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For some students, Homecoming weekend is a family affair. The Daily Pennsylvanian talked to some of the multi-generational Quaker families who braced the wind on Saturday to attend the festivities. The game, however, did not end in celebration — Penn lost to Harvard 29-7. See page 12 for more.

Students weigh in on decision to introduce new CAPS clinician in Huntsman Hall The clinician for Wharton students started Nov. 6 CLAIRE SLINEY Staff Reporter

Since Nov. 6, a clinician has been stationed in Huntsman Hall to provide care to Wharton students. Almost a week since the Counseling and Psychological Services made the announcement that Wharton would be the first undergraduate school to station a clinician in-house, students across schools have had mixed reactions.

Some students express blanket support for Penn taking steps to provide more mental health services, while others push back on the idea of singling out Wharton over the other undergraduate schools.

For students like College junior Ellie Wynn, this move to bring mental health care to the students

is a step in the right direction, but it doesn’t do enough to help all students.

By adopting the embedded model, which brings care to the students rather than waiting for them to seek out help at CAPS, Penn is putting “a Band-Aid” on the situation, Wynn said.

“In a broader sense, obviously there is no quick fix to mental health and it’s not easy for Penn to create a culture of mental wellness, but I think that this one change is just too little too late,” Wynn said.

“At the same time, I think that it could be a really good start for creating a better culture of wellness, but only if it were an option for all the colleges,” she added.

Wharton administrators say the response has been positive among Wharton students for the most part.

“In the months ahead, we will

Donald Trump? “A moron on many things.” The Democratic party? “They don’t control me.” The American electorate? “[They] want a fighter.”

1996 College graduate Michael Avenatti did not hold back the punches in a highly anticipated event held in Steinberg-Dietrich Hall on Nov. 9. Speaking to a crowd of 70 students, the Penn graduate shared his candid thoughts on a range of issues during a freewheeling question-and-answer session, weighing in on his relationship with the Democratic party and his opinion of fellow Penn graduate and political rival President Donald Trump.

Throughout the hour-long event, which was co-organized

by Penn Democrats and by the Government and Politics Association, Avenatti repeatedly referred to himself as the person best suited to defeat Trump in the 2020 presidential election, while conceding that he is not in fact, the ideal Democratic candidate.

“We have to decide as a party: do we want to win, or do we we want to nominate a

person who will be the best nominee, but loses?” Avenatti said.

Avenatti also addressed the controversy surrounding his stance that only a white man could beat Trump, comments that were reported in a Time interview in late October. He claimed that his quotes were taken out of context and that he meant a white male faces a far easier path at defeating the president than other demographics, due to racism evident in the United States.

"Do I think a woman could beat Trump? Yes. Do I think a person of color could beat Trump? Yes. Do I think another minority, Hispanic or otherwise, could beat Donald Trump? Sure,” Avenatti said.

"Are they going to have as easy a road as a white male in this current political environment? No." The Penn alumnus implored the Democratic party to accept what he sees as the political reality of the time and to nominate a decisive, tough figure that can match up to Trump.

“Whether you’re on the left, right, or center, people want a fighter,” Avenatti said. The 1968 Wharton graduate is a “dictator and demagogue,” he added, warning that Trump cannot be underestimated.

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Almost a week has passed since Penn’s Counseling and Psychological Services announced a clincian would be stationed in Huntsman Hall.

continue to assess the program’s progress,” Wharton Undergraduate Director of Student Life Lee Kramer wrote in an emailed statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Wharton junior Catalina Munoz said stationing a clinician in-

house for Wharton students shows the school is making strides to promote a dialogue around mental health on campus. But the partiality toward Wharton, however, is SEE WHARTON PAGE 3

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Penn graduate Michael Avenatti addressed the mischaracterization of his previous comments that only a white man could beat Trump.

CBS airs film on murder of former student Blaze Bernstein Samuel Woodward pleaded not guilty to hate crime

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Samuel Woodward, the 21-yearold accused of killing former Penn student Blaze Bernstein in a hate crime earlier this year, appeared in court on Nov. 9 where a judge ordered that he be held without bail as he awaits trial. The following day, CBS broadcast an episode of 48 Hours, in which Bernstein’s friends and family shared memories of his life and their response to his death.

The nearly hour-long episode characterized Bernstein as a vivacious, intelligent student with a

promising future, and his alleged killer as a disturbed young man with ties to a violent hate group.

Neither Woodward nor his defense lawyers spoke to 48 Hours for the episode. He once again pleaded not guilty to the charges in the Friday court appearance.

Bernstein and Woodward first met as classmates at the Orange County School of the Arts, which Woodward attended through his sophomore year of high school.

Bernstein went missing on the night of Jan. 2. Gideon Bernstein and Jeanne Pepper explained that they did not learn of their son’s disappearance until the next morning when he failed to meet his mother for a dentist appointment. Looking through their son’s social media ac-

counts for clues, the Bernsteins discovered that he had recently sent his home address to Woodward, whose name they had never heard before.

In the aftermath of the disappearance, correspondent Tracy Smith explained, Woodward was cooperative with police and Bernstein’s parents. Woodward told them that he and Bernstein had spent time that night in Borrego Park, where Bernstein disappeared alone after walking down a path into the trees and shrubs.

The community and the police deployed massive search efforts guided by Woodward’s information.

One week after his disappearance, Smith said, police discovered Bernstein’s body in a final search on a rainy night.

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“The grief seemed to stretch across Orange County,” Smith said.

Woodward was arrested soon thereafter. Then, ProPublica published a report linking Woodward to the Atomwaffen Division — a NeoNazi group that celebrated his alleged involvement in the homicide.

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If found guilty, Woodward could serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Smith spoke with a former member of the hate group who told her that he was familiar with Woodward’s virtual presence.

“He killed a Jew. Like, was there a party? No, but like did people joke about it? Yeah. Everyone celebrated him,” the anonymous member said.

“Everyone in the hate group this man belonged to. They say they are Nazis. And they rejoiced for one of their own, Sam Woodward.”

Smith asked Bernstein’s parents whether they had ever heard of the Atomwaffen Division prior to the murder.

“No. But we should have. Because we’re a perfect target for that

group,” Pepper said. “A perfect target for today’s Nazi, just as Blaze’s grandma Leah, a Holocaust survivor, was so many years ago. A little Jewish girl forced by Hitler’s Nazis to wear a yellow star.”

CBS broadcast the episode just two weeks after a man entered the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and shot 11 members to death.

With Gideon Bernstein donning a black shirt emblazoned with the phrase #BlazeItForward, Bernstein’s parents told Smith about the various scholarships and charity initiatives that they have been involved with in memory of their son.

“I want to do my piece to repair the world in Blaze’s honor and to promote his legacy,” Pepper said.

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Happiness 101: U. introduces positive psych class It will be offered to undergraduates next semester CAMI DOO Contributing Reporter

In “The Pursuit of Happiness,” Director of Education James Pawelski of Penn's Positive Psychology Center hopes to help students define and apply different ways of developing happiness in their lives. The course, PSYC 006, was designed by Pawelski, who will also be teaching next semester.

The interdisciplinary class combines philosophy and positive psychology, which Pawelski defines as complementary to mainstream psychology. While mainstream psychology focuses on what is not going well in people’s lives, positive psychology aims to cultivate the strengths in people’s lives that allow them to thrive.

“If all you do is pull weeds

in a garden, but you never plant any vegetables or any flowers, you’re not going to have a harvest,” Pawelski explained. “So you need to make sure you’re planting seeds just as much as you’re pulling weeds.”

Penn is one of the only Ivy League institutions with a Positive Psychology Center, and "The Pursuit of Happiness" will be the first large-scale undergraduate class at Penn that teaches positive psychology. At Harvard University and Yale University, a positive psychology class was their most popular class among students.

"It stands to reason that these questions of happiness and its pursuit would be at the core of a liberal arts education," Pawelski said.

For a practical approach to happiness, the course asks students to bridge scientific research with philosophical ideas by having them read theory and

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Pawelski said that by becoming more aware of the habits in their lives, students are able to better manage stressful environments.

research about happiness and practice the concepts in their own lives.

Laura Taylor, who serves as the class’s head TA, said the course has the potential to be empowering and eye-opening

in the context of student life at Penn’s campus.

“There’s a narrative about the culture at Penn: that it is difficult, and that it has to be difficult,” Taylor said.

To combat this culture, “The

Pursuit of Happiness” would then help students become fit mentally by prompting them to examine their habits. By becoming more aware of the habits in their lives, Pawelski said, students are able to develop new skills to help students manage stressful environments that often lead to mental health issues.

“These are skills that you will take for the rest of your life. Why not start now?” Taylor added.

Pawelski likened stress management to going to the gym.

If someone views exercise as strenuous, he or she will give up.

However, recognizing that exercise leads to sore but eventually stronger muscles would allow a student to reap the benefits of physical stress.

This course also hopes to deconstruct myths surrounding happiness.

“Frequently undergrads think

of flourishing as being academically successful in school, and certainly that’s important, but our level of satisfaction that we experience along with that success really matters too,” Associate Director of the MAPP program Leona Brandwene said.

“Being happy is something we can practice, something we can learn and we can get better at,” Pawelski added. “Although we don’t want to set unrealistic expectations of being in some type of nirvana all the time, by engaging in certain practices and changing our habits, we can become happy.”

Pawelski’s experience in teaching for Penn’s Master for Applied Positive Psychology program influenced the development of this class. This course also complements Penn’s Campaign for Wellness and comes in light of the efforts of the Penn Positive Psychology Center to improve mental health.

Adam Grant lays out ‘Wrong Ways to Plan a Career’ in livestream The Wharton prof. gave the talk at Montclair State ABBY BAGGINI Contributing Reporter

Penn's highest-rated Wharton professor Adam Grant spoke to college students across the country through a livestreamed talk titled “The Wrong Ways to Plan a Career” on Wednesday evening.

