedules, break time and driver fatigue,” 6ABC reported. The strike will affect over 400,000 riders. Penn Transit released a comprehensive contingency plan on Monday to accommodate faculty, staff and students who need to use public transportation in advance of the strike. SEE SEPTA PAGE 7
Trump denounces voter fraud, but it may not make a difference Last election, Mitt Romney received no Phila. votes CHARLOTTE LARACY Staff Reporter
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been making allegations that the 2016 presidential election is rigged due to large-scale
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voter fraud in Philadelphia. However, when examining his reasoning, those claims are found to be misleading. “We have to make sure the people of Philadelphia are protected, that the vote counts are 100 percent,” Trump said in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. on Oct. 10. “Everybody wants that, but I hear these horror shows. I hear these
horror shows and we have to make sure that this election is not stolen from us and is not taken away from us. And everybody knows what I’m talking about.” The Republican nominee is referencing the fact that during the 2012 presidential election in Philadelphia, with its 59 voting precincts, President Barack Obama swept 100
percent of the vote. Then Republican nominee Mitt Romney did not receive a single vote. Associate Professor of Political Science Marc Meredith said that if you look at the demographics of the precincts, they tends to be areas that are almost entirely African SEE TRUMP PAGE 5
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How old is too old to be a judge? Pa. voters will be asked this question on the ballot LEONARD EISEN Staff Reporter
One week from today, Philadelphia voters will do their part to select the next President of The United States, along with several other state and national offices. But candidates aren’t the only ones up for vote next Tuesday — the ballot will also feature a potential amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution. The proposed amendment question reads as follows: “Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to require that justices of the Supreme Court, judges, and magisterial district judges be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years?”
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Currently, the Pennsylvania Constitution requires judges to retire at the end of the year in which they turn 70, and so a “yes” decision would raise the retirement age by five years. According to Ballotpedia,
the measure would affect 19 of Pennsylvania’s state judges who turned 70 this year, including Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Thomas Saylor. Under present law, supreme court justice
Max Baer would be forced to retire next year as well, when he turns 70. The proposed amendment is sponsored by 21 state legislators, representing both major parties, who argue that the current mandated age of retirement cuts short the careers of experienced judges. While the amendment is opposed by only one legislator, the editorial boards of three Pennsylva nia newspapers have published oppositions to the proposal. Included among them is The Philadelphia Inquirer, who argues that the phrasing of the question is intentionally misleading for voters, because it doesn’t explain that at present, judges are required to retire at 70. The proposed amendment will be labeled under the “Questions” section on the Nov. 8 ballot.
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said. Ikpeazu was accepted to Penn as part of the Class of 2020, and was committed to run track, according to a Boston Globe article. Though he is still listed as a College student in the Penn Directory, Ikpeazu is no longer enrolled at Penn, Vice President for University Communications Stephen MacCarthy said. Whether Ikpeazu is still capable of returning to Penn is not a matter of public record, MacCarthy said, due to student privacy laws. Sea Coast Online reported that he is currently home in Parkland, Fla. as the legal process has played out. Ikpeazu’s lawyer Richard Samdperil was not available to comment on Monday night. When The Daily Pennsylvanian first reported on Ikpeazu on July 18, Penn responded to the news of Ikpeazu’s sexual assault charges with a statement that his admissions status was
Two UPennAlerts over Hallo-weekend Two armed robberies were reported over the weekend CARL-EMMANUEL FULGHIERI Staff Reporter
Two UPennAlerts in the past week made Halloween even spookier than usual. At 3:58 a.m. on Oct. 30, Penn Police responded to a report of an armed robbery on Sansom Street, prompting a UPennAlert at 4:24 a.m. Initially, two students reported that while walking on the street, they were approached by a black male, 5’10” tall, approximately 30 years old, with his hair in dreadlocks, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt. The suspect demanded their wallets while holding what appeared to
“currently on hold.” “There is an ongoing investigation into these allegations that is in the hands of the judicial system,” the statement said. “The University takes any accusations of sexual harassment or violence seriously so the student’s admission status is currently on hold pending any further developments in the matter. The track and field team deferred a request for comment to the University’s statement over the summer, and Ikpeazu is not currently listed on the track team’s online roster. The Globe article drew attention and criticism to Exeter’s handling of the sexual assault case. The article said that when the complainant, Michaella Henry, who allowed The Globe to use her name publicly, sought help from school officials about the incident, the campus minister arranged for Ikpeazu to bake Henry bread and bring it to her weekly as an “act of penance.” H e n r y n o t i f i e d lo c a l
be a handgun. The students were able to enter a house on the block to escape and nothing was taken. While investigating this incident, another student reported that they were approached by a male meeting the same description, minutes after this robbery, on the 3600 block of Sansom Street. In the second case, the student was approached by the suspect, who first asked for directions, then demanded money while displaying a similarly described handgun. There were no injuries to any of the students. Penn Police and Allied Barton increased patrols in the area until further notice. A nearby T-Mobile store, at 3441 Chestnut Street, was robbed early Wednesday evening, prompting a similar UPennAlert.
