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enn President Amy Gutmann’s contract has been extended to 2022, which will make her the longest-serving president in Penn history.

The news was announced Tuesday morning by Penn Board of Trustees Chair David L. Cohen in an email to the Penn community. Gutmann’s contract was scheduled to end in 2019, but her tenure will now run to June 30, 2022.

“Since assuming the Presidency in 2004, Amy has done a superb job leading our University forward, and her outstanding leadership of Penn has been nothing short of transformational,” the message read.

In an interview, David Cohen called Gutmann “the best university president in the country — someone who is uniquely qualified to continue to accelerate our momentum.”

This announcement will bring Gutmann’s total contracted time as Penn’s president to 18 years, one year more than the former longest-serving president, Gaylord Harnwell, who served from 1953 to 1970.

2016 also marks the second time Gutmann’s contract has been extended. Gutmann originally came to Penn in 2004 on a ten-year contract, which was prolonged in 2012 for an

additional 5 years from 2014 to 2019.

Cohen said that a third extension to Gutmann’s tenure after 2022 was definitely possible, but not likely to happen.

“The legal answer is, there’s nothing to prevent the trustees from extending her agreement again beyond 2022,” Cohen said.

“I’m not going to say never, but it is way more likely than not that this would be the final extension

Dennis DeTurck will be replaced by Andrew Binns

The list aims to help conservatives identify liberal professors

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projects she wants to pursue,” he said.

Since the news was announced Tuesday morning, Cohen’s email inbox has been flooded with “a couple of hundred” messages from stakeholders reacting.

“The level of happiness and excitement is just off the charts,” Cohen said. “I’m really proud of Amy and the fact that her SEE GUTMANN PAGE 5

College of Arts and Sciences dean to go on sabbatical

Penn professors included on watchlist for ‘liberal agenda’ A new website claiming to help conservatives recognize particularly liberal professors called out two Penn professors.

Professor Watchlist is an online directory that lists various professors accused of promoting radical liberal agendas on their college or university campuses. According to the website, its main goal is “to expose and document college professors who discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom.”

While some conservatives have praised the list as a practical show of free speech, others have warned that it may normalize the shaming of professors for their work and impact their ability to get jobs.

Two Penn professors are included in the Watchlist: Anthea Butler and Regina Austin.

Butler, who is an associate professor of religious studies and graduate chair in the Department of Religious Studies, is listed as having said that “God is a white racist” and as having “called GOP presidential candidate and highly successful African-American neurosurgeon, Ben Carson, a racial slur for supporting people’s rights to own and fly the Confederate flag.”

In a statement provided to The Daily

of her contract.”

Talk of the extension began about a year ago between Gutmann and the Board of Trustees.

The discussion involved both the question of whether Gutmann had the “passion and the energy” to stay longer and whether the Board of Trustees thought the same, Cohen said.

Gutmann brought to the table “a list of projects she wants to complete, as well as a new list of

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DeTurck is not only the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, but also the Faculty Director of Riepe College House, famous for his “cookie nights.”

According to an email sent to the School of Arts and Sciences faculty, students and staff Tuesday morning, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Dennis DeTurck will be on sabbatical leave during the spring 2017 semester.

Andrew Binns, biology professor and former Vice Provost for Education, will serve as Interim Dean of the College effective Jan. 1, 2017.

"[DeTurck’s] leave from the College deanship will be a short break from a role in which Dennis has served with extraordinary devotion since 2005, as an energetic champion for undergraduate education in the liberal arts at Penn,” the email sent by the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Steven J. Fluharty read.

DeTurck is also a math professor and the Faculty Director of Riepe College House. As Faculty Director of Riepe, where he has lived since 2009, he is well-known SEE DETURCK PAGE 5

Students want Gutmann to declare Penn a ‘sanctuary campus’ Gutmann has voiced support for undocumented students REBECCA TAN Staff Reporter

Six faculty members criticized Penn President Amy Gutmann this week for failing to sign a petition calling for Penn to be a sanctuary

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campus or addressing a letter undocumented students wrote to her last week.

The letter from undocumented immigrant students, which was recently made public, argues for the significance of a sanctuary campus and asks for an in-person meeting with Gutmann.

Becoming a sanctuary campus

would bring Penn in line with Philadelphia’s self-proclaimed status as a sanctuary city. This classification generally means that a school is committed to protecting undocumented immigrants by choosing not to cooperate with immigration enforcement unless ordered by a court.

Portland State University, Reed College and Wesleyan University have

already declared themselves as sanctuary campuses.

Gutmann has expressed her commitment to the protection of undocumented immigrant students, but she has yet to put forth any specific policy proposals.

“For me personally, there is a SEE DACA PAGE 6

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Engineering sophomore secures her first patent Invention will notify police about restricted firearms MADELEINE LAMON Staff Reporter

While Penn is full of exceptional students, it’s still pretty rare to meet someone who scores their first patent before ever earning their degree.

