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A TIME TO HEAL

Divisive election provokes strong reactions across campus

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An America with president-elect Donald J. Trump at the helm began amid rain and protest at Penn on Wednesday. Around 6 p.m., hundreds of Penn students and staff filled up College Green. Some of them were carrying umbrellas, others stood out in the rain drenched; all had gathered for a solidarity walk organized in response to Trump’s victory.

The event, which was co-organized by 23 student groups, began with opening remarks by College senior and We are Watching CoFounder Syra Ortiz-Blanes. Associate Vice Provost for Equity and Access Rev. William Gipson, who marched with students, also made a short speech. “I want to make a distinction between disappointment and defeat,” Gipson said in his speech. “And for those of us who love freedom, we will never be defeated.” Gipson said later in an interview that this

election has been characterized by “assaultive rhetoric” that makes many students feel unsafe. He felt it was important to attend the march to “assert the full humanity” of all students on campus. Police cars followed marchers along Walnut Street as they chanted “Not my president” — the same slogan chanted by protesters in Berkeley, Calif. yesterday — and held up signs that read “Love trumps hate.” College freshman Mihal Zelenin was among those who had gone to the Kelly Writers House hours before

before the march to make signs. “Right now, I just really need to be around people. I’m just grieving,” she said. Wharton junior Jennifer Hutchens and Engineering junior Allison Caramico agreed, saying that they spent election night crying with members of their sorority. Waking up this morning, they felt that the only way they could keep themselves from breaking down again was to take action by joining the walk, SEE SOLIDARITY PAGE 3

Students express fear, sadness over election at U. Council meeting Amy Gutmann said she would be with student protest “in spirit” CAROLINE SIMON Campus News Editor

Students tearfully told Penn President Amy Gutmann how they felt “fearful” and “terrified” following the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential election. Representatives from the Muslim Student

Association, Latin@ Coalition, the Asian Student Pacific Coalition, UMOJA and Penn First — several visibly shaken and in tears — gave statements to a packed room of student leaders and administrators at a University Council meeting on Wednesday. Many expressed fear and uncertainty about their future in a country that will soon be led by 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump — who launched his campaign by calling Mexicans “rapists,” proposed a blanket ban

on Muslim immigration and has repeatedly attacked members of minority groups. One student representing PRISM, a student interfaith group, broke down crying while reading her statement, and Gutmann rushed to comfort her. Students also asked Gutmann to show support by attending a solidarity march on College Green, but Gutmann said she was unable to attend due to a “Penn dinner” and would be there in spirit.

Gutmann opened the meeting by reading a statement addressing the negative nature of the election that culminated last night in the stunning victory for 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump: “This Presidential campaign was one of the most bitter, divisive and hurtful in American history. Whoever won, millions of people were going to be terribly troubled by the SEE GUTMANN PAGE 3

Professors postpone exams, cancel class after election

Political groups remain shocked after Trump’s victory

Other professors held exams as scheduled, despite student protest

Penn Dems, SDS were despondent on Wednesday afternoon

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As students woke up to the reality of a Trump presidency Wednesday morning, their attentions soon turned to academic obligations — and whether classes and exams would go on as scheduled. Some professors outright cancelled exams; others offered makeup dates for students distracted by the long, drawn-out election night, or cancelled class. Many students complained in the days leading up to the election that they felt stressed about tests or assignments due Wednesday. Professors at Yale University

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and Columbia University also cancelled exams following Trump’s unexpected victory. Professor Mark Goulian emailed students in his Biology 121 class Wednesday morning telling his students the exam was postponed. “We have received numerous requests to postpone today’s midterm exam,” he wrote in an email to the class Wednesday morning. “Many students were emotionally invested in the US presidential election and stayed up late into the the early hours of this morning following the election results. Since such a large fraction of the class has been affected, we have decided to postpone the exam to next Wednesday.”

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The ascendancy of Penn’s first graduate to the White House was met on campus with wide-eyed disbelief on

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Wednesday as the results sunk in for many students: Donald J. Trump is the president-elect of the United States. Prior to the election, groups at Penn gave mixed reactions to Trump’s provocative proposals, ranging from oppositional art protests, advocacy groups SEE GROUPS PAGE 2

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Campus groups come together following election Student groups open up spaces for discussion JULIANNE SMOLYN Contributing Reporter

Responding to 1968 Wharton graduate’s victory in Tuesday night’s presidential election, groups and cultural organizations across campus held events to bring students and faculty together for discussion. Platt Student Performing Arts House held an arts and crafts event with an endless supply of cookies and coloring books. College sophomore and administrative assistant to the director of Student Performing Arts Nick Hunsicker talked about how the dance room was open for any student who wanted to blow off post-election steam. “You could go in, play your music as loud as you want,” Hunsicker said. “You can scream, dance, sing, bang on the piano, anything artistically that you would like to get your feelings out.” Many other groups on campus

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such as the short-lived Penn for Trump and deliberate neutrality from the administration and College Republicans. Once it was apparent that Trump had won, some political groups were pleased with Tuesday’s outcome while others were incited to action. Penn Democrats released an online statement on its Facebook page, lamenting the losses of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Senatorial candidate Katie McGinty. They remain upset about the outcome, saying, “We are hurting because the values that America holds dearest--tolerance, love, inclusion--were ignored by voters all over this country. Women, people of

saw a similar need for spaces where Penn students could go to just talk and debrief. Hillel was among the organizations on campus that co-sponsored the Solidarity Walk. “We just wanted to let people know that Hillel is a space, as always, where they can process and talk to their peers and the staff who are trained to talk to students about these kinds of things,” said College senior and Hillel President Katie Hartman. For Pan-Asian American Community House, the conclusion of the 2016 election caused a change in plans for previous events this week. This week is Asian Pacific American Heritage Week. Engineering junior Sabino Padilla talked about how a dinner was scheduled for Wednesday night with the Asian American studies department in regards to courses within the department next semester. However, in light of the election news, the dinner took on a different dialogue.

color, LGBTQ+ people, Muslims, immigrants, and people with disabilities were disregarded.” At the end of its statement, Penn Democrats announced its intention to fight the victimization of minorities, and advertised a Solidarity Walk Wednesday evening, in which hundreds of people participated. They helped organize with sexual assault advocacy groups, the United Minorities Council and Student Sustainability Association at Penn. College Republicans President and College and Wharton senior Jennifer Knesbach maintained her group’s neutrality. They decided not to denounce Trump after recordings of him bragging about committing sexual assault were made public. She spoke positively of

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PAACH, Penn Hillel and other student organizations facilitate group discussion to help students and faculty process and talk through shocking election results.

“Rather than talk about the department and classes next semester, we opened up the space for students to speak about how they are feeling and thinking,”

Padilla said. T h roughout Wed nesd ay, PAACH also served as a place where students could come and just chat about their feelings.

incumbent Sen. Pat Toomey’s (R-Pa.) Senate victory, whom the College Republicans supported. “There has been a lot of mixed views within the club,” she said. “A lot of members were really unhappy today and a lot of our members were happy and excited about Trump’s win. In regards to the Senate races, we worked really hard for Pat Toomey so we are all definitely really happy with his win.” College sophomore John Matthews provided a statement on behalf of Penn Students for a Democratic Society, decrying Trump’s behavior and impugning the Democratic Party for contributing to his electoral victory. “[SDS] condemns the racist, anti-immigrant, misogynistic, Islamophobic rhetoric of

Donald Trump. We criticize the Democratic Party for pushing a neoliberal agenda and failing to field a candidate who represents the interests of the working class and oppressed,” the statement said. SDS will also hold its own event on Friday to protest a Trump presidency, inviting students “to join us in building people’s power to combat rightwing demagoguery.” College senior Sarah Simon, the president of the Government and Politics Association, shared plans to have a “Post-Election Group Therapy Session,” inviting people, devastated or ecstatic, to express their opinions and concerns. She maintained the nonpartisan group’s neutral stance on the election, but did not understate the race’s significance.

