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Penn caves to pressure, changes ‘Carey Law’ back to ‘Penn Law’ for next three years Some criticized administration for lack of transparency ASHLEY AHN Senior Reporter

Carey Law has changed its shortened name back to “Penn Law” for the next three years,

capitulating to widespread pressure from students and alumni.

Although many view the change as “better than nothing,” some students are still upset because the school will eventually be renamed “Penn Carey Law.” Penn Law Dean Ted Ruger announced on Monday that the

school’s abbreviated name is now “Penn Law” again and will become “Penn Carey Law” in fall 2022 — the semester after the current first-year law students graduate. The move comes after more than 3,000 law students and alumni signed a petition demanding the school revert its short-

form name back to Penn Law, arguing employers would not recognize the new name and that Carey Law is not as prestigious as Penn Law. 1979 Penn Law graduate M. Kelly Tillery said he would describe Penn Law’s announcement as a “not too subtle way of clear-

ing out the classes” of students who might file litigation on the basis of breach of contract or fraud.

“All [the temporary return to Penn Law] does is kick the can down the road a couple years to mollify some angry students and wait until they turn over,” said

second-year Penn Law student Sanjay Jolly.

The shortened form of the name is used on official University communications, signage, and documents, according to the law school’s style guide. The abbreviSEE CAREY PAGE 6

Penn honors trans lives lost in 2019

6B leaders say changes to ARCH sidestep larger issue

LGBT Center volunteers hung up flags on Locust NIDHI BHATT Staff Reporter

In honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance the Penn LGBT Center held a series of vigils on Locust Walk to memorialize the transgender, nonbinary, and nonconforming people who were killed in 2019.

Every hour, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., students and faculty gathered to read the names of transgender people who were killed and share words of remembrance. For each vigil, a different group of students and professors assembled.

LGBT Center volunteers hung up transgender flags on Locust Walk in front of Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, featuring black and brown stripes in the middle to signify the disproportionate violence against people of color.

Names of transgender or gender nonconforming individuals

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La Casa Latina, Makuu, and the Pan-Asian American Community House are located in the basement of the ARCH building.

Penn added more furniture and signs in August ANYA TULLMAN Staff Reporter

While some students praised a series of renovations in the ARCH building, others say the updates neglect the larger issue of giving students of color more prominent

spaces on campus.

Three cultural centers are located in the basement of the ARCH building: La Casa Latina, Makuu, and the Pan-Asian American Community House. All six minority coalition groups use the space in the ARCH, but only three are affiliated with the cultural centers SEE ARCH PAGE 2

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Every hour, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., students and faculty gathered on Locust Walk on Wednesday to read the names of transgender people who were killed in 2019 and share words of remembrance.

who were murdered in the United States in 2019 were printed onto flags on Locust Walk. Some of these names included Dana Martin, Jazzaline Ware, and Ashanti

New student-run diner to open in Houston Hall

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Named Benny’s Diner, the establishment will occupy the space previously held by the now-closed Paris La Petite Creperie.

The establishment will serve all-day breakfast AMELIA MAULDIN Staff Reporter

A new student-run diner serving all-day breakfast food is set to open in Houston Hall this spring.

Named Benny’s Diner, the establishment will occupy the

space previously held by the now-closed Paris La Petite Creperie, Penn Student Agencies General Manager Claire Williams said. It will serve homestyle breakfast food and be run through Penn Student Agencies, an umbrella group for studentrun businesses such as Williams Cafe and Penn Student Design.

Williams said the diner was created in response to student

requests. “[Students] requested interest in having all-day breakfast at an affordable price in a place that is welcoming that they can study and hang out,” she said.

According to a Penn Student Agencies project presentation, the diner’s mission is “to provide an eco-friendly, affordable, home-style, and communitybased dining experience to Penn students — through the integration of Penn’s unique diverse cultural perspectives.”

Williams said the diner is projected to open in spring 2020, and she is hopeful it will be operational by the end of the 2019-2020 school year.

The proposal was developed by several Penn Student Agencies student employees who were inspired by the studentrun food services ventures presented at the 2019 Student-Run Business Association Conference, according to a press release. College junior Michael Warren and Engineering senior Jazzy Ortega led the project, with help from College juniors Tyira Bunche — who is a Daily Pennsylvanian staffer — and

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Alex Jackman. “[Our students] identified that that was certainly a need on campus,” Williams said.

“There weren’t a lot of options that were providing all day breakfast options.”

A decision has not yet been made as to whether the diner will accept meal swipes or Dining Dollars as payment, although Williams said some form of payment connected to student dining plans would be ideal.

Applications for leadership, upper management, and entry-level positions at the diner were due Nov. 19 at 5 p.m. The diner plans to hire 40 or more current students to fill these positions, according to the project presentation.

“These ventures of ours really do rely a lot on student involvement and engagement,” Williams said. “Whether it’s in terms of the actual function of the business, in terms of running the business or just students being customers. We always just want to encourage Penn students to support their student ventures on campus.”

Carmon.

In the past, Transgender Day of Remembrance events at Penn consisted of evening vigils, where a group of people gathered at a

The donation will fund a data science building MANLU LIU Senior Reporter

The School of Engineering and Applied Science received a record $25 million donation to fund a new data science building.

The donation, made by 1980 College graduate Harlan Stone, is the largest in the history of the school, according to a Penn Engineering press release.

The “Data Science Building” will be located at the corner of 34th and Chestnut streets and will be used by all of Penn’s 12 schools and other academic centers, according to the press release. The building will house active learning classrooms and research spaces for data science technologies.

“We are profoundly grateful to Harlan Stone for

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location to honor the victims of violence, said Loran GrishowSchade, an intern at the LGBT

this exceptional gift,” Penn President Amy Gutmann said in the press release. “As a loyal Penn alumnus and a long-time friend of Penn Engineering, his vision and leadership are truly inspirational.”

Stone serves as the CEO of HMTX Industries, a flooring manufacturer. He sits on the Penn Engineering Board of Overseers and is currently the chair of its Academic Life Committee.

The donation comes a little more than a week after the Board of Trustees approved a $125 million naming donation by the W. P. Carey Foundation to Penn Law School — the largest sum ever gifted to a law school.

In February, the School of Arts and Sciences received a $50 million donation from Roy and Diana Vagelos to create a new energy research building.

That donation was also the largest in SAS history.

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in the basement — the Latinx Coalition, UMOJA, and the Asian Pacific Student Coalition, respectively.

The 6B has been pushing for the cultural centers to move out of the basement of the ARCH and into separate houses on Locust Walk so that minority students occupy a more prominent space on campus. Last week, administrators granted the cultural centers permission to use the entirety of the ARCH, but student leaders in the 6B have not decided whether they will take Penn’s offer or if they will continue to push for moving into separate houses on Locust Walk.

Beginning in August, Penn renovated the building with new wall coverings, couches and chairs, and signage that points

to the cultural resource centers located in the basement. The updates came after Vice Provost of University Life Valarie SwainCade McCoullum met with focus groups comprised of students from 6B. Members of the 6B, however, said the renovations — although intended to attract more students to the ARCH — do not increase visibility or space for the cultural resource centers.

“It definitely feels like the renovations were kind of put in place in ARCH to almost appease the qualms of students who do use the cultural resource centers’ resources,” said College senior Lisa Romero, chair of internal affairs for the Latinx Coalition. “It’s like wrapping up a present very pretty, but the present itself sucks.”