Grant spoke at Montclair State University in New Jersey while the event was broadcast on campus in Irvine Auditorium on Nov. 7. Sigma Alpha Pi, Penn’s recently founded chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success, hosted the event.

Grant, an organizational psychologist, is the youngest Wharton professor to receive tenure and was featured in Fortune magazine’s prestigious 40 under 40 list

in 2016. During his talk, Grant gave advice on how people can succeed in the workplace.

The Wharton professor laid out four steps people can take to improve their careers: “put your worst foot forward,” “make the unfamiliar familiar,” “build a challenge network,” and ask for advice.

Grant described several realworld examples from leading industry figures. When discussing the benefits of admitting one’s own limitations, he referred to how Rufus Griscom, founder of parenting website Babble, told potential investors why they should not invest in the company during his initial pitch.

“When he said, ‘Here are the three reasons why you should not invest in Babble,’ he makes it harder for them to come up with their own objections,” Grant said.

“It actually makes you more credible.”

Sigma Alpha Pi chapter President and College senior Alexandra Tolhurst said the event was part of the group’s effort to provide students access “to known leaders in the world and listen to their advice on either how they became leaders or what struggles they have gone through.”

Grant later drew upon his own experiences as a Penn professor while explaining the importance of building a challenging network. He emphasized, however, that the community should challenge individuals by telling them “the lies you want to hear instead of the truths you need to hear.” He ended his talk by discussing the importance of asking for advice and how it can be a powerful approach to

cultivating a supportive community.

Wharton and Engineering freshman Orestis Skoutellas said he enjoyed Grant’s talk and thought his advice was practical for people interested in management.

Tolhurst said Sigma Alpha Pi’s goal is to “help college students build the leadership skills to go out into the world and be effective leaders” through speaker events and society discussions.

She added that the Penn chapter was formed in 2016, which is one of the national society’s 646 chapters.

College freshman Kahnrad Braxton said he attended the event because of his interest in the society and because he had never heard Grant talk before. “NSLS seems like a really good opportunity to improve your leadership,"

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Adam Grant, who is Wharton’s highest-rated professor, was featured on Fortune’s prestigous 40 Under 40 list in 2016.

he said.

The nationwide society has hosted speakers including Trevor Noah, Al Roker, and Anderson Cooper, but Tolhurst said this was the first time someone from Penn has been chosen as a speaker.

“I think Adam Grant’s talk is especially relevant being that it’s going to be about planning a career, and that’s something that I think all Penn students can really think about and really relate to,” Tolhurst said.

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Additionally, Trump's name did not appear on a list of the 56 students on the Wharton Dean's List in 1968, which represents approximately the top 15 percent of the 366 person Wharton class.

While Avenatti has flirted with a bid for the Democratic nom ination for president, he said he would announce whether he has made decision on running by the end of the year. He added, however, that he believes Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., will be indicted for making false statements to Congress and to the FBI before he announces his decision on the presidential bid.

And while the rain poured down on Locust Walk as Avenatti waited to leave the campus he once called home, he gave his take on the significance of Tuesday’s midterm election results.

While the Democrats reclaimed control of the House of Representatives, Avenatti said he wasn't getting carried away with the Democratic successes, preferring to instead focus on results in states that will be crucial to the path to the White House in two years, such as Ohio and Florida.

“I think the map just got a lot harder for the Democrats in 2020,” he said.

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Avenatti, a trial lawyer by trade, rose to prominence earlier this year by representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels in her bid to annul a non-disclosure agreement she signed with Trump. Hours before Avenatti spoke at Penn, The Wall Street Journal released a report concluding the President played a “central role” in paying off Daniels in exchange for her silence.

The news was greeted by Avenatti as confirmation of “everything we’ve been alleging."

He added, "It’s always good to be right.”

As Avenatti exited SteinbergDietrich Hall for what he said was an appearance on CNN, The Daily Pennsylvanian caught up with the Penn grad for a walk-and-talk interview.

Back in September, Avenatti tweeted at Trump challenging the Wharton grad to release his transcript. But what would we see in Avenatti’s Penn transcript and what would we see from Trump’s?

“My transcript is good, it’s not great,” Avenatti said. “But it’s a lot better than his, I’m confident of that."

Trump has never challenged the fact that he "graduated first in his class," but Trump's classmates have disputed this claim

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PennKey logins will now require two-step verification The new security measure will take effect on Feb. 14 DEENA ELUL Staff Reporter

All University students will be required to enroll by Feb. 14 in two-step verification as an added layer of security when accessing PennKey-protected websites and applications. Faculty and staff have already been required to enroll.

Two-step verification requires users to first log in to the Pennrelated website and then verify their identity using an additional method. They can either receive a call or text to confirm the identity, obtain a code from the Duo Mobile app, use one-touch approval on the Duo Mobile app, or get a generated code from a registered key fob device.

Faculty across all schools met their Oct. 31 deadline to enroll in two-step verification, confirmed James Brewer, IT director of Penn’s Identity and Ac-

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cess Management program. Staff members have been required to use two-step identification since November 2017, the Penn Almanac reported. Prior to the deadline, faculty and students could register for two-step online.

Two-step verification is “the current standard” for logins to sensitive sites, Brewer wrote in an emailed statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian, as it helps ensure the person logging in is the actual user.

“Passwords alone are far too easily cracked, stolen, purchased, or simply handed over by victims through phishing and other ‘social engineering’ attacks to provide reliable security,” he wrote.

Information Systems & Computing, Penn’s central IT organization, helped create the templates to support two-step verification at Penn. The actual enrollment of students and faculty, however, has been led by the individual schools, college housing, and student groups.

There have been concerted efforts to get faculty, staff, and students enrolled in this program.

Dental School Director of Information Technology Melissa Miller said her office placed promotional materials in common areas and sent emails about two-step to all Dental students, faculty, and staff prior to the deadline. They also provided in-person support to help with enrollment and successfully enrolled faculty and Dental students by Oct. 31.

Third-year Dental students Malika Jhawar and Catherine Dang, who heard about two-step verification through emails from the Dental School, said that twostep is easy to use but still adds time to the login process.

“It’s just like another step of logging on, so maybe it would be nice to figure out why we need it,” Jhawar said.

“It’s easy but it’s kind of inconvenient,” Dang added. “But if it’s necessary then I don’t mind using it.”

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ing Wharton special treatment,” Munoz said. “It’s not like Wharton students’ mental health is more important than the mental health of other students at this school.”

The desire to expand mental health within the remaining three undergraduate schools is shared by the Dean’s Advisory Board, a stu-

dent organization that leads initiatives in the College.

College Dean Paul Sniegowski told the DP that DAB is discussing possibly implementing a similar embedded program in the College with a structure of satellite CAPS counselors. He has plans to meet with the group and discuss the idea

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Miller said Dental students and faculty seemed “comfortable with the flexibility” of options for authentication and that logging in with two-step is “set up to be pretty straightforward.”

Engineering students received an email on Nov. 1 with information about two-step verification and instructions for registering, IT Senior Director Kris Varhus said. Similarly, Dan Alig, chief information officer for Wharton Computing and Information Technology, said Wharton will include information about two-step verification in technology update emails typically sent at the beginning of the term.

ISC is also partnering with College House Computing to organize a competition between college houses to encourage as many students as possible to enroll before the deadline. College House Computing Director Dan Thomas said the contest is running from Oct. 15 to Nov. 16 and that the first houses to

reach 50 percent and 90 percent enrollment will receive House Cup points and be entered in raffles. While no house has reached 50 percent, Thomas said that Stouffer College House and Gregory College House are currently in the lead.

Penn CASE, a consumer protection organization, has hosted several privacy-themed events and handed out information

about two-step at different locations around campus, said Penn CASE President and College senior Ben Friedman.

Friedman said while people may initially have difficulty with two-step, “in the long run it really does so much for your privacy and security, it’s worth that small adjustment period. And once you get used to it, you don’t even notice it.”

more concretely.

At the time of the announcement, however, CAPS Deputy Executive Director Meeta Kumar said CAPS had no plans to implement the embedded program in any other undergraduate school.

College senior and DAB member Emily Lurie said she is happy

to see progress in mental health services offered at Penn, even though the College does not have its own embedded CAPS clinician.

Although she did not yet know whether DAB would want to facilitate the implementation of a similar embedded program in the College, Lurie added that there is still an

increasing awareness of and attention to mental health within the College.

“It’s great to see that the school is doing things to try to increase mental health on campus,” Lurie said. “Any mental health movement is something that’s positive overall.”

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SNAKE PIT MEMOS | Public universities can do more with your money than a billion-dollar Ivy League school can MONDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2018 VOL. CXXXIV, NO. 54 134th Year of Publication DAVID AKST President REBECCA TAN Executive Editor CHRIS MURACCA Print Director JULIA SCHORR Digital Director HARRY TRUSTMAN Opinion Editor SARAH FORTINSKY Senior News Editor JONATHAN POLLACK Senior Sports Editor LUCY FERRY Senior Design Editor GILLIAN DIEBOLD Design Editor CHRISTINE LAM Design Editor ALANA SHUKOVSKY Design Editor

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igher education is a philanthropic cause that pries open the wallets of billionaires. But, that money should go to the institutions that can best serve students, not to those with the most attractive brand names.

Every now and then, the world of higher education falls into a frenzy over the latest megadonation. In 2015, John Paulson dumped $400 million on Harvard University. The following year, Phil Knight threw the same sum Stanford University’s way. There is intense competition among elite universities to boost the size of their endowments. Likewise, billionaires compete over who can lay claim to the most innovative alma mater, which helps explain the trend towards ostentatiously large gifts.

Following its peers, Wharton received a $50 million gift from the Rowan family in October.

Like most other mega-gifts in

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Donors to universities should expand access to education, not exacerbate the imbalance between institutions.” recent years, Rowan’s donation wasn’t a blank check to fund whatever program Penn wanted.

It was allocated toward specific causes like public policy analysis, ensuring that Wharton excels both on Wall Street and in Washington, D.C. Not everyone is a fan of these donations to elite universities.

