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PUCK FRINCETON U. won’t revoke Cosby’s degree Penn has previously revoked two honorary degrees CAROLINE SIMON Deputy News Editor

Penn will not rescind Bill Cosby’s honorary degree, the University said in a statement Friday. Cosby, 77, who was accused two weeks ago of sexually assaulting someone at Penn Relays in 2004, received a Doctorate of Laws from Penn in 1990 and spoke at Commencement in 1997.

“While the allegations against Mr. Cosby are deeply troubling, it is not our practice to rescind honorary degrees,” Vice President for University Communications Steve MacCarthy said in a statement.

Despite this statement, Penn has previously rescinded two honorary degrees. German Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II was awarded an honorary degree in 1905, and German Ambassador to the United States and Mexico Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff received one in 1911.

Both had their degrees rescinded in 1918 following the United States’ diplomatic break with Germany during World War I. When asked to clarify Penn’s policy, MacCarthy said, “I don’t have anything further that I can add.”

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PENN 26 23 PRINCETON Blocked kick leads to crucial overtime victory THOMAS MUNSON Associate Sports Editor

Amid protests, Trump hosts ‘SNL’

Find a way to win.

That was the message Ray Priore and his staff delivered to Penn football when it faced a 20-10 halftime deficit against Princeton on Homecoming Saturday at Franklin Field.

“At the end of the day, all we want to do is win by one,” Priore emphasized. “I simply

said to them, ‘We’ve been here before.’”

So, when Princeton (5-3, 2-3 Ivy) lined up to attempt the game-winning field goal with four seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, Penn (5-3, 4-1) stood tall. Linebacker Donald Panciello exploded off the edge and blocked the kick as it left Nolan Bieck’s foot to save the Quakers’ season.

After the play, as the team sprinted off the field ready for overtime, it seemed as if there was no chance Penn wasn’t

The alum drew protesters for his racially insensitive comments

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he didn’t miss the ball or that I over throw it,” Torgersen said of the walk off score.

But, after the mayhem died down, it was Panciello’s heroics that drew the most postgame attention.

“We call it ‘block to win,’” the junior said of the situation.

“Obviously it was do or die. I block that kick or our shot at the Ivy title is gone.

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Preventing sexual assault: ‘It’s On Us’

ELLIE SCHROEDER Deputy News Editor

Donald Trump’s second “Saturday Night Live” stint embraced its controversy.

The 1968 Wharton graduate, businessman and presidential candidate was at the center of more contention last month when NBC announced he would host the late-night comedy show. The network drew criticism for inviting Trump to host after he made racially insensitive comments about Latinos.

Saturday evening, outrage continued as, hours before the show, dozens of protesters flooded Rockefeller Plaza, waving signs emblazoned with slogans such as “SNL, stop the hate” and “Dump Trump.”

The show, known for its liberal cast members and views, attempted to strike a balance between poking fun of Trump and letting him be in on the joke. Sketches made fun of his eccentricities, like his self-aggrandizing statements: “A lot of people are saying Donald, you’re the most amazing guy. You’re brilliant, you’re handsome, you’re rich, you have everything going,” Trump said in his opening monologue.

going to run away with the victory.

Sure enough, the Quakers forced a three-and-out and limited the Tigers to a field goal to begin the extra period.

Immediately thereafter, Penn put up six on an 11-yard touchdown pass from junior Alek Torgersen to senior wide receiver Eric Fiore, catapulting the Red and Blue to 26-23 victory that had seemed improbable only moments before.

“All I had to do was get it in his area and pray to God that

Week of education on sexual assault begins today ISABEL KIM Deputy News Editor

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In September, President Barack Obama launched the “It’s On Us” campaign to end sexual assault on college campuses.

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A White House representative will kick off a week of education around sexual violence prevention on campus, in conjunction with the national “It’s On Us” Public Awareness Campaign to Help Prevent Campus Sexual Assault.

Penn’s “It’s On Us: Week of Action” is an effort co-sponsored by Penn Democrats, Lambda Alliance, Penn Association for Gender Equity and Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault.

“This year we decided [our sponsored event] would be around women’s issues and sexual assault,” Vice President of Penn Dems and College junior Max Levy said, “especially after the campus climate survey.”

The Association of American Universities’ Campus Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct, often referred to as the campus climate survey, was conducted at 27 schools and surveyed over 150,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional student respondents.

The AAU survey conducted at Penn found that almost a third of Penn female undergraduates say they have been sexually assaulted by their senior years.

Penn Dems had the idea to do an event about sexual assault awareness and decided to collaborate with the many groups that also speak against sexual assault on campus. Levy said the group wanted to “amplify as many voices as possible.”

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Penn squirrels may be able to predict snow ELYAS TECLE

Meteorology is a science comprised of facts related to the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere. But there are times when facts can be put aside and meteorologists turn to legend to make their predictions.

Take the weather proverb about our campus’ favorite animal: “Squirrels gathering nuts in a flurry, Will cause snow to gather in a hurry.”

Every fall, an abundance of squirrels roams around campus in places like the Quadrangle and Locust Walk. During the early parts of the year, they can most likely be found frolicking through bushes in the warm summer sun and attracting tourists. But, come fall and winter, there won’t be any more 80-degree days, and the squirrels will begin to prepare for the winter months. Nowadays, you’ll see squirrels scouring for acorns rather than posing for pictures.

So, why do squirrels matter when it comes to our weather?

Well, think about it this way.

Squirrels conserve acorns and nuts to prepare for hibernation in the winter, right? In that case, the

more food that they conserve, the longer they expect to hibernate that winter. There are some years where the climate causes an abundance of acorns or the opposite in other years. The years where fewer acorns are seen commonly coincide with years with relatively low snowfall for the Philadelphia region. On the other hand, years that see more acorns, and thus more “squirrely” activity, tend to see more snowfall.

So, what about this year?

A lot of acorns are lying around campus, but not many more than usual. The ones I’ve seen so far are a little bigger than normal, so it’s possible that squirrels are picking up less in quantity. In the last two weeks or so, I’ve seen a large number of acorns disappearing

from the ground, meaning that the squirrels are in the process of burying them. This could mean that the hibernation process is beginning.

However, a late start to storing acorns may not necessarily mean anything directly about an early or late start to winter.

Although most of this is just theory and folklore with hard evidence yet to surface, the trend has proven to be true on more than one occasion. So, next time you see a squirrel carrying around acorns outside of Houston Hall, take note — they may be trying to tell you something about this winter!

Elyas Tecle is a College freshman and meteorologist reporting on weather for The Daily Pennsylvanian.

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Students on the culture shock of transferring into Wharton Transferring to any new school comes with an expected culture shock. But the competitive grading system of Wharton can make the change even starker.

