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Penn shuts down parody accounts A student took over the @PennLaw handle ASHLEY AHN Senior Reporter

When the news broke that Penn’s law school would be renamed, the Carey Law School was quick to ditch its old Twitter handle of @PennLaw. Perhaps a little too quick.

A law student at Penn swiftly claimed the original @PennLaw Twitter handle and turned it into a parody account. In re-

sponse, Penn administrators reported the account last week to Twitter, which later suspended that account and various others run by law students, including @CareyLRev and @CareyLawAdmiss.

Carey Law spokesperson Steven Barnes confirmed a law student took the @PennLaw handle after the school switched over to @careylawupenn.

“At the outset we did not know that students were holding these Penn Law and Carey

UA passes updated resolution calling for Wax’s firing The text featured stronger language CONOR MURRAY Senior Reporter

The Undergraduate Assembly is again calling on Penn to fire Carey Law professor Amy Wax, passing a resolution Sunday night that called on the University to terminate the controversial speaker — returning to its original demand after a separate amendment earlier this month had watered down the language.

On Oct. 6, the UA unanimously passed a resolution calling on Penn to fire Wax for violating University policy. But

a month later, the NEC decided this language was unrealistic and instead proposed Penn strip Wax of her teaching duties without firing her.

Now, the termination demand is back on the table, as the latest resolution passed on Sunday night by a vote of 28-0, with one abstention. The updated resolution demanded that Penn terminate Wax’s tenure and all other affiliations with the University. Additionally, the UA called on Penn to explain why it has not sanctioned her in light of her controversial statements, to provide resources to faculty to be sensitive to their SEE RESOLUTION PAGE 3

Law accounts, and had we, we would have proceeded very differently,” Barnes said.

“We regret the confusion this has caused and are updating our policies and practices to avoid any such situations in the future,” he added.

Before it was deleted, one of the tweets by the @PennLaw account was, “$125 million? @ tesswilkry’s seltzer budget just went through the roof! #pennlaw,” referring to Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, the Carey Law Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs.

@CareyLRev is a parody of @PennLRev, the official account for the Penn Law Review, while @CareyLawAdmiss mocks @PennLawAdmiss, the official account for Penn Law Admissions. Despite Penn’s efforts to quash the profiles, multiple parody accounts still exist, such as @CareyLawReview and @PennLawSchool.

Carey Law is considering changing back to Penn Law, administrators announced on SEE TWITTER PAGE 7

Penn set concrete plans to establish new initiatives after the release of the recent sexual misconduct survey’s results, but many students say the new initiatives will do little to combat sexual misconduct on campus.

Since the survey results were published, the University added an associate director position to Penn Violence Prevention, expanding the office to a total of four staffers. Penn will also increase the center’s budget, which Vice Provost for University Life Valarie SwainCade McCoullum said will go toward staff, programming, and peer support groups.

After the release of the survey findings, Penn also filled the PVP director position left open by Jessica Mertz’s departure in May 2019. On Nov. 13, Penn hired PVP Interim Director and Associate Director Malik Washington for the job.

Now, the University is looking for two PVP associate directors — one to fill Washington’s previous position and another to take on the new associate directorship.

The new initiatives result from the October 2019 survey from the Association of American Universities Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct, which studied unwanted sexual contact at universities nationwide.

The 2019 AAU survey found that 25.9% of Penn undergraduate women reported experienc-

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Penn launches new environmental humanities minor The minor has been in development since 2017 YURAN LIU Staff Reporter

The Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (PPEH) is offering a new environmental humanities minor to let students explore how humans relate to their surroundings through natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Since 2014, PPEH has offered courses that touch on environmental themes in departments such as English; Anthropology; Science, Technology, & Society; and Business Economics & Public Policy. Since 2017, The program has been planning on creating a minor in environmental humanities, which was recently approved.

German professor Bethany Wiggin, founding director of the PPEH, said that the minor

will focus on building an interdisciplinary curriculum. Students will take one core course in environmental humanities taught by two faculty members from different divisions of the School of Arts and Sciences.

Students will also be required to take courses in natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

“We want to put the humanities back into the environment,” Wiggin said, adding that people often consider the environment relevant for scientific study alone.

“Traditionally, ecology has been thought of as equal to ecology being without humans and humanists have thought about cultural products, divorced from the material world around them or the physical environment,” Wiggin said. “[Ecology is] also the world that we are in, the world around us, and the worlds that we make.”

College sophomore Katie Collier said she is considering joining the minor because she wants to gain a new perspective on environmental issues and how they affect people’s everyday lives.

“I expect to learn more like a humanistic perspective of environmental issues rather than

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what we currently have, which is fairly policy-oriented and/ or scientific-oriented,” Collier said.

Collier added that she hopes the minor can provide a new way for students to participate in discussing and solving en-

German professor Bethany Wiggin, founding director of the PPEH, said the minor will focus on building an interdisciplinary curriculum.

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ing unwanted sexual contact, a slight decrease from the 2015 number of 27.2%. The percentage of transgender, non-binary, and genderqueer undergraduate students who experienced unwanted sexual contact since entering college rose to 21.5%, up from the 19% reported in 2015.

While students welcomed the expansion of PVP and Washington’s hiring, many argue that Penn must move PVP back to campus and provide more anti-violence training for students and staff.

Penn Association for Gender Equity, the student group that works closely with PVP, would like PVP to move back to a permanent location on Locust Walk so that it’s more accessible to students, PAGE Chair and College senior Tanya Jain said. PVP relocated to 3535 Market St. at the beginning of this semester.

College senior Margaret Zheng, the political chair for PAGE, said she also wants to see Penn be stricter with policies surrounding frats and sexual violence prevention.

Zheng said PAGE would like to see more transparency and accountability with fraternities and their education requirements for sexual violence prevention. She said the fine for fraternities not attending their sexual violence training or not having enough members attending is about $250 — a minimal amount.

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Students say Penn’s new payroll system misses key features Workday@Penn was installed this summer JASON YAN Staff Reporter

Penn replaced its timesheet system this summer with Workday@ Penn after over a decade. Months later, some students have expressed frustration, saying the new system is missing key features, while others say they are hopeful that the system will continue to improve.

While many students say the new system is easier to use, those who work on-campus jobs say they can not automatically set their hours in Workday and do not receive notifications for deadlines to submit their hours, features that were previously provided through “eTimeSheets.”

Wharton senior Shichen Zhang has worked on campus as an administrative assistant at Penn’s Department of Romance Languages since her sophomore year. Zhang said she hasn’t had any problems with Workday and prefers the new

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Students say the new system is easier to use, but those who work on-campus jobs say they cannot automatically set their hours in Workday and are not notified of the deadlines to submit their hours.

system’s user interface — which reminded her of Penn InTouch.

But the new Workday system is lacking some of the functions that Zhang said she used on eTimeSheets.

“One thing that eTimeSheets did

that was nice was that it would send emails to remind me to submit my hours,” Zhang said. “But Workday doesn’t do it anymore, so that is one thing that I didn’t really like as much.”

Zhang also said she missed the

ability to automatically fill in the hours that she worked every week. “eTimeSheets let you set your weekly schedule so you can submit your hours every week with one click, but I don’t think the Workday system lets you do that,” Zhang

added.

Penn Information Systems and Computing Director of Communications Jaron Rhodes said the system will likely continue to be updated and improved.

“The July 1st go-live was just the start, as data improves and the community learns and adapts. Workday undergoes continuous innovation and improvement, with two major releases per year,” Rhodes wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Many of Penn’s peer universities and institutions have already adopted the Workday system, Rhodes wrote, adding that Workday’s updates have improved user experience for students.

“Workday@Penn is a cloudbased technology, which replaces multiple aging systems, reduces the University’s security, expense, and compliance risks, and increases the integration and transparency expected by a 21st-century workforce,” Rhodes said.

College sophomore Isabella Cossu, who currently works two

jobs on campus, said Workday is easy to use and understand.