After meetings with the 6B, the University hired Marjan Gartland, director of design ser-

Auto Repair & Collision, which had been there for about 20 years before selling the property to University Realty, Potter said.

bringing vibrancy into the ARCH because when you walk into that space, you don’t realize that three cultural centers are located there,” Gartland said. “We wanted someone to walk in and see the colors, the textures, and the patterns that are part of Penn.”

Other students who use the ARCH as a study location said they enjoy the new furniture.

College senior LaKeisha Henley said she goes to the ARCH in between classes to study and take advantage of the Micro Market’s microwave. She said she appreciates the conduciveness of the updates to a productive study space.

“I really like the furniture,” Henley said. “It’s a lot quieter here now than it was when it was [Tortas] Frontera. I like the President Gutmann quote; I really like how that looks.”

College freshman Zachariah

Parks goes to the ARCH twice a week to study and attend events that are held in the building.

Like Henley, Parks also enjoys the new couches and chairs that have been installed on the first floor of the ARCH. “I’m a really big fan of the furniture,” Parks said. “The pillows are really soft, and I like the color scheme.”

College senior Nadiyah Browning is co-chair of UMOJA, and while she appreciates Penn’s efforts to listen to the 6B, she does not think the updates on the first floor have actually affected Makuu.

“I don’t think that’s really affected the traffic that we get in and out of Makuu,” Browning said. “It’s usually the same people, and it hasn’t affected us in terms of space. We don’t have any newer space to use, technically.”

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The new building is managed by University Realty, which operates five other properties for Penn students on Chestnut and Walnut streets. The space was once an auto repair warehouse.

3 p.m., Monday through Friday, likely on the hour.

Unlike other off-campus housing options which operate on Uni-

versity-owned land and hold longterm leases from Penn, the space at 42nd and Ludlow streets was once a warehouse owned by Lei

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Three cultural centers are in the basement of the ARCH building: La Casa Latina, Makuu, and the Pan-Asian American Community House.

vices, to make renovations in the ARCH. Over the summer, she collaborated with staff members in VPUL’s office to put the plans for the update into action. Gart-

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After two years of development, a new five-story apartment complex in University City is set to open at 42nd and Ludlow Street in July 2020.

The new building is managed and owned by University Realty, which operates five other properties for Penn students on Chestnut and Walnut streets. The company also manages apartments for Drexel University and University of the Sciences students, University Realty President Todd Potter said.

Hundreds of lease applications have already been submitted by prospective student residents for the 2020-2021 school year, Greg Pitkoff, managing director of GRiP Communications wrote in an email. Potter added that the property is already at about 50% occupancy for next year.

The new building will feature more than 200 beds total with rent

Potter noted the apartment complex’s competitive pricing, saying rent for high rises in the area typically starts at $1,000 per bed.

A number of luxury apartment complexes with steep prices have recently been constructed in University City, also marketing their properties toward students. In May, the LVL 4125, located at 4125 Chestnut St., opened. Formerly known as The Azalea, Luna on Pine is a five-story apartment complex built in 2018 located on 400 S. 40th St. Also completed in 2018, The Simon at Founder’s Row is a five-story complex located on 121 S. 41st St. managed by Campus Apartments.

In 2017, University Realty received student backlash after experiencing construction delays to their 4046 Chestnut St. property. The delays caused Penn residents to be moved into hotel rooms or other available offcampus apartments. The cost of these arrangements were covered by University Realty until students were able to move into the property.

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starting at $750/month per bed.

Apartment options include 96 three-bedroom/three-bath and twobedroom/two-bath apartments.

Potter said the starting point for these apartments is $750/bed, but the price for some layouts may increase as more apartments are sold.

Students who require full or partial furnishings can arrange for these to be provided at an extra cost, according to the press release.

Apartment amenities for the new University Realty property include free laundry, free individual-unit high-speed Wi-Fi, keyless entry, and smart lockers for on-site package delivery. The complex also has an on-site fitness center with Expresso Go bikes, which will let residents race other users through interactive group rides.

Other amenities include a free 50-inch flat screen TV in every apartment, hardwood floors, indoor bike storage, and on-site parking.

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UA calls for extended hours for Penn ridesharing app Rides are currently only available after 6 p.m.

CONOR MURRAY Senior Reporter

Over 100,000 rides were hailed on Penn Transit’s free ridesharing application to date this year.

Amid the high demand, the Undergraduate Assembly is pushing for PennRides on Request to lower the minimum distance required to request rides and allow ride requests before 6 p.m., Chair of UA’s Dining, Housing, and Transit committee Maria Curry said.

The app had been downloaded over 10,000 times as of the end of September, Senior Associate Director of Penn Transit Michael Randolph wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian. The app facilitates an av-

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The app had been downloaded over 10,000 times as of the end of September. The app facilitates an average of 5,000 rides per week.

erage of 5,000 rides per week.

The number of rides facilitated by Penn Transit has increased since the rollout of the app — 26,000 rides were completed in

October 2019, Randolph wrote, which is up from 16,500 rides completed in October 2018 before the app’s launch.

UA President and College

senior Natasha Menon said the app has been used to call more than 100,000 rides as of the end of September.

These statistics followed promotional efforts led by Penn Transit and the UA. Since the app’s rollout, the groups sourced student feedback through focus groups to improve the user experience. Despite these improvements, Penn student government members feel there are issues with the app.

Rides are currently only available after 6 p.m., although Curry wants to expand to include rides during the daytime. The administration wants to encourage students to walk to class for wellness purposes. But Curry, a College and Wharton senior, said students would likely prefer a ride, rather than walking across campus in the cold.

Curry wanted to lobby to

lower the minimum distance for requesting rides, which is currently a half-mile. This requirement makes it difficult for students to request rides across campus, because most half-mile distances extend beyond Penn’s campus, Curry added.

Curry said she raised these issues at a meeting with Penn Business Services last Friday, and will be meeting with them again within the next two weeks.

Penn Transit and the UA have sought student feedback regarding the app’s functionality through focus groups conducted in the spring, Curry said. She said she reached out to groups of students who would benefit from using the app, including first-generation, low-income students and students living offcampus.

The feedback from the focus groups helped Penn Transit

identify bugs to make the app more user-friendly, Curry said.

The app launched a Rate Your Ride feature last month, Randolph wrote. He said the feature allows riders to immediately rate the timeliness, driver courtesy, and safety of their ride, as well as add additional comments.

Penn Rides on Request began its rollout in February and is currently available on the Apple and Google Play stores for free.

The app allows users to hail rides from Penn Transit-operated vehicles to fixed locations around campus, as long as the distance is at least a half-mile.

The app aimed to streamline Penn Transit’s existing service that allows users to call for rides through a phone call.

Penn Transit released a series of videos to promote the app and educate users last month.

Author Yossi Klein Halevi discusses Israeli-Palestinian conflict He stressed the value of hearing diverse opinions ISA SKIBELI Staff Reporter

Israeli author Yossi Klein Halevi spoke at Penn Hillel Monday evening to share his personal perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Halevi, who grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. but moved to Israel later in life, talked about his New York Times bestselling book, “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor.” The book, meant to facilitate an open dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians, features Halevi’s perspective on the conflict as well as letters written by Palestinians. At the event, Halevi shared how his experiences shaped his views and the writing of his book, emphasizing the importance of Israelis

and Palestinians both sharing their sides of the story.