Earlier this year, Engineering sophomore Nastasia Efremkina not only secured her first patent for a firearm tracker, but also was recognized by The Huffington Post as one of this year’s 20 Under 20 STEAM pioneers to watch for.

She first submitted her application for a patent during her junior year of high school following the Sandy Hook massacre. Hoping to find a way to prevent similar tragedies, she came up with an idea for a microprocessor which would function as a firearm tracker.

When installed in a gun, it would alert police or other security officials when an individual was attempting to transport a firearm

into a prohibited area.

“I thought of this idea of how to protect people’s rights, but also, at the same time, protect people in public areas,” Efremkina said.

Recognized as an ‘Innovator and Coder’, Efremkina graced Huffington Post’s annual list of “the next generation of pioneers who hold the promise for shaping our future for the better”, according to their 20 Under 20 article.

She is heavily involved with #BUILTBYGIRLS which works to introduce, prepare and aid young women in building careers in technology. She attends various conferences and panels across the nation to promote the organization and to reach out to other young women.

“It’s a platform that empowers young women to be in business and in tech,” she said. Efremkina speaks about “how to go past this idea of tech — that it’s not an accessible thing for a young woman — and how to get over this obstacle.”

On campus, Efremkina is a

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Engineering sophomore Natasia Efremkina first submitted an application for a patent to stop gun violence by alerting authorities of illegal firearms during her junior year of high school following the Sandy Hook massacre.

member of the sailing team, the sorority Alpha Phi and the co-ed engineering fraternity Theta Tau.

Students donate cheek swabs to help fight blood cancer Gift of Life working to create a karger donor database JACOB WINICK Staff Reporter

For College junior Madeline Moore, the cure to blood cancer is just a few thousand cheek swabs away.

Last year Moore learned about the Gift of Life Program, a 25-year-old nonprofit that fights blood cancer by creating a large tested donor database. This registry can be used by doctors when searching for potential bone marrow donors and by researchers working to find a cure. She signed up as Penn’s Campus Ambassador and began her work spreading awareness and getting cheek swabs for testing.

“When I heard about it I really wanted to get involved because

it is was such an amazing cause and a good opportunity to save lives,” Moore said. “It’s also very important work because helping people get tested can have a huge impact.”

This year, Moore decided to expand, registering Gift of Life as an official club with a board of six members as well as around 15 volunteers. The club receives testing kits from the Gift of Life national organization, which are then used for two to three drives a month. The completed kits are then sent back to headquarters for testing.

In addition to helping build a large registry of possible donors, the Gift of Life club hopes to raise awareness about blood cancer and help get more students involved in the fight.

“It’s all about getting people more comfortable with the

testing process because there are a lot of misconceptions about it,” Moore said. “If you’re interested in health care or you’re a nursing student or you want to get involved with a great cause, you should come help out.”

To pay for kit testing, the club also runs fundraising events.

At a recent fundraiser outside of Smokey Joe’s, the club was flooded with support, even receiving a $388 donation from a particularly enthusiastic supporter.

Moore hopes all of her work will help show other students how powerful they can be in the fight against blood cancer.

“The cure for blood cancer is 10,000 of us walking around campuses and all you have to do is make the decision to get swabbed and that’s something I really want people to know.”

Last year she was a member of a team at PennApps which placed in the top 10 out of more than 150

participants.

A lifelong lover of mathematics, Efremkina became interested

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Pennsylvanian, Butler wrote, “I am aware of the Professor Watchlist, and as an American citizen, I am reminded of my First Amendment right to free speech under the Constitution. I also know and appreciate the University of Pennsylvania’s commitment to academic freedom. As a religious historian, I am all too aware of what Professor Watchlist is designed to do. In light of this list, I will continue to enjoy teaching my students the kind of history that exposes the lack of critical thinking this list is designed to promote by attempting to silence academics who disagree with certain social and political viewpoints.”

Austin, who is a professor at Penn Law School, is accused of being “a chief indoctrinator” and promoting “ideas of social justice” within the classroom, according to the website. She did not respond to The DP’s request for comment.

Austin was not available for comment, but according to a

statement from Penn Law Associate Dean for Communications Steven Barnes, “Penn Law fully and strongly supports the academic freedom of our faculty, and we are proud of their groundbreaking scholarly work and teaching.”

The Watchlist was created by Turning Point USA, a conservative nonprofit which aims “to identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government.” The founder and executive director is Charlie Kirk, who has appeared on Fox News and CNBC. “We essentially argue for free markets and free people on college campuses across the country, in the most treacherous terrain imaginable,” Kirk said during a speech at the Republican National Convention earlier this year.