“What makes [Wharton] tough is the mentality ... not necessarily the course material,” College and Wharton sophomore Stephen Cho said. It’s not Cho’s 7.5 credits this semester that make school challenging, but rather the social pressure. Transfer students identify the grade curve, which is present in most classes, to be the source of much of the competitive culture. While emphasizing team building and orative skills, Wharton simultaneously pits students against each other by placing grades on a bell curve.

After finishing his freshman year as a biological basis of behavior major on a pre-med track in the College, Cho added

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various high-profile speakers and events that will engage the community and hopefully “make people feel more comfortable talking about sexual assault in whatever group they’re in,” Levy said.

Below is information on the events this week, open to all in the Penn community.

Monday: Who: Kyle Lierman, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement Where: LGBT Center When: 7 p.m.

What: Lierman, the leader of the administration’s “It’s On Us” campaign to end campus sexual assault will be talking about the White House initiative and the national movement.

Tuesday: Who: Maggie Gross, Vice President of External Affairs for Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania

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Jordan Palmer is a Wharton junior who transferred from Elon University.

a health care management and policy concentration in Wharton. He has chosen to undertake both degrees in the pursuit of integrating the management and medicinal facets of healthcare.

“For me I see it as if I can pull it off and just suck it up for the next few semesters ... I feel like it will be worth it,” Cho said.

Cho often finds that this heavy

Where: 350 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall When: 7:30 p.m.

What: Gross will speak about the services Planned Parenthood supplies, as well as the role of women’s reproductive health in the 2016 election.

Wednesday: Who: All are welcome to participate Where: Outside of Huntsman Hall When: 9 p.m.

What: Students are encouraged to use chalk on Locust Walk to spread awareness of sexual assault on campus.

Friday: Who: Penn Anti-Violence Educators Where: Huntsman Hall G88 When: 4 p.m.

What: PAVE will be doing bystander training for the Penn Dems Deputy board as well as any other interested members of the Penn community with a focus on the power of bystander training.

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Cosby has received over 60 honorary degrees from various universities. At least 11 schools have chosen to revoke his degree, including Springfield College, Franklin & Marshall College, Tufts University, Goucher College, Lehigh University, Fordham University, Marquette University, Baylor University, Amherst College, Wilkes University (Pa.), Brown University and Muhlenberg College.

Like Penn, dozens of other universities have chosen not to rescind Cosby’s degrees, citing policies or precedent.

Yale University, for example, told Vulture that “the university has never rescinded an honorary degree and has not rescinded his,” while the College of William and Mary said that it “bestows honorary degrees based on information known at the time when they are conferred, and these awards do not

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the Stern School of Business at New York University after her freshman year upon being accepted to Wharton. Coming from an entrepreneurial background, Lang could not pass up the social and professional opportunities that are thought to accompany acceptance into one of the top business schools in the country.

“Being able to navigate your way through Wharton is almost like a means of personal triumph,” said Wharton junior Jordan Palmer, a transfer student from Elon University.

At their previous institutions, transfer students may have grown accustomed to being academic and extracurricular leaders.

Upon enrollment into Wharton, students realize that their classmates are equally motivated and accomplished.

“I have to strive way harder,” Lang said. “At Wharton, I learn that every person around me is my teacher.”

“Personally, Wharton taught me to be comfortable with being uncomfortable,” Palmer said.

constitute a standing endorsement of an individual’s moral character.”

Cosby has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than 50 women. One of Cosby’s many accusers, Donna Barrett, said in a press conference on Oct. 23 that Cosby groped her on Penn’s campus while she was officiating the Penn Relays in 2004.

“Hey, back that thing up here, girl, back it on up!” Cosby reportedly said while pressing Barrett toward his body. She spoke to other officials at the Penn Relays about the incident, “but no one knew what to do.”

Meanwhile, students across campus have called for Penn to revoke Cosby’s degree. The Penn Association for Gender Equity THOMAS JANSON | DP FILE PHOTO said Penn’s decision constitutes Penn has chosen not to rescind Bill Cosby’s honorary degree, silent approval of the allegations claiming that it is not its “practice to rescind honorary degrees.” against Cosby.

“Honorary degrees are [a] representative said in an email. silencing of sexual assault suruniversity’s way of commending “Penn should not honor indi- vivors.” individuals for their contribu- viduals that perpetuate sexual Senior Reporter Dan Spinelli tion to society and the way assault — and more broadly and Deputy News Editor Isabel they live their lives,” a PAGE — and a culture of shame and Kim contributed reporting.

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workload comes at the expense of his extracurricular pursuits. He does not attribute his demanding workload to the rigor but the quantity of classes that he is enrolled in.

Being a student in both the College and Wharton has made the the cultural distinctions between the two schools apparent to Cho. He has noticed a difference

Wharton can have the opposite effect on other students.

After a year away for medical reasons, College sophomore Dalton Noakes returned to Penn with a different perspective. The former Wharton student realized that he wanted to work in the non-profit sector and that the values and curriculum of Wharton no longer aligned with his academic interests or future career goals.

“After a year on medical leave, I just didn’t care about it at all anymore. I hated all of my classes and the thought of taking four years of finance, accounting and the like was not appealing in any way,” Noakes said.

Even though W ha r ton’s culture may seem novel and overwhelming, those who stay generally deem the competitive atmosphere to be conducive to real world preparation and personal growth.

The shock of Wharton competition can be even more severe for external transfers.

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in the way students in the College and Wharton engage with their course material and each other.

“The mentality [in Wharton] is definitely less collective,” Cho said. “If I am in my BBB class, even though it is curved, it is a lot more collaborative.”

When sitting in his BBB classes, Cho is mainly concerned with understanding the material.

But in Wharton, Cho feels that he must be aware of the social and political climate of his class and align his comments accordingly.

Despite the social and academic pressures that accompany a dual degree, Cho said it has made him aware of the variety of subcultures at Penn. He has applied this knowledge to managing the organization he created, MetLife.

“Being more hyper-aware of the cultural backgrounds that people come from in terms of the school they’re in within Penn [has] helped me take a more personal interest in the people that I am trying to manage,” Cho said.

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New gun law advocacy group joins Penn’s campus Freshman creates group in response to violence threat ANNA HESS Staff Reporter

At 2 p.m. on Oct. 5, College freshman Natalie Breuel felt forced to choose between her education and her safety.

Having missed her 2 p.m. class that day out of fear of getting shot during the hysteria over the online threat against an unnamed Philadelphia school, Breuel is now advocating for change.

“Why am I making the decision between my safety and my education?” Breuel said. “That’s not okay.”

Because of the shooting scare, Breuel realized the lack of advocacy and education on gun violence on campus.

She was surprised to discover that there was no single-issue gun violence education and advocacy group at Penn, so she endeavored to found Penn Against Gun Violence.

Penn Against Gun Violence is an education and advocacy group led by Breuel and other undergraduates in an effort to bring awareness of gun safety to the student body. Since the group’s launch in November,

it has garnered 120 likes on its Facebook page. In now has an executive board of 10 members and had 30 members at its first general body meeting.

