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Professors and administrators showed support for the black community at Penn, following the racist GroupMe messages CHASEN SHAO Staff Reporter

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n Nov. 16, following the Faculty Senate meeting, the Senate and various standing faculty participated in a solidarity march in opposition to racist GroupMe messages targeting black freshmen.

Faculty Senate Chair–elect Santosh Venkatesh, Chair Laura Perna and former Chair Reed Pyertiz led the solidarity march across campus. They were

joined by students and administrators, including President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price.

Before the march began, Perna read the statement that the Faculty Senate had passed minutes before: “On behalf of the standing faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, the Faculty Senate of the Executive Committee endorses the statement of President Amy

Gutmann about the presidential election and the statement from the University of Pennsylvania regarding racist messages sent to students. As a faculty, we stand in solidarity with our Penn black students, black faculty and staff, and all who are feeling targeted, unsafe and vulnerable.

We condemn racism and bigotry on and off our campus. We are committed to the advancement of equity, inclusiveness

and constructive dialogue on our campus and to ensure that all persons are treated with dignity and respect. We commit to addressing the bigotry that has been on display in this election cycle and in making our campus a safe environment for everyone.”

The march began at the Arch building on Locust Walk, where students soon joined the faculty marchers. The

marchers proceeded down Locust Walk until they reached the Tampons. Then, they turned and continued their march along Walnut Street until they returned to their starting point.

As the marchers continued down Locust Walk, the initially quiet crowd began to chant.

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LGBT Center event remembers trans lives lost this year

Students fear loss of birth control access under Trump

The event was held four days earlier than usual because of Thanksgiving

IUDs could be first to go if Trump changes regulations

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Just a week before students celebrate a day of thanksgiving and remembrance, the LGBT Center held the Transgender Day of Remembrance, where attendees wrote messages to members of the transgender community killed in the United States this year. The messages were burned in a fire as a symbol of sending love to the lives that were lost.

Penn commemorated the event four days earlier than it is usually celebrated, Nov. 20, with activities and a speech by Philadelphia artist and activist Hazel Edwards.

The event, which was co-sponsored by the LGBT Center and Counseling and Psychological Services, began at 5:30 p.m. with attendees pasting circles containing the biographical information of transgender people who had been killed this year on a bulletin board. Attendees also pasted messages of grief, colored in blue, and messages of celebration and hope, colored in yellow.

“Why is hate so strong?” read one message.

“We Matter,” read another.

“It is quite an impact to look at a board and see all these people who were killed, violently, just for being who they are,” said LGBT Center Senior Associate Director Erin Cross.

This year, organizers also wanted to create a more visual display of remembrance in order to include more introverted members of the community, said CAPS Psychologist Matthew LeRoy. Some attendees, however, felt that the event wound up being “too silent.”

With just 63 days until President- ele ct Dona ld Tr u mp’s inauguration, students on campus are preparing for what his administration might do. Chief among these concerns is access to contraception.

College junior Esther Cohen said that when Trump closed in on an electoral victory, her first concern

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Following the election of 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump to the presidency, many students fear that they will lose access to birth control.

was whether women would be able to retain access to birth control.

During his campaign, Trump said he planned to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, which ensures access to women’s health and requires health insurers to cover all approved forms of birth control without charging cost-sharing fees such as a co-pay.

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Karl Rove discusses future of Trump presidency Rove served as an advisor under President George W. Bush ESHA INDANI Contributing Reporter

In the wake of the election, Republican political analyst Karl Rove explained to students that regardless of the outcome of the election, there are several urgent structural problems within the American government that need to be addressed quickly.

On Wednesday evening, the Penn College Republicans hosted Rove,

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senior advisor and deputy chief of staff during the George W. Bush administration, for a discussion on the electoral triumph of 1968 Wharton graduate and President-elect Donald Trump and the implications of his presidency for the future of American politics.

The talk was attended by a large audience of Penn students and faculty of mixed political affiliations.

Wharton freshman Ben Shaker com ment e d on t he p osit ive SEE ROVE PAGE 5

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Karl Rove urged attendees of his talk to give Trump a chance before making a judgment on his presidency.

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Grad. students write letter in support of black freshmen The letter asked admin. to denounce Donald Trump CHARLOTTE LARACY Staff Reporter

Graduate students released an open letter on Wednesday echoing their support for students of color in the wake of racist messages sent to black freshmen last week.

Physics graduate student Gaurav Shukla, president of Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, released an additional letter in tandem with the Inclusion Diversity Equality Access Leadership Committee about the messages.

In the email, IDEAL discussed the number of events that

happened in the past week since the presidential election on Nov. 8, including the racist GroupMe messages as well as student protesters being allegedly harassed at the Harvard-Penn football game by white students yelling, “We hate you,” and “This is why we shouldn’t have affirmative action.”

“Not everyone on campus is a target, but every single one of us is affected by oppression, and every single one of us has a responsibility to create a culture where bigotry is unacceptable.

Inaction is acceptance,” the IDEAL letter stated. “There is no such thing as a silent ally.

We encourage you to speak out against the bigotry you witness in your daily lives, whether

committed by family, friends, or strangers.”

Over 200 graduate students have signed a petition for the administration to denounce President-elect Donald Trump, a 1968 Wharton graduate. The graduate students said they are displeased with the administration’s silence on Trump and their failure to denounce his “racism, misogyny, homophobia and Islamophobia.”

“While we recognize the swiftness of the response from the university administration, and encourage Penn to continue to put all of its power and resources into continuing the investigation into these matters, we also note a deafening silence around the

undeniable connection between these incidents and the results of the presidential election on November 8th,” the petition stated.

The letter asked for the administration to publicly condemn Trump and his remarks in order for the Penn community to heal.

“In correspondences over the weekend, the university administration has stated a commitment to ‘healing with members of our community,’” the petition stated. “We know that this healing cannot fully take place, nor can the roots of the harm be fully recognized, until the university takes steps to actively acknowledge the role of this election in condoning hatred and violence across the United States.”

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As demonstrations of racism and hatred roil the campus and the nation, graduate students at Penn are calling for the administration to speak out.

Freshmen explore mysterious secret tunnels under the Quad Tunnels often covered in graffiti and artwork KELLY HEINZERLING Contributing Reporter

Hidden beneath the rooms of the Quad lies a series of littleknown tunnels. This well-kept secret allows ambitious students to explore areas of the Quad that most will never see.

Many freshmen have no idea that beneath their feet is a series of intricate tunnels. With the dangers the tunnels pose, such as hot pipes and mechanical equipment, perhaps they should be left to the cockroaches and mice.

There are multiple entryways to the tunnels, most famously via the ladder to the immediate left of the Upper Quad Gate.

Other entryways are behind unmarked, white doors, while some entrances are behind doors labeled “Danger”.

