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Making friends with locals while abroad is not so simple JESSICA MCDOWELL Abroad Reporter
Finding friends while abroad may be easy, but making friends with the locals is an entirely differ-
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While study abroad is often seen as an “immersive” experience, many students studying abroad say that, while abroad, they tend to find more connections among other American or international students than local students. The Penn Abroad website boasts that students “get to take advantage of opportunities available to your
fellow students such as student clubs, sports, and community engagement,” and that “you will experience life, as much as possible, as local students do.” Students interviewed said that orientations and information received prior to going abroad made it seem easy to find local friends abroad. But students’ experiences tell a very different story. Making American Friends
Abroad: College junior and Daily Pennsylvanian copy associate Jen Kopp is studying abroad in Dublin this semester and described the process of finding Irish friends as “really impossible.” Kopp said that in general, she had found friends in other international SEE ABROAD PAGE 5
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Penn profs make headway in fight against Ebola
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Profs discovered way to halt spread of viruses like Ebola
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The University of Virginia chapter of Phi Kappa Psi filed a $25 million lawsuit on Monday against Rolling Stone magazine. The lawsuit stems from the now discredited “A Rape on Campus” article published in 2014, which recounted the chilling gang rape of a freshman named Jackie in the UVA Phi Psi house. Written by 1994 College graduate and former managing editor of 34th Street Sabrina Rubin Erdely, the story incited national outrage over the graphic assault and UVA’s response. The alleged rape sparked demonstrations at the school, and the Phi Kappa Psi house was vandalized. Shortly after, the University president suspended campus sororities and fraternities. But within a matter of days, the accuracy of the story began to unravel. The fraternity had not hosted a party that night in 2012, and the identified rapist was not a student at UVA. After two investigations by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the Charlottesville Police Department, it was confirmed that there had been no gang rape. The article was retracted on April 6, 2015, and
The 2014 West African Ebola outbreak has killed more than 11,000 people, making it the deadliest outbreak of the virus in history — but researchers from the School of Veterinary Medicine have developed a means of stopping the spread of such a virus. Vet School professors Bruce Freedman and Ronald Harty of the
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A new study led by Penn researchers demonstrates that inhibiting calcium signaling stopped viruses (in green) from escaping from a host cell, preventing their spread.
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Women’s Health keeps your sex life affordable Offers familiar alternative to off-campus providers HANNAH NOYES Staff Reporter
St udent Hea lt h Ser vice prides itself on its commitment to maintaining the health and wellness of Penn women through its Women’s Health Services section. However, many undergraduates may not be aware of the services they offer. Women’s Health at Penn can be a more familiar alternative to finding an off-campus health provider or seeking out a Planned Parenthood office. Sexual health services have become more ava ilable to students in recent years. In the 2013-14 academic year, SHS tried out a new program making condoms available for free by request, rather than
charging $3. The program has continued to be successful and fully instated. Last semester, SHS made the generic version of emergency contraception — commonly known as Plan B — available without an appointment, so students could simply pick it up for $20 at the desk. This is instead of $35 at Planned Parenthood and $49.99 for the brand name at CVS. Women’s Health is covered by health insurance, which Penn requires all students to have — either private or through Penn’s system. “Most Women’s Health care is provided at no additional cost to all fulltime matriculating students who have paid the clinical fee. As with all care, there can be laboratory and procedure costs for some services,” SHS Executive Director Giang T. Nguyen said in an email.