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When Secretary Clinton made her concession speech, members of PAACH went next door to watch with Makuu. “Instead of turning on our

own TV we wanted to go into that space and show them that we were interested as well,” Padilla said. Other groups similarly echoed the idea of using the election as a way to bring people together. Even before the result of the election was announced, Platt was already planning to hold events with topics ranging from racial identity to socioeconomic status that touch on political issues. “While we are not really deep into the politics of the election, a lot of the social issues that come with the election we do have programing designed to deal with that and how they relate to the arts,” Hunsicker said. Members of Penn Hillel said they are planning to go volunteer at a food bank or shelter in Philadelphia. “Sometimes when there’s a moment like this there’s a feeling of powerlessness or inaction,” Hillel Rabbi Ilana Schachter said. “We would like to encourage people to go do good together.”

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Penn Democrats responded to the election upset by reaffirming their support for minority rights and by organizing a Solidarity Walk.

“We are going to need to understand the societal forces that led nearly half the nation to support Donald Trump,” she

said. “It is not something we can dismiss as out of hand if we want to move forward from this.”

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Going from the Penn bubble into Trump’s America At other Phila. schools, Trump’s support is visible CARTER COUDRIET Digital Director

Last night, the general mood on Penn’s campus went from excited, to reserved, to nervous, to outraged, as now-President-elect Donald Trump won swing state after swing state on the road to victory in the presidential election. Penn Democrats and Penn’s Government and Politics Association watched as Clinton, who came to Philadelphia twice in the final weeks of her campaign, failed to secure even reliably blue Pennsylvania’s electoral votes. “I have been going back and forth from Smokes and Harvest for the GPA watch party,” College senior Ben Fogel said in an interview. “It is the most miserable and most depressing scene right now. People are actually extremely upset right now.” When it seemed certain that Trump was going to win, a Daily Pennsylvanian friend and I went

downtown around midnight to see if the mood was any different there. However, at City Hall and Independence Mall — city blocks that, the night before, were packed with tens of thousands of Clinton supporters rallying — the scene was eerily empty. Yet, while students’ Facebook feeds were flooded with dismayed statuses, we did eventually run into three upbeat Trump supporters — somewhat of a rare sighting for people living on Penn’s campus — outside of City Hall. The funny thing, though, was that these supporters were not who would come to mind when we think of Trump supporters; they were three college students. “We’re all Trump supporters,” said Will Ritzeke, a freshman at St. Joseph’s University, a Catholic Jesuit university in Philadelphia. “I think both candidates are unqualified, and if Hillary ran but another Republican [ran], he would win. If Trump ran, and like another year a different Democrat [ran,] they would win. But since the two are so incompetent, it’s like the lesser

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The atmosphere on Saint Joseph;s University campus was markedly more celebratory than that of Penn’s on Tuesday night.

of two evils.” Coming from a campus where finding Trump supporters to go on the record was like pulling teeth, I was surprised that these three students were willingly saying “Go Trump” to reporters. They said that their campus was simply more conservative, and shortly after 1 a.m. my friend

and I decided to see for ourselves. We cabbed to St. Joe’s in the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, and while the campus was similarly quiet that late at night, the vibe was noticeably different. We only spent 15 minutes there, but I saw more “Make America Great Again” hats than I had all week on Penn’s campus. I saw

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Caramico said. Organizers also said one of the central goals of the march to was to provide a space for a collective healing after such a divisive election. “There were visions of this [event] being a form of organizing, but really, it was about healing because you can’t do any work if you’re not whole, and if you’re not recovered,” said Penn Association for Gender Equity Chair and Wharton senior Megan Yan. Preparation for this walk had begun even before election results were announced. Leaders from the 23 organizing groups had worked through election night, reaching out to administrators and local businesses to arrange for the event. Many students like Zelenin said they attended the walk to heal, not to express anger, though a palpable sense of outrage was present during the march itself. When a passer-by on Walnut Street waved a “Make America Great Again” hat at students, many shouted back “Go f—k yourself.” When marchers turned

results. The American people have now voted, and it is our duty to respect the outcome. Regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, political affiliation or citizenship, everyone needs to be heard and respected. I fervently believe that the diversity of America and its welcoming heart make this country great. It is my hope that ideals that we hold dear at Penn — inclusion, civic engagement and constructive dialogue — will guide our nation’s new administration, and that they will work hard to ensure opportunity, peace and prosperity for every person and every group that together form the diverse mosaic of the United States.” The statement did not specifically address Trump, continuing a pattern of silence from the Penn administration regarding

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people glued to their common room TVs — and not in the panicked way that many Penn students were — and I caught a peek at a huge Trump poster up on the wall in one dorm room. And, most interestingly, I saw some of the few people still outand-about openly celebrating the result of the election. “Trump’s going to win!” shouted St. Joe’s student CJ Stowell to a friend while we spoke to him about the election. Stowell, a registered Republican, was clad in a “Make America Great Again” hat. Turning back to us, he spoke more about culture at the university, saying, “From the people I talk to it’s 50-50 … There’s no extreme views on campus, I would say.” As for his own thoughts on the election, Stowell said, “With the Republican supermajority, I feel as though things from my subjective view are going to go in the right direction.” Can you imagine somebody on Locust Walk shouting their glee at a Trump presidency?

To the average Penn student — who, based off of the voter data from Tuesday, predominantly chose Clinton — this may seem like an alternate reality. But is that really the case? According to ABC News, “Nationally, Clinton won young voters aged 18 to 28 [by] 55 to 37 percent.” That means that over a third of voters our age voted for Trump. They are not all rural, non-college-educated Christians that many people believe to be the core of the conservative voter base. They are not even all students at more conservative schools. Look at the voter data; over 300 voters in precincts on Penn’s campus voted for Trump, many of whom are our classmates whose voices we rarely hear inside of our own echo chamber. I’ll let the columnists and social media users decide what this means for our generation, or country, our democracy and so on. However, students at Penn need to know that this is not a different America than it was two days ago. It’s the same picture; many just weren’t looking at a large part of it.

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Counseling and Psychological Services and other administrators attended the Solidarity Walk alongside students.

onto Locust Walk, one section of students chanted “Smash the fascist,” and “Fascist Trump has got to go.” However, as attendees turned into Houston Hall for a speak-out, the mood of the march changed. Chants of “Stronger together, solidarity now” echoed through the Hall of Flags, setting the tone for the next two hours where students came up to a microphone to share their stories, various times through sobs. Many administrators were present at the speak-out including staff from the cultural center,

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Counseling and Psychological Services as well as the Vice Provost for University Life, Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum. Despite the tears, the sentiment that seemed to prevail at the speak-out was an appeal for hope and strength. Students ended their speeches by calling on each other to organize and work against discrimination in their personal lives. College junior Sean Collins called on those with privilege to protect those who did not. He ended his speech by telling attendees, “If no one has told you that they love you today, I do.”

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Penn President Amy Gutmann stood up to console a student who began crying while speaking out at a University Council meeting.

perhaps its most famous alumnus. Ever since the flamboyant businessman announced his candidacy last June, Penn has studiously avoided making any kind of public statement — though Gutmann did indirectly criticize Trump’s proposal to ban Muslim immigration last January. Penn students, meanwhile, have spoken out openly against Trump — thousands of students,

parents and other community members penned an open letter last July denouncing the candidate. More recently, the student collective “We Are Watching” protested against Trump, calling him an “advocate of rape culture.” Penn’s campus has reacted with shock to the news of Trump’s victory, prompting some professors to cancel classes and postpone exams.