“Workday has been really selfexplanatory to me honestly. I really like the calendar function, which tells me when I need to submit hours and get paid,” said Cossu, who is also a Daily Pennsylvanian multimedia staffer.

Cossu also said that she had encountered some difficulty with submitting hours because she works two on-campus jobs, and submitting hours for one would backlog the hours for the others. But Cossu said she was able to figure out the problem quickly.

Rhodes said the Workday team at Penn will continue to evaluate and improve the new Workday@ Penn system.

Zhang and Cossu both said overall, recording and submitting hours in Workday is simple.

“I think that Workday does do a good job, and I think eTimeSheets did too,” Zhang said. “To me, they are just ways for me to submit my hours, and they are both straightforward and easy to use.”

Digital humanities adds new introductory course to draw students It is broadly focused on the field of digital humanities ALANA KELLY Staff Reporter

Penn is offering a new introductory digital humanities course to give students a different path to pursue a minor in the subject.

Digital humanities is a discipline that uses technological tools to answer large-scale humanities questions. Since Penn launched a digital humanities minor two years ago, the number of students enrolling in core digital humanities courses has doubled, Price Lab for Digital Humanities Faculty Director Jim English said. To expand the

program, a new introductory course will be offered in the spring, focusing on giving an overview of digital humanities as a discipline.

The new class, “Introduction to Digital Humanities,” will be taught by English professor Whitney Trettien. She said the course will serve as a softer entry point for humanities students to learn how to apply tools and technology to “big picture” questions.

Students will engage in handson learning, will complete projects, and will visit Philadelphia institutions to see the ways humanists and scientists work together. The course is crosslisted as ENGL009, HIST009, and COML009, which Trettien

said speaks to the versatility of skills it teaches.

English said digital humanities uses many techniques to address critical questions, ranging from spatial analysis and mapping to 3D reconstruction and text mining. Algorithmic techniques applied to literature, for instance, can find patterns of change indiscernible to a human reader to study issues like the evolution of descriptive terms around gender.

Previously, English professor Scott Enderle’s course on using Python to solve literary and cultural problems was considered Penn’s introductory digital humanities class. Trettien said this class, which has now been renumbered and renamed

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“Introduction to Programming for Humanities,” has traditionally attracted computer science students who are interested in humanities research. The new course hopes to do the opposite, introducing humanities students to computer science and computational analysis without expecting prior programming experience.

“I would like the digital humanities minor to become an interdisciplinary hub for students from multiple majors and departments and interests to interact with each other around shared questions and values,” Trettien said.

College junior Joel Lee, who took Enderle’s course last spring, said it could be challenging as an introductory class because it included both programming skills and general information about the discipline.

“The class that I took tried to combine both computational methods and an overview of digital humanities as a field, and in that sense it was a little bit hard to do both of those things at once,” Lee said. “I think it’ll be really great that we’ll have one class that’s specifically more about digital humanities as a field.”

Lee, who is minoring in digital humanities, said he feels the discipline provides an exciting intersection between computational work and humanities.

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College junior Joel Lee, who is minoring in digital humanities, said he hopes to see more humanities students get involved in the field.

As the program expands, however, he says he hopes to see more humanities students get involved in the field.

“No one should feel as though programming is some kind of ominous thing that they can’t do because they’re humanities majors,” Lee said.

Trettien and English said while the aim of digital humanities as a discipline is to ask fundamental humanistic and ethical questions on a large scale, students also take away concrete technical skills and critical thinking that will help

them communicate future research in a rapidly changing technological landscape.

“Digital humanities at large is a movement that is transforming how we think about what universities can be and what learning can be in universities, and I want to use this class to step back and think about what that means,” Trettien said. “Right now — 2020 — what’s happening? What will be the future of learning? What will be the future of creating?

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Penn Sapelo and BARS host film screening and Q&A on challenges after incarceration Sadiq Davis shared his experiences after prison KATIE BUSCH Staff Reporter

Penn students had the chance to gain a personal perspective on incarceration at an event featuring a documentary about a man adjusting to life outside of prison and a question and answer session with the film’s subject.

The event Thursday night was hosted by Penn Sapelo, which is Penn’s black Muslim student group, as well as Beyond Arrests: Re-Thinking Systematic Oppression, also known as BARS. The groups showed the film “The Honest Struggle,” which follows the life of Sadiq Davis when he was released from prison in 2013 after spending over 25 years behind bars.

Davis, who was incarcerated at age 18, was present at the screening and answered audience questions at the end of the event.

College senior Kelly Porter, the BARS communications director, said Penn Sapelo had reached out to BARS earlier in the year about the collaboration, which BARS accepted because it fit the club’s mission of bringing awareness to criminal justice reform.

“A lot of people have negative stereotypes about people who were incarcerated or are incarcerated,” Porter said. “I think that this film will broaden their idea of what incarceration means for a person.”

While Davis said he converted to Islam while in prison and tried to live a moral life, he expressed his frustration at the lingering hold his past as a gang member seems to have on him.

“No matter how much good that you do, people already know you and saw the things that you’ve done wrong,” Davis said. “So

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Penn Sapelo, Beyond Arrests: Re-Thinking Systematic Oppression hosted a screening of the film “The Honest Struggle.”

when you think you’ve gotten away from something, every step you take there’s always a reminder.”

Davis also talked about struggles he faced with the Chicago police force during his time on parole. In one instance, Davis was standing on a corner talking to a friend when a police car patrolling the area decided to bring them to the station even though they had been searched and found to not have any illegal substances or objects on their person.

“It has been so hard and so rough, I begin to think that the best place for me to be was back in one of them cells because it’s the only thing it is that I know,” Davis said. “And years ago, I would have made the decision to go back in.”

Sadiq added that throughout prison and the reentry process, Islam helped give his life meaning.

“Islam teaches you, sit down at the table. If the table is dirty, when you get up it have to be clean. It have to be better than what it was when you found it,” he said.

In the question and answer session, Davis said prison saved his life because it distanced him from the dangerous lifestyle he lived as a teenager. He, however, did not downplay the difficulties that come with incarceration and implored the

audience to offer help to individuals re-entering into society with dignity and compassion.

Rikeyah Lindsay, who heard about the event through a co-worker who helped produce the film, said she found inspiration in Davis’ story because she has a friend who is incarcerated.

“It’s impactful not just to watch the documentary, but more so to have Brother Sadiq be here and share his story and share just who he is as a person, because it gives me hope for the reality,” Lindsay said. “You can transform from what was expected to be your life and [take] a hold of your life and really [live] it fully and completely the way you choose to.”

College senior and Penn Sapelo Co-chair Mona Hagmagid said she appreciated the intimate conversation that took place at the event.

“I think there’s something meaningful in offering people a space to share their story. And people can take from that what they want, take the lesson that resonated most with them or the aspect that spoke most to them,” Hagmagid said. “I think for somebody like Brother Sadiq, who might not necessarily find the opportunity to speak to students at an institution like this on a casual basis, I think it’s important and meaningful for us to offer a space for that story to be shared.”

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students’ diverse backgrounds, and to hire faculty that abide by the University’s values.

Overall, the resolution is the third version the Penn student government groups have passed in the past months in opposition to the controversial professor.

“Tenure does not equate to immunity,” the resolution states.

The resolution was updated after the UA met with the Latinx Law Students Association on Friday. The UA wanted to ensure the wording of the resolution aligned with the demands of the law students, UA representative and College senior Elena Hoffman said.

Hoffman, who co-authored the resolution, said at the Nov. 17 UA meeting that the demand that Penn hire faculty that embody the University’s values was inspired in part by the recent hiring of a professor who wrote a paper titled “Defending eugenics.”

UA President and College senior Natasha Menon said at the Nov. 17 UA meeting that this will be the final version of the resolution that the UA will vote on, in response to several members who voiced concerns about the frequent amendments to the resolution.