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College grad shatters world record with two-week video chat Alex Weber and friend were connected for 14 days REMI LEDERMAN Staff Reporter
As a reporter, I’m usually the one asking if I can record an interview. This time, the people I was interviewing asked me the same question. My entire interview with 2009 College graduate Alex Weber and his friends, Rob Mor and Ilya Polyakov, was being broadcast live to the world as part of a recordbreaking, uninterrupted video chat. I could see Weber and Mor as they drove around Los Angeles and Chicago with their cameramen, and hear my own voice, which they had put on speakerphone, through the online video feed. A day later, Weber and Mor, both comedians, held the record for the world’s longest uninterrupted video chat. For 14 days, from Oct. 22 to Nov. 5, their entire lives were on camera on a continuous live feed for the world to see. “I think the most difficult thing is it’s really tough to balance the world around you, with the chat with your friend, while [also] balancing the world that your friend is in. So you really have three worlds going at once,” Weber said. “It is weird because, [with] most things you do in life there’s a beginning, middle and end. There will be
times it feels so natural to just say, ‘Alright, I’ll see you later.’” The third member of the team, Polyakov, was the technological genius behind this endeavor. Both Weber and Mor had three devices on them at all times: their “A” phones (which were used for the video chat), back-up phones and their personal phones. At any given moment during the project, they were each carrying batteries, battery packs, chargers and external cases in a “satchel,” as Weber called it. As they went about their lives for those two weeks, they were constantly worrying about two things: battery level and cell service. “You know how Buddhists are like, ‘Be minimal’? This is the opposite,” Mor said. Polyakov controlled the experiment. He constantly monitored the live feed to make sure nothing went wrong and the video chat did not disconnect. “I think Ilya is going to start a cult where he can monitor different people’s lives. [He’s] coming off a high of being able to control these people’s lives for 14 days, unable to re-assimilate back into society,” Weber said. The project all started two years ago when Polyakov’s friend moved to London and they started video chatting every day. When Polyakov told Mor and Weber about their calls, he discovered that it was
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unusual to video chat so frequently — that got them all thinking about the possibility of a never-ending video chat. What started out as a television script idea, then, turned into a full-on social experiment. “We were like, ‘Why don’t we put our money where our mouths are and actually do it?'” Polyakov said. ”[Let’s] actually see if it is possible for two guys to video chat nonstop.”
The idea was put on hold until only a few weeks before they went live. “It was very important for us to not set the date too far in the future. We needed to avoid any opportunities for cold feet,” Polyakov said. In addition to breaking a record, the team wanted to use the project to engage viewers, since the entire feat would be broadcast live on their website. They created a chat feature that allowed viewers to send in dares. The most entertaining and creative dares, one of which was Mor running around in a Buddy the Elf costume, were cut into their own clips for YouTube. “Rob is currently sporting neon
green toenails, and I have a lower back tattoo that says nohangups.tv. It’s a henna, but it might become real,” Weber said. He added, “Someone followed up with having [Rob] wax his leg, so he went ahead and did that too.” “Yeah, my younger sister waxed my leg,” Mor said. “He liked it,” Weber added. They vowed to show anything and everything that happened in their lives. Though their website promised not to show anything too scandalous, the footage does include some very personal moments. “The morning of our launch we both pooped on camera,” Mor said. The previous record holders
— two girls who at the time were 10 years old — video chatted for 10 days. “Every story needs the archenemy, and there really is no better villain than two 10-year-old girls,” Weber said. The pair overshot the girls by 96 hours, just in case others decided to attempt the feat as well. “We don’t wanna just break the record — we want to shatter the record,” Weber said. The team thinks that the record is the start of something larger. “I think a documentary based on this is inevitable,” Polyakov said. While they said they never got sick of each other or worried about giving their location away to potential stalkers, they were physically and emotionally drained by the excessive technology use. All three planned to unplug after finishing the project, they said — Mor planned on visiting Laguna Beach, Polyakov wanted to go camping and Weber said he just wanted to “hang out with people, and be free to do that.” In addition to internet fame, the team learned a life lesson from their experiment. “If you are out there and you have a smart phone, you don’t have to be tethered to [it]. Enjoy your freedom, get outside, have a conversation with your friend, put your phone away,” Mor said. Polyakov agreed, adding that technology — like many things in life — should be used in moderation. “Un-plug. This thing is kind of a metaphor for how connected we are to technology,” he said. “Live your life, be in the present.”
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Penn grads create social app to ‘Know Your Crew’ App to bring teammates and coworkers closer SHOBA BABU Staff Reporter
Have you ever wondered what three words describe you on the dance floor? Or which of your friends can best fake an accent? Two Penn graduates’ new app lets you find out. With its wide variety of quirky and comedic questions, Know Your Crew combines the insights of classical psychology and personality tests with the fun of group games in a mobile multiplayer app that lets friends and family — and, starting in early 2016, coworkers — learn more about how they see themselves and each other. An app for friends by friends, Know Your Crew was founded by Wharton MBA graduate
Alison Bloom-Feshbach, with School of Social Policy and Practice graduate Virginia Harr and University of Rhode Island graduate Elisabeth O’Bryon, her two best friends since the ninth grade who share her passion for psychology and personality tests, like the Myers-Briggs. They noticed that while most of these tests are self-reported, close friends and family knew the nuances in people’s personalities even deeper than tests could gauge. “We were thinking, ‘What if there was a way where you could almost crowdsource an understanding of your personality from your closest circle?’” Bloom-Feshbach said. This is how the idea of Know Your Crew was born. The game, which can be downloaded for free in the App Store and Google Play with
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various in-app purchases, lets teams of at least three players spin a question wheel or write their own questions to send to their friends. Each person then answers the question, and players guess who said what, earning
points for correct answers. “It’s sort of like Cards Against Humanity but about you and your friends,” Bloom-Feshbach said. Users can play different categories such as “Hashtag That,”
where they upload a photo and hashtag it; “Hypothetical,” where they answer a fun open-ended question; and “What the Blank,” where they complete sentences. Although the current version is intended just for the average consumer, Bloom-Feshbach says the company’s mission is to ultimately make the app a tool for businesses to help employees learn about teamwork. Currently, the company is working on a new version for business enterprises that will be piloted in the upcoming year. The new version will have entirely new content tailored to enterprises, focusing on building trust, aligned teams and improved performance. As part of the testing process, Bloom-Feshbach and her crew will send out a survey this week to associates who manage teams, to better understand specific aspects for the enterprise version.