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OPINION How Penn can respond to the presidential election EDITORIAL BY THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN OPINION BOARD

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2016 VOL. CXXXII, NO. 104 132nd Year of Publication COLIN HENDERSON President LAUREN FEINER Editor-in-Chief ANDREW FISCHER Director of Online Projects ISABEL KIM Opinion Editor JESSICA MCDOWELL Enterprise Editor DAN SPINELLI City News Editor CAROLINE SIMON Campus News Editor ELLIE SCHROEDER Assignments Editor LUCIEN WANG Copy Editor SUNNY CHEN Copy Editor NICK BUCHTA Senior Sports Editor TOM NOWLAN Sports Editor WILL SNOW Sports Editor TOMMY ROTHMAN Sports Editor JOYCE VARMA Creative Director ALEX GRAVES Design Editor ILANA WURMAN Design Editor

Since 7:30 last night, many Penn students, faculty, administrators and alumni were glued to their screens, the election feverishly playing in front of them. As the votes came in, many watched in dismay as Donald Trump’s chances at becoming president increased. Until last night, this outcome was unexpected. Hillary Clinton was forecasted to win — or at least to go neck-and-neck with Trump — but as of midnight, Trump had an 84 percent chance of winning according to FiveThirtyEight, and in the wee hours of the morning, the election was called. And so, Trump is the next President of the United States of America. We acknowledge that he is the first Penn graduate poised to make real change as leader of the free world, and that is a notable achievement. In certain ways, Trump has achieved what many Penn students want in their lives and careers — fame, fortune, political and social power. In many other respects, however, he has represented the absolute antithesis of what Penn and its students stand for — racism, sexism, xenophobia, narrowmindedness and ignorance of

the wider world. We wrote of Trump’s many weaknesses as a candidate in previous editorials and they continue to ring true. So the question becomes, what do we, as the Penn community, do now? Our first reaction should not be panic, which, whether on social media or otherwise, leads to no positive outcomes. Trump, whether you like him or not, won the presidency through the democratic process and clearly, many Americans support him. For many, a Trump presidency will change little in the short term, but for many others, it could change everything. In either case, fearmongering and irrationality are counterproductive. Instead of perpetuating hate through name calling, let’s come together as a community and work to advance our interests and make sure that the democracy in which we live does not unravel. The Penn administration must acknowledge the gravity of the event and the effect it has on students’ morale and, in some cases, their literal existences. The Penn administration must acknowledge and support students’ needs in this challenging time. From a

mental health standpoint, some students felt unable to properly prepare for midterms last night, or attend classes today. Although the University must remain nonpartisan, it is unfair that a student’s academic standing should be jeopardized because of the events of the

Trump. The current embargo on speaking about a man who is a Penn graduate, parent, donor and now U.S. President — but who is also widely denounced on campus — is inappropriate at this time, considering how events have unfolded. Even if the Penn administra-

If anything, it is more important than ever to actively preserve the values of tolerance, inclusiveness and understanding that Penn students represent.” election. The Penn administration must also finally acknowledge Trump — even if they do not denounce him — because the current silence reads as a tacit approval. While Penn President Amy Gutmann did give a statement about the election at Wednesday’s University Council meeting, she avoided making any sort of comment on

tion is indifferent, that must be communicated to the Penn community at large, or else the administration runs the risk of being misinterpreted. Penn’s minority communities include demographics which have been denounced by Trump, including but not limited to women, LGBTQ students, Muslims, immigrants, disabled people and people of color. These

communities are feeling threatened, and the administration has a responsibility to address their concerns. We charge everyone to be more politically active and aware going forward — even when we’re not in the midst of a widely publicized presidential election. Perhaps this election signals the importance of taking the political process seriously, or at least not treating it like entertainment. We at The Daily Pennsylvanian share in this responsibility and will certainly reflect in the wake of this presidential election. Most of the Penn community was not expecting a Trump victory, and this shows just how out of touch we — and perhaps much of the higher education community — are with America at large. We did not understand the other side, their fears and wants or the problems that they are facing in their communities. Rather than calling people racists or bigots, we need to acknowledge and understand that they, in Trump, found a champion for their causes. We at Penn did not fully grasp their problems, nor did we address them. We should use this time

to try and understand, rather than pointing fingers or furthering the divide in our nation. That being said, the Penn community should not compromise its moral standards. Accepting Trump as president does not mean that we accept or condone his more inflammatory rhetoric. For those who feel unspeakably disillusioned by the reality of Trump’s presidency for the next four years, remember what you are feeling in this moment. Rather than cast blame or channel anger into unproductive criticism, use these feelings as motivation to fight even harder to uphold the principles that our president may not. If anything, it is more important than ever to actively preserve the values of tolerance, inclusiveness and understanding that Penn students represent. Resist calls to “move to Canada” or disassociate yourself from the American people. What this election made clear is the deeply divided state of our country, and we must come together as a community to understand and actively engage with the perspectives of the rest of America, and to work toward a more unified future.

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It is 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 9 as I write this. I am in my month of silence for the monk class, and as such, I cannot talk to people, consume any media or read anything outside of what is required for my coursework. I was at a rehearsal last night taking line notes and every 20 minutes we checked the polls. Last I heard, the New York Times predicted a 77 percent chance of a Trump presidency and was pretty certain he’d win Wisconsin and Florida. I don’t know who won the election, and I want to avoid all news until I come back on Nov. 21. But I know my state of blissful ignorance will be shattered the moment I step outside today, no matter how much I shield my eyes from newspapers. I scheduled a tweet, way back in October, to post at some point today. It says something along the lines of “Who won? Send election results to 3805 Locust Walk #plsnottrump #imwithher.” I remember what my Facebook timeline looked like before I went offline.

I’m from a suburb on Long Island, a far cry from the glamorous Hamptons in Long Island, and my timeline was not representative of the average Penn student’s. Trump was not just a silly meme on my timeline. I’d always think about unfollowing people, but I knew that all of the rants were at least giving me an accurate picture of the voter base. Many of the people I’d spoken to here didn’t think Trump had a chance—anyone rational would see what a terrible president he’d be. He’s all show. I think there’s a good amount of people — no matter how misguided — who feel he legitimately represents them. They aren’t just trolls. They feel ostracized by “educated” people always trying to tell them that they’re wrong. I fear we, the “educated,” overestimate how numerous we are — and how galvanized. My thought always was: Trump is drawing people out of the woodwork and motivating them. Hillary is not Trump and only a specter of Bernie. To speak

nothing of her competence, that was my characterization of their voting appeal. People kept asking me if I could vote yesterday, and it was impossible to mime to them my situation. I’d registered to vote back in September in person. But,

going through. I know several people to whom similar things had happened to — a friend with a hyphenated last name, for one. The conspiracist in me thinks that the liberal university campus was being targeted, and I want to scream, “Voting

I fear we, the ‘educated,’ overestimate how numerous we are — and how galvanized.” starting in October, I began receiving letters from the state of Pennsylvania saying they couldn’t locate me in their system. The name they recorded omitted the “h” from my first name, and it read “Asley.” No wonder it didn’t match up with my Social Security number. So, I sent in corrections and was met with a new letter-omission a few weeks later. We played mail tag a couple of times, and my registration ultimately didn’t end up

fraud!” When I heard that 77 percent figure early last night, though, I thought it was surely clickbait from the liberal news media publication. There’s no way polling numbers were accurate then — my understanding was that they were making predictions for a whole state based off of 50 percent of the results being in. But I guess that if the 50 percent were either all urban centers or all rural centers,

you could make an accurate prediction. I don’t know. I couldn’t read the article myself. It’s about 7 a.m. now and not being able to drink coffee, I’d have normally gone for a walk by now to wake up. Today, I still stay holed up in my dorm. I don’t have any earmuffs or blinders to block out the news. It was nice to be cloistered for a bit, but I’ll be ripped back into the real world, whether I like it or not. I fear Trump. I fear, too, what a Hillary presidency might bring. Honestly, her life would suck either way — an uphill battle in office versus dealing with the fact that Trump won against her? As for a Trump presidency, I can only hope it will bring people closer, “uneducated” people included, in the face of adversity. I hope it doesn’t increase bifurcation, caricaturization, strife and disdain between liberals and conservatives, urbanites and everyone else and “educated” and “uneducated.” Or else, maybe he’s the ultimate troll and old, early-

ASHLEY STINNETT 90s liberal Trump will resurface. Maybe he was just using his reality TV skills to fool us all. I don’t know; I just don’t wanna get nuked immediately. I will print this out and stick a USB drive on my living room table for my roommate to find. I have written all of my other columns in advance and am not allowed to blog, comment, or criticize during my month of silence. She will do what she will with this. ASHLEY STINNETT is a College senior from Levittown, N.Y., studying English and linguistics. Her email address is stashley@ sas.upenn.edu. “Just Monking Around” usually appears every other Monday.