The most famous tunnel runs from the Upper Quad Gate through to the Lower Quad Gate and around to the middle of the Baby Quad at Cleemann Hall.

Other tunnels originate in the Upper Quad and run along the length of Fisher-Hassenfeld College House.

These maintenance tunnels contain important features that keep the Quad running smoothly, such as pipes for heating and water. One freshman explorer claimed to have found the room that housed phone lines for all of the old phones in the Quad.

A freshman, who preferred to remain anonymous, said the tunnels were “a little damp and a little scary,” but “it was quite the experience.” Another freshman noted that the tunnels were “a little weird” and unpredictable to get into, as the same doors are left locked and unlocked, seemingly at random.

Freshmen who have found the entrances and dared to explore the tunnels have certainly left their mark in the form of graffiti. Student artwork and names decorate the walls, with the latest markings appearing to be from 2014. Other graffiti is dated back to as late as 1992, suggesting that tunnel exploration is a pastime freshmen have enjoyed for 24 years at least.

So what is it that draws students to these tunnels?

“The novelty of it is very exciting,” one freshman said.

Others explore the tunnels as a sort of adventure.

It is likely that the search for an adrenaline rush isn’t the only thing that brings students into the underground tunnels, however — graffiti of the word “weed” tags some of the pipes.

Freshmen report that visiting the tunnels is not a well-known staple of Quad life.

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[the tunnels]? No, not really,” remarked College freshman Riley Morrison. Others agreed that “it’s definitely a secret.”

Ambitious tunnel explorers be warned — there are definitely risks. Some of the entryways to tunnels are labeled “Danger.”

Often, maneuvering deeper into the tunnels requires students to walk through hazardous pipes and mechanical equipment.

Unsurprisingly, the Quad is not the only place on campus with a mysterious basement.

According to Wikipedia, Hill College House contains a fallout shelter, a remnant of Cold War architecture. Hill is also rumored to contain tunnels that connect to the Quad, though no students have reported having found such a tunnel.

So if you’re wondering if the hunt for secret tunnels is even worth your time, just imagine the secrets that the underground world hidden beneath your dorm could hold.

As one student put it, “we’re not Hogwarts, but it’s still a cool place to be.”

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Students venturing into the tunnels have found graffiti of names and artwork under the Quad dating back to 1992.

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Students donate Penn meal swipes to their peers Initiative was organized through Swipe Out Hunger MANLU LIU Contributing Reporter

Students who entered 1920 Commons on Wednesday afternoon could choose to donate their unused meal swipes to charity with simple swipes of their PennCards.

The donation day was run

by Penn’s chapter of Swipe Out Hunger, which was started two years ago by College seniors Jessica Abrams and Liza Lansing. In the past, donations went to food banks; however, Wednesday was the first time Penn students could donate swipes to students in need.

The club was started after the two then-sophomores realized the extent of food insecurity in West Philadelphia through their Academically Based Community Service class. They sought out the help of their professor, Ira Harkavy, to bring the national Swipe Out Hunger model

to Penn.

“We noticed that this area past Penn [West Philadelphia] is a food desert,” Abrams said.

“It captured our interest in food insecurity in this city, in our community [and] around the world.”

Now a club of 30 members, Penn’s chapter of Swipe Out Hunger coordinates a variety of events ranging from a volunteer week to profit-shares with local restaurants, in which ten percent of students’ orders are donated to Philabundance.

Past events included the “$4 challenge,” in which students were challenged to survive on $4 worth of food per day, the equivalent of what low-income people on food stamps would receive.

“We developed a range of programs to engage people both on and not on meal swipes,” Lansing said.

A major recurring event is the Swipe Out Hunger Donation Day, which has taken place every semester since spring

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College seniors Jessica Abrams and Liza Lansing hosted Wednesday’s Swipe Out Hunger Donation Day.

2015. For a given day each semester, Penn students could donate up to five swipes, and Penn’s dining service, Bon Appetit, would donate the corresponding monetary value to food banks such as Philabundance, the largest food bank in

Penn Non-Cis to host fifth annual open GenderTalk The event is an open mic event at LGBT Center LAUREN SORANTINO Staff Reporter

In a time of incredible turbulence at Penn and across the country, the fifth annual GenderTalk may not have come at a better time.

GenderTalk, an open mic night hosted by Penn Non-Cis, will be held on Thursday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Goodhand Room of the LGBT Center.

Those who identify as trans or gender nonconforming are welcome to share any poetry, monologue or song, while cisgender people are encouraged to perform pieces pertaining to gender identity or expression. The event is free and open to the public. The LGBT Center, the Penn Women’s Center and the Gender,

Sexuality and Women’s Studies department are among the event’s sponsors.

Penn Non-Cis members created GenderTalk in an effort to amplify trans and gender nonconforming voices, as well as facilitate dialogue surrounding gender and gendered experiences. The group hopes that those in attendance will be prompted to think critically about gender stereotypes and how gender operates as a social construct in American society. The group will also ask for optional donations to Divine Light, an LGBTQ wellness center in Philadelphia, during the event.

In the past GenderTalk has drawn a large turnout not just from Penn, but from the wider Philadelphia com munity, according to Penn Non-Cis Internal Chair and College junior Kerry Schellenberger, who uses ze/zir pronouns.

“It’s always been a very vibrant event with a lot of different types of performances,” ze said.

In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, Penn Non-Cis members agreed that the importance of GenderTalk has been amplified. Schellenberger said Penn Non-Cis has been reaching out to cisgender women who are hurting due to the results of the election and encouraging them to share their experiences at the event.

Another member, who asked not to be named, added that the event will “provide a place for people to speak freely and voice their frustrations, and to stand in solidarity as a community affected by the hateful acts prompted by the election results.”

“At a time when so much about the future is uncertain, it’s important for us to come together,” this member said.

Delaware Valley, and SHARE, another local food program.

In the process of partnering with different food banks, Abrams and Lansing have learned that such organizations appreciate monetary donations instead of actual food items,

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the future of birth control has prompted calls on social media for women to get an IntraUterine Device — a form of long-acting birth control — as soon as they can.

Cohen recently scheduled a medical consultation for longacting birth control.

“Right now, what [Trump’s] administration is going to do is one huge question mark,” Cohen said. “This is one way I can be in control of my own life and protect myself from this administration in the ways I know they want to threaten me.”

College senior Trudel Pare had similar concerns, saying she has begun considering the option of an IUD “now more than ever before.”

“I am just about to graduate — it is a very exciting and new time for me. The ability to control whether I’m going to be pregnant or not is really important,” she said.

Melissa Weiler Gerber, the president and CEO of family planning nonprofit organization Access Matters said “signs are not very promising” for future

they said.