The UA unanimously passed the original version of the resolution on Oct. 6 by a vote of 27-0 demanding that Penn fire Wax and implement mandatory diversity training for faculty. The

resolution was originally intended to be passed at the UA Steering meeting on Oct. 22 and submitted to administration later that day, Menon said in October.

However, the Steering committee did not vote on the resolution because some of the 41 constituent groups wanted time to consult their members before committing to a vote.

During the delay, the NEC proposed an amendment to the resolution arguing Wax only committed “a minor infraction,” demanding that the University strip Wax of her teaching duties but not terminate her employment. Some student government leaders said the change made their demands more tangible, acknowledging that Wax’s tenured status made her firing unrealistic.

NEC Chair and College senior Olivia Crocker said the wording was changed to be more in line with the demands set by LALSA in their petition which garnered thousands of signatures this summer.

The NEC changed its rationale for calling for Wax’s condemnation in its version of the resolution. The original resolution cited the University’s Handbook for Faculty and Academic Administrators and accused Wax of violating Section II.E.16. and committing a “major infraction of University behavioral standards.”

In the NEC’s version, Wax is alleged to have committed “at the very least, a minor infraction.”

The wording from that section

of the faculty handbook defines a minor infraction as “an action involving disregard of the University’s standards, rules, or mission,” which is a punishable offense.

The NEC’s version of the resolution passed at the UA Steering meeting on Nov. 5, UA Communications Director and College and Wharton sophomore Nikhil Gupta said. UA Steering consists of the UA and representatives from 41 large student organizations. UA Steering meetings are off the record and Gupta could not provide an exact vote count.

The second version of the resolution was proposed for a vote at the UA’s Nov. 10 general body meeting, but the body opted to delay a vote before speaking with law student organizations. The postponement granted the UA time to speak with LALSA about what they wanted to see in the resolution, Hoffman said.

Carey Law Dean Ted Ruger denounced Wax in July in response to her comments that the view that the United States would be “better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites” deserved more academic attention. Ruger also banned Wax from teaching mandatory first-year law classes after she claimed that she had never seen a black student graduate in the top quarter of their class.

Gupta said he wants the new resolution to be proposed for a vote at a UA Steering meeting since this version has not yet been passed by the Steering Committee.

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Faculty have a responsibility to support student activism

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embers of Fossil Free Penn have voiced concerns to the University over the past several years, but administrators have failed to take action. This past week, a group of Penn faculty members has joined the movement by signing a letter in support of student climate change action, particularly insisting that the University finally divest from fossil fuels. This is a laudable act by the signatories and is a model for how tenured faculty members must use their security to influence change at Penn.

On college campuses, students often have the power to effect change.

Just a few years ago, student protests of the Oz email scandal led to the creation of the Task Force on a Safe and Responsible Campus Community, and in 1967, students held a seven-hour sit-in in Houston Hall to protest a Dow Jones recruiter for the company’s involvement in the Vietnam War. Students are an ideal force for change in many ways: Student activist groups are often articulate, energized, and passionate. But faculty can provide a sense of legitimacy and maturity to protests, which in conjunction with student activism,

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can be a force to be reckoned with.

Additionally, while students are only on campus for four years, faculty that buy into the movement can be longterm mentors for generations of protesters.

Some faculty do not have the privilege to speak out, including those without United States citizenship and those in untenured or adjunct positions. But many professors have a high degree of stability and, even if they are not perfectly aligned with students on issues, they can be well positioned to take part in the movement. Penn professors, who are often on the front lines of research into how the world works, should be the first to appreciate that in the interconnected modern world, it’s a fallacy to think that anyone can be isolated from issues just because they’re not affected directly.

Faculty and professors can help activist movements in many ways.

For example, faculty can sign petitions or permit students to miss class to attend protests. Faculty can use their expertise to write letters and guest columns, like in 2017 when 33 Carey Law professors signed a letter denouncing fellow professor Amy Wax. Faculty can also be more active at protests themselves, participating

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in sit-ins or marches.

Students have to fight for the future while also considering how it might affect their grades, employment, and sometimes their families back home.

The support of professors and faculty can be an important catalyst to help students inherit a brighter future. The fight for a fossil-free Penn is critical

to the health of the Penn community and the planet. Any faculty at Penn that are still avoiding critical debates on our campus, like the fight for a graduate student union or payments in lieu of taxes should take a lesson from the faculty and students willing to protest for a better future, and step off the sidelines.

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h e n lo o k i n g fo r wo r k- s t u d y j o b s , my number one criterion was not how well it would pay me, but how well it could hide me. I was worried that people’s perceptions of me would change, and the thought of seeing my friends during work petrified me. I’ll be the first to admit that I was embarrassed. But students should not have to feel embarrassed about their

work-study jobs.

In America, a small percentage of college students apply for the Federal Work-Study Program, which is a financial aid program that allows students to get paid for part-time jobs. Originally a part of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 but officially taking its own form in 1999, the Federal Work-Study Program has helped students for decades. With regard to eligibility,

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certain students from both low- and middle-income families are able to apply. Contrary to common belief, the money they receive does not go toward tuition, but rather is “extra money” for the applicant to use as they please.

At Penn, I’ve realized that very few people talk about working, let alone having work-study jobs. Even when students do discuss it, it’s in lowered voices. The fear seems to be based on the idea that to be eligible for a work-study job, a student must be poor, and to be considered poor in America — especially at Penn — is to be considered lesser than others. Being a work-study student was a part of my identity that I planned, but was not able to hide. After applying to a plethora of jobs, I eventually got one working at the reference desk in the library.

I saw new and familiar faces every day and I could not hide this part of my identity. Upon talking to other working students, I realized that I was not alone in my shame.

As the days continued, I questioned why we, as working students, were so embarrassed. What was so humiliating about not growing up

wealthy? What was so shameful about working? Being a work-study student reveals so much more than one’s financial state; in fact, it uncovers a lot of a positive characteristics. To all working students: Stop feeling embarrassed about working, and instead, embrace it.

First, students gain a significant number of valuable skills from work-study jobs. From more general skills, like improved time management, to more job-specific skills, like learning research techniques, students grow both professionally and personally in work-study jobs.

It is important to recognize that your wealth has no correlation to your worth. In fact, for teens and college students, wealth might be more attributable to luck, since you have no control over where you grow up and how wealthy your parents are. You cannot control what family you were born into; however, you might be taking control of your college experience by working.

If you are reading this and you are a working student, you should feel proud. You took the initiative to work, and that is nothing to be

EMILY ONUONGA ashamed of nor scoff at.

Being a work-study student is not and should not be considered an embarrassment — it is an accomplishment. Having a job in college shows drive and initiative to take matters into one’s own hands. It’s time to start embracing the things that make you you. Let’s stop speaking in lowered voices. There is nothing humiliating about completing work-study.

EMILY ONUONGA is a College freshman from Middletown, Del. studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Her email address is eonuonga@sas.upenn.edu

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CONNOR’S CORNER | Male nurses can provide a different perspective in the field

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feel pr ivileged and honored to be studying nursing at such a highly selective school. But I’ve faced judgment ever since I committed in April. Both inside and outside of Penn, I sometimes receive a negative reaction when I tell people my major. Some people seem shocked and minorly dismayed when I tell them I’m studying nursing, and this makes

I feel that the people who view it in this way do not have a full overview of what nursing is, and the various career paths upon which it can take you.

The stigma surrounding men in nursing has been around since the creation of the career itself.

During wartime in America, men were expected to fight on the battlefield, and women worked as nurses to treat wounded soldiers.

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nursing. As a result, some people are shocked to learn that I am a nursing major.

Here at Penn, a majority of the students are either studying in the College of Arts and Sciences or in the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing is definitely in the minority. When discussing plans of study with my peers, other male students typically give me a confused or judgmental reaction. They ask me to explain why I want to study nursing, and this bothers me. I feel that it is wrong that I have to justify why I want to be a nurse, but a male student pursuing a business degree in Wharton is not questioned. This is a result of society associating positions of power and powerful people in business with men, and male college students feel that they need to pursue careers in this field to prove their masculinity.