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authorities of the alleged assault in May and Ikpeazu turned himself in to police on June 3 for a misdemeanor charge of sexual assault, The Globe reported. He has been free on $5,000 bail since that date.
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CAPS unveils support group for Chinese international students
The support group will be conducted in Mandarin GENEVIEVE GLATSKY Staff Reporter
Over the past few years, Yuhong He — a therapist at Counseling and Psychological Services — has noticed that most of the students showing up to CAPS’ international student support group were Chinese international students. He decided to do something about it. For the first time this semester, CAPS is offering a peer support group in Mandarin for Chinese international students. While most universities, including Penn, offer services for international students, He wanted cater to the large population of Mandarin-speaking students, which make up 2,000 of Penn’s 6,000 international students.
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consequences from the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Penn Police. “We have been told that Penn Police will be checking every bus that comes to Princeton, checking IDs, possibly breathalyzing [sic], and will arrest anyone they find for public intoxication,” said an Oct. 30 email to members of Sigma Kappa sorority that was acquired by The DP. As a result the group decided its “safest decision is to forgo Penn Princeton this year.” Sigma Delta Tau sorority also sent an email on Oct. 30 to its members explaining it was their “decision if they want to go” to the game, but urged caution for anyone under 21. Chi Omega sorority told members on Monday it would no longer be attending. Despite DPS’s efforts to enhance security for the game, OFSL said it did not adjust any policies for affiliated Greek organizations. “There is no new policy or effort underway. This game is at
In individual sessions, international students often have family pressures and concerns about getting work visas that allow them to stay in the country. Since financial aid for international students is limited, studying at Penn can be a hefty financial investment. Lily Zhang, the senior associate director of International Student and Scholar Services, has also noticed certain barriers that are unique to Chinese international students. “I think we kind of anticipate they will experience certain challenges like the culture shock, language barrier and also I think [the] overall education system in China and the U.S. are different,” Zhang said. “We can obviously see in some aspects they do struggle because certain social norms are different.” He has also found that many
Princeton every other year, so it’s ‘new’ to many students,” said Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs Hikaru Kozuma, who oversees OFSL, in an emailed statement. “We want to make sure all students know that we want them to have fun, be safe, and remember that expectations for behavior are the same off campus as they are on campus.” OFSL Director Eddie BanksCrosson did not respond to a request for comment and Penn Athletics Director Grace Calhoun could not be reached for comment on Monday. Rush said the purpose of the increased police presence wasn’t to get anyone in trouble, but to make sure everyone was safe and following the rules. “It is never a gotcha — we get no joy out of arresting Penn students,” she said. “We want you to be safe. We would like to see Penn students get on buses, arrive sober and cheer on the Quakers.” Staff Reporter Nicole Rubin and Senior Sports Editor Nick Buchta contributed reporting.
Chinese internationals find it hard to integrate socially. “I have so many students who say ‘How do I make friends with American students?’” she said. “They don’t know how to, or when they want to [do] that sometimes those interests may not be reciprocated.” She finds that many students’ issues stem from being in a cultural minority for the first time and from their identities as people of color. While He says many students experience both overt racism and microaggressions, she feels they might not describe them as such. “A lot of them tend to attribute those difficulties to their own deficits or their own language or not understanding the culture,” He said. “They don’t necessarily label their experiences with racism or racial discrimination or all those terms that people from this culture might be more
familiar with. But I wouldn’t say that they don’t have those experiences ... it can affect their sense of confidence and bring into question their identities.” She hopes this group will relieve some of the pressure on students to adapt to American culture. “Providing these groups feels like a way of promoting social justice for the students,” He said. “Just by allowing the language access, it’s a way to be doing justice for them rather than just asking them to conform or adapt.” Zhang also believes the group will provide essential services for students who speak English as a second language. “I think in general people from China, when they have language barriers, they possibly will be a little more hesitant to voice their struggle,” she said. “So I think for Yuhong, for
CAPS to have a specific language setting that they will not feel pressured, or not feel difficult to describe their feelings — it’s a good thing.” The first meetings have had low turnouts, which He attributes to administrators’ struggles to advertise the group, as well as students’ busy schedules preventing them from prioritizing their mental health. “Like many Penn students, mental health takes a backseat,” He said. “So even though this really can meet needs of students they may not see it to be immediately beneficial.” Among the four to five students that come to each session, He has been impressed by the willingness of participants to share their experiences. “I was actually quite amazed by the group in terms of how quickly people just share about their own very private even
sometimes painful experiences of being here as a Mandarinspeaking international student,” He said. “I feel like the group was kind of connected in a way that was quicker than I expected.” He is in a unique position to help Chinese internationals as a Mandarin and Cantonese speaker, but she hopes to see more services tailored to specific international students, rather than as a single group. “I do hope that maybe at the university level we can provide more services that feels a little bit more culturally specific or culturally effective,” He said. “I still feel the need to provide this group to allow a space for students that can really feel like they feel safe and can develop something that feels meaningful, that feels deeper. Because that’s what a lot of students are longing for.”