Currently, there are nearly 200 academics documented in the guide. Each listing includes a photo and description of the academic, as well as links to outside sources and the individual’s

in the field of computer science in high school.

“I loved that in computer science if you have an idea you can just make it, if you have access to internet and a computer.”

She is a graduate of Ardsley High School where she initiated a movement for a computer science class, resulting in the creation of an Intro to Java course. She was also invited to join the school’s faculty-led technology committee.

In 2015 she was a recipient of the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award in the New York City Competition and was a runner up in the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing National Award Competition. She was also involved with Girls Who Code, a non-profit organization that works to eliminate the current gender gap in the field of technology.

Efremkina is committed to continuing to work in STEAM. “I definitely want to do something with technology — something where it helps a lot of people.”

university web page.

Six faculty members are listed in the “featured” section of the Watchlist. These include Brittney Cooper, an assistant professor of women’s and gender studies and Africana studies at Rutgers University, Charles Angeletti, a history professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, and Julio Cesar Pino, an associate professor of history at Kent State University.

Visitors to the website are encouraged to donate to help “identify, and expose more professors who have demonstrated liberal bias in the classroom.”

Readers are also allowed to submit tips for new additions to the Watchlist. The site states that it will only include profiles on those individuals who have been previously covered by other sources.

While Turning Point USA says it supports free speech in and out of the classroom, the Watchlist site states that “students, parents, and alumni deserve to know the specific incidents and names of professors that advance a radical agenda in lecture halls.”

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International students explore cultural differences Preconceived notions about U.S. were innaccurate MILENA SPENCER-GALLISA Contributing Reporter

For some students, coming to Penn is their first taste of the United States, and it’s not exactly what they expected.

“There aren’t as many McDonald’s as I thought there’d be,” Wharton and Engineering freshman Caio Hachem said.

For many international students, the U.S. is starkly different from their home countries. International students make up almost 12 percent of Penn’s student body and come from all across the globe. A lot of them find commonalities in what surprises, disappoints and excites them about America — food and

fashion, primarily.

Coming from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Hachem, like many other international students, thought the U.S. would be full of fast food restaurants and obesity.

College freshman Kevin Curry from Padua, Italy — a medieval-style city outside of Venice — agreed, saying a common stereotype about Americans is that they eat McDonald’s every day.

“It doesn’t seem to be true though,” he said.

However, Wharton freshman Othman Alkhayat notes that Americans do eat much more unhealthily than people back home in Geneva.

“At home, I would have a sandwich for lunch but it would be made of fresh ingredients. I wouldn’t have a greasy fast food burger or something. We don’t have that,” he said.

Something else that set America apart from international students’ home countries was a very different sense of what’s appropriate to wear in public. Most of them were shocked by the amount of “athleisure” — athletic gear worn as casual clothing — and extremely casual outfits worn by Penn students.

Alkhayat said, “[American] people are very zany. They wear whatever they want. I never saw people wearing sweatpants at home.”

Wharton freshman Antonia Schmidt said, “The biggest difference is that girls here wear backpacks. In Monaco, only guys do that.” She also points out how students wear socks with Nike Slides and Birkenstocks. “I don’t like it at all,” she said.

Some international students do

find pleasure in some American traditions, though. When asked what her favorite part about America was, Schmidt said “Darties [day parties]!

We don’t have those in Monaco.”

Alkhayat and Curry both mentioned how odd yet great it is that convenience stores are always open.

“I love the fact that Wawa is open 24/7 and you can get anything there,” Alkhayat said.

Curry said he misses Italian wine, pizza and food in general — he notes that fettuccine alfredo is not actually Italian. But he said he tried fried ice cream for the first time and “it was actually really good.”

In terms of the American people, Alkhayat and Schmidt coincidentally mentioned they were surprised by the friendliness from store employees. Schmidt said, “People are

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Although fast food wasn’t as common as some istudents may have thought it would be, the American diet is still seen as unhealthy.

so friendly to everyone. In stores, the staff always asks me about my day.”

Alkhayat said, “In Europe, they usually just say hi, then I pay, and then they say thank you. So two words.”

Although many international

students are exposed to American stereotypes that highlight the negative aspects of American culture, some still acknowledge more positive parts. Curry said his favorite part about America is the diversity and “that anyone can accomplish anything.”

Penn profs give mixed reviews of Trump’s education pick DeVos has a lack of experience in higher education LAUREN SORANTINO Staff Reporter

Faculty members are unsure of what President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will mean for higher education, despite the recent announcement of his nomination of Betsy DeVos as education secretary on Nov. 23 .

Other than her history of donating to institutions of higher education in her home state of Michigan, relatively little is known about her views on higher education.

Laura Perna, chair of the Higher Education Division at the Graduate School of Education, said DeVos’ focus within education has been in K-12 schools.

There, her work has been oriented toward private school vouchers and school choice. This, Perna said, is known as a “market-based approach.”