“If we give [the food banks] the money, it gives them the ability to go and purchase in mass quantities and purchase what they know is the best quality for the price that they can get,” Lansing said.

While Penn’s Swipe Out Hunger model has not changed since its inception, after being approached by the Vice President’s Office, Abrams and Lansing were brought to the issue of food insecurity on Penn’s campus, namely the students who can’t afford their own meals beyond what Student Financial Services has allotted them.

“This year, our meal swipes are actually going to be put in students’ accounts who otherwise would not be able to afford meals,” Abrams said.

Penn’s Swipe Out Hunger has been widely successful, maxing out the cap that Bon Appetit has placed on the number of swipes it will donate.

“In order to get Penn Dining

on board, we really had to look at Bon Appetit’s charitable interests,” Lansing said.

One restriction that Penn Dining set is a maximum of 1,750 swipes can be donated by students each semester. In the previous three semesters, Penn’s students have donated over 4,500 swipes — the equivalent of $16,000 — through the Swipe Out Hunger Donation Days.

While exact numbers were not yet available as of Wednesday, Lansing and Abrams estimate that students have donated over 1,000 swipes and $6,000 this Wednesday, funds that will help alleviate hunger starting right from Penn’s campus.

“The idea of a student-tostudent donation has really resonated wit h st udents,” Abrams said. “We got our strongest showing to date today and look forward to working with the University, other student groups and local business to grow our impact.”

access to women’s healthcare.

“It is important while coverage is still available, that women take stock and think about their plans for the next few years,” she said.

Apart from the ACA, reproductive health services in the United States are protected by Title X of the Public Health Service Act, a federal program which has been in place since 1970. It would thus take “two layers of undoing” to effectively limit women’s access to birth control, said Anne Teitelman, an associate professor of nursing who also teaches in the Perelman School of Medicine.

Gerber said, however, that even during President Barack Obama’s administration, there have been initiatives in Congress to defund Title X. With Trump as president and Republicans in control of both legislative chambers, those proposals may gain steam.

There are particular interest

groups which are more vulnerable to potential changes in regulation. Women dependent on insurance or Medicaid for birth control are more likely than those who are not to face difficulty accessing contraceptives if ACA or Title X is altered, Teitelman said.

There are also some birth control options which are more at risk than others, experts said.

Long-Acting Reversible Contraception methods such as IUDs and implants require a higher upfront cost, and are likely to be the first to go if regulations are changed. Gerber said that this is damaging since LARCs are twenty times more effective than other birth control options such as the pill.

“It is on all of us,” Teitelman said, “to work at all levels, locally, state-wide and nationally to ensure that all women have continued access to the full range of birth control and reproductive health services.”

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OPINION Don’t be an “Ally.” Be an Ally.

GUEST COLUMN BY TUNMISE FAWOLE

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2016 VOL. CXXXII, NO. 108 132nd Year of Publication COLIN HENDERSON President LAUREN FEINER Editor-in-Chief ANDREW FISCHER Director of Online Projects ISABEL KIM Opinion Editor JESSICA MCDOWELL Enterprise Editor DAN SPINELLI City News Editor CAROLINE SIMON Campus News Editor ELLIE SCHROEDER Assignments Editor LUCIEN WANG Copy Editor SUNNY CHEN Copy Editor NICK BUCHTA Senior Sports Editor

The past week has been one of the most difficult weeks of my life. Between the results of the election, the lives of members of the black freshman community being threatened, along with countless other acts of racism, islamophobia, homophobia and xenophobia, I’m sad about the state of America. Yet, that is not the only thing that bothered me.

It was this pervasive sense of “allyship”™ that deeply troubled me.

Sympathy is not enough.

If you’re really going to call yourself an ally, I’m going to need more than you wearing a safety pin. This isn’t about you making yourself feeling better, or alleviating guilt. This is about rolling your sleeves up and doing actual work to acknowledge and dismantle the systems that have perpetuated white

supremacy and other forms of discrimination.

The media is not exempt from this, and what images and trends are prioritized and shared speak volumes about the motives of reporting in the first place.

The media is at least partly responsible for the results of this election thanks to a lot of free advertising for one candidate. The dust is settling on electing a man who was elected at least in part by playing to white fear about the rapidly disintegrating “great” America.

We can’t sugar coat how we got to where we are right now. If we are going to protect each other, we need to love one another, but also be real.

Here are some ways true allies can contribute to positive, tangible, effective change:

When you are sharing/ educating others about white (and other types of) privilege, don’t highlight

communities how to feel about their oppression, or organize their movements for them. If something di-

If you’re really going to call yourself an ally, I’m going to need more than you wearing a safety pin.”

your own guilt. It’s counterproductive and takes the focus away from the actual marginalized community.

Instead focus on ways that these systems can be dismantled.

Don’t tell marginalized

rectly impacts a community, it is not your place to try and rally their community together. Defer to leadership within that community and focus your efforts on asking how you can be of assistance to any movement,

and recognize you might not be needed in that exact moment.

Lastly, don’t come out and make statements denouncing racism, islamophobia, homophobia and xenophobia when it is convenient for you to do so. Making progress and spreading awareness is not going to be comfortable or convenient for you. We don’t need parttime allies — we for sure are not marginalized on a part-time basis.

There were a lot of people who did it right last weekend, and I was very grateful for that. However, I’m also very tired of people doing the very least to make themselves feel better without actually lifting up and affirming people of color and other marginalized communities. There is a lot of work that needs to be done to

protect at-risk populations right now.

All of the time you’ve been trying to spend comforting black people and other marginalized communities should be spent educating your family members, friends and other people with whom you have the privilege to have an audience. Your goal is not just to comfort, but to dismantle and eliminate the systems that caused such discomfort in the first place. Don’t just ask if marginalized communities are okay — put yourself out there to protect them. Actions speak louder than words.

TUNMISE FAWOLE is a senior in the College studying Health and Societies. She is CoChair of UMOJA, the umbrella organization for black students and student groups on campus.

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GUEST COLUMN BY STEVEN SUN Based on my news feed, there’s been a lot more fear and stress at Penn than usual. Some of it comes from Trump’s election, and some from the validation of bigotry some believe his election stands for. There’s certainly no shortage of things to be afraid of these days.

That said, the increase of trolls in real life is not one of them.

To those unaware, trolls are people who commit crimes anonymously to incite a large, generally negative, reaction from a community. The larger the reaction, the greater the troll’s rush. A troll’s favorite nourishments are fear, rage and disgust, second to any evidence that you take them seriously in the first place. Fighting trolls comes as nothing new to active members of internet communities, but Trump’s election, for better or worse, has brought many of them into real life. For those unfamiliar with fighting them, here are some recommendations.