Canadian journalist Malcolm Gladwell frequently criticizes the American education system for how unequally and ineffectively its resources are apportioned.

idea that people will only obey authority when they think that it is acting fairly, consistently, and transparently. Along this line of reasoning, elite universities like Penn alienate Americans because they are contradictory, promoting inclusivity to their donors and applicant pools while overall access to higher education continues to fracture along socio-economic lines.

Gladwell makes a good point.

Penn students receive more government funding than their peers at Pennsylvania State University,

even while nonprofit institutions like Penn are able to grow their endowments at rapid rates. This growth is enabled because endowments have traditionally been exempt from taxation. In this cycle, growth begets growth, so the impact of a single donation is easily eclipsed by the return from a few years of equity investments.

Public universities are not always more effective at improving social mobility, but they can be.

It’s true, Penn ranks higher than Penn State on The New York Times’ College Access Index, a metric evaluating colleges on their commitment to economic diversity. But when it comes to tracking the impact of a single donation, there are other metrics.

The Council for Aid to Education recorded the percentage of university donations that gets allocated toward financial aid, and the colleges at the top of the list include Pennsylvania schools like the University of Pittsburgh and Millersville University.

Sure, those schools lack glamorous brands. So what?

I was given the opportunity to attend boarding school thanks to the $100 million donation of a generous individual. Mercersburg Academy, a private high school with a student body well under 500 people, recently raised over $300 million from a fundraising campaign. Yes, that’s completely insane for a high school. Many would question — and rightly so — why such a tiny school should amass a fortune while public schools struggle for the funds. At their best, institutions like Mercersburg raise people up, seek out talent from all walks of life, and help students grow both personally and academically. It did that for me.

But at a certain point, an extra few million dollars generates diminishing returns for a limitedcapacity institution, especially when it comes to expanding access. After all, Mercersburg can only serve so many students, so they’ll be just fine if the next

$100 million goes to a public school.

Gratitude toward one’s alma mater is a wonderful thing. It grounds us throughout our lives to know that there are places to call home — landmarks of our growth into adulthood. I know that wherever I go after college, I will be tied to the memories from my time at Penn, just like I am tied to Mercersburg. But the opportunities that I was given shouldn’t be exceptional. They shouldn’t be a special case. Donors to universities should expand access to education, not exacerbate the imbalance between institutions.

What’s more, I am not arguing against making personal contributions to Penn, such as interviewing applicants or volunteering at alumni events. I am speaking to those with dreams of making the next grand gesture, those with the power to shift the disastrous imbalance in the American education system.

In our approach to large-scale, targeted giving, let’s be smart.

Right now, Americans demand affordable, practical, and readily accessible higher education. Forget about branding and donate to the colleges that can make that happen.

JULIA MITCHELL is a College and Whar ton freshman from Yardley, Pa. studying international relations. Her email address is jcmitch@wharton.upenn.edu.

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here are just some places where it’s not enough to be me.” — Starr Carter, “The Hate U Give” That sentiment, written by Angie Thomas on the first page of her young adult novel, is one that I have felt almost all my life — I’ve often wanted to be something more than what I am.

I turned to books at a young age as a portal into a world of possibility when I couldn’t see it in my daily life; reading Harry Potter seemed to be the only way I could transform into someone worthy of being Chosen. Like younger Kaliyah, young Starr is obsessed with Harry Potter, and from the small details to the major plot points, there was very little throughout the story that I couldn’t relate to.

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I’m not just saying that the people with the most power neglect the narrative of the black girl, though they do. I’m saying that we, as a society, fail to take black girlhood seriously.”

Starr in the story: “Garden Heights Starr and Williamson Starr.” One lives in “the ghetto” and works at her dad’s store, while the other goes to prep school and has a white boyfriend. Code-switching is one thing that any black person at a predominantly white institution, or PWI, can relate to.

term, code-switching is the act of altering how you communicate depending on the social setting. This means, for Starr, never using slang or wearing hoodies at Williamson, and making sure she doesn’t seem “too white” in Garden Heights.

There are many reasons for and effects of code-switching,

but the problem that I think the film, “The Hate U Give,” — which was directed by George Tillman Jr. and is still in theaters — combats most effectively is the near-erasure of black girlhood.

As a young black woman in America, there are many spaces where it doesn’t feel like enough to be a young black woman. In all aspects of life — music, film, books, TV, social media, reality — the black woman is given the role of a supporting character. There is an expectation of black women, starting from a young age, to be immune to human emotion, unnaturally strong, and never angry. I believe that this allows others to see black girls as exempt from natural human needs, desires, and mistakes; the expectation allows society to treat black girls as women and white girls

as girls. Girlhood becomes a privilege that black girls don’t receive.

I’m not just saying that the people with the most power neglect the narrative of the black girl, though they do. I’m saying that we, as a society, fail to take black girlhood seriously.

“The Hate U Give” shows us that the black girl is neither a flat character, nor should she feel the need, or even desire, to be anything but what she already is. At a young age, Starr is dealing with complex emotions and events that no child should have to go through, with emphasis on the fact that this is a reality for many in communities like hers. Starr experiences police brutality, racism, and gang violence, but also her boyfriend springing a condom on her when she doesn’t expect it, feeling like an outsider at a

party, and mean girls in high school.

For me, “The Hate U Give” wasn’t an escape to something greater or more magical, as Harry Potter was, but a reflection of my own experiences. Yes, Starr is experiencing heartbreaking discrimination, but she is also a girl making mistakes and navigating love with awkwardness and embarrassment at every turn. It felt like recognition that the story of a black girl is worth sharing in its entirety.

The phrase “black girl magic” is meant to empower, but it is important to realize that there is no magic involved in what black girls have to go through everyday, no wand or portal we can jump into when things get hard. Black girls, and women, should not be expected to be superhuman, but should be recognized for our humanity instead. Starr says, near the end of the story, “I can’t change where I come from or what I’ve been through, so why should I be ashamed of what makes me, me?” Black girls’ narratives are our country’s stories — we’d all do better to listen.

KALIYAH DORSEY is a College freshman from Pennsauken, N.J., studying English. Her email address is kaliyahd@sas.upenn.edu.

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Anti-Semitism: what it is and how to fight it CARLITO’S WAY | Addressing the elephant in the room post-Pittsburgh

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he largest massacre of Jews in American history just took place. The graves have cooled and national attention is moving on. The absences in Squirrel Hill are frozen in the minds of their community.

So are the absences in Louisville and Tallahassee.

As the bodies of assassins are identified or tried, the true culprit is at large, as it has been for the entire history of the United States. Far from being the inspiration of an isolated “maniac,” it thrives on collective responsibility and inflicts violence in insidious and dispersed ways.

Locating anti-Semitism is critical, and the midterms

Semite and Islamophobe, won his contest in my home state of North Carolina. For King and Harris, who saw competitive races, there was not a peep from the Republican Jewish Coalition.

Beyond what tools we have at our disposal to defend ourselves, we must confront most impactful forms of anti-Semitism and the structures that maintain them. We must recognize how anti-Semites hide themselves in the woodwork, which requires challenging political cynicism in our own communities.

Many in our ranks, such as the RJC, participate in the most cynical of tradeoffs: Politicians make a token of genuine sup-

Jews straddle the eroded precipice of whiteness, with one hand reaching into its abyss. It is necessary to name the system of white supremacy of which antiSemitism is one face.” have not allayed it. Tens of thousands voted for neo-Nazi Arthur Jones, Steve King will remain in Congress, and Mark Harris, an unequivocal anti-

port for Israel and prominent Jewish figures look the other way.

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Trump their vote for his proNetanyahu stance (25 percent of Jews voted thus). The Adelsons made a maximum donation to Mark Harris’ campaign, despite his wish that all Jews receive Christ. In part, I think the more naive think themselves protected by euphemisms such as “globalist,” as Jared Kushner did when he defended Trump’s Hippler-reminiscent final campaign ad.

In general, the entire Christian support for Israel is predicated on an anti-Semitic belief that Jews must control biblical Israel in order to fight for Christ. The tolerance of the biggest pro-Israel lobbying movement is a cynical toleration of those whose hatred for Jews is only surpassed by a hatred for Muslims and Satan.

And there is no one who gets it more than evangelical wunderkind Charlie Kirk, who proudly lectured a rabbi on Judaism and proceeded to defend this blatant anti-Semitism by proclaiming support for Israel.

This cynicism is profound, and is a self-justifying part of the global shift to xenophobic politics. Look no further than Ben Shapiro’s vindication of notorious racist and anti-Semite Ann Coulter, all for her pro-Israel stance.

Now, Ben Shapiro is a bit of an absurdist clown: He believes Jews without contem-

porary pro-Israel politics, or simply liberal leanings, aren’t Jews at all. But he is indicative of a devil’s bargain whose contract requires a more profound sin than simply tolerating anti-Semitism. Shapiro’s vindication of Coulter, and more importantly Steve King, is one of many cases of strange bedfellows in the current “antiglobalist” climate.

Most Jews don’t have short memories, and it is for that which we paid the price in Pittsburgh. Jews can see their silhouette in the cyclical dis-

to the whataboutisms of Farrakhan. Farrakhan doesn’t scare me, but I will defer to the pens of James Baldwin and Adam Serwer.

We must punish the sleights of hand of the GOP. As if on cue, Sarah Huckabee Sanders waved the typical defense against Trump’s culpability in fanning the flames of anti-Semitism. As Mike Pence and losing candidate Lena Epstein did by inviting a Messianic Jew to eulogize people he believes are damned for hell. As the Metropolitan GOP club did for cele-

Locating anti-Semitism is critical, and the midterms have not allayed it.” gust for immigrants and it is no coincidence the victimized synagogue worked with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. George Soros, a Holocaust survivor, has such a functional memory and for that he is the target of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories tolerated by Netanyahu and propagated by his son’s predilection for neo-Nazi memes.

As we point out the seldomchallenged forms of anti-Semitism in the US, we must reply

brating a political assassination with an alt-right gang (and earlier hosting Ann Coulter).

