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Penn Democrats and College Republicans were out in full force NICOLE RUBIN Staff Reporter

Hours before polls open across the country, groups across campus encouraged students, faculty and staff to vote in the 2016 presidential election.

Democrat and Republican supporters alike had been storming Locust Walk with registration forms, and now with polling information.

President of Penn Democrats and College junior Jana Korn said that of the methods to raise awareness, canvassing and knocking on doors have proven to be the most effective.

“We spent the weekend canvassing and phone banking through the West Philly field office,” she said. “Most of us were just knocking on doors in the neighborhood, some students and mostly local residents.”

These are not the only ways that Penn Democrats has been working to raise awareness in the area. It has been hard to miss members on Locust Walk, advertising information on polling locations and availability to answer questions about Election Day. SEE VOTING PAGE 5

The BioPond turtles will now be saved in new restoration plan

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On Election Eve, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton visited Phila.

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The night before one of the most highly anticipated elections in modern history, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama addressed 30,000 people in front of Independence Hall.

Before the rally, the Market-Frankford Line was filled with people wearing Obama and Clinton apparel and holding signs saying “Love Trumps Hate.” The SEPTA strike ended early Monday morning, just in time for people to take Market-Frankford Line and other SEPTA lines towards Independence Mall.

Singer and philanthropist Jon Bon Jovi was the first performer of the night, singing “Who Says You Can’t Go Home,” “Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night,” “Living On A Prayer” and “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles.

“Welcome! Take pictures because you have a front row seat to history,” Jovi said.

“With the eyes of the world upon us, tomorrow you will have to decide where this world is headed. Philadelphia has always been there for me during my singing career and I know you will be there for Mrs. C tomorrow.“ Bruce Springsteen sang classics such as “Thunder Road” and “Dancing in the Dark.”

In between songs, he talked about Clinton and the important policy decisions she will make.

“Hillary sees that income distribution is at the forefront of the conversation,” Springsteen said. “Immigration reform needs to be

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handled realistically and compassionately.”

After Springsteen, the speeches began, starting with Chelsea Clinton.

“It is so exciting to see the enthusiasm from the thousands of people here,” she said. “I am so ridiculously proud of my mom. I am unapologetically biased toward my mom. After this campaign, I hope you can see why I am so proud of her.”

Chelsea Clinton introduced the next guest, her father and former President Bill Clinton.

“This country began here. Right here,” he said. “People fought so hard, right here, to create a more perfect union.”

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Midterms after Election Day add to students’ stress

The first step of the restoration process began on Oct. 27

After receiving backlash about the plans to euthanize the turtle population of the BioPond, the Kaskey Garden and Greenhouse Committee has changed course, opting to relocate the population to other habitats.

The drainage of the BioPond, the first step in the Committee’s process of restoring the ecological health to the pond without euthanizing the invasive species of turtle that currently live there, was completed on Oct. 27.

All 400 koi fish and 30 of the 75 turtles that the BioPond wasestimated to house were isolated during the drainage, which lasted one week.

The fish were safely transported to a

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Some students successfully convinced profs. to push tests CLARE KEARNS Contributing Reporter

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Some professors have chosen to assign midterms and presentations to occur the day after Election Day.

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The election of the future leader of the free world isn’t the only thing some Penn students will be stressing about Tuesday night.

Several professors at Penn have decided to hold major class exams or presentations on the Wednesday after Election Day. The timing, many Penn students think, could not be worse.

In History professor Alex ChaseLevenson’s class, A Tale of Two Cities: London and Paris 1750 to Present, students have a presentation due Wednesday. A College freshman — who preferred to remain anonymous because he is currently enrolled in the class — said he has been working on the presentation for several weeks.

“It’s just annoying because everyone will be up watching the election and giving a presentation after that is going to be so stressful,” he said.

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Wharton prof. tests out new peer grading system New system relies on algorithms to rank students JINAH KIM Staff Reporter

Grading doesn’t usually make people say “whoopee” — not unless you’re Wharton professor Peter Fader.

Or rather, he says, “WHOOPPEE” — Wharton Online Ordinal Peer Performance Evaluation Engine.

Developed by Fader and a team of collaborators, including Wharton doctoral candidate Daniel McCarthy and Wharton Computing Senior IT Director David Comroe, WHOOPPEE compiles peer reviews in order to generate a comprehensive grade for student assignments. It has been under development for several years; the latest iteration of the program was presented in October at Educause, a

yearly education conference. “[The name] clearly gets people’s attention, and it sets people’s expectations that it’s going to be something goofy, but it’s actually something that’s quite serious and quantitative,” Fader said.

Fader was inspired to begin the project by a student’s complaint about his practice of posting the best few papers for every assignment online. “[The student] said, ‘That’s very depressing — don’t just post the best papers...post some average ones.

Or, why don’t you let each of us see some random papers by random students [laughs],’” Fader said. “And then I was on a long flight back from South Africa that summer, and the idea hit me.”

Each student’s rankings, along with rankings generated by the professor and any teaching assistants, is compiled to generate a final ranking across the entire class.

WHOOPPEE contains a set of algorithms designed to make the scores as accurate as possible, taking into account factors like the ranker’s own score or any large disparities from the rest of the data. In pilot runs, Fader has seen that the system of online peer rankings improves student investment and drastically drops turnaround time for grading from several weeks to around a day.

Fader said that the professors he had spoken to were overwhelmingly positive about the idea; he himself has pilot tested the program in his course Marketing 476, Applied Probability Models for Marketing.

It is also being used for Marketing 211, Consumer Behavior, taught by Wharton professor Jason Riis.

While the program does have the drawback of potentially reducing feedback in terms of comments or criticism, WHOOPPEE’s creators are considering ways of incentivizing feedback by using comments

marked as useful as part of a class participation grade.

“I left lots of really mean — ahem, constructive — comments on people’s papers,” Wharton senior Elliot Oblander said. “You get to learn from seeing other people’s work, and you get to be a part of the grading process. There’s a lot more transparency.”

Oblander took Fader’s class in spring of 2015, and was part of WHOOPPEE’s first test run. A year later, he worked on the other side as a teaching assistant for the class, helping tailor and improve algorithms.

Oblander aside, student response to WHOOPPEE’s first iteration was not overwhelmingly enthusiastic.

Only about half of the students surveys felt that their work had been accurately assessed, and 46 percent said that they felt the process had been “significantly improved.”

Fader and his team are hoping to make students more comfortable

with the idea of algorithmic, peergenerated grading.