Although there was some talk

about risk-sharing and incomebased repayment of loans, “there wasn’t really a platform around higher education” for the Trump administration, Perna said.

One of the things that may happen given the market-based orientation of Trump and his proposed education secretary is the deregulation of for-profit institutions. “From a higher education perspective, that is something, we really need to be paying attention to,” Perna said.

“Many for-profit institutions have low completion rates, they have high rates of borrowing, high rates of default on loans for students who borrow,” she added.

Marybeth Gasman, another professor within GSE’s Higher Education Division, published an op-ed on LinkedIn Pulse on Nov. 28 critiquing Trump’s choice of DeVos and raising concerns about financial support services provided by the federal government to college students, like the Pell Grant and the Guaranteed Student Loan Program.

“Will she value and expand the Pell Grant program? What will happen to the Guaranteed Student Loan Program with a free market economy administration?” Gasman wrote in her piece.

Perna called Pell Grants “very important” in terms of promoting access to college and allowing students from low-income families to have flexibility to choose among colleges.

This is not the first time a secretary of education has lacked a background in higher education.

Arne Duncan, President Barack Obama’s secretary of education, focused on K-12 prior to his appointment.

“Having a secretary of education who is focused on K-12 isn’t necessarily unusual,” Perna said.

Though DeVos’ background is

far from irregular, Perna said this lack of focus on higher education distinguishes her from a choice under a Democratic candidate such as Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton.

With Clinton and Sanders, Perna said there was talk of “so many initiatives to make higher education affordable.”

Gasman expressed concerns about lack of funding and attention for low-income students and students of color, citing DeVos’ “lack of understanding of the societal issues linked to American education.”

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OPINION It which must not be named CHANCES ARE | We have to admit depression

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While everyone was buying sweaters 50-percent off at their local mall this weekend and eating turkey sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner, my parents and I were having our first honest talk about depression.

I wasn’t depressed until I came to Penn, so I never had to tell anyone about it until now.

It all started with an argument between my mom and me over whether to go to Olive Garden. I had thoughtlessly rattled off, “Mom, I haven’t been there in a while,” and my mother had immediately jumped up, saying “Then let’s go!” I immediately flipflopped and said that Mom never cooked for me anymore.

My mother rightfully responded with a lot of anger and began to air out all her grievances built up over the past year. To get her off my back, I shouted, “Mom, why do you always have to start so much drama with me when I come home?!

I’m depressed to the point of being suicidal at school, and I just want to be happy when

I’m with my family!”

I surprised myself with how easily the words came out, just like another fact one might state about oneself, such as, “Hello, my name is Amy. I like to read, I am twenty-one years old and I am depressed.” I had said it solely to relieve myself of my mother’s anger, but it was also the first time I had ever said the words out loud with conviction.

I had gone to therapists at CAPS before, told them “I think I am depressed,” told them “well, I might be depressed,” but I had never said it so matter-of-factly — “I am depressed.” The statement had never rung so true.

My parents’ reactions surprised me even more than my own cold acknowledgement.

My mother, who I have never seen cry for me, began to break down in tears. My father, who had been present for the whole debacle, also began to sob and wipe his face. I was so shocked that I stopped crying — I had been hiccupping trying to hold it in before.

My mother said, “Mimi, I am sorry. I know sometimes I am a bad mother, but no matter how anyone treats you, you should always take care of yourself and keep trying to live.”

My dad said, “How could

riously, and that’s why I had never told them about this before. Instead, they had shown me that I was so loved and that there were people fighting to keep me on this earth.

I was afraid to admit I was depressed because I thought

I was afraid to admit I was depressed because I thought that my problem wasn’t serious and would be dismissed by those around me.” you say that? You are so young. Think of what it would do to me and your ma if you weren’t here.”

Their reaction had done more for me than talking to anybody else had. I had expected them to disregard what I had said, to not take me se-

that my problem wasn’t serious and would be dismissed by those around me. But I know now that it was just the opposite.

I suspect a lot of other people also feel the same way I did. Many did not suspect that Madison Holleran or Olivia

Kong was struggling with depression. Their lives seemed perfectly normal, or at least as close as can be. They weren’t exceptions. I have spoken to many friends, and one of my closest told me that she thinks everyone struggles with it at Penn at some point, and that she has wanted to kill herself before.

I don’t blame Penn the institution for the abundance of depression here. From what I’ve seen, the hyper-competitive atmosphere and the stigma with seeking help are the biggest enablers of it.

There are so many resources on campus for support, but we hardly use them. When I once ran into a friend on the way to CAPS and told her where I was going, she “awwed” as if something was incredibly wrong. As if we should only go to CAPS for the most dire situations, when we are literally about to climb on the ledge.