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OPINION Lessons from the Bard GROWING PAINS | Why we ought to value meaning over metric
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2016 VOL. CXXXII, NO. 97 132nd Year of Publication COLIN HENDERSON President LAUREN FEINER Editor-in-Chief ANDREW FISCHER Director of Online Projects ISABEL KIM Opinion Editor JESSICA MCDOWELL Enterprise Editor DAN SPINELLI City News Editor CAROLINE SIMON Campus News Editor ELLIE SCHROEDER Assignments Editor LUCIEN WANG Copy Editor SUNNY CHEN Copy Editor NICK BUCHTA Senior Sports Editor TOM NOWLAN Sports Editor
I got a C-minus on my last Shakespeare test. For the past week or so, I tried to think of ways to write this article without mentioning my grade. I considered augmenting the grade slightly so that it wouldn’t seem as bad. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that my desire to erase, hide and alter the actual grade that I had received was at complete odds with the honesty I seek to share in these articles. How hypocritical would it be for me to write about how we ought to react when we receive bad grades, while pretending that I hadn’t actually received a bad grade myself? So I’ll be honest. When I got my test back and saw my grade, the first thought that crossed my mind was, “I wish I could drop this class.” How was it fair that we hadn’t received a grade on anything until after the drop deadline? How was it fair that an entire question on the test had been based off of a secondary reading that had only been men-
tioned briefly on the syllabus and alluded to once in class? How could only one person in the entire class have received an A? I started berating myself for not dropping the class while I still could. If only I could drop the class now, then I could pretend none of this ever happened. I could erase my bad performance on the test. The grade would never be able to make a dent on my transcript. I wouldn’t have to work like crazy the rest of the semester to compensate for that grade. I would have way less stress. Everything would be great. I was contemplating filling out a petition for a late drop when I noticed that the principle behind what I was doing didn’t sit well with me. As much as I would have liked to bypass all the worry I felt by simply erasing the worrisome situation, I couldn’t shake the feeling that the solution I was pursuing wasn’t actually a solution. It was an escape mechanism. I wasn’t confronting the problem; I was running away
from it. It’s easy for me to tell people I love my classes and how challenging they are — when I’m doing well in them. After all, we generally like things we’re
my inability to distinguish certain passages from “Henry V” from those of “Richard II.” This test made me aware of two expectations I have in regard to my Penn education.
Why did I think that I deserved an A on this test, even though I was perfectly cognizant of the fact that I hadn’t done some of the secondary reading?” good at, and we’re good at telling people about the things we’re good at. But the second we fail at something challenging, our rhetoric changes. In other words, I never would have contemplated dropping this class if I had received an A on the test. I would have gone around telling people how much I loved Shakespeare instead of griping about
On the one hand, I expect — and want — Penn classes to be challenging in every way possible. On the other hand, I also expect and want to do well. And because I want to do well, I sometimes feel entitled to receive certain grades even if I know that I might not have earned them. Why did I think that I deserved an A on this test, even
though I knew I hadn’t done some of the secondary reading? It hadn’t seemed significant, but it was on the syllabus. We were expected to read the syllabus and work the secondary readings into our schedules independently. And don’t we, as college students, often reassert and reaffirm and remind professors, parents, adults, that we are independent young adults and ought to be treated as such? And shouldn’t we try to recognize — even as we acknowledge that our grades are important and our GPAs do matter — that we cannot always correlate the worth of a class with the grade we receive in it? We have to challenge the notion that the only things worth doing and spending time on are those that we know we’ll excel at. We have to separate meaning from metric. The thing is, Shakespeare might have kicked my butt on this test, but he would have kicked it more if I had dropped the class. And I would have kicked myself. Because run-
EMILY HOEVEN ning away from things that challenge us to improve and learn in new ways and wanting to erase any indication of upheaval cannot be the mission of education — nor, indeed, of life. And it seems to me that understanding, accepting, celebrating this fact — that Shakespeare and school and life are not always smoothsailing, and that that’s the point — is both half the battle and half the victory. EMILY HOEVEN is a College junior from Fremont, Calif., studying English. Her email address is ehoeven@ sas.upenn.edu. “Growing Pains” usually appear s e v e r y o t h e r Tu e s d a y.