We must also decry the bipartisan cynicism of Israeli politicians who exploited the Pittsburgh martyrs for political gain. As the opposition leader did to pressure Jews to make Aliyah. As the Likud diasporic minister did when he schmoozed in the wake of the shooting and defended Trump.

It is also telling where the priorities of pro-Israel voices

in the United States are. Rightwing rabbi Shmuley Boteach wasted no time in connecting the Pittsburgh massacre with criticism of Israel. The Israeli ambassador to the United States did the same to sully domestic advocates for Palestine. As Forward reports, on the heels of the shooting Cory Booker and various organizations began to drum up support for the Israel Anti-Boycott Act. Given well-documented limits to policing’s ability to fight anti-Semitism, it’s up to us to keep each other safe. Without discussing the merits of armed community self-defense, there are ways to fight back the threat of white extremism. The main democratic institutions in monitoring the far-right are Philly Antifa (they outed the neo-Nazi who lived within blocks of the Hillel), the One People’s Project, the ADL, the SPLC, and ProPublica (which exposed the group linked to the murder of our own Blaze Bernstein).

Jews straddle the eroded precipice of whiteness, with one hand reaching into its abyss. It is necessary to name the system of white supremacy of which anti-Semitism is one face. When we leave the crosshairs, someone else takes our place. It is this straddling that subjects us to international crossfire. We know the soul of the stranger, having been strangers in Egypt for so long.

And no cynicism or bargains or bullets should make us compromise the convictions of our memory.

CARL-EMMANUEL FULGHIERI is a College senior from Carrboro, N.C. studying economics and philosophy. His email address is caful@sas.upenn.edu.

China’s education system is notoriously rigid, but is the U.S. any better?

LILIAN’S LANE | Examining the holes in ‘holistic admissions’

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ou are nine years old. Your mom comes into your room at 6:30 a.m. to wake you up. You climb out of bed, brush your teeth, have breakfast, then run to the bus stop. The driver yells at you to hurry up. You sit silently as the bus loops around the blocks, bringing you to school right before the first bell.

Five classes in the morning.

Three in the afternoon. Your dad picks you up at 4:30 p.m. and drops you off at the tutoring center. Five of the kids in your class go to the same tutoring center as you do. After tutoring,

run around, no sleepovers, no playing soccer with friends in the backyard. The “Gaokao” — China’s National College Entrance Examination — loomed over us the day we walked into school.

After every math test, my teacher would post a list of rankings. Scores were omitted, but student names were listed in order of performance. I used to obsessively check these rankings and count how many names were before mine. Seeing a long list of names underneath my own gave me satisfaction that I was “superior.” If I could just score three points higher,

I came to the United States so that I would avoid falling victim to an education system based on standardized and rigid deliverance of knowledge.” you go to piano lessons. Your teacher praises you for technique but says your pieces lack emotion. You get home at 8, then do homework until 10. You want to watch TV, but your mom reminds you it’s a school night.

Begrudgingly, you go to bed.

Such was the case for a majority of my friends in elementary school back in China. Our daily lives consisted of little else except for classes and after-school tutoring. There was no time to

I would eliminate more of my competitors. And in my head, my friends were my competitors too — especially since my parents constantly reminded me that “the Hannah you always hang out with” is getting “Apluses” on all her English tests, or that “David from next door” had passed the highest level of piano examination when he was 10 years old.

As I progressed through middle school and began to form

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deeper and more meaningful friendships, the idea of attempting to outcompete people who excel in different areas than I do grew absurd. My best friend in middle school loved art and English — subjects that her parents deemed a waste of time, but ones I found to be incredibly fascinating. Therefore, it pained me to watch her spend over two hours every night on STEM classes that she loathed, while her artistic talents went unrecognized by the testing system that China had meticulously set up.

As the semesters progressed, I stopped checking my class rankings and grew progressively annoyed when asked about my exam scores. The previous triumph of “defeating” other kids in my class no longer excited me.

Therefore, when my parents discussed with me the possibilities of going to boarding school in

the United States, I was thrilled by the prospect of a more varied and customizable array of knowledge, and accepted their proposal without hesitation.

However, it was not until I developed an understanding for the methods in which U.S. universities admit students that I recognized the irony in my choice of schooling. Colleges here decide upon members of their next class solely based on a couple of essays, quantified and oftentimes inaccurate representations of academic aptitude, and background questions regarding family and income.

As a freshman, I cannot even claim to holistically understand any of the people I have befriended at Penn yet — coming to comprehend the character of a person requires a substantial amount of time. It is therefore slightly absurd that colleges

advertise their admissions process using this word — there is simply no way to completely understand any student from a few pages of paper. To falsely claim a holistic application can become a defeating concept as well. It also invalidates students who are rejected during the application process. Being denied entrance to an institution for not being a good enough person as a whole is drastically more defeating than being rejected simply for grades.

As I delved deeper into the process of college admissions, it becomes even more apparent that the idea behind the “Gaokao” that I had loathed is almost perfectly replicated and implemented here, only in a milder form. A low score on the SAT or ACT can often mean a guaranteed rejection letter. This encourages students to obsess

over GPA and standardized test scores as they strive toward the outlines of a perfect applicant.

Many high school students obtain internship positions that would be much more valuable if conducted during their undergraduate years, solely because such positions look glamorous on a resume. Many take on leadership roles even though they might not naturally gravitate to organizing whole teams and large-scale events.

I came to the United States so that I would avoid falling victim to an education system based on standardized and rigid deliverance of knowledge. It is undeniable that there is a lot more academic freedom in universities here, yet these dogmatic evaluation methods are far from holistic. The U.S. admissions process has much more in common with China’s than they’d like to admit. I thought I had escaped, but such inflexibility has only followed me here to Penn.

LILIAN ZHANG is a College freshman from Beijing studying the biological basis of behavior and Hispanic studies. Her email address is lilzhang@sas.upenn.edu.

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Far-right despot or economic savior? Welcome to Bolsonaro’s Brazil SPENCER’S SPACE | Brazil’s election is a definitive statement to the rest of the world

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hile he is heralding his victory as a “Celebration of Freedom,” and promising that his government will be a “defender of the Constitution, democracy and liberty,” Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro presents a new political reality to many people worldwide — including presumably the 75 or so Brazilians who are part of the Penn community.

After all, Bolsonaro’s election last week represents the most dramatic shift to the right in Brazilian politics in over 30 years, when the country officially transitioned from various military despots to democracy in 1985. Indeed, Bolsonaro’s

gresswoman, telling her that he “would never rape you, because you do not deserve it.”

He’s threatened “to destroy, jail, or drive into exile his political opponents.” Perhaps most disturbing, Bolsonaro consistently exalts Brazil’s former brutal military dictatorships, candidly supporting the use of torture, saying “if a few innocent people die, that’s alright.”

College freshman Guilherme Grupenmacher, from Curitiba, Brazil, shared some insight on what these comments mean to him, saying “The legacy of the Brazilian military dictatorship is one that still heavily permeates the modern society we live in today. In high school, my teachers would tell me the sto-

The legacy of the Brazilian military dictatorship is one that still heavily permeates the modern society we live in today.”

- College freshman Guilherme Grupenmacher politics are even farther to the right than those of any other leaders in South America, despite the fact that voters have in recent years already “embraced more conservative leaders in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, and Colombia.” The country is Latin America’s largest, and the globe’s fifth most populous, meaning that Brazil’s rightward shift should be of significance to domestic and international observers alike.

A retired army officer, Bolsonaro rose to victory despite his own personal history of controversial statements and his campaign’s extremist rhetoric. In 2003, he pushed a con-

ries of how they struggled to come [to] terms with becoming educators because of how censored the educational system was in the country.”

“My grandma recently told me about how she was separated from one of her best friends, who was exiled to France due to her husband’s left-leaning political activism,” Grupenmacher said.

“While Brazil grew economically during this time, nobody, not even Bolsonaro, should be speaking of it admirably.”

Like Trump, candidate Bolsonaro has also lambasted his critics, accusing them of spreading fake news. Worryingly, he plans to escalate this strategy because

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“attacking critical press outlets almost daily on social media is not enough. Once in office he vows to hit their bottom line” by pulling government advertising out from under publications hostile to him, his supporters, and his policies.

How could such a controversial figure come out of nowhere to become so extraordinarily popular?

Many believe Bolsonaro will bring strong economic growth, a more internationally engaged Brazil, and a more efficient, structured, and productive government. Others are disillusioned with the current administration, believing that it’s become engulfed with “greed and hubris and the palpable failure of its left-wing ideology.”

Bolsonaro has also promised to root out nepotism, appointing his cabinet on the basis of merit and not political favors.

However, more than anything, Brazilians’ fatigue and anger with the relentless corruption of many of the nation’s politicians and business leaders have fueled Bolsonaro’s popularity, causing them to ignore his past trans-

gressions.

Wharton sophomore Nicholas Goldlust, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, believes Bolsonaro could benefit his hometown.

He said, “It is certain he will bring change to the country and change is what Brazil ultimately needs! Bolsonaro’s economic team is led by Paulo Guedes, who has been a prominent name in the Brazilian financial sector. Guedes will reduce the role of the state in the economy by privatizing government-owned companies and reducing corporate taxes, which will start to revitalize our economy by stimulating business. Also, just because of his election, the Brazilian stock exchange has gone up and the Brazilian real appreciated against the dollar.”

Goldlust went on, saying that “Even though Jair Bolsonaro has a history of making nasty, sexist, and violent comments, solely judging on the current state of corruption in Brazil and the opportunities Bolsonaro’s team have at hand, I think that ultimately his government will improve the nation, providing the country the opportunities it

needs to get back on track.”

In terms of recent Brazilian corruption, the nation truly has been been going through a crisis. An investigation, codenamed Lava Jato or “Operation Car Wash,” launched in 2014, uncovered a web of fraud unprecedented by even Latin American standards. While initially described as the “biggest corruption scandal in the history of Brazil,” the dragnet quickly widened to include “other countries and foreign firms.” The ongoing investigation has exposed bribes across the globe, involving “illegal payments of more than $5 billion to company executives and political parties.”

