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Students demand ‘Carey Law’ name revert to ‘Penn Law’ The school was renamed after a $125 million donation Friday ASHLEY AHN Senior Reporter

Penn law school’s renaming to “University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School” prompted swift backlash from students

and alumni after the announcement on Friday.

More than 500 students and alumni have signed a petition demanding the school revert its short-form name from “Carey Law” back to “Penn Law,” arguing that employers will not recognize the new name, and the prestige of the “Penn Law” name will help them with their careers.

While students said they understood the full name could not be changed back, they criticized the lack of transparency in the renaming process and the fact that the University agreed to name an academic institution after a corporation.

On Friday, Penn President Amy Gutmann and Board of Trustees Chair David Cohen sent a University-wide email an-

nouncing the name change after a $125 million donation from the W.P. Carey Foundation — the largest sum gifted to any law school.

The shortened form of the name is used on official University communications, signage, and documents, according to the law school style guide. The abbreviated form is also used on law school mer-

chandise. Penn’s law school, like the other schools at the University, has a style guide to regulate the branding of the school. The new short-form names include “Carey,” “Carey Law,” and “Carey Law School” — but “Penn Law” is no longer an acceptable abbreviation for the school.

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AC will be installed in Gregory over the summer Gregory is currently the only dorm without cooling GORDON HO Staff Reporter

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Around 100 Fossil Free Penn protesters demanded a divestment town hall with Penn President Amy Gutmann, Board of Trustees Chair David Cohen, and Penn’s Chief Investment Officer Peter Ammon.

Student protesters drown out Board of Trustees meeting The Nov. 8 meeting ended 20 minutes early HAWTHORNE RIPLEY Senior Reporter

A protest by about 100 members of Fossil Free Penn shut down a Board of Trustees meeting Friday that took place at the Inn at Penn.

Chanting and singing, the protest-

ers demanded a divestment town hall meeting with Penn President Amy Gutmann, Board of Trustees Chair David Cohen, and Penn Chief Investment Officer Peter Ammon. The board meeting, which was scheduled to last an hour, ended about 20 minutes early after the protesters drowned out the trustees.

“The impact of the fossil fuel industry is genocidal,” students

chanted. They also repeatedly sang, “Which side are you on?”

Board members shouted their agreement to the meeting’s resolutions over the noise from the protesters in an attempt to keep the meeting on track. Penn’s Open Expression Observers asked the protesters to cease chanting but soon gave up and SEE TRUSTEES PAGE 2

Penn announced it will install air conditioning in Gregory College House — the sole college dorm without AC — by August 2020.

For years, students living in dorms without AC have returned to campus during the last few weeks of summer and suffered from uncomfortable heat.

In August 2018, when temperatures in Philadelphia reached the 90s in a citywide heat wave, some freshmen living in Kings Court English College House slept in air-conditioned lounges, libraries, and computer labs to escape their own rooms.

During fall 2018, only three dorms on campus did not have AC: Gregory, Kings Court English College House, and Du Bois College House. In summer 2019, Penn installed AC systems in Kings Court English College House and Du Bois, but did not install AC in Gregory because the dorm does not have easy access to a chilled water line, which is needed to install AC, Director of Residential Services Patrick Killilee said.

Construction in Gregory will take place in summer 2020, Killilee said, after additional planning to determine the best way to connect an existing chilled water line to Gregory. The plan was ap-

proved at a Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 7.

Gregory residents welcomed the change and were relieved that the dorm will finally have a centralized cooling system.

For Gregory resident and Nursing senior Isis Trotman, AC is a relief that will come too late.

“This past summer was not too bad, but my freshman year here was definitely difficult,” Trotman said, recounting stories of her fellow residents sleeping in public spaces because it was too hot in their rooms.

Gregory resident and College freshman Summer Wylie said the dorm’s lack of AC has always irritated her — especially because residents pay the same housing fee as other students living in air-conditioned college houses.

Wylie said she feared she would have a hard time studying for her finals in her dorm in May, given the summer heat.

Gregory made an effort to combat the heat at the beginning of the semester by distributing fans to residents to put near the windows, Gregory resident and College freshman Nicole Kim said.

But the initiative failed, Gregory resident and College freshmen Katie Cusick said, because the fans just blew hot air.

“We have nice common areas and stuff, but it still doesn’t make up for the heat at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year,” Cusick said. “It’s just so hot sometimes.”

D’Souza event shifted to Houston Hall and closed to the public The conservative filmmaker was first set to speak in ARCH MAX COHEN AND GRANT BIANCO Senior Reporters

Days after Penn blocked conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza from speaking in the ARCH building, the University announced that D’Souza will be permitted to speak at the Hall of Flags in Houston Hall on Tuesday.

University spokesperson Stephen MacCarthy said the decision to move the event out of the ARCH building was based on security concerns, although he did not address follow-up

questions on what the security concerns were. The event will be closed to the public, MacCarthy said, and only open to PennCard holders.

“I think it’s unfortunate that the University is taking this stance,” D’Souza said in an interview with The Daily Pennsylvanian Sunday. “Most importantly, I’m just there to talk about big issues that are dividing the country and stimulate a lively debate. And for the life of me, I don’t understand why something like that should be controversial or frightening or pose security threats.”

D’Souza’s appearance is part of Young America’s Foundation’s “Pre-

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“I’m just there to talk about big issues that are dividing the country and stimulate a lively debate. And for the life of me, I don’t understand why something like that should be controversial or frightening or pose security threats.”

- Dinesh D’Souza

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Reports circulated online suggesting that neo-Nazis were planning to attend the event. As part of a wider dispute between white nationalist Nick Fuentes and more establishment conservative groups, readers of neo-Nazi websites are being encouraged to attend YAF and Turning Point USA events.

A calendar posted on the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer listed D’Souza’s Nov. 12 speech at Penn as an event that readers were encouraged

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stood watch over the students in silence.

Members of the public are not allowed to “interrupt, interfere with, obstruct, disturb, or disrupt the conduct” of the open meeting, according to the meeting schedule webpage.

“Today, our strong unified voice exposed Penn for its merciless apathy and ignorance in face of the climate crisis,” Fossil Free Penn Campaign Coordinator and College sophomore Maeve Masterson said. “We are disrupting Penn’s status quo, and this is just the beginning.”

Several members of the board, including Gutmann and Cohen, filed out of the back entrance to the Inn at Penn.

The protesters flooded the lobby and sidewalk outside the main entrance. Seven members of the board did not respond to requests for comment from a Daily Pennsylvanian reporter

upon exiting the building.

When asked why Penn has maintained its fossil fuel investment, one Board of Trustees member who declined to provide his name said, “I’m in the fossil fuel industry.”

According to an emailed statement from Penn spokesperson Stephen MacCarthy, the Board of Trustees addressed all of its business, passing all of the resolutions on its agenda, which included the renaming of Penn Law School to the Carey Law School following a $125 million donation by the W.P. Carey Foundation.

Resolutions passed in the five minutes before students started singing included a motion for the approval of the minutes and a memorial for the late Philadelphia Phillies chairman and former Trustee David Montgomery, followed by a moment of silence honoring his death.