The group’s mission is twofold: to educate and bring awareness to gun violence issues and to advocate for gun safety legislation, mostly in Pennsylvania. They seek to bring in speakers and organize workshops to educate on topics of gun violence, and have already scheduled speaking events with Pennsylvania gun safety legislation advocate group CeaseFire PA, as well as with Penn professor Dr. Susan B. Sorenson, who has extensively studied violence prevention.

The group is involved in the nationwide gun safety campaign “Generation Lockdown,” affiliated with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, which consists of college gun safety advocacy groups across the country that are working to educate their student bodies on gun safety. The group plans to continue holding weekly meetings to plan education and advocacy events. Their first speaker event is on Nov. 12, when Sorenson will speak in an event open to all members of the Penn community.

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Penn Against Gun Violence was created to bring awareness to the student body about gun violence. Pictured (from left to right): Candy Alfaro, Camille Rapay, Jillian Jones, Natalie Mullins, Madeline Freeman, Natalie Breuel, Helen Dai.

Architecture major builds community beyond Fine Arts Hall Class of 2016 has 13 students in the major CHERRY ZHI Staff Reporter

The undergraduate architecture program at Penn is as much about building community as it is designing structures.

In the Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall, students spend four and a half hours in studio twice a week working on design projects and receiving feedback on their work. These projects are not always directly related to tangible buildings, and many of them entail taking an inspirational study and using that to create an analog of a structure.

“The biggest misperception

about the major is that people expect you to be always building buildings,” College junior Carrie Lee said.

College senior Antoni Gierczak attributes this to Penn’s conceptual focus on the study of architecture.

“Usually in the studio you’re designing things in a vacuum,” Gierczak said. “And the things you design aren’t necessarily practical.”

This year, as part of the senior project, students get to apply their skills to a real-life context by working alongside one of the winners of last year’s President’s Engagement Prize, 2015 College graduate Shadrack Frimpong.

The class is developing architectural proposals for the women’s health clinic and school for girls

that Frimpong is building with his Engagement Prize in his native village in Ghana.

Graduate study is required to become a licensed architect.

Unlike a five-year professional program, Penn’s four-year undergraduate architecture program is liberal arts based, and most students go on to graduate school afterward to earn their licenses.

College freshman Maria Diavolova, an aspiring architecture major, had to decide between these two tracks.

“I chose Penn’s program because I’m also interested in the social components of architecture and how you can impact cultures and society through it,” she said.

In fact, many juniors and seniors currently in the major either

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Another sketch joked about Trump’s many feuds. Trump tweeted insults at cast members, including one that called Penn alumna Vanessa Bayer an “average talent and a total loser.”

Although critics have described the episode as “dead” and “boring,” it had its moments. References to the protesters outside littered the evening’s jokes. During Trump’s opening monologue, guest comedian Larry David yelled out, “Trump’s a racist,” referring to the protesters outside who offered $5,000 to anyone who heckled Trump.

The campaign director for DeportRacism.com told Rolling Stone on Sunday they will be sending David the prize money and a “Deport Racism” T-shirt to show their appreciation.

In one skit, which imagined Trump as president, the

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Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate and Penn alumnus, hosted NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” on Nov. 7.

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double major or minor in other fields such as urban studies or environmental studies to receive a more well-rounded education than what a pre-professional program would offer.

“You can see how what these people study influences their design in class,” Gierczak said. “I think design is one of those things that everything you do in your life shapes you as a designer.”

The work itself is demanding and many students go into the studio sequence without a clear understanding of the workload.

“I think we had around 60 people in freshmen studio, and now we’re down to 13,” College senior Emily Siegel said. “A lot of people are just shocked by the reality of the major.”

segment also referenced protesters’ demands to “dump Trump.”

Though “Saturday Night Live” often invites the very politicians it lampoons to appear as guests, including Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton last month, Trump’s invitation to host an episode was largely unprecedented — only eight politicians have ever hosted the show, and only one, Rev. Al Sharpton in 2003, was actively involved in seeking the presidency.

The cast members teased Trump supporters as well — the recurring “Saturday Night Live” character “drunk uncle,” played by cast member Bobby Moynihan, describes himself as Trump’s biggest fan while slurring his words.

The night’s jokes never mentioned Trump’s tendency to flaunt his Penn degree, but in a joke earlier this season, Trump’s wife called Wharton the “Hogwarts School of Business.”

Despite the challenging nature of the program, the students have formed a tight-knit community.

College senior Thuy Le is president of ARCH Tank, a student-run group that organizes BYOs and social events for the major and creates mentorship chains resembling the “big little” lineages in Greek life.

“We try to create a community in architecture, and we kind of bond over our weird sleeping schedules and the hardships of the major,” Le said.

Because architecture is a small major at Penn — the Class of 2016 has only 13 students, plus an exchange student — many students are either unaware of the program or do not have an accurate understanding of it.

“Architecture is very much like a cult, and people don’t necessarily know what’s going on or how the process works,” Lee said. “But architecture is for the people, and I want everyone to know more about it and become more invested in it.”

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The benjamin franklin experiment | Sounding out the role of tranquility in contemporary America

e not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable,” says Benjamin Franklin on the virtue of tranquility. Today, many people agree with his sentiment. On Penn’s campus alone, a plethora of options exist for students who want to find time to calm down from the constant anxiety and pressure that build up within them from coursework and social interaction. Everyone has a different idea of what kinds of activities calm them — everything from the Penn Consciousness Club’s meditation meetings to weekly contemplative exercises held by campus religious groups to study breaks and film screenings. For some, energetic enterprises like creative writing, cooking, exercising and playing instruments are just as calming as meditation because the people who love them find them to be pleasurable experiences.

Regardless of the mode, though, there is no doubt that people at Penn and beyond value opportunities to relax and destress from the realities of their everyday lives.

Without such forays into tranquil states of mind, life would likely turn into an unending war zone of emotional and intellectual frazzle.

Yet, rather than truly living in tranquility, we generally compartmentalize it into specific portions of our life. We schedule it into our days as though it is just another time commitment — one hour here for meditation group, another few hours here for a quick trip to the beach with friends and so on. Specific spaces exist in our lives where a tranquil state of mind is allowed, the boundaries of which we carefully regulate so as to ensure that we have plenty of time left over for typing away at our essays or answering our problem sets. The increased presence of smartphones in our world means that we can

even bring the workspace into our relaxation time now, taking advantage of the few minutes when our friends go to the restroom to shoot off another few emails and return more phone calls.