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College sophomore Sarah Raizen said she would have preferred to take the Biology 121 exam. “I am personally pretty annoyed by it because I studied for the exam instead of watching the election, and if I had known it was going to be postponed I would’ve watched,” she said. “I was ready to get this one over with, and move on to the other work I have, but now it’s looming over my head.” Goulian did not respond to request for comment as of 10 p.m. Sunday. Other professors continued with exams as planned, but agreed to make concessions after students expressed worries about their grades. Students cited the earlymorning announcement of the results, as well as the shock of the election of Donald Trump — who has proved to be an unpopular candidate on Penn’s campus — as major distractions. Professor Sarah Jane McCaffery emailed her class at 10:58 a.m. Wednesday, offering a makeup date for a Management 104 midterm exam scheduled for that evening. “I have heard from an unusual number of students this morning that they are unwell. Seems like there’s something going around … ” she joked in the email. “I am not a health professional and feel ill equipped to judge who is and who is not well enough to take the midterm today,” McCaffery wrote, adding that there would be a makeup exam date on Monday. Professor Jason Schnittker emailed his medical sociology class Wednesday saying he had received concerned emails from students about their exam, scheduled for that morning. Schnittker said he would curve the exam so that the average was the same as that of the first exam. “I will curve as many points as are necessary to achieve that, whether 5 or 35,” he wrote in the email. Schnittker also said he will offer an extra credit opportunity. He chose not to postpone the exam because he feared that forcing students to study twice could add even more stress, he said.

“I got enough emails from folks — saying how distressed they were about the outcome of the election, frankly — that I thought it was an issue,” Schnittker told The Daily Pennsylvanian. “I thought getting it out of the way, with some provisions to make sure their grades really didn’t crater, would be good,” he added. At the end of his email, he asked students to look out for their fellow classmates, especially students who may be feeling vulnerable. “Penn is a strong community, and I want us all to do our part to keep it that way,” he said. He added, “Today’s exam is important, especially for students as motivated and high-achieving as those at Penn, but as your instructor I want to insure your well-being as much as your ability to perform to the best of your ability.” College sophomore Chelsey Lin, a student in the class, praised Schnittker’s expression of concern for students’ well-being. “Our educators have just as much responsibility in creating campus culture as we do … This is what I need from my professors,” Lin said. Janet Monge, who teaches in the Anthropology department, emailed her Intro to Human Evolution class at 10:26 a.m. Wednesday morning postponing the midterm scheduled for Thursday. “I have heard from a number of students this morning who stayed up all night last night watching the election,” she wrote. “They are feeling physically and mentally drained and some are very disheartened.” A College junior enrolled in the class, who wished to remain anonymous, said she wished the exam continued as scheduled. “My attitude is that while I appreciate my professor’s gesture — it’s really thoughtful of her, and I do appreciate that she’s looking out for her students’ well-being — this shouldn’t have happened,” she said. “I feel like it’s feeding into the doomsday prophecy and I just wish she maintained some normalcy by keeping the exam.” CIS 120 professor Steve Zdancewic emailed his class Wednesday telling them

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2016 attendance would be optional, given how late into the night the election was called. The class will still take a midterm exam Friday. Similarly, professor Arvind Bhusnurmath canceled his CIS 105 class Wednesday. “I just felt it had been an emotionally draining night. Most of us had not slept until 3am. I felt we could all do with a break,” he wrote in an email to the DP. CIS 320 professor Sampath Kannan gave students the option to take their exam on Friday if they felt unable to take it during class on Wednesday, when it was originally scheduled. Kannan wrote in a message on Canvas, a platform for professors to post assignments and communicate with students, that he did not realize when he scheduled exams that this exam would fall on the day after the election. He explained that he had followed the comments about “anxiety, stress, and distress” posted on Piazza, a similar platform that allows students to ask questions to professors and teaching assistants, by students in the class. Some professors, however, did not feel that cancelling exams was appropriate. CIS 110 professor Benedict Brown reacted to student requests for homework extensions with a post on Piazza, denying the extension request and emphasizing the need for Piazza posts to stay politically neutral. “We do realize that election outcome is extremely upsetting and worrying to much of the Penn community, but it is in the nature of the democratic process that we accept the results and work with them, even when we do not like them,” he wrote. No accommodations were made for students in Data and Analysis for Marketing Decisions — their midterm Wednesday afternoon went on as scheduled, despite students’ emails to the professor and protests on a Canvas discussion board. “Penn claims to be dedicated to mental health. I am not alone when I say that I have been at a loss of focus and composure since I woke up. Our class is sleepdeprived, anxiety-ridden, angry, disappointed, depressed, and in

no mental state to sit through an exam that determines 30% of our final mark,” one student wrote on the discussion board. “It is situations like these which show that our faculty and administration do not understand what it means to promote healthy learning and academic culture, and I am disappointed to hear that you have decided not to postpone today’s exam, despite requests from a large portion of the class.” Twenty-three students replied to the post imploring their professor to postpone the exam. “This is arguably the most historically significant time of our lives,” one student replied. “We are hurting. The people of color, women, LGBTQ people in this class are hurting.” Professor Elizabeth Woodward emailed her vertebrae physiology class Wednesday morning around 11 a.m. after students emailed her expressing concern about taking their midterm exam Thursday. Although she declined to cancel the exam, in a long email to her students, she expressed sympathy for

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students who felt distracted by the drama of election night. “Life throws us curveballs and we need to learn to handle them. If there is only one impression that I leave with you this semester it is that I truly care about you, your success, and helping you find your way, wherever that leads you.” She added, “Having said all of that, I am a firm believer that too

much hand-holding only hurts you in the long run. As you progress through your education, career, and your familial responsibilities, life will not provide you a ‘time out’ for a breather. Being able to handle pressure, stress, and extreme disappointment, without losing focus whilst maintaining a positive outlook, is important for living a happy, meaningful life.”

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MBA grad goes from a career in finance to fine wines Wharton graduate owns successful vineyards STEPHEN IMBURGIA Contributing Reporter

In a campus dominated by on-campus recruiting, and accustomed to drinking boxed wine out of red Solo cups, one Wharton graduate managed to turn his back on the finance world — and make a living off the land. After working for Bain & Company in London for just under two years, 1990 Wharton MBA graduate Anthony Hamilton-Russell decided to leave behind his promising career in favor of winemaking. “For me, there wasn’t enough duty in it all,” he said, reflecting on his decision to leave Bain. “You can have the intellectual capacity and skills to do the job really well,” he admitted, “but you also have to have the emotional makeup for the environment and pursuit. Otherwise, you’ll never be fulfilled or happy.” Russell said he found fulfillment through returning home.