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The lazy voting epidemic AANARCHY | Why a compulsory voting culture has led to mediocre politics Is it possible for a country to be bad at voting? In America, the popular election is practically deified. We call voting a civic duty, and we constantly bemoan low voter turnout with the expectation that in a perfect world the vast majority of eligible voters would show up to the polls for even state and local elections. And yet, when waves of traditional nonvoters cast ballots for the first time, the results are mixed at best. The consequences of Brexit were mixed, but neatly fit the trend of elections with high turnout, heated emotional investments and outcomes that defied both polling expectation and the rough consensus of the political orthodoxy and scholarly experts. The Trump phenomenon is this model on steroids; Trump has massive support from non-college-educated white men, a demographic with relatively miserable turnout in the last decade. His supporters back him rabidly, and he managed to surge past the primaries and keep relatively
equal polling numbers with Hillary Clinton well into the general election season, baffling experts. The Trump campaign is unpredictable and light on facts, and its figurehead is a temperamental egomaniac with a penchant for lechery and poorly conceived Twitter rants, and still, primary voters ate him up. If democracy is supposed to lead to good political decisions, how could this happen? Are people just stupid, or is there something wrong with the way we vote? Our perspective on politics has shifted from intelligent decision making to emotional identification. Of course, the Trump campaign taps into a preexisting discomfort and rage that would have existed whether or not he chose to run. It says something very strange about our voting system that we see discomfort and rage as valid grounds for a vote. An interesting Stanford study illustrates exactly what I’m talking about. Why do all of these posters we see around the city talk
about “Being a voter?” Not “Go out and vote,” but “Be a voter.” The odd phrasing is the product of a recent discovery about voter behavior: People are more likely to show up to the polls when voting is framed not as a ra-
you were participating in a political revolution. You don’t support Hillary’s policies, you’re with her. Trump is the natural conclusion of this. His campaign has been so policy-light that even his core issues have largely sat in
Emotional gut-check voting clearly causes problems, and we have to bite the bullet and stop treating voting like a moral obligation.” tional choice but as a matter of self-identification. Voting isn’t something you do. It represents something about who you are. Modern campaigning uses this strategy obsessively. Look at any viral campaign ad from the last year and you’ll see that politicians had something other than facts to sell. You weren’t voting for Bernie’s tax plan,
the realm of allusions rather than actual plans. How is he going to build a giant wall on the Mexican border? Who is he going to ban from entering the country? All Muslims? Some Muslims? Non-Muslims from Muslim countries? Who knows? Intellectually, voting for Donald Trump doesn’t make one iota of sense. But emotionally, he’s the obvious choice. Are you
nervous and uncomfortable about the future? Of course you are! And here’s a guy who not only understands that but is offering you salvation through strength. Are you down on your luck and pissed off about it? Who isn’t? Hop on board — we’ll have a lot of fun picking scapegoats and harassing them. AARON COOPER This is exactly where this kind of rhetoric leads. If we good first impressions over become accustomed to a solid factual foundations. political world that tries to What’s so terrible about letcircumvent our cerebral cor- ting the people who like to texes and dig right down to puzzle over policy details our guts, only the most base choose our policy makers? In form of emotional truthiness the end, we don’t need people to vote their consciences. We can survive. Emotional gut-check vot- need people to vote with their ing clearly causes problems, brains. And if you’re not up and we have to bite the bullet for that? Well, take a load off. and stop treating voting like You can always lean on your a moral obligation. Have you friends and neighbors who gone past your first impres- are. sions and given each proposal or candidate a thorough in- AARON COOPER is a College tellectual investigation? No? freshman from Morristown, Don’t worry about it. You N.J., studying cognitive don’t have to show up. A cul- science. His email address tural mandate to vote encour- is aacooper@sas.upenn. ages lazy voting. It incentiv- edu. “Aanarchy” usually izes campaigns that prioritize appears every other Tuesday.