To individuals: Don’t ever let them see that you’re scared, or even bother wasting your time on their vitriol. To do so only tempts them to do it again. More specifically this means no more posting about how you feel unsafe and unwelcome. Your safety hasn’t ever been in the hands of a troll, but when you complain that you are afraid, you suggest that it might be. Don’t.

Record everything. Be thorough and quiet about it, and if you are able and willing, try and assist authorities in determining who the culprit(s) are. Trolls rarely have the courage to act alone.

Trolls irl are on the rise, but they’re also easier to fight. Without anonymity, trolls irl are just overgrown bullies. It takes one confident voice to ask, “if you think we should leave, then make me” to silence them.

To be clear, that voice needs to be there, looking the bully in the eye, and most importantly, alone.

Not being able to see the individual they harm in front of them is exactly the mental stopgap trolls irl need to feel enabled to act. If they try to resort to physical violence, report them to the

Trolls cry wolf a thousand times, so when the wolf really does come, both the sheep and hunter have grown complacent. Stay vigilant, but also try to avoid validating trolls’ ac-

Fighting the power is unfortunately more about the fight and less about the war cry.” authorities. That said, bullies, cowards and trolls tend to be cut from the same cloth.

To institutions, boards and all other official statement writers: Learn how to distinguish trolls from real threats.

Trolls generally only act alone or in very small, uncoordinated groups. Real threats are more sophisticated and act under a clear banner, if not by name.

tions with recognition.

Don’t ever let them see you panic. When asked for public opinion, say, “this is nonsense.” When asked, “don’t you condemn this sort of behavior?,” say, “obviously, and the punishment for it will be severe.”

Unfortunately, when institutions must constantly reassure student safety, it grants trolls the notion they had influence over safety at all. Again, they didn’t, so

don’t give them the idea.

Be swift, ruthless and most importantly, silent about delivering punishment. The media will look for heads to put on pikes, and people may think that punishing criminals in the town square deters others. In the case of trolls, however, it does not. Their publicized heads are a victory for the trolling community, because, again, all they want is the attention.

When trolls start to realize their compatriots are being namelessly axed — that’s when they’ll stop. When the media asks about how you’ve tackled the issue, simply respond, “They’ve been dealt with.”

To trolls: There are healthier ways to get recognition, really. Try pottery.

To keyboard social justice warriors: I get it. There’s a “this-doesn’t-maket he-problem-go-awaybut-somehow-social-media-validation-makes-mefeel-like-I’m-not-alone” feeling you get when you

write all your feelings down cohesively and get more than 100 likes. I’ve felt it before. But you have to realize that when you only complain about the systems of oppression, you stay oppressed. Just crying loudly about someone else’s privilege doesn’t take it away from them; in fact, it’s clear that these days, it annoys the moderates and feeds the trolls, doing more harm than good.

Fighting the power is unfortunately more about the fight and less about the war cry. It means that even if you have to work twice as hard for half the recognition, you work five times as hard, come out on top and still have the energy to mold the world to your ideals.

One hardworking minority in a real position of power is worth a hundred “woke” keyboard justice warriors crying about their lack of it. Be that one.

STEVEN SUN is a rising College senior taking a gap year.

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“A people, united, will never be defeated,” and “Show me what democracy looks like. This is what democracy looks like,” the marchers chanted.

Faculty joined the march to demonstrate support for those affected by racism.

“This election has given a voice to a lot of different groups that have very divergent views, some of which are potentially violent. It’s an important time to show Penn-wide solidarity,” Wharton professor Wes Hutchinson said.

Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said cooperation between march organizers and Penn Police allowed for the effective blockade of the intersection of 38th and Walnut Streets.

“This is a great example of a great unity march in that the organizers let all the right people know. We were notified what time it would be, where it would

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atmosphere of the discussion.

“I think this was very civil.

People from both parties came out and created a positive mood given the current contentious situation,” he said.

Rove’s speech focused on the outcome of the election and the future of the president-elect’s term in the White House. He said that while he would gloat about the Republican win this presidential election, he could not deny “what a horrible mess politics is for both political parties.”

Rove moreover stated that his party’s unprecedented success in the House, Senate and the White House “ought to be rosy, but it’s not.”

He la rgely at t r ibut e d Trump’s victory to the American public’s desire for change.

He discounted campaign management on both sides, stating that both candidates failed to

be and what was the mission, so we could ensure that everyone had a safe passage,” Rush said.

Following the conclusion of the march, Gutmann expressed optimism for the future and gratitude for the large turnout for the march.

“We will continue to work together, because in unity there really is strength. The arch of the universe bends towards justice, but not fast enough. We will work to make it happen,” she said.

“I am glad we are in solidarity, united against hatred.”

Immediately following Gutmann’s remarks, some marchers began to sing “We Shall Overcome,” an anthem of the Civil Rights Movement.

Marchers stood around a Black Lives Matter poster and sung in slow, resonating voices, “Deep in my heart, I do believe, the truth shall set you free.” "[The song] means a great deal in black history, and really anybody’s history that deals with racial equality and justice. It’s an old anthem for an old enemy in a

achieve the objectives of their election campaigns: Trump failed to secure the number of white voters that he had aimed to obtain, whereas Clinton failed to re-create the “Obama coalition” of millennial, minority and college-educated voters.

He stressed that Trump was not expecting a win, and implied a certain lack of preparation on the part of the president-elect. Rove, however, expressed confidence in Trump’s ability to adapt to this new level of responsibility, using his election victory speech — which he described as “pitch perfect” — as an indication of Trump’s transition to a new level of leadership.

He further expressed approval of Trump’s decision to place Mike Pence in charge of the transition of power in the White House, calling it a “smart move.”

Trump’s victory last week makes him the first Penn

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On Wednesday night, faculty gathered in front of the Arch building on Locust Walk following the Faculty Senate meeting, and proceeded to march in solidarity with the black community at Penn. This is in light of black freshmen being added to a racist GroupMe chat last week.

new time,” Cecilia Cummings, a Penn employee who sang with the marchers, said.

graduate to be elected to the White House. This win, however, was overshadowed on campus by a wave of protests and racist incidents that spread across the country.

Rove addressed a question about the recent uptick in racist acts in the United States by arguing that no blame can be placed on the outcome of the election, stating that it was a result of “something that’s been going on for the last six, seven years.”

He reminded his audience that predictions of the consequences of a Trump presidency are simply speculative. Rove further stressed that it would be important to see how the president-elect would handle his government before forming judgements on the impacts of his policies and ideas.

“But we owe him, as we owe every president, a decent interval during which we’re all behind him and wishing him the best.”

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about our community,” Perna said. “Clearly we have some things that we need to work on,

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After the last activity where messages to transgender people were burned, an attendee who asked to be attributed as Rachel said, “this does not feel like remembrance. It feels like trying to forget.”