Like many young South Africans in the 1980s, Russell chose to leave his native country during the era of apartheid. The soon-to-be Wharton student left home to avoid being drafted into national service, which he said would amount to “[suppressing] internal dissent.” After attending Wharton and then working in London, Russell decided to return home to South Africa to take over the vineyard his father started in 1981. He called the years following 1990 a time of “enormous positive thinking and change” in his country. Located near the village of Hermanus in South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, Hamilton Russell Vineyards specializes in chardonnay and pinot noir. Russell described his preference for small business as opposed to the corporate world. “I find it hugely stimulating, versus the more narrow look you have on things either in baking or consulting,” Russell said, with a passion in his voice. He said his decision to change

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1990 Wharton MBA graduate Anthony Hamilton-Russell left the corporate world at Bain & Company in London to pursue small business at a winery back home in South Africa.

career trajectories was emotional, rather than rational — and that it had nothing to do with money. But clearly for Russell, the switch has paid off. He described the expansion of Hamilton Russell Vineyards,

praising its “healthy and steady ongoing growth.” He said the business is 46-times the size it was in 1991. The business also expanded physically with the purchase of two adjacent properties. Reminiscing on his time in

Philadelphia, Russell noted that he was “very keen on Wharton and very lucky to be offered a place there.” He then praised the competitive spirit of the school — an aspect of the environment that has received recent criticism.

“Wharton itself was hugely stimulating, not just in terms of course content, but also in terms of being surrounded by numerous other very driven, very ambitious, and strong personalities,” he said. The competitive nature, Russell said, helps to “bring out the best in you,” and prepares students for the realities of the business world. When asked what advice he has for current Wharton students, Russell balanced his optimism with a realistic outlook. “You’ve got to have money; one’s got to have enough to pay for one’s education, and one has to have enough to get by,” he admitted. However, the entrepreneur concluded, “Choose a career that fits you emotionally, as well as your abilities and skills.” “Fulfillment comes when you pursue a good emotional fit,” Russell advised. “And that is not often the highest paying job that confronts you as you graduate. Don’t just follow the money trail.”

Annenberg finds the key to better exercise: competition Study finds competitive edge is the best motivation MADELEINE LAMON Staff Reporter

If, like many of us, you’re looking to get into better shape, Penn researchers have just unearthed the best form of motivation: competition. A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication concluded that competition was an ideal motivator for getting people to exercise more. “Our past research shows that online social networks can be very effective for motivating behavior change, but what we don’t know is why,” senior

author Damon Centola, a professor in the Annenberg School and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, said in an video published by Annenberg. In pursuit of an answer, the research team set up an online social network and exercise program called PennSHAPE. Nearly 800 graduate and professional students signed up for the program, which provided them access to weekly exercise classes, fitness mentoring and nutrition advice. The program lasted 11 weeks and students had the opportunity to win prizes for attending classes. The team divided the participants into four groups: a

control group, a competitive individual group, a support group and a competitive team group. People in competitive groups had access to rankings based on the number of classes attended, while the support group was designed to encourage teamwork. “Social competition is really the strongest motivation for encouraging these continuous efforts on a daily basis,” Jingwen Zhang, a recent Annenberg graduate, co-author and current assistant professor at the University of California, Davis said. Not only did the members of the competitive groups attend more classes than the control group did, but members of the

support group attended fewer classes. “What surprised us the most was that our support group exercised even less than our control group. Most people think that giving people more online resources will increase their behavior change, but in fact we found the opposite. Giving people the wrong kinds of social resources actually makes them exercise less,” Centola said. “Lifestyle changes are hard to make,” Centola added. “But if you can successfully motivate people to change behaviors using online tools, it’s a relatively small expense that can do a lot of social good.”

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A lot of times, it’s best to start off new experiences by easing yourself into them. Penn women’s basketball disagrees. The Quakers start off their season this weekend with a tough test as they travel down to Durham, N.C., to take on perennial title contender Duke on Sunday. This is the second straight year Penn will face the Blue Devils in their season opener, after they fell at home last year by a score of 57-50. For the defending Ivy League champs, this game is being treated no differently than one that occurs in

the middle of the season. The message for them is simple: go out there and compete. “Overall our expectations are to compete at a high level,” Penn coach Mike McLaughlin said. “To go out there, regardless of if it’s Duke or our second, third, fourth, or fifth opponent, that we handle each game with great confidence, great preparation, and play the game free and relaxed and compete as hard as we can.” As the long preseason comes to a close, the players are relishing the opportunity to finally square off in a game that counts. “We’re really excited. We’ve had two scrimmages, we’ve had the Red and Blue scrimmage against ourselves, we’re really excited to be on the road and be at Duke,” senior captain and center Sydney Stipanovich said. “But I think we’re just taking it one day at a time, each day at practice, getting a little better, and I think we’ll be ready to play on Sunday.” The Red and Blue are no

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Reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Sydney Stipanovich will need to be firing on all cylinders if Penn women’s basketball hopes to upset Duke.

strangers to facing tough, nationally acclaimed opponents in their first game of the year, as they have squared off against Duke and Tennessee in the previous two season openers. These tough early season match-ups are no coincidence. In

fact, that experience is something that McLaughlin strives to bring to his players. “I want them to see environments that they may not see, and I want them to play against good competition, and I want them to embrace

this,” he said. “They’re having fun out there, they want to play against the best, they want to compete in a really good environment, and I think it can only help us going forward, regardless of what the outcome is on Sunday we played against the best, and we’re going to learn a great deal from it.” Despite the big name opponent, or perhaps because of the frequency that they have played opponents like Duke, the Quakers are unfazed — with good reason. Last year, the Red and Blue took a lead into the fourth quarter against the Blue Devils, and despite not being able to hold the lead until the end of the game, it showed that they have the capability to compete with some of the top teams around. “All we’re going to do out there on Sunday is give it our best game,” senior captain and guard Kasey Chambers said. “Last year we were right there with them, and hopefully we can do the same thing and come out on top this time.”

The preseason Ivy favorites head into the game with a formidable squad that returns many key players from last year’s Ivy championship team. After a long preseason of practices and scrimmages, the team is eager to hit the road and get into the games that count. In addition to the in-game experience, the weekend provides the Quakers with another valuable opportunity: time for team bonding. With the team flying out to the game on Friday, the Red and Blue can use the weekend to firm up their team chemistry for the rest of the season. “We understand that there’s a long season ahead, so we’re just trying to keep the team together, use this weekend as a good team bonding opportunity, and get ready for the entire season after this one,” senior captain and forward Jackie Falconer said. The road to a repeat will be a long and difficult road for the Quakers, but they can take the first step with a solid effort this weekend.

Red and Blue ready for Regionals, hopeful for NCAAs XC | Men coming off first said. “We’re really motivated,

Heps win since 1973 PAUL HARRYHILL Sports Reporter FRIDAY

Mid-Atlantic Regionals 11 a.m. State College, Pa.

