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Moldy walls, sour management Mold infestations are nothing compared to belligerent maintenance workers, incompetent contractors and angry managers.

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On Wednesday, Sept. 17, two plumbers from Penn Facilities and Real Estate Services were alerted to a leak in Sansom West.

They had started chasing another leak in the building on Sept. 1 and were hardly surprised to see it spread to the eighth floor.

They arrived in the room to find water dripping from the wall connecting the sink and toilet in the bathroom. Huddled beneath the source of the leak, the plumbers discovered wiry strands of black mold with a bright, orange mushroom growing out of them.

Both plumbers immediately left the room.

“If I don’t feel safe in that environment, I have to leave,” said Lou, one of the plumbers who responded to the maintenance request. Of the 10 FRES mechanics spoken to for this series of articles, only one agreed to use his real name. The other nine, including Lou, spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak more frankly about safety hazards in residence halls and

dysfunction among their coworkers and bosses.

Though only 10 employees were interviewed, some of them spoke on behalf of their individual department or division of workers, increasing the number of discontented workers within the organization.

After discovering the mushroom growing out of the wall, Lou and his coworker called their union official at the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 835, who supported their decision to leave.

Per the protocol for mold-related incidents, Lou and his coworker called an asbestos specialist from the Office of Environmental Health & Radiation Safety to evaluate the safety of the room.

That day, Lou shut off the water in the eighth floor room to help contain the leak. The student living there, who did not respond to repeated emails requesting comment and was not available during the time his room was visited, was moved to another room in Sansom West.

The mold infestation, stemming from what Lou believes

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were maintenance problems beginning on Sept. 1, was not sanitized and removed until Sept. 23. *** In interviews with FRES employees, managers and students, as well as in work-related emails provided to The Daily Pennsylvanian, a pattern of inefficiency and waste due to internal dysfunction becomes startlingly evident.

Employees doubt the competence of management, resent the influence of contracted specialists and decry the waisttightening budget controls that prevent improvements to shoddy infrastructure. The result is lengthy responses to student maintenance requests, larger expenses for Penn and an unhappy and recalcitrant staff.

Lou said the specialist informed him that the mold was not hazardous. Even when the room was cleared, Lou still doubted the specialist’s expertise, given disputes with him on other jobs.

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In an incident from last year that Lou recorded on his phone and shared with the DP, the same specialist that cleared the room in September pointed to darkly colored mold and said “I see nothing but dirt there.” He then advised Lou and other plumbers to “cover up” the mold, rather than formally remove it.

Lou was unwilling to share the video publicly because it would have exposed his identity. It was later erased from his phone.

“I was frustrated with their bullshit and their lies putting my life in jeopardy,” he said. “Their main concern is students? That’s bogus.” *** According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, mold “does not always present a health problem indoors.” However, “severe reactions may occur among workers exposed to large amounts of mold in occupational settings” — like maintenance workers.

Lou’s reticence to be near mold stems from having witnessed an incident in Sansom East where a residential manager allegedly got a rash on both of her arms after attempting to clean away a similar case of mold.

Mold has not been known to cause rashes, but the Institute of Medicine found in 2004 that exposure to it indoors can cause respiratory illness.

Because of his distrust of the specialist, Lou got into a heated argument with an area supervisor over the safety of touching the moldy drywall.

“There’s a f**king mushroom growing out of it. I’m not touching it,” he recalls telling his boss.

“We almost got into fisticuffs.”

Outside contractors were brought in by FRES to assist both the specialist from EHRS and the union plumbers with clearing the infestation, making three separate organizations all with different supervisors responsible

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When not arguing with each other, the three groups usually just do not interact. Lou said his union does not allow him to coordinate with contractors, even though they occasionally work on the same jobs. The effect is a breakdown in communication and resentment for contracting practices the union workers describe as cheap and unsafe.

“They wiped [the moldy wall] with bleach — that wipes away all that black stuff, but what is still left inside of that drywall?” he said of the contractors’ work.

“It’s coated with waste and mold.”

FRES officials do not oversee EHRS officials directly but said the use of bleach was standard practice.

“If EHRS decides that there are some things that are safe, you can just wash it down with bleach,” FRES Vice President Anne Papageorge said.

Leo, another FRES mechanic, told the DP about an incident he worked on with contractors on the first floor of McClelland Hall in Ware. A sewage pipe had backed up, spilling excrement all over the floor, as graphic photos on his phone confirmed. Leo also was not willing to share the photos publicly out of concerns for his own privacy.

In order to wash out the sewage, Leo said contractors hooked up a small hose to a nearby water fountain.

“If I were you, I would never drink from a water fountain here,” he said. *** Contractors do not normally work on jobs alongside union employees. Generally, the job is assigned to one or the other, but in certain cases, as in the Sept.

17 mold infestation, a contractor will perform the carpentry needed while union workers will do plumbing.

The carpentry work had to be contracted out for this case because the union carpenters had a backlog of jobs, FRES Executive

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Union plumbers repeatedly expressed fear at responding to leaks in rooms with mold infestations because a housekeeper in Sansom East allegedly got rashes on her arm from cleaning a room with black mold in it.

Director of Operations & Maintenance Ken Ogawa said.

Lou disagreed, claiming that contractors were brought in because they would obey the supervisors’ orders to cut out the minimum amount of drywall, saving FRES money but potentially compromising the effectiveness of the mold removal.

“They won’t send our carpenters because our carpenters will do it the right way,” he said.

During the Sept. 17 job, Lou fought with his area manager over whether or not to remove more drywall from behind the toilet. His boss wanted to limit the drywall removed to just the patch where mold was originally seen. Lou wanted a greater portion of the wall taken out to better triangulate the source of the leak and to be especially sure that all signs of mold were gone.

Other maintenance workers agreed with this assessment.

John, a FRES carpenter who has responded to similar leaks, said that contractors would take out only the parts of the wall that supervisors tell them to. Union carpenters annoy their supervisors by removing a greater portion of the wall than specified in order to ensure that any remnant of the mold has been removed.

“They cut out three feet of drywall, patched it and that was it,” Lou said of the contractors.

In this particular mold case, he believes that incomplete work by contractors was not only unsafe for other workers but also prevented him from completely fixing the leak. Lou is now working on stopping another leak in the same room in Sansom West, which he believes stemmed from the leak that spurred the mold

infestation in September.

Upon returning to the room this past week, he found that the drywall and insulation were soaking, nearly two months after he thought the leak had been stopped.

“If the drywall was removed, we may have seen that leak,” he

Contractors were brought in to alleviate the overworked carpentry shop, not to ensure only minimum amounts of drywall were cut.

Contractors only helped on this case because the mold covered more than 10 square feet and required greater assistance, Ogawa

I was frustrated with their bullshit and their lies putting my life in jeopardy.

Their main concern is students? That’s bogus. ” -Lou FRES plumber said.

*** When it comes to the Sept. 17 mold infestation, FRES administrators tell a far different story.

The mold “wasn’t a serious health risk,” Ogawa said. No employee reported a rash or injury due to exposure to the mold, and it was cleared for work by the EHRS specialist.

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said. The union can file a legal grievance to prevent FRES from using contractors for certain jobs, but if management can argue for a legitimate reason to contract work, they will.

And there is no love lost between management and union workers, as employees reiterated over the course of multiple interviews.

A FRES spokeswoman speculated to a DP editor on the phone that the entire reason for Lou and other employees to come forward was as a coordinated negotiating tactic by the union.