Organizers responded by asking if attendees wanted to read out the names and details pasted on the board. By the time all the names of the transgender victims of violence had been read out, several guests were in tears.

“We have soft-spoken folks who aren’t always as enmeshed in the program, which was what we were thinking about this year,” Cross said, “But I think [Rachel’s] point was well-taken. And I’m so glad that she brought it up.”

LPS senior and Co-chair of Penn Non-Cis Amelia Sollitti agreed that the event was quieter than in previous years, though not any less emotional.

“There’s a huge problem of

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Lead by the LGBT Center, students read out names of transgender victims of violence for the Transgender Day of Remembrance.

trans folk being murdered and it has a big impact on the community,” Sollitti said. This day “is important because it provides the time and space for communities to come together and collectively mourn.”

According to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, 26 transgender people have been killed in the United States so far this year – the highest ever recorded so far. This number does not include transgender people whose deaths were

not reported due to misgendering.

That being said, the event made sure to emphasize that along with grief comes strength. In her closing remarks, guest speaker Hazel Edwards said that transgender people who were killed this year, including her own sister Crystal Edmonds “are still with us.”

Cross reiterated her message at the end of the event, saying, “They are still here. They still energize us to stand up for one another, especially in the climate of today.”

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head to Philadelphia

MARC MARGOLIS Contributing Reporter SATURDAY

Keystone Classic All Day

The Palestra

Coming off a strong showing at the Southeast Open, Penn wrestling hopes to parlay that momentum into a great performance at their only home tournament of the year: the Keystone Classic.

This Saturday will feature some of the top wrestlers from around the country. Out of about 200 wrestlers in the field, 25 of them are ranked. That includes Penn junior May Bethea and seniors Casey Kent, Frank Mattiace, and Caleb Richardson.

Besides individual rankings, defending national champion and current No. 4 Penn State will make its first-ever appearance as a team at the Keystone Classic.

Furthermore, the No. 22 ranked Quakers host strong programs such as No. 23 Rider, Appalachian State, Drexel, Eastern Michigan, Edinboro, Franklin & Marshall, Harvard, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Sacred Heart and

VMI. “It’s a great opportunity for our guys,� Coach Alex Tirapelle said. “We want to challenge them throughout the course of the season because the [regular] season is meant to prepare for the conference tournament and the national tournament at the end of the year.�

In particular, Bethea, ranked No. 19 in the country, faces strong competition in the 157-pound weight class from Penn State’s Jason Nolf. Nolf not only comes off a finals appearance at the NCAA championships but also enters this tournament as the number one ranked wrestler in the country. Furthermore, Bethea and Nolf faced off at the NCAA championships last spring with Nolf dominating the matchup. “I would definitely like to wrestle him again,� Bethea said. “He’s tough, he beat me pretty bad so I want to test my improvement.

It will be a good challenge.�

Still, Bethea won the Keystone Classic last year. Despite the fact Nolf is the highest ranked wrestler in the weight class, the reigning champion is under pressure to duplicate his performance from last year. “Keystone last year was a lot of fun, it was really exciting and

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Senior Frank Mattiace, the number-16-ranked 197-pounder in the country, will have his hands full this weekend against top programs.

a real confidence booster for me.�

Bethea said. “And now having a target on my back, just makes me work harder, I’ll definitely not be worried, but prepared.�

If Bethea is able to best Nolf, the sky is the limit for what kind of season the junior will have.

Besides Bethea, many other wrestlers will see stiff competition in their weight class.

Freshman Jon Errico and junior Joe Oliva could have their hands full with Zein Retherford, reigning NCAA champion and the No. 1 ranked wrestler in the

149-pound weight class.

To compound the tough competition from other schools, Errico and Oliva are competing with each other for a starting spot when Dual Meet season rolls around. A strong performance from either could give one of them an edge in what has been a very tight competition up to this point. “It will be a good gauge at this point in mid-November whose spot it is,� Tirapelle said in reference to the impact Saturday will have in ultimately choosing a starter.

Furthermore, senior Carson Stack, junior Joe Heyob and sophomore Ryan Wosick have been grappling for the starting spot at the 184-pound weight class. However, with injuries to Stack and Wosick, Heyob is the only healthy wrestler competing at 184 pounds who has a shot to be a starter. Besides Penn State’s Bo Nickal, ranked No. 3 in the country coming into this week, the 184-pound weight class is comprised largely of unknowns. This gives him a great opportunity to take a firm grasp of the starting spot. This revelation could be especially disappointing for Stack who is a senior and who lost most of his junior season to injury.

Conversely, All-American Casey Kent is a senior who has seen unquestionable success in the 174-pound weight class.

Coming into the home tournament with a No. 3 ranking, Kent comes in as a heavy favorite to win his weight class. He could potentially be challenged by Penn State’s Geno Morelli, Harvard’s Josef Johnson, and Northwestern’s Johnny Sebastian, a local Philadelphia high school wrestler.

Another weight class to watch is at 197 pounds. Considered one of the strongest in the tournament, Penn’s Frank Mattiace will

have his hands full. He faces particularly stiff competition from Rider’s Ryan Wolfe and Penn State’s Matt McCutcheon. All three are ranked in the top 20 for this weight class with Wolfe leading the way at No. 11 and McCutcheon and Mattiace closely behind at No. 14 and No. 16, respectively.

However, Mattiace is not focused on his competition as much as he is on himself. “One of the biggest things is treating the week right, making sure I’m staying on top of my weight, and training hard,� Mattiace said. “So when it comes time for the tournament, I’m feeling the best I can and am ready to compete and take care of the things I can control.� “We need to test them,� Tirapelle said, “so we can direct our training and be more focused with our effort in the practice room between now and the end of February.�

With Penn only getting one chance to have so many top tier wrestling programs on campus, the way the Quakers wrestle could be a strong indication on what is to come when the Ivy League Tournament and NCAA Championships roll around.

Quakers aim to make splash at season’s first Ivy tri-meet SWIMMING | Squad

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After promising performances the past two weekends, Penn swimming and diving is hoping to continue its success in its first Ivy League tri-meet of the season this coming Saturday.

In their previous dual meet

against Villanova, the Quakers pounced on the Wildcats, and both the men and women’s teams came out with convincing victories by scores of 176.5-118.5 and 160-140, respectively. Although Penn was apprehensive about facing the strong and talented women’s team of Villanova, the Red and Blue came out on top even without an appearance from sophomore Nancy Hu, who is a standout in the 200-yard butterfly event.

The big names on the team sheet impressively dominated various events in Villanova.

Senior captains Rochelle Dong and Kevin Su placed first in the

women’s 50-yard freestyle and men’s 200-yard freestyle. Sophomore Thomas Dillinger, after a strong performance in the prior meet, placed first in the men’s 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:52.19.