“The first time around...[the professor and the teaching assistants] didn’t touch every paper,” Fader said.

“So a lot of students didn’t get that... and they felt bad about that.”

Since then, WHOOPPEE’s algorithms have been tweaked and adjusted. The current focus is

optimizing the user interface and integrating it into Canvas — another common complaint among students.

While the project is still in progress, Fader is highly optimistic about its potential.

“The hope is to roll it out across Penn, and — I hope — lots of other universities,” Fader said. “And, you know what? Why stop there?”

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Rankings are compiled across the class and the final ranking is generated through a set of algorithms, taking into account of external factors.

Penn students generally unaware of down-ballot races Two ballot questions also to be decided on Election Day JULIA BELL Staff Reporter

On a campus with such a high level of political activism, you would expect more students to be familiar with candidates other than Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — but not everyone is.

In an effort to test students’ knowledge about “down-ballot” candidates, or candidates other than Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, we asked 17 students about made-up state senate candidates running for election in the eighth district (which includes University City). This is the off year for the eighth district, so the state senate office will not actually be on the ballot.

10 of the students surveyed said they believed one non-existent

candidate was more qualified than another. Another six of the surveyed students responded that they did not know, while only one student pointed out that the candidates and the election did not exist.

College junior and Vice President of Penn Democrats, Luke Hoban, is one of the most politically active students at Penn.

Hoban has canvassed for both Clinton, the Democratic Presidential candidate, and Katie McGinty, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate. When asked about the down-ballot elections during this election cycle, Hoban was able to successfully list off the majority of offices up for election, as well as the two ballot questions on which voters in Pennsylvania will vote tomorrow.

“Make sure to educate yourself on all the races, and not just on President and Senate... Oftentimes, down-ballot elections are

more overlooked and a lot closer than the Presidency, and they have a more direct effect on people’s lives,” he said.

Hoban is not the only student on campus with a knowledge of down-ballot candidates. College senior and President of Penn Government and Politics Association, Sarah Simon, is also well-informed. Although she already cast her vote in her home state, Simon was able to name all the ballot positions in Pennsylvania except for Treasurer, Auditor General and State Representative.

“I’ve served as President [of GPA] since 2014... I think I’m reasonably well-informed and politically active,” she said.

These leaders of political groups are well-informed regarding the 2016 election in Pennsylvania, but not every student on campus is equally as informed. The results of the survey of 17 students

suggests that many are unfamiliar with what positions are on the ballot, as well as what candidates are running for those positions. In lieu of specific information about the positions and candidates, incumbency and party likely had a large influence on how students responded in the survey.

To avoid any confusion or lack of information on election day, here are the down ballot candidates on the ballot in University City: U.S. Senator: Pat Toomey (R, incumbent) Katy McGinty (D) Edward Clifford III (Libertarian) Attorney General: John Rafferty (R) Josh Shapiro (D) Auditor General: Eugene DePasquale (D, incumbent) John Brown (R)

John Sweeney (Green) Roy Minet (Libertarian) Treasurer: Otto Voit (R) Joe Torsella (D) Kristin Combs (Green) James Babb (Libertarian) U.S. Representative: James A. Jones (R) Dwight Evans (D) State Representative: James Roebuck (D, unopposed) Finally, here are the two ballot questions, in verbatim: “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?”

“Should the City of Philadelphia borrow ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR MILLION THREE HUNDRED THREE T HOUSA N D D OL L A R S

($184,303,000.00) to be spent for and toward capital purposes as follows: Transit; Streets and Sanitation; Municipal Buildings; Parks, Recreation and Museums; and Economic and Community Development?”

Here they are in “plain English,” courtesy of Philadelphia Magazine: “Pennsylvania currently makes judges retire when they turn 70.

This ballot question asks whether judges should be required to step down at age 75 instead.”

“The city government wants to borrow $184 million to make capital upgrades to public property, mostly. The breakdown is as follows: $100 million for municipal buildings, $33 million for streets and sanitation, $25.7 million for parks, recreation centers and museums, $19.5 million for economic and community development, and $4.7 million for transit.”

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Penn encourages other U.s to adopt new admissions strategy The policy uses teambased selection WESLEY SHEKER Contributing Reporter

Penn is encouraging other universities to pilot a team admissions strategy that Penn implemented four years ago — and Swarthmore has already adopted it.

The tactic is used to increase efficiency, fairness and morale among college admission officers. Under the old system, admissions staff would divide applications and read them individually, usually on self-set hours in solitude. After reading, officers would write up notes with their thoughts and a recommendation to reject, defer, or advance the candidate in the admissions process.

Under Penn’s new regimen, admissions officers split into teams of two and read one application at the same time in the office. Then they discuss the application together and come to a consensus before passing it along.

After the team of two screens the application, it is given to admission officers responsible for the geographic region where the applicant lives. An exceptional applicant may skip this step and be handed immediately

to a selection committee that includes school-based representatives. This committee will make the final decision on a potential acceptance.

“Penn, along with many other schools, has had an increasing number of applicants every year and yet they keep to the same timetable,” said Laurie Kopp Weingarten, director of admissions counseling at One-Stop College Counseling. “They have to release the decisions on the same date.”

It is in Penn’s interest to process applications efficiently: from 2002 to 2012, total applications to Penn increased from 18,827 to 31,280. Last year Penn received more than 37,000 applications.

“We also are doing the work in a more efficient way,” said Dean of Admissions Eric Furda. “We don’t have four times as many people in this office as when we had 10,000 applications.”

Penn has held conferences with admissions officers from other universities to introduce them to the method.

“We started with regional schools to come take a look at the work that we were doing to as a way of a) sharing our experiences but then also b) getting a larger groupthink over the work we were doing,” Furda

said.

Swarthmore adopted Penn’s method of application reading with small alterations after two admissions officers from Swarthmore saw a presentation at Penn.

“It was different from what we were currently doing but we were really excited about it,” said J.T. Duck, director of admissions at Swarthmore.

“We decided to adopt it because it looked like a more viable way of still doing holistic admissions but getting through applications in a more efficient manner than in a past.”

After seeing a 40 percent surge of applications in the 2014-15 application cycle, Swarthmore was looking to improve their application reading process.

Duck is satisfied with the switch. The new process relieves the isolation that admission officers can experience while reading applications for weeks on end, and allows officers to train each other while reading.

Dean Furda compared the new process to an in-class midterm instead of a takehome test.

“When it’s complete, it’s complete,” he said. “And then you go on.”