The demand for a town hall began this semester in response to Penn’s rejection of multiple divestment proposals in past

years. Since Sept. 27, FFP has held weekly sit-ins every Friday in College Hall.

Congregating at the Button sculpture Friday morning, students prepared for the disruptive protests by going over safety precautions such as not resisting arrest. They also pinned orange felt squares to their chest with safety pins, which is a universal symbol of the the divestment movement, and carried signs reading “we demand a town hall.”

“This is in no way over,” Fossil Free Penn Campaign Coordinator and College sophomore Katie Collier said to approximately 100 students congregated outside of the Inn at Penn immediately following the meeting.

“We need to continue to raise pressure on the Board of Trustees, on Amy Gutmann, on David Cohen, and Peter Ammon to divest our $14.7 billion endowment from the fossil fuel industry,” Collier added.

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Steinberg-Dietrich Hall to receive $14.86 million renovation

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The renovations would provide new spaces for the Wharton Behavioral Lab, the Wharton School’s undergraduate division, private offices, and classrooms.

The renovations will be for a 30,000 sq ft space DANIEL WANG Staff Reporter

Penn announced new plans for a $14.86 million renovation to Steinberg-Dietrich Hall at the Board of Trustees budget and finance meeting Thursday.

Administrators also proposed a $21.45 million budget to install air conditioning units in Gregory College House and repaint Mayer Hall of Stouffer College House.

At the meeting, the Board of Trustees discussed proposed changes to the budget, as well as Penn’s financial performance.

The suggested renovations to

Steinberg-Dietrich Hall cover a 30,000-square-foot space. The renovations would provide new spaces for the Wharton Behavioral Lab, the Wharton School’s undergraduate division, private offices, and classrooms. The funding would come from donations or existing Wharton funds.

The University’s endowment is currently at $14.7 billion, after a consistent average growth rate of about 9.7% over the past 10 years.

Administrators also proposed that Penn contracts the delivery of solar-generated electricity, which would be a significant step towards Penn’s commitment to having a neutral carbon footprint by 2042. The solargenerated electricity would

reduce approximately 75% of Penn’s annual carbon emissions, and the contract would be for 2025 years.

The committee also heard updates on current and upcoming University-wide technology projects. Penn plans to contract with Amazon Web Services, a provider of on-demand cloud computing platforms, to provide protection and better manage cloud computing services across campus.

The Board of Trustees full board meetings are scheduled for three times a year. The fall stated meeting involving the entire board took place Friday while a series of Trustees committee meetings took place Thursday.

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to attend.

MacCarthy did not address questions about whether the University was aware of neo-Nazis planning to attend D’Souza’s event.

D’Souza said he was aware of neo-Nazis showing up to Ben Shapiro events, but said their presence did not worry him.

“I am aware that there are some kind of extremist groups associated with this fellow, Fuentes, that have been showing up at a couple of the Turning Point events with a view to embarrass the speakers,” D’Souza said. “My impression is that these groups are very marginal, that even in the cases where they have tried to show up at the events, all they do is ask questions that are aimed at embarrassing the speaker.”

Representatives from YAF said Penn administrators were treating conservatives differently by relocating the event and closing it to the public.

“The administrators believed that having the event in the school’s cultural center would increase the likelihood of disruption of the event,” Kara Zupkus, YAF program assistant for public relations, wrote in an email to the DP. “They also thought that having the event open to the public would appar-

ently raise the risk of disruption.”

Penn’s three cultural centers — the Pan-Asian American Community House, Makuu, and La Casa Latina — are all located in the basement of the ARCH building.

Zupkus did not address whether YAF was aware of the threat of neo-Nazis attending the event.

Zupkus said Penn administrators Tamara King — associate vice provost for student affairs — and Katie Bonner — executive director of the Office of Student Affairs — were present for this meeting. Representatives for the Vice Provost of University Life did not reply to immediate request for comment.

In the buildup to D’Souza’s event, some students labeled the right-wing pundit a troll, and his critics have long labeled him a provocateur.

In a way, D’Souza said, they are right.

“I’m more of a provocateur on Twitter than I am in my speeches. Why? Because that’s the nature of the medium,” D’Souza said. “Twitter is sort of the intellectual Wild West.”

The University’s decision to call off the event in the ARCH building was “sudden and unexpected,” Wharton sophomore and College Republicans Communications Director Corey Paredes wrote in an email to the DP.

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Dinesh D’Souza spoke with attendees at the 2018 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida on Dec. 19, 2018.

Actuarial science is no longer a Wharton concentration The change applies to current freshmen GORDON HO Staff Reporter

The Wharton School will no longer offer the actuarial science concentration to freshmen and incoming students, but sophomores, juniors, and seniors concentrating in the discipline will be permitted to continue their studies.

Janet Conway, a senior director in the Wharton dean’s office, cited “an upcoming faculty retirement” as a reason for the Wharton concentration’s uncertain future in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian. Conway wrote that Wharton is doing “whatever takes for students currently enrolled in these programs to complete their studies as expected.”

Wharton spokesperson Emily Hemming declined to answer any follow-up questions because administrators are still “working on a solution.”

Although Penn made no formal announcement of the change, a notice on the actuarial science webpage reads, “This concentration may only be declared by students in the Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022 who have already completed STAT 451 and will have STAT 453 completed by the end of spring 2020.”

Actuarial science involves compiling and analyzing statistics to calculate risks in insurance and finance. The profession applies mathematics to model uncertainty and evaluates the probability and financial consequences of future events.

It is unclear whether the actuarial mathematics minor, which is offered through the College of Arts and Sciences, will still be available to students, and no equivalent notice has been posted for the minor.

Freshmen who planned on studying actuarial science at Penn voiced frustration at the decision and the the fact that Wharton administrators did not issue any public notice of the change.

Wharton freshman Julian Zambrano, who said he specifically came to Penn to study actuarial science, said he first noticed the change last week when he saw that the Wharton homepage no longer listed actuarial science as one of the concentrations.

“I felt like I was a little left in the dark,” Zambrano said. “It seemed like not everyone was sure about what was happening and then one day, we just happened to check the website, and then the concentration was gone. I would have liked a little more transparency.”

When Zambrano contacted Wharton for more information, officials said STAT 451 will be offered in fall 2020. It is unclear, however, if the school will continue to offer STAT 452 and 453, which are required courses if students want to concentrate in actuarial science. While STAT 451 and 452 cover the fundamental of actuarial science, STAT 453 teaches actuarial statistics.

The actuarial science concentration required three statistics courses (STAT 451, 452, and 453) as well as another elective. Penn InTouch shows that STAT 452

will be offered next semester, but STAT 451 and STAT 453 were not listed as options. Currently, four of the six electives are also available next semester.

Wharton freshman Ana Romo said she was caught off guard when she realized actuarial science was not a concentration anymore. Romo said she applied to concentrate in actuarial science, but can now no longer complete it.

Wharton freshman Bhavini Varsani, who was planning to concentrate in actuarial science, said the school should have been more transparent and informed students of the change.