After historically successful outcomes for Penn cross country in the Ivy League Championships, both the men and women now turn their attention to the Mid-Atlantic Regionals, where they look to build on their successful performances of this season. “I think we’re ready to run great races,” coach Steve Dolan

we’ve got good health, and we have good momentum.” Over the last five seasons, the women’s team has gone from the bottom of the Ivy League to third place. Strong class after strong class has infused the team with depth and confidence, which junior Isabel Griffith said is “finally coming together” this season. The women are ranked third in the Mid-Atlantic region and 24th overall in the nation. Last year the Quakers finished sixth in this meet, a respectable result, but well off of the top-two finish needed to qualify for the NCAA National Championships. This year, the team wants — and expects — more. “For sure the expectation is to qualify for nationals,” Griffith

said. “I think the women have been building and building and building, and now we’re finally at a point where we have a top seven team that’s completely ready.” It will take a very strong effort, though, on their part to take this next step and qualify. The Mid-Atlantic region is saturated with quality, but Griffith and Dolan are both confident that the circumstances are such that, if everyone leaves it out on the course, the collective efforts will be met with success. All-Ivy senior Ashley Montgomery will likely set the pace for the women as she looks to keep up her dominance of this season. Consistency has been a theme this year for the women, with Montgomery, seniors Cleo and Clarissa Whiting, freshman Erin Feeney and junior Abby Hong scoring in

every meet thus far. “I’m just really proud of these women,” Griffith said. “And I have so much faith in what we’re going to be able to do.” Morale on the men’s side could not be any higher. The Red and Blue won the Ivy League Championship for the first time since 1973, and find themselves ranked No. 2 in the Mid-Atlantic region and No. 28 in the nation. The championship has allowed the team to reaffirm the feeling that, as senior Brendan Shearn said, “We’re as good as we knew we were.” At the same time, this confidence will not distract the team from continuing to train hard. “We pretty much know that every team out there will be working as hard and are as motivated as we are to try and make

NCAAs,” Shearn said. “It’s important to be excited by [the Ivy League Championship], but it’s also important that we keep working going forward.” Last season, the men finished in second at regionals behind perennial powerhouse Georgetown, and with five of seven runners from that team returning, the team carries the vital experience which could allow them to overtake the Hoyas. “It definitely just helps in the mindset of it and not being too freaked out by the big race mentality,” Shearn said of the team’s experience. “Having everyone who’s been there and knows what to do... makes a huge difference.” Shearn, senior Nick Tuck and junior Patrick Hally have been the top three finishers for the Red and Blue in every meet thus far,

but what has propelled the team to success has been the amount of depth, as the team has an noteworthy five All-Ivy runners. “We’re a team that closed really hard at Heps ... and I think that’s one of our strong suits,” Shearn said. “So, I think if we can run hard that last mile, we’ll definitely have a shot at it.” The men’s and women’s cross country teams have had sensational results throughout the season, and through a heightened sense of confidence, hard work and experience, they both possess a great opportunity to qualify for NCAA Nationals. “We’ve been saying just because we ran good at Ivy’s doesn’t mean they’re going to give it to us here,” Dolan said. “We’re going to have to run great, and I think they’re prepared to.”

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Days after Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton fervently competed for the hearts and minds of Pennsylvanians, Penn and Villanova swimmers will battle for in-state bragging rights of their own. Both the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teams will travel to Villanova for a non-conference matchup against the Wildcats. The Quakers enter the weekend after a successful tri-meet in which the women defeated both Columbia and Army while their male counterparts trounced the Black Knights but fell by just four points to their Ivy League rivals from the Big Apple.

The opening set of races saw a number of standout performances, as, on the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side, Virginia Burns racked up three individual first-place finishes, cementing her reputation as one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best freestyle swimmers. In one of the most impressive swims of the day, the junior finished a full second ahead of Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jessica Antiles in the 200-yard freestyle, recording a time of 1:51.37. Senior captain Rochelle Dong, junior Annie Tran and freshman Serena Xue added to Burnsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dominance in the sprints with victories of their own. And the Quakers also swept the relays, as Dong, looking to retain her All-Ivy status, anchored both teams. Villanova, however, is a completely different beast. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team is very good,â&#x20AC;? Penn coach Mike Schnur said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very talented, very well coached, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Big East champions. Fully funded, tons of scholarships. They do everything right. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at home, they want to get revenge from last year, and

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As Penn swimming and diving heads to Villanova this weekend, they will turn to Rochelle Dong to continue her early strong run in the season.

to do it while weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got some injury problems.â&#x20AC;? Attempting to defeat the Wildcats without ailing sophomore and butterfly standout Nancy Hu, who set a Penn record in the 200-yard edition of the event, will indeed be a difficult task. To add insult to the literal injury, Villanovaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team features four stellar swimmers spread over a variety of events. Sophomore Alexa Fabbri was just named Big East Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week while

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her fellow sophomore Darby Goodwin is coming off a rookie season in which she won three Big East races and was named the conference championshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Most Outstanding swimmer. Sophomore Taylor Wilson, an All-Big East honoree, presents, along with Fabbri, another threat to Burns in her signature freestyle events. And, to wrap up the Wildcatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fab Four, junior Caitlin Daday, a two-time All-Big East swimmer, has excelled thus far in the distance races.

Dong and her fellow swimmers, however, welcome the challenge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a toss-up meet for us in a good way,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We get to explore and bring along a lot of we people we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t usually get to bring. Especially since the freshmen have only one meet under their belt, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a great experience for them to race in a dual-meet type of environment.â&#x20AC;? The men, meanwhile, are aware that their matchup with the Wildcats is not one that requires their squad to be at full strength. Schnur emphasized that this will be an opportunity for the freshmen to demonstrate their skill and gain some valuable early swim time before their Ivy League schedule begins in earnest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We might move some people around to different events, get a different look to our lineup. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to train really hard this week and see what we have left on Saturday. I want to see what all the freshmen can do in this meet, like Austin Ryan in the sprints, see what

Jackson Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dowdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got, Emilio DeSommaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been getting a lot of opportunities.â&#x20AC;? The younger racers should get take their chances when they get them, as Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best performers show no signs of slowing down. Sophomore Mark Andrew has continued his fine form from last season and won the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle in last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Columbia-Army tri-meet with times of 23.62 and 24.71, respectively. Thomas Dillinger joined his second-year counterpart in capturing two victories in the 100 and 50-yard freestyle sprints. And senior captain Kevin Su took home first place in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:38.61. While they may receive some respite this coming weekend, Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A-team is training hard and already looking ahead to next weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crucial Ivy tri-meet with Cornell and perennial powerhouse Princeton. If theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re complacent, however, the Wildcats wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid to pounce.

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cancellation led to game

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For the second time in just five days, Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer was taking on an Ivy League foe at Roberts Stadium in Princeton. But Wednesday night, their opponent was not the Tigers. Rather, the Red and Blue took on Columbia for the second time this season in a game with major Ivy League implications, scheduled just a few days ago as a result of Harvard canceling its season. The Quakers would go on to drop a 3-0 result to the Lions (123-1, 4-1-1 Ivy) in a game that saw the Quakers (5-6-6, 3-3-1) go down

early off a 13th minute goal from Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Francisco Agrest. Despite the early deficit, the rest of the half was a contested affair, with both teams getting opportunities and Penn outshooting Columbia, 4-3. The second half, however, was a different story. The Lions would outshoot the Quakers, 15-5, and force five corner kicks, with Penn getting its only corner of the game in the first half. In the 65th minute, the referee awarded a controversial penalty kick to Columbia that Zach Morant would slot away for the Lions, forcing the Red and Blue to take risks for the rest of the game as they tried to claw their way back. The risks would not pay off, as Arthur Bosua would put the nail in Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coffin for Columbia in the 82nd minute, scoring on a counter attack and virtually eliminating any

chance at a Red and Blue comeback. The bright spot of the night for Penn was goalkeeper Etan Mabourakh, who made nine saves on the night to keep the game within reach for the Quakers for the majority of the match. The circumstances surrounding this final contest were not those that were expected just last week; the Crimsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forfeiture of their position atop the Ivy League table opened the door for Dartmouth, Columbia and Penn to claim the top spot in the league, with the Quakers trailing the Lions and the Big Green by just one point prior to Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game. With the loss, the Quakers are now officially out of the running for their first Ivy title since 2013. Moreover, with Harvard canceling its season (including what would have been Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home finale on

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Midfielder Matt Poplawski was one of three seniors to play in his final game for Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer on Wednesday as the Quakers fell, 3-0.

While the loss of the seniors will be felt widely, the team is still quite young; there are only seven juniors and seniors combined on the team, and the ceiling is still quite high for

the Red and Blue. It will undoubtedly be a blow to see some great players graduate, but it will be exciting to see what is next for Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer.