“We can’t tell our story to ourselves anymore,” he said.

Halevi spoke about his experiences living in Israel and the close proximity of his house to the Palestinian border. From his house, he said, he can hear the Muslim call to prayer and see his neighbors on the other side.

Halevi said living so close to the border made him more interested in learning about Palestinians’ point of view.

In an interview, Halevi spoke about his interest in gaining a better understanding and appreciation for various religions, such as Christianity and Islam.

He recalled visiting a mosque in Israel while wearing a kippah — a Jewish head covering — and expressing his desire to learn how Muslims pray.

“I’ve come here to honor my

Muslim neighbors,” Halevi recalled telling the mosque’s religious leaders.

After spending some time learning about Islam, Halevi said, he wrote a book about his experiences called “At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew’s Search for Hope with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land.” About a year after the book was published, Abdullah Antepli, chief representative of Muslim Affairs at Duke University, reached out to Halevi and expressed interest in learning more about Jewish religion and culture. Klein and Antepli later decided to found the Muslim Leadership Initiative, now in its seventh year of operation, which teaches Jewish and Muslim Americans about each others’ religions and cultures.

“That experience of teaching Muslim Americans and looking

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at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through their eyes, really trying to understand their trauma, led me to write [‘Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor’],” Halevi said.

Students who attended Halevi’s talk appreciated hearing about his book and how his work relates to Jewish groups in the United States.

“I think it’s really interesting because there are so many different groups that operate out of Hillel, and they all have different official policy positions,” College sophomore Joseph Steinberg said.

Steinberg said the talk helped him “to think about how those positions reflect American values and American terminology, which might not necessarily be applicable to what’s going on in a whole different part of the world to a whole different people.”

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OPINION EDITORIAL

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2019 VOL. CXXXV, NO. 56 135th Year of Publication JULIA SCHORR President SARAH FORTINSKY Executive Editor ALICE HEYEH Print Director BEN ZHAO Digital Director ISABELLA SIMONETTI Opinion Editor MADELEINE NGO Senior News Editor THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS Senior Sports Editor GILLIAN DIEBOLD Senior Design Editor JESS TAN Design Editor LUCY FERRY Design Editor TAMSYN BRANN Design Editor GIOVANNA PAZ News Editor MANLU LIU News Editor MAX COHEN News Editor DEENA ELUL Assignments Editor DANNY CHIARODIT Sports Editor MICHAEL LANDAU Sports Editor WILL DiGRANDE Sports Editor KATIE STEELE Copy Editor

Penn football has one shot to defeat Princeton.

Students must show up.

‘Penn football blown out in season finale as Princeton claims outright Ivy title.’

This is the headline that ran around this time last year, when Princeton University’s football team capped off its undefeated 2018 season with a rout of the team from The University of Pennsylvania. The Tigers are coming to Franklin Field this Saturday and will have an outside shot at the Ivy title if they beat the Quakers. As the centuries-old rivalry once again comes to a head, Penn students should come out and support their football team.

The Red and Blue’s Ivy League season got off to a rocky start, with an 0-3 record, but the Quakers then went on a threegame winning streak with victories over teams from Brown University, Cornell University, and Harvard University to get to 3-3. Although eliminated from contention for an Ivy title weeks ago, Penn still has a lot to play for.

After a disappointing start to their Ancient Eight season, the Quakers now have a shot at a winning Ivy record. Even more important than its own season, Penn football has a chance to spoil rival Princeton’s year, and will need the support of Penn students to do it.

In a heated rivalry like this one, the stakes would already be

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high. But this season, they are even higher. Princeton’s Ivy record currently sits at 4-2, trailing the teams from Yale University and Dartmouth College, which both have a 5-1 record. If Harvard can beat Yale on the road, in another big rivalry matchup, and Brown can upset heavy favorite Dartmouth in Providence, R.I., Princeton will clinch a

share of the Ivy title with a win over Penn. In a final stand at Franklin Field, the Quakers have a chance to deny Princeton this opportunity.

Penn students must be there to support them.

There are a lot of reasons not to have school spirit. Whether it’s the administration’s inaction on sexual assault, refusal to

divest from fossil fuels, or fight against a graduate student union, there’s no question that Penn as an institution is flawed. But there are also times when the Penn community can band together and fight for a common goal.

When Penn football comes out onto Franklin Field on Saturday, Penn students should unite as a community to support

the team. With all the stresses and complexities of student life at Penn, it can be incredibly rewarding and relaxing to spend time with friends focused on something simple — beating Princeton. That’s why this weekend is such a great opportunity, and why members of the Penn community must take advantage of it.

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Editorials represent the majority view of members of The Daily Pennsylvanian, Inc. Editorial Board, which meets regularly to discuss issues relevant to Penn’s campus. Participants in these meetings are not involved in the reporting of articles on related topics.

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a c i s m i s r e a l . We of t en l i ke to ig nor e t h is monster a nd act like it doesn’t exist, but it does.

Purses are clutched when young black men walk in the street; Latinx people are bombarded with ‘’build the wall’’ propaganda.

Our country still has a long way to go. With college deemed a place of intellectual consciousness and progress, it is unfortunate that we have not awakened to the reality that often exists right in our classrooms and lecture halls. From unconscious bias training to diversity and inclusion initiatives, we have tried to tame the beast but have failed to tackle the more implicit issues regarding racial equity, like tokenism.

At Penn, tokenism exists in fraternities, sororities, nonculturally themed clubs, and leadership boards with one black or Latinx person. This is problematic because it further contributes to the racial divisions that already exist at this university. It has the potential to exist among many student leaders in organizations with little to

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no racial diversity that may feel the pressure to find someone to fill a quota. As Penn students who pride ourselves on being leaders and civically minded, we must tackle this issue headon.

Social groups are often established on racial and cultural similarities, with few genuine cross-racial interactions occurring outside of the classroom.

With the exception of the cultural groups, clubs should model the diversity of the university.

The practice of tokenism is unacceptable on a campus of equally talented peers across all racial identities.

Penn needs to create mandatory organizational diversity requirements. For example, the Wharton management elective ‘’Leading Diversity in Organizations’’ is the only Wharton class dedicated to diversity and is not mandatory for Wharton students. For our country’s future leaders to break the cycle that has created a racial gap in high-powered spaces, they must receive sufficient education on the various ways diversity manifests and why an increasingly

diverse workforce is important.

Discussions about how one’s race affects all areas of that person’s livelihood, including their socioeconomic status, should not be avoided. Being politically correct and never addressing these issues only worsens the situation. Only when we open ourselves to having these important and often uncomfortable conversations will we begin to see lasting systemic change.

We all want to know how we can promote diversity and inclusion, and improve things for ourselves and the generations to come. The key is to find a win-win situation, one which simultaneously honors diversity and inclusion. For some, a course on diversity can be the catalyst in helping them achieve their diversity goals.

Tokenism views people on a superficial level, using them as diversity props to justify their own moral righteousness.

What’s seen as ‘’progress’’ and ‘’inclusivity’’ often forces to those that are being tokenized to confront a plethora of side effects relating to their position as the only or the exception.