Penn Early Decision applications at all-time high QuestBridge early applicants not included JULIA BELL Staff Reporter

This year, Penn received 5,999 applications in the Early Decision round — the most it has ever seen.

However, the number of ED applications received does not yet reflect the QuestBridge appl ications, wh ich a re reviewed by Penn under a separate early program.

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organization that links lowincome students with top colleges.

Last year, 5,762 students, including QuestBridge students, sent in their applications to Penn early. Already, Penn has seen a four percent increase in applications since the 2015 application cycle. But Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said there are dangers to making direct comparisons.

“It’s not comparing apples and apples,” Furda said.

The final total for Penn Early Decision applications will

be known when QuestBridge deliberations have completed.

Each year, the number of Early Decision applications generally increases. This year, the number of applications to Penn through the Early Decision program grew even though the Penn Admissions team briefly changed their early admissions program to a restricted policy and then changed it back again.

Early Decision acceptances a r e r ele a se d i n m idDecember, and QuestBridge acceptances are released before Thanksgiving.

Girls living in Trump’s old house love Clinton

Trump’s old addresses were leaked last year JACOB WINICK Staff Reporter

For the residents of 4049 Sansom Street, the presidential election hits especially close to home — their house was once a residence of Republican nominee and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump.

Today, the five-bedroom apartment is home to a group of Penn students, including Engineering junior Bari Gordon and College juniors Naomi Kadish and Hannah Jaffe, all of whom are avid Hillary Clinton supporters.

Jaffe first uncovered the secret past of her apartment last year when Trump’s previous addresses were leaked online and she found hers on the list.

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behind the large crowd. Bill Clinton introduced First Lady Michelle Obama, who talked about making history again.

“This is probably the last and one of the most important things I could do as First Lady,” Michelle Obama said as she explained her support for Hillary Clinton. Michelle Obama also introduced her husband, President Barack Obama.

“I am so proud of what he has done for our country and how he has done it,” she said.

“He has always gone high when they have gone low. He has shown what grace, dignity and intelligence look like. I want to introduce the love of my life, Barack Obama.”

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thing to bring up in conversation when people are talking about him regarding the election,” Jaffe said. “I wonder if there were mice when he lived there, and how much he paid for rent.”

Kadish joked that it was almost impossible to believe Trump really lived in the same house.

“It’s hard to imagine him living here, but he did,” she said. “There was definitely a different atmosphere in the house when he lived there.

Probably much more aggressive.”

After their address was released as one of Trump’s past houses, they began receiving all sorts of mail addressed to the Republican nominee — everything from credit card applications in his name to a letter addressed to Trump, simply saying: “Jesus Christ Loves You.”

As a Clinton supporter, Kadish believes the political ideology of the house has taken a turn for the better since Trump lived there.

“It’s a really fun thing to have our house be so pro-Hillary even though [Trump] used to live there,” she said. “I like to think we are a pretty loving and accepting house, so I’m really happy about the change.”

Trump may have been an unusually wealthy Penn student, but for the residents of 4049 Sansom Street, the flamboyant businessman’s time in their apartment is a reminder that the candidate once lived a somewhat ordinary college life.

“I like to think about him walking to class past all the FroGro dumpsters,” Jaffe said.

In preparation for the election, the residents have placed a “Students for Hillary” poster in their front window.

himself a skinny guy with a funny name, talked about the advantages of a Democratic president.

“Since Bill is here, I did some math, a little arithmetic,” President Obama said. “Under the last two Republican presidents, job-growth flattened, deficits went up. Over our two Democratic presidents, jobs went up by more than 30 million, deficits went down, and millions of people got health insurance.

With Democrats in charge America is stronger.”

Hillary Clinton made her final argument on why she should be the first woman president of the United States, specifically talking about the issues and values that people will also be voting for.

“There is a clear choice in this election,” Hillary Clinton

explained. The choice is between unity or division. The choice is between an economy that works for everyone or only those at the top. The choice is between strong, steady leadership or a loose cannon who would put everything at risk.”

All of the performers and speakers called for the importance of voting on Election Day on Nov. 8.

“Tomorrow we face the test of our time. What will we vote for?” Hillary Clinton said.

“While my name and my opponents name are on the ballot, every issue you care about is on the ballot.” If you believe that America thrives when the middle class thrives, you have to vote. If you believe college should be more affordable, then you have to vote.”

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OPINION Elect Hillary Clinton and Katie McGinty TOE THE LINE: PENN DEMOCRATS

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2016 VOL. CXXXII, NO. 101 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 WILL SNOW Sports Editor

Voting in a swing state like Pennsylvania carries with it an obligation to the rest of the country to carefully consider our options in each race. In particular, the Senate race between Katie McGinty and incumbent Pat Toomey has shaped up as a crucial one with national implications. Regardless of how you intend to vote for president and for Senate on Tuesday, we have one simple request for you. Before you leave for the polls, block out some time for yourself to think. Turn off your computer, ignore social media, don’t engage in arguments that quickly devolve into partisan insults. Just sit and really think for a few minutes. I promise, you can do it.

Don’t just think about the people running for president.

Think about their respective campaigns and the policies that they stand for. Think about the way that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have conducted themselves over the course of the campaign and what policies each has offered to put in place.

On almost every single is-

sue, the contrast between the two major-party candidates could not be greater. Secretary Clinton has offered a positive vision for America, while Donald Trump has courted white supremacists and alt-right conspiracy theorists at every turn. Given the divergence between the two, it is shocking that Pat Toomey has spinelessly refused to say who he will vote for. At every turn, he has refused to officially endorse Trump, but he has not disclosed whether his party’s nominee has lost his vote.

Why is Toomey waffling so much? Maybe it’s because his policies of environmental deregulation, defunding Planned Parenthood and lowering taxes on the wealthy are almost identical to the policies of the bigot at the top of his party’s ticket.

Maybe it’s a purely political move — he would rather win himself another term in the Senate than do everything he can to oppose a demagogue who threatens his most vulnerable constituents. As proud Pennsylvanians, we’re not going to let him get away

with that. We will send Pat packing and elect the first female senator in the history of the Keystone State.

Katie McGinty is the person we need in the Senate fighting with all of her

ing up for LGBTQ+ rights, women’s rights, criminal justice reform and a just immigration system. She has consistently championed environmental justice — one of the most overlooked issues

This election is undoubtedly a defining moment in American history, and each of us has a moral duty to participate.” strength for students struggling to afford college, for working people long overdue for a raise in the minimum wage and to make our streets safer for everybody. She knows that a full Supreme Court is crucial to the functioning of the federal government, no matter who is president, and will be a force of cooperation, not opposition. She will represent her entire constituency, stand-

of our time — since her time chairing the White House Council on Environmental Quality during the 1990s.