“At the end of the day, I still want to do actuarial science, so if they don’t offer the course, we will probably have to self-study for the exams,” Varsani said, referring to the external exams needed to be recognized as a professional. “It’s not really going to affect my career. It’s just going to affect how difficult it will be for me to pass the exams.”

Varsani, who applied to Penn specifically to study actuarial science, said she might switch to concentrate in business analytics or statistics.

“The main issue is that we still don’t even know with 100% certainty which classes are canceled, [and] in terms of the concentration, how we can still pursue that if we still want to,” Wharton freshman Tiffany Chyke-Okpuzor said.

“It’s very frustrating especially when advance registration is here and you are trying to plan for the future.”

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Renaming Penn Law exemplifies disregard for transparency and student voices

enn’s law school set a record by accepting the largest donation ever gifted to a law school, when it received $125 million from the W. P. Carey Foundation. In return, the formerly named University of Pennsylvania Law School will now be referred to as the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School – Carey Law for short – a decision that highlights another instance of Penn’s failure to be transparent with the student and faculty body.

Penn should have consulted with students and stakeholders before taking this action, and must do so when making decisions in the future.

The renaming process was conducted confidentially for months leading up to the announcement, which came into effect on Nov. 8 following a Board of Trustees vote. Although the impulse to secure an enormous donation is understandable, and undoubtedly some good will come from the increased funding of the pro bono program that part of the donation will make possible, the voices of the law community, comprised of students, faculty, and other stakeholders, must not be ignored.

If Penn is serious about continuing to have one of the most prestigious and respected law programs in the country, administrators need to acknowledge student voices when major decisions are made.

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The lack of transparency also allows decisions to avoid public scrutiny, and leaves relevant questions unanswered.

For example, it’s unclear how, if at all, Penn’s Carey Law will be distinguished from the University of Maryland Fran-

Only one other school in the T14, a group of 14 law schools generally considered the most elite in the country, has taken the name of a donor: Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law. The debate between students

cis King Carey School of Law, which also goes by Carey Law. While the fact that Carey Law Dean of Students Felicia Lin will be holding a “lunch conversation” for students who want to better understand the decision is a step in the right direction, it is a mistake to have a conversation after the fact. This removes potential agency that students could have had during the process.

— who contend that the change hurts name recognition — and administrators — who feel that employers will eventually adapt to the change — is immaterial: This is a major change, it will affect students and recent graduates on the job market, and it is relatively rare among peer institutions.

The decision to conduct the process in relative secret and announce the decision without considering student input

was a poor one. This is a larger problem among University administrators. They repeatedly fail to be transparent about policy changes when dealing with issues that affect many students, as has been the case for addressing sexual assault on campus and fraud in admissions.

They do not solicit stakeholder input before making decisions, which either leads to the implementation of policies that negatively affect the student body — as was the case for the task force — or leads to Penn walking back policies and creating problems that could have been avoided, as was the case with the squash court fees.

The renaming of the law school may seem like a low-stakes issue, especially for the thousands of Penn students who are not studying law, but it represents a broader issue. University administrators must acknowledge that without students, Penn is nothing. Carey Law LYDIA KO may turn out fine, and a few years from now the name may be synonymous with the prestige and elite preparation for a career in law that currently accompanies the name Penn Law. But even if administrators are confident that this is the case, they still should have opened the process up and considered the views of stakeholders. They must take a lesson from this process when an analogous issue inevitably arises in the future.

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UROOBA UNPLUGGED | Penn must ensure that students are given the space to practice and showcase their faith

was exposed to a vibrant c o m m u n it y o f yo u n g Muslims from across the countr y and the globe for the first time at Penn. In my hometown, my family was one of few Muslim families in the area.

When I arrived to Penn, I looked forward to meeting people with backgrounds and beliefs that resembled my own, and finding a community to celebrate customs with.

The Muslim Students Association at Penn does a fantastic job of building this community with the resources it has. But the task of creating a safe religious community on campus is nearly impossible without a centralized space. While religious spaces like Hillel and the Christian Association are able to offer students a space to gather, pray, and celebrate traditions, Muslim students have no space on campus.

Although Muslims have long

faced discrimination in this country, the 2016 elect ion ig n ite d xenophobic and racist rhetoric in a new way.

Since President Donald Trump’s election, the rate of hate crimes against Muslims has increased, tragedies like the Christchurch shooting have shaken the community, and Islamophobic policies like the Muslim ban are still in effect.

At Penn, many students hope to find community, and possibly temporary shelter, from the uncertainties of the outside world.

It’s important that even when it feels like this country was not built for us, we know that our campus is.

Space is important. Penn’s cultural resources like the women’s center, the LGBT center, and

Penn’s cultural resources are essential places for marginalized students to access information and form community.” the cultural houses, are essential places for marginalized students to access information and form community.

Granted, a lot of funding for religious communities at Penn comes from outside donors, not the University. Still, Penn has an obligation to make all students feel comfortable practicing their religions on campus.

Muslim students, just by the nature of Islam, require structural space. In Islam, Muslims are required to pray five times a day.

Naturally these prayer times fall in between class and club commitments, when students are not

always able to return home. Currently, the only designated space for Muslim students to pray on campus is in the Spiritual and Religious Life Center (SPARC) room in Houston Hall. Otherwise, students pray in hallways, stairwells, and meditation rooms.

For the past year, the Christian Association has allowed Muslim students to pray and hold events in its building on 37th Street. While this accommodation is incredibly generous, it should not be necessary. Muslim students should not have to “borrow” space from other religious spaces. Like other religious groups, they deserve their own space.

A physical space is especially necessary during the month of Ramadan. The holy month commemorates the revelation of the Quran and is meant to be a time of fasting, prayer, and reflection. Last year was the first year in a decade that this holiday fell during the academic school year, and it will continue to take place during the school year for the next 24 years.

Space on campus will not exclusively offer support for Muslim students.

Having more room will make it significantly easier to host learning experiences for the larger Penn community. While SOPHIA DAI I do not identify as

UROOBA ABID Jewish, I have participated in Hillel organized fellowships, eaten at Hillel’s dining hall, and attended numerous Shabbat dinners. Through these experiences I was able to learn more about Jewish culture and faith, as well as participate in interfaith dialogue.

This programming depended on the structural resources that come with having space.

There is undeniably a national ignorance on the Islamic faith.

According to to the Pew Research Center, 41% of Americans say Islam is more likely to encourage violence. Additionally, a 2017 poll showed that many Americans think Islam is not a part of “mainstream American society,” due to its “[inconsistency] with democracy.” These misunderstandings of Islam can only be corrected through visibility and education.

Muslims make up less than 1% of the United States population, meaning many Americans will have limited to no interactions with a Muslim in their life. At Penn, we have a rare opportunity to educate students from across the country on Islam. Penn characterizes itself as a place for academic and cultural exploration. If that is the case, it should ensure that students are given the space to practice and showcase their faith.

UROOBA ABID is a College junior from Long Island, N.Y. studying International Relations. Her email address is uabid@sas.upenn.edu.

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Shift Penn’s culture surrounding failure SURAYYA’S SPICE AND EVERYTHING NICE | Be kind to yourself

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harton Council re cent ly hoste d a stor y slam on failure. Because of the work many student organizations have done to destigmatize failure at Penn and because of the Signal’s Anti Resume project, I’ve decided to share my story in hopes that it will inspire someone.