By allowing students of color to share their experiences without fear of judgment or ridicule, we can take a major step in counteracting tokenism.I’ve been in classes where I was the black voice only called on to address issues involving chattel slavery or civil rights.

I’ve also been in classes where I felt comfortable enough to share my experiences. I recently experienced a breakthrough moment when I explained the politics of hair texture to a room of students that didn’t share my ethnicity. We need more of these moments. Moments where we can take ownership of our narratives. Like the Penn TA who admittedly called on black women first, we need to create the space for underrepresented voices to be heard.

We must accept that there is something wrong with the status quo to change it. Ernest Owens, Penn graduate and former Daily Pennsylvanian columnist, details how we can shift the narrative in an article in the Huffington Post. Although the article focuses on the experience of African Americans, his

advice applies to people of all racial identities. He details recommending diverse candidates from marginalized communities for leadership positions.

Everyone should be a champion for social change and a leader in the need for increased inclusion.

We need more student organizations that aren’t superficially diverse but multicultural. Diversity means nothing if we don’t value all backgrounds and experiences.

There are actionable steps we all can take. If you are a part of a club that isn’t centered around a specific culture, but isn’t very diverse, ask yourself how can you increase diversity?

How can you alter recruitment processes to ensure that your club attracts a broad array of candidates? For us as individual students, how can you work to become an advocate?

You can start by making sure that the people of color in your group projects gain a sufficient chance to be heard. Ask them for their opinions. Ask them about their experiences. Research topics like stereotype threat and microaggressions.

In the words of Ma r tin Luther King, Jr., ‘’We must learn to live together as brothers or we will perish together as fools.’’ We must be the change we seek.

SURAYYA WALTERS is a Wharton sophomore from New Rochelle, N.Y. concentrating in Marketing and minoring in Urban Education.

Her email address is surayyaw@ wharton.upenn.edu.

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THE ANGRY PHILADELPHIAN | Don’t stop speaking out

K, Boomer. There it is, I said it. The meme that beca me a rallying cry for our generation has now been printed on the pages of this hallowed publication.

Ours is a generation which is, by some accounts, being left a whole lot of metaphorical trash to clean up. “OK, Boomer” is our disapproving response to that.

Penn’s Board of Trustees recently announced the law school would be renamed the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School after a $125 million dollar donation from the W. P. Carey Foundation. This announcement took some of the Penn community by surprise, as discussions on the donation and renaming were held confidentially. Feelings of outrage quickly grew, both among the Penn Law community and through the greater Philadelphia region as a whole.

But from that outrage came swift rallying by current students, who came together and fought for the Penn name to be brought back. This modest goal became the focus of their efforts and their actions were a catalyst for its re-renaming. Our voices together made the change we wanted, so it is important now that we keep pushing for the things we believe in and not lose hope.

One action these current students took was circulating a petition signed by students and alumni demanding that the administration revert back to “Penn Law” as the shortened version of the law school’s name. Upon release, the petition rapidly gained support from the Penn community, with well over 3,000 signatories. This

is a testament to the power of students’ voices — deliberate, targeted advocacy being heeded by those in the seats of power.

We strive to have a voice

in contradiction to this, we can see the power of our voices on an even larger scale.

For the first time in modern Philadelphia history, Phila-

surrounding Penn’s campus.

Many of our peers supported Kendra Brooks, the thirdparty candidate. The Sunrise Movement (a student-led or-

It is our job to be fearless, knowledgeable champions for our causes.’’ and for it to be recognized. But many feel that our petitions and positions have been neglected by the ruling elite, ignored and pushed aside in favor of opposite opinions or the status quo. But

delphia’s City Council will include a member who is not a Democrat or Republican, elected thanks in part to significant support from the Penn community and the population

ganization) endorsed her, and many young people went out to canvass for her. Come election day, Penn students turned out in full force to vote in these elections and much of Kendra

Brooks’ electoral support came from the 27th and 46th ward.

Our voices made an impact.

We saw the specific issues we wanted changed, we came together, we worked hard, and the results we wanted came through.

It pains me to write “we are the future.” Not just because it is cliché, but because underneath those words is the sentiment that we should “wait our turn” — that we should forgo action and opinion and defer to those who have “waited in line.”

But in my experience, waiting in line means nothing gets done; nothing changes. It can be

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I don’t mean to oversimplify the complicated process of effecting change. It can indeed be a drawn out, sometimes fruitless effort. But every generation in American history has faced significant challenges. We do not know what ours will be, but we must be prepared to face it.

Practicing civic action now is step one in that preparation.

So I say this as a humble first-year: We cannot stop our work. There will be many who are willing to hear our truths from the beginning, but there will be so many more that will not. It is our job to be fearless, knowledgeable champions for our causes. And, if history is any indicator, those in power will recognize our demands and listen.

ALFREDO PRATICÒ is a College freshman from Philadelphia, Pa. His email address is pratico@sas. upenn.edu.

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Administrators announced in a Nov. 11 town hall meeting that the school was considering changing its short-form name back to Penn Law. The Board of Trustees approved the full name change to “University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School” on Nov. 8, after a $125 million donation made to the school by the W. P. Carey Foundation — the largest donation ever made to a law school.

Although the name is now back to “Penn Law,” some criticized senior administration officials for undertaking the name-changing process without direct meetings with students and alumni. Ruger did not speak with students before deciding to revert the name to “Penn Law,” said third-year Penn Law student BJ Courville.

Courville said while “Penn Carey Law” is better than “Carey Law,” the lack of transparency surrounding the terms of the naming donation and the administration’s refusal to meet with students upon request is outrageous. She added that the entire renaming process has been “a complete nightmare.”

“Even if they had given us exactly what we demanded — which was [that] Penn Law remain the short name forever — I think I still would have a bad taste in my mouth over the utter lack of transparency that has been demonstrated by the leadership of the admin within the law school,” Courville said.

“The process was flawed from the beginning. Even when there was an outrage from students and faculty, [the administrators] didn’t seem to engage in any systematic way,” Tillery said.

“They just kind of listened and went into more secret meetings to decide what to do.”

Courville added she does not see this decision as a compromise, as a compromise requires two parties to discuss and negotiate, which she said did not happen in this case.

“A lot of my colleagues have been saying ‘they didn’t give us a seat at the table,’” Courville

said.

“With the way forward clearly established, I look forward to the many conversations I and my colleagues will be having with students, alumni, and other members of our community about how we can put this transformative gift into action,” Ruger wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian Monday evening, in response to the criticisms about the lack of transparency.

Ruger did not respond to a request for comment on who made the decision to change the school’s short-form name back.

Tillery said alumni are discussing a donation moratorium in which they would refuse to give donations to the school until “Penn Law” remains its permanent name.

“Students and particularly the alumni deserve more respect,” Tillery said. “We weren’t even consulted. That’s what’s really outrageous.”

Many also expressed frustration over the permanent short-form name “Penn Carey Law,” which is set to roll out in the 2022-23 school year.

2004 Penn Law graduate Dan Horowitz said while he likes Penn Carey Law more than Carey Law, Penn Carey Law is “clunky and awkward.” He added that a shortform name by definition is meant to be short and “roll off the tongue easily.”

Tillery called “Penn Carey Law” the “McDonald’s of law schools” because the name appears to be in a franchise with “Maryland Carey Law.” University of Maryland’s law school was renamed in 2011 after a $30 million donation from the W. P. Carey Foundation.