We live in a society where we praise women for holding positions of power in their fields, which we should. We should celebrate women for holding powerful

Men should not be looked down upon for pursuing nursing just because of the stereotypes surrounding it.” me wonder where this judgment comes from. I know that this must be tied to my gender.

The answer to my question is toxic masculinity. In 2019, many men still feel the need to be “manly” and to prove their masculinity to the world. Nursing is a female-dominated profession, and many people still associate nursing with women. Some may even view it as a “girly” profession, but

Men with the skill set to work as successful battlefield nurses were wasted out on the battlefield due to the stereotype of only women being able to work in nursing.

Gender roles were perpetuated in these situations, and they have carried over into modern times.

In health care, masculinity is still associated with careers such as being a doctor or a surgeon, and femininity is still associated with

positions, but these women are celebrated because the positions they hold are stereotypically held by men. We also celebrate female celebrities for wearing more masculine clothing, such as suits.

However, we still look down upon men for showing any part of their feminine side. We assume that if a man acts slightly feminine, he is gay or less of a man. This is incorrect. Being feminine should not be looked down upon, and this comes back to nursing. Men should not be looked down upon for pursuing nursing just because of the stereotypes surrounding it.

Society perpetuates this idea that all men have to be manly to truly be a man, and it turns men away from pursuing a very rewarding career.

Men in nursing need to be destigmatized, both here at Penn and in American society overall.

Male nurses can provide a different perspective in the field, and it allows hospitals to provide more comprehensive care to their patients. I feel that once people are educated about the career as a whole, the stigma behind men in nursing will start to dissipate.

People do not understand the

CONNOR BRANDON mental, physical, and emotional toll it takes on a person to work as a nurse, and to make it through nursing school. However, I also feel that the stigma against men in nursing goes deeper than just the career. Toxic masculinity is a problem plaguing American society, and the effects of this issue have created these problems with men in nursing. Everyone should be able to pursue any career that they desire, and they should not face judgment based off of this decision.

CONNOR BRANDON is a freshman from Skippack, Pa. studying Nursing.

His email is cgb2001@nursing. upenn.edu.

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o d ay’s c o n s e r va t ive pol it ica l cl i mate has bir thed an abundance of student activism on college campuses nationwide. This, in tandem with the 21st century’s surge in technological advances, has placed social media at center stage in a national conversation on the future of progressive politics.

Most recently, this conversation involved former President Barack Obama, who criticized the prevalent “call-out culture” and “wokeness” for being ineffective and denounced social media’s perpetuation of both as destroying civil discourse and impeding social change.

Entrenched in an increasingly politicized society, social media has gained attention for exacerbating polarization by supporting the creation of networks for people with similar beliefs.

At the University of Pennsylvania, for example, controversial statements about conservative nationalism, immigrant rights, eugenics, and more have gone straight to social media, enabling activists to express their perspectives, gain supporters, and create social justice movements to fight these issues. On campuses and elsewhere, social media has shaped 21st-century activism for the better, and students should continue to use it to its fullest.

And yet, notwithstanding how successful this generation’s student activists have been in growing movements and bringing about change, moderate politicians like Obama have chastised us for being too judgmental and failing to accept people’s flaws.

But silencing a generation by telling us to coddle people who express prejudice, instead of speaking out against them, is antithetical to cultivating change.

Aiming this rhetoric toward youth-led progressive movements and slamming these activists for their radicalism is not only coun-

subordination.

Similarly, Obama’s patronization of social media-created activist movements like #Black-

them for their “harsh tone” — undermines their legacy of successfully fighting state-sanctioned violence and anti-black

civic engagement. In addition to #BlackLivesMatter, numerous other groups such as #LoveWins, #MeToo, and #Resist, which started as Twitter hashtags, have morphed into social and political revolutions that have reached billions of people worldwide.

Student activists around the nation have embraced hashtags both to form political groups on campus and to work with local community organizations to fight for policy changes in response to events at their universities. In the past year alone, Penn students have utilized social media to

We must see the efforts of student activists — at Penn and elsewhere — as success stories that disprove Obama’s disingenuous and moderate approach to cultivating change.” terproductive, but also ironic considering our beloved first black president has done little to reduce race-related disparities.

To support what he touts — nonviolent, nonradical civil rights activism — Obama points to the extreme patience civil rights activists exhibited while their lives were being threatened. But his omission of the radical evolution, which both Martin Luther K ing and Rosa Parks underwent, misrepresents history. In selectively painting such civil rights activists as people who were able to achieve their progressive agenda solely t h rough forbearance, Obama neglects the uprisings that pressured the government to address ongoing racia l

LivesMatter — mocking their goals as ones of “purity” and “perfection,” and admonishing

racism and negates the tremendous effect that social media has had on increasing political and

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We must see the efforts of student activists — at Penn and elsewhere — as success stories that disprove Obama’s disingenuous and moderate approach to cultivating change. Perhaps Obama should look at his own track record, which in large part failed to benefit the marginalized groups he had campaigned for, before he criticizes the way our generation’s progressive movements attempt to institute social and political change.

HADRIANA LOWENKRON is a College sophomore studying Urban Studies. Her email address is lowenkron@thedp.com.

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Diaz said students like herself would like to hear more directly from the University about increased funding and other new initiatives and that the funding will be used effectively.

“I am hoping that the money won’t just put a band-aid on the problem and that it will go to lasting institutional change,” Diaz said. “It is important that, as these initiatives take off, grad students are continually looped in.”

Zheng said PAGE wants mandatory anti-bias training for Penn staff members.

However, she said administrators told her it would be difficult to get tenured faculty members to participate in such training.

“The administration seems to be doing just about the bare minimum,” she said.

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Stand-up comedian Ronny Chieng performs at Penn He shared his story as an Asian American in media PIA SINGH Staff Reporter

Stand-up comedian and actor Ronny Chieng performed and spoke at Penn Wednesday evening about his experiences as an Asian American in performing arts.

Chieng, a Chinese comedian who was born in Malaysia and studied in Australia, visited as part of this year’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Week. He first performed a comedy routine for about 45 minutes, touching on American capitalism, materialism, and Internet culture. After the routine, Chieng took questions from the audience about his experiences working with comedians like Trevor Noah and Hasan Minhaj, his favorite anime shows and Malaysian food dishes, and his pursuit of a creative career.

Chieng currently serves as a correspondent on The Daily

Show with Trevor Noah, starred in the film “Crazy Rich Asians,” and co-wrote and starred in his own television comedy series titled “Ronny Chieng: International Student.” He is the recipient of several awards and has performed multiple sold-out stand-up comedy theater tours across the globe, according to his website.

“We wanted to bring Ronny in as a speaker because, obviously, we want to have more representations of Asian Americans in the media,” Wharton sophomore and APAHW board member Michelle Xiong said. “He’s a really great comedian, and has been in “Crazy Rich Asians” and Comedy Central, so we thought that it would be [a] really good mixture to hear his perspectives on topics like American politics, and also be entertained by his comedy.

We were really happy with the turnout and student support.”

During Chieng’s comedy performance, jokes about the Ivy League and the first-world need for Amazon Prime were met with

enthusiastic laughter. Later in the event, many students asked questions about Chieng’s role as an Asian American in contemporary media.

When asked to give advice to young Asian Americans wanting to pursue creative fields, Chieng said, “What’s holding you back?”

He then recounted his experience choosing a career path after college.

“I distinctly remember how everyone was extremely scared about the future,” he said. “We didn’t know what jobs we were going to get if any, or where we were going to end up. We were so scared, 10 years into the future, of becoming this unhappy person.”

However, Chieng encouraged students to remain optimistic and assured them that navigating uncertainty is a normal part of adult development.