Papageorge, who oversees the five departments within FRES, including Operations & Maintenance, also spoke critically of union workers’ “groupthink” mentality.

“People just want to perpetuate the old ideas and thoughts, rather than work together to improve things,” she said.

Employees rejected the notion that they spoke to a newspaper on behalf of union negotiators, saying that their contract had been recently renewed with FRES. The communication breakdown exacerbates the response time to maintenance issues, as various groups of workers under different protocols respond to different leaders. Union workers and contractors are technically both responsive to an area manager, but a union employee may occasionally override his supervisor’s command, as in Lou and John’s cases, and speak directly to their union liaison instead.

Contractors are obedient mostly to the supervisors, workers say, but cannot coordinate with union employees.

What is the result of this dysfunction?

The mold infestation, stemming from a leak that was first identified on Sept. 1, was cleared on Sept. 23. And another leak in the same room, identified in the building on Nov. 2, still has not been solved.

“I put in a maintenance order for it this week,” Lou said. “It should be done in a few days.”

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Chaplain calls for creating a gun-free world through music and literature Personal experience and faith motivates chaplain EUNICE LIM Staff Reporter

University Chaplain Charles Howard envisions a gun-free world, and has a plan to work toward it.

In October, Howard officially launched his independent GunFree World initiative, a cultural campaign to elevate the conversation around gun violence and gun ownership.

The initiative is a multiplatform project that will bring together music, poetry and visual arts to imagine what a gun-free world would actually look, sound and be like.

Specifically, the initiative will produce a musical soundtrack, a small book of poems and an art exhibition, all of which will feature the best selected submissions from different musicians, writers and artists around the country.

Howard hopes to take these components on the road in the spring to hold concerts, poetry readings and gallery exhibitions to further stimulate dialogue around issues of gun violence.

Howard first began developing the project and assembling his team in the summer.

“A big part of the motivation for me is being a part of the lives and communities that have been deeply disturbed by the rise in violence and the rising awareness around it. We’re more aware of what’s going on now with social media, and it can’t help but grab your heart,” Howard said.

For Howard, the cause is inspired not only by social issues at large, but also by his personal experiences and faith.

Howard has been confronted with two direct threats of gun violence in his own life. The first occurred while he was growing up in Baltimore, when two men approached him and his friends

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University Chaplain Chaz Howard launched his Gun-Free World initiative, which he hopes sparks conversation about gun ownership.

with a shotgun and stole his bike.

The second occurred when he moved to Philadelphia and someone pulled a gun on him on the streets. Howard says that thankfully, neither experience left him traumatized and that the main motivation for his initiative is actually a religious one.

“As a Christian, it’s difficult to reconcile owning a weapon with the intent of taking life. Even owning a gun to use when people around me are threatened doesn’t seem Christ-like,” Howard said.

“Most religions trend towards peace, grace and reconciliation and loving our enemies, so it doesn’t make sense to have a gun.”

Howard is joined by many Penn alumni in his efforts.

One of the collaborators on this project is Engineering graduate Rob Murat, an R&B artist and actor who co-starred with Halle

Berry in the CBS television series “Extant” and guest-starred on the FOX television series “Bones.”

Howard and Murat met during their Penn undergraduate years through their involvement in the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Murat was glad to jump on board when Howard reached out with the idea of “Gun-Free World.”

“With all of these shootings and disasters, people keep saying something’s got to be done, but no one really steps up and does something of significance,” Murat said. “But this idea excited me because it can have a significant impact. It’s going to be a steep climb, but I’m up for the challenge.”

In line with his talents, Murat is spearheading the production of the soundtrack for the initiative.

Murat said that he has received a few exciting submissions already

from different artists, including one from 2002 College graduate and rapper Angel Del Villar, better known by his stage name, Homeboy Sandman.

Supporting Howard from behind the scenes is 2006 School of Education graduate Linda Hollenback, who helped Howard get the initiative off the ground with administrative and technological assistance. Hollenback is the owner and principal consultant of Hollenback Consulting LLC and a longtime friend of Howard’s.

“Chaz is a champion of those who are overlooked and underserved, of those who feel lost, forgotten or behind,” Hollenback said. “I became involved because I believe in Chaz.”

Together, the Gun-Free World team hopes to ultimately change public perception of lethal firearms and to get guns out of circulation. To do the latter, the initiative has partnered with RAWtools, an organization that repurposes weapons into new garden tools for free.

“The hope is that people’s hearts will be turned so they won’t want to own a gun anymore. But we don’t want people to take it to a gun shop or just give it to a relative,” Howard said.

“We want guns completely out of circulation by giving them a new purpose, which is what Raw Tools does — ‘beating swords into plowshares,’ like it says in the scripture.”

Howard, Murat and Hollenback look forward to the impact the project will potentially have.

“I believe in the power of one person to inspire a community and, in turn, of united communities’ power to change the world,” Hollenback said. “This movement will not be easy. It will not happen overnight. It will require many, often difficult conversations, but for each person brave enough to have one, we become one step closer to realizing the vision of a gun-free world.”

Online courses are now allowed to use copyrighted clips Professor wins case against copyright laws LOWELL NEUMANN NICKEY Staff Reporter

One professor’s legal victory means more content and less confusion for massive open online courses throughout the country.

Pe t e r D e ch e r n ey, a Cinema Studies professor at Penn, contributed to recent efforts towards a copyright exemption for Massive Open Online Courses that require content protected under the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act. On Oct. 28, the exemption was approved by the U.S. Copyr ight Office, meaning Decherney and his colleagues had accomplished what they had set out to do.

Decher ney testif ied in May with help from the American University Wash ington College of Law intellectual property law clinic and the American Library Association.

At the time, the DMCA did not allow professors to use digitally protected videos for online courses, despite professors being allowed to scan and distribute written course material. The exemption will allow MOOC professors to utilize copyrighted movies, television shows and Blu-ray videos for the first time.

Using clips is essential to the types of classes Decherney teaches. “The lectures for my course are very heavily illustrated with clips and other kinds of images, and they wouldn’t make sense without the clips,” he told

Penn Current. “To hear me describe a film image is OK, but if you can’t see it, you’re really not going to understand what I’m talking about.”

Decher ney speculated that the exemption could be useful outside of cinema studies. “It might also be true in a foreign language class, where you want to see the expression on someone’s face as you’re watching them speak. It could also be used in a biology class, looking at a detailed microscopic image from a science video. It has implications across the curriculum,” he told Penn Current.

This victory could have widespread impact across education in the country as the exemption allows forprofit learning platforms such as Coursera to use copyrighted material alongside traditional, nonprofit schools.

Pen n offers its own MOOCs through edX, a nonprofit organization created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ha r va rd University in 2012 that runs on opensource software, as well as Coursera, a venture backed for-profit education company.

This is not Decherney’s first victory in a DMCA exception case. In 2006 he, along with Annenberg School for Communication Dean Michael Delli Carpini, successfully petitioned for an exemption to allow DMCA and other copyrightprotected material to be used for in-person or class lectures.

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OPINION From Paris, a tale of unity through terror

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Guest Column BY LUIS FERRE SADURNI

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ARIS — It was supposed to be an ordinary Friday of going out with friends and enjoying city I have come to call home these past months.

The pedestrian streets around Les Halles were bustling with activity, and the France-Germany soccer match was live in virtually every bar. It was 10:10 p.m., and I was at a Spanish bar when I got the first text message from a friend concerned about my well-being following the earliest reports of the Paris attacks. That was the first I heard of the attacks that night.