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Saturday), the three seniors on the team, captains Matt Poplawski and Alec Neumann as well as goalkeeper Nick Savino, were essentially deprived of traditional senior day festivities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re certainly going to be very tough to replace, both on and off the field,â&#x20AC;? Penn coach Rudy Fuller said of his seniors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re three guys who really did it right. They gave their all to Penn soccer. For four years, Poplawski and Neumann established themselves as leaders on this team. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so proud that we were able to win an Ivy title for them in 2013 while they were freshmen. And Nick, coming in as a transfer, has really given his all to this team. All of three of them will be sorely missed.â&#x20AC;? Neumann, a forward and the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading scorer, finishes his career with a brilliant 24 goals and 11 assists, while Poplawski will end his career with six goals and five assists. Savino finishes his Penn tenure with nine matches played including seven in 2015, having recorded two clean sheets along the way.

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Friday night lights are back. The party is coming back to Franklin Field on Friday night as Penn Athletics is set to host the second fan fest before a football game this season. Thanks to the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; game being aired nationally on NBC Sports, Penn has a chance to replicate that high school feel with a tailgate prior to the Friday night tilt. Following the success of the inaugural fan fest before the Penn-Columbia football game in October, the second of four planned fan fests will go off prior to Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Penn-Harvard game. As Senior Night for the Quakers, it will be the final football fan fest. The other two fan fests will occur during the basketball season â&#x20AC;&#x201D; first against Villanova later in November and then against Princeton in February. The festivities will not only

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â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they walk into every house acting like they deserve the title, and we want to show them that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to work for it.â&#x20AC;? Bad blood between Harvard and Penn isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t new, as the two teams have long dominated the Ivy League football history books. But the rivalry still stands fresh as ever,

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Following the success of the fan fest prior to the Penn-Columbia football game, there will be another before this Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football game.

include food and hot chocolate, but are set to be highlighted by a performance from Kenn Kweder.

The fan fest will kick off on Shoemaker Green at 6 p.m. and continue right up until kickoff.

especially after last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic upset when the Quakers traveled to Cambridge and ended the Crimsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three-year win streak. That surprise 35-25 win stunned Harvard, well on its way to sole possession of the conference title. But the visitors will know better this time as they come to Philadelphia: Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll know to expect a fight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taking it to them. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna

be about effort,â&#x20AC;? Vecchio said, when asked for his keys to victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Against Princeton, we looked a little hesitant on defense. We were there, just a step behind. This week itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna be going all out knowing that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s do or die.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;From here on out, every game is a championship game,â&#x20AC;? Torgersen echoed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This week carries a little more weight, because we have to win or go home.â&#x20AC;?

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Final weekend on tap for Penn against NY rivals VOLLEYBALL | Quakers

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Columbia (13-9, 8-4 Ivy) 6 p.m.

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Cornell (11-11, 5-7 Ivy) 5 p.m.

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With just two games left this season against Columbia and Cornell, Penn’s season is almost over. But in many ways, these last two games are just the end of a beginning for a very young and talented team. And while this season may have been a tough beginning for the Quakers (10-13, 5-6 Ivy), there are still plenty of reasons to be optimistic for next season. The

biggest reason, of course, is that Penn didn’t have a single senior on the roster this year. And yes, that means the entire team will be back again next fall. Knowing that they still have another year together isn’t making the Red and Blue complacent though. If anything, it’s making the Quakers that much hungrier to finish out this season strong with two wins against Columbia (13-9, 8-4) and Cornell (11-11, 5-7). “We have a lot, not to prove, but still left to do in this season,” coach Kerry Carr said. “And I think whatever we do, we’re doing it in the gym every day in practice. We’re getting better every single day. We just learned something new with blocking today and I think that that’s the energy that a young team brings. That at the end of the season, you’re not just trying to get through practice, you’re actually still learning.” The big thing the Quakers still have to do this season is exact some revenge. Both the Lions and the Big Red defeated Penn in tough fiveset matches this season, so Penn is eager to have another chance at

them. If the Quakers are able to flip the script in the Palestra this weekend, freshman outside hitter Caroline Furrer will likely play a big role. Last weekend against Brown and Yale, Furrer showed out nicely. The 5’10’’ Texas native was especially effective against Brown, finishing with 12 kills. “Caroline’s been someone that on the day she stepped on the court, was a more experienced, mature player than being a freshman,” Carr praised. “And so she was able to handle some things, but I think when people figured her out a little bit across the net, she had to take a step back and work harder in the practice gym. And she’s done that and added more to her game.” As for Furrer’s own thoughts on her performance, she was quick to credit her success to her teammates. “That really helped me out personally this weekend, having all of the players behind me at every point,” Furrer said. Penn’s players will have to continue to rally around each other if they want to turn this season

around and end on a positive note this weekend. Despite Furrer’s strong performance, Penn actually lost both its matches last weekend. A loss was to be expected against Yale (17-4, 10-2), who is currently second in the Ivy League, but the loss against Brown (5-17, 3-9) was particularly deflating. The Red and Blue had even beaten the lowly Bears earlier in the season. And while this weekend’s games won’t affect the top of the Ivy standings, the Quakers certainly feel they have a lot to play for. Penn enters the weekend tied for fourth place in the Ivy League with Cornell and Harvard. A successful outing this weekend could be just enough to push the Red and Blue into the upper half of the league. It might not be a lot, but for a young team, that’s definitely a step in the right direction. “I think that every moment we spend together now is only going to make us better for the next season,” Furrer said. “So I think that’s really pushing us to keep working hard and strive for not only to finish this season off really well, but I think that’ll help us for next season also.”

JESS KATZ | CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Caroline Furrer will look to cap off a stellar rookie season as the Quakers take on Columbia and Cornell to finish off the 2016 season.

Red and Blue open season on Friday away at Robert Morris

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Robert Morris 7 p.m.

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Campaign season is just wrapped up, but another season is just getting started. Penn basketball will travel to Robert Morris this Friday to kick off its 2016-17 campaign. A generally young squad, the Red and Blue will likely give heavy playing time to a cast of new characters as they look for

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“Total time commitment [for ROTC] in the week is about 10 hours. … It piles up.” That time commitment is welcomed by Donadio’s ROTC mentor and field hockey player Liz Mata. What seems like an awful and action-packed schedule is simply her doing all the things she loves. “If you really care about it, you’re going to put a lot of time into it,” Mata said. “Time-wise it’s actually not bad. It’s definitely early mornings though.” That said, time is not the largest commitment for these officers-in-training. The ROTC program ends in the candidate becoming a fully commissioned officer in the US military. For wrestler Jack Conway, the commitment to follow in his family’s footsteps and serve his nation takes on a much more important role. To hear him tell it, active duty service was always the

a repeat of their victory against the Colonials a season ago. “There’s a whole lot of excitement coming into this season,” Penn coach Steve Donahue said. “There’s this dedication and passion that I sense this year that I didn’t sense as much as I did last year.” Headlining the additions to the reenergized Quaker squad will be freshman center AJ Brodeur and junior transfer guards Matt MacDonald and Caleb Wood. All three players figure to start, and Brodeur, a prized recruit who turned down offers from Notre Dame and Boston College to join the Quakers, should be the centerpiece of the team’s low-post attack for

seasons to come. “AJ is an excellent 17-to-19 foot shooter,” Donahue said of the rookie’s versatility. “And I wouldn’t have brought in transfers if I didn’t feel they could be substantial upgrades and help us this year.” The Colonials, meanwhile, have lost their top two scorers from a season ago, after guard Rodney Pryor graduated and center Elijah Minnie was dismissed from the team. Sophomore guard Isaiah Still is the squad’s leading returning offensive performer, having notched 9.9 points per game a season ago, though he was held to just three in the contest against the Quakers a season ago.

plan. “I come from a military family, so initially I was thinking [of attending the military academy at] West Point,” he said. “I’m looking forward to senior year and being commissioned in the Army.” Of the six ROTC athletes at Penn, three come from a military family with a history of service. The others were inspired — by a friend, a distant relative or a feeling of patriotism — to join the program. The narrative surrounding much of the military is one of sacrifice. To be sure, our military makes massive sacrifices for the protection of this nation, but the tone struck by future officers like Maggie Smith, a lacrosse player who is also another of Mata’s mentees in the naval program, was one of excitement for their service. “I’m looking forward to … just everything honestly. I’m really looking forward to serving my country as an officer, getting leadership experiences, seeing

the world, and doing my duty as an American,” she said. That excitement is one that also surrounds their sports. In fact, Console and Smith see a lot of parallels between their two passions. “They’re very similar. On the football field, you have to lead by example but you also have to motivate people with your words and you have to know how people work and people think to get results and in the Army, it’s very, very similar,” he said. “The only real difference is obviously there is a hierarchy [in the military].” “Both are not only physically demanding but mentally demanding. … I thought that I knew what teamwork was [from sports] but the ROTC is just a different type of team work,” Smith said. “It’s really a type of teamwork where everyone really has everyone’s back... it’s like that on my team too but the navy has definitely brought a higher intensity.” Perhaps then, those cliches were justified.