So far, the investigation has resulted in the indictments of two former presidents; Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was convicted of money laundering, and Dilma Rousseff was impeached.

Grupenmacher understands the situation well, having grown up in Curitiba, the city that currently houses the headquarters of the Car Wash operation. He put it bluntly, saying the investigation has “undoubtedly flipped our country upside down.”

This culture of corruption, combined with an economy on the brink of recession and an unprecedented increase in daily crime, has pushed people to gamble on something new.

Guilherme added that “Bolsonaro is definitely an outlier, but that doesn’t necessarily entail that his election to the presidency was surprising to us. As a matter of fact, it even makes sense that this happened. [Many people] voted for Bolsonaro only because they didn’t want to vote for the Workers Party (PT) which has been in power for more than 16 years and has pushed the country violently away from fulfilling its potential, especially in the last few years with rampant corruption and lacking economic administration. Bolsonaro isn’t a good candidate, I would even dare to say he is a terrible candidate, but he is the least-worst of the two options.”

Although it is undeniable that Bolsonaro has said many reprehensible things, and there are clear dangers with his presidency, particularly when it comes to freedom of the press, considering the chaos of corruption Brazil has endured over the last few decades, he might, just might, be exactly what the country needs. Only time will tell.

SPENCER SWANSON is a College sophomore from London, studying political science. His email address is sswanson@sas.upenn. edu.

Forsaken: the forgotten Americans of U.S. island territories OPENING ARGUMENTS | America’s island territories have waited too long for justice

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uring this midterm election, the rights of women, minorities, and children were front and center. But there is one group of Americans whose rights were probably not on voters’ minds.

These include the Americans in Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The inhabitants of America’s island territories lack the rights most sacrosanct to Americans: adequate representation in the U.S. Congress and the right to vote in federal elections.

granted the same constitutional rights as other Americans.

Not surprisingly, this is the same Court that a few years earlier had decided the infamous “separate but equal” case of “Plessy v. Ferguson,” in which the Court upheld segregation of blacks and whites as constitutional.

Over 4 million people reside in these territories and most Americans are oblivious about their situation. For example, many Americans seem unaware of the basic fact that Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. I am Swedish, yet I have found myself in more conversations with

The inhabitants of these territories lack the rights most sacrosanct to Americans: adequate representation in the U.S. Congress and the right to vote in federal elections.”

The legal regime that still governs these territories dates back over 100 years to a series of court cases known as the “Insular Cases.” In these cases, the United States Supreme Court wrote that these islands were inhabited by “alien races” that were unable to understand “Anglo-Saxon principles.”

Therefore, the Court wrote, these territories belong to, but are not part of, the United States, providing the justification for the idea that as long as these territories are not states, their inhabitants would not be

Americans than I can count in which I have had to educate them about that.

I remember when Sonia Sotomayor was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, American media outlets referred to her as the “daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants.” That is as factually incorrect as saying that Chief Justice John Roberts, who hails from Indiana, is the son of Indianan immigrants.

These Americans serve in the military at a higher rate than their brethren in most other U.S. states, yet they have

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no right to vote for their own commander-in-chief. It is estimated that over one-eighth of all Guamanian adults are veterans, but when they return home after completing military service, they resume their place as second-class citizens. That is shameful.

To add insult to injury, the inhabitants of American Samoa are even denied U.S. citizenship. Instead, they are branded “U.S. Nationals,” an undignifying designation of inferior status. This is especially indefensible given that American Samoa is home to the U.S. Army’s top ranked Recruitment Station, and in 2012, American Samoa recorded the “highest number of casualties in Iraq per capita than any other part of the United States.”

We all know America takes

special pride in military service. America worships its veterans and pays special respect to them, and I am proud of my veteran friends who are now studying at Penn.

How can Americans allow this to happen to their fellow countrymen? How is this injustice allowed to continue under the Constitution?

The truth is, the Constitution, as originally understood, was never meant to apply to all Americans equally. Slavery was largely considered consistent with our Constitution for nearly 80 years following its ratification in 1788. Segregation and legally sanctioned racism was largely considered consistent with the Constitution well into the mid-20th Century despite the ratification of the 14th Amendment.

We must not forget that the America that believed these island territories were inhabited by “alien” people was the same America that believed that African-Americans were inferior to, and rightfully kept segregated from, the white race and that women were unfit to be informed citizens capable of voting or holding political office.

The abject racism that led to the territorial-colonialism of America’s island territories over 100 years ago is consistent with the vision of the Constitution that characterized this era.

But we rejected that vision of the Constitution long ago. So why didn’t we reject that injustice when it came to the colonization of America’s island territories?

Americans pride themselves on the belief that the United

States is a beacon of hope for the world, ready to stand up for human rights everywhere. How can the United States claim this role when it denies basic human rights to its own people at home?

Martin Luther King Jr. famously wrote, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

When America treats its own citizens this way, it reeks of hypocrisy when we lecture other nations about their denial of basic human rights and it damages our standing in the eyes of the world.

The island territories have waited for over a century to be released from second-class citizenship and gain statehood.

They deserve the same treatment in the eyes of the law as every other American, if not as compensation for their service and contributions to this nation, then as recognition of the century-long denial of their inalienable rights.

When will justice be served to these Americans?

MICHAEL A . KESHMIRI is a College senior from Stockholm, Sweden studying political science.

His email address is mkesh@sas. upenn.edu.

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Penn offers resources for disabled grad students GAPSA plans to improve help for students on campus COURTNEY DAUB Staff Reporter

When Laronnda Thompson started her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies and Human Development at Penn, she had already had experience navigating a university campus in a wheelchair. Thompson was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disorder, which puts her bones at risk of breaking easily, so she has to move around campus in a wheelchair.

Thompson said she was satisfied with the resources available at Penn for graduate students with disabilities, but for many students navigating campus with a disability, there is always room for improvement.

As the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly’s Equity and Access Chair, Thompson plans to both

expand on previous programs and generate new spaces for students interested in sharing perspectives on disabilities at Penn.

Students with disabilities make up a larger portion of Penn’s student population each year, according to Weingarten Learning Resources Center Executive Director Myrna Cohen. Cohen said this matches national trends, as the number of students who identify as having a disability increases every year.

Students can have a range of disabilities, either temporary or permanent, that include learning, psychological, physical, and sensory, Cohen said. Weingarten, which houses Student Disabilities Services, acts as the centralized resource center for both undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities.

In her position as chair, Thompson plans to build upon projects from previous years, including the Accessibility Mapping Project which uses

crowd-sourced data to create a map with helpful accessibility information. She pictures using similar methods to gather subjective accessibility feedback, such as putting tablets in University buildings to make it easier for students to provide accessibility feedback.

Thompson added that her conversations with students have highlighted the need for a space dedicated to connecting students with disabilities and providing resources for students interested in incorporating disability studies into their work. She also sees a need to connect people interested in studying disabilities with mentors and resources in the Penn community.

One way Thompson and the Equity and Access Council plan to support disability studies discussions this semester is through a lecture series.

The Equity and Access Council is now in an “outreach and advocacy”

phase to identify people’s needs in order to create a space that is comfortable and serves Penn students’ diverse set of interests, Thompson said.

“Disability is not necessarily as talked about and when it is talked about it’s still talked about in a very deficit orientation,” Thompson said.

“This is just another shade of human life.”

Still, Thompson recognizes that building community can be difficult because not everyone is comfortable publicly identifying as disabled or expressing an interest in disability studies if they are not disabled.

“I think sometimes we can be a country of extremes,” Thompson said. “We discovered that labels are a bad thing, and they can be, but I struggle with understanding the difference between when we say label and identity.”

Access can also mean simplifying the process of identifying resources, Thompson clarified.

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“Penn has a bajillion resources,” Thompson said, adding they can be difficult to navigate at times.

“It’s really exciting to see GAPSA and Equity and Access take our conversations around disabilities and

disability studies to the next level,” GAPSA President Haley Pilgrim said. “She’s really added to [previous work] hearing from students about what they need and doing her best to implement that.”

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Historians share perspectives on state of the U.S. The event was held at theVan Pelt Library on Nov. 8 NEHA BHARDWAJ Contributing Reporter

While they aim to stay as impartial as possible when teaching in the classroom, a panel of History department members were able to share their political opinions just two days after midterm elections.

Held on Nov. 8 in the Van Pelt Library and moderated by history professor Beth Wenger, the panel featured Penn professors and scholars Mary Frances Berry, Benjamin Nathans, Kathy Peiss, Alex Chase-Levenson, and Ann Farnsworth-Alvear. Each panel member provided his or her perspective on Trump’s presidency before opening discussion to the audience.

Berry said despite increased voter turnout during the midterm elections, there is still plenty of work to be done after the voting process. She said citizens must follow up by consistently contacting politicians

and advocating for change outside of voting season.

“The history of these movements teaches us that voting by itself isn’t enough. The hard work starts after you vote. The hard work is leaning on the people we elected to make them do the right thing,” she said.

Another topic was Russia’s possible interference during the U.S. election. Nathans said many of the most shocking aspects of Trump’s campaign, including Trump’s Access Hollywood tape, "would have been politically fatal had it not been for a tsunami of counter-news created by fake social media sites drawing attention to Hillary Clinton’s email [scandal].”

While discussing the national shift towards gender activism, Peiss applauded the younger generation’s proactive participation in events such as the Women’s March, which involved a “consciousness of intersectionality” that had not been as prevalent in past women’s advocacy efforts.

Although she sees the “value of women’s rage,” Peiss said,

she added that this sentiment must be channeled into something fruitful and that society must navigate many upcoming challenges that cannot be solved through blind anger.

Chase-Levenson discussed how the 2016 election made for an international spectacle--European countries have compared the United States to “Germany or Italy in the 20s or 30s,” he said, a rather “depressing” depiction of its current political climate that he does not agree with.