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Tranquility as a process of formation was the original goal of many strands of meditation from various religious traditions, notably Buddhism, from which the popular mindfulness movement

As a virtue, tranquility is not a time of day but a state of mind.” groups and study breaks as ways of becoming more tranquil barely scratches the surface of what that concept means. As a virtue, tranquility is not a time of day but a state of mind. Tranquility means walking into a midterm exam without losing peace of mind, or responding to the insensitive actions of others with an even voice and a level head. An ingrained sense of tranquility is an unnatural way of behaving for most of us and requires cultivation and perseverance to

derives many of its ideas. But rather than promoting a strict practice of sacrificing material and emotional comforts and distractions in order to develop an unshakeable sense of inner peace, contemporary American culture considers tranquility as something to treat ourselves with, in soundbites. The workaholic culture of Penn’s campus and the United States more generally portrays a certain level of stress and anxiety as a positive sign that we are being productive. Serious efforts

to develop a sense of ongoing inner tranquility directly counter the notion that the level of stress we feel is directly related to how successful we are.

American society has generally demonstrated an increased awareness of the importance of making space for relaxation and quiet time in the past few decades, which is great. However, separated off as our tranquil spaces tend to be from the rest of our lives, I cannot help but feel that current trends in thinking about tranquility ultimately push us to work harder than we ever did before. We feel that by making time in our lives for brief instants of relaxation, we have even less of an excuse to slack off when living every other waking moment.

We then feel even more guilty and grow even more stressed when we inevitably fail to live up to our expectations of ourselves.

The only way to stave off such feelings of anxiety and stress permanently from our

GINA ELIA lives, and to remain calm in the face of our shortcomings and failures, is to cultivate a state of inner peace that remains with us throughout our workday. It is time that we take seriously inner peace as a state of mind, rather than a moment in time.

GINA ELIA is a graduate student from Hingham, Mass. Her email address is ginaelia@sas.upenn. edu. Follow her on Twitter @humanitiesspot.

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Citizen capozzi | How Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party’s success in Pennsylvania are making Penn liberals more optimistic than

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he term “Penn bubble” currently takes on a new meaning.

On campus, many students think the Democratic Party is flourishing.

And this perspective is somewhat justified. First, Penn students have witnessed a nearby liberal hot streak in Pennsylvania. Just last week, Democrat Jim Kenney overwhelmingly won his election to be Philadelphia’s next mayor. At the same time, Democrats David Wecht, Christine Donohue and Kevin Dougherty swept three important seats on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court after heavily outspending their Republican opponents.

Second, Republicans have suffered a string of recent embarrassments on the national level. With Republican primary frontrunners Donald Trump and Ben Carson routinely making absurd comments and the Tea Party plunging the House of Representatives into chaos, the GOP looks more like the Goofy Old Party lately. Many students see this, including College senior Michelle Gassmann who said,

they should be

“Students are confident in the Democratic Party’s chances on campus because they don’t perceive a serious challenge posed

by Republicans right now.”

Simultaneously, Hillary Clinton has largely unified the Democratic Party and is projected to be a formidable presidential candidate. While her poll numbers keep rising, she also outdueled the House Select Committee on Benghazi, which she successfully painted as a partisan witch-hunt.

also confident, saying, “I think the Democratic Party is doing pretty well right now in terms of popularity.

“It’s looking good for Democrats in the 2016 presidential race,” he added.

But this confidence might be inappropriate, especially outside of Pennsylvania. Despite Democratic victories here, they suffered major defeats elsewhere in 2015. In Kentucky, Tea Party favorite Matt Bevin handily defeated Jack Conway, a popular

The situation for liberals is dire in state legislatures … .”

In short, all is well for Democrats in the eyes of many Penn students. College sophomore Jacob Gardenswartz argued the “country is leaning more and more politically left on issues” and praised Democratic debates for their policy focus, in contrast to Republicans, who are competing over “who did most to oppose any progress.” College freshman Andrew Ensor was

attorney general. In Virginia, the Democrat’s money offensive failed to flip the one seat they needed to take control of the Virginia Senate.

Moreover, the Pennsylvania bubble of Democratic success also reaches back to the 2014 elections. Penn students celebrated the victory of Democrat Tom Wolf, who easily ousted the Republican incumbent gov-

ernor Tom Corbett. However, Democrats suffered overwhelming electoral defeats outside of Pennsylvania that year, and this year’s results only worsened that reality.

After Matt Bevin’s victory in Kentucky, the Democrats control a mere 17 governorships nationwide. In contrast, there are almost twice as many Republican governors, including in deeply liberal states like Massachusetts, Illinois and Maryland.

The situation for liberals is even more dire in state legislatures, where the Republicans control 68 state legislative chambers to the 30 controlled by Democrats.

In the 2014 and 2015 elections, Pennsylvania was uniquely successful for the Democratic Party. Perhaps this is contributing to the wave of liberal confidence at Penn? Gassmann thought so, arguing, “Penn is a very liberal campus, so you don’t get a lot of exposure to Republicans. If you don’t see Republicans winning inside your political sphere, you’ll have a biased perception of how well Democrats are doing nationally.”

On the other hand, Demo-

crats can certainly take comfort in the current state of national politics, right? President Barack Obama has defied the pundits’ predictions and avoided lameduck status with decisive action on immigration, trade and Iran.

However, the Republicans retain control over the Senate, where they’re blocking many of President Obama’s federal appointments. Meanwhile in the House of Representatives, the Republicans have their largest majority since the 1920s.

Many Democrats at Penn cite confidence in Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning the White House. College junior Matre Grant, who supports Bernie Sanders, claimed the Democrats “will fare well in 2016” with their “appointed candidate.”

Some liberal pundits even think a Trump or Carson nomination could result in a wave of national electoral success for Democrats.

Yet this is likely fantasy.

Since the Republicans are more likely to retain the House of Representatives than Clinton is to win the presidency, the nation is more likely to have a Republican-controlled govern-

LOUIS CAPOZZI ment after 2016 than vice versa.

This doesn’t consider the GOP’s domination over state governments, many of which are promoting aggressive conservative agendas. As some pundits are realizing, the Democratic Party is in big trouble.

Meanwhile, back in Penn’s liberal political bubble, Democrats remain self-assured and confident. When the bubble pops, Penn students might not like what they see.

LOUIS CAPOZZI is a College senior from Mechanicsburg, Pa., studying classics and history. His email address is capozzil@sas.upenn.edu.

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Trustees approve $74.5 million to renovate Hill

The Board of Trustees met late last week CAROLINE SIMON Deputy News Editor

Last week, the Penn Board of Trustees Budget and Finance Committee authorized $74.5 million to be spent renovating Hill College House, increasing the project’s total budget to $80.5 million. Other committees convening last week included those focusing on academic policy and student life. Here are some highlights: Budget and Finance On Nov. 4 and Nov. 5, Penn’s Board of Trustees held their fall meetings. The Budget and Finance Committee passed a number of resolutions, including this one, related to facilities projects around campus. It approved a new 20year lease for the FMC Tower at 30th and Walnut streets, an expansion of the lease space and extension of the lease term at the Centre Square Building at 15th and Market streets, a replacement of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system on the first floor of the Towne Building, a restoration of the concrete in Franklin Field and lease renewal for the Left Bank at 31st and Chestnut streets.