My reaction to the first messages I received was rather nonchalant. I was not alarmed.

With so many bomb threats, precautionary evacuations and increased security in Paris after the Charlie Hebdo onslaught, I was numbed to the heightened threat of an attack. It was not a numbness produced by the sangria I was having that night, but a more dangerous, societal numbness

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towards terrorism that has blanketed the Western world.

Through friends’ worried messages, social media and the internet, the confusion of information was being pieced together. There was something about a shooting near Bastille, something about an explosion at the Stade de France, something about coordinated attacks. The magnitude of what was developing overtook everyone’s numbness at the bar.

Everybody ditched their drinks for their cellphones. Many paid their tabs and left immediately.

Others were hesitant to leave, not knowing what awaited them outside. After some deliberation, one of the bartenders suggested my friends and I head home.

It was a five-minute walk to my friend’s apartment, where I would stay the night for safety concerns. All the restaurants and bars we passed were closing for the night. Two officers stood guard in front of the nearest police station, automatic weapons

in hands. A concerned Parisian with one hand tucked in his jacket pocket approached the policemen to ask a question. The uneasy and vigilant police ordered him to remove his hand from the pocket immediately. Tension impregnated the air.

out the apartment balcony into the street below, which was now congested by police activity.

Neighbors in the adjacent buildings were doing the same. Below, every street and corner was being cleared by more than two dozen officers armed with shields, hel-

Only love and compassion will mend the wounds.”

At my friend’s apartment we contacted our family members and kept up with the news through Twitter. We heard President Hollande address the nation and learned of the ongoing hostage situation at the Bataclan theatre. The closeness of danger dawned on us as we realized that the bar we just left was a mere 15 minute walk from where many of the shootings took place. I heard commotion outside and peered

mets and automatic weapons.

Some stranded pedestrians scurried off at the sight, confused as to what to do.

It was 3 or 4 a.m. by the time I went to sleep in the make-shift bed my friend had prepared for me. In the distance I could hear the sirens of ambulances coming to the aid of those that hadn’t been as lucky as I had.

At 9 a.m. on Saturday morning I started making my way

back to my apartment, not knowing what to expect of a Paris that had just been terrorized. The city felt quieter and colder than ever.

There were barely any cars on the street, and police were securing the perimeters of government structures. All public buildings and monuments would remain closed that day. France was in a state of emergency and Paris in a state of mourning.

Eventually I noticed the city’s garbagemen emptying dumpsters, homeless people huddled quietly around cups of coffee, and boulangeries opening their doors to customers in need of their morning breakfast. The city was silently alive. The more than 125 lives lost the night before were honorably survived by those with the courage to continue their daily lives on Saturday morning.

Fridays like these place our humanity at a crossroad to either succumb to hate and terror or unite in compassion and solidarity. The French and the

rest of the world have rightfully opted for the latter path. On that bloody night, Parisian neighbors opened their apartment doors to those affected by the tragedy, taxis around the city offered free rides back home, football fans chanted “La Marseillaise” as they emptied the Stade de France, and world leaders came together in support of a distressed nation.

While France has temporarily declared an “état d’urgence” and closed its borders, we must open our hearts and unite as a society in solidarity with our French brothers and sisters who have suffered a blow against all of mankind. Only love and compassion will mend the wounds caused by senseless terror on a Paris that will soon stand stronger and shine brighter than before.

LUIS FERRE SADURNI is a junior majoring in PPE and is currently studying abroad in Paris.

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n Nov. 13, the world witnessed in disgrace the bombings and shootings in Paris for which the Islamic State claimed responsibility.

Realizing that to write about this event can promote it, and hence accomplish its purpose of spreading terror, I am morally obligated to dedicate this week’s column to the memory of those who have fallen in the name of democracy and freedom. This can only have value if we examine the appropriate course of action in response to it.

Despite the numerous reasons that divide the people of the Western world today — from income to social rights and political orientation — people immediately gathered in the central squares of major capitals in Europe and elsewhere. The quote those people repeated was, “We are not afraid.”

There were people, however, including me, who felt

V IS FOR VAGATION | It’s one thing to be afraid and another to flinch and still feel threatened. Fear is absolutely natural in such cases, but we must control it.

Controlling our fear means being able to turn it into concrete solutions for the problems that caused it in the first place.

Hence, controlling our fear means using it productively instead of destructively.

The first way in which fear can be destructive is to lead people to extremist counterreactions. “National socialist” ideologies, which are actually euphemisms for fascist or neoNazi movements, are currently rising in many European countries including France, where Marine Le Pen’s National Front gathered close to 18 percent of the votes in the 2012 presidential elections.

Hence, we should be cautious at this crucial time not to feed the growth of such monsters. It is easy to blame Muslims as a whole, or to argue that there is a targeted inflow of terrorists to Europe among the Syrian refugees, in

order to justify a conclusion that prohibiting any inflow is the only solution. Such conclusions can only cause hatred and eventually cost the lives of more innocent people.

The second way in which our fear can be used destruc-

viduals, and not as organized states, can fight back with our critical thinking, our education, our morality and above all, our humanity.

A year ago I was conversing with a couple of friends in a public space. A young man,

Controlling our fear means using it productively instead of destructively.” tively is to use the terrorists’ methods to take revenge, especially in an unorganized manner. I admit that I am not qualified to judge whether a coalition of Western countries should organize a front targeting the Islamic State as the casualties could be enormous (though, I would definitely urge for such a coalition to take rapid measures for the protection of people from terrorist attacks).

I do know that we, as indi-

probably our age, overheard us and shouted in favor of totalitarian and nationalist, if not fascist ideas regarding immigrants in Greece.

His facial expressions betrayed his hatred. He was confused and unprepared when I asked him to join the conversation and encouraged him to defend his opinions in our mini-debate. He had no idea how to react when confronted with democracy and freedom of speech.

People who try to achieve their means through violence and totalitarianism can only be faced by exposing them to the values of “liberté, égalité, fraternité” — “freedom, equality, fraternity” — that were given to us by the French Revolution.

It is hard to respond to such cruelty and inhumanity with kindness and love. However, this is the only course of action that we should follow as individuals in our daily lives, in every conversation, in person or on social media. This should by no means, however, be interpreted as an act of tolerance for terrorism.

Most of us feel hatred today. We should put those feelings aside, as we should put aside all the differences that divide us. We should remain united, as have been the people silently protesting in main squares, and keep promoting the only values that can actually unite people.

We should keep in mind

VAIOS TRIANTAFYLLOU that those values, though silent, have great, inconceivable power, a power that cannot be beaten by any kind of violence, cruelty or inhumanity.

We should all take a stand and overcome our fears in a productive way, such as by eagerly promoting those values that unite us.

Today I might be afraid.

However, it’s one thing to be

VAIOS TRIANTAFYLLOU is a graduate student from Greece studying mechanical engineering and applied mechanics. His email is vaios. tria@gmail.com.

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The Mass Casualty Incident Drill, co-run by MERT and Management 100 students, took place at Franklin Field on Sunday morning, utilizing student volunteers as victims..

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College sophomore Benjamin Pollack (left) helped raise over $1,000 for Alzheimer’s Research through Sammy’s Chipotle fundraiser last week.

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College senior Priya Dalmia, Penn Atma’s musical director, performed “Who Run the World” on Saturday.