CAPS, talking to a friend, seeking help — these things don’t have to be for the most severe cases. In fact, by the

AMY CHAN time the problem has grown so serious, seeking help often comes too late. If, today, you are feeling more than a little down, disheartened by the work or the isolation, tell someone now. Don’t wait until the day when you can’t get out of bed, like I did. Stop mental illness early. Maybe then it won’t ruin your next Thanksgiving like it did mine.

AMY CHAN is a College junior from Augusta, Ga., studying English and classics. Her email address is chanamy@ sas.upenn.edu. “Chances Are” usually appear s ever y other Wednesday.

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Out of the night that covered us FAIR ENOUGH | In the face of hatred, compassion and strength are not at odds Writers like me get a lot of mileage out of poking fun at college students making big deals out of fairly minor ethical transgressions. Doing that with integrity, however, requires retaining the ability to tell the difference.

The delivery of racialized threats to a number of black freshmen was no minor transgression.

In the new digital age, Its astonishingly easy to deliver fear-inducing material to huge numbers of people with near-guaranteed impunity. Much like a militarystyle firearm makes life easier for a lunatic or terrorist intending to kill in great numbers, a laptop and an internet connection make it far simpler than ever before to threaten, abuse and terrify massive numbers of individuals.

The law and its enforcement can offer only limited relief from this reality, although threats and intimidation rightly fall outside the protections guaranteed to speech under the Constitution. A free society can neither extend those concepts so far as to encompass

every immoral communication, nor enforce their prohibition comprehensively.

To do either would mean sacrificing crucial facets of the very liberties from fear and harm that those laws seek to preserve.

This inevitability leaves decent people facing a conundrum of sorts. We do not, I think, wish to live in a world where any lone bigot or provocateur with Wi-Fi can wreak serious disruption upon our lives and institutions at will. Yet neither do we wish to live in a society which is so morally numbed and empathetically vacant that it fails to recoil in a serious way at the real evil that racialized threats and their ilk represent.

It’s easy to say that ethical people will just have to be “resilient,” but I don’t think that suggestion gets it quite right. A resilient object, when damaged, simply returns to its original state.

The damage repaired, it only endures, ever as it was before. We should not wish to live in a resilient society.

It would be cold and callous, uncaring and eventually un-

noticing of the genuine and deep disorder and injustice which exist within it.

It would intuitively seem that the alternative to resilience is fragility, and that to avoid the moral perils of a resilient society, we should

a certain form and function that is meant to facilitate education and enlightenment.

If we radically alter its form to whatever extent is needed to diffuse the shock of every stress from within or without, it will in time lose the

When we think about how our campus community should respond to the future stresses which will indubitably come, we should look to antifragility.” aim for a fragile one. A fragile society would react maximally to assaults and stresses, altering its form constantly and dramatically to diffuse their energy.

But I suspect we do not wish to live in a fragile society either. Our institutions and associations have forms which facilitate the accomplishment of goals we wish for ourselves and those around us. Our school has

ability to do these things.

There reaches a point, that is, when by granting evil the power to dictate our actions and to alter the shapes of our societies, we end up facilitating and magnifying its power in the world.

Walking out of class once may be a powerful gesture, but if we abandon learning whenever we cross paths with hatred, we’ll only wind up uneducated.

It is lucky, therefore, that fragility is not the only alternative to resilience. Materials scientists speak of a few, uncommon materials which are “antifragile;” that is, they react to damage by becoming less susceptible to future damage. Human bone is the classic example.

When subjected to a certain stress, it microfractures in ways which require attention and care. Tended to correctly, however, the bone will regrow with the ability to withstand a future stress of the same magnitude.

When we think about how our campus community should respond to the future stresses which will indubitably come, we should look to antifragility. When we are hurt, we should seek to reform our structures in subtle ways which maintain our form and function while leaving us better prepared for the crises we know will come. We cannot forever roll with punches which will not cease.

But human spirit is not like human bone; it is not antifragile by default. We have the capability to be-

ALEC WARD come antifragile only if we choose to address our hurts in ways which make us stronger. I wasn’t threatened and it’s not my place to tell those who were what they should do. I offer only a suggestion of a guiding principle. It’s hard to know exactly what an antifragile campus or society would look like. But if we’re ever going to attain it, we’ll have to start with the recognition that it’s what we want.

ALEC WARD is a College senior from Washington, D.C., studying history. His email address is alecward@ sas.upenn.edu. Follow him on Twitter @TalkBackWard.

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One social entrepreneur came to campus on Tuesday night to talk about her successful commercial and philanthropic business model based on something unexpected: tampons.