They will work with focus groups and other researchers for suggestions for improvement. While Bloom-Feshbach said that the app appeals to groups across different demographic backgrounds, she added that it has a specific appeal to students. Apart from letting students connect with friends and family who are far away, the app gives them a way to form meaningful relationships and start deeper conversations with new people. “I think there’s a lot of tools out there that help people connect in big groups, like Facebook, but this is actually something more intimate that can help you connect with teammates on a project or roommates or your close circle of friends and share in a meaningful way,” Bloom-Feshbach said. “I think that’s very important, especially in that formative time in college.”
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OPINION A dismal lack of transparency justifies Cosby’s degree EDITORIAL
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On Friday, Penn announced that it will not revoke Bill Cosby’s honorary degree, after weeks of declining to comment on the subject. In a one-sentence statement, a University spokesperson said: “While the allegations against Mr. Cosby are deeply troubling, it is not our practice to rescind honorary degrees.” Cosby has been accused by over 50 women of sexual assault, one of whom said she was assaulted on campus at the 2004 Penn Relays. In a 2005 deposition — which a judge unsealed this year — Cosby admitted that he obtained quaaludes and intended to give them to women with whom he wanted to have sex. So yes,
the allegations against Cosby are deeply troubling. And we are disappointed in both the University’s choice not to take action and the lack of transparency surrounding that decision. The University has justified its decision not to revoke Cosby’s degree by noting that it’s “not [Penn’s] practice to rescind honorary degrees.” Penn now joins a list of universities — including Boston College, George Washington University, the College of William & Mary and Yale University — that have chosen not to rescind Cosby’s degree. However, while these universities all say it’s not their policy to rescind honorary degrees, Penn has actually done so in the past. In 1918,
the University revoked the degrees of German Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II and German Ambassador Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff after the U.S. ended diplomatic
of the lack of transparency surrounding the discussion about Cosby’s honorary degree, it’s not clear when the University made the decision to change its policy. It seems
The University made the wrong decision concerning Cosby’s degree and, as a result, sent the wrong message to victims of sexual assault on campus.” relations with Germany in World War I. We are not saying Cosby’s alleged actions are as heinous as starting World War I, but there is precedent for the University to revoke an honorary degree. And because
to us like the decision must have been made sometime during the Board of Trustees’ fall meeting last week, because only afterwards did the University decide to comment on the situation. The lack of transparency
is further troubling because the University gave no justification for its policy to not rescind honorary degrees. While there are legitimate arguments against rescinding an award given by the University, there are also legitimate counter-arguments (some of which we have already made). It’s impossible to make those counter-arguments, though, when you don’t know what you’re arguing against. In this situation, Penn should have looked to Haverford College as an example. Haverford, in a statement provided to Vulture, said that it has never before rescinded an honorary degree. But in deciding whether or not to rescind Cosby’s degree, the college has reached
out to students, faculty, staff and alumni to seek their input. The college, in its own words, is “beginning with the process itself: How and why degrees are awarded, and how and why could they, or should they, be rescinded?” The University made the wrong decision concerning Cosby’s degree and, as a result, sent the wrong message to victims of sexual assault on campus. But, regardless of whether that decision was the right one, the University made it without clearly justifying its logic. At a school where all students are required to take courses in how to adequately justify their own arguments, we’re disappointed that the administration has refused to justify its own decision.