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That game — a 76-75 nailbiter at the Palestra in the season opener — was won on a Darien Nelson-Henry go-ahead layup with 31 seconds remaining. Sharpshooter Sam Jones, now a junior, led all Quaker scorers with 21 points. This year, the locale of the contest will move to Robert M o r r i s’ P it tsbu rgh-a rea campus. “This Friday is going to be a real test of team chemistry,” junior guard and noted lockerroom leader Darnell Foreman said. “We have a real chip on our shoulder, trying to rebuild our program and get back to the top. It’s gonna be a hard-fought game.”

Though the integration of new players is perhaps the most intriguing storyline as the Red and Blue kick off their season, the team remains stocked with experienced talent. Nelson-Henry, the team’s erstwhile low-post anchor, was the only starter to graduate following last season. The guard duo of sophomores Jake Silpe and Jackson Donahue will look to build on the chemistry built in extensive playing time during their rookie seasons, even if their minutes may be curtailed by the additions of Wood and MacDonald. Silpe led the Quakers in assists a year ago while Donahue paced the squad in three-point makes and percentage.

Senior forward Matt Howard, the team’s leading scorer and most versatile offensive weapon, will look to provide veteran cohesion to the squad. But perhaps most importantly of all, Friday’s contest will be the first opportunity for the Red and Blue to demonstrate that they have taken tangible positive strides towards improving on their middling 11-17 record in coach Donahue’s first season. “Coach’s style was challenging and hard for me to adjust to,” Foreman said of Donahue’s first season. “So over this last summer, we were better able to familiarize ourselves with it. “And now we’ve got to master it.”

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Penn cross country will make a bid for NCAAs at this weekend’s Regionals

Penn basketball will open the season up this weekend, traveling cross-state to Robert Morris

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Some athletes answer call of duty

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Some Penn athletes elect to pursue ROTC on top of sports, classes THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS

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Six Penn athletes, including Bianca Donadio, Liz Mata, and Maggie Smith serve with Penn ROTC.

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Friday win over Harvard

WILL SNOW Sports Editor FRIDAY

HARVARD (7-1, 5-0 Ivy) 7 p.m.

Franklin Field

“We’re capable of performing a lot better.” Penn football coach Ray Priore didn’t mince words when he assessed his team’s performance in their 28-0 loss at Princeton last weekend. But he also felt bullish about the Quakers’ upcoming date with destiny against Harvard. “Our kids are gonna play hard, play with great emotion and execute.”

The Ivy League title is on the line for Penn (5-3, 4-1 Ivy). The loss to Princeton left Harvard (7-1, 5-0) alone as the only undefeated team in conference play with just two games to go, and it’ll be the Quakers’ role to play spoiler when the Crimson rolls into Franklin Field on Friday evening. That’ll be easier said than done, though, as the Red and Blue are in the middle of a poor run of form. The defense let up 28 against Princeton on Saturday, and the offense hasn’t scored in six quarters. It’s not difficult to see that if those trends continue, Penn will have no chance of securing another share of the Ivy title. But the players are convinced things will change. “We’ve been held scoreless for six quarters,” senior quarterback Alek Torgersen said. “So we’ll come out with a lot of fire and energy. Our egos

are a little hurt after the last game, because we didn’t do our job as an offense. We’re gonna start fast.” A better start for Torgersen than his game against Princeton is likely, as the quarterback had a day to forget, to put it lightly. The senior quarterback admitted himself that his performance against the Tigers wasn’t his best effort or the best show of his decision-making abilities. In sports, those days happen — and that’s how Torgersen summed it up. “It was just one of those days. It kind of just feels like a dream to me now, honestly. Just thinking about Saturday, it feels like, ‘that happened...’ I can’t believe that.” As for the defense, junior Louis Vecchio is confident that last week’s performance also won’t be repeated. “There’s definitely a bright side to

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that game after watching the film,” the defensive end said. “We had everybody in the right spots. Honestly, it was just that we were there to make the play, but we didn’t end up making those plays. We just have to stay positive, keep our confidence up.” The Quakers haven’t had many games without a sack or a forced turnover in recent memory. If Vecchio is right in his assessment of the team’s defense, then they should come up with a big play or two against Harvard. And in case sheer persistence alone doesn’t provide that result, he also mentioned an extra motivation to drive his team on further. “Harvard, we just don’t like them,” Vecchio said. “We do have in mind that the championship is on the line, but we want to beat Harvard to show

They say football games are battles in the trenches. A well-thrown ball is a bullet. Deep home runs are bombs. All these are overused cliches, but some — including six students on Penn’s campus — actually live them. These six are Penn’s Reserve Officer Training Corps athletes. They work to achieve peak physical and mental performance in representing both their school and their nation. The ROTC training sessions consist of both physical and mental training. The candidates need to be prepared for active duty as a commissioned officer, and receive training for all aspects of their future service. “Every week we have Tuesday and Thursday morning [physical training] … then we have class afterwards: military science class and also leadership classes,” freshman wrestler and cadet Patrick Munn explained. Their commitment to this grueling schedule is astounding. Each of them endure daily practice with their respective teams, ROTC training sessions and an Ivy League work load week after week. “It’s been a learning process balancing those three things and it’s still something I’m learning how to do. There’s a lot of working with my coaches and professors … and just making sure I have my priorities straight,” Midshipman and junior women’s hammer thrower Bianca Donadio said. Sprint football linebacker and future Army officer Tom Console agreed.

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How’s Nick gonna cover Penn’s 30-plus teams? I guess he’s gonna finally have to listen to Memes. Our dear senior sports editor is an ocean away at the Friars Coffeehouse Convention [I was chosen for the Friars Coffeehouse Convention! --- Nick]. He basically begged me and a few others to join the fray and take a break from the office. But with my being the only editor fully on call tonight, I have so much on my plate. We’re web-first, but I still have to get our paper through to Congress. Now, I’m not saying Books

doesn’t deserve a break on his end. His pace is relentless; he wastes no time (aside from the many trips back to Cleveland and to various #Smokers). Seriously though, he’s been putting the department on his back for months. Take our recent basketball supplement, for example. The plan was to write a total of 25 stories, the work divided evenly among the sports editors. In the end, they wrote 85, in the span of two semesters. Nowlan got incapacitated after writing five. William wrote twenty-nine.

BUCHTA WROTE, THE OTHER FIFTY-ONE! But before we get too into the upcoming basketball season, Penn football is still in the title hunt with the season winding down. If the Quakers win their final two games, that would be enough... to win another one-third share of the Ivy League title. Ivy League Champions: Tomorrow, there’ll be more of us. Just kidding. We’ll lose. Amy Gutmann and Penn Police killed Penn Athletics. Prediction: Harvard 31, Penn 21

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