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College junior John Grisafi (right) and Engineering junior Tyrell McCurbin (left) collected donations for Veterans Day on Wednesday.

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Alpha Delta ‘Pie’ sets new fundraising mark

Alpha Delta Pi raises $1,870 for philanthropy CHLOE CHENG Contributing Reporter

On Nov. 13, students raised money for charity while destressing by throwing pies in the faces of campus leaders.

Alpha Delta Pi raised $1,870 at its second annual Pie-a-President philanthropic event, breaking last year’s $1,250 fundraising total. During the event, students could pie 78 leaders from different campus organizations in the face for $3 per pie. The event took place at Wynn Commons Friday evening and featured live music, raffle prizes and a bake sale. All proceeds will go to Ronald McDonald House Charities.

“We are combining student leaders from all over campus, and the groups that they lead — the members — can come pie them for $3 a pie. The person who gets pied the most is going to get a sort of prize pack with gift cards to local businesses, and all the proceeds will go to the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House,” College senior and chapter President Izzi Spiridigliozzi said.

College junior Kelly Kennedy, who serves as philanthropy chair of ADPi, organized the majority of the event. Kennedy started securing locations and contacting leaders in the summer, Spiridigliozzi said.

After the event, students were given the opportunity to continue donating $3 to add one pie to the

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(Left to right) College senior Jasmine Hwang and College junior Kelly Kennedy, ADPi philanthropy chair, signed in participants.

Student leaders from 78 campus organizations signed up to participate in Friday’s event, which raised over $1,800 for Ronald McDonald House Charities.

total pie count of their favorite president. College junior Sarah Simon of the Government and Politics Association was pied the most at the event, but ultimately, Engineering junior and Sigma Nu president Holden McGinnis, who is also a Daily Pennsylvanian sports editor, won Most Pied due to the additional $3 donations made in his name.

“I really tried to mobilize

Leaders from around campus chose to participate in Pie-a-President for a variety of reasons.

“I feel that Pie-a-Prez is an incredible way for student groups to create an impact away from the express purpose of their group. I’m looking forward to seeing acrossthe-University representation from groups as we all come together to support Ronald McDonald House Charities,” said Sean Collins, a

members of my organization to come, and our former president was the winner last year, so we wanted to win the title again,” Simon said.

ADPi also collected pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House, which uses them to pay for heating and electricity. Two hundred pop tabs were donated in total, 150 of which were donated by Wharton and Engineering senior Ian Sibner.

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“I’m participating for several reasons. First and foremost, I’m familiar with the work that the Ronald McDonald House does, and it’s a great cause to support.

Second, it’s just a lot of fun and a creative idea. I think it’s great that ADPi partners with campus leaders to get as wide a reach as

possible,” said Eli Pollock, College senior and consul of the Polybian Society. “It really is a fantastic way to get as many students as possible engaged with philanthropy.”

He added, “I never thought I could have too much whipped cream shoved in my face, but I was proven wrong.”

Man jumps from Walnut St. bridge Jumped into Schuylkill, could not be resuscitated LOWELL NEUMANN NICKEY Staff Reporter

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APAHW celebrates with two annual events The event featured desserts and date auctions SUN JAE LEE Staff Reporter

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Indian-American performer Vidya, known for her YouTube covers, sang as part of last week’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Week.

competition in which different Asian nominees participate in performances and hold “date” auctions to raise money for a charity.

The theme for this year’s

EXT R AVAGA NZA, wh ich took place on Nov. 9, was “The Sweetness of Discovery.” The event brought together Asian organizations on Penn’s campus, including multicultural Greek

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“The date auction is a very successful way to not only raise awareness about a certain issue but also to raise money for charity. We also try to tailor it towards current events, and this year, all proceeds were donated to a charity called Ayati,” said Shah. Ayati is a support program that provides education and resources to promote hygienic practices for girls in rural parts of India.

This year’s winner of the “Big Asian” competition was College freshman Anjali Mahadevia, who performed, sang and rapped around a theme of girls’ education and women’s empowerment and “won based on judges’ vote[s] and crowd ballots,” APAHW head marketing chair and Wharton

senior Michaela Tan said.

“The fact that I won was incredible — the feeling was so great,” Mahadevia said.

Mahadevia, who said she has always been passionate about the issue of girls’ education, was excited that the money the event raised would be donated to Ayati.

“Figuring out that the charity was for girls’ education made me so happy. I’m definitely going to follow up with the people who are in charge of the charity to see if I can get more involved because it’s a cause that I’ve been working for, and educating girls has so much power and potential,” Mahadevia said.

Overall, the APAHW team evaluated this year’s program to have been another success. “I was really pleased with the turnout,” Tan said. “We aimed to have more freshmen to come, which we were able to achieve.”

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Over the past week, Asian Pacific American Heritage Week (APAHW) succeeded in bringing unity, charity and fun to Penn’s campus for the 23rd time since it was established in 1993.

The annual APAHW, which focuses on raising awareness about Asians with American heritage and celebrating the historical achievements of Asian Pacific Americans, took place between Nov. 9 and Nov. 14. This program is one of the longest-running diversity events at Penn and has continuously strived to reach its vision of developing strong intercultural connections among Asian Americans as well as among all members of the Penn community.

Two events that the APAHW organizers include every year are “EXTRAVAGANZA,” the APAHW signature event that kicks off the celebration, and the “Big Asian,” which is a talent

groups and student associations representing various countries and professional societies. Each group showcased and served a unique Asian fusion dessert.

APAHW head programming chair and College senior Shivani Shah said that individual culture groups often hold their own events, but rarely host events together as an Asian American community. “[EXTRAVAGANZA] encourages groups to collaborate and realize that we all do fall under this one umbrella of AsianAmerican heritage. We want to celebrate Asian Pacific American accomplishments with everyone in the Asian American community along with those who aren’t Asian American,” Shah said.

The week closed on Nov. 14 with the “Big Asian” annual event. In this competition, “date auctions” are held following

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Penn alum discusses new musical PBS special Special to celebrate music of Kander and Ebb NICK SPUZZILLO Contributing Reporter

1986 College graduate Scott Silberstein is a co-founder of HMS Media, a creative consortium which is known for producing Broadway hits such as “The Book of Mormon,” “Wicked” and “Mamma Mia!” Last week, The Daily Pennsylvanian caught up with Silberstein on his career trajectory and upcoming project, “First You Dream: The Music of Kander and Ebb.” The one-hour special explores the music of the famous songwriting duo John Kander and Fred Ebb, who together scored musicals like “Chicago” and “Cabaret.”

The Daily Pennsylvanian: How did HMS Media begin?

Scott Silberstein: HMS really first began when I met Matt Hoffman in 1977 at summer camp. We were fast friends and knew we wanted to work together as some kind of a creative consortium.

In 1988, we officially became a

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​ 986 College graduate and HMS Media co-founder Scott Silberstein’s most recent project, “First You 1 Dream: The Music of Kander and Ebb,” will air on Nov. 20 on PBS.

company and have been working together ever since.

DP: How did “First You Dream: The Music of Kander and

Ebb” develop?

SS: HMS has worked with PBS on several TV specials, and they really liked our work. So two

years ago, I got called in to pitch some ideas for a special. I came in with about twenty ideas, but the one I was most excited about was

“First You Dream.” I had met John Kander when I was a sophomore at Penn through my father. John was actually my father’s summer camp counselor. I sent him some music that I was working on, and he liked it enough to invite me to meet him in New York. It was such a big deal to me that he was interested in a 19 year old kid like me.