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American, and nationwide Mitt Romney won only five percent of the African American vote in 2012. “It is a function of the fact that in heavily African American precincts, there is a possibility that no one will support a Republican candidate,” Meredith said. Philadelphia has an overwhel m i ngly Democratic electorate, with about eight Democrats for every Republican. On the other hand, Meredith would not say that there is no voter fraud in the United States. He notes that about 130 million votes will be cast in a presidential election, and there are bound to be some small fraudulent acts, but voter fraud is not widespread enough to decide the outcome of an election. “Are there cases where a person casts two votes? Yes. Is there an occasional non-citizen that votes? Probably. Do any of these make up a large percent of
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votes that are cast in the American election? Almost certainly no,” Meredith added. One distinct feature of the U.S. voting system that prevents large scale voter fraud is that voting systems are run locally. Instead of having one government agency in charge of running elections, there are over 3000 local units each in charge of running their own jurisdiction. “In perspective of voter fraud, it creates more opportunities for voter fraud to occur. However, it also means that when voter fraud does occur, it is very localized,” Meredith said. “It would be very challenging to coordinate all of the jurisdictions to conduct fraud in the magnitude one would need to change the outcome of an election. This would also reduce the incentives to be fraudulent in the first place because there isn’t much to gain from being fraudulent.” On election day there is also a partisan-balance requirement at the polls. Even in Philadelphia
where most voters are registered Democrats, some registered Republicans are still needed at the polling place to help run the election. The Pennsylvania Democratic Party accused Donald Trump’s campaign of threatening and intimidating voters in urban areas in order to discourage turnout among minorities, according to Politico. T he compla int accuses Trump’s campaign, the Republican Party of Pennsylvania and Trump confidant Roger Stone, as well as his Stop the Steal super PAC, of violating the Ku Klux Klan Act and the Voting Rights Act with a “coordinated campaign of vigilante voter intimidation.” However, Meredith said that he does not believe that Trump’s exhortations will deter people from voting on Nov. 8. “Campaigns have historically hired poll watchers to ensure that their supporters have shown up,” Meredith noted. “Instead, Trump
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The course charts the history of Hollywood’s creation, growth and impact. It covers a variety of topics such as the beginnings of film, the effects of World War II on the industry, censorship and the blacklist. Decherney is also affiliated with the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition at Penn Law School. He holds a secondary appointment with the Annenberg School for Communication and has written multiple books on Hollywood. The course was previously released on Oct. 20 in a modified form as part of an annual series of alumni-only online classes. Limited to 500-700 alumni, the course required a nominal fee and sold out on the first day. “It’s really kind of hard to keep up with,” Decherney said. “We
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Perhaps you’ve always wanted to learn about film, but have never had enough room in your schedule for a cinema course. Maybe you just have an undying love for movies. Either way, there’s a new course at Penn that might be right for you. A new online course called ‘Hollywood: History, Industry, Art,’is launching Nov. 1. Taught by Peter Decherney, a cinema studies and English professor, the course is a Massive Open Online Course which will be offered for free by Penn’s Online Learning Initiative through the platform EdX.
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Seeking to spice up your schedule next semester? You can knock out a few College requirements while learning from highly rated professors and tackling unconventional topics. This list of courses features Penn Course Review’s favorite professors teaching classes that sound intriguing. Coolest Class Names “Where My Girls At?”: African American Women Performers in The 20th Century (AFRC 335401) Examine the impact of legends from Tina Turner to Beyonce, and how they shook up American pop culture to express their powerful and personal narratives. This class also fulfills the Cultural Diversity in the U.S. requirement. Blood, Sweat, and Pasta (CIMS 015-401) This class is a freshman seminar taught by Frank Pellicone, the house dean of Harrison College House. The seminar examines the Italian-American experience and fulfills the Arts & Letters sector. Yoga and Philosophy (PHIL 051301) Stretch and write a reflective journal while contemplating the philosophical worldview that