“The essence of a franchise is that the quality of the goods and service is not necessarily good, it is just consistent,” he said. “And the consistency level is defined by the lowest denominator: here, the University of Maryland, a fine school no doubt, but not the caliber of Penn Law.” “I guess we will have to ask students, ‘Would you like fries with that law degree?,” he said.

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DPS named No. 1 security program DPS initiatives include bait bikes and cameras DANIEL WANG Staff Reporter

Earlier this month, Security Magazine’s Security 500 picked Penn’s Division of Public Safety as the No. 1 Public Safety program in the Higher Education Sector for the 13th year in a row.

The rankings are based on data supplied by each university as well as other public records. Factors evaluated include security budget, spending, number of employees, and persons protected. DPS consists of 180 personnel, 121 of which are Penn Police officers.

These are the technologies in place to prevent thefts and other crimes on campus, explained by Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush.

Bait bikes The bait bicycle program, which started in November 2014, consists of a series of bikes that are secured to bike racks around campus with cable locks.

As soon as a bait bicycle is removed from its location, an alert pops up on a screen at the PennComm operations center.

The bike’s location then appears on a map.

PennComm operators immediately alert the police that the bike has been stolen and to look at the CCTV cameras.

The operator uses the cameras to find and follow the suspect until the police make an arrest.

Several weeks ago, a repeat bike thief attempted to steal a bait bike. However, when he got on the bike he realized that it had the same feel as a bait bike he had previously stolen – and been arrested for. He then tried to switch to another bike, but was caught and arrested for two bike thefts.

To date, 51 bait bikes have been stolen and all have been recovered. A total of 56 suspects have been arrested,

meaning some of the thefts involved more than one person.

Bait packages The bait packages program was rolled out last year after the success of the bait bike program. Packages are placed on the porches of areas with a high incidence of package theft. These bait packages include something of value inside as well as a GPS tracker.

Package thefts typically occur when a person follows a delivery truck as the vehicle goes from door to door.

In 2017, there were 26 package thefts. In 2018, there were 63 package thefts. As of Nov. 19, there have been 49 package thefts this year. There have been a few arrests from the bait package program but exact statistics were not available.

Security cameras Penn Police also uses analytical audio and video technology to make patrolling more efficient, particularly at Penn Park and several bike racks around campus.

At Penn Park, the cameras and audio system began in 2013.

Penn Park closes at 11 p.m., but there are no gates. Sensors at

each of the three park entrances will detect if a person attempts to enter the park after 11 p.m.

An audio message will be played to remind the individual that the park is closed. At the same time, the sensors will activate the security cameras at the gate and the camera feed will pop up on a security monitor at PennComm Operations Center.

However, employees of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania will often cut through the park on their way home after late-night shifts. Operators monitor these personnel as they make their way through the park.

The same sensory technology is used at several bike racks around campus. Late at night, the sensors draw a box around the bike rack. If someone enters the box and stays for over 12 seconds, an audio message plays from the security camera located overhead. Individuals tend to look up when they hear the message, and the camera gets a clear image of the person’s face.

In 2018, Penn Police invested in Briefcam, a video analytics

software that enables detectives to filter camera footage for suspects with specific features, such as articles of clothing, height, and race. The new technology greatly reduces the time detectives take to comb through the footage.

Penn Police uses the Briefcam software on the cameras that are located in areas with the highest probability of catching suspects.

In 2018, four arrests occurred due to the Briefcam technology — two burglaries, one theft, and one bicycle theft. One of these burglaries was committed by a serial burglar of office spaces.

He was arrested for 59 burglary and trespassing-related offenses shortly after his spree began.

In 2019 to date, there have been two burglaries and one theft arrests that occurred with the use of Briefcam.

All cameras are digitally taped and the footage is stored for 16 to 20 days. There are around 145 pan tilt zoom cameras — the main type of security camera DPS uses — around campus and the surrounding streets.

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Speakers criticize U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria at Penn event They said withdrawal left Kurds vulnerable JOHN PARK Staff Reporter

Political science professor Brendan O’Leary and Perry World House Graduate Associate Mohammed Salih expressed concern about President Donald Trump’s recent decision to withdraw United States troops from northeastern Syria at a Tuesday night event.

The talk, titled “The World Today: Renegades or Realists? The U.S. in Syria,” was hosted at Perry World House. O’Leary, director of the Penn Program in Ethnic Conflict, offered insights into the consequences of the withdrawal along with Salih, a Kurdish journalist and doctoral student at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication. The event was moderated

by Middle East Center Associate Director John Ghazvinian.

During the lecture, O’Leary gave an overview of the power

dynamics surrounding northeast Syria and the series of events that led to the current crisis. He criticized Trump’s decision to withdraw troops, which he described as “chaos tempered by chaos.”

U.S. troops have been stationed in Syria since 2015 when they were deployed by former President Barack Obama to combat the Islamic State. This October, President Trump abruptly ordered troops to withdraw from northeastern Syria, after previously considering a withdrawal in December 2018.

Following U.S. withdrawal, Turkish troops invaded the area, taking control from Kurdish soldiers who had fought alongside the United States against ISIS. O’Leary said the presence of U.S. air force troops protected the Kurds residing in northeast Syria by deterring strikes from Turkish and Syrian air forces. When the United States pulled out of the region, the Kurds became vulnerable.

He added the withdrawal ef-

fectively enabled the Turkish army and its Syrian rebel allies to launch an offensive for the purpose of neutralizing security threats against Turkey. The BBC reported this displaced more than 176,000 people.

“The Kurds in Syria interpret this as calculated, deliberate, intentional, malevolent betrayal,” O’Leary said.

Salih emphasized the intricate relationships between the nations involved in the conflict have made it more challenging to resolve.

He said while the United States previously formed a strategic alliance with the Kurds for its battle against ISIS, it is also an ally of Turkey, a member of NATO with the second-largest army among the member nations.

Salih added that the Turkish government has framed its military action as a counter-terror operation against the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, a Syrian Kurdish militia that Turkey claims is connected to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.

The PKK has advocated for the autonomy of the Kurds living in Turkey since 1984 and has been marked as a terrorist group by both the United States and the European Union. While the YPG and PKK identify themselves as separate entities, the Turkish gov-

ernment has branded them both as adversarial organizations with similar ideologies that threaten Turkey’s national security.

Despite these challenges, Salih argued the Trump administration’s troop withdrawal was poorly executed.

“The manner of how the pullout had been implemented was catastrophic,” he said, adding that the United States could have helped empower the Kurds to negotiate an autonomy arrangement with the Syrian and Russian governments.

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Political science professor Brendan O’Leary (center) and Perry World House Graduate Associate Mohammed Salih (right) expressed concern about Trump’s decision to withdraw United States troops from Syria.

Author Jacob Edmond explains the role of repetition in poetry and media Professor Jacob Edmond delivered a guest lecture KAMILLE HOUSTON Staff Reporter

Jacob Edmond, a professor of english and linguistics at the University of Otago, discussed the practice of using existing works of art to create new art at a Kelly Writers House event Wednesday.

The discussion centered around Edmond’s new book, “Make It the Same: Poetry in the Age of Global Media.” Edmond shared how contemporary poets writing in English, Russian, and Chinese draw on existing literature to create their own work. Russian and East European Studies professor Kevin M.F. Platt and English professor Josephine Park then led a question and answer session.