John is just the nicest and humblest guy in the world, and one of my biggest professional role models. If you know John Kander, then your life will be better, your work will be better and your circle of friends will be better. I just love that I have a chance to honor him, and expose people to his amazing music, because he has accessible and smart lyrics, but when you dive deeper there are even more extraordinary things in there.

DP: How is “First You Dream” structured? Is it a biographical account of the songwriting duo?

SS: Most revues have a thematic idea, but that theme isn’t necessarily based on a story. For me, “First You Dream’s” thematic

arc is like a journey from hell to heaven. You start in this awful place and then end with sweet discovery and connection. That arc is really important, because it’s nice to have a bunch of good songs back to back, but that’s like having just tasty ingredients side by side.

What you really want is a dinner.

DP: What were the challenges in taking a revue like “First You Dream” and getting it television ready?

SS: “First You Dream” was originally a two hour, two-act show. We’re airing it as a one hour special which really means that with breaks, I have 52 minutes and 15 seconds. So we had to make some tough calls on what to cut.

We learned not to be so reverential to the original work, and try to show a new perspective. Thankfully, we did get to include some of those cuts as extras on the DVD. DP: When does “First You Dream” air?

SS: It airs on Nov. 20, 8 p.m. central and 9 p.m. eastern on PBS. This Q & A has been lightly edited for clarity.

Penn Guardian public safety app allows efficient response Users will be identified through their profile ANNA HESS Staff Reporter

Imagine driving toward campus when you get in a car accident in an unfamiliar location in the city.

Penn Police has an app for that.

The Penn Guardian app is a mobile public-safety app developed through a summer 2015 collaboration between Penn’s Division of Public Safety and developers Rave Guardian. The app includes the ability for users to identify themselves through a profile attached to their phone number, which allows the Penn Police to identify and retrieve

personalized information about each registered caller.

“The more information we have in front of us at the time, it enables us to dispatch whatever we need to dispatch in a more efficient and timely manner,” Manager of PennComm Operations Matthew Corcoran said.

He mentioned one instance where a Penn student was lost on the Schuylkill Expressway after a car accident and requested help from Penn Police. Because she registered with the Penn Guardian app, Penn Police could pinpoint her location and coordinate with Pennsylvania State Police to get her assistance.

The profile function of the app not only allows DPS to know the

caller’s name and location, but it also integrates a medical profile with necessary information pertaining to severe allergies or medical conditions such as epilepsy.

“If you’re having a severe allergic reaction and you had put that information in your profile, the dispatch call taker will see that information right then and there,” PennComm IT project manager Robert Curry said. “You’re compiling all this essential information right there into your phone number for when you call us.”

The app also allows students to use a virtual walking escort service equipped with a timer that can alert Penn Police or friends and family when a student arrives

safely at a location. Users can send in tips with pictures via text message through the app to DPS, regarding anything from drug or alcohol-related incidents and mental health reports to theft and disturbances.

“The thing that is great about Penn Guardian in general is that first responders are given additional information that really helps them to do a much more effective response to the individual who called,” Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said.

“They’re not walking into something blindly.”

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Penn sorority hosts inaugural St. Jude benefit Sorority also partnered with domestic violence group JACQUELINE UY Contributing Reporter

Nov. 13 was a night full of hope, love and salsa dancing for Lambda Theta Alpha, Penn’s Latin sorority.

The sorority hosted its inaugural St. Jude Benefit on Friday night in Houston Hall. The event, which marked the sorority’s 40th anniversary, was open to the public but was predominantly attended by Penn and Temple University students

and alumni.

In 2010, the sorority partnered with St. Jude and the organization has been one of the sorority’s main national ph ila nt h ropic causes ever since. In addition to the sorority’s work with St. Jude, it also has a partnership with Women Against Abuse in which members of the organization come in to talk to the sorority members about domestic violence.

T he soror it y generat e d $2,000 to donate to St. Jude.

In addition to donations made at the benefit, sorority members raised money participating

in the annual St. Jude Walk, as well as smaller fundraisers throughout the year, such as empanada sales. Last year, chapters around the nation raised nearly $86,000. The amount raised goes up every year, College senior Javellys Polanco said.

The banquet itself was a full event with keynote speakers such as Holly Varilla, a St. Jude representative, and 2000 College graduate Zadith Pino, one of the founding sisters of the chapter.

In addition to the keynote speakers, the sorority gave out

five awards. The first awards given out were named after the sorority’s founding principles, unity, love and respect, Polanco said. The sorority awarded its “Unity” award to the Temple chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha.

The purpose of the award is to inspire collaboration and community involvement, she said.

The “Love” award was given to the Mujeres Empoderadas, an organization officially established this year at Penn, whose goal is to create a space for Latina women to have dialogue about navigating institutions like Penn. The third

awa rd, entitled “Respect,” went to Eddie Banks-Crosson, director of Penn’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.

“He’s only been here for about three months but he’s really helped us with everything we needed. He was a key contributor to our banquet, and was always there whenever we needed him,” Polanco said.

Additionally, the sorority gave its “Hope” award to St. Jude for their work with young cancer patients and their “Universal Woman” award to Diana Estrada Alamo, 2015 College graduate and an alumna of the

sorority. “ T he Un iversa l Woma n award is for an alumnus who we really feel is hardworking, proud and wise,” Polanco said.

“It went to Diane Estefania Estrada Alamo who was known for her amazing advocacy with the LGBT community and her passion, activism and empowerment with people of color.

She inspires us and she truly embodies what it means to be a universal woman.”

After the awards were given out, the festivities of the night began, highlighted by Latin beat and salsa dancing.

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Last Friday, instead of the usual quiet on Locust Walk, the street was filled with neon lights and crazy electric guitar solos.

On Nov. 13, the fraternity Phi Gamma Delta, also known as FIJI, held a rock concert at its on-campus house at 36th Street and Locust Walk. The fraternity hosted rock band Ripe, and the group performed a two-hour long set including many of their most popular songs such as “Brother Sky” and “Talk to the Moon.”

The concert, which gained approximately 80 attendees at certain points in the night, was organized by Penn students. The fraternity brothers worked the lights and sound for the stage, and the stage itself was built by brothers over the course of the week.

Proceeds from the concert went to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, a nonprofit organization that seeks to understand and prevent suicide through various educational programs and support systems for those in need.

Tickets were sold on Locust Walk and online for $10, and donations were also encouraged at the door to support the organization.

The current philanthropy

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Ripe, a funk and pop fusion band from Boston, performed as part of the fraternity Phi Gamma Delta’s, also known as FIJI, philanthropy event on Friday night that raised over $1,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

chair of FIJI, College and Wharton senior Jorge Barriga, organized the event along with help from the other brothers on the Philanthropy Committee, College sophomores Pete Hopkinson and Brendan Broviak.

Barriga emphasized the amount of time that the fraternity put into the event.

“It has definitely been a very packed semester, and I’m sure that next semester we’ll be doing a lot more things,” Barriga said.

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“We’re really trying to get the ball rolling on these projects.”

Last week’s concert raised over $1,000 for the AFSP, though it wasn’t the organization’s only philanthropic event of the semester. Last month the

fraternity invited inner-city children from West Philadelphia to enjoy a haunted house created by the brothers, with different rooms throughout the house decorated with different themes.

“When the kids came, it was

really cool to see how happy they were with the mask decorating,” Barriga said. “Kids are different: They get a lot of joy out of these little things, and it was great to be able to do that for them.”