In its first conference tri-meet, Penn will head up to Ithaca to face Cornell and Princeton. The Red and Blue have already faced an Ivy League opponent — Columbia — and although the men’s team was edged out by only four points against the Lions, the women’s side proved to be a formidable force, winning 173.5126.5.

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has grown so close, including the team’s newest members. “That’s such an awesome experience for them to have and such a great setup for what’s to come,� Montgomery said. “Just having them realize the things that are possible for them from the get-go I think just really sets a good tone for the team in the future.�

Nick Tuck’s story was a bit different: he was understandably less jubilant than the women’s team when he found out he had qualified. “At first, there was definitely some mutual disappointment that we won’t be going all together, it’s definitely been bittersweet for me knowing that I get to go but without them,� Tuck said.

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Senior captain Kevin Su excelled in the 200-yard freestyle against Villanova. He and his Quaker teammates will be back in action Saturday.

squad acclimate into the team and matches, and this conference meet against last year’s champions might show how prepared the new swimmers are. “They have had two meets under their belts already, and this upcoming one will help them understand more about the difficulty and pace of tri-meets.�

Senior Wes Thomas was also glad to see that the new team

members are fitting in well. “I think that they have figured out what college swimming is all about and have had good impressions about what the atmosphere in meets are like,� Thomas said. “Princeton and Cornell will be a huge meet for us, and the entire team is looking forward to make progress as a whole. We are ready to step up against either side and are not intimidated.�

outcome, however, Nick knows that his team is behind him all the way. “They’ve been really supportive, and most of the guys are even driving out to come watch me run. That’s something I’m really looking forward to, and having them there is important to me.�

He clinched a spot in Nationals by the skin of his teeth: the NCAA selects only two individuals from the national pool that were not top-four finishers in their region nor members of teams that had already qualified.

Nick Tuck was one of them.

Tuck has the potential to do very well this Saturday, and after finishing in the 70’s at Nationals last year, he has his sights set on the coveted All-American status, which comes with a top-40 finish.

Coach Steve Dolan, for one,

has faith that he can succeed if he stays in control. “He’s a real good competitor, so I think he’ll turn it on,� Dolan said. He says he’s been telling Nick that he needs to “make sure that he runs a smart race so he gives himself a chance to run great.�

As far as the runners’ attitudes going into the race, Montgomery put it best when she described what she will be saying to her teammates on the line. “The biggest thing is remembering at this point the work is done. We’ve put so much hard work into this season to have this moment. Really, really try to enjoy the experience, and enjoy working hard because this is it.

This is what we’ve worked for.�

The gun goes off this Saturday at noon at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana.

embracing the process right now and trying to make the most out of it.�

For this group of seniors, they’ve seen Penn football at the highs and lows. From 4-6 their freshman year and a 2-8 season in 2014 — the worst year for the program since 1991 — to an Ivy title in 2015 and the hope of one more in their final campaign.

Regardless of a win this weekend or not, in the final game of the year, the Quakers will have played in a game that mattered. That’s worth celebrating considering where things were two years ago — but the

celebrating can wait a bit. “It means a lot because it’s the last one,� Panciello said, “but the focus here is just trying to focus on the game and not really the outside, ‘Oh, senior year, last this, last that. We’ll talk about that at the end, at banquet.

For the week now we’re just focused on the game.�

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and Cornell have had seemingly equal results against each other.

However, Princeton, whose men’s side won the conference title with a perfect record last season while the women’s side placed second, has proven to be a difficult challenge for the Quakers in the previous years. Penn needs to produce its best effort if the team wants to come out with a victory against the Tigers.

Penn coach Mike Schnur is confident in his own team’s ability for this weekend. “Traditionally, this is one of the fastest and closest meets we have all season,� Schnur said. “It will be a very competitive meet all around and any of the three teams are capable of beating each other. “On the men’s side, we probably won’t come up against anything nastier than we did versus Columbia in our first meet.

They were incredibly fast and barely beat us. However, I think that we are heavily prepared to face Princeton and Cornell and are aware of the challenge for both our teams.�

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the seniors. Twenty-three players will step onto the field for a final time this weekend. With the Ivy League’s ban on postseason play for football, there isn’t the potential for playoffs. Instead, there is a clear-cut finale. “I don’t think it’s any kind of grand event in our minds,�

Demes said. “It’s just one last chance to show what we can do as a team, our last chance to get out there to play together as a team. We’re really embracing — as cliche as it sounds — we’re

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to host Princeton rivals

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Princeton (14-1) 7:15 p.m.

Class of 1923 Arena

Penn loves beating Princeton.

That sentiment is as old as the Penn-Princeton rivalry itself.

Ask any Penn Athletics fan and they will likely tell you that a win against Princeton is a slight notch below an Ivy League championship. That sentiment extends beyond the school’s 30-plus varsity sports and will be the goal for Penn men’s ice hockey when they take on Princeton’s club program on Friday in the so-called MegaCup. In a way, men’s ice hockey is a unique club to Penn since it was actually a varsity program from 1965-1978. The process of Penn ice hockey being decomissioned as a varsity program was anything but harmonious.

That year, then-Athletic Director Andy Geiger announced that ice hockey, gymnastics, golf and badminton would no longer be varsity sports. While the teams under fire were certainly not pleased, it was the Undergraduate Assembly that protested in droves.

The students organized a rally, which turned into a four-day sit-in.

They convinced administration to find other cost cutting approaches that would save gymnastics, golf, and badminton. Unfortunately, hockey was left out of the mix and the school would hold its last varsity hockey game in March 1978.

Fast forward to 2016, where the club team is beginning to pick up steam with its latest run of play.

The Quakers (10-4) are based in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) D2 and currently sit third in the division behind TCNJ (10-5-1) and the dreaded Tigers (14-1-0).

For the club, this is a successful

time after a string of unsuccessful seasons. In 2014-15, the Quakers stumbled to a dreary 4-18 record.

They scored 3.6 goals per game while allowing 6.7.

In 2015-16, the team finished 9-10, well in the bottom half of the southeast division. That year, the team’s scoring picked up and the play of the defense improved substantially. The 4.9 goals per game they scored was about the conference’s average but the 4.5 goals per game they allowed was a marked improvement and one of the higher figures in the division.

This season, it’s a totally different story. Of the 48 teams in the ACHA D2 Southeastern conference, the Quakers are third in goals per game while their backstopping unit continues to improve. The team’s win percentage is also among the highest in the group.

The problem was not the senior class, according to senior forward Aaron Faison, but rather a new set of upperclassmen setting the tone.

As the longest tenured member of the club, Faison played three of his four years with that group of seniors and has helped carry the torch this season with his fellow teammates.