Finally, Ann Farnsworth ended the panel with a strong call to action, urging Democrats to create or support legislation against the administration’s treatment of immigration. She said Democrats should adopt a“fix-it” mentality and propose concrete alternatives rather than simply oppose actions they deem unjust.

During the open discussion, audience members asked the panel for their input on a variety of issues. While some discussed the lack of U.S. awareness about refugee crises in small

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countries, others focused on urban issues affecting Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

College f resh men Eden Vance said “each of [the faculty members] had a unique outlook” and area of expertise that made for a well-rounded discussion.

However, he said he would have liked to hear out professors from

other departments and felt that the panel’s discussion, which brought up Trump and Putin’s relationship while supporting Democratic legislation, was too one-sided.

“It also shocked me that there isn’t a single Republican historian [at Penn],” Vance continued, in reference to Nathans’

disclaimer at the beginning of the event that there were no “Trump supporters” present on the panel that day, though it “was not for lack of trying.”

“It would have been interesting to have [those] perspectives, because you don’t really get that a lot at Penn,” College Freshman Christine Somerville agreed.

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Students launch campaign to support ASAM It promotes the importance of Asian American studies MADELEINE NGO Deputy News Editor

To promote the importance of Asian American studies and to clear misconceptions surrounding the program on campus, students in the Asian American Studies program at Penn launched “#ASiAM." Spearheaded by ASAM Undergraduate Advisory Board Co-Chairs and College seniors Trinh Nguyen and Luke Kertcher, the campaign started last April when the ASAM UAB released an online video, which features several Penn students discussing what they have gained from their ASAM courses.

Recently, the ASAM UAB launched a photo campaign in which they set up a table along

Locust Walk and encouraged people to make posters responding to two prompts — what they wish Penn has taught them or what they have learned from ASAM courses — and take pictures with their posters.

“We were able to illustrate through the first [prompt] gaps in the program or things people would like to see at Penn that we don’t currently have,” Kertcher said. "Through the second one, … the value of the academic program and what people have been able to learn.”

Kertcher added the photo campaign was based on student movements at other universities, including Yale, which does not have a formal Asian American studies program. He said the UAB wanted to show solidarity with students at other universities.

ASAM has been mired in controversy since longstanding

ASAM faculty member Grace Kao left Penn for Yale University in January 2017.

Kao's departure sparked protests across campus with faculty and students calling on administrators to increase funding and support for the program. The program recently hired full-time lecturer Rupa Pillai, a scholar of anthropology and Asian American studies, who started teaching this fall.

Nguyen said they aim to clear common misconceptions surrounding the ASAM program through the #ASiAM campaign.

“I think people sometimes forget that ethnic studies is a part of American studies,” Nguyen said. She added the UAB aims to emphasize that Asian American studies is different from other Asian area studies, such as East Asian Languages and Civilizations or South Asia Studies,

which focus on countries and their histories rather than the experiences of Asian Americans living in the US. “We are showing people that it is a very specific and unique program,” Kertcher added.

ASAM Associate Director and lecturer Fariha I. Khan said while she advises the UAB, the campaign was entirely the product of the students.

“This particular campaign really comes from the UAB themselves,” Khan said. “It’s been incredibly inspiring to see them come up with an idea and be really determined to make it happen.”

Khan added that the #ASiAM campaign allows students to reflect on what it means to be Asian American, which she said is especially important given the nation’s current political atmosphere.

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The campaign aimed to promote the importance of the Asian American Studies department and clear misconceptions surrounding the program.

“Now it’s particularly relevant to think about what it means to come from a heritage that is racialized [and] what it means to

have immigrant parents or to be an immigrant yourself, given the discourse in our nation about immigrants,” Khan added.

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Burial site under U. parking lot designated as historic The site is an African American burial site CHRIS DOYLE Staff Reporter

Last winter, a more than 150 year old African American burial ground was discovered lying underneath a Penn parking lot. Now, the city—with Penn’s suppor t—is ta k ing action to protect it.

In a unanimous vote on Nov. 9, the Philadelphia Historical Commission officially designated the African Friends to Harmony Burial Ground underneath Penn’s 4111-23 Chestnut parking lot as a Historic Place.

Any plans to renovate the lot must now receive approval from the Commission.

The portion of the burial ground not underneath the pa rk i ng lot— na mely t he approximate quarter a Philadelphia business is developing into a new apartment building—was not included in the designation.

According to the Historical Commission nomination form, the site was actively being used

as a burial ground as early as 1826 and at least until 1882.

In that time, at least 136 persons, largely from the West Philadelphia African American community, were interred at the site.

Stonybrook University History Professor Donna Rilling has been studying the burial site alongside the Philadelphia Archaeological forum for the last several months. Rilling, who received her history PhD from Penn in 1993, worked to prepare the nomination for 4111-23 Chestnut to the Historical Commission. At the end of the meeting, she said she was satisfied by the day’s proceedings.

“I’m thrilled,” Rilling told The Daily Pennsylvanian. “And I hope something can be done to commemorate the spot.”

At the meeting, Penn made a statement supporting the site’s nomination.

“The University only became aware of the historic significance of this parcel in recent years," University Associate General Counsel Ira Kauderwood said at the meeting. “We

appreciate the wealth of additional information provided by this nomination. We support the nomination, and we look forward to working with the Historical Commission in the future on this site."

Last spring, Director of the University Archives and Record Center Mark Frazier Lloyd said although he has not seen any documentation that the remains had been relocated, it was still unclear if there were still remains at the location. He speculated that the remains may have been moved when the site was closed as a cemetery in the early twentieth century.

According to Rilling, Penn has ordered a ground penetrating radar test to see whether humans remains are still at the site, but it proved inconclusive.

Rilling added that the University’s support of the nomination helps with its larger effort to improve relationships with the surrounding community.

“Penn has finally stepped up to the plate,” Rilling said. “It is in their best interest politically, and otherwise, and historically

to recognize this [historical designation].”

She specifically compared the University’s support for the burial ground with last year’s launch of the Penn Slavery Project and the University’s consequential recognition of slavery’s role in Penn’s founding. Rilling said that both efforts help strengthen the school’s ties to the history of West Philadelphia’s black community Executive Director of the ICPIC New Africa Center Abdul Rahim Muhammad, who attended Friday’s meeting, is also encouraged by the designation's recognition of local African American history.

Muhammad said he recently founded a tour that takes guests to different West Philadelphia murals and historical sites significant to black culture. Given

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The burial grounds, located beneath Penn’s 4111-23 Chestnut parking lot, were designated historic in a unanimous vote on Nov. 9.

its new status as an official historic designation, Muhammad said he hopes to incorporate the burial ground into the tour.

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BY CLAIRE OCHROCH | CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Every year like clockwork, alumni flock back to campus to cheer on Penn during Homecoming.

For some, the weekend is also a time to pass on Penn traditions to the next generation of Quakers in the family. Before Penn's football team took on Harvard on Saturday, families gathered on College Green to listen to performances by different musical groups, eat food, and catch up with old friends.

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The Tashman family is also all about Penn: both parents attended Penn, and two of their children are current students.

Father Matthew Tashman is a 1989 Wharton and 1992 Law graduate and mother Amy Tashman graduated from the undergraduate Nursing school in 1989 and the graduate Nursing school in 1993.

“It’s all about showing our kids why we are so proud to be Penn graduates," Amy said.

"We're still friends with people we went to college with and hopefully they'll have those friendships too.”

Their children, College senior Adam Tashman and Engineering freshman Jessica Tashman, have been coming to Penn events for 10 or 15 years — long before they were students.

“I had my birthday party at the [Penn] basketball games multiple times!” Jessica said.

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One of the longest-standing traditions of homecoming weekend is the football game at Franklin Field. Students, parents, and many other fans braved the cold and wind to support the Red and Blue. In front of the largest crowd of the year. the Quakers fell to the Crimson, 29-7.

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College sophomore Stacy Gerchick said her favorite part of Homecoming was experiencing the festivities with her father, 1985 College graduate Kenneth Gerchick.

Kenneth said they were both looking forward to going to the Penn Harvard game and "experiencing some of the traditions together.”

Another Penn family enjoying Homecoming were the Beggs, who gathered at the beer stand outside Van Pelt Library.

1990 College graduate Michael Begg, who played football at Penn, said he liked returning to campus to meet with fellow alumni. "It's a feeling of community and validation in you and all your future endeavors,” he said.

Michael's brother Bill met his wife, 1991 College graduate Leah Begg, while visiting him at Penn.

"We're a big family of traditions. I love sharing it with my daughter and my brother-in-law and the rest of my family,” she said.

Leah's daughter Erin received her undergraduate degree from the Nursing school in 2016 and has stayed on as a graduate student. She said Homecoming is an opportunity for all the Beggs to reunite.

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Penn’s weaknesses were exposed against Harvard MICHAEL LANDAU

It wasn’t supposed to happen this way.

With a crowd full of students and alumni on Homecoming Saturday, Penn football was supposed to beat Harvard, or at least keep the game close. Before this week, the Crimson were in the midst of a middling year in the Ivy League. Harvard carried a 2-3 conference record into Saturday’s matchup with Penn, even losing in October to Cornell, which the Quakers comfortably defeated last week.

At Franklin Field, with a passionate crowd behind them, there were plenty of reasons to believe that the Red and Blue would pull through with another win in the Ancient Eight. The Quakers were coming off two consecutive victories against Brown and Cornell in which there were positives on both sides of the ball.

In recent weeks, the team had

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cause] he plays really hard. He competes for every damn ball, and he’s a great guy to have that’s been through so much.�

A big question mark heading into this one was how Penn would respond to the loss of junior guard Ryan Betley, who is out for the season with a ruptured patella tendon. In his absence, the Red and Blue had many solid moments but also showed points of vulnerability. “We’re going through some transition, figuring out who we are,� Donahue said. “From losing Ryan, but just in general, it’s a new season, and I think everyone wants to pitch a perfect game, and it’s just not going to happen yet. We’re trying to blend in some freshmen that can make us better, and older

reaped the benefits of its two-quaterback system, which featured sophomore Ryan Glover and junior Nick Robinson both receiving significant playing time. On the other side of the ball, Penn’s defense had only allowed seven points in each of the last two games, moving to No. 15 in the Football Championship Subdivision in total defense in the process.