Academic Policy Vice Provost for Faculty Anita Allen gave a presentation on the Provost’s Arts Advisory Council. The Council will build on the success of the three-year Penn Art and Culture Initiative, which culminated this year, and aims to develop collaborations between academic programs and art centers and provide interdisciplinary arts grants. The committee also discussed a need to increase the number of artists-in-residence and to involve Penn libraries in arts initiatives.

Dean of Admissions Eric Furda updated the committee on initiatives within Penn Admissions. He discussed Penn’s involvement in

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Penn’s board of Trustees met last week and agreed to authorize $74.5 million to be spent renovating Hill College House.

the new application website sponsored through the Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success and high school outreach programs like the Penn Early Exploration Program and Ivy in Your Backyard.

Furda also discussed broader admissions trends, such as an increase in the number of applications from underrepresented minorities. He added that last year, the number of applicants in this pool interviewed by Penn was greater than the number of total applicants to Princeton.

Student Life The Student Life committee focused on sexual violence as part of the administration’s efforts to address the results of the Association of American Universities’ Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct.

Vice Provost for Education Beth Winkelstein and Vice Provost for University Life Valarie SwainCade McCoullum updated the committee on the administration’s response to the survey results, which includes outreach to deans and student groups. Executive

Director for Education and Academic Planning Rob Nelson also discussed the expansion of the pre-orientation modules to all undergraduates.

Director of Student Sexual Violence and Prevention Jessica Mertz discussed the Anti-Violence Advocate Training program, which is offered to faculty and staff, and the Penn Anti-Violence Educators, a program in which students sign up to serve as active bystanders to prevent violence among their peers.

Director of Special Services Patricia Brennan clarified the policy of the Division of Public Safety: DPS will investigate cases involving Penn victims, regardless of where they occurred. Brennan also reported that there have been 11 rapes reported per federal guidelines since January, with a total number of reported rapes (including those not reported per federal guidelines) around 30. Brennan said that the number has risen since past years because students are becoming more comfortable with reporting crimes.

Staff Reporter Mitchell Chan contributed reporting.

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“I didn’t expect it to be as much as it is,” Wilcox said. “Even though there’s more class and stress about jobs, it’s not nearly as much as when you’re playing a sport and trying to do well [in school] at the same time.”

A middle blocker by trade, Turner is spending her fifth year at Penn completing a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. Like Wilcox and Thompson, her life as an athlete often revolved around practice and traveling to games on weekends, as well as spending much of her free time and social activities with members of the team.

But while these former athletes are similar in their shifting experiences in college, they are distinct in how they have reallocated their time and efforts.

“All the time that was [dedicated to] practice, I switched to school, which was kind of nice because I

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three minutes into the period, Sofia Tornetta found sophomore

had never done that before,” Wilcox — who transferred into the School of Engineering and Applied Science, prompting the extra year — said. “But I also filled that in with [club] gymnastics.”

On top of changing his focus off the field, Wilcox also left University City altogether, moving out to an area by Temple University in North Philadelphia.

For Turner, finishing her stint with the Red and Blue has opened up more possibilities beyond redirecting attention to academics and serving as a teaching assistant for certain courses.

“I can take trips to random places on the weekends like up to the Poconos without having to okay it with my coach or be traveling anyways [for volleyball],” she said. “But I also coach for the volleyball team, I haven’t escaped completely.”

For all of these athletes, their living situation is one manifestation of their social circles have changed.

Ryan McCarthy for the sudden death goal.

Saturday’s game was the final career contest for Red and Blue seniors Alex Agathis, Emily

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Former running back Kyle Wilcox has run out of athletic eligibility, but he remains a Penn student this year as he finishes up his degree.

“I don’t associate with the team too much because I live far away,” Wilcox said. “It’s hard being in their dynamic when you’re not

Guthier, Elizabeth Hitti, Stephanie Honig, Megan Johnston and Nicole Mackin. And though the crushing loss was a bitter way to end the sextet’s time in University City, Fink was thoroughly impressed with their leadership during the 2015 season, one of the most successful in recent memory.

“The seniors know that we love them,” she said. “They know that they can always come back [to support the team]. And I know that when they come back, they’ll know at their core just how important these games are.”

While the loss was a disappointing way to wrap up the 2015 campaign, the Quakers will return several key pieces in their attempt to dethrone the Tigers next season. Hoover and seniorto-be Elise Tilton will continue to lead the offense, while Garzio — a defender by trade — and goalkeeper Liz Mata will return to the back line.

So, for the Quakers, Saturday was not the day that they would defeat their rival and hoist that elusive Ivy League trophy.

But when that day comes, it will sure be sweet.

actually on the team or coaching.”

Turner is in a slightly different position. Maintaining a relationship with the volleyball team in a

coaching role, she is more connected to her former team than both Wilcox and Thompson are currently. But it remains incredibly different than being an athlete.

“I think the strangest part is that I only go in a couple times per week,” Turner said. “So I show up and everyone on the team has been there every day in the gym, in the weight room, doing everything so rigorously like I used to. Now I just stroll in whenever I feel like it.

“It’s less of that really strict athlete mentally, which is an interesting juxtaposition for me. But mostly I just enjoy being back with my teammates.”

This taste of a different life at the same school did not make these athletes question their choices over the past four years.

Despite the free time and the ability to focus on school work and join other groups, the trio is extremely grateful and pleased with their Penn Athletics’ experience.

“If I could’ve played this year,

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there,” Panciello added. “So I just had to do it for everybody else.”

Of course, this isn’t the first time the Succasunna, N.J., native has executed under the spotlight.

Six weeks ago, it was Panciello who returned a fumble 90 yards to the house against No. 4 Villanova to seal that win and shatter any notion of Penn playing like the 2-8 squad it was a year ago.

As a result, the Red and Blue are used to playing tight games this season. In fact, this marks the team’s fourth consecutive comeback victory.

Perhaps that’s why, when Penn came out for the third quarter, it looked like a veteran team despite boasting a roster littered with underclassmen starters.

“We don’t panic,” Priore said. “You could start blaming and point fingers [but] that does no good when you’re down by 10 points. Having a solution, having an answer to

the problem is where our staff did a great job.”

Part of that solution was Tre Solomon.

The sophomore tailback had his fourth straight game with at least two touchdowns — he has nine scores over that span — despite only finishing with 24 yards.

Solomon nearly punched in another score with just over seven minutes to play in the fourth quarter with Penn down 20-17. However, his fumble on the Princeton three suddenly shifted the momentum back to the Tigers.

But Tyler Drake and the Red and Blue defense weren’t about to let one mistake rip this game away from them. A swift three-and-out gave the ball back to the Penn offense with the opportunity to tie the score.

This time, the Quakers didn’t squander their chance: Jimmy Gammill split the uprights to tie the game at 20 on a 42-yard field goal with 3:22 left on the clock.