During my first semester of college, I was forced to withdraw from a class. This resulted in a big W being placed on my transcript. I had to accept the fact that I didn’t make the mark, that my entire college existence would be stained by the scarlet letter on my transcript.

You excelled before and will excel again. So even when the storms of failed midterms or job rejections and denied internships come, remember who you are.”

I began to think my difficulty adjusting to Penn would never end.

This experience, while initially devastating, pushed me to reframe how I viewed success and my self-worth. I learned the importance of self-care, the importance of being kind to myself even when the world is mean to me. I learned self-love,

but the college version — placing progress over perfection and effort over results. Everyone experiences difficulty, and it’s time we became more transparent about our struggles and used them to promote a greater sense of well-being in ourselves and others. Instead of waiting on a new wellness initiative, we can all do our small

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part to encourage someone else to push through the difficult times. Whether it’s by sharing your failures or placing your well-being first, a healthier and happier Penn starts with us.

I challenge all of us to consider letting go of what’s been causing sleepless nights and an endless amount of stress or anxiety. Letting go will be one

of the bravest things you ever do and an investment in yourself — something no one else can give to you.

This sounds cliche, but failure and struggles make you a better person. You become more real because of it. You become more patient in the pursuit of success and develop a tolerance for other’s imperfections and your own. You learn not to lead with your accomplishments, but with your humanity, strengthening your ability to connect with others.

To let go, we must admit that we can’t do everything. Penn students’ unrealistic expectations aren’t sustainable. It’s time we learned to preserve our energy and put ourselves first.

This means dropping a club or two if they add to our stress and don’t relieve it, skipping an event if you’re running on two hours of sleep, or making time for the genuine connections that energize us and eliminating those inauthentic and transactional conversations. We win when we make ourselves a priority, irrespective of others’ opinions or expectations.

Some struggles exist because of a mismatch in timing or purpose. Maybe that class was the right one, just not for now. Maybe OCR isn’t going well because that industry isn’t ready for your greatness.

Or maybe you’re trying to put yourself in a situation that isn’t right for you. The events in our life are often signs, directing us where we should go. Every battle isn’t meant to be fought and wrestled with. Sometimes backing away and relinquishing control is the way we win, often sparing our sanity in the process.

SURAYYA WALTERS Let’s shift the culture. Life isn’t a competition and whether you are a winner or loser is all up to you. I always tell myself that even when I “lose,” I grow.

We need more of that positivity. If you made it to Penn, I have no doubt that your life will amount to something great.

You excelled before and will excel again. So even when the storms of failed midterms or job rejections and denied internships come, remember who you are. Keep your paradigm positive and turn the W’s into wins. Remember that every ‘’no’’ or failure creates the opportunity for a better ‘’yes’’ or success to come.

Take that semester off if it will restore your sense of wellbeing. Drop the major you don’t like for the one that excites you.

Take a day off from classes.

Your W or withdrawing from the situation may just be your saving grace. You shouldn’t be afraid to do what’s best for you.

The world will simply have to live with your choice.

SURAYYA WALTERS is a Wharton sophomore from New Rochelle, N.Y. concentrating in Marketing and minoring in Urban Education. Her email is surayyaw@wharton.upenn. edu.

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To what extent is that conflict due to cultural reasons or ascriptive (ethnic, racial, religious) differences? Could conflict be mitigated if immigrants demonstrate that they share the native population’s norms and ideas about appropriate civic behavior? In his talk, Nicholas Sambanis, Director of the Penn Program on Identity and Conflict, will present experimental evidence from Germany on the power of civic norms to reduce discrimination against immigrants.

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Russia interference, from the Ukraine to the U.S., has forced citizens in the West to face the problems of election hacking, state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, influence operations by foreign security services, and frozen conflicts. Citizens of the frontline states between Russia and the European Union have long been familiar with this type of hybrid war. In his talk, Mitchell Orenstein contends that these “lands in between” hold powerful lessons for Western countries. Increasingly, the political pathologies of these small states in Europe are Western problems, too.

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“The undersigned would like to preserve the brand recognition, over centurylong history, and clear association with the University of Pennsylvania that comes with the name Penn Law,” the petition reads. “This is in no way meant to belittle or disrespect the immensely generous gift by the Carey Foundation as we are extremely grateful for their support and look forward to the positive changes and improvements that come as a result.”

Third-year Carey Law student Kristen DeWilde, who was involved in the circulation of the letter, said she plans to send the petition to Carey Law Dean Ted Ruger and the Board of Trustees early this week.

Penn’s law students and alumni argued that keeping the short form as “Carey Law” disassociates the law school from the University and from the prestige that comes with the Penn name.

“We live in capitalism and in capitalism, name recognition gets you a job,” said third-year Carey Law student BJ Courville, who signed the petition. “Name recognition gets you in the door. This is a law school. We need jobs. We signed up to be part of a network and the network is

joined by the name.”

“Carey Law School sounds fairly generic and sounds like an unranked law school,” said 2018 Carey Law graduate Tom Mandracchia.

In a statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian, Carey Law spokesperson Steven Barnes wrote that the school understands the new name of “Carey Law” would take time to get used to.

“We appreciate and respect the many reactions people have shared, which reflect the range of viewpoints of our community, and often accompany a naming gift of this magnitude,” Barnes wrote.

“While a name change for an institution people care deeply about may take some getting used to, this gift will do nothing less than enable us to make unprecedented investments in our institution and do more and better for our students, faculty, and alumni.”

Three minutes after students received the University-wide email announcing the name change on Friday, Ruger wrote in an email to law students that the donation and renaming of the school had proceeded confidentially for many months prior to the announcement.

Carey Law students received a third email about the renaming of Penn Law

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While students said they understood the full name could not be changed back, they criticized the lack of transparency in the renaming process and the fact that the University agreed to name an academic institution after a corporation.

from Carey Law Dean of Students Felicia Lin 27 minutes after the University-wide email announcement. Lin wrote she will hold a lunch conversation on Monday in Fitts Auditorium for students who want to learn “what this means for [students].”

Courville and DeWilde said they felt the “Penn Law” name had been immediately taken away with little to no consideration of students, faculty, and alumni.

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Second-year Carey Law student Sanjay Jolly said students and alumni were left “completely in the dark.” He also said there was an absence of transparency about what the exact terms of the donation entail.

Students also criticized that the school carried the same name as a corporation, while other top law schools are not renamed.

“It’s reflective of the fact that uberwealthy people can basically put their names on institutions for what is effectively small change [for the school],” said first-year Carey Law student Apratim Vidyarthi, who signed the petition. “[Harvard Law, Cornell Law, and Columbia Law] would never ever sell their name off, so why are we selling our name off?” DeWilde said.

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This program has been approved for 1.0 substantive law credit hour for Pennsylvania lawyers. CLE credits may be available in other jurisdictions as well. Attendees seeking CLE credit should bring separate payment in the amount of $40.00 ($20.00 public interest/non-profit attorneys) cash or check made payable to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.