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or a Penn student, exposure to the idea of diversity starts early. It first shows up while applying: beautiful high-resolution photos in the admissions catalog of a “diverse” group of friends laughing on the Green; essay questions that ask what diversity of perspective a student will bring to campus; selecting one’s race on the Common Application. This time last year, a group called Students for Fair Admissions filed a lawsuit against Harvard, claiming it employs “racially and ethnically discriminatory policies and procedures” in the undergraduate admissions process. Around the same time, a panel discussion called “Affirmative (Re)Action” was held at Penn with the Office of the Provost. Both the panel and the lawsuit are indicative of the important consequences that
TALL, SKINNY, MOCHA | Why discussion needs to move past being just ‘skin-deep’ arise from diversity initiatives. The panel at Penn featured speakers who were selfidentified to have benefited from affirmative action and highlighted the positive and negative aspects of their experience. The lawsuit seeks to prove that admissions is a zero-sum game — that by increasing diversity, some minority groups lose out. But as both administrators and employers seek the perfect solution to a very pressing issue, there are questions that come up as well: Who decides who is diverse? When is there “enough” diversity? And most essentially, why should we even want diversity? Anna Holmes, founder of the feminist blog Jezebel. com and columnist for The New York Times Sunday Book Review, took the stance last week that diversity “has become both euphemism and cliche, a convenient shorthand that gestures at inclu-
sivity and representation without actually taking them seriously.” She was responding to recent controversial comments made by John Doerr, a venture capitalist and former mentor of Ellen Pao, whose
fortunate that Doerr — who argued that Pao was not discriminated against — would make a tasteless joke during a speech about diversity. But affirmative action policies, started by Secretary of the Interior Harold
Davis’ win means a lot for people of color. But does ‘people of color’ include Asian Americans?” sex-discrimination case I discussed this past April (where I argued that race should also have been a factor): “We have two new partners who are so diverse I have a challenge pronouncing their names,” said Doerr at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference. Speaking as someone who has trouble getting people to pronounce his two-syllable name properly, I find it un-
Ickes in 1933 to target the workplace, have not been restricted to employment or education opportunities. The concept of diversity is very real in the world of media as well, in which film and television roles are always a hot topic. Viola Davis powerfully stated in her 2015 Emmy Award acceptance speech, “You cannot win an Emmy
for roles that are simply not there.” Davis’ win means a lot for people of color. But does “people of color” include Asian Americans? As Lindsey Yoo, a Korean-American professional, wrote in NPR: “I have felt excluded from discussions concerning women of color, [and] I am certain that there are many other voices out there — Latina, Southeast Asian, Vietnamese, Native American — that also have felt left out, even under the allwelcoming label of ‘women of color.’” Diversity is not all what it seems at surface level. Yoo alludes to ideas within Asian-American studies that, given the relatively recent migration history of Asians to the United States, race issues are typically discussed in black and white. Davis, while a powerful figure and role model for black American women, is
RAVI JAIN also evidence of the idea that diversifying media is not only restricted to what is onscreen and visible to the public eye but aimed particularly at the white-black divide. So while I’m not necessarily arguing against diversity, I argue that we need to redefine it beyond surfacelevel identifying characteristics.
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students studying at Trinity College, where she is spending the semester. She attributed this difference in many ways to presence on campus. She said that while most Irish students either commute to school every day or will return home to be with their families for the weekends, international students and exchange students generally remain on campus. “It’s for that reason, I think, it’s even easier to foster friendships with Americans and students from other countries besides Ireland — because we stick around on the weekends when people have time to hang out,” she said. College and Wharton junior Cora Neumann, who is studying in St. Petersburg, Russia this semester, echoed Kopp’s sentiments. She said “it was kind of inevitable” that she wouldn’t have as many local friends given the fact that she was not even directly enrolled in her school. As part of an exchange program, she said she spends most of her time with American students. Neumann also said that “the Russian culture is very different when it comes to the term friend,” she said, explaining that Russians tend to only classify people as friends once they have gotten to know them very well. However, Neu ma n n has found that getting involved with extracur ricular activities at the local university has helped her make some friends, something that College junior Alison Elliot agreed with. Elliot is on the same program at Trinity College in Dublin as Kopp, but has had an entirely different experience since joining the university’s ultimate frisbee team. “It’s been an incredible experience getting to know the ultimate team. One thing I love about ultimate is that there is a real sense of community that comes alongside it no matter where you go,” she said. She added that having that shared interest has made it significantly easier to bond with Irish