Drake, who is one of a handful of players who were on Penn’s 2012 Ivy

I definitely would have again, and I definitely miss it,” Wilcox said.

“But I appreciate how structured it made me and the growth that I had from it.”

“I would never trade my time on the team for anything,” Turner noted. “I enjoy it as a sport, and I don’t think that’s ever going to change.”

“I’m extremely thankful for my years being on track and I actually wish I could continue doing it this year,” Thompson agreed.

With no regrets regarding their academic decisions that forced them to spend more time at Penn, the athletes’ experiences are undoubtedly different, in both good and bad ways. It is a hard transition because of its in-between nature.

“I’m still at Penn,” Thompson said. “So I sort of feel like I’m in the same place but it’s not the same at all.”

So it’s the same Locust Walk and the same Penn but a different experience.

League-championship winning team, couldn’t bear the thought of letting his quest for a second ring slip away.

“You never know when you’re gonna be back on that stage,” the senior said. “I’m sure that we’re going to have the best week that we’ve had all year.”

Priore will take his group of miracle workers to Cambridge next weekend for a showdown against No. 15 Harvard with a share of the Ivy League title at stake. The matchup features the only two teams that still control their own destiny in the race for the Ancient Eight championship, and is as close to a must-win game as they come for Penn.

The 11,017 fans in attendance on Saturday were on their feet all afternoon cheering on the Quakers’ most thrilling win in a long time.

And if all goes as planned next week in Massachusetts, they will be back in two weeks for a game against Cornell that has the potential to conclude with a league title for the Red and Blue.

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being patient during the games,� senior setter Ronnie Bither said. “They’re a really scrappy team that doesn’t make a lot of errors so just sticking with that, it worked out well.�

Key to Penn’s success was a strong first set — the Quakers converted 15 kills on 32 attempts, good for a .344 hitting percentage. The Red and Blue took the set, 25-16, their best performance of the night.

Although Brown would make the second set close to start, Penn pulled away midway through, winning it 25-22. The Quakers hadn’t gone more than three sets in three of their previous four matches, and that wasn’t going to change Friday.

In the decisive third set, the Red and Blue dispatched the Bears, 25-17, taking the match with ease.

Penn dominated on both sides of the ball, holding Brown to a .069 hitting percentage and only five blocks. Stat by stat, the match was one-sided: The Quakers totaled more kills (47-28), assists (45-28), digs (69-54) and blocks (8-5) than the Bears, in one of their most allaround dominant performances of the season.

second sweep in a row NICK BUCHTA Sports Reporter

It’s time to say goodbye.

After four years and 432 combined matches, Penn volleyball’s five senior captains played their last matches in the Palestra this weekend. In their final home weekend of the season, the Quakers took down Brown in three sets before falling in four against reigning Ivy champion Yale for Senior Night.

Friday night against Brown (1014, 4-8 Ivy), the Quakers (5-7, 11-13) managed to record their second straight sweep, winning consecutive matches for the first time since a three-game streak from Sept. 19-26.

Despite the first meeting between the two squads going the Bears’ way in straight sets, the Red and Blue dominated the season series finale from to start to finish. “We studied them a lot, watched a lot of film and looked at our game from last time to see what areas we could improve in practice — just

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Penn volleyball celebrated the careers of its senior class on Saturday the day after sweeping Brown for its second consecutive victory.

Leading the way individually for the Red and Blue was senior Alexis Genske. The outside hitter recorded her 10th double-double of the year with 14 kills and 16 digs.

With the momentum from Friday, Penn returned to the Palestra for one final time in 2015 the next night, hosting a Yale squad (12-9, 7-5) it hadn’t beaten since 2011.

The Quakers got going in a hurry, taking the first three points of the match. But the Bulldogs quickly showed why they’re four-time defending Ancient Eight champions, pulling ahead at 16-15 on an ace from freshman Kelley Wirth and never looking back, winning the set, 25-20.

Set two began much like the first,

with an early 6-2 advantage going to the Red and Blue. Yale tied the score at seven, but Penn wasn’t willing to replay what had happened in the previous set. Although the set stood tied at 19, Genske launched a scorcher out of a timeout to take the 20-19 lead, sparking a run that led to a 25-22 set victory for the Red and Blue.

Coming back out of the locker room, Penn just kept on pushing. Once again, they opened play with three straight points, but once again, Yale tied it at seven. The set stayed close until Yale opened up a 16-13 advantage before Carr called a timeout to try to rally her squad.

From there, the Bulldogs only extended their lead, taking set three, 25-18.

Armed with a 2-1 set advantage, Yale asserted itself early in the fourth set, going up 12-6. The Quakers refused to go down quietly, but Homecoming would not end on the note Carr and her underclassmen had in mind for their five captains: The Bulldogs took the fourth set, and the match, 25-12.

Senior Night was truly that for the Red and Blue. Bither and

Genske each recorded their 11th double-doubles of the year, and all five seniors other than Bither had 10 or more kills. Even then, the senior setter paced the team with a .333 hitting percentage to go along with her 36 assists and 15 digs. “They’re the heart and soul of our team, and even when things are bad, they just always try to pick the team up in a positive energy and be like, ‘Hey, remember why we’re doing this. We’re doing this to have fun,’� Carr said of the seniors. “And I mean, having fun is winning, too, but it’s also playing our best, and I think we did do that tonight.�

For many athletes, the gym is like home. Eventually, the time comes where each must leave that home. They can all come back, and many do — one can look for proof at the 2010 team’s return Saturday or Kendall Turner, who graduated last year yet continues to serve as a manager of the team. But even for those that return, the gym is no longer home. Instead, they’re just visiting.

And next time the five seniors come back for a volleyball match at the Palestra, it will be as visitors.

Donahue ‘agreed to disagree’ with former captain Hicks M. HOOPS | Penn looks

For three years, Hicks — who Penn Athletics announced was quitting the team on Oct. 30 — was a dynamic scorer, one able to knock down shots off the dribble and make defenders miss on drives to the basket.

But heading into his senior season with the Quakers, Hicks was going to have to learn an

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Tony Hicks was objectively the most talented player on Penn basketball’s roster.

entirely new offensive scheme.

Throughout the preseason under first-year coach Steve Donahue, Hicks had to adapt his game and his skill set. And for the first time since his freshman campaign, he was going to have to fight for minutes, touches and possibly even a starting role.

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exactly, Donahue cannot say for sure. “I don’t necessarily know what Tony would’ve done for us because I hadn’t had him,�

Donahue said before practice the week following Hicks’ departure. “What I will say is that there were a lot of guys that I think were pushing him for the role he’s had in the past, and this would’ve been a different role [for him] within our offense.�

During Jerome Allen’s tenure with the Red and Blue, set plays were common on the offensive side of the ball. On top of that, despite the fact that Hicks was not a point guard by trade, it was not uncommon to see him bring the ball up the court with most possessions flowing through him.