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Traditions are funny. Teams often start their seasons against the same opponent every year, and sometimes without good reason. But Penn swimming is breaking the mold with their first meet this year — and breaking out of their comfort zone in the process. For virtually as long as time itself, the Quakers have started their season with a dual meet against Columbia. Five or 10 years ago, this meet was a staple of their schedule: a fierce, competitive and often heated kick-start against a close rival. Recently, however, the Lions have fallen off the pace as their rivals surged forward as a program. Penn saw this trend and
decided it was time to make a change. “When I was a freshman, the Columbia meet was always super intense,� junior Carolyn Yang said. “That’s why it was so surprising when we won every event. When we were freshmen, it was us and Columbia, super close, fighting for fourth place [in the Ivy League]. Now we’re at the place where it’s not like we don’t need to worry about them, but they aren’t as competitive anymore. Now we’re actually breaking into the top three.� This year, Penn will face off in a tri-meet with Columbia and Army in order to revitalize the intensity of the first meet of its season. Army has a formidable swimming program, and the extra competition should make the Quakers work harder for their first competitive races of the school year. “I like tri-meets: more competition, more teams to race,� coach Mike Schnur said. “And Army has a great team. They have a pretty good women’s team, but they have a very good men’s team. It’ll be a good opening meet. ... We’re going to be racing against kids that are
worthy of respect.� But it isn’t just any highcaliber opposition that Schnur sought out when planning the meet. Army’s status as a military service academy played a huge role for the coach in deciding who his team’s third opponent should be. “I wanted to expose our kids to West Point,� he said. “I thought it’d be kind of a nice, historical afternoon to show them around the academy, to see the statues and the cemetery, to appreciate what our military does for America. I thought it’d be a nice educational opportunity for our team.� Schnur, a known admirer of General George Patton, has always been keen on booking a trip to the Academy as a chance to show his athletes the discipline and the sacrifice of members of the armed forces. In previous years, he has even made the team watch the movie Patton on the way back from meets, according to one swimmer. The coach has also been heard quoting from that movie, a testament to his respect for America’s military history. It would only
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As Penn swimming and diving sets to kick off its season, junior Carolyn Yang will help lead the Quakers in the year’s first tri-meet as Penn and Columbia pay a visit to New York in order to take on Army West Point.
make sense, then, that he decided to take the team down to West Point for the competition and its context. As for the races itself, much is up in the air, according to Schnur, regarding who will race well and who could surprise him. A lot of the expectations
depend on the results from the team’s warmup inter-squad meet this weekend. One thing the coach is sure of, though, is that the men’s side of the team will have a very familiar cast of faces near the top of the scoresheet — besides graduated swimming legend Chris Swanson, of
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training. “I think that after winning the first time [I] had a whole new approach in ... training, and it helped having the freshmen come in last year like Visco to help push me through it,� Burns said. The women also set nine new school records last year, including one in the 200-yard butterfly set by Olympic Trials representative Nancy Hu. Schnur was impressed by his team’s work ethic and hunger last year. “Our team last year trained hard. The women had a goal in mind ... and they continued to get better throughout the season, and I think we’re on the exact same track right now,� Schnur said. The general mood at Sheerr Pool seems to be one of optimism. Great 2015-16 seasons give this year’s editions a great
expected to fill the shoes of his departed graduates. “They’re much more about their development. Our leadership roles are all about our juniors and seniors,� Schnur said. “We have a big senior class and they’ve hopefully been paying a lot of attention the past two years. They all lead in their own way and they’re all different swimmers. “You have Grant Proctor as the leader of the backstroke. You have Kevin Su as the leader of the 200 freestyle group. There’s Michael Wen as our butterfly leader. So all of those guys assume those rolls within the groups they train with and when we get to meets, we rely on them to win those races.� On the women’s side, the loss of talent is significantly less drastic, as the team has returned the vast majority of their top performers. Senior
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platform to build on. The youth of the teams are a positive as well, despite the men losing a historic senior class, both teams are equipped to improve again this season. “We have a lot of younger kids who are stepping into those roles to replace what we lost last year.�
Schnur said. “We’re not going to replace [the seniors we lost]. The younger [swimmers] just have to keep getting better ... and we’ll be fine.� While last year’s teams may have been “the best,� this year comes with a great chance for improvement.