She is the obvious choice for Pennsylvanians who want a better future for all who live in our commonwealth.

As for the presidential race, one more op-ed written in the week before the election probably isn’t going to present you with new information. Everything we could

possibly say about the two candidates has already been said hundreds of times.

For example, you already know that Hillary Clinton is the most qualified person to have run for president during any of our lifetimes.

You already know about her 30 years of advocacy for the most vulnerable Americans and her commitment to the most progressive platform in the history of the United States. You already know that Donald Trump is not only temperamentally unfit to hold the most powerful office in the world, but has repeatedly displayed a lack of basic knowledge about how government functions. Deep down, you know that the choice is clear. The office of the presidency is not a place for on-the-fly training and reckless behavior. Every decision that a president makes from the moment that they enter the Oval Office for the first time has a tangible impact on real people all over the United States.

But you already knew all of these things. You’ve seen and heard the hateful rheto-

ric that the Republican nominee espouses. If you are not a Democrat, you may not want to admit it publicly, but you already know that voting for Donald Trump is an active wish for evil to rain down on your fellow citizens. That is an unconscionable decision for anybody who calls themself a patriotic American.

This election is undoubtedly a defining moment in American history, and each of us has a moral duty to participate. We cannot let ourselves get conned into staying home on Nov. 8.

Instead, we must all do our part to prevent a nuclear-empowered Donald Trump and elect Hillary Clinton to be the next president. The eyes of the nation will be on our state. Repudiate the bigotry of the Trump-Toomey ticket, and send a message to all who are watching that love does indeed trump hate.

LUKE HOBAN is a College senior and the Penn Dems communication director. He is a science, technology & society major and a philosophy minor.

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Yet another task force GUEST COLUMN BY RHEA SINGH, SYRA ORTIZ-BLANES AND BRIANNA WRONKO Last Friday, President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price emailed Penn faculty, students and staff to announce the creation of a new task force charged with combating sexual harassment and sexual violence.

In the email sent out at 5:22 p.m. on Friday night, Gutmann and Price explained that the goal of the entity is to focus “collective attention and understanding on how best to promote a respectful and healthy campus environment and to ensure that students and their parents and guardians are aware of the high-risk behaviors — many of which violate University policy and would result in sanctions for a recognized student organization — engaged in by these [off campus] groups.”

While we commend University efforts, we believe that creating yet another task force, this time to target off-campus organizations, is not the sole answer. The

email from Gutmann and Price fails to acknowledge the real problem, a problem far greater than the existence of off-campus groups: a toxic rape culture which permeates all of campus, both east and west of the 40th Street line.

We believe that all Penn students, regardless of their campus involvement, should be held accountable for violations of University policy to the maximum degree permitted. The problem does not stem from the existence of these off-campus groups.

However, this is not to say that sexual violence and unaccountability are not problems within the off-campus scene.

The email makes it seem like groups which operate within University policy are always compliant with all of the University’s rules and regulations. Yet, time and time again we see that these “clearly stated [behavioral] standards” which “violate

University policy and would result in sanctions for a recognized student organization” are being violated within the confines of recognized student organiza-

We are concerned that the task force conflates sexual harassment and violence with alcohol and substance abuse. Alcohol and substance abuse do not cause

We feel that this email uses the issue of rape culture to problematize off campus organizations — fraternities and female societies.” tions and Penn’s campus.

We feel that this email uses the issue of rape culture to problematize off-campus organizations — fraternities and female societies.

This not only minimizes the reach of rape culture, but it also is a direct insult to the nearly one in three women on this campus who are survivors of sexual assault.

rape, and as such, are separate issues that should be separately addressed.

In our time at Penn, the word “task force” has been used often. Recent task forces during our undergraduate careers have focused on fulfilling legal duties and bureaucratizing issues rather than taking into account student input on issues that tru-

ly affect our lives. Because of the performance of past task forces, we fear that this one will not prove effective in enacting comprehensive, concrete policies.

We ask for a description of student involvement, a fair selection process and that practical solutions be put into effect. We believe that the involvement of students is a vital element to ending campus rape culture, and thus, we hope that student input will be taken seriously.

As such, we would like to see task force meetings open to all students to ensure that this process is transparent and inclusive of all of our stories and experiences. We urge that students be selected equitably, fairly and without bias, so that all voices can be heard. We acknowledge that though words are important, actions facilitate change.

This cannot be another task force that merely writes

a report or holds a series of meetings — it must develop concrete solutions to change our campus culture.

This task force must increase awareness of the rape culture that permeates our campus. It must partner with student groups to educate all of us not only on resources to use AFTER an assault takes place, but how to prevent assaults from happening; and it must take firm action to show that sexual assault and harassment are not just inconveniences, but that they are crimes.

We remain hopeful that this task force will work collaboratively with students, both on and off campus to address a culture of violence that affects so many Penn lives.

RHEA SINGH is a College senior. SYRA ORTIZ-BLANES is a College senior. BRIANNA WRONKO is an Engineering senior. All three are members of WE ARE WATCHING.

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Ten things we learned during the final Democratic rally Democrats held their final rally in Phila.

NINA SELIPSKY Contributing Reporter

Thousands gathered in Independence Mall Monday night to see the Democratic Party’s final star-studded rally, featuring speeches by Chelsea Clinton, Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama and finally Hillary Clinton. Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi sang for the electrified crowd.

The Democrats got their final words in before voting commences tomorrow morning.

Here are 10 things we learned from the rally: 1. Hillary Clinton likes to tout her stamina, especially in light of Trump repeatedly saying she has none. Clinton recounted her experiences during the televised presidential debates against Trump. “I stood next to Donald Trump for four and a half hours, proving conclusively that I have the stamina to be commanderin-chief,” Clinton said.

2. Clinton repeated — once again — that she likes to play cards. Trump has accused Clinton throughout the campaign of “playing the woman’s card.”

Clinton has practically patented her response at this point and repeated it at the rally: “If I’m playing the woman’s card, then deal me in!” She even sells “woman cards” on her website.

3. Barack Obama can relate to many of us about this election

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“In terms of visibility, we try to be where crowds of people are, so when the big lectures get out or if there are any events going on,” she said.

On Tuesday, they will specifically be focusing on reminding people to vote as they walk to class.