At times this was extremely successful, as Hicks averaged double-digit scoring totals in all three years with Penn. And even when it wasn’t, it was almost always the best option for teams that often played with undersized and under-skilled players from 2012 through 2015.

On a team lacking players who could create their own scoring chances, one stood apart from the rest: Hicks. But heading into the 2015-16 season, there are more pieces to the puzzle, and Donahue looks to incorporate them all into his offense, including freshmen Jake Silpe, Jackson Donahue and Tyler Hamilton.

The goal of Donahue’s offense is to knock down a three or drive for layups. More people will touch the ball, and there will be fewer set plays. Consequently, it was unclear how a player like Hicks — someone who primarily shoots mid-range jumpers and worked with the ball in his hands — was going to fit in.

However, Donahue was struck by the veteran’s talent and work ethic, naming the Illinois native a captain along with fellow senior Darien Nelson-Henry.

But it was Nelson-Henry more than Hicks who found himself closer to the nucleus of Donahue’s vision for what the team would be attempting to do on offense this season. “For Tony, it’s probably a little more difficult. Just because he’s been a guy who’s been relied on to score so much, and this offense isn’t necessarily gonna ask him to take the ball and create plays for himself and others,�

Donahue said in a meeting with

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when I’m not out here playing and practicing with [the team].�

Van Dyke also reflected on the significant contributions of her seniors throughout what was her first season at the helm. “I think our seniors have done a tremendous job this year. It’s a new coach — a new style — and they’ve laid a foundation and the group has

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Throughout last season, Tony Hicks was the Quakers’ most capable player at creating shots for himself off the dribble.

The Daily Pennsylvanian a few day before Hicks’ decision was announced. “We’re going to do it collectively,� Donahue added. “Assists are going to be shared. [It’s] just a different way to play. I think he’s been committed to getting better. No one works harder, on and off the court.�

It appeared that, as tipoff for the team’s Nov. 13 season opener with Robert Morris approached, Hicks — a player who had been a star for his entire college career — may no longer be as important of a figure for the Quakers as he had been previously. “I don’t know if he would’ve been comfortable in that role,�

Donahue said after the departure was announced. “That’s what I saw. And him and I talking basically agreed to disagree.�

Despite the circumstances, Hicks’ decision came as a shock to both the team and coaching staff. “Like all of us, including me and Tony, [the players] were kind of surprised where this went,�

Donahue added. “We’re sad to see Tony go,� sophomore Darnell Foreman added. “I think more or less we’re just going to come together as a team and just fill that void.

Nobody can replace what he was able to do on the court. He was such a special player but we’re just going to do it as a team.�

Hicks did not respond to a request for comment for this article.

Foreman’s point seems to reflect the mentality of the Quakers this season: Do it as a team.

One player will not be able to replace the sizable chunk of offensive responsibilities that Hicks’ had. But luckily for the Red and Blue, in Donahue’s offense, no one player will have to do so. What led to Hicks’ departure may be the very thing that allows the team to improve following his absence.

As he did last season, sophomore Antonio Woods will likely take on the bulk of replacing Hicks at the point. However, Foreman, senior Jamal Lewis and Silpe are expected to see expanded minutes and be relied upon to carry the load. “[Hicks] has a great future and I’m as big a fan of him as anyone,� Donahue said. “But my number one priority is to run this program and to make it successful, and that’s what I’m going to do.�

With Hicks out of the picture, fulfilling that goal may be tougher in the short run.

However, after a stretch of troublesome seasons for Penn basketball, change was a necessity.

Unfortunately, for all those involved, Hicks will not be a part of that next chapter.

really bought in,� Van Dyke said. “The seniors showed they want to win and that they were adaptable. “You look at Caroline Dwyer moving up to play forward, and she embraced it. Shannon [Hennessy] has been so consistent in the back line. Mikolai had a great game tonight. The rest of the team sees that.�

Looking ahead to next year, the Quakers have reason for hope.

Though she is a senior, Terilli is eligible to return for a full season.

Stephens, who has twice been named Ivy League Rookie of the Week, will have yet another year to develop.

On top of that, the team conceded only 11 goals this season and outshot their opponents in all but three of its matches. For Penn to truly improve, however, it needs to turn those shots into goals.

Because next year, just like in 2015, draws are simply not going to cut it.

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Quakers’ offensive woes continue, fail to score in loss M. SOCCER | Penn

crushed in home finale JONATHAN POLLACK Sports Reporter

It was like deja vu all over again.

In a season where putting goals in the net has been a struggle for Penn men’s soccer, Saturday night’s final home game for the Red and Blue felt all too familiar, as they fell to Princeton, 2-0.

It was an emotional night for the Quakers (3-10-2, 1-4-1 Ivy), who held their annual Senior Night for this year’s class of graduating players. The six seniors and their families were called onto the field before the game to celebrate all of their hard work and achievements over the past four years.

Despite the added motivation of the senior’s last home game, the Red and Blue were unable to come away with a win.

“We’re disappointed that we didn’t get the win for the seniors on Senior Night,” coach Rudy Fuller said.

The game, like so many others this year, was a hard-fought effort, but the Quakers came away with nothing to show for it.

Penn was dominated by Princeton (9-5-2, 2-3-1) in the first half, as the majority of play took place in Penn’s half of the pitch.

The Red and Blue were outshot 11-3 in the first half and struggled both to generate chances and fight off the persistent attack from Princeton.

“We just didn’t get off to a good start in the game, and I think that falls on me and my staff not getting these guys ready to play, because at the opening whistle they weren’t ready,” Fuller said.

For most of the game, Penn’s back end struggled to contain the Tigers’ attack. Senior keeper Max Polkinhorne put up a solid effort in the loss, keeping the team in the game with seven saves.

Princeton broke the ice in the 23rd minute, taking a 1-0 lead with a strike from Brendan McSherry, who fired a rocket from the top of the box that was just out of reach for the diving Polkinhorne.

Just over three minutes later, the Tigers struck again, with Thomas Sanner beating a defender and putting the ball past Polkinhorne.

The Quakers struggled to win the open field battles, especially

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Senior captain James Rushton referred to his final game as a member of Penn soccer as “emotional” as the team finished its final home game of the season with a loss to Princeton at Rhodes Field.

in the first half, and let the Tigers get more than one chance at a time.

“We didn’t have the energy we needed, we weren’t sharp,” Fuller said.

The Red and Blue came out in the second half a different team, one that was much more

aggressive and focused on the attack.

“I think the guys were really disappointed at the half with the performance overall,” Fuller said.

“They didn’t think it lived up to the standards that they set for themselves, and I think they responded.”

Despite this, the Princeton defense continued to stifle the Red and Blue, snuffing out potential scoring chances before they could amount to much. The Quakers only managed to get four shots on goal, most of which were directed right at Princeton goalie Josh Haberman, and eight shots in total.