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Rochelle Dong, fresh off of setting record times in several freestyle races, is poised to cap her stellar individual career by capturing her first Ivy title. Captain Ellie Grimes, in her last year, will look to lower her school-record setting marks in the 200-yard individual medley, 400 IM and 200-yard breaststroke. And junior Virginia Burns, the team’s most decorated swimmer, will try to collect her third consecutive Ivy championship in the 500yard free. It is clear that the individualized nature of the sport allows for a variety of swimmers to step up into crucial leadership roles. But all the upperclassmen agree that their mentorship of the younger teammates will factor prominently in their adjustment to collegiate athletics. “The past three years have given us an opportunity to swim and train with people like Chris Swanson and Eric Schultz. So it’s up to us to
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Greatly improved, distance will be at heart of Penn’s success Experience on women’s side will be essential PAUL HARRYHILL Sports Reporter
Pen n women’s dista nce swimming reached nearly unprecedented levels of success for the program last year, and comes into this season overf lowing with optimism and ready to meet the heightened expectations. It is no f luke that Mike Schnur was selected to be the 2016 Ivy League Women’s Coach of the Year. Under his tutelage, the women’s program, and in particular the distance team, has gradually progressed into a potential threat to perennial powerhouses Harvard, Yale and Princeton. But what really secured the award for Schnur was the team’s remarkable performance in the Ivy League
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potential. “I would never say that anybody could replace Chris Swanson as an NCAA champion, but he even wasn’t at Mark’s level as a sophomore,” Schnur said. While matching Swanson serves as a lofty long-term goal, Schnur has great immediate expectations for Andrew as well. “The next step for Mark would be to dominate the 200 IM as well as the 400 IM, but more at the national level,” Schnur said. “The goal would be to utterly obliterate the Ivy League in the 400 IM and make top 16 in NCAAs, pushing towards top eight. In other words, his goal should be to race with the big boys, to be a first team AllAmerican.” If you thought that expectations such as these would be daunting for Andrew, you’d be wrong. In fact, he expects even more than a top eight finish from himself:
Championships. Then-sophomore Virginia Burns set the tone on day one for the distance team’s success, securing a victory in the 500-yard freestyle final, with then-freshman Madison Visco following closely behind in second. Burns may have been the Red and Blue’s only first-place finisher of the meet, but a multitude of second and third-place finishes from the likes of Visco, Burns and sophomore Nancy Hu, in conjunction with consistently strong efforts from the relays, resulted in the Quakers’ fourth-place finish and second-highest point tally in team history. Seven school records fell in the process as well. In addition to retaining the core of the distance team, the addition of strong new class, headed by freshmen Grace Ferry and Kaitlin Stearns, puts the Red and Blue in an even
better position to close the gap between themselves and the trifecta of Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Mike Schnur is placing a lot of responsibility on the experienced members of the team to help the new swimmers get used to the next level of competition in preparation for the upcoming meet against Army and Columbia. “I think we have a lot of really good, older kids on the team that know how to race,” Schnur said. Concer ning the younger members of the team, he said, “I hope they get out there and learn from the older men and women how to attack a dual meet.” He foresees leadership in the distance team to remain in the same hands for the upcoming season, which gives good reason to be excited for what the season holds and for the contributions from the new, exciting freshman class.
“My individual goal is to reach top four in the NCAAs.” However, before the NCAA championships comes Ivy League swimming, and this year’s team has high hopes within the conference. “The goal for the year is to move up,” Schnur said. “Nobody has beaten Harvard or Princeton since 1972. We might have an opportunity to beat them this year.” The force that will ultimately determine whether the Quakers do in fact topple the Crimson and the Tigers is the leadership of the senior class, a class with huge shoes to fill. “We’ve got a big senior class. They’ve been great leaders,” Andrew said. “We’ve got four captains that all really step up and lead by example every day.” One of those captains, Kevin Su, recognizes his team’s vast potential and accepts his responsibility to lead, attributing much of his leadership acumen to last year’s senior class. “The past three years, training
with people like Swanson and Eric Schultz, they’ve taught us everything we know,” Su said. “Now it’s up to us to pass that down and set good examples for the young guys to follow.” Obviously, among those “young guys,” Andrew stands out. But fellow sophomores Colin McHugh and Thomas Dillinger will be heavily relied upon as well in the effort to bring the Red and Blue an Ivy League title, placing even greater importance on the leadership abilities of Su and his fellow seniors. Many teams, after the graduation of generational talents such as Chris Swanson, will falter, but the goals for this team have been elevated. Schnur firmly believes that the 2016-17 Penn men’s swimming team has a chance at Ivy League glory, and that, in Mark Andrew, Penn may have found Swanson’s heir apparent. However, Andrew smartly brushed off that thought. “I won’t say anything about Swanson until I win a national title.”
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Now a junior, Virginia Burns has already claimed a pair of Ivy titles in the 500-yard freestyle — she’ll go for a third heading into 2016-17 as part of a distance squad that has made marked improvements in recent years.