They will also be making phone calls to all of the registered voters on campus to ensure they have cast their ballots.

Penn Democrats will also be organizing a round of knocking on doors throughout campus. “We did a lot of dorm-storming during voter registration, but this is our final push to make sure that everyone has a plan to vote tomorrow,” she said.

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— he said he found parts of the election to be “a reality show, even a parody,” and full of “noise and distractions.” But he added that when we all step into the voting booth in the morning, he thinks the decision to elect Hillary Clinton could not be clearer or more serious.

4. Donald Trump’s campaign took away his Twitter account over the weekend, according to Obama. He described Trump as “erratic — if his own advisors don’t trust him to tweet, why would any of us trust him with the nuclear codes?”

5. Obama sees himself as “the skinny guy with the funny name.” Reflecting on his eight years in office, Obama said, “You bet on me all those years ago, and I’ll always be grateful for having had the opportunity to serve.” He continued, “We turned ‘Yes we can’ into ‘Yes we did.’”

6. Obama runs the numbers.

He said he “did some arithmetic” in his spare time and found that “with Democrats in charge, America is stronger.” He pointed to marriage equality, the United States becoming a world leader in addressing climate change, bringing home more men and women in uniform and providing health insurance to 20 million more people, as examples.

7. Bill Clinton thinks he is not as qualified as his wife. “I loved it when [Barack Obama] said at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia that Hillary was

the best qualified person to run for President — more qualified than he was, and he looked at me and said, ‘and more qualified than you were,’” Clinton said.

8. Michelle Obama’s job isn’t done yet. She said that putting Clinton in office is “the last and one of the most important things [she] could do as First Lady.” Of her time in the White House, Obama continued, “Thank you for your love. We have been honored to be your first family. You have inspired us with your courage and decency.”

9. Jon Bon Jovi refers to Hillary Clinton affectionately as “Mrs. C,” which is appropriate since he has known Clinton for 20 years. “Tomorrow, with the eyes of the world upon us, you’re going to have to ask yourself, ‘What kind of world do you want?’ Because I want a world of hope and optimism,’” Bon Jovi said. He encouraged the crowd to “think of Mrs. C when you hear this one,” as he struck up the chords to The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun.” 10. Bon Jovi and Philadelphia go way back. He said he and the city have “been through a lot together.” Bon Jovi remarked, “All of my foundation work started on these streets. All throughout my recording career you’ve been here for me.” He said that Clinton has always been dedicated to public service and proven to be a unifier as first lady, senator and secretary of state, adding, “I know you’re going to be here for Mrs. Clinton tomorrow.”

While Democrat students have gotten behind presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Republicans have largely avoided campaigning in the presidential race.

President of College Republicans and College and Wharton senior Jennifer Knesbach said the conservative group on campus have moved their focus to the down-ballot elections this cycle.

“We feel like with the presidential race, it isn’t so cut-and-dry here on campus, so our big concern is that a lot of the Republicans who will be voting differently at the top make sure to go out and vote downballot red,” Knesbach said.

They have chosen to focus on the Senatorial race because, “In any other year, Pat Toomey would not be facing such a close race, but because of the nature of this

election, it is a lot closer than it should be,” Knesbach said.

As for their presence on campus in getting out the vote, College Republicans have sent emails to all of their constituents and have been on Locust Walk mobilizing voters.

Earlier in the semester, they did some phone banking. They also brought a writer for the Weekly Standard to campus to discuss the election.

“A big way we try to increase the concern on Penn’s campus is through a mix of social events and speaker events that we have had throughout the semester,” Knesbach said.

College Republicans will also be bringing in former Bush administration Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove to give a post-election analysis.

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Chase-Levenson’s class have had three weeks to work on what the student and Chase-Levenson himself called a “low-stress” presentation, some students are not so lucky: Students in Gizem Saka’s Introduction to Economics for Business class have a quiz Wednesday that is worth a significant portion of their grade.

“I will definitely be studying on Tuesday night,” a Wharton freshman in the class said, who also chose to remain anonymous due to current enrollment. “I still hope to be able to watch the election though, even if I have to stay up later to study.”

Many Penn students said they think that, given the historic nature of this election, it is unfair for professors to have students choose between watching the election coverage and getting a good night’s

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well-aerated pond owned by a volunteer, who agreed to rehouse the koi in Kennet Square. They are being treated with medication and thriving, said Joshua Darfler, the Kaskey Garden and Greenhouse manager.

Scott McRobert, a professor of Biology at St. Joseph’s University and author of an editorial published in The Daily Pennsylvanian suggesting that the Penn Biology Department reconsider its decision to euthanize the turtles, is overseeing the turtle transportation.

McRobert or one of his students will retrieve the captured turtles every day and transfer them to tanks in his lab where they’ll be held until the spring.

McRobert is currently surveying different ponds in which to release the turtles when the weather gets warmer. “He’s going to visit each pond first to make sure that they’re not connected to any natural water systems, that there’s not a native turtle already present [and] that the pond is in good health,” Darfler said.

The remaining 45 turtles are

sleep before an important test.

Similarly, many sophomores in the School of Nursing have to perform a physical head-to-toe examination the Wednesday following the election. Studying for this exercise is preventing many of them from watching the election and even voting, they said.

“My friend who lives on the mainline and is registered to vote there and not in Philly might not vote Tuesday because she has to study for this examination and does not have the time to drive home,” Nursing sophomore Mikaela Salvesen-Quinn said.

Some professors have taken this into account and have moved tests or presentations to dates later in the week. College freshman Olivia Sylvester had a midterm in her Intermediate Latin Prose class, but the students convinced their professor to move the date of the midterm to Friday because of the election.

“Our professor was really understanding and he totally got where we were coming from,” Sylvester said. “It’s the first election I’m voting in, it’s the first election where a woman is a main candidate, and it’s also just been such a crazy election; I couldn’t imagine just not paying attention to it all night.”

College freshman Sonia Pearson, as an intern at the Clinton Campaign’s West Philadelphia office, stressed her belief that every Penn student getting out to vote should not prioritize schoolwork for the day. She also said watching the results might be nerve-wracking for many students and could be a distraction from school work.

“The results of this election have huge ramifications for every single person on this campus,” Pearson said. “There is enough stress in watching and waiting for results that will fundamentally shape our futures.”

buried deep into the muddy floor of the pond, engaged in a process known as brumation, a reptilian version of hibernation that begins in the late fall.