This event is sponsored by the Institute for Law and Economics, a joint research center of the Law School, the Wharton School, and the Department of Economics in the School of Arts and Sciences.

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These will be in Stockholm, São Paolo, and Barcelona AMJAD HAMZA Staff Reporter

The Wharton School announced the creation of three new study abroad options for undergraduates in Stockholm, São Paulo, and Barcelona.

As early as fall 2020, students will be able to spend a semester abroad at the Stockholm School of Economics, Fundação Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo, and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, according to an Oct. 29 email sent to undergraduates from Lee Kramer, director of student life in Wharton’s undergraduate division.

This brings the total number of Wharton-approved study abroad options to 30 programs across Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. In these approved programs, students can take classes to satisfy their Business Breadth requirement for business courses outside their concentrations, as well as nonbusiness and elective courses. They can also choose to study in College of Arts and Sciences-approved pro-

grams, where they can only fulfill non-business requirements. The new programs represent a large increase from the 21 Whartonapproved programs two years ago, Kramer said.

“Sometimes it’s region-based, sometimes a university has been on our radar, or we’ll meet at a conference,” Kramer said explaining how Wharton chooses which universities to approach.

Penn Abroad Associate Director Kristyn Palmiotto said the process of establishing a new study abroad program, whether at Wharton or any Penn school, “doesn’t happen overnight and takes a few years.”

She said Wharton and Penn Abroad work together to evaluate partner schools on factors such as accreditation, business curriculum rigor, ranking, student support services, and housing.

Wharton’s Curriculum Committee gives final approval for all study abroad options.

“Having the infrastructure for exchange students is the most important thing,” said Wharton senior Samuel Roth, who was in the first cohort of Wharton students to study abroad at the London

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School of Economics last semester. Roth said he chose to study at LSE because of the school’s reputation and because he wanted an English-language program.

“I enjoyed the classes, I enjoyed the system, I’m very glad I went to LSE,” Roth said.

Kramer said student views play an important role in determining new study abroad locations.

“We did a global opportunities survey two years ago that we sent out to all Wharton undergraduates, asking them where would they like to see new programs, what kind of programs, do they want English-language classes, do they want native-language classes,” he said.

In the survey, Kramer said, Paris was the most popular location. He added that a proposal for a new program there is currently in the works and may be approved within a year.

Terming the 30 options a “portfolio,” Palmiotto said Penn Abroad tries to ensure balance to cater to the linguistic and geographic needs of Wharton students. However, she admitted that there are gaps that need to be addressed.

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Construction on $4.4 million Weitzman Plaza to begin in 2020

The plaza will be finished in October 2020 ASHLEY AHN Senior Reporter

Construction on the $4.4 million Weitzman Plaza will begin in May 2020, administrators announced at the Board of Trustees committee meeting on facilities Thursday. Penn also announced that renovations on the ground floor of College Hall to make room for the Penn First Plus office and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program will cost $5.4 million and will begin December 2019.

Stuart Weitzman Plaza will be a series of benches and spaces for students to socialize, installed on the steps from Meyerson Hall down to 34th Street. The space between Meyerson Hall and Fisher Fine Arts Library was designated the Weitzman Plaza on Feb. 26.

The Penn First Plus office works on initiatives such as faculty and staff training programs to better understand first-generation, low-income students and scholarship funds, according to its page on the Power of Penn website.

The Paideia Program will be based on 12 interdisciplinary core courses that teach students how to become engaged citizens through service.

The plaza project is expected to be completed in October 2020 while the ground floor of College Hall will be finished in June 2020, Vice President for Facilities and Real Estate Services Anne Papageorge said.

The funding for the plaza comes from Stuart Weitzman’s donation to the School of Design. The school was officially renamed after the 1963 Wharton alumnus earlier this semester.

Gutmann said the plaza will transform the pathway and help better facilitate the

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Renderings of the Stuart Weitzman Plaza were shown at a Board of Trustees meeting on facilities. The plaza will be a series of benches and spaces for students to socialize, installed on the steps from Meyerson Hall down to 34th Street. The space between Meyerson Hall and Fisher Fine Arts Library was designated the Weitzman Plaza on Feb. 26.

flow of pedestrians between the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the College Green side of campus. “This set of gifts that [Weitzman] has made has immediately allowed us to make scholarships for graduate students at the Weitzman School, which basically doubled the yield on our top student admits and is enabling us to do this,�

Gutmann said. “[This] will actually make a huge difference to the center — the very center of our campus — and connect our whole campus.�

Gutmann said at the meeting

she views Engineering, Penn Athletics, and College Green all as part of the central campus, so opening up this pathway will remove the barriers which have created a divide between the east and west side of campus.

The trustees also discussed changes to Penn’s iconic College Hall.

The stone columns at College Hall’s ground floor entrance facing Penn Commons will be removed. Papageorge said Penn plans to create a glass entrance so students walking through Penn Commons can see through College Hall and into the new

Penn First Plus office.

The Penn Admissions center was previously located on the ground floor of College Hall and moved into Claudia Cohen Hall in late May. When discussing renovation details about the ground floor of College Hall, Provost Wendell Pritchett said placing the Penn First Plus office in College Hall reflects the University’s dedication to FGLI students.

The presentation read that, in addition to the new glass entrance, the Penn First Plus office will feature six closed offices, two meeting rooms, a study

lounge, and support space. The office will take up 2,500 total interior square feet. “The single biggest driver of cost is the removing of these columns that are big structures obstructing an entrance to what is a prime property of College Hall,� Gutmann said. “It’s just going to change the whole sense of what it is like to be on Penn Commons and looking into College Hall.�

Down the hall from the Penn First Plus office, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program will have three closed offices, three work stations, a

support space, and a shared meeting room with Penn First Plus.

Gutmann said the presence of both the Penn First Plus office and the Paideia Program in College Hall and the sharing between the two programs “shouts [Penn’s] values.�

The Board of Trustees full board meetings are scheduled for three times a year. The fall stated meeting involving the entire board takes place Friday while a series of trustees committee meetings took place Thursday.

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Penn has gone to overtime in four consecutive contests DUSTIN GHANNADI Sports Reporter

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The Tigers pounced all game, but Penn was able to defend its home turf.

The Quakers took on Princeton this weekend at Rhodes Field with both teams entering tied for third in the Ivy League table, a place they will continue to share after a 0-0 draw.

This match was characterized by wildly varying forms of play and continued momentum shifts. Although the Tigers (10-3-3, 2-1-3 Ivy) began strong in the start of the first half, the Red and Blue (6-5-4, 2-1-3) gained momentum in the latter part, consistently threatening the Princeton goal.

The second half was more even, with both teams finding similar opportunities to score. As the game carried on into overtime, both sides capitalized off the long ball but were consistently shooting wide of the mark. Ultimately, neither team found the back of the net, ending the game

in a tie.

In the first 20 minutes, possession was dominated by the Tigers. Princeton’s midfield was largely successful in keeping the ball in the Penn half and creating scoring chances. As the game drew on, however, Penn capitalized off a shaky Princeton backline with numerous counterattacks, picking the Tigers’ defense apart and consistently pressuring their fullbacks. Neither team had particularly impressive shooting in the first half.