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Strong leadership remains to lead Penn past losses from graduation SANJAY DURESETI Sports Reporter
The men and women of Penn swimming and diving enter their season with a strong sense of accomplishment. They are, after all, a year removed from a historically successful
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season that included the second highest point total ever recorded by the women’s team at the Ivy championships, a combined seven conference titles, and the first NCAA champion in program history. While the glow of last year’s victories might never dim, the team’s current prospects do not look as promising. The graduation of Chris Swanson, the best 1,650-yard swimmer in the country, and his sprinter compatriot Eric Schultz leave big holes at the top of the
roster. The two, particularly Swanson, were rare performers whose talent and leadership will be missed. The future is nevertheless bright for the Quakers, as many freshman who contributed a year ago will have yet another year to fine-tune their technique. Sophomore Mark Andrew was impressive in his rookie season as, along with qualifying for four events at the NCAA championships, he set an Ivy record en route to a championship win in the
400-yard Individual Medley. Fellow secondyear swimmer Thomas Dillinger also put up fast times in IM races at the Ivy championships and played a crucial role throughout the season as part of Penn’s NCAA-qualifying 400-yard freestyle relay. Coach Mike Schnur insists, however, that these young individual standouts are not yet SEE LEADERSHIP PAGE 8
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Looking back on an historic 2015-16 season Swanson captured Penn’s first-ever NCAA THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS Sports Reporter
When asked to describe last year’s edition of Penn swimming and diving in two words, current senior Grant Proctor was at a loss. Across the pool deck, a teammate had a quick answer: “The best.” Despite not winning a team Ivy League title in either the men’s or women’s competition, Penn swimming had historic seasons. Capping it all off was then-senior Chris Swanson winning the Quakers’ first-ever NCAA title in the men’s 1,650-yard freestyle. The national title was the icing on an impressive year for the Red and Blue captain who also won three Ivy league titles, setting two conference records in the process. “You can’t replace somebody who was the best swimmer in America at his event. But, fortunately, we have a very good distance group,” coach Mike Schnur said. “We’re going to miss Chris a lot at [Ivies and NCAAs] ...
but Alex [Peterson], Taylor [Uselis] and Matt Haigh will step right up.” The senior class led the Quakers both in and out of the pool. Of last year’s six Ivy titles, five came from now-graduated captains Swanson and Eric Schultz. Schnur attributed the senior leadership and hunger as being a big part of the team success. “We had great leadership. We had people who had hunger. ... There was a sense of urgency because of our senior class,” he said. “And it was also an Olympic year ... so we knew it was an all or nothing view for a lot of them.” Twelve men and two women qualified for the Olympic Trials. None of the Quakers’ athletes competing expected to make the Olympic team, as only the top two swimmers in each event are selected for a berth to Rio. Still, the sheer number of Penn swimmers present was unprecedented. The only non-senior to win an Ivy title was then-freshman Mark Andrew, who set an Ivy League record in the 400-yard individual medley. “Training with the team [was a big factor in my success]. In high school, I didn’t have the same
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opportunity to train everyday with guys who are doing the same thing I am.” Andrew said. Last year’s men’s team placed third in the conference behind Princeton and Harvard despite all the individual accomplishments. Now, after the loss of perhaps one of the best senior classes Penn swimming has ever seen, the men look to improve upon that mark. “It’s not about the top three guys on the team. It’s about all seventeen swimmers and all three divers that you bring to [the Ivy League championship]. Everybody needs to do their best to support the team.” Andrew said. Meanwhile, the women’s team quietly put together a widely successful season both as a team and in terms of individual accomplishments. They put together a fourth-place finish in the Ivies but the highest points total in school history. Virginia Burns won the lone Quakers’ championship in the 500-yard freestyle. It was the second win in that event in two years for the current junior. She credited then-freshman Madison Visco for pushing her in SEE REVIEW PAGE 8
Andrews back for more after title-winning season Soph. is lone returner with Ivy title for men BREVIN FLEISCHER Sports Reporter
One thing’s for sure: Mark Andrew is no stranger to making a splash. Since Andrew broke out as freshman and smashed the Ivy League record in the 400-yard individual medley, his prowess in the pool has caught a lot of attention. And with the graduation of Penn swimming legend and NCAA champion Chris Swanson, the spotlight on Andrew will only intensify. Understanding this reality, Andrew has significantly raised both his level of training intensity and his individual expectations for the fast-approaching season. “I spent the summer here training for Olympic Trials, working all summer to get ready for the season,” Andrew said. “I got a lot of good work in, and I’ll need it because the goal is to compete at the
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As a freshman in 2015-16, Mark Andrew won an Ivy League title, setting the conference record in the 400-yard individual medley.
national level, to be one of the top guys in the country.” Coach Mike Schnur echoes many of his star pupil’s sentiments and constantly motivates him to reach his full potential. “Now that Chris and Eric [Schultz] are gone, we need someone else to step up and become an All-American,”
Schnur said. “Mark Andrew should be one of the guys looking to replace them.” Obviously Schnur realizes that replacing a swimmer of Swanson’s caliber is no easy task, but he firmly believes that with Andrew, there exists great SEE ANDREWS PAGE 9 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640