Although they could not pull out a win, it was still a special night for the seniors.

“We’ve been out on this field for many, many nights, and for this to be the last one with all of the families here it’s definitely emotional,” senior captain James Rushton said. “It’s definitely tough to walk out with the loss, but we just try to look back on the good times and think about those instead.”

The Quakers will once again look to dispel their offensive struggles as they look to send their seniors off with a win in their season finale next Saturday against Harvard.

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SAYING GOODBYE Splitting their final home weekend, Penn volleyball’s seniors said goodbye to the Palestra

Former Penn basketball captain Tony Hicks left the team with his role for 2015-16 in question

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Ineligible athletes remain at Penn

A handful of former athletes take extra time to get degrees

Agony

ALEXIS ZEIBELMAN Senior Sports Reporter

It’s all the same. That is, except for the differences.

The typical American collegiate experience is four years. While some deviate from that path and finish early or late, a majority of students at Penn find themselves on a similar track.

For any fifth-year student, life in that extra time on campus clearly changes, as most of one’s friends and classmates have graduated and left Philadelphia.

Naturally, teammates play an enormous role in the daily lives of Penn’s athletes throughout their tenure on a given team, both on and off the field. Athletes spend hours a day with their teammates at practice or lifts before often electing to socialize and live with the same people.

“My social group was also my teammates, so I was really involved with [them] outside of playing,” Kendall Turner — who finished a four-year career with Penn volleyball in 2014 — said.

For those athletes who complete their four years on a varsity team and run out of eligibility to play, staying at Penn for a fifth year is especially different.

While in the same location, what they spend their hours doing and who they see on a daily basis is radically altered.

“I think it’s sad to still be at Penn but no longer be considered an athlete and no longer be on the team I’ve been with for four years,” Jenny Thompson said.

Formerly a triple jumper with Penn track, Thompson is one of these athletes. While an athlete, the Piedmont, Calif., native transferred from the College of Arts and Sciences into the School of Nursing, a move that forced her to spend a larger amount of time in University City in order to complete her clinicals.

And after competing for four years with the Quakers, Thompson now finds herself not with a surge of free time but, rather, a different allocation of her hours.

“I’m taking more classes and harder classes,” Thompson noted. “Now, I’m more focused on classes [whereas] before I was focused on doing well at my sport.”

But different athletes experience the shift differently.

A running back with Penn football from 2011-2014, Kyle Wilcox was surprised with how much free time he gained by not being part of the team anymore.

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PRINCETON 2 FIELD HOCKEY | Quakers fall

short in crushing OT loss TOM NOWLAN Associate Sports Editor

Well, this one stings.

While the football team executed a thrilling overtime win over Princeton on Saturday, Penn field hockey played an equally close game but with a much different result. The Quakers, after scoring a thrilling goal late in regulation to tie the score, fell to the Tigers, 2-1, in the de facto Ivy League championship game.

With the win over the Red and Blue (13-3, 5-2 Ivy), Princeton (10-6, 7-0)

clinched the Ancient Eight title for the 11th consecutive season and for the 21st time in the last 22 years.

“Today was anyone’s game. Things could have been different,” coach Colleen Fink said. “We have a lot to be proud of, but there is a lot of angst. I’d be lying if we said we weren’t disappointed.”

Princeton took the lead just six minutes into the game as Teresa Benvenuti’s shot was redirected by senior standout Maddie Copeland to give the Tigers a 1-0 advantage. The goal was Copeland’s 16th of the season, giving her possession of second place on the Ivy League scoring leaderboard behind Penn’s Alexa Hoover.

Hoover, who boasted a total of 27

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Following the initial Princeton tally, both teams went scoreless for the next 61 minutes. The Quakers dominated possession throughout much of the first half but failed to put the ball in the goal.

The squads largely shared possession throughout the second half, and the Tigers clung to their slim 1-0 advantage. However, with just three minutes remaining, Red and Blue freshman Selena Garzio found the back of the net off of a penalty corner,

knotting the score at one and keeping the Quakers’ championship hopes alive.

“She’s been doing really well on that short shot from the straight insert all week long,” Fink said. “We were confident at that juncture of the game that she’d be able to finish, and she did. She executed it perfectly.”

Princeton had a corner opportunity of its own with less than 30 seconds left in regulation, but a pair of Tiger shots — including a Benvenuti shot on goal — failed to find the back of the net.

Princeton, however, wasted no time securing the victory in overtime. Just SEE FIELD HOCKEY PAGE 9

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Quakers set program record for draws in season W. SOCCER | Penn ties

nationally-ranked foe SANJAY DURESETI Sports Reporter

Another day, another draw.

On Saturday, mere hours after Penn football triumphed in front of a raucous home crowd, the women’s soccer team faced Princeton on Rhodes Field. The game, like so many for the Quakers this season, ended in a draw, as both teams failed to score through regulation and in the two overtime periods.

The match marked the conclusion of a tumultuous season for the Red and Blue, as Penn (6-4-6, 1-2-4 Ivy) set a program record for draws throughout the year. Despite strong showings in non-conference play, the Quakers could never seem to get over the hump against Ivy League opponents, only winning their matchup against Yale.

But Saturday was another

reminder of the long-term potential the team brought into its Ancient Eight slate.

Having already clinched the Ivy League title and an NCAA tournament bid, Princeton (13-3-1) outshot Penn, 14-10, as the two teams fought tooth and nail to the finish.

Star senior goalkeeper Kalijah Terilli had an outstanding performance in the net in only her second start since returning from an injury.

Her effort was part of a strong defensive showing by the Quakers, who shut down the Tigers’ 24th-ranked offense and leading Ivy scorer Tyler Lussi.

As it was in so many games this season, the real problem was on the other side of the pitch.

The Red and Blue, though constantly attacking, only recorded one real scoring chance, as freshman Sasha Stephens tracked down a ball drifting out of bounds and came across through the penalty box for a dangerous shot at goal.

Nevertheless, coach Nicole Van

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Dyke praised her players for their fight in the match and over the course of the season.

“We’re very organized, we’re hard to play against. We take it game by game. We did the same thing against No. 11 Clemson. We keep the ball,” Van Dyke said, “Today wasn’t one of the most fluid soccer games, but it was one of those games [where] you have to grind out and battle.”

The matchup against Princeton also marked the end of the careers of several seniors on the team. Caroline Dwyer, Shannon Hennessy and Erin Mikolai were honored before the game in front of a large crowd of friends, family and supporters.

“It’s bittersweet,” said Mikolai of her last match with Penn. “It’s great obviously because my whole career was a blast, and I had a really good family behind me. But it kind of sucks because soccer is over, and it’s not going to hit me until next week SEE W. SOCCER PAGE 10

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Along with the rest of her defense, senior goalkeeper Kalijah Terilli had a strong performance for the Quakers against No. 24 Princeton, helping shut down a potent Princeton attack that had been unbeaten in Ivy play.

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