Princeton’s shots proved to be no trouble for sophomore goalie Dane Jacomen.

In the second half, Penn started to gain momentum. The Red and Blue dominated possession after the break, but Princeton found some ways to pressure the Quakers’ defensive line.

Penn’s closest chance came in the 68th minute. After strong build-up play sparked by sophomore midfielder Ben Stitz, junior midfielder Joey Bhangdia received a wellplayed ball and cut into the top of the penalty box. He then curled the ball around Princeton’s keeper, but it ricocheted off of the post. After this chance, the momentum shifted to the Tigers, who had one of their closest chances in the 71st minute with a shot requiring a diving save from Jacomen.

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In a game where scoring opportunities were hard to come by, sophomore midfielder Ben Stitz generated a chance that would have given the Red and Blue a lead over the Tigers at Rhodes Field on Saturday.

Princeton, especially when we were a bit pinned into our end,” Stitz said.

“I like the way we adjusted. Like our first half, we got pinned in the first 20-or-so minutes, and then I thought the next 15, and on into the second half, I thought it was pretty good

Volleyball sweeps Harvard and Dartmouth in final home series Quakers now have more Ivy ized by much weaker play from the home side. A few Penn serwins than they did in 2018 vice errors plus four aces by DUSTIN GHANNADI Sports Reporter

Penn volleyball gave its seniors something to celebrate this weekend.

This weekend, the Quakers played their last home matches of the season, back-to-back Ivy League contests against Harvard and Dartmouth. Strong defense and quick offense led Penn to win both games by a 3-1 score.

The Quakers (11-10, 4-8 Ivy) opened Friday night against the Crimson (5-16, 3-9). Having lost their previous meeting 3-1, the Red and Blue sought vengeance.

The first set started successfully for the Quakers, as they got off to an early led that stretched to seven at various moments.

This dominance continued throughout the set; however, a resilient Harvard team came back, catching the Red and Blue at 21. Penn quickly responded though, finishing the set, 25-23.

Going into the second set, the Red and Blue retained much of the momentum they had gained during the previous set. Although the set began with back and forth play, Penn was able to garner a 13-9 lead midway through the set. A pair of kills by sophomore opposite hitter Margaret Planek and junior outside hitter Parker Jones, who is also a Daily Pennsylvanian staffer, put the Quakers up 2215, and they were able to close out the set, 25-21.

The third set was character-

Harvard allowed the Crimson to quickly go up 10-3. The Red and Blue fought hard to pull themselves out of this hole; however, solid play from Harvard never allowed Penn within six points; they ultimately won the set, 25-15.

The Red and Blue were hungry for the win in the fourth set.

Led by strong play on the net, Penn was quickly propelled to a 6-2 start, but the Crimson came back within one. Eight straight points from the Quakers put the lead at 19-13, and they never looked back, taking the set 2520 and securing the win.

On Saturday, the Red and Blue had their last chance to defend their home court this season. Playing Dartmouth (7-15, 2-10 Ivy), the Quakers sought to replicate their 3-1 win over the Big Green earlier this season.

This night was uniquely special for seniors Carolina Raquel and Madison Goldstein as it was the last home game of their careers.

“I’m so happy we won for our seniors because every point was for [them],” junior outside hitter Raven Sulaimon said. “Madison and Rocky are the best people I’ve ever met. I’m so excited they led our team, and these last few games are for them.”

The first set started competitively, with both teams’ offenses getting going early. The game continued in a back and forth, with the Quakers gaining momentum late to go up 16-10. A rock solid defense and strong play led by Raquel helped the Red and Blue take the set, 2517.

Dartmouth came out swinging in the second. Gaining a quick 5-2 lead, the Big Green’s hitting overwhelmed Penn’s blocking. As the Quakers started to claw back, a pair of kills

by Goldstein put the Quakers in a position to go up 17-16.

However, a momentous run by Dartmouth gave them the win, 25-19.

Dartmouth continued its momentum into the beginning of the third set. Capitalizing off of miscommunication by the Red and Blue, they were able to gain a 9-6 lead. Penn clawed back, however, and strong hitting on both sides led to a tug of war for points, ultimately leading in a tie at 22. Impressive play from Raquel and Goldstein helped Penn pull away, winning the third set, 25-22.

The fourth set was just as fast-paced as the third. The Big Green began with another strong run off Penn errors, going up 14-7. However, the Red and Blue fought back point by point, ultimately tying the game at 20. A run led by freshman outside hitter Autumn Leak and Sulaimon gave the Quakers match point at 24-22. A final kill by Sulaimon confidently finished the match three sets to one.

“I think one thing that we did really well was that we had tenacity and fight,” Sulaimon said. “There were a lot of crazy balls during that entire game.

There were weird rallies, but we stuck through the out-of-system balls and made sure to terminate when we were in system.”

Penn will close the season on the road for their final matchups of the year at Yale and Brown.

from us offensively.”

As the half started to come to a close, both teams feverishly tried to find the back of the net. Princeton nearly found a winner in the 88th minute, requiring another save from Jacomen. As the 90th minute ap-

Player of the Week: Jordan Dingle M. HOOPS | The freshman scored 44 in first two games JACOB WESSELS Associate Sports Editor

In a crowded and talented freshman class, many expected some first-years to play an important role for Penn men’s basketball ⁠— but nobody could have predicted this.

Through just two games this season, freshman guard Jordan Dingle has not just been the best player in his class, but also one of the most important players on the team, earning him DP Sports Player of the Week.

In Penn’s two games this season, an 81-80 upset win over Ala-

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bama and a 80-61 loss to Rice, the freshman has led the team in scoring. Dingle was especially impressive in the Alabama game, where his late game heroics propelled the Quakers to victory in Tuscaloosa.

After a series of injuries left coach Steve Donahue with plenty of questions about his starting lineup in the first game of the season, Dingle was penciled in as a starter just minutes before tipoff, and the freshman did not disappoint. Contributing a solid seven points in the first half, Dingle really began to find his stroke in the second half, pouring in 17, including a number of memorable buckets late in the game and the eventual game-winner.

With the Red and Blue trailing by a point with just seven seconds

to go, the freshman drove into the lane and drilled a contested layup to put the Red and Blue ahead for good. In all, Dingle scored seven of the Quakers’ final 11 points, and his 24 total points set the record for the most scored by a freshman in their debut, breaking the record of now-senior forward AJ Brodeur.

In Penn’s loss to Rice, Dingle showed that his performance was no fluke, once again leading the team with 20 points. Beyond the volume of his scoring, Dingle has also been efficient, shooting just under 55% from the field so far.

With high expectations this season, it is clear that the Quakers will be reliant on fresh faces like Dingle if they want to return to the top of the Ivy League.

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Outside hitter Caroline Raquel and opposite hitter Madison Goldstein were honored during Penn volleyball’s Senior Night celebration at the Palestra. The weekend resulted in a sweep for Penn.

proached, Penn had one last chance to find the net on a free kick, but the ball sailed into the Princeton keeper’s hands.

Going into overtime, both teams were hungry for a goal. Despite backand-forth play, inaccurate shooting

from both teams saw the first period end scoreless.