“The only thing I can say is that you don’t know when one opportunity leads to another, leads to another, and leads to another,” he

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Chieng, a Chinese comedian who was born in Malaysia and studied in Australia, performed at Asian Pacific American Heritage Week.

added.

Attendees said they enjoyed both Chieng’s stand-up and his discussions of Asian American identity. Social Policy master’s student Benjamin Oh said he was interested to hear Chieng’s perspective since he comes from outside the United States.

“I thought he had a lot of really good thoughts,” Oh said. “He provided thoughts about racial identity that weren’t based in the world that many Asian Ameri-

cans specifically grow up in.”

College freshman Matthew Liu said he came to the show because Chieng is one of his favorite correspondents on The Daily Show.

“I honestly didn’t know what to expect, but like he was probably the funniest stand-up comedian I’ve gotten to hear, and [he] was super relatable because I’m also an Asian male,” Liu said. “I think it’s really cool that on a Wednesday night, somebody like this can come to Penn.”

New fellowship focuses on Jewish values in the workplace Jewish Executive Track was launched this year NOAH LEWINE Staff Reporter

MEOR Penn, the Penn branch of a national organization that runs programs for Jewish college students, launched a new business ethics seminar to teach students that their faith and their jobs do not have to be separate.

The weekly seminar — Jewish Executive Track — brings in Jewish executives and managing directors from financial and consulting firms to speak about their experiences in the

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business world. The speakers, who have all spent at least two years studying some form of Jewish ethics, also analyze Jewish texts and discuss ethical dilemmas they have encountered in the workplace.

The seminar was founded by self-termed “Wharton Rabbi” Rick Fox, a 2007 Wharton graduate and executive director of MEOR Penn. Fox said he began the seminar because he felt there was a need for a program to highlight the role of personal faith in work.

“You have your life at home and your life at work, but they’re not separate things,” Fox said.

Fox added that in the program, speakers and participants go through “case studies” of specific ethical issues in the workplace, such as stealing time from the company by doing non-work tasks like using Facebook during work hours.

He said this semester, more than 30 students are participating in the program, selected from a pool of around 60 applicants.

College senior Cameron Isen, a student representative for MEOR, said he got involved in coordinating speakers because he wanted to provide students with mentors who could teach them about the connection between occupation and values.

“A lot of times, you don’t get a perspective on ‘what is the relationship between my financial success and my ethical success?’” Isen said.

The program hosted a number of guests this semester, in-

cluding 2013 College graduate Sam Levenson, who is currently a consultant at Bain & Company. College freshman Leah Lerner, a member of the program, said the speakers have given her a model for integrating Jewish values in a business career.

“It’s really difficult to get involved in your academic life and be successful in your field, but also to maintain a spiritual element of your life,” Lerner said.

“Through Jewish values and the texts, [the speakers] talk about how to balance the two.”

Beyond just hearing about business, Fox said he also wants to give the students a chance to “see it in action.” In the spring, the Jewish Execu-

tive Track will begin an ambassadors program, where select students from the seminar will meet the speakers for dinner in New York City and visit their offices.

Fox said in the long term, he hopes the Jewish Executive Track will have a lasting effect on many aspects of the members’ lives.

“We have a very holistic approach,” he said, citing how the program takes members out to shop for clothing, works through ethical dilemmas, and mentors students in both their intellectual and spiritual lives.

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Cheryl Rice talks self-esteem at Nursing event The event was held for World Kindness Day SHARON LUO Staff Reporter

To commemorate World Kindness Day, social entrepreneur Cheryl Rice offered strategies for improving self-esteem and learning to value others in the Claire M. Fagin Hall auditorium.

The event, titled “The Heart of the Matter,” was hosted Wednesday afternoon by the School of Nursing and aimed to celebrate how kindness helps people understand their worth. World Kindness Day, founded by the World Kindness Movement in 1998, is observed around the world each year on Nov. 13 to reflect on the positive potential of acts of kindness.

Rice began by asking audience members to write compliments to themselves on sticky notes. She then told the attendees to walk around the room and introduce themselves to strangers using what they wrote on their sticky notes. This activity provided an introduction to the essence of the talk: “What does it mean to matter?”

“To matter is to know, respect, and honor the inherent and irrefutable significance of self and [others],” Rice said. “Kindness is mattering in action.”

Throughout the talk, Rice also shared experiences from her personal journey. As a leadership consultant who focuses on helping women advance their vision, Rice has led seminars for clients

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vironmental issues, especially for those who may not want to do research or spend time engaging these issues outside of class.

College sophomore Evelyn Sorrell is currently taking “Environmental Media,” a Benjamin Franklin Seminar offered through PPEH. Sorrell said she is enjoying the diverse backgrounds of students in the course, with many from the Wharton School. “[It] creates an interesting dynamic,” Sorrell said.

“There’s often a tension between environmental issues and economic growth.”

Sorrell, who is also a public research intern for the PPEH, said the essence of environmental humanities is “connecting culture with hard science.”

“Environmental humanities is a good way to engage with the environment in a way that isn’t necessarily like intro to environmental sciences.” Sorrell said. “No matter what field you are going into, having the environment somehow in the back of your mind is good in any age, but especially now when it’s extra relevant.”

College senior Piotr Wojcik, who has taken courses through PPEH, said the new minor looks exciting and will hopefully give more students the chance to take environmentally

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Cheryl Rice began her presentation by asking audience members to write compliments to themselves on notes. This activity provided an introduction to the essence of the talk: “What does it mean to matter?”

like Pfizer, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Penn Medicine, Campbell’s Soup, and the Wharton School. She is also the author of the memoir “Where Have I Been All My Life? A Journey Toward Love and Wholeness” and has published essays in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Chicago Tribune, and other publications.

Rice said she had self-esteem issues in the past and used to be a “hyper helper” who had the “disease to please.” By building selfcompassion, Rice said, she was able to solve these problems.

Rice also drew a distinction between surviving and thriving. She used the metaphor of a detailed plant tag, which lists soil and water

requirements, to represent the list of necessities that a person needs to thrive in life. When Rice asked the audience what their plant tags would say, attendees responded “a good dinner,” “eight to 10 hours of sleep,” and “180 grams of protein a day.”

Nursing freshman Lance Louie said the talk made him reflect on the importance of self-care.

“Our lives are so fast, and we often neglect to take care of ourselves,” he said.

At the end of the keynote, Rice distributed cards reading “You Matter” to all attendees. These cards are the hallmark of her organization, the You Matter Marathon, which lets people sign up to receive free “You Matter” cards

focused courses.

“I know from my personal experience that it has been difficult to take courses that are truly interesting if they are not already part of a major or minor,” Wojcik said.

Wiggin said PPEH is considered an international leader in the field.

that they can distribute with the goal of forming positive connections with other individuals and communities. The organization has now reached over 100,000 individuals in 50 states and 77 countries, its website states.

“The magnitude of a small card reminded me how important the small things are — giving up your seat, opening a door, saying good morning,” Louie said.

Audience members also shared ways to improve selflove, including being patient, taking breaks, and forgiving oneself for past mistakes.

As Nursing junior Elise Dunlop put it, “In order to help others, you have to work on yourself.”

“We are asked to talk a lot at other universities about how you build an [environmental humanities] program,” Wiggin said.

Wiggin credited students for the program’s achievements.

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Nov. 11. More than 3,000 students and alumni have signed a petition demanding the law school change its short-form name from “Carey Law” back to “Penn Law,” stating that employers will not recognize the new name and that “Carey Law” is not as prestigious as “Penn Law.” The Board of Trustees approved the name change to “University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School” on Nov. 8, after a $125 million donation by the W.P. Carey Foundation — the largest donation to any law school.

“I think the law school is suppressing free speech by shutting [the parody accounts] down,” said third-year Carey Law student B.J. Courville.

Carey Law professors agreed that these accounts were clearly made to mock Penn, and the students did not violate property rights.