“Those guys that left last year were the backbone of the team since when I first joined. They’re all really good players, good leaders,” Faison said. “There’s definitely been a lot of playing time opening up this year.”

“It’s been good for me, the other seniors and the juniors to set the tone. I think we’ve done a better job of discipline and setting expectations.”

The difference, according to senior forward and assistant captain Josh Nelson, is an intriguing mix of experience and youth.

“We had a huge freshmen class, a big internal recruiting effort, and some grad students as well,” Nelson said of this season. “We’ve been really successful this year.”

As Nelson mentioned, the players do most of the team’s recruiting. That is just one of many challenges of a club sport run entirely by students. Nelson is the

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This Friday, Penn club hockey will face their Princeton rivals in the “MegaCup” at the Class of 1923 Arena.

The Quaker team has a long, up-and-down history, having existed as a varsity program from 1965-78.

program’s treasurer but also an assistant captain and forward for the team. The team’s president, Rolando Bonachea, is also one of the goalies. The team’s board are not only some of the major contributors on the ice but is also in charge of advertising, maintaining the website, and, perhaps most challenging of the bunch, finding new members.

On the topic of recruiting, it can be very challenging for Penn hockey to get in touch with potentially interested players. Many ACHA D1 programs invite accepted freshmen to an optional skate as part of the university’s accepted students days. Some programs even get in touch with high school students before they finally commit to a school. For Penn hockey, that’s not the current reality but the goal.

“We try to market as a good, fun experience,” senior forward and assistant captain Nick DeMarshall said.

One of the other major hurdles is promoting and advertising.

Penn’s varsity programs have the advantages of Penn Athletics’ expansive Twitter page, the brand

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new website and far greater expenses. The team’s budget comes mostly from alumni contributions and the players’ own dues. Given the shortage of resources, it is understandable why the team has struggled with attendance.

As junior forward and captain Jay Tucker sees it, “Often, people don’t even know there’s a rink on campus, and people often don’t know there’s a team. I’d say 90% of my friends wouldn’t know there’s a hockey team on campus if I wasn’t on it.”

That is why Friday’s game is much more than a standard club hockey game. It’s much more than a game against Princeton. It could be a test of the club’s reach and an early step in the revival of the varsity hockey program.

The team has already started distributing flyers on Locust looking to draw in students.

As Bonachea admits, it can be difficult to communicate a message when the majority of Penn students are unaware of Penn hockey’s club status.

As he sees it, there is a small minority in the know on Penn hockey, but a far superior majority

that is either unaware of a hockey program or thinks that the club is actually one of the school’s 27 varsity teams. That said, Bonachea thinks a good showing on Friday could be a major step.

The Quakers, like in their varsity days, still play in the Class of 1923 Arena. Even though the capacity is about 2500, a rowdy crowd of a few hundred can create a roaring environment for the opponent.

“Basically relying on ourselves with some other groups’ help, if we are able to attract 500 people to the game, that would show we’re able to reach beyond our core constituencies of parents, families, and fraternity brothers,” Bonachea said, emphasizing the idea that the team is “operating voluntarily to promote the game” and is working without “an extensive institutional support in promotion.”

If the team can get a good showing and turn those one-time visitors into season-long fans, it would be a massive step. From the players’ perspective, the club is performing well in its conference. And, if it’s a good team and

awareness is high, fans will come.

Of course, a good team and fan support will play important factors in the administration’s decision to reconsider hockey as a varsity sport. Beyond that, a major concern would be the financial aspect. On that front, Bonachea is hopeful that the team can acquire the necessary funding.

“We’ve been in communication with parts of the University and expressed to them our goals for the Penn hockey program and we’ve also started conversations with alumni looking to see if we have the financial support to bring back the program.”

This most recent push to join the varsity ranks extends beyond the team’s success. If the move does not happen soon, it is unlikely to happen again. In Penn’s vision for construction and development from now until 2030, the Class of 1923 Arena is not seen.

The arena’s future plans are unclear, but one theory could be that the school knocks it down to continue its move eastward.

Another reason, and a more salient one, why this group is so adamant about bringing back the varsity team is because of a love for the game.

“It’s really the love of hockey and the game. I would love, in five or six years, to turn on NBC Sports Network and see Penn playing Penn State, with Penn competing on the top level of hockey,” Bonachea said. “I think it could help build a little bit of a community. Me, personally, I’d like to see the program succeed.”

There is a history to teams moving from the ACHA to NCAA. Penn State and Arizona State, for example, recently completed the transition even though both are considered non-traditional hockey markets.

On a light weekend for Penn Athletics – most fall programs have finished their season and Penn football will be in Cornell – Friday’s game will not only be a unique experience, but it could be an historic first step towards reviving the varsity hockey program.

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Excitement was running high in the Palestra on Wednesday night as Penn women’s basketball opened its home slate against Binghamton.

The night began with the unveiling of the Quakers’ 2015-16 Ivy League Championship banner, the program’s fourth addition to the Palestra’s rafters.

The presentation was followed by a hype video compilation of the highlights from the 2015-16 season superimposed with red and blue headshots of the Quakers’ starting lineup. Still in their warm-ups, the Penn players gazed up at the scoreboard in awe as the lyrics “ready or not, here I come” blared throughout the Cathedral of College Basketball.

It would be a foreboding anthem for the night, as Penn’s usually precise offense struggled to challenge the upstart Bearcats, falling 61-48 to Binghamton (1-2) in the Quakers’ (0-2) second straight nonconference loss of the week.

“I thought we were prepared, I thought we were ready to go, the excitement was there it just didn’t translate,” coach Mike McLaughlin said of the home opener.

“We got out-worked, we got outwilled and we got the result that we should have gotten.”

The scoring action started with three-point swish from senior guard Kasey Chambers, but would stop not long after. In the first quarter, the Quakers shot just 2-for-10 before McLaughlin called a timeout to refocus his team.

While Penn was able to recover a bit of momentum halfway through the first quarter, Binghamton took

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Junior forward Michelle Nwokedi picked up a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds in Wednesday’s disappointing defeat.

back control thanks to a late-quarter turnover by junior guard Anna Ross and a subsequent breakaway layup

by Imani Watkins that put the visitors up 15-6.

Binghamton’s lead would only widen in the second quarter. Senior center Sydney Stipanovich and junior forward Michelle Nwokedi temporarily fired up the Quakers’ attack with two back-to-back lay-ups, but shooting troubles continued to beleaguer the home team, as Penn was held scoreless for over six minutes while the Bearcats ran up the score 34-19. Penn finished the half shooting nine of 30, a slight regression from its first-half performance against Duke on Saturday in which the Quakers shot 12 of 31.

“I just wanted them to play the game in a flow and I think we struggled,” McLaughlin said. “We’re playing each possession very choppy, very unsure of ourselves.