Previous events have also supported other causes, including the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the James A. Finnigan Foundation, which works to provide governmental training to undergraduates through paid internships. Barriga expressed his desire to set a new standard in philanthropy within the fraternity during his time as philanthropy chair.

“When you think about any organization you join, or any organization for that matter, you think about the ability to mobilize great numbers of people, and I think it’s always good to have a balance between happiness from parties and the happiness of kids running around our chapter house,” Barriga said.

A few of the brothers plan to go to a local soup kitchen and make sandwiches for families in need for Thanksgiving, and others are planning to volunteer at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for a few weeks.

Some fraternities are also planning to work together to create a calendar with pictures of the fraternities’ dogs, with proceeds from sales benefiting the ASPCA.

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No. 12 DUKE 57 50 PENN

PENN 81 46 UMBC

After failing to upset Duke, Penn destroys UMBC

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As the third quarter opened, Lauren Whitlatch caught fire.

First one three-pointer, then another and another. After shooting 0-for-9 from the field in the first half of her first career start, the sophomore forward found her range and sent Penn women’s basketball to a fourpoint lead at the end of the third quarter against No. 14 Duke with 15 points in the quarter.

But it wasn’t enough.

In the final period, the Blue Devils locked in on the Quakers defensively and pulled ahead to a 57-50 victory in both teams’ season openers behind a 14-0 run. However, just two days later, the Red and Blue shook off the late loss to dominate UMBC in all four quarters en route to a 81-46 win on Sunday.

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Matt Howard, forwards who were able find their shots within the flow of the Red and Blue’s gameplay. They finished with 21 and 16 points, respectively, and helped the Quakers get out to a double-digit lead at halftime.

“I don’t think I’ve hit a shot this year without an assist,” Jones said. “Our offense is really predicated on cuts, and once I hit a few shots, I was able to make some back-cuts.”

However, this lead did not last.

Off the strength of some tough shot-making, the Colonials (0-2) stormed back in the second half and actually took a one-point lead with less than a minute remaining.

With the game on the line, the Quakers looked to their big man — senior Darien NelsonHenry — who came through, putting in a layup with 30 seconds left that would gave the Quakers the lead and the 76-75 win.

“It wasn’t perfect,” Donahue said. “It was sloppy in the

the way that we need to play,” Penn coach Mike McLaughlin said following the loss to Duke.

“It’s going to give us confidence going forward.”

Against Duke (2-0), Penn opened the game with a pair of first-time starters on the court.

Whitlatch and senior transfer Kasey Chambers started both games this weekend and played major roles for a Red and Blue team that is thin on depth.

The first two quarters saw the Quakers (1-1) and Blue Devils in a defensive slugfest, with both teams struggling to find the bottom of the net. The two teams combined to shoot just 27.3 percent from the field, but Duke was able to get out to a 23-16 lead behind eight points from freshman guard Kyra Lambert.

While the defense was a constant presence for the Quakers, aside from the aforementioned Duke run in the fourth quarter, Penn’s three-point shooting came and went. After shooting just 1-for-18 from deep over the first two quarters, the Quakers, led by Whitlatch, knocked

second half at times, but, in general, I’m thrilled.”

Sunday would not prove to be quite as exciting for the Red and Blue, but it was satisfying nonetheless.

The Quakers went into halftime knotted up with Central Connecticut State (0-2) at 29 apiece, but they had no problems in the second half, opening up a double-digit lead early in the frame and cruising to an authoritative 77-61 victory.

Once again, Jones carried the load offensively, depositing 23 points in only 24 minutes on 5-for-9 shooting from threepoint range. In his first two games in Donahue’s system, Jones has been markedly more aggressive — and effective — than he was throughout the majority of his freshman year under coach Jerome Allen.

While Jones’ breakout play may have been the most significant takeaway from the weekend, there were several smaller developments that also bode well for the Red and Blue moving forward.

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Sophomore Michelle Nwokedi had a career-high 23 points against UMBC on Sunday after notching 15 points and eight boards on Friday.

down seven three-pointers in the second half to revitalize the offense.

“It’s the mentality that you put yourself into. I just thought ‘next

CCSU on Sunday to secure a loose ball — much to the delight of his teammates — he seemed to signal that he is finally fully healthy. And when freshman guard Jake Silpe repeatedly got to the hole in the same game’s second half, he seemed to be hinting at his potential as a driving point guard at the college level.

“In the second half I just let the game come to me,” Silpe said. “They were closing out hard, so I had open lanes and looked for shooters.”

Ultimately, the wins may have come against two inconsistent teams, but there are no two ways about it: Things are looking up for Penn basketball, a fact that is not lost on its coach.

“Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be the coach of this place,” he said. “To be out there, after not coaching last year, to be out coaching these kids, I’m lucky.”

The Quakers will get their next chance to test their luck this Tuesday against Delaware State in their first road game of the season.

play,’” Whitlatch said.

Duke’s length and athleticism were ultimately too much for the Red and Blue, and the Blue Devils saved their best

basketball for the end of the game. Against a ranked opponent, it was all Penn could hope for to have Duke on the ropes down the stretch.

UMBC (0-2), on the other hand, provided a much different challenge. Coming off a short rest between games, the Quakers bounced back from the disappointing finish on Friday to dominate the Retrievers in all aspects of the game.

“Being around a little bit, I’ve played and I’ve coached for a while, I understand the impact and the emotions of one game,” McLaughlin said.

“Having that quick turnaround sometimes, I try to think about what they’re going to process at this point. … The mental piece to turn around, that’s why I’m really proud of this group.”

Early on, it looked like UMBC would be able to hang with the Quakers, jumping ahead 5-0 out of the gate and staying close for most of the first quarter. But as the game dragged on, Penn found its offensive and defensive rhythm, turning a seven-point

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Sophomore Sam Jones carried much of the scoring load for the Quakers over the weekend, putting up over-20 points in both games.

The top two teams in each region receive slots to Louisville, Ky., for NCAA’s on Saturday, and it took a herculean turnaround from a year ago for the men’s team to pull off the historic performance. The 60-point total for the Quakers represented a 91-point improvement over a year ago — the Red and Blue had not even broken into the top three in the Mid-Atlantic Region since a third-place finish in 2004.

By nabbing the second spot, Penn secured a spot at the NCAA Cross Country Championships for the first time since 1975. This will be the fifth time the Red and Blue make a team appearance at NCAA’s--- previous trips saw the Quakers take 27th place in 1975 and set a highwater mark for the program with a third-place finish in 1971.

first quarter lead into an 18point lead at halftime and a 30-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.

By then the game was over, and McLaughlin was able to get many of his freshmen out on the court for the first time in their careers as rookies Kristen Daley, Deja Jackson and Jameira Johnson all saw playing time.

Over the weekend, sophomore forward Michelle Nwokedi led the Quakers in scoring and rebounding, notching 15 points and eight rebounds against Duke, followed by 23 and 11 against the Retrievers. Whitlatch combined to score 28 points, while junior captain Sydney Stipanovich hit foul trouble against UMBC and totaled just 11 points across the two contests.

The Quakers will return to the Palestra on Tuesday to take on Lafayette. The Leopards, who handed the Quakers their second loss of the season last year with a 60-57 defeat in Easton, Pa., opened the 2015-16 season with a 67-47 loss to Delaware on Friday.