Following the philanthropic business models of Toms Shoes and Warby Parker, the company Cora is helping to redefine the 34 3434 hygiene landscape STfeminine STST across India and Kenya. Speaking to a small group of students in the Philomathean Society’s room in College Hall, the company’s co-founder Molly Hayward

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Founded in 2014, Cora provides 100 percent organic, biodegradable and hypoallergenic tampons to women in the United States while using the profit to help girls in India stay in school by purchasing sanitary pads for them. For every purchase of a month’s supply of Cora tampons, the company purchases an equivalent supply of sustainable pads from local partners in India.

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volunteering at a local school there, Hayward noticed that some girls wouldn’t show up to class for several days at a time.

“When I asked one of the girls what was going on, she said ‘when we have our periods, we just stay home,’ and for me, this was a lightbulb moment,” Hayward said. “Here was this experience that I was sharing with a woman across the world, and my experience was so vastly different from hers. Her experience was actually impeding her education, which I would argue is the most critical endeavor for her.”

Immediately upon her return to the United States a couple of weeks later, Hayward took to Google to start researching ways to help the girls. During the

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process, Hayward came across several troubling aspects of the current feminine hygiene landscape, one of which was the fact that the majority of conventional tampon products, including Tampax, Playtex and Kotex, are primarily made with potentially harmful synthetic materials.

“The FDA doesn’t require manufacturers to disclose the ingredients in [the tampons], so as consumers, we’re literally inserting products into our bodies not knowing what’s in them,” Hayward said. “At that moment, it dawned on me that I could create a brand that provided

better [menstruation] products for women here in my society while helping to provide [menstruation] products to girls in other societies.”

Rather than donating the company’s products to girls in developing countries, Cora has partnered up with Aakar Innovations — a social enterprise that produces “plant-based, sustainable and biodegradable” pads that are produced in small manufacturing units in rural villages and urban slums in India. This way, Cora helps support the local economy by using local resources and employing women who live

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“It’s not a donation. We’re not importing a product from overseas that would undermine the [local] economy; we’re actually helping them to scale as a business by generating revenue for them as a customer,” Hayward explained.

The partnership is currently only based in India, but Cora is planning to expand to Kenya next year, according to Hayward.

As it stands today, Cora provides its organic tampons via subscriptions and target stores, but is on its way to expanding its product line.

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sense of disappointment, especially since we were so hopeful,” said College senior Silvia Huerta, a member of the group Undocumented at Penn.

“It would have meant a lot for her to at least acknowledge that she saw the letter,” added College junior and Executive Board member of Penn for Immigrant Rights Pamela Fuentes Rodriguez. “It would have made me feel that she is supporting us, that she has read what we are concerned about and thought about how she is going to address [these issues]. Right now, I don’t know if she actually understands what we need.”

Two weeks ago, nearly 100 faculty members signed an open letter to Gutmann with four recommendations for Penn’s administration to stand behind undocumented students.

Since the release of this open letter, Gutmann has signed a petition alongside 370 college and university presidents and

chancellors in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and responded in a statement on Nov. 16 that she shares the faculty’s “deep care and concern for all our students and especially those students who are undocumented immigrants.”

Gutmann said she has “consistently communicated to political leaders — through myriad means — to drive home the critical importance of supporting essential immigration reforms,” citing an open letter that she wrote in 2013 about the issue.

Fuentes Rodriguez said while it is encouraging to hear Gutmann’s support for national policies like DACA and the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, she would have preferred if Gutmann put forth explicit policy proposals.

“At this time, what we are asking for is things locally, at our school, that can make us feel safer and more protected,” she said.

College senior Daisy Romero, another board member of Penn for Immigrant Rights, agreed.

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Penn President Amy Gutmann has voiced dedication to protecting undocumented immigrant students, and has spoken out in favor of the DREAM Act but she has not announced specific plans.

“We know that [Gutmann] has been receptive to our presence on campus and definitely cares about us, but right now, we need more than ‘It will be okay, we

have your back,’” Romero said.

“What we need from her is to make Penn a safe space for undocumented students.”

Since Donald Trump’s victory

in the presidential election, Gutmann has not met with any student organizations for undocumented immigrant students at Penn, representatives from

Penn for Immigrant Rights and Undocumented at Penn said.

Gutmann did not respond to a request asking for comment on this issue and her spokesperson did not make her available for an in-person interview.

“Her schedule is truly packed this week so it will be difficult to set up an interview,” the spokesperson said in an email. “I think you have plenty to work with including the recent statements I’ve sent, as well as her very long history speaking out in support of the DREAM Act.” “We are still waiting for a response and hopeful for a response, but we are also ready to fight for the things we believe in,” Huerta said.

She added that she hopes students and staff at Penn will participate in a national sanctuary campus walk-out that is being held at College Green on Thursday, Dec. 1 from 2:50-3:50 p.m.

“We love the fact that over 3,000 people signed the petition, but we also need their presence tomorrow,” she said. “We need to see some faces.”

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On Wednesday, No. 6 Penn men’s squash will visit No. 9 Drexel in a battle for the title of Philadelphia’s best squad.