Because it is difficult to access the turtles buried in the mud, the Biology Department will wait until the Spring when the turtles spend more time on the surface of the water to transport them, Darfler said.

In the meantime, the pond will be refilled with city water and aerated before species native to the pond are introduced, which is scheduled for next spring. Plants will also be added in the spring to manage the pond’s nutrient load, an excess of which was attributed to the unpleasant odor emanating from the pond over the summer.

Penn Animal Advocacy, a student-run group, partnered with the Pennsylvania Director of the Humane Society of the United States to persuade the Biology Department to reconsider its options with the turtle population.

Together, they conducted research to assess the validity of the department’s concerns. PAA had some brief email exchanges with members of the Biology

Department, but McRobert’s editorial helped change the course of action, Adam Shriver, a member of PAA, said. The group is now involved in the relocating process.

Following McRobert’s editorial, members of the Kaskey Garden Committee opened a dialogue with McRobert to make sure that his solution accounted just as much for the well-being of the turtles as it did for the pond. “We came to an agreement of what we were looking for, criteria-wise, for these ponds, and started a great relationship ever since,” Darfler said.

The pond was to be drained and re-aerated even if the turtles were not to be euthanized.

“As a group…we’re pretty happy with the outcome because we feel strongly that every individual animal’s lives should be respected and something like euthanasia should only be a last resort…

“We’re really happy that the DP article helped facilitate a better solution. On a slightly more critical note, it would be nice if something like euthanasia would be considered as a last resort even without the DP publicity,” Shriver said on behalf of Penn Animal Advocacy.

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Week-long SEPTA strike over on the eve of Election Day

Penn approaching five-year milestone in faculty diversity

Voters can now use SEPTA to reach voter booths

The final progress report to be published early 2017

CHARLOTTE LARACY Staff Reporter

SEPTA and TWU Local 234 announced a provisional agreement early Monday morning, ending the strike that has greatly affected transportation in Philadelphia for about a week.

Officials said SEPTA service would be restored in phases during the day on Monday.

Subway service would be the first to return. A few bus service could be available in time for the evening rush, officials said.

“We believe the agreement is fair to our employees, and to

the fare-paying customers and taxpayers who fund SEPTA,” Pasquale Deon, chairman of the transportation agency’s board, said in a statement. “It provides for wage increases, pension improvements, and maintains health care coverage levels while addressing rising costs.”

The strike ended a day before Philadelphians would head to the polls for election day.

Democratic leaders, including longtime Philadelphia congressman Bob Brady and state Rep. Dwight Evans had publicly expressed wor ry about lower poll attendance in the city due to this strike. A transit strike would have predominantly hurt lower-income and minority voters who primarily use the service.

In order to win Pennsylvania, Clinton would need a large majority of the vote in Philadelphia; the concern was people not having enough time to go to the polls due to the long commutes to/from work.

A joint effort from the city and the state was made on Sunday to combat this strike and bring it to a halt before Tuesday. The city tried forcing the workers to provide partial service on Election Day and the state claimed it was planning on taking the union to court to sort this out.

T hese mea su res were deemed unnecessary due to the agreement that was reached overnight.

Social Media staffer Christopher Mountanos contributed reporting.

LAUREN SORANTINO Staff Reporter

About five yea rs ago, Penn began to take steps to devote institutional resources toward increasing and sustaining faculty diversity. Here’s a recap of what progress the school has made since then: June 2 011: P resident Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price released the Action Plan for Faculty Diversity, stating the case for diversity in higher education and at Penn. The plan promised resources for faculty recruitment, improved

climate and retention. Together, the Penn’s twelve schools and the central administration pledged $100 million in diversity spending over five years.

May 2012: Each of Penn’s 12 schools releases its own plan for increasing faculty diversity. These diversity action plans outline the procedures designed to ensure broad outreach during hiring searches and detail the schools’ specific plans for faculty development and retention. These plans also include metrics to allow for the assessment of progress in each of these areas.

December 2013: More than two years after the five-year Faculty Diversity Action Plan was launched, a revealing

report on faculty diversity statistics is released: the report shows slow but steady increase in faculty diversity.

February 2015: The LGBT Center launches its own LGBTQ Diversity Task Force, composed of faculty, professors and students, to address the lack of attention that the LGBTQ community received in the five-year action plan regarding faculty diversity.

September 2016: Separate from the five-year Faculty Diversity Action Plan, the Faculty Senate announces that examining faculty diversity as a goal for coming academic year.

Early 2017: The final progress report for the five-year action plan will be published.

William Shakespeare’s authorship thrown in doubt New algorithm analyzes word choice in plays HARI KUMAR Contributing Reporter

The debate over whether Shakespeare wrote all 38 of his plays has been ongoing for millennia — and Penn Engineering, of all things, just proved it’s unlikely he did.

In a recent study led by Alejandro Ribeiro, a Rosenbluth Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, researchers sought to determine whether William Shakespeare actually wrote all of the plays that he is claimed to have written.

The team used computer algorithms to figure out whether the syntax and style of writing in various plays attributed to Shakespeare matched up with each other.

“We generated a network that matched up an author with his text based on the language he used,” Santiago Segarra said.

Segarra is a graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was a member of Ribeiro’s research team.

The machine learning program that the Penn Engineering team used is extremely accurate in detecting differences in authorship.

“If we trained this system on a play by me and a play by [someone else], and then gave it another play written by one of us, it could tell which one wrote it 98 percent of the time,” Professor Ribeiro said.

Ribeiro’s research built upon previous findings about the use of language to determine authorship by actively trying to eliminate biases based on word choice. Segarra explained that the researchers looked at how the various plays used generic words, such as “who,” “we” and “at,” instead of using specific words like “university” or “person.” The frequency of these general words in writing allowed for more data to be collected on their usage in a wide array of contexts, thereby

improving the program’s accuracy.

By examining the similarities and differences in the usage of these words in Shakespeare’s canon, the researchers found that there was a significant enough difference between some plays to determine that Shakespeare did not write all of them.

“I think our findings are a testament to the creative tactics we used,” said Mark Eisen, an Engineering graduate and doctoral candidate at Penn, who worked on the project.

Although Penn’s research team for this project did not announce a specific author who they can confirm to have written some of these works, the researchers strongly suspect that Christopher Marlowe played a large role in the writing of some of the plays.

Marlowe, a household name among English professors, has been central to this Shakespearean debate for decades, and many scholars already believe that Marlowe wrote the three Henry VI plays attributed to Shakespeare. The

language in these three plays is extremely similar to Marlowe’s works, as confirmed by these computer algorithms.