For the last several years, Awad has been the lone figure to represent the Quakers on a national stage — he was the sole competitor from Penn at NCAA’s the last two years, earning All-American honors in 2014. But now, he brings the whole team with him, and the Red and Blue have a chance to compete where they haven’t since the year before Forrest Gump started his own — literal and fictional — cross-country trek.

The Quakers now have a week to prepare both mentally and physically for the culmination of their season. And although this NCAA Championship won’t be airing on CBS or with Luther Vandross’ vocals in the background, for Penn, this weekend is just as big.

“One Shining Moment” might not be going on loop right now. But, if it were, it wouldn’t seem out of place at all.

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Penn volleyball will carry some momentum and added confidence into the fall of 2016 after a strong finish to the 2015 campaign. But it will also certainly be leaving plenty behind.

The Quakers finished their season with a pair of wins in New York over the weekend, sweeping Columbia before beating Cornell in five sets. The Red and Blue (1313, 7-7 Ivy) won four of their final five matches to finish .500 for the year.

The end of Penn’s season brings an end to the careers of seniors Alexis Genske, Alex Caldwell, Michellie McDonaldO’Brien, Jasmine DeSilva and Ronnie Bither. The five captains all capped off their excellent careers with strong seasons: Bither led the Ivy League in assists, while Genske (fourth), Caldwell (14th), McDonald-O’Brien (17th) and DeSilva (34th) each finished among the league leaders in kills. “I think it was important to finish strong,� Penn coach Kerry Carr said. “It would have been

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receiver Christian Pea rson along the right sideline put the Quakers at the Harvard 25.

Three plays later, a pass interference penalty on the Crimson set up the Red and Blue at the two. After an incomplete fade pass to Watson, Torgersen ran up the middle into the end zone on a keeper to make it 14-0.

With 350 yards rushing and five touchdowns on the ground this season, Torgersen has proven himself willing to run the ball when needed. In fact, he enjoys it. “It’s a lot of fun being able

really easy to be like, ‘OK, these matches don’t matter,’ but it really did matter to us, and we showed how strong we can be. “We always try to be improving every week, and we did that. I think it’s important to play every match like you’re going for the Ivy title.� “It was a really satisfying, strong finish to the year,� Genske said. “Throughout the season, we really felt like the record didn’t reflect how well we actually played at times. So it was definitely a really satisfying way to end things and wrap it all up. It’ll probably give us a better sense of closure as seniors.�

The end came a bit later than expected on Saturday night. For the first (and obviously only) time in the 2015 Ivy campaign, the Quakers played five sets. The seniors turned their final match into the longest possible match. Coincidence? Carr has her doubts. “That’s what I asked them when we got to the fifth set,�

Carr laughed. “I said, ‘We haven’t played a fifth set all season long, is this just because you guys don’t want to stop playing?’� “It seems fitting,� Genske added. “We were laughing about it after the game. It’s funny that our last match would get drawn

out longer than all the other ones.

It gave us a [chance] to play together for a few minutes longer.

It was kind of like an extension.�

The captains didn’t disappoint

in their final moments on the court. McDonald-O’Brien (12) and Genske (10) each reached double figures in kills against Columbia. In the finale against

Cornell, it was Caldwell (11) and DeSilva (10) doing so.

All four benefitted, as always, from the excellent setting of the fifth: Bither had 74 assists in the

two matches to give her 826 on the year, good for 175 more than her closest Ivy competition. “I think the seniors wanted to make sure that they played well.

I couldn’t get them off the court this week in practice,� Carr said. “Them going out and having, collectively, their best matches, it shows how much they love the game and how much they love the Penn volleyball program.�

The continued improvement of the captains, from the day they arrived on campus, is something Carr does not take for granted. “The dream is to get your players from freshman year to senior year and see them have their best play while they’re seniors,� she said. “As a coach, that’s what you want to happen. It doesn’t always happen. In fact, it rarely happens.

But I do think it’s really nice when a class can go through the years and show the strongest play at the end.�

Genske, Caldwell, McDonaldO’Brien, DeSilva and Bither have played their last point together, but they’re teammates for life. “We all have each other, so we’re able to transition together, and try new things together,�

Genske said. “I don’t think any of us are scared. We’re lucky.�

who had burned past safety Scott Peters. The sophomore wide receiver caught a perfect pass in stride and ran it in for a 68-yard touchdown to make it 21-6 before the first quarter had even ended.

After Harvard punched it in on a 14-yard touchdown catch by wide receiver Seitu Smith II to cut the Penn lead to 21-13, the Crimson got the ball back, and running back Semar Smith — brother of Seitu— ran it in from 15 yards out to pull the defending Ivy champs within two.

Penn responded by going three-and-out, and Harvard blocked sophomore Hunter Kelley’s punt. On their first

and only play of the drive, the Crimson ran a trick play, letting Shelton-Mosley air it out for a 28-yard touchdown pass to Firkser. Harvard took a 25-21 lead into halftime after its twopoint conversion attempt was no good. “We’ve been saving that one for a while,� Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “Having said that, they defended it well. It was quite an amazing throw by a non-quarterback.�

The Quakers opened the second half with a bang, as junior defensive back Lonnie Tuff took a squib kick up to the Harvard 39. A screen to Watson and run up the middle by sophomore Tre Solomon resulted in a first down, setting up Torgersen’s 28-yard strike to senior tight end Ryan Kelly that gave Penn a 28-25 lead.

After a Red and Blue turnover-on-downs at the Harvard 45 supplied the Crimson with excellent starting field position, Harvard drove all the way to the Penn 10 before opting

on fourth-and-one to attempt a game-tying field goal. Just a week after Penn blocked a game-winning attempt versus Princeton, the special teams came up big once again and blocked the kick.

Torgersen then picked up a first down on a scramble before a false start penalty followed by a sack gave the Quakers second-and-21 at their own 21.

But a sweep to Watson was all Penn needed, as Watson cut to the right sideline and was off to the races for a 79-yard score, giving the Red and Blue a 35-25 advantage it wouldn’t relinquish. “It was really just the standard outside run; we do it all the time,� Watson said. “That was the best I’ve ever seen it blocked. There are guys on the ground, [senior wide receiver] Cam [Countryman] pushed a guy all the way out to the sidelines. It was really just get to the outside and run straight up.�

As has been the theme for much of the year, the Penn

defense was clutch late in the game. While the Crimson drove down the field to try and make it a one-score game, a Semar Smith fumble deep in Quakers’ territory was recovered by senior safety Ian Dobbins with 3:28 left in the contest.

From that point on, the main goal turned to icing the game.

Hunter Kelley’s punt traveled a whopping 63 yards to the Harvard three, and senior defensive back Dylan Muscat sealed the win by picking off Harvard quarterback Scott Hosch.

Priore noted the second-half comeback is nothing new for the Quakers, as the team had trailed in all five games of its longest winning streak since 2010. “The poise reflects right down from the coaches to the kids,�

Priore said. “I was really most proud about the kids, how they stayed focused.�

Now, with one game remaining in the season, Penn’s game against Cornell next weekend means one thing: A win equals an Ivy title.

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to run the ball on the goal line and punch it in,� he said. “Obviously there are a lot of plays before that get you to that point, but I like taking the ball and trying to deliver hits to people.�

The Crimson were quick to respond, as returner Justice Shelton-Mosley ran back the kickoff to the Penn 17. A screen to wide receiver Andrew Fischer placed Harvard at the three-yard line, who then scored on a short pass to tight end Anthony Firkser.