“What I think is really interesting about looking at copying and repetition and poetry is that we can tell different stories,” Edmond said. “Stories that don’t go through London, New York, or Paris, [but] stories that instead go through Kingston, or Taipei, or Moscow.”

Edmond said he chose contemporary poetry in particular because the genre is associated with deliberate uses of repetition such as rhythm and parallelism. He said the practice

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Jacob Edmond (right), a professor of english and linguistics at the University of Otago, discussed the practice of using existing works of art to create new art at a Kelly Writers House event Wednesday.

of copying from other works blends the modes of production and consumption of literature.

“Consumption itself becomes production when writers, artists, and social media users make their art and personas through the selection and rearrangement of texts and copies from elsewhere, whether in a book, a gallery space, or Instagram,” he said.

As an example of copying and repetition, Edmond discussed versioning in poetry — the practice of overlaying different versions of a piece to create

a new work of art. He said this practice can be traced back to Kingston, Jamaica in the 1960s, where artists combined audio files of different songs to make a new song.

“By examining the work of such poets, I show how literature over the past half century has turned to repetition to address new media technologies and global cultural change,” Edmond said.

During the Q&A session, Platt asked Edmond about whether the traditional insistence on originality and unre-

it’s intimate enough, and encourages a loving conversation.”

Mame Balde, a high school senior at the Hotchkiss School who attended the event because of her interest in writing, said Edmond’s view on copying will influence how she thinks about art.

“I thought [the event] was pretty interesting, because his whole kind of thing is the history of people integrating ideas that aren’t their own and coming together from that, and how every work essentially can’t be original,” Balde said. “As someone interested in writing, I was interested because I want to produce something that’s original and unique and shares my story.”

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Center and a graduate student at the School of Social Policy & Practice.

This year, however, the LGBT Center chose a more interactive and public approach that incorporated direct action. These 10-minute vigils were meant to embody the ideals of remembrance, resistance, and resilience.

“This isn’t a student issue, it’s not a staff-faculty issue, it’s a University issue, it’s a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, world issue.

So bringing that conversation into a public space every hour, on the hour, felt important to do,” GrishowSchade said.

Each vigil featured different volunteers, including students and professors from across departments and multiple cultural resource centers on campus. Volunteers shared words of remembrance and poems about the struggles that transgender people face that resonated with them.

“Another beautiful part about this project is that it is connecting folks who don’t necessarily connect, and it shows that there is unification within this process,” GrishowShade added.

Fine arts professor Sharon Hayes was one of the 18 faculty and staff members who read the names and called for a moment of silence at the event.

“There’s a crisis in this country and around the world that is dependent on our silence and our forgetting. For me, I insist to remember and to remember collectively with all of you,” she said. “These lives matter, trans lives matter, and we must remember, every day and every month, and every year.”

peatability in art deviates from human history.

“Repetition and iteration is a basic part of human culture in general, right?” Edmond said. “Language itself requires repeatability, otherwise we couldn’t comprehend each other. All the words that I’m using, I’m repeating. I’m just putting them in a particular order.”

Qing Liao, a second-year graduate student in the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department, said she wished Edmond would have talked more about how world literature becomes a part of global media culture. She said she nevertheless enjoyed the event’s atmosphere.

“This event is great,” Liao said. “It’s not that formal, and

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Men’s basketball can’t match Lafayette’s shooting in away loss The Quakers couldn’t slow the game, all open looks.

That would turn out to be just a the Leopards’ hot offense brief hiccup, as Penn would come back to hit its next four threes and finish shooting 34.4% from deep.

With freshman Jordan Dingle not making the trip due to injury, Donahue was looking for others to step up. After receiving limited minutes through the first three games, senior guard Ray Jerome came out firing, knocking down his first two three-point attempts to help the Quakers bust out of their slump. “[Jerome] has done a good job over the last couple of months getting ready,� Donahue said.

Freshman forward Max Martz also delivered a strong performance in just his third game at the collegiate level. Martz made 4-of-5 first-half shots and led the Quakers at halftime with 10 points. In addition to his 6-foot-6 frame, Martz also showed that he can knock down shots as well, scoring from behind the arc and knocking down a couple of mid-range jumpers.

Even with Penn’s offense beginning to click, the Leopards were also on fire in the first half, shooting just under 60% from the field and going into the locker room with a 40-39 lead.

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down shots at a high clip to start the second half, but sophomore guard Bryce Washington stepped up to keep the Red and Blue close.

Shooting just 1-of-8 from deep coming into the game, Washington made back-to-back threes and finished at the rim on a fast break to put him in double figures for the first time this season.

Washington helped power the offense in the second half, but the defense just couldn’t hold up.

Lafayette consistently found open looks beyond the arc and kept hitting shots inside. “We’ve been pretty good defensively this year, and Lafayette had a lot to do with it, but we did some uncharacteristic things at the end of the shot clock,� Donahue said. “We fouled at the rim, which we typically don’t do, and when we had our chances at the rim down at their end, we just didn’t execute like we needed to.�

Junior guard Justin Jaworski, who leads the Leopards in scoring with 17.5 points per game, showcased his impressive shooting early on by scoring his team’s first eight points. With his first shot, Jaworski extended his streak of games with a made three to 42, the second-longest streak in the nation.

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Penn men’s basketball traveled to Lafayette on Tuesday night for its annual matchup against the Leopards and came away with an 86-75 loss.

Coming off a win in their home opener against La Salle, the Red and Blue (2-2) weren’t able to slow down the Leopards (3-2), allowing them to shoot 54.2% from the field on the night. “They played great offense the whole 40 minutes; they’ve been shooting the ball well the whole year,� coach Steve Donahue said.

The Quakers were seeking to change their three-point shooting fortunes. Entering the game, the Red and Blue were shooting just 23.7% on threes as a team, and the shooting didn’t look good as they missed their first three attempts of

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Junior Sean Lee has taken it upon himself to step up in new ways after Andrew’s departure, not just in the pool swimming, but also as a leader outside of the water. “I try to lead by example. I take what I learned from the upperclassmen last year and the year before to give to the freshmen now,� said Lee. “[I try to do that by] mainly being a great leader in the best way possible and trying to set them up for success.�

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freshmen, will force the team to rely more on newcomers. “This year we have a senior class of three people, which is very small compared to what we normally have,� junior Boris Yang said. “We are definitely a very young team.

Our team is smaller than last season, but potential-wise the team atmosphere is much better than last year.�

Schnur is extremely proud of how three rookie swimmers in particular have stepped up. “Mark McCrary has had to replace Blinstrub, and his swim last Saturday against Brown was just as good as Blinstrub,�

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On Wednesday night, the Quakers kicked off Big 5 play in a road matchup against Saint Joseph’s. In what turned out to be a close contest between the two rivals, it was the Red and Blue that emerged with a 55-45 win.

The game began with Penn (4-0, 1-0 Big 5) jumping out to an early lead on the Hawks (2-2, 0-1). However, keeping in line with the school’s famed motto “The Hawk Will Never Die,� St. Joe’s refused to allow the Red and Blue to run away with the game.

A large factor in the Hawks’ ability to keep pace with the Quakers was an aggressive style of defense that forced Penn to turn the ball over several times. The Hawks also found a strong rhythm offensively. The most notable of St. Joe’s offensive performers were sophomore forward Katie Mayock and sophomore guard Devyne Newman, who finished the game with 15 and 12 points, respectively.