However, those positives went out the window against Harvard as the Quakers struggled to a 29-7 loss on Saturday. Instead of featuring the strengths that Penn has developed during the latter part of the season, the Homecoming defeat highlighted the weaknesses that have plagued the Red and Blue throughout the year.

On offense, the Quakers were unable to move the ball for much of the game. Glover and Robinson both received playing time at quarterback, but neither was able to gain any momentum against Harvard’s defense.

Glover was intercepted twice, and he overthrew junior running back Karekin Brooks on a key fourth-and-goal from the one

yard line in the first half. Robinson did not have much success either, completing only one pass and fumbling the ball away twice in the second half to eliminate any chance of a Quaker comeback. “They played really soft coverage, and they were very, very good up front on defense,� coach Ray Priore said. “When you have those type of turnovers in a game, no matter how good you are, no one can withstand that.�

These offensive struggles mirrored some of the problems that Penn has faced throughout the season. The Red and Blue have only been able to score more than 14 points once in Ivy League play, and going into Saturday they ranked 101st in the FCS in passing offense. After improved performances in the last two weeks, it appeared that the twoquarterback system would allow the Quakers to succeed, but the loss to Harvard proved that there is no sure-fire solution.

Penn’s defense has some significant issues to resolve as well.

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guys [have] slightly different roles like Dev and even [senior guard] Antonio [Woods] and Jake. I think that’s what you’re seeing.�

One downside to this victory for Penn was that it included Woods leaving the game due a late second half injury. Donahue indicated after the game that Woods tweaked his kneecap, while also stating that it is an injury that he has suffered before. The severity of it is currently unknown, but Woods was able to return from the locker room and rejoin his teammates on the bench in the final minutes of the game.

With Friday’s victory, the Red and Blue took another step in finding their team identity. The team will look to take another one when it takes on Lafayette in a home contest on Tuesday night.

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Parker, unsurprisingly, dominated in the post for much of the game. She repeatedly showed the Siena defense that she was a threat to shoot mid-range jumpers, which only served to increase her impact around the rim. She finished with 12 points, five rebounds, and two blocks.

All of the bigs on the Quakers played well, and sophomore forward Tori Crawford showed flashes, especially in her ability to get to the foul line. She put up seven points in only 12 minutes off the bench. The biggest help, though, came from Crawford and senior guard Ashley Russell on the glass, who each had four

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to complete a 32-yard pass to senior wide receiver Mike Akai, who made the diving grab at the one yard line.

After the big completion, though, Harvard stopped Penn on three consecutive running plays. On fourthand-goal, Glover overthrew junior running back Karekin Brooks to turn the ball over on downs. “They always say it’s a game of inches,� Priore said of Akai’s catch just short of the goal line. “And that’s sport, that’s life ... when we had that fourth down, the player was wide open, we just rushed it, and it went over his head. Once again, [it’s] a game of inches.�

The second quarter was largely quiet, with both defenses getting stops, until a nine-yard touchdown pass from Harvard’s backup quarterback Jake Smith found senior receiver Brian Dunlap in the end zone to give the Crimson at 16-0 lead at the half.

The Quakers looked to come out strong to start the second half, but the offense’s struggles continued with another three-and-out. A porous offensive line struggled to create running lanes and gave the Red and Blue little time to throw the ball.

Both teams exchanged defensive stops before Glover threw his second interception, this time to Harvard’s senior defensive back Wesley Ogsbury. On the ensuing

drive, the Crimson converted fourth-and-two before Smith again found Dunlap for a touchdown to extend the lead to 22-0. “They had 20 points off turnovers,� coach Ray Priore said. “That, basically, in my opinion, is the number one stat that you look at. That wins and loses games.�

The Red and Blue’s junior quarterback Nick Robinson came in for the following possession but fumbled on a pass attempt. Harvard recovered the ball and Shampklin rushed for a score to make it 29-0. Robinson also fumbled the ball away on the next possession after struggling with an option play.

The Quakers finally found their way into the end zone with exactly 10 minutes to play. After a 31-yard completion from Glover to senior wide receiver Steve Farrell, Penn found itself in scoring position at Harvard’s 26 yard line. Just a few plays laters, Glover found junior wide receiver Kolton Huber for a 23-yard touchdown to make it 29-7.

All in all, it was a day to forget for the Red and Blue.

Their defense was able to force the Crimson to punt multiple times, but the offense’s turnovers and inability to move the ball kept Penn from getting back into the game.

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At times it looked like Penn, who was the better team for most of the contest, might not come out with a win. Although the team led for nearly the entire game, it had difficulty building on the lead and let Siena hang around waiting to strike. But then, something shifted. “Putting the emphasis on defense, focusing on angles,â€? Parker said. “We made an adjustment on defense and we wanted to just focus on trying to get shots and then turning it into offense. ‌ We were up for the majority of the time, especially towards the end so definitely trying to use the clock, especially when it started to come down to under a minute or the last few seconds.â€?

The game ended with less drama than one might think given how close it got with only a few minutes to go – an improvement on defense and lights-out free throw shooting down the stretch gave the Red and Blue a slim lead which they carried into the end of the game.

Despite the production of the underclassmen, the Quakers still have a lot of questions to answer after this game; getting a win on the road is always a good thing, but they struggled at times defensively down the stretch.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Three Penn runners qualify for Nationals at Mid-Atlantic Regionals XC | Villalba’s fourth-place finish is best in team history JESS MIXON Contributing Reporter

Penn cross country will send three Quakers to compete at the NCAA National Championships after a very strong overall team performance at Mid-Atlantic Regionals this Friday.

Junior Maddie Villalba’s fourth-place finish in the 6,000-meter race guarantees her a spot to race on the national stage next week in Madison, Wis. A consistently dependable racer for the Quakers, Villalba shaved off over 20 seconds from her Ivy League 6K time two weeks prior to run a standout race in State College, Pa. Her fourth-place individual finish is the best in program history.

On the men’s side, sophomore Anthony Russo and senior Sam Webb secured two more Nationals spots for the Quakers, coming in seventh and ninth place

in the 10K race, respectively.

The two have consistently led the team in individual times, and were named All-Ivy athletes after finishing 10th and 11th at Ivy Heptagonal Championships last weekend.

The Quakers returned to the University Park course hoping to hold their own at Regionals after racing on the same course in early October at the Penn State National Open. A number of strong individual performances and inner squad depth led to a promising finish for the Red and Blue.

“We all knew we were capable of placing well individually and as a team and finally to see it happen was really gratifying for everyone,” Russo said.

In addition to the three qualifying for nationals, sophomores Danielle Orie and Daniel Cohen placed in the top 25 individuals to secure All Mid-Atlantic Region status.

As for overall team performances, the women’s race saw Villanova take first place followed by Princeton in second.

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Junior Maddie Villalba shaved 20 seconds off her Ivy Heps time in the 6,000-meters. She will compete on the national stage next week.

Although the Quakers faced some midseason challenges, they were able to earn a fifth-place overall team finish in a very competitive

field.

“That was by far our best women’s race of the season and I couldn’t be more proud of how

they competed,” coach Steve Dolan said.

The men’s team had a similarly strong overall team performance and placed fourth after narrowly missing Georgetown in third place. Princeton defended its title from last year, followed closely

by Villanova in second.

Last year, both teams took sixth overall for the Red and Blue, but saw individual runners fall just short of qualifying for Nationals.

After a tough weekend of racing in a very competitive Ivy League field two weeks ago, the teams were able to bounce back and consolidate their place within the Mid-Atlantic.

“Although we didn’t have a great team finish at the Ivy League Championships, we still felt we were capable of running well today and it was really exciting to see everyone have the confidence to do that,” Dolan said.

Both teams fell short of a second place finish that would have qualified the entire team to compete at Nationals. Those not competing in Madison next week

will have a brief chance to rest and recover before making the transition indoors for the winter season.

Villalba, Russo, and Webb will have one week to prepare for the national stage before they fly out to race next Saturday. Webb will conclude his collegiate cross country career at Nationals, where he paced the men’s team earlier in the season at the Nuttycombe Invitational.

“Having Nationals as my definite last [fall] race is a bit emotional, but at the end of the day the goal is always to run well and you have to keep those emotions in check,” Webb said.

Webb will lead the charge for the other two Quakers in Wisconsin, as neither Villalba nor Russo have previously seen the course in Madison, both having not run at Nuttycombe.

The trio represents a very short list of Penn cross country runners who have qualified to run at Nationals. All eyes will be on them as they look to make even more history for the Red and Blue.

AJ Brodeur’s strong all-around performances earn him Player of the Week M. HOOPS | Brodeur led Penn with 21 points per game WILL DiGRANDE Associate Sports Editor

When Penn men’s basketball needed someone to step up, AJ Brodeur answered the call.

The junior forward was the Red and Blue’s shining star this past week, scoring 42 points and picking up 16 rebounds in the team’s two season-opening wins.

Earning first-team All-Ivy recognition as a sophomore, Brodeur picked up right where he left off last season and fueled both victories with two dominating performances.

Although last season’s leading scorer Ryan Betley went down with an injury early

Tuesday night against George Mason, Brodeur did not miss a beat and played on with ferocity, picking up the tenth doubledouble of his Penn career by adding 10 rebounds against the Patriots.

Prior to this, Red and Blue were 8-1 in games where the junior completed a double-double, and the pattern continued at George Mason thanks to Brodeur himself.

With 20 seconds remaining and the score tied at 71 apiece, he hit the free throw that put the Quakers ahead and ultimately clinched the win.

The Northborough, Mass. native also played a great game at home against Rice on Saturday night, leading all scorers in three categories: points with 23, assists with five, and shots

blocked with three. This effort marked the ninth time he reached 20 or more points in his time at Penn.