“It was very clear that these were not official law school accounts nor were they making any effort to be official law school accounts,” said Carey Law professor R. Polk Wagner, who specializes in intellectual property rights. “What they were doing was engaging in parody and making fun of the circumstances as a way of having social commentary.”

Wagner said Carey Law should encourage students to express their opinions, including using parody social media accounts to discuss the name change.

“They were not violating IP

rights or impersonating, so I am confused and frankly disappointed that the law school would engage in that,” Wagner added.

According to Twitter’s impersonation policy, “Accounts with similar usernames or that are similar in appearance (e.g., the same profile image) are not automatically in violation of the impersonation policy. In order to violate our impersonation policy, the account must portray another entity in a misleading or deceptive manner.”

Twitter users are allowed to create parody accounts as long as the bio and account name clearly indicates the user is not affiliated with the subject of the account, according to the policy.

Parody is a “clearly permissible” example of fair use which allows entities to use copyrights and trademarks of other entities, said Carey Law professor David Abrams, who also specializes in intellectual property.

“If you are using someone else’s copyright or trademark in order to make fun of them, given we believe strongly in the First Amendment in this country, we think that trumps the intellectual property rights in that area,” Abrams said.

Abrams said he does not think this was an attempt by Carey Law to suppress students’ freedom of speech.

“I think there has probably been an oversight of giving up those Twitter handles,” Abrams said. “This was probably more of an attempt of correcting the oversight than suppressing student speech, I hope. I really hope.”

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Men’s and women’s fencing open season at home for Elite Invitational The men went 3-3 against strong national competition LOCHLAHN MARCH Sports Reporter

True to its name, the Elite Invitational was a day of stiff competition.

Penn men’s and women’s fencing hosted nine teams at the Tse Center on Saturday for the sixth annual Elite Invitational. With each competing against six schools to open the 2019-20 regular season, the women managed an overall record of 2-4, while the men split their results at 3-3.

The competition brought together seven of the top 10 men’s teams and nine of the top 10 women’s teams from the NCAA tournament last season. For Penn, it was nice to start the season on familiar turf. “I’m so glad that we had the first meet as our home opener, because it’s my last first meet,� senior foil captain Nicole Vaiani said. “It’s really nice because I think everyone on the team feels the Penn bond a little bit more when we’re on our

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Senior foil captain Nicole Vaiani and the rest of Penn women’s fencing finished with an overall record of 2-4 at the sixth Elite Invitational at the Tse Center. The group will compete at Penn State next weekend.

home turf, because we have the locker room where we can be alone together, or we can duck upstairs.�

Penn men’s fencing opened the day and their regular season with a 14-13 victory over North Carolina. The foil squad pulled off a 6-3

win, enough to offset a pair of 4-5 losses by the epee and saber. Sophomore foil Jerry Wu led the charge, notching three individual victories against UNC. On the women’s side, the Red and Blue narrowly lost their open-

ing match to the Tar Heels. “The first round, we should have been able to beat UNC for the women,� coach Andy Ma said. “We put a lot of people in to warm up, and [they] were afraid to make some mistakes.�

Both the men’s and women’s teams would drop their next two matches to Ohio State in the second round and Harvard in the third. The men lost to the Buckeyes by a score of 15-12 and dropped their match against the Crimson 17-10, while the women fell by respective scores of 16-11 and 15-12.

A highlight of the day came with the Quakers’ pair of victories over Johns Hopkins in the fourth round.

Both the men’s and women’s teams proved their ability to bounce back from their losses in the previous matches, winning by scores of 20-7 and 16-11, respectively. The men’s decisive victory also marked Ma’s 400th career win.

The Red and Blue suffered two tough losses against Notre Dame in the fifth round. While the women managed to keep the Fighting Irish close, dropping the match by an overall score of 16-11, the men fell by a margin of 23-4. Notre Dame was one of the most prolific teams in the Elite Invitational, coming off a third-place finish at the NCAA tournament last season.

The Quakers aren’t discouraged by any of their losses this weekend.

“It definitely shows us what we’re up against for the season,�

Vaiani said. “It’s a really motivating thing to see, that this is the level of competition, and this is the level that we’re expecting you to bring. So even though it’s been a really hard tournament, I think it’s actually something really motivating and it shows us that we have to work really hard for the rest of the season.�

The men ended the day on a high note, winning their bout against Air Force by a score of 15-12. A pair of saber freshman, Raymond Zhao and Enzo Bergamo, played a key role in the squad’s 8-1 victory, winning two and three individual bouts respectively.

On the women’s side, emotions ran high as the Quakers emerged victorious in their final match against Northwestern. With a final score of 14-13, the round came down to 5-4 epee and 6-3 saber victories, enough to tip Penn over the edge.

Next up, the Red and Blue will head to University Park next weekend to compete in the Penn State Garrett Open.

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quarterback Nick Robinson all season long.

Coming into this weekend’s game, Starkey had already made a name for himself as an offensive weapon for the Quakers.

His four receiving touchdowns were already the most of any player on the team, and his pair against Harvard means he now has double the next-best receivers, sophomore Ryan Cragun and senior Kolton Huber at three each.

Just over a minute into the third quarter, Robinson and Starkey combined for a 70-yard touchdown to put the Quakers up 17-13. The pass was both Robinson and Starkey’s longest scoring play of the season and took away any positive momentum Harvard had from the break.

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At halftime, Penn football was down 13-10 to Harvard and needed somebody to step up in the second half. That somebody turned out to be sophomore wide receiver Rory Starkey.

Starkey caught two touchdowns for the Red and Blue — the team’s only second-half scores — in Saturday’s tight 2420 win over the Crimson, good for DP Player of the Week honors.

After not playing a single snap last season, the sophomore came out of nowhere to star as one of Penn’s leading receivers, serving as a target for senior

the lead, but Starkey again would electrify the visiting crowd with seven minutes to play in the final quarter.

On fourth and 1 inside Harvard’s red zone, Robinson found Starkey once again with a 16yard pass that the sophomore grabbed with one hand before securing the score in the end zone. Even more than putting Penn back on top, Starkey’s second touchdown of the day put the Quakers’ defense in the spotlight after stopping the Crimson twice late to seal the game.

Starkey has shown time after time that he is capable of not only playing with the Ivy League’s best, but thriving in high-pressure scenarios. He still has one more game to add to his 2019 statistics, but 2020 and 2021 might hold even more success.

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Temple and La Salle, but behind Ivy rival Princeton and the champions, Penn State.

The men’s team, on the other hand, beat out Penn State, but fell to Villanova and Temple, who finished first and fourth, respectively.

not rely on those 50-50 plays nearly as much. The Quakers still made several key mistakes throughout the game, including an interception, a blocked punt, and two missed field goals, and eliminating those will be crucial in beating teams like Princeton — Penn’s opponent next week.

A more positive way to read the situation is that Penn has now won three consecutive close games, and in each of those, underclassmen like Starkey and McCleod have come up big. Victories like these help build confidence and morale around the

program as a whole, especially considering that many of the key players will be around for years to come.

At least for now, while riding a three-game win streak and holding an above-.500 record, it’s easy to take the latter view. For a team trying to build toward the future, that optimism is a very important thing.

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Men’s cross country senior Will Daly also gained All-Region honors, finishing in 24th place. He finished only 36 seconds behind Russo in a tight race.

Looking to the future, Dolan emphasizes that the Quakers have a lot to look forward to in the winter and spring with the Red and Blue back in action.

“We’ll take a break here through Thanksgiving, and then before you know it we’ll see Penn track and field in action,� Dolan said. “This group will continue on with more great things as the year progresses.�

So while the season has ended for most of Penn’s cross country athletes, Russo will keep donning the Red and Blue for the time being.

Gaels’ stars is what shined the most. They were able to hold senior guard Morgan Rachu to only five points, while sophomore guard Shyan Mwai tallied 12.