These findings have had a real impact. New Oxford Shakespeare Complete Works, the premier scholarly resource on all things Shakespeare, will give credit to Marlowe as a coauthor for the Henry VI plays.

Marlowe’s credit will likely play a huge role in modern Shakespearean studies.

Ribeiro began this project in 2012 with a general interest in improving authorship attribution. With the debate over Shakespeare’s authorship so prominent in academia, it was only natural that their research quickly drifted to focus on the English playwright. But since the program that the researchers created can work with all kinds of literature, there’s much more potential for this project, he said.

“We used very unique methods and came up with an interesting conclusion. Hopefully we can build upon our success in the future,” Segarra added.

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NICK BUCHTA Senior Sports Editor

The winter season is officially underway.

Sunday, Penn wrestling kicked things off, opening up the 2016-17 campaign at the Southeast Open in Roanoke, Va. Leading the way for the Red and Blue was junior May Bethea, wrestling at 157 pounds a year removed from his first NCAA Tournament appearance.

The 16th-ranked Bethea took third on the day, winning his first three matches before losing to No. 15 Russell Parsons of Army, 8-0, in the semifinals. Against Princeton’s Mike D’Angelo, the 157-pounder took third place with a 9-7 decision.

Join ing Bethea on the

podium was senior Frank Mattiace. Ranked 17th at 197 pounds, Mattiace recovered from a quarterfinal loss to No. 14 Kevin Beazley of Old Dominion to get a win in both the consolation quarterfinals and semifinals — taking sixth place with a semifinal win over teammate Joe Heyob in a 5-3 decision.

Senior Dan McDevitt was last to place for the Quakers, losing in the semifinals to Duke’s Connor Bass, 7-4.

Other than Bethea and Mattiace, Penn came in with one other nationally ranked grappler: three-time NCAA qualifier Caleb Richardson at 133 pounds.

Richardson, ranked 17th in the country, had a rough weekend.

After defeating North Carolina’s Alex Rinaldi, 10-6, he dropped his next two matches — a 3-2 decision to Army’s Austin Harry and a 5-3 decision to the

Citadel’s Andy Szalwinski. “First competition of the year, it’s hard to set expectations because you haven’t competed for so long. ... It was good in that it set the direction we need to go,�

Penn coach Alex Tirapelle said.

No one else beyond those three managed to place in the Open Division for the Red and Blue, although several Quakers fought their way deep into the consolation rounds.

Junior Joe Velliquette fought his way to the consolation semifinals at 165 pounds but was on the losing side of a fall just 45 seconds in, and sophomore Robert Ng made it to the third round of consolation matches before ultimately get ting knocked out of the tournament.

Not everyone for the Quakers competed in the top division, however. The Open was actually structured in two tiers — the Open Division along with a

division for freshmen and sophomores.

The best performance out of the freshman/sophomore division came from Jalen Laughlin.

The 197-pound freshman earned a 17-1 win on a technical fall against Army’s Trevor Parker to take third place.

Joining Laughlin and placing in the freshman/sophomore division was 149-pound freshman Jon Errico. After losing in the quarterfinals, Errico fought his way through the consolation bracket into the fifth-place match, where he ultimately lost to Army’s Lucas Weiland, 8-2. “Being our first competition and being the first week in November, it’s too early to tell how great of an impact [the freshmen will] be able to have,� Tirapelle said, “but the potential is there for them to have an impact.�

Following this weekend, the Quakers get a two-week layoff.

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After qualifying for the NCAA Tournament in March, junior May Bethea kicked off the 2016-17 campaign finishing third at the Southeast Open.

They won’t wrestle again until they play host for the Keystone Classic on Nov. 20 — a tournament that will represent an early

test for the Red and Blue, thanks in part to the presence of the defending national champions in Penn State.

Quakers’ shutout loss to Princeton is a regression to the mean WILL SNOW

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enn football’s loss to Princeton on Saturday was, for lack of a better, less-ironic word, sobering.

The aura around the rivalry game was already sour after the Penn administration’s decision to clamp down on student tailgating and drinking.

But it only got worse once the game started. A three-and-out to start the game was bad, but the blocked punt and the resulting return for a Princeton touchdown took the air out of the Quakers’ sails. That wind never returned.

The 28-0 final scoreline was fitting of the performance — the defense was subpar, and the offense was miserable. Giving up a few touchdowns to Princeton was honestly expected, as the Tigers’ offense has been dynamic and

impressive in recent weeks. There were a couple individual errors that led to Princeton points, but it was the offense that should shoulder the blame for this performance.

I mean, Penn hasn’t been shut out in a ball game since 2013. For as great as senior quarterback Alek Torgersen has been this year, he sure did stink on Saturday. He threw for 179 yards total, but that’s bearing in mind that many of those came in the fourth quarter, after the game was over.

It’s not that I expect him to be performing at an all-star level all 10 weeks of the season — though, if he wants to be drafted at the end of the year, he should. But this was easily the worst game out of the dozen-orso I’ve seen him play in. Saturday’s nightmare could just be an outlier, but it could something more.

Ten straight Ivy League wins for the Quakers finally came to an end against Princeton. In the game of chance and probability, there are always hot streaks. Teams get lucky, quarterbacks get hot and turnovers randomly pop up. But I

On Saturday, senior quarterback Alek Torgersen was held to under 200 yards passing as Penn football was shut out against Princeton, 27-0.

Harvard should be the date with destiny this team needs to forge its identity. Will they rise up to the challenge, bounce back and beat the Crimson to maintain their challenge for (a third of) the Ivy title? Or will they fall to the only remaining unbeaten Ivy, falling out of contention in the process?

Personally, I expect to see a fire in their eyes that drives them into the lion’s den guns blazing. Torgersen could very well respond with an MVP performance, throwing multiple touchdowns, running for one or two and putting himself back on the NFL scouting list at the same time.

But he could also come out with a whimper, throwing interceptions and coughing up the ball, too. In the Quakers’ final real test of the Torgersen-era offense, we can only wait and see what their DNA is really made of.

fear that this loss could be a regression to the mean.

The team I saw out on Powers Field wasn’t the world-beating, swashbuckling squad coach Ray

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Last week, this was never more evident. Chicago and Cleveland were gearing up for the most anticipated game in World Series history and for a few hours, nothing else mattered.