In the first half, neither team was able to build a significant lead. Instead, both sides traded points back and forth until the

tempo pace that disrupted the offensive momentum St. Joe’s enjoyed in the first half.

Another factor in the Red and Blue’s victory was the strong offensive performance of freshman guard Kayla Padilla, who tallied 22 points.

Padilla has been a consistent producer for Penn this season with an average of 18.75 points per game. While Padilla is only a freshman, that has not stopped the Quakers from placing the ball in her hands in key situations. “[Being able to put] the ball in Kayla’s hands with three minutes to go, only four games into her college career, is pretty impressive,� McLaughlin said.

With an array of offensive weapons that includes Padilla, junior center Eleah Parker, senior guard Phoebe Sterba, and more, it is likely that a large portion of Penn’s success will come from its offense. However, despite the capabilities of their offense, the Red and Blue believe that Wednesday’s defensive battle is more indicative of the style of game they expect to play this season. “Defense is our foundation, so we definitely want to get things going on the defensive end to spark our offense,� Padilla said. “I think we did a good job containing their best players and just getting into a fast-paced game, which we like to do.�

The Red and Blue will be able to showcase both their offense and their defense when they travel to Durham, N.C. for a Nov. 29 matchup at Duke.

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Following a hard-fought first half, the Red and Blue knew they needed to make adjustments in order to slow down the Hawks’ offense. “We started to change defense, and we stayed with it,� coach Mike McLaughlin said. “They got off to a [strong offensive] start. They had the momentum, [and] they had the style of play in their favor. I give our players credit [because] we adjusted, and we responded well.�

Halftime adjustments were not the only changes the Quakers had to implement on Wednesday. In its first three victories, Penn relied on its offense, as it averaged just over 83 points per game. However, Wednesday’s low-scoring affair forced the Quakers to rely on its defense. “They were starting to get their pace [offensively], and they were playing the way they wanted to, so we wanted to scramble the game a little bit [with our defense],� McLaughlin said. “I think it was really helpful. I don’t know if we stopped them from scoring, but the pace started to change a little bit more to our favor.�

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to be successful this season, he needs to rely upon older team members like Lee and Yang to lead. “I think that Sean will step up this year. Boris Yang is a great breaststroker. The only guy that beat his last year was Mark,� Schnur said. “With Mark gone, we expect Boris to be an Ivy champion.

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While Andrew will be dearly missed by Penn men’s swimming, the cycle is continuing with this year’s freshmen, who are picking up right where he left off.

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Quakers close season against Princeton FOOTBALL | Penn is on a three-game winning streak TEIA ROSS Sports Reporter

One of the first things an athlete at Penn learns about is the time-honored tradition of the Penn-Princeton rivalry.

For Penn football’s senior class, the rivalry will be their last collegiate competition as well.

After a slow start to the year, the Quakers (5-4, 3-3 Ivy) bounced back and will ride into the last weekend of the season on a three-game win streak. Close wins against Brown, Cornell, and Harvard have evened out Penn’s conference record to 3-3. A win against Princeton (7-2, 4-2) on Saturday at Franklin Field would give the Quakers a winning record for the Ivy League season.

“Win or lose, I’m just super proud of how our team

has bounced back this season,” senior defensive back and captain Sam Philippi said.

“Nobody can call us quitters because of the way we’ve finished the season. We didn’t roll over when times were tough.”

Princeton is currently sitting at third in the Ivy League, with its losses coming at the hands of Dartmouth and Yale last weekend. If they come out with a win, the Quakers would tie the Tigers’ conference record.

“I think [the rivalry] adds a little bit more pressure. Everybody wants to win. It’s not bad pressure, it’s good pressure.

If we didn’t feel pressure, it wouldn’t be much of a rivalry,” Philippi said. “The last couple weeks, we’ve thrived under pressure, so hopefully this added pressure makes us a little bit better this week, and we can come out on top.”

Being against Princeton, the game holds a lot of weight in terms of school pride. Being

the last game of the season, though, and the final game for many players, holds a different kind of weight. Ivy League football teams don’t have the opportunity to play in the postseason, so there is no chance to play after this weekend.

“Each opponent we play each week, we respect them the same,” senior quarterback Nick Robinson said. “You’ve played this game a long time, more than half your life, and it means a lot. Being the last game, it’ll be emotional, but it’s an emotional game.”

Not only is this the last game for the Penn senior class, but it marks the culmination of the careers of Philippi and Robinson, who have been playing together since they were seven.

“It’s pretty bittersweet,” Philippi said. “I’m just trying to enjoy every last moment of it. Take everything and go in with a good attitude, a positive attitude.”

Coach Ray Priore praises his entire senior class as the

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In just one year, Buroker has not only put her name in the record books, but she has also accomplished something that few in Penn history have ever done.

Based on her performance at the Ivy Championships, Buroker became just the second woman in program history to reach the NCAA Championships, after Shelby Fortin accomplished the feat in 2013 and 2014.

“It was definitely really nervewracking being the only one from the team there and have to represent the team around some of the biggest swim stars in the world,” Buroker said. “I learned a lot and I’m ready this year to hopefully get back there.”

At the NCAA Championships, Buroker achieved the highest placement by a Penn woman at the event after finishing 38th in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 16:25.09. She also placed 60th in the 500 freestyle.

Looking forward to this season, there is still plenty of room for growth as Buroker cements her legacy within the program.

“As an athlete, she always has another level to get to; we just scratched the surface last year,” coach Mike Schnur said. “She has improved a lot in her races, and hopefully we can continue that learning curve and keep getting in better shape and getting stronger. … I see her continuing to grow as a leader and an athlete.”

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reason for the upswing at the end of the season.

“I’m so proud of this group of kids — the seniors, being unselfish. So many of them have sacrificed so much, whether it be swapping positions or taking on different roles,” Priore said. “[They’ve led] this team through some great times, but we had some rough times during the year.

We are where we are right now, finishing with these last three wins, because of those guys. Their leadership has been phenomenal.”

Twenty-nine seniors form Priore’s arguably most experienced lineup during his tenure as head coach, not just in playing time, but in being representative of Penn’s football program.

“It’s all the seniors — we always point to the guys who are the captains, who are the stars, but it’s more than just those guys,” Priore said. “They’ve all had a hand in this in their own way.”

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exciting to see how he handles that role.”

Lee knows that his competitive nature and passion for swimming will be critical in his new role as captain for a Quakers team that lost NCAA first-team All-American Mark Andrew. “[Mark] leaving just kind of makes me and other captains to step up,” Lee said. “He left a huge void for our team, and we need to find a way to mitigate that void and move forward without him.”

Despite the loss of Andrew, Schnur is not worried about Lee replacing the efforts of the graduated Penn swimming star.

“You can’t replace Mark.

Sean is just going to be himself, and lead by example every day and work hard and win his races,” Schnur said. “He races.

He competes. Whether it’s in practice or at the end of prac-

getting better,” Buroker said. “[I’m looking to improve] my speed, especially in the 500 free.

That’s where my weakness is.”

Finding success and consistent improvement requires a drive and devotion that few have. Fortunately for the Quakers, Buroker’s personality has been a key element of her success up to this point.

“Her heart is massive. The girl trains like a mad dog every day.