This is after the duo combined for 43 points in Iona’s last game. “We did a really good job on [Mwai and Rachu]. We played the way we play, we were just more aware of what they like to do,� coach Mike McLaughlin said. “We set the tempo pretty quickly, and stayed the course.�

From the first quarter, the Gaels never looked comfortable, and they were never able to get anything going on offense. Penn

held the lead for all but 1:39 in the first quarter. The Quakers found their home in the paint, outscoring Iona, 50-14, down low, and picked up 44 rebounds. “Any time a defense can control an offense, that’s when you’ll see an uncomfortable offense,� McLaughlin said. “That’s the key: for our defense to try to keep the other team off balance with some things that we do and changing what we do.�

Penn will look to continue its dominance and aggressive play as the team travels across town to kick off Big 5 play against St. Joseph’s on Wednesday.

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while, Sterba has been a mainstay in Penn’s offense for four years, and today was no different, as she totaled a game-high 17 points. After a season-ending injury last season, Suttle picked up her first double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. “Having [Suttle] start a game was really, really cool for her, and I think she really needed it, too,� Sterba said.

While their offense was a large part of their success, their defense’s ability to silence the

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An away win to send the seniors away.

Coming off two consecutive ties, Penn men’s soccer hit the road for the last time this season with hopes of finishing in style. On the other side, Harvard was looking to secure its first win of the year, but thanks to a pair of goals early on, the Quakers were able to cruise past the Crimson by a score of 2-0.

Despite what the scoreboard may show, it was not an easy match for the Red and Blue

(7-5-4, 3-1-3 Ivy). Less than a minute into the game, Harvard (0-14-1, 0-7) found the back of the net with a shot off the foot of sophomore forward Alex Debayo-Doherty, but it didn’t take long for the referees to rule it offside.

From then on, the Quakers locked in on both offense and defense. In the 13th minute, senior midfielder Brandon Bartel took a free kick, placing the ball near the goal. Freshman defender Kai Lammers then nodded a strong header into the net and gave Penn the lead.

The Red and Blue continued to dominate and prevented the Crimson from scoring an equalizer, but they failed to force Harvard goalkeeper Oskar Nilsson into action for a stretch after their first goal.

It looked like the score would remain 1-0 entering halftime, until the Quakers recovered the ball in the defensive area

and connected it quickly to offense. The rapid counterattack caught the Harvard back line off guard, which allowed sophomore forward Matt Leigh to control the ball and pass it to wide-open midfielder Anthony Rovito. The sophomore hit a shot into the left side of the net, far enough to give Nilsson no chance of saving it and earn him his first career goal.

In the final 45 minutes, the teams switched roles. Penn played further back, while Harvard kept more possession; nonetheless, the Red and Blue diverted any dangerous attempts at goal. The solid defensive performance — which has been one of the Quakers’ main strengths this season — was culminated by sophomore goalkeeper Dane Jacomen, who was put to the test a few times throughout the half.

The best opportunity for Harvard came with five minutes

Quakers beat Dickinson and Drexel to claim two Pennsylvania titles SQUASH | Both Penn teams swept Dickinson, 9-0 BIANCA SERBIN Associate Sports Editor

This weekend, Penn men’s and women’s squash proved that they’re the best in Pennsylvania.

On Sunday, the men beat No. 11 Drexel by a score of 6-3 and the women beat the No. 7 Dragons, 5-4, to win the PA State Championship.

This was the third year in a row that the women have captured the title.

Last weekend, both teams played in the Ivy Scrimmages, a warm up for their first official matches of the season.

“There were some specific tactical things that we needed to work on coming out of the scrimmage, and I think that the women did a great job addressing those this week,” women’s coach Jack Wyant said.

“The attitude’s always been positive with this group, but it was especially good this week.”

The weekend’s competition began on Saturday, when both teams faced Dickinson. They would need to beat the Red Devils in order to play in the Championship finals, which they did with ease.

Neither the men (2-0) nor the women (2-0) dropped a game against Dickinson (0-2), guaranteeing them a title shot on Sunday.

They would face the winner of the matchup between Franklin and Marshall and Drexel, which ended up being the Dragons.

On Saturday, five of the men’s starting nine were freshmen, many of them playing their first collegiate match.

“I think it’s always the nerves in that first match of your career, and I thought that the freshmen performed extremely well. To have five freshmen in the starting nine today was great,” men’s coach Gilly Lane said. “It definitely gives them more experience and allows them to push forward.”

Notably absent from the Ivy Scrimmages and Saturday’s match-

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After resting during the Ivy Scrimmages, junior Andrew Douglas returned to the court this weekend to earn a comeback win at Drexel.

es was junior Andrew Douglas.

Douglas has received international recognition for his skills, winning gold at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru this past summer.

Lane wanted to give some of the younger players a chance to develop some of the experience that Douglas has already acquired on the court.

“We’re very fortunate to have a lot of depth on this team, and one of the things we pride ourselves in is working very hard at practice and providing opportunities to people that work extremely hard,” Lane said. “Andrew is the leader of the pack, he’s our No. 1 player, he’s one of the hardest workers I’ve ever been around. ... Given our depth, we were able to really give people opportunities to get those experiences.”

On Sunday, though, Douglas rejoined the starting nine, playing senior Lucas Rousselet from Drexel.

Douglas fell behind by a score of 2-0 but came all the way back and won the remaining three games to take the victory.

Freshman Saksham Choudhary, who has not dropped a game yet this season, won the first match of the day for the Quakers. Freshman Dillon Huang also won his match for the Quakers in four games.

Sophomore Aly Abou Eleinen, who had an impressive first season last year, lost in three games to the Dragons’ Matias Knudsen.

The women were also victorious

on Sunday but by a closer margin than the men. The Quakers started off the day down 4-2. However, they were able to turn their day around and eke out a win over the Dragons.

“They were just really excited to get going and to compete for real, to play a match where, at the end of it, there will be a win on your record or a loss,” Wyant said.

Junior Haley Scott and freshman Navmi Sharma earned the Red and Blue’s first two wins of the day, putting Penn in the lead by a score of 2-1. However, Drexel quickly surged ahead, winning three games to bring the score to 4-2. Penn would need to win all three of its next matches to come out on top.

The Quakers did just that. Freshman Amina Abou El Enin, whose older sister Jamila also plays for the Red and Blue, snatched a win in only three games. Junior captain Julia Buchholz managed to win in five games.

In the final match for the women, the pressure was on freshman Ashley Manning. Manning had easily won all three of her games on Saturday, and the Quakers were depending on her to achieve a similar result on Sunday. Manning pulled through for the team: Her five-game triumph earned Penn the title of PA State Champions.

The men are currently ranked third and the women eighth nationally. However, the women will face No. 4 Stanford this Friday, which will put their skills to the test once again.

left to play, when the Crimson were awarded a free kick. Willem Ebbinge took a near-perfect shot to the top-left corner of the goal, requiring Jacomen to jump into a diving save to secure the shutout — and a second-place finish in the Ivy League standings, only behind Yale.

The victory was also the last game for five graduating seniors: defenders Casey Barone and Promise Adebayo-Ige and midfielders Dami Omitaomu, Karim Hussamy and Bartel.

There’s still a long time before anyone can tell how the Quakers will respond to losing its most experienced players — including two-year captain Bartel, who has been Penn’s central piece on the field, taking almost every free kick and corner and finishing with 12 career assists. In the meantime, the Red and Blue have plenty of reasons to look forward to the future.

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end of the half.

The 71-yard Robinson to Starkey connection killed any sort of momentum that the Crimson picked up entering the second half.

Harvard’s final score of the contest, which gave the group a 20-17 lead, came off a double reverse from freshman running back Aidan Borguet to senior wideout Cody Chrest, who cruised untouched into the end zone.

“I mentioned to our staff two weeks ago that we’ve scored more touchdowns on that particular play than any other special play we’ve had over the 26 years we’ve been here, so let’s use it,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said.