I had plans to watch with friends, and as the night wore on the crowd of viewers grew. No one was a huge fan of either team, some weren’t even baseball fans at all, but everyone was locked in on the game. We erupted when Rajai Davis hit his game-tying home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, and we collectively held our breaths as we watched the Cubs (the Cubs!?!) take back the lead and win their first championship in 108 years.

Two days later, in Chicago, the celebration became the seventh-largest gathering in human history. Five million people

skipped school and called out from work to watch the Cubs parade through the city. Because of sports, five million people found common ground.

Today, go vote. Be passionate about your beliefs and fight for the vision you have for America.

But when it’s all over, and the wounds from the election begin to heal, sit down with friends, drink a beer, watch a game and enjoy the common ground that you share over your love for sports.

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It’s reassuring to watch pundits debate hot topics on television and then see them laugh and hug afterwards because they were only arguing over who should start Game 7 and not who should be the Commander-in-Chief.

But, sports don’t just distract.

They also heal. They build community. They forge trust, and they bring people together who have nothing else in common.

Obviously, the result this Tuesday is more important than any touchdown drive or ninth-inning home run. Our country’s future is

THOMAS MUNSON is a College junior from New York, N.Y., and is senior sports reporter for The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2016

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A ROUGH GO ON THE ROAD FOR PENN Traveling to Princeton on Saturday, Penn football was dealt its worst defeat in the rivalry since 1978, as the Quakers were shut out, 27-0, due in part to a series of red zone and special teams miscues early on by Coach Ray Priore’s squad.

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KICKING IT OFF

CAN’T LOOK AWAY

Penn wrestling traveled to Virginia on Sunday to open the season with the Southeast Open

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Sands gets third Ivy honor

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record for Ivy ROTW awards NICK BUCHTA Senior Sports Editor

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With three Ivy Rookie of the Week awards, Emily Sands tied for most in the conference.

The season has ended, but there are still awards left to be had.

On Monday, despite Penn women’s soccer’s 1-1 draw on the road at Princeton, freshman Emily Sands was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week.

Sands was responsible for the Quakers’ lone goal on the road, scoring the equalizer in the game’s 28th minute after catching Princeton off-guard with a stunning left-footed shot to the upper-right corner of the net.

This marks the fourth time this season a member of the Red and Blue have taken home Ivy League Rookie of the Week this season — with Sands earning three and classmate Kitty Qu taking home the other.

Sands is just the second Penn player ever to earn three such awards, with Kerry Scalora having matched the feat in 2010. Only one player in Ivy history has every won more than three Rookie of the Week awards: Princeton’s Mimi Asom won the honor six times last season.

Scalora went on to win Rookie of the Year in 2010 and ended up a three-time All-Ivy honoree in her time in University City. Sands does have some strong competition for the award this season, namely Yale’s Aerial Chavarin, whose nine goals are second best in the conference and five assists are third.

The four Rookie of the Week awards as a team are the most the Quakers have ever won; Penn is just the 15th team to get at least four such awards in a season. The Red and Blue finished off the year fourth in the Ivy League with a 2-2-3 conference record — eight points back of league champion Harvard.

THOMAS MUNSON

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onight, the most important — and divisive — election of our lives is finally coming to close.

Politics has dominated conversation and the news for months, and yet, sports have never been a more important part of my life.

With each passing day, the campaigns have become more negative, the tone of the election has become more dire and I’ve learned that many people have some questionable opinions which I wish I hadn’t been exposed to.

As a result, during this cycle I have drifted away from the frontpage headlines and the updated SEE POLITICS PAGE 8

Sports suck, but the shared experience still matters NICK BUCHTA

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ednesday was the one of the worst days of my life.

I got up early, made the six-hour drive from Philly to Cleveland, took the train downtown with some friends and went to a baseball game.

A lifelong Indians fan, the chance to go to Game 7 of a World Series was absolutely surreal. Then the game started.

It took one at-bat for the Indians to fall behind. They would never lead. From the first inning on, we tried to keep things alive — there were eight of us totally surrounded by the Cubs staff and family section. But Clevelanders long ago developed a sixth sense, a pit in the stomach that forms early when our teams are playing in big games.

We knew what was going to happen. Yet there was no way we were going to take our eyes off the trainwreck.

I had to watch my dad three seats down, looking like he was about to cry from the moment the ball left Dexter Fowler’s bat until we got home five hours later. I had to calm down my old high school baseball coach, sitting next to me and ready to go at it with the Cubs fans around us.

On the other side of me, one of my oldest friends remained convinced the game wasn’t over.

Heading into the eighth with the Indians down three, he insisted we’d take the lead.

He was damn close to being right. After Cleveland got one run across, Rajai Davis hit a game-tying, two out, two-run homer that I can honestly describe as the purest moment of joy I have ever experience in my life.

We yelled, we laughed, we hugged, and two innings later, we still lost.

Sports suck.

I will never get over that game.

It has immediately been labeled an all-time classic. Great. That means for the next fifty years I’ll get to see replays of a game my team lost.

Baseball inspires emotion in me

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NICK BUCHTA | SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR

According to Senior Sports Editor Nick Buchta, Game 7 of the World Series showed why sports really matter — because of the shared experience and emotion that fans get to go through as a community.

like little else can. It’s probably in the bloodstream — from that last out until we got home, the only words spoken by my dad were just a quiet “I thought we had it.”

In that moment is the heart of the reason that sports matter. My pain was not just my own. It was a

shared pain with my dad, with my coach, with my friends, with the 38,000 other people at that game — just as much we shared the sheer elation of the Davis home run.

The game is a form of collective experience that you can’t match in many other places. Yeah, Game 7

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hurt. It really hurt. Yet at the same time, I know that I’m feeling the exact same way as every one of my friends, family and neighbors.

Sometimes, it feels like that’s what is missing from Penn. There don’t seem to be those moments of shared experience. I can’t help but

think that so much of that is driven by the lack of a real sports culture around campus. Sports, more than just about anything else, serve to unify a community.

It doesn’t take much to buy in.

One of my friends messaged me mad after the game because he not only felt compelled to watch game seven since I was there, he started wanting the Indians to win and sat fixated as the game headed into extras. He had no connection to the team or the city, and still he felt that same pain I did.

Good.

I could only wish more people would feel that, be it about Penn Athletics or otherwise. We need, perhaps more than ever, things like sports to create these shared experiences.

Nonetheless, I’d still rather have taken a win. This one hurts. But on the bright side, pitchers and catchers report in 98 days.

NICK BUCHTA is a College senior from Olmsted Falls, Ohio, and is senior sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at buchta@thedp.com.

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