Brodeur also plays an efficient game, as he committed just five fouls over the two contests. And while he struggled from the free throw line against Mason, Brodeur shaped up for the home crowd by sinking all four of his attempts from the charity stripe on Saturday.

Brodeur has started all of the Red and Blue’s games since his freshman year, and has been an invaluable asset to Penn for both his offensive and defensive prowess. You can expect this week’s DP Sports Player of the Week to have another fruitful season this year, powering the Quakers to reach for the NCAAs again.

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Men’s basketball can overcome the loss of Ryan Betley this season MARC MARGOLIS

Call it an overreaction. Say it’s only been two games. But after what we’ve seen, Penn men’s basketball absolutely has the depth to compete for an Ivy League championship, with or without injured junior guard and last season’s leading scorer Ryan Betley.

There is no doubt that the loss of Betley hurts. A solid perimeter defender and a lethal shooter from deep, there is not a single guard on the Quakers roster that can do what he does.

But that isn’t important because, as a unit, a multitude of guards can step up and fill the void left by the sharpshooter.

Defensively, the Red and Blue will not skip a beat. Most of the guards currently in the rotation count defense as a strong suit. Senior guards Antonio Woods, Jake Silpe, and Tyler Hamilton, in addition to starting junior point guard

Devon Goodman, have little trouble staying in front of their matchups.

Two of the three starting guards for Rice shot under 30 percent from the field.

Silpe in particular was all over the floor, accounting for four first half steals and five total in the Quakers’ 92-76 win over Rice. Woods has always been a defensive stalwart, and the Quakers strongest perimeter defender since returning from his leave of absence last season.

Woods, however, appeared to injure his knee late in the second half and did not return. Assuming it is not a serious injury, the backcourt should be fine.

Though the Quakers have given up over 70 points in both games this season, more of that can be attributed to the up-and-down pace of both games than to poor defensive mechanics.

The bigger question mark remains on the offensive side of the ball, as all the aforementioned guards are far less proven on that end. Woods was the only returning guard entering the year besides Betley to average more than four points per game last season. However, if

the game against Rice is any indication, Penn is capable of picking up Betley’s slack.

Freshman guard Bryce Washington, who took Betley’s spot in the starting lineup, looked like a completely different player in his first collegiate start compared to his first collegiate game against George Mason.

After failing to score in 16 minutes of action on Tuesday, the athletic combo guard looked far more comfortable on the court tonight, shooting 50 percent from three point range to finish with nine points.

Washington still has plenty of room to grow, as coach Steve Donahue noted that Washington is still learning on offense. But if he plays like he did against Rice, he can be a reliable option once Ivy League play rolls around in January.

Besides Washington, Penn saw great offensive output from Goodman and Silpe. The duo, who battled to be Darnell Foreman’s replacement all off-season, combined to shoot 52 percent from the field, score 26 points, and dish out six assists.

Woods continues to be consis-

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Junior guard Devon Goodman has started at point guard in each of the first two games this season, averaging 12 points per game.

tent, posting 10 and nine point performances in back to back games this season primarily on drives to the basket. As the team gets acclimated to life without Betley, the guards will get more comfortable in their roles. More of an offensive burden will be placed on them, but with more seasoning, there is no reason to think they won’t respond

favorably.

Still, even with the solid guard play, this team would be nowhere without the efforts of junior forward AJ Brodeur. In both games this season he has been nothing short of incredible. After putting up 19 points against George Mason, the Massachusetts native poured in 23 points to go along with six rebounds, five

assists, and three blocks.

After facing a lot of double teams last season, Betley provided some relief for Brodeur down low by being a reliable outside threat. Even with the teams best perimeter threat gone, Brodeur continues to torch opposing defenses.

The Quakers have the compliment of strong guard play and a big man who will surely contend for Ivy League player of the year.

Sure, Rice, a team ranked 298 in the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings, is far from the strongest opponent Penn will face the season. In fact, it may be one of the weakest.

Still, what is undeniable is that the Quakers have an arsenal of guards to compliment the strongest frontcourt it’s had in recent in the Donahue era.

Betley is a big loss, but expectations should still be sky high for Penn as it continues its quest to repeat as Ivy League champs.

MARC MARGOLIS is a College junior from Penn Valley, Pa. and is a Sports Editor for The Daily Pennsylvanian.

He can be reached at margolis@ thedp.com.

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On Homecoming and Senior Day, the Quakers’ Class of 2019 couldn’t complete the sweep against Harvard.

Penn football’s seniors, as well as the rest of the team, suffered a 29-7 loss to the Crimson, who earned their first win in the series since 2014.

The Quakers’ final home game of the 2018 season got off to a fast start, as the junior cornerback Conor O’Brien intercepted Harvard senior quarterback Tom Stewart’s first pass of the game. But the Red and Blue (6-3, 3-3 Ivy) failed to capitalize on the turnover when sophomore quarterback Ryan Glover tossed an interception on the following play at Penn’s own 29 yard line.

“Their first drive, we had the pick, and then great excitement,” coach Ray Priore said. “Then we turn the ball right over.”

That inconsistency would plague the Quakers for the remainder of the game.

After trading interceptions, Harvard (54, 3-3) took advantage of its good field position with a one-yard touchdown run by senior running back Charlie Booker to give the Crimson a 7-0 lead with 11:54 left in the first quarter.

Harvard forced a Penn three-and-out to get the ball back, and the Crimson kept the ball on the ground with the duo of sophomore running back Aaron Shampklin and Booker. Both were elusive all day long, and Shampklin, who currently leads the Ivy League in rushing, was especially difficult to bring down. The pair finished the day with 158 rushing yards, most of which came in the first half.

Despite letting the Harvard inside their own 10 yard line, the Red and Blue defense held firm to force the Crimson into a field goal, which junior kicker Jake McIntyre converted to bring the lead to 10-0.

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Quakers comfortably defeat Rice in first game without Ryan Betley

Women’s basketball edges Siena in season-opening win

Fast start in second half helped Penn put game away

Quakers showcased new starting lineup in victory

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The night was filled with excitement as Penn men’s basketball returned to the Palestra on Friday night. The team and fans watched the unveiling of the 2018 Ivy League Championship banner, and the crowd was electric from the jump.

Once the game started, it turned out to be a tale of two halves for the Red and Blue.

After leading by just two points through the first half, Penn found its groove in the next 20 minutes of action to soundly defeat Rice 92-76. One similarity between the two periods was the way the Quakers started.

In the first half, the group raced out to a 17-7 lead before becoming stagnant on offense.

The second half also saw an early surge by the Red and Blue (2-0), as they found themselves ahead by 12 points through eight minutes.

Unlike in the first half, though, Penn was able to maintain its lead to finish off Rice (11). The team stayed steady and cruised through the final stretch without much trouble from the Owls.

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Junior forward AJ Brodeur picked up the slack offensively for the Quakers, pouring in 23 points on an efficient 56 percent shooting.

The strong finish was due, in large part, to the dominant performance from junior forward AJ Brodeur, who has picked up right where he left off from last season. The big man from Northborough, Mass. put up 23 points, six rebounds, five assists, and three blocks.

“I know that my teammates trust me enough to give me that freedom to work down [low],” Brodeur said. “In practice, I’ve noticed that they’re telling me to take shots that I feel like I shouldn’t be taking, but when I do take them, I’m growing that confidence that they’re going in.”

Brodeur, however, was not the only one on Penn to make his mark on the game. Junior starting point guard Devon Good-

man and senior reserve guard Jake Silpe also provided boosts of their own for the Quakers.

Goodman made a point of attacking the basket every chance he could, and it served him well.

The junior finished the contest with 15 points and four dimes and was nearly impossible to stay in front of. Silpe, for his part, was disruptive on the defensive end, totaling five steals, including one which helped the Quakers take the lead to end the first half. Additionally, he put up 16 points and was five of seven from the floor.

“Jake was terrific tonight; that’s what he does,” coach Steve Donahue said. “The reason he gets five steals is [beSEE M. HOOPS PAGE 14

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In a tight road game, all that matters is coming out with the win. Now that they have, the Quakers have a lot of questions to answer about why it was so close.

With a win on the road at Siena, Penn women’s basketball started off the season on the right foot after a disappointing end last March. Beating the Saints by a comfortable 58-51 margin, the box score might

not indicate how exciting this game was, down to the very last minute.

The Quakers (1-0) came out on a tear, finishing the first quarter with a five-point lead.

The Red and Blue forced four Siena turnovers and got early production both from their outside shooters and in the paint.

Siena briefly led early in the first quarter, but Penn didn’t relinquish its advantage until late in the fourth.

“We definitely want to be in the plus when it comes to turnovers,” coach Mike McLaughlin said. “We put a lot of pressure on the ball, we were in and out of the zone, we had a good trap a few times in the zone. I did like the tempo and the pace for us; I thought we really, the last three possessions were probably our best.”

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In Penn women’s basketball’s first game of the year, junior guard Phoebe Sterba led the Quakers in scoring with 16 points.

For Quaker fans, the first half of the game was probably comforting. The Penn brand of inside-out basketball that features excellent passing from the guards to the bigs and getting support from perimeter sharpshooters was very much present.

The only difference was the people doing it. Sophomore Michae Jones had six assists in the first game following the departure of all-time assists leader Anna Ross, while the frontcourt duo saw sophomore center Eleah Parker and senior forward Princess Aghayere shouldering the offensive load instead of Parker and Nwokedi. Junior guard Phoebe Sterba was doing her best Lauren Whitlatch impersonation, scoring 12 of her 16 points from beyond the arc as the top scorer on the Quakers.

“Phoebe Sterba played a role last year, her role will grow dramatically and increase this year. We played a similar style, we had the two post players with Michelle Nwokedi, and had some perimeter players who could shoot the three,” McLaughlin said. “Not much different this year, Eleah’s still here, Phoebe replaces Lauren in that role. Phoebe’s completely ready for this role, this is someone that really sacrificed herself a little bit last year not playing as much as she wanted to, … so I think she’s definitely ready for a chance.”

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