The second 10 minutes started in the same way. The Tigers found two shots early, but Penn’s defense, anchored by junior Alex Touche, worked hard to keep the ball out.

Nearing the last seconds of the game, a scramble for the ball and a bicycle kick from Princeton nearly found the back of the net. However, Jacomen was able to grab the ball with two seconds left, ending the game at 0-0.

“I was really proud of the way that we battled throughout the game,” Touche said. “Princeton-Penn is always a bit of a fight, and I think that at first we didn’t come out that strongly, but we really grew into the game and had chances towards the end to take it.”

Although the game did not end in a Penn win, it was special in that it was the last home game for five Penn seniors. Senior captain Brandon Bartel was especially proud of the team.

“I’m really proud of how far we’ve come at my time here at Penn,” Bartel said. “Obviously there were some bumpy times in the past, and we were able to really lock down and we set out our path to rebuild. Sitting at 6-54 this season, it’s definitely a step forward and something that I’m happy to leave behind.”

Penn heads to Cambridge, Mass. next weekend to take on Harvard in both sides’ season finale.

well.”

But soon after Glover entered, Penn’s offense came to life. The junior threw for 60 yards on his first drive, including a 40-yard bomb to senior wide receiver Kolton Huber to tie the score at 14 apiece. Within his first two minutes on the field, Glover commanded the offense and cut short any momentum the Big Red had after their score.

On his next drive, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Glover again helped put together a quick touchdown series.

His screen pass to sophomore wide receiver Owen Goldsberry kicked off the flea flicker that put Penn ahead, after senior wide receiver Eric Markes caught Goldsberry’s pass for the 80-yard score.

The pair of touchdowns were enough for the Red and Blue to come away with the win, their

second consecutive Ivy victory.

Though Glover got the starting nod for all 10 games of the 2018 season, he lost the job to Robinson in the offseason and has since largely been on the sidelines. Before Saturday, he had only played in three of Penn’s contests this season, mostly as a gadget player.

Although Saturday’s game might have been a flash in the pan for Glover, who had only one completed pass in seven attempts all season before Saturday’s game, it’s worth giving the former starter the chance to perform for the remainder of this season, especially with Robinson’s apparent injury.

Even beyond giving Glover an opportunity to prove himself, Priore and his staff should start looking towards 2020 and getting Glover as many snaps under center as possible against Ivy League opponents. Unless a newcomer arrives and takes over the starting role, we’ll likely see Glover leading the offense come

next September, so it would only be beneficial for him to gain more experience as this season winds down.

At 2-3 in Ancient Eight play, the Red and Blue’s chances of an Ivy League title this year are dashed. But with two games left on the schedule — at Harvard next Saturday and home to Princeton on Nov. 23 — Penn’s coaching staff has a pair of perfect venues to experiment with new formations and combinations of players, including Glover in particular.

Robinson may be the latest player for Penn football to go down hurt this season, but that doesn’t mean the team is out of options. As fans saw this weekend, big plays can come from anybody, and Glover should have his chance to make them happen.

WILL DiGRANDE is a College junior from Warren, N.J. and a Sports Editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian.

He can be reached at digrande@ thedp.com.

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Jr., who first latched onto a 19-yard pass on fourth-and-1 from senior quarterback Nick Robinson, and then converted on a 12-yard throw into the end zone. On a quiet day for sophomore receiver Ryan Cragun, Starkey kept the Quakers’ passing offense moving with five catches for 49 yards.

Right after that play, Cornell responded through Kenney, whose passing advanced the Big Red into a promising position at the Penn 5.

Two consecutive offsides by Penn defensive linebacker senior Taheeb Sonekan put Cornell on the oneyard line, but they failed to convert in three tries, the last of which ended with a redeeming crucial tackle by Sonekan.

Ten minutes into the second half, the Big Red took the lead after converting an 80-yard drive that included two 16-yard throws from Kenney and a lung-busting 21-yard dash by junior running back SK Howard. Cornell running back Delonte Harrell completed the drive to go up 14-7.

However, Cornell’s lead would

last just 1:44. Quakers coach Ray Priore replaced senior quarterback Nick Robinson with Glover, and he made an instant impact by connecting with Brooks on his first pass for a 20-yard gain. Not long after, Glover found wide-open senior receiver Kolton Huber, who kept his feet in bounds for the end zone catch to level the score for Penn.

That 75-yard drive not only brought Penn back on level terms, but also got the crowd roaring for the fourth quarter. After a Cornell punt 50 seconds into the quarter, Glover made a screen pass to sophomore quarterback Owen Goldsberry, also fresh into the game, who then threw an 80-yard pass to open senior wide receiver Eric Markes, who dashed into the end zone without looking back to restore Penn’s lead. Play was halted for a lengthy official review, but in the end the touchdown stood.

Priore heaped praise on Goldsberry, who was originally recruited as a quarterback, for making the right read. “[Goldsberry] went to Michigan as a walk-on and played wide receiver,” Priore said. We had gotten banged up at the wide receiver po-

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sition, so we decided to move him to wide receiver. On that play he just caught the ball, snapped it and threw it, like a second baseman in baseball. He’s a terrific athlete and is so football-smart.”

Neither side sustained possession of the ball for much of the fourth quarter, until Cornell took over from its own 6 at the 8:25 mark. After 16 plays that spanned more than seven minutes, Kenney linked up with McClurge once again for the duo’s second touchdown of the game.

Down by one, the Big Red went for a two-point conversion, but Kenney’s pass was broken up by a resolute Quaker defense. With the clock at fifty seconds, Cornell failed to recover the ensuing onside kick — even after a penalty gave the Big Red a second chance. “[It’s our] mentality and heart,” senior defensive lineman Prince Emili said of the defensive effort on the day. “Coming off a win, we just wanted to keep on winning, and [to do that] you’ve got to practice like a winner and play like a winner.”

The Quakers will hope to keep the winning mentality when they travel to Cambridge, Mass. next weekend to face Harvard.

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wide, Penn senior linebacker Zach Evans intercepted Cornell quarterback Richey Kenney at Penn’s 47yard line in the first quarter.

With both teams unable to sustain any offensive pressure, two mistakes by the Big Red — a fumbled snap, followed by a sack on its one-yard line — gave the Red and Blue the ball deep in Cornell territory. Up stepped sophomore receiver Rory Starkey,

At this point last season, it seemed like “Penn football” and “quarterback controversy” were synonymous.

While we’re not quite at that point this year given senior Nick Robinson’s numbers through eight games as a starter — 1774 yards with 13 touchdowns — one can only wonder if now is the time to begin shifting to the future. Robinson won’t be around next season, but junior Ryan Glover will, and he should have been given his moment to shine earlier than this Saturday’s Homecoming victory over Cornell.

Glover wasn’t the starter. He didn’t even play one full half of football. He was brought in with 4:56 to go in the third quarter as an ailing Robinson battled injuries, just after the Quakers had conceded a second touchdown and found themselves trailing for the first time all day. “[Robinson] was limping on the field, trying his best to get out there,” coach Ray Priore said. “But we’re so lucky to have an unselfish young man like [Glover]. He and Robinson have had sort of a role reversal, but they’ve handled it so

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Much of last season was a battle between two quarterbacks, and the

same storyline defined Saturday’s game.