Over the years Penn has been the better of the two rivals, but captain BG Lemmon knows that those results mean nothing going into Wednesday’s contest.

“We know Drexel is hungry to beat us,” Lemmon said.

“They want to be the kings of Philadelphia.”

This year’s Drexel team (3-2)

is once again coached by John White, a former world number one squash player. Having a coach of that caliber can be a huge boost for any program.

Lemmon himself is familiar with White, having had many interactions with the former pro over the years.

“They have an incredible coach. I’ve worked with him at a couple squash camps, so I know the passion he brings and the energy he brings.”

While the Quakers (2-0) recognize that Drexel will be a tough opponent, they are also optimistic about their chances.

After a preseason of two-adays, the players feel prepared for any challenge. Having the skill to win is important, but there is more that goes into winning a match than just ability.

“We have to do the little things right,” Lemmon said.

“We must hydrate and eat right so we are ready to go.”

The Dragons’ 3-2 record is not stellar, but a bit misleading.

Drexel’s losses have come against No. 1 Trinity and No. 7 Columbia. The Quakers, meanwhile, have faced less stiff competition in Virginia and George Washington, but their wins have been convincing as the Red and Blue have won both of their first two matchups in 9-0 fashion.

Penn has never lost to Drexel in five meetings, but the Dragons made it close last year in a 5-4 duel.

Despite the layoff between Drexel and the team’s first matches — a week and a half without competition — this Red and Blue will be hitting the ground running starting on Wednesday, with three matches in a five-day span.

After the Drexel match the team will have little time to rest before facing Rochester on Saturday and St. Lawrence on Sunday. Penn will be looking to come out on top against Drexel to build up some early season momentum before a busy weekend.

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were able to refocus and hopefully tomorrow we can bring our new edge.�

So far this campaign, things have not gone as planned for the defending Ivy League champions. The Red and Blue (1-3) have struggled to find consistency in their past outings, which most recently was a 57-53 loss to Big 5 rivals Saint Joseph’s the Tuesday before the holiday.

But a break, as short as this one was, is not necessarily a good thing. In some cases it can stifle whatever momentum the team was building. In others it can provide the team with a chance to regroup and put poor performances behind it.

While Quakers’ coach Mike McLaughlin believes there were some positives to be taken from the Saint Joe’s contest, he thinks that his players will ultimately benefit from the hiatus as they head to face Lafayette (1-6). “Sometimes it does [help],� he said. �They came back with the right frame of mind. We’ve had some good practices leading

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A good night’s rest can make a big difference.

That’s one thing Penn women’s basketball will be hoping for when they step on the court against Lafayette on Wednesday.

Coming off the short holiday break, Penn has the opportunity to gets its season back on track with fresh legs and a re-energized team mentality. “Getting to go home and see your family is a nice step away from basketball,� senior guard Kasey Chambers said. “We

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by the game’s aura. “We’re not confident enough against this level of competition,� Donahue admitted. “I didn’t think we were ready to step up and make [important shots].�

Still, it’s important to remember that the Red and Blue simply are not on Villanova’s level and never will be. Their primary goal remains being competitive in the Ivy League; expecting them to compete with the nation’s top teams is absurd.

But that David-and-Goliath dynamic is what makes Tuesday night’s game — and Big 5 competition as a whole — so special. A year ago, the Quakers were attempting to squeak

by Harvard for fourth place in the Ancient Eight while the Wildcats breezed to the Final Four.

But for one night, the two teams faced off as equals. They packed the same arena to share the same court and compete for

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Rittenhouse Labs. “A defending national champion, they’re not scheduling games on anybody’s home court. But we get a home game,� Penn coach Steve Donahue said of the teams’ annual Big 5 showdown. “These kids live for these games. It’s how we’re going to build our program.�

And the Penn student body, often hesitant to show up and support the team in recent years, turned out in droves — the student section, like the Palestra as a whole, was packed to capacity. And the pupils, wearing red “BEAT NOVA� T-shirts, stayed till the end, showing few signs of exodus even as the Wildcat lead swelled to two dozen in the second half.

As is to be expected, the Red and Blue were a bit intimidated

into today and prepping for tomorrow. I like where we are at.� “I think we all came back from break refreshed and ready to get the win streak going,� senior center Sydney Stipanovich added.

The Leopards are a familiar set of faces for the Red and Blue. This will mark the 40th meeting between the two Pennsylvanian sides.

In last year’s meeting Penn handedly defeated their opponents, 54-37. If that scoreline serves as any indication of this year’s matchup, then it could be just the outing that this Red and Blue side could use.