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students. While Elliot has become close to her teammates, she still said that she considered her closest friends on the program to be her fellow American students. “My American friends are the ones that I’ll travel and plan trips with,” she said. “Since we’re all only here for a semester, we all definitely want to make the most of it.” College junior Vidya Daryanani, who is in Stockholm, has also actively tried to join clubs to meet Swedish students. But even though Daryanani said she has made some Swedish friends, her closest friends are American. For Neumann, the language barrier made it more challenging to befr iend locals because all of her classes are taken with exchange students. College junior Rhiannon Grodnik, who is studying in Paris, agreed. “The language barrier makes some things harder, but it doesn’t make friendships impossible,” she said. “It just becomes harder to fully express yourself when you aren’t totally comfortable in the language.” As a result, while Grodnik does take some of her classes with French students, she said that her relationships with French students tend to be more formal and generally revolve around the course material. Not As Advertised: Nearly all of the students interviewed said that they felt unprepared for the experience of making local friends or that the experience did not meet their expectations. “I think I thought it would be easier to make Swedish friends,” Daryanani said. “I guess for some reason I thought they would just be there waiting to befriend us. But it’s definitely an effort you have to make to go to things and meet people.” Elliot agreed, saying that even though she has made friends with local students through her ultimate frisbee team, she “certainly had to push [herself] to get more involved.” While Kopp didn’t join any clubs, her experience of making f r iends was even f u r t her
complicated by the fact that most Irish students have known each other for years, “so they’re kind of set with their friend groups already,” she said. She explained that she had not expected or been prepared for that going into the program. Staying in touch with friends after the end of the semester also presents a unique challenge for friendships students form with people who will not be following them back to the United States in a few months. While nearly all students said that they hoped they would stay in touch with the local friends they had made, they admitted that it would be more difficult to stay in touch with them than with American students. “For the Irish students, it’s a little bit sadder because obviously once the semester ends it would be a lot harder to visit them than my American friends who go to other schools,” Elliot said. “Social media is a great tool for keeping in touch, if nothing else.” Daryanani agreed. ”[With my American friends] we make plans to meet up next semester or during breaks and stuff like that, while I don’t have that kind of long-term thing as much with the Swedes she said.” For Kopp, the lack of permanence in her experience abroad has been a challenge. “It’s really hard to legitimize meaningful friendships with people here because in a few weeks, I go back to the States and we’ll never see each other again,” she said. While none of the students said that their weaker-than-expected relationships with locals would have changed their decision to go abroad, Kopp still wishes she had been prepared for it. “I think it would have been nice to know, just so I could have lowered my expectations a little bit,” she said. “But it’s not something so crushing that I would have changed my decision to go abroad or anything like that.” “It’s honestly just so cool to be living here and meeting all these new people and having all these crazy experiences that I
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ramp up and kill the virus itself.” The Ebola virus works quickly through the body, which creates difficulties for the immune system to establish an effective response. Viruses like Ebola take over proteins in a host cell to complete its life cycle and reproduce. Freedman and Harty focus on developing drugs that interfere with the host proteins. Instead of working directly with the dangerous Ebola virus, the Penn scientists worked with non-infectious viral-like particles that have similar matrix proteins and bud in a similar form to Ebola. In viruses, calcium signaling is an important messenger to many cell processes. Freedman and Harty found that the virus matrix proteins generated significant increases in levels of calcium. The researchers were able to block the calcium messaging by introducing a mutated gene called ORAI1 into the host cell to conceal the calcium channel, inhibiting the virus from exiting the host cell
and spreading to other cells. The immediate next step for Freedman and Harty is to test the prevention of calcium signaling in mice. The end goal for the researchers is to develop an anti-viral drug with their new company, Intervir Therapeutics, which is funded by Penn. “The big advantage of using host-orienting therapeutics is that it is more unlikely that the virus can develop a resistance or overcome the effectiveness to the drug, a problem that is often common in HIV therapies,” Harty said. This work creates an opportunity to hopefully design a potential broad-spectrum drug that could work as a therapy for a wide variety of deadly viral infections. “This is broad spectrum, similar to antibacterial drugs like penicillin that can kill 30 different kinds of bacteria,” Freedman said. “We are not targeting a specific pathogen, like Ebola. Theoretically the antiviral therapies should be able to block any virus that utilizes this pathway to replicate.”