In a nail-biting, 21-20 Homecoming victory for Penn over Cornell, junior Ryan Glover came in and performed for the Quakers after starting quarterback Nick Robinson was taken out midway through the third quarter.

In a game that was deadlocked from the very beginning, Glover seemed to be the spark that Penn (4-4, 2-3 Ivy) needed to edge out the Big Red (2-6, 1-4) and claim

its second Ivy League win of the 2019 season.

“Nick has been battling injuries midway here [in this game],” Priore said about the quarterback switch. “He was limping on the field, trying his best to get out there. But we’re so lucky to have an unselfish young man like [Glover].

He and Robinson have had sort of a role reversal, but they’ve handled it so well.”

Early on, the Quakers looked to star running back Karekin Brooks,

who missed the team’s previous game against Brown. Brooks looked active from the get-go, struggled to get going in the first half, as did the Quakers’ offense as a whole. This was evident by the fact that punter Jake Haggard was called on in five out of the Quakers’ seven first-half drives.

On the other hand, the Quakers defensive unit more than stood its ground. Having given up a 44-yard field goal attempt on the Big Red’s first drive, which went narrowly

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It’s never ideal to follow up a big win with a big loss.

Penn men’s basketball, coming off of an impressive opening victory on the road against Alabama on Tuesday, suffered an 80-61 loss to Rice in Houston on Saturday.

A year ago to the day, the Quakers’ offense exploded in a 92-76 win over the Owls (1-1) at the Palestra which ended up being their second-highest scoring total in a single game last season. The script flipped completely this time around with Penn (1-1) unable to get anything going on the offensive end.

Penn jumped out to an early nine-point lead, but Rice fought

back quickly, thanks to a few buckets from the sophomore trio of Payton Moore, Trey Murphy, and Drew Peterson. The Quakers went cold down the stretch in the first half, experiencing a sevenminute scoring drought during a 14-0 run for the Owls.

Penn found success feeding senior forward AJ Brodeur early on, who notched 12 first-half points.

Brodeur dominated in the paint on the offensive end but was unable to knock down some open threepoint attempts.

One reason for the Quakers’ stagnant first-half offense was their inability to sink shots from behind the arc. The team as a whole went just 2-of-15 from three in the first half and found themselves trailing, 41-29, at the break.

Penn went back to Brodeur to try and cut down Rice’s lead early in the second half, but with his team still unable to find any success shooting from outside the paint, his contributions didn’t make much of a difference. Brodeur would wind up finishing with

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Senior guard Devon Goodman and the rest of Penn men’s basketball struggled to shoot the three ball in the team’s loss to Rice in Houston.

20 points on 8-for-17 shooting.

The Owls, on the other hand, caught fire five minutes into the second half, with senior guard Ako Adams drilling a pair of threes and assisting another to senior forward Robert Martin to extend Rice’s lead to 21. Just as Penn was beginning to make a bit of a run midway through the second half, Adams knocked down another triple to put Rice’s lead back over 20.

Senior guard Devon Goodman, who struggled to a seven-point outing on 10 shots in the opener, saw his scoring difficulties continue against Rice. Goodman was widely projected to lead the Quakers’ backcourt, but he was unable to get anything going, missing his first seven shots and being outshined by freshman guard Jordan Dingle for the second consecutive game.

Dingle was the best player on the floor for the Red and Blue in the second half, continuing to hustle and finish near the rim en route to a 22-point outing. Dingle showed impressive adaptation after failing to find success shooting from deep, where he hit two of his seven attempts.

Goodman wasn’t alone in his struggles, however, with the majority of the roster failing to find any sort of rhythm on offense.

Outside of Brodeur and Dingle, the team shot 6-of-27 from the field, and nobody was able to put up a double-digit scoring number.

On the bright side, freshman forward Max Martz, who could compete for a starting spot in the future, saw his first game action for the Red and Blue, coming off a foot injury. Penn is hoping sophomore forward Michael Wang can join him in returning from injury in the coming weeks.

Up next for the Quakers is their home opener on Wednesday night against La Salle as they begin their Big 5 title defense.

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On Homecoming Saturday, Penn women’s basketball unveiled its 2019 Ivy League championship banner. Then the Quakers spent the next few hours dominating on the court.

In a 92-44 win over Siena, the Quakers coasted from beginning to end in a complete team win to open the season. Fluid offense and stifling defense defined the Penn performance.

Unlike last season’s 58-51 win at Siena (0-2), the final result this time around was almost never in question, with the Quakers (1-0) up 20-2 with 4:25 left in the first quarter.

The Red and Blue were led offensively by first team All-Ivy junior center Eleah Parker. Penn’s defensive ace scored the Quakers’ first seven points of the contest, including a step-back three-pointer that brought the crowd to its feet. The junior finished the game with 21 points and five rebounds.

On the other end, it took Siena until 3:46 left in the first quarter to score its first basket from the field.

“It really started with our guards being aggressive attacking the basket, just drawing the defenders,” Parker said. “I was able to stay low and get those easy buckets.”

After the first half, Parker had as many points as the entire Siena team, with the Quakers holding a commanding 57-17 lead.

The game was won down low.

Led by Parker, Penn scored 48 points in the paint compared to Siena’s 22. Those opportunities

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Junior center Eleah Parker, the reigning Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, led the Red and Blue with 21 points and five rebounds.

down low led to frequent trips to the foul line, where Penn tacked on an additional 20 points. Another indication of Penn’s success at the rim is the rebounding margin, which Penn won comfortably with 53 relative to just 35 rebounds won by the Saints.

Parker’s dominance does not come as a surprise. However, what is apparent after the first game of the season is that a new playmaker has entered the fold.

Freshman guard Kayla Padilla finished the game with 14 points and two assists.

“She has a swag about her and I think it’s very internal and what drives her,” Parker said of Padilla.

“She came to Penn ready to play. She brings a different dynamic that we haven’t had in a while,” coach Mike McLaughlin said. “She can make a play for herself, get to the basket, she can shoot the three. She’s tough to guard but she’s really selfless.”

Joining Padilla as a first time starter was sophomore forward Kennedy Suttle, who missed most of the final half of the season last

year with an injury. In her first game action since January, the sophomore paced the team with eight rebounds to go along with six points.

Off the bench, Penn was led by junior guard Michae Jones and sophomore guard Mia Lakstigala, who each finished in double figures with 10 points and 18 points, respectively. In all, 11 players scored for the Quakers.

As a team, the Quakers shot 48.5% from the field and 29.6% from deep. Penn held Siena to 23.5% shooting from the field and 14.3% shooting from three-point range.

McLaughlin was pleased with his team’s all-around performance and feels it could be solid springboard for the rest of the season.

“What I was really excited for was how we came out. It’s a new season with a lot of basketball ahead of us,” McLaughlin said.

“But it’s really nice to come out on the floor and play with a great deal of confidence.”

Looking ahead, Penn’s next game is on Nov. 13 against NJIT before hosting Iona on Nov. 17.

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