She hates to lose, and she’ll do anything humanly possible for success,” Schnur said. “She’s willing to pay the price every day.”

This devotion to her craft makes coaching Buroker a quick study, yet this work ethic is contagious across all of her teammates, especially her fellow long-distance swimmers.

“She’s one of those kids you look forward to seeing every day,” Schnur said. “She’s part of a distance group on our team that hits workouts. They work hard, and they really support each other. All I have to do at night is figure out new ways to challenge them.”

Buroker has already gotten off the ground running this season, winning the 1000 free in the team’s match with Brown and finishing in the top three in each of her two events versus Columbia.

Only a sophomore, Buroker’s work ethic and skills have already made her a star for Penn swimming, but with nearly three seasons ahead of her, it is now time to see just how far she can go.

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Men rely on newcomers with Andrew’s departure The 10 freshmen have already shown promise KRISSY KOWALSKI Sports Reporter

Every so often, there comes a generational talent: a person that can redefine a program.

For Penn men’s swimming, that person was Mark Andrew.

Andrew’s graduation last May left a large gap for the Quakers and meant the loss of a captain. In his time with the Quakers, Andrew broke countless program and Ivy League records and was named a first team All-American his senior season.

“You can’t replace Mr. [Mark] Andrew, Mr. [Thomas] Dillinger or Mr. [Mark] Blin-

strub. They are three of the best we have ever had,” coach Mike Schnur said of the recently departed seniors. “We just try to incorporate the younger guys and teach them how to work out, how to train, and how to do things our way. It is impossible to replace those three guys.”

“I guess the biggest thing that we miss is what [Andrew] brings to the table for our team,” junior Sean Lee agreed. “Obviously, him leaving is a huge loss, but we are going to have to find ways to move forward without him. The freshman class this year has been doing a great job, so it is looking great for the future.”

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With the departure of NCAA All-American Mark Andrew, junior Sean Lee will step into a leadership role for Penn men’s swimming.

Lee has seen success from the start, taking home the the title of Ivy League Champion in the 400 free during his freshman year.

The junior is in his first year as team captain JOEY PIATT Sports Reporter

The 2019-2020 swimming season comes with high expectations for Sean Lee, but even higher goals.

Like most, the junior from Los Angeles got his start in swimming by taking lessons.

However, while most children were taking lessons to have fun with kids their age, Lee was taking lessons for more serious reasons.

“I started swimming [after] my mom took me to a beach when I was around seven years old,” Lee said.

“I almost drowned from the tide; I got sucked in and she [said] ‘It’s not going to happen again.’ She pretty much threw me in swimming lessons and [I kept going].”

These lessons soon turned into a passion that Lee carried with him to Loyola High School. At Loyola, Lee was a three-time team MVP who was integral to the team’s undefeated 2016 CIF Championship season. After a decorated high school swimming career, Lee was set on where he wanted to swim next.

“For Penn, I just knew it was the best combination of academics and athletics for me,” he said. “It was a nobrainer on my end.”

Lee has been a contributor

for the Quakers ever since he set foot on campus. During his freshman season, he was an Ivy League Championships qualifier. Last season, Lee built on this success by becoming the first Penn swimmer take home the title of Ivy League champion in the 400 free relay.

While most might be satisfied with an Ivy League Champion title, Sean Lee has much bigger goals in mind. “[I am] definitely trying to make NCAA Championships this year; it’s always been a goal of mine,” Lee said. “I’m just trying to do whatever is possible to make that dream happen.”

So far this season, Lee is taking steps toward his

goal of a spot at the NCAA Championships. In the Quakers’ recent dual meet against Brown, Lee placed first in the 100 fly with a time of 48.82 seconds while also recording a 20.46 time in the 50 free.

While Lee’s success in the pool has been exciting for the Red and Blue, coach Mike Schnur believes Lee’s potential might be greatest out of the water.

“He’ll get faster in the water just because he’s getting bigger and stronger. But as a leader, he’s never really had to be that,” Schnur said.

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Sophomore Catherine Buroker was the second in Penn women’s swimming history to qualify for the NCAA Championships in 2019.

Buroker poised to set program records Buroker won an Ancient Eight title in the 1000 free JACOB WESSELS Associate Sports Editor

Most student-athletes struggle adjusting to college their freshman year, taking time to find success and their role on the team.

Penn women’s swimming’s Catherine Buroker is not like most student-athletes. The sky is the limit for the longdistance star as she enters her sophomore season. The fact that she draws inspiration from one of the greatest of all time helps, too.

“I started swimming in 2008, after Michael Phelps

won his eight gold medals,” Buroker said. “My brother and I decided we wanted to try out for the Olympic swim team and it all started there.”

Buroker won the Ivy League Championship in the 1000yard and 1650 freestyle last season, setting program records for both distances, with times of 9:40.04 and 16:11.06, respectively. These marks are especially impressive given the program’s tradition of distance swimming.

“Penn has a legacy of good distance swimming,” Buroker said. “[We’ve] had girls win the 500 free for the last eight years, so I just want to be a part of that legacy.”

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Sixty-five athletes. Five coaches. Both men and women practicing together. This type of layout is unusual for Penn teams, but out of 33 varsity sports, swimming stands out as a combined program where both teams are integrated.

The men and women share the same coaching staff, train together, and often even swim together based on stroke.

“Personally, I’m used to it based

Kamps said. “But Penn was different in that it was a combined program. You don’t see a whole lot of swimming with the women all the time, but you still see some, and it’s cool to see how they motivate and feed off each other. It pays off later in the future at swim meets.”

Beginning this year, both the men and women lift together in the weight room with the same routines, a change that has furthered gender integration on the team. It has also translated into success at meets. The men’s team is coming off two straight wins against Villanova and Brown, and the women’s team had sev-

eral first-place finishes at their last competition.

“It’s definitely a different environment than an all-female sport because you have people of all different levels and different genders,” sophomore Rachel Maizes said. “I think it really helps us to bond as a team and push each other because, ultimately, we do train and race in different ways.

We took recruiting trips here our senior fall, and in that time I was able to see just how supportive everyone is of each other. I think that’s something you really get through a combined program.”

According to the athletes, they owe much of their success to their coaches.

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“Mike [Schnur], our head coach, and two assistant coaches are able to split up the work and give each person individual attention when they need it,” Kamps said. “[Mike] has had success with both the men’s team and the women’s team, and that influenced my decision [to come here].”

“Having the same coaches is really nice,” Maizes said. “It’s nice to train with people who are faster than you and stronger than you, and it pushes you no matter what you’re doing. Having two separate sets of coaches doesn’t really allow for [support].”

Ultimately, the sheer size of the team pushes the athletes to perform the way they do. Every swimmer has their own niche, and according to the Quakers, that’s what brings everyone together.

“More people on the team is just more support and a better support system. It really opens a network for a bunch of different opportunities,” Maizes said.

“You’ll have people interested in all different things studying a variety of things, and there always will be people who are interested in the same things as you.”

“It definitely helps us bond as a team because there’s so many different interests among us. It helps us become more cohesive and supportive of each other.”

The Red and Blue’s schedule continues on Nov. 23, as they make the short trip to Princeton, N.J. to take on the Tigers and Cornell. Hopefully for the athletes, the structure of the team will help them in the long run as they seek to overtake their Ivy League opponents this winter season.

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