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‘Not New Jersey’ campaigns against senator’s anti-LGBTQ comments Group hopes to defund Sen. by contacting donors MITCHELL CHAN Staff Reporter
A group of Penn students may take down New Jersey’s most vocally anti-gay congressman. Five Penn students recently formed Not New Jersey, an initiative to raise awareness about anti-LGBTQ comments made by Republican Sen. Scott Garrett from the 5th district of New Jersey. Garrett’s district includes much of the northwestern part of the state, including part of Bergen County near New York City. Garrett made headlines in July when he refused to pay dues to the National Republican Congressional Committee because it had recruited and supported LGBTQ candidates in past elections. Garrett previously proposed legislation to allow business owners to discriminate against same-sex couples on religious grounds. Not New Jersey formed after a Penn Democrats general body meeting where members discussed homophobia. One of the founders, College senior Zahra Mion, who lives in Garrett’s district, mentioned his anti-LGBTQ history during the meeting. From there, she and four other students assembled and began campaigning against Garrett ahead of his reelection bid next year. The group hopes to derail his campaign by convincing donors to stop giving him money. “Money isn’t everything, but it does matter, especially if they’re an incumbent,” College junior and Not New Jersey Director of Communications Barry Johnson said.
Already, they’ve reached out to many of Garrett’s longtime donors, including large businesses such as Genworth Fina ncia l, Liber ty Mutua l Group and Capital One Financial Corporation. They are also circulating a Change.org petition asking local organizations and political action committees not to donate, or at least stop donating, to Garrett in the next election cycle. “We already know who’s contributing to his campaign, how much and when. As we continue to grow, we want everyone to know. We’ll continue to call them and demand that they stop funding his campaign,” Johnson said. Sometimes, Johnson added, all they have to do to get donors’ attention is mention Garrett’s comments about the LGBTQ community. “They have that surprised voice and start taking down your name and your number and asking for more info,” Johnson said. In addition, the group communicated with a number of New Jersey colleges, including The College of New Jersey and William Paterson University, where Garrett’s remarks have earned him considerable unpopularity among students. They have also reached out to community organizations like the Sussex County Democratic Committee and the New Jersey LGBT Democratic Caucus. “A lot of people have been saying that this is great, that we have to get this growing and keep it moving,” Johnson said. Of the five co-founders, four are from New Jersey, although the campaign is open to anyone who would like to get involved. Johnson believes that many Penn students from across the
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Not New Jersey group members (from left to right) College sophomore Zack DiGregorio, College senior Zahra Mion, College junior Barry Johnson, College junior Max Levy and College senior Abel McDaniels aim to raise awareness about Sen. Scott Garrett’s anti-LGBTQ comments.
country would be offended by Garrett’s comments, regardless of political or ideological affiliation. “I haven’t met an independent or Republican who likes or supports him,” Johnson said. For now, the group’s cofounders meet weekly to plan future events and coordinate further outreach. They plan to ext ensively use social media to spread their message and make Garrett’s anti-LGBTQ
comments more widely known. “We want to ensure that people who run for office in the future represent the values
of New Jersey and aren’t saying anything homophobic or disgusting or bigoted,” Johnson said.
Garrett’s communications director was out of the office and could not be reached for comment by press time.
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Rolling Stone’s managing editor Will Dana resigned. “This defamation action is brought to seek redress for the wanton destr uction caused to Phi Kappa Psi by Rolling Stone’s intentional, reckless, and unethical behavior,” the complaint filed by Phi Psi read. The lawsuit argues that Rolling Stone and Erdely wanted to depict a narrative of college campus sexual violence by detailing a rape, whether it was true or not. “The fraternity chapter and its student and alumni members suffered extreme damage to their reputations in the aftermath of the article’s publication and continue to suffer despite the ultimate unraveling of the story,” the Phi Psi chapter said in a statement Monday. Rolling Stone has not yet commented on the recent lawsuit. The magazine also faces similar legal action from two other groups in relation to the story. Three former members of Phi Psi filed a federal lawsuit this past July against Rolling Stone for defamation. UVA’s Associate Dean Nicole Eramo also filed a $7.5 million lawsuit,
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bodies, instead of just the muscles we use for fencing,� sophomore Arabella Uhry said. “We’ve also been practicing fencing and building up our techniques.� The Quakers are also focusing on building on all three fencing squads: epee, sabre and foil. “We have the perfect epee squad, and coach Slava [Danilov] is the perfect man to lead the [men and women’s] teams,� Gordon said. “We’re going to have to rely on them a lot in winning the upcoming Ivy and NCAA competitions.�
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According to Uhry, Penn’s sabre fencers have the most room to grow. “To break our eighth-place curse, [we need to] have an impact on the sabre squad, because we weren’t able to qualify anyone last year. The women really have to step up their game this year,� she said. The foil squad welcomed several new additions in 2015-16, each of whom battled exceptionally well this past weekend at Penn State. “We have a really strong freshman class, and the people returning are really well prepared,� Uhry added. “They’re also going to be really great with
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helping the freshmen get used to competing at the NCAA level.� 10 freshmen have joined the Quakers’ roster this year. Last season, recruiting was heavily centered on the men’s team, as nine of 13 freshmen were men. This year, the numbers fall in favor of the men once again as they gain six of the 10 rookies. The freshman class has undoubtedly proven itself to be a force to be reckoned with, visa-vis its strong debut in State College. At Penn State, freshmen Aaron Ahn and Raymond Chen on the foil team finished 10th and 11th, respectively. Freshmen Kathryn Khaw and Katherine Sizov both advanced
into championship rounds and placed in the top 10 of their respective divisions, sabre and epee. Sizov defeated the top seed, Penn State’s Nicolette Vigna, with a 15-9 upset in the first round. The successes this weekend proved to be an uphill battle for the fencing team. Nevertheless, they came out of the Penn State Open relatively un-“touched� and more determined than ever. “I lost a 15-14 battle to a pretty strong fencer from Penn State who won NCAA last year, but I’m hoping to build on that,� Gordon said. “The next time we meet, it will be the other way around.�
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The Red and Blue opened their season over the weekend at Binghamton’s Kaloust Bearcat Open, and they were able to put together a pair of strong individual performances, courtesy of star seniors C.J. Cobb and Lorenzo Thomas. Cobb was the standout performer of the weekend for the Quakers, cruising through the tournament to pick up a win in the 149-pound championship. For his part, Thomas also made a run to the 184-pound championship, where he eventually lost to Cornell’s Gabe Dean, who is top-ranked nationally.
MEN’S SWIMMING
In the season opener against UMBC, the Quakers put forth a dominant performance with a 175-117 victory over the Retrievers. The Red and Blue won all but three events — both backstroke distances and the 200-yard IM — and set a pool record in the 400-yard freestyle relay with the team of freshman Thomas Dillinger, junior Kevin Su, freshman Mark Andrew and senior Eric Schultz. Penn's pair of freshman divers swept the top two spots on both boards.
WOMEN’S SWIMMING
Two cities, two meets, two wins. Penn women's swimming captured its first victory of the season against rival Columbia, 176-124, on Friday — a meet that saw the Quakers sweep the 200, 500 and 1,000-yard freestyles and 205-yard breaststroke. Then, on Saturday, Penn traveled to UMBC and took down the Retrievers, 173-127.
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said. “Last year, over 300 fencers competed in epee, and the competition lasted from 8 a.m. to 9:30 at night. “Competitors have to make sure they’re there mentally and physically, and stay ready to perform throughout the day.” The unique nature of fencing requires people to fence both nationally, internationally and collegiately to get to the top. Especially in an Olympic year, many NCAA fencers may decide to take the year off in order to try to make it to the games in Rio. “It can be pretty difficult sometimes, but collegiate events and
national events are pretty aware of each other and don’t overlap,” junior women’s captain Alejandra Trumble said. “Our season is packed with competition, but depending on the importance of the collegiate meet, we’ll let people compete internationally. “We want to win as many meets as we can as a team, but in terms of titles, we focus on Ivies as well as maximizing individual standings,” she continued. “We also want to get as many people to NCAA’s as an individual as possible.” Olympic dreams are difficult to bring to fruition, as there are only four spots per weapon on the Olympic team. This forces people to shift their mentality to focus
on their teams and their NCAA standings. “Collegiately, its the first time being on a team as a fencer,” Trumble said. “Though you have your club-mates [in your] precollege career, people get into being on a team, and a more fun and social way of competing. We have team cheers and support each other.” The Quakers look to a strong returning rotation, as well as fresh talent from a promising freshman class, to continue to dominate. The men’s team is able to draw on previous experience on both the national and international stage, as Raphael Van Hoffelen and sophomore captain Zsombor
Garzo have already been members of the British and Hungarian national squads, respectively, and freshman Raymond Chen represented the United States at the world juniors, capturing third. Though the women’s squad is young, its attitude is optimistic for both a top Ivy League finish and a top national finish. After coming in second at the Ivy Championships this past year, the team is hungry for a championship. Trumbel, for one, is keeping a positive outlook for her squad. “We don’t have many seniors this year on the women’s side,” she said. “So with the talent already here combined with the freshman talent, this could be our year to win an Ivy title.”