The Crimson were unable to dial up anymore magic on offense, though, as the Penn defense held tough for the remainder of the game. Penn’s run defense was particularly imposing, as the group lim-

BOSTON — Football is a game of inches.

It’s a way overused cliché that has been stripped of pretty much all meaning, getting thrown around to describe any close game or nail-biting situation.

It also perfectly describes Penn football’s victory over Harvard on Saturday. That’s not because the game came down to a series of tightly-contested plays and split-second decisions — that’s true, but it’s also lazy and relatively uninformative analysis.

Instead, it’s because the Quakers — both young and old, but especially young — executed in those important situations time and time again, even when a relative lack of experience might have led one to expect otherwise.

Those significant plays began, however, with a crucial read from the most experienced of them all, fifth-year senior defensive back Sam Philippi, who was able to recover a muffed punt after it hit the helmet of a Penn blocker in the first quarter.

Philippi then returned the ball inside Harvard territory, giving the Red and Blue possession and the field position they needed to score the first touchdown of the game.

After that, several sophomores stepped up in key moments for the Quakers. Defensive back Jason McCleod put up a sack, seven tackles, and two pass breakups to help anchor a strong all-around effort on that side of the ball.

On offense, wide receiver Ryan Cragun had a big gain on a catch-and-run in Harvard territory to set up a second quarter field goal to put Penn back in front after a strong start to the game. And after the Crimson took the lead heading into halftime, fellow wideout Rory Starkey Jr. got behind the defense for a 70-yard touchdown at the start of the second half.

In the fourth quarter, the margin for error for both teams became even thinner, and the Red and Blue were forced to step up even more to secure the victory. On a fourth and one with less than eight minutes remaining, Starkey just barely got his hands on a pass from senior quarterback Nick Robinson for a go-ahead touchdown.

When Harvard began to push for a game-winning touchdown, the Penn defense held strong, with more underclassmen playing a large role.

Freshman defensive backs Jaden Key and Kendren Smith, along with senior Tayte Doddy, were able to get their hands on passes in the end zone to force a turnover on downs. Then, on the Crimson’s

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BOSTON — After what happened in their last two wins, it should come as no surprise that the Quakers were once again involved in a nail-biting fourth quarter.

Penn football went back and forth with Harvard for the entire game on Saturday at Harvard Stadium, and the Red and Blue ultimately pulled off a 24-20 victory.

The win was the Quakers’ third in a row, all of which have come by four points or less.

Two big plays by sophomore wide receiver Rory Starkey, Jr. made the differ-

ence. Starkey first hauled in a 71-yard bomb down the right sideline to give the Quakers (5-4, 3-3 Ivy) a 17-13 lead to open the second half.

He then came up with another clutch touchdown grab in the fourth quarter, a onehander on a fourth and 1 from 16 yards out. With Starkey’s catch, the Red and Blue regained the lead with just over seven minutes remaining.

“It was a run-pass option, and they gave us the look we wanted, so we called it and threw it,” senior quarterback Nick Robinson said.

“Initially, when I saw the ball in the air, I didn’t think I was going to catch it,” Starkey said. “But I just stuck my hand out there and [the ball] stuck.”

The Crimson (4-5, 2-4), down 24-20 at that point, still had plenty of time to answer with a score of their own. They drove all the way down the field and got to Penn’s seven-yard line, but

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For the final time this season, Penn cross country has crossed the finish line.

Both the men’s and women’s teams competed at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals on Friday in Bethlehem, Pa. The results on the day were encouraging, as the men’s team finished in fifth place out of 25 teams, while the women’s placed sixth out of 31.

“I’m very proud of the team; it’s been a very good season,” coach Steve Dolan said. “But I was really proud of the effort.

I really thought the team ran as hard as possible, and we had some very strong individual performances.”

While both teams certainly did have impressive showings, they were not enough for either to qualify as a team for the NCAA National Championships next week.

Junior Anthony Russo was

able to qualify for Nationals as an individual, as he was one of the top four finishers not already on a qualified team. Russo finished in ninth place in the 10K with a time of 30:13.2. He will go to Terre Haute, Ind. next Saturday to represent the Quakers on a national level. This will mark his second consecutive year qualifying for the highest level of collegiate cross country competition.

“We’ll dream about trying to get the team to Nationals next year, but I’m proud of the efforts that the team has given this season, and we’re looking forward to having Anthony represent us at the NCAAs,” Dolan said.

For the women’s team, sophomore Ariana Gardizy and senior Nia Akins led the way, finishing 17th and 21st in the 6K, respectively. Their finishes were good enough for All-Region recognition.

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they stalled on the first three downs at that spot. On fourth down, junior quarterback Jake Smith tried to find junior tight end Adam West over the middle, but the pass fell incomplete in the end zone.

However, the Crimson got another chance in Penn territory with just over two minutes left after a Penn threeand-out. The Red and Blue again came up with a big stop, as the defense stuffed the run up the middle on fourth and inches with 1:45 remaining. With no timeouts left, Harvard was unable to stop the clock, and Penn took three kneel-downs to seal the win.

“We just knew that we had to capitalize,” senior defensive lineman Prince Emili said. “Fourth and 1, fourth and 20, no matter what, you just have to get the job done, no matter where you are on the field. We knew at that moment that was the game

right there [on] the line, so you just have to put everything out there, and we did.”

Early in the afternoon, it looked as if Penn might cruise to victory. The Quakers cashed in on their first drive with a three-yard draw

by Robinson. Then Harvard botched a snap on its next punt and gave Penn the ball at the Crimson 28-yard line.

Penn sophomore kicker Daniel Karrash pushed his kick wide right, and the score remained 7-0.

The rest of the first half was a defensive battle. Harvard’s only explosive play of the half was a 47-yard strike down the right sideline from Smith to junior wideout B.J. Watson to knot the game at seven.

The teams traded field goals before Harvard’s Jake McIntyre knocked in a career-high 42-yard field goal after an interception near midfield by junior defensive back Max Jones toward the

Quakers coast past Iona in third straight blowout Suttle notched first career double-double on Sunday TYIRA BUNCHE Sports Reporter

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After a resounding win over NJIT on Wednesday, Penn women’s basketball kept its foot on the gas by rolling over Iona with a 74-42 win on Sunday at the Palestra. The win was the Quakers’ third straight to start the season, which marks the first time in program history that they’ve gotten off to a 3-0 start.

Penn’s aggressiveness is what allowed it to dominate in this one. From the opening tipoff, the Red and Blue (3-0) out pressure on Iona (1-2) on both sides of the ball.

They took advantage of strong work on the offensive glass, which gave them several second chance opportunities off of misses. In total, the Quakers tallied 18 offensive rebounds and 18 second-chance points. Sopho-

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Senior guard Phoebe Sterba scored a game-high 17 points in Penn’s win over Iona. Sterba made 50% of her three-point attempts and finished with three assists and two steals to help the Quakers move to 3-0.

more forward Kennedy Suttle led the way for the Quakers in the rebound department, with a career high 11 rebounds.

“We really put an emphasis on making sure that we attack every ball and making sure we don’t leave any of those 50-50 balls,” senior guard Phoebe Sterba said.

“We always try to do the little things and make sure we don’t regret them at the end of the game.”

On the defensive side of the ball, the Red and Blue forced Iona to commit 24 turnovers, and they were able to convert those takeaways into 22 points. A large part of this defensive success was Penn’s season-high 13 steals.

One instance of this defensive pressure was in the second quarter, when senior guard Kendall Grasela picked up a steal and quickly dished it out to freshman guard Kayla Padilla. Padilla then

tossed it to Sterba, who converted the fast break layup, putting the Quakers up, 27-13. Clearly rattled, Iona turned the ball over on the next possession, as Penn went on a 10-point scoring run to end the half.

Padilla continued to build on her solid freshman campaign, totaling 14 points, five rebounds, and five assists on Sunday. MeanSEE W. HOOPS PAGE 8

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