We’re not getting anything easy in transition.”

Indeed, the second half featured more choppy basketball from Penn.

Nwokedi, who ended the night with a team-high 17 points, got hot late in the third quarter and scored two layups and just missed a threepointer. But Binghamton answered with a basket every time and ended the first thirty minutes of play with a commanding 17-point lead.

Things started to click for the Quakers in the final quarter, but it was too little too late. Stipanovich

found glimpses of her peak defensive form, tallying 16 boards and four blocks. Rallying around its captain, the defense hit its groove in fits and spurts and managed to hold the Bearcats scoreless for over four minutes. Through that stretch, Penn was nearly equally unsuccessful on offense and tallied only just four points. The game ended as it started with a trey from Chambers; this one rained down as time expired.

The eyes of the home team’s players were vacant as the Penn band serenaded the crowd with its usual upbeat rendition of “The Red and the Blue.” It was clear that the result was a shock.

“I thought we were going to come in here in this environment and really do well and play good basketball and we did not do that,” McLaughlin said. “And that’s on me.”

Penn has almost emerged on the other side of its initial whirlwind stretch, as the last of its six-day, three-game slate remains against Rhode Island (1-1) on Friday.

McLaughlin’s team will have barely 48 hours to find its stride and shake off a disappointing start to Palestra play.

“We just need to play better basketball for longer stretches and that’s my job to get that going,” he said. “One game doesn’t make a good season or a bad season.”

As the Quakers look on to Friday, they must hope that neither do three.

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Quakers prep for Nationals challenge

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the weekend. Alek Torgersen — who will be making his 29th and final start for the Red and Blue — has been quietly effective for Penn down the stretch, logging eight touchdowns and 955 yards through the air over the last four games, conceding just one interception in the process.

He’s been overshadowed in that effort by his most-favored target: Justin Watson, who has continued his torrid pace from a year ago. As it stands now, his 1,009 receiving yards are 349 beyond anyone else in the Ivy League, and his 78 receptions pace the conference by almost 30. His league-best eight touchdowns, however, lead the Ancient Eight by a single, paltry score.

This weekend, however, is about

Penn cross country qualifying for Nationals didn’t play out in the way you’d expect.

The women, having just placed third as a team at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship meet, spent the first half of the ride back to campus with their collective breath held. Nick Tuck, the top finisher on the men’s side, waited in anticipation as well.

Nothing was guaranteed; the looming presence of the season’s end was palpable.

Then the news broke. They had made it.

The Penn women’s cross country team was going to Nationals, and so was Tuck.

31 teams make it to the NCAA D-I Championships every year. After the first few runners cross the line at the nine regional meets across the country, 18 of those team spots are immediately filled: finishing first or second gets you in, no questions asked.

That leaves 13 openings, and countless runners waiting anxiously across the country.

Enter the “at-large” bid process. It’s how the NCAA fills up the entry list, and it’s somewhat analogous to choosing NFL Wild Card teams. To determine who gets a bid, the NCAA considers wins from the regular season. The primary criterion, though, is regional finish.

“We knew that we were in third and there was a chance that we would get an at large bid,” said senior Ashley Montgomery. “We kind of were all holding out hope, but a little hesitant to get too excited yet. When we were driving back, and found out, obviously we were just so pumped. It was such great news.”

This wasn’t the first time Ashley got this sort of news, though. She made it to NCAA’s last year too, only then she didn’t have her team by her side.

“One of the biggest things last year when I was standing on the line at the start and even when I was warming up, was that you all of a sudden just realize the team aspect that you take for granted sometimes,” she said.

Now that the entire team will be able to compete, Ashley is excited to share the experience with all of the runners to whom she

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One more.

That’s all that stands between Penn football and a record-tying 18th Ivy League title. No one else matters, no scoreboard watching is needed. One game is all that’s left.

Headed into this weekend’s showdown with Cornell, the Quakers (6-3, 5-1 Ivy) are tied atop the Ancient Eight standings with Harvard and Princeton with the season’s finale coming on Saturday.

“It’s kind of a singularity,” senior offensive lineman Nick Demes said.

“It all comes down to one game in our careers. It’s win and go home champs, or lose and be disappointed in how it ended up.”

If momentum is any factor at all, it should be in Penn’s corner — the Red and Blue have the reigning Ivy League Offensive and Defensive

Players of the Week in junior wide receiver Justin Watson and junior lineman Louis Vecchio, thanks to the duo’s performance in last week’s 27-14 upset of a then-ranked Crimson squad.

“We really can’t let off the gas,” senior linebacker Donald Panciello said. “We had a great game against a great team, but that’s nothing if we don’t win this next week.”

Despite a 27-0 shutout loss on the road against the Tigers, the Quakers have been dominant over the course of most of Ivy play, outscoring opponents 162-97 in six games. The Red and Blue, having won six of their last seven, shook off any bad memories of Princeton in that Harvard game, which kept them in control of their own destiny headed into Week Ten. “We control what we do,” Penn

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coach Ray Priore said. “We control everything, and we have to go at it the same way that we’ve done for the last nine weeks.”

Just about the opposite is true for Cornell (4-5, 2-4).

After winning their first three games — including over No. 25 Colgate — the Big Red dropped five straight, finally righting the ship against a weak Columbia squad in an unexpectedly tight 42-40 barnburner.

You probably shouldn’t expect much else from a team whose best player is a punter (and even then, Chris Fraser’s 42.1 yards per punt, though 18th-best in the nation, rank just behind Penn’s Hunter Kelley, who boots it 42.2 yards per try).

That said, it is a former punter who will be leading the Quakers into

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If the Senior Sports insults me again, I will be assaulting him. But it’s a Wednesday night, Nick’s unofficial day off. While he was in limbo, I almost raised the mischief bar up by getting a certain former Senior Sports Editor to secretly write this swami blurb, but Riley declined and risked my writing this blurb myself and taking a shot at him.

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But let’s talk about Penn football. Did you realize, one-third ain’t a champion?

That’s right. There’s a thousand you’s, there’s only #OneIvy. So surely there should only be #one Ivy champion. But Penn Athletics will do anything for the limelight, including celebrating winning a third of a championship in a league with eight teams.

But while nothing’s ever promised tomorrow today, the Quakers should win on Saturday and at least snag that aforementioned fraction of the hardware, and we

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can’t be greedy. Look at all that Penn gave you. You asked for one and you got two (thirds).

And hey, while it’s unlikely Princeton and Harvard will both choke and give us the entire title, I’m tryna keep my faith. More realistially, if the Red and Blue take care of business, maybe one of those two teams will lose and we’ll only split the title with one rival.

You gon’ see Torg on TV, any given Sunday, win half a Super Bowl and drive off in a Hyundai.

Prediction: Penn 42, Cornell 21

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