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followed. The American’s next match took place in the round of 64 against French fencer Theo Sebban. After a convincing 15-8 triumph against Sebban, Chen squared off against fellow American William Upbin, a bout in which he once again came out victorious, 15-10, in a hardfought match. The match against Upbin was the closest Chen would come to losing until the semifinals, as he carried his undeniable momentum all the way to the penultimate match of the tournament by defeating several more American foes. In the semifinal match, Chen went head-to-head against Frenchman Alexandre Ediri, a fencer who had displayed a mediocre performance in pool play but had heated up in the knockout rounds. The match was one for the ages, with the result decided on the very last point of competition. Unfortunately for Chen, it was the French fencer who scored the deciding point, winning the match and advancing to the final. All was not lost for Chen, however. Because his performance throughout the tournament had been so strong, the incoming freshman had done well enough to earn the bronze medal for third place, quite the accomplishment in a pool of 161. Chen’s impressive run was the best performance by an American foil fencer at the Junior World Cup since 2012. Following the remarkable performance, Chen was unquestionably pleased. “It was a really great result,” Chen said. “I am really happy with it. I hope I can maintain this amount of success in upcoming competitions.” The upcoming competitions of which Chen speaks are, of course, matches with Penn fencing. The Texan will look to carry his momentum from the Junior World Cup into his performances for the Red and Blue, noting that the recent tournament not only gave him a confidence boost, but also invaluable practice. “I got to compete against some of the best fencers in the world and see some very different strategies and techniques,” Chen said. “Many of these fencers were as good if not better than the ones I will be facing collegiately. “This event has made me a better fencer, and I can’t wait to show it in my matches this season.”
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BLUE Freshman earned bronze medal at Junior World Cup JACOB SNYDER Sports Reporter
Do you dream of representing your nation at the World Cup? For Penn freshman fencer Raymond Chen, that dream became a reality on Oct. 10, when he represented the Red, White and Blue in the Junior World Cup. The tournament took place in Leszno, Poland, and featured 161 of
the best young fencers from across the globe. Entering the weekend, Chen was ranked fifth in the United States in the men’s foil, Chen’s weapon of choice. Going into the competition, the Dallas native knew the opposition would not be easy to deal with, despite the absences of a couple larger nations. “Countries like Italy and Hungary didn’t show up,” Chen said. “However, the level of competition was still challenging.” Traveling to other countries to fence is nothing new to Chen — his schedule is full of competitions, many of which take place on foreign soil.
“I compete in national tournaments about once every month,” he said. “But I also compete in international tournaments about once every other month. It’s a very consistent schedule.” The Junior World Cup began with pool play, which consisted of six matches against opponents from six different nations. Chen breezed through his pool, losing only once to finish with an initial 5-1 record. The strong pool performance was enough to earn the Quakers’ rookie a firstround bye in the knockout stage that SEE CHEN PAGE 9 ARABELLA UHRY | CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Individual play awaits Quakers Underclassmen, epee team shows promise
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Every athlete knows there’s no “I” in team. However, Penn men’s and women’s fencing will look to challenge this notion as they look towards their next major competition — the North American Cup, in Kansas City, Mo., this weekend. The meet presents a unique challenge to the Quakers, as it isn’t a team competition, but rather an individually-based contest. The top fencing talent from all over the nation will go head-to-head in order to earn their spots on the U.S. National Junior (19U) and Cadet (17U) teams. The unique age brackets mean that most of the competitors representing the Red and Blue will be their freshmen — athletes still
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While in most sports it is unusual to compete on the international level on top of already rigorous collegiate competition, sophomore captain Zsombor Garzo competes for the Hungarian national team.
adjusting to the challenges of collegiate fencing. Confidence will be key for the Quakers, who are fresh off their first competition of the season and who found success
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Penn fencing is opening its season, lunging. This past weekend, the Red and Blue matched up against Ohio State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Harvard and several other schools at the 43rd Penn State Open, setting an encouraging tone for the season. “We showed a lot of potential. It’s a tough competition,” senior Shaul Gordon said. “We did have upperclassmen and some freshmen make it to final rounds, but there were some who were disappointed. They were all mentally and physically consistent though. There was a huge show of promise.” For the past two years, the Quakers have placed eighth at the
NCAA Championships in the combined men’s and women’s team score. In last year’s tournament, the men took fourth and the women finished in 14th place. With hopes to continue their success of previous years, the Red and Blue are looking toward a combination of fresh and returning talent, as well as hard work to help them win it all this year. “[The] last two years we’ve been really close in the Ivy [League], but only number one gets the ring,” Gordon said. “And we’re going to make that happen. Even if we don’t win this year, we are definitely showing a lot of potential for the years to come.” In preparation for the season, the team has gone through intense physical conditioning consisting of weight-training, running exercises and cross-training. “We’re preparing our whole SEE EXPECTATIONS PAGE 9
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