However, the Quakers were quick to grab back the momentum. On the third play of the subsequent drive, Torgersen spotted a wide-open Watson,

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Red and Blue end season with embarrassing blowout

M. SOCCER | Penn had 10

men for second half GREG ROBINOV Sports Reporter

As William Shakespeare once said, “All’s well that ends well.” But for Penn men’s soccer, there would be no such redemption.

In the final game of what can only be called a dismal season, the Quakers fell to Harvard, 6-0, in Massachusetts, capping off a campaign that began with such high expectations.

Although perhaps only dignity was on the line in this contest, a win could have potentially moved Penn (3-11-2, 1-5-1 Ivy) into fifth place depending on the Cornell and Princeton results. Such dreams were shattered before all the fans had even taken their seats, as the Crimson’s Christian Sady capitalized on a good ball in from Oliver White and beat freshman keeper Etan Mabourakh in the eighth minute.

Penn flirted with danger

thereafter during a dangerous Harvard (9-6-2, 5-2-0) corner, one that resulted in a shot going just wide of the post. However, within five minutes of its first score, the Crimson doubled their lead, with the goal this time coming on an ambitious strike from range by Sady.

Left with little choice, Penn upped its aggression to try and erase the deep early hole. This offensive push left gaps in the back, and, in the 17th minute, a defensive miscommunication left Harvard’s Jake Freeman one-on-one with the keeper, past whom he slid the ball calmly to make it 3-0.

Unable to muster many opportunities going forward, the Quakers hoped to at least cling on until halftime and — possbly — come out revitalized. However, Harvard’s Tim Schmoll denied them even this, upping the margin to four in the 42nd minute and sending the Quakers back to the locker room in shambles.

Coming out to start the second half, coach Rudy Fuller opted to place senior Nick Savino, who was

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Junior Alec Neumann mustered two shot attempts in Penn’s 6-0 defeat to Harvard on Saturday, a fitting end to a disappointing season.

allowing an average of 1.50 goals per 90 minutes versus Mabourakh’s 1.61, between the posts. This plan unraveled only seven minutes into the period, when, upon scrambling for a loose ball, the newly introduced keeper was given a red card for allegedly taking out Freeman.

“I think it was a questionable

call,” Fuller said. “I disagreed with the red card, and I don’t think it should have been given there, but that’s up to the referee’s discretion so we have to live with it.”

After being dismissed in his final game with the Quakers, Savino had to be replaced by classmate Max Polkinhorne, coming in off

the frigid bench to try and stop the ensuing penalty kick. But Freeman stepped up to the spot and slotted it home.

Down to 10 men and behind five goals, the final whistle could not come soon enough for the despondent visitors. Penn was denied any mercy from the ever-pressing Harvard side, which put in its sixth of the match off the boot of senior Michael Innocenzi.

Not the fairy tale ending the Quakers were hoping for.

“Obviously, above all else, I’m disappointed for our six seniors, that we couldn’t do better for them in their last game wearing the Red and Blue,” Fuller said. “That’s not the way we wanted to send them out.”

With the only available option now being to look forward, junior Alec Neumann, who managed to get off two shots in the scoreless defeat, shed some optimistic light on the gloomy ending.

“That game will definitely leave a bitter taste in my mouth, but we’ll try to use it as motivation throughout the offseason,” Neumann said.

Two things to consider amidst all the consternation are injuries and freshmen. The team was ravaged by bad luck — seeing many long-time starters sidelined — and also had a crop of nine untested players on the squad.

Fuller explained how these two fates intertwined, perhaps revealing a smidgen of hope.

“Given the number of injuries we’ve had this year, a lot of guys got meaningful minutes, and I think that’s gonna pay off down the road,” Fuller said. “I think they have a lot of potential, but that can be a dangerous word.”

With his final season in sight, Neumann has set lofty goals for the team come 2016.

“Collectively we’ll try to do what we always do,” he said. “We always have a tough [non-conference] schedule, but we’ll definitely try to win the Ivy League and then make a run in the NCAA tournament.”

With eight match-free months on the horizon, it’s time for Penn to go back to the drawing board and rewrite the script for next year.

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notches 249 total yards JACOB ADLER Associate Sports Editor

BOSTON – The streak is over. Again.

On a windy Saturday in Cambridge, Mass., Penn football defeated No. 12 Harvard, 35-25, for its first win against the conference foe since 2012, snapping the Crimson’s 22game winning streak. The win, which moves the Quakers into a tie for first place in the Ivy League, comes less than two months after the Red and Blue knocked off Villanova for the first time in 104 years.

Penn (6-3, 5-1 Ivy) outscored Harvard (8-1, 5-1) in three of four quarters and featured strong play all around.

But the star of the game was

Justin Watson, who had 249 yards from scrimmage and two long touchdowns. The win puts coach Ray Priore’s team in position to clinch a share of the Ancient Eight title next week at home against Cornell, which picked up its first win of the season on Saturday.

On the Quakers’ first possession of the game, they moved down the field quickly, courtesy of a pass from junior quarterback Alek Torgersen to Watson for a 30-yard gain — one that was amplified by a late hit penalty. On the next play from the Crimson’s 10, Torgersen ran up the middle on a quarterback draw, breaking a tackle to reach the end zone.

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If this were men’s basketball, “One Shining Moment” would be playing for the Red and Blue.

Although Penn men’s cross country may not get a soulful theme song as a result of its performance, the squad qualified for the NCAA Championships nonetheless by finishing in the top two at its regional meet on Friday.

Competing in Princeton, N.J., in the Mid-Atlantic Regional, the No. 23 Quakers punched their NCAA ticket with a second-place finish. The 60 points for the Red and Blue trailed only the 44 points put up by No. 15 Georgetown while besting their crosstown rival — No. 22 Villanova — by seven points.

Leading the way for Penn was senior captain Thomas Awad, whose time of 30:49.5 was good for fourth place.

Awad, along with the other

four point-scorers for the Quakers, earned All-Region honors.

Senior Brendan Smith (15th), juniors Nick Tuck (sixth) and Brendan Shearn (12th) and sophomore Ross Wilson (23rd) all joined Awad in the top 25.

Sophomore Patrick Hally and senior Clark Shurtleff rounded things out for the Red and Blue with 28th- and 102ndplace finishes, respectively.

On the women’s side, a sixthplace showing was strong but not enough for Penn as the Red and Blue needed to come in below 75 points to nab the second ticket to NCAA’s from Georgetown. Although junior Ashley Montgomery secured a fifth-place spot and All-Region honors, she was alone among her teammates in the top 25, leaving the Quakers with 158 points, thereby keeping them out of NCAA’s.

Juniors Cleo and Clarissa Whiting finished 26th and 32nd, respectively, while sophomores Abby Hong (40th) and Isabel Griffith (55th) rounded out Penn’s point-scorers.

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With less than a minute remaining on the clocks at the Palestra on Friday, Penn basketball looked like it was going to continue the trend it had established the previous two seasons: losing in its season opener.

Instead, the Qua kers flipped their fortunes and ended up with their most successful opening weekend since the start of the Fran Dunphy era, defeating Robert

Morris in the last minute on Friday before pulling away from Central Connecticut State in a Sunday matinee at home.

From the opening tip on Friday, it was evident that this iteration of the Quakers (2-0) would certainly be different from the one its fans had grown accustomed to over the past several years. Instead of relying on individual playmaking, Donahue’s squad focused on sharing the ball and waiting for the open shot.

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