The Quakers have relied heavily on their starters in their opening games as they try to find their footing. A strong showing from start to finish might allow McLaughlin to put some new faces into the game while also eliminating some of the monotony for the starters. “When you’re traveling so much it puts a lot of stress on you,� the eighth-year coach

the same title. Even if ‘Nova has won 15 straight Big 5 contests (a record), the two squads, a mile apart in talent and resume, recognized the tradition and allure surrounding the game.

In the days and weeks to come, the two teams will retreat to their respective corners of the college basketball universe. Penn will look to gain entry to the inaugural Ivy League tournament while Villanova will look to defend its No. 2 national ranking and replicate its March Madness success.

But no matter what happens, in a year’s time the two teams can count on a rematch.

And for the Red and Blue, that’s pretty neat.

TOM NOWLAN is a College junior from Montpelier, Vt., and is a news editor-elect of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at nowlan@thedp.com.

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“All the Monday night tutors are pretty close, and we can just mingle and get to know each other,� said Brzozowski, who was the Ivy League’s highest scoring non-starter in 2015-16. “It’s a great opportunity to get to know student-athletes from other sports.�

Needless to say, this studentathlete support system has been paying off dividends. In the very young school year, three Penn teams have already won league championships. Meanwhile, in the classroom, five Penn varsity teams have earned NCAA Public Recognition awards in each of the past 11 years — the fourth highest total of any Division I school.

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Many of the CAAP employees enter the program with no tutoring experience, leading to an adjustment period as these student-athletes add yet another task to their already jampacked slates. “I remember the first person I had to tutor, it was intimidating, and definitely difficult the first time,� said sophomore field hockey defender Paige Meily, an NFHCA National Academic Squad selection in 2015. “It’s hard to prepare for the first time because I really didn’t know what to expect. But once I got the first one over with, I adjusted pretty quickly.�

With this difficulty in mind, one certainly wouldn’t blame these tutors for laying off the gas once their respective regular seasons roll around, but several continue to work for CAAP even in their seasons’ crunch time. “It’s definitely difficult to manage, but it helps me with

my time management. I know I have to allot three hours per week for it,� junior women’s basketball guard Beth Brzozowski said. “It’s pretty structured, so that definitely helps in terms of my planning.�

Of course, there are unquestionable benefits that make the grind worthwhile. From a school standpoint, these student-athletes are given the opportunity to refresh on academic material they might otherwise grow rusty in. “I definitely feel like I’m getting something positive out of this experience,� Meily, a second team All-Ivy selection in 2016, said. “I’ve brushed up on my understanding of some class material, and I think I even understand some things better now then I did when I first took some classes.�

Outside the classroom, the program also enables studentathletes to bond in a unique setting, allowing them to interact and further boost the strong social culture within Penn Athletics.

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With four games played and four left before this year’s trip to California, now is the time to find that form. That starts against Lafayette, who have not had the best start to the season either. “We’re looking to go up there and give it all we got,� Stipanovich said.

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VILLANOVA PAYS A VISIT TO THE PALESTRA Tuesday evening, the defending national champions made their way to University Citty as Penn basketball hosted No. 2 Villanova in front of a sold out crowd. The Wildcats set the tone early in the blowout win, similar to a lopsided decision in 2015.

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despite their passion.

“We were probably overmatched a little bit with the stage,” Donahue said. “The kids won’t admit it. … This [game] was different. I just sensed that we weren’t confident enough to play.

And we’re still trying to figure out who we are. We still don’t have the identity yet that I want us to have.”

Penn went 8-for-27 from three on the night in which execution was simply lacking. The team’s top scorer was sophomore Jackson Donahue, who led the team with 12 points. At times, the offense

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was all Donahue — the Quakers’ first five shots of the 2nd half came through the guards’ five consecutive three point attempts.

Size became a factor as the game wore on, with the bigger Wildcats out-scrapping the Quakers, who amassed a high number of fouls. The scrappiness in the second half aided what became

a high-turnover contest, with each side coughing up the ball 17 times. In the end, though, the champs proved too strong and too determined.

“I don’t mean this to slight their talent, but there are a lot of more talented teams out there,” Donahue said. “But there’s no team that plays so together and that hard in

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every aspect of the game.”

That proved the difference in a day when Penn didn’t play particularly poorly, but Villanova was simply that much better. But Donahue remained upbeat that they could strive to learn from such high-caliber opposition heading into Ivy League play and use the lessons learned against the

reigning champs to have a go at becoming conference champs themselves.

So while the scoreline may be demoralizing, the Quakers will hold their heads high knowing they competed hard against a championship-caliber team. Time will tell if they can apply their lessons learned from Tuesday night.

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OUTMATCHED M. HOOPS | Quakers can’t hold own against defending national champions WILL SNOW Senior Sports Editor-elect

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Penn basketball had a tough night against No. 2 Villanova, who enforced its status as reigning NCAA champions in a 82-57 mauling at the Palestra on Tuesday.

It was always going to be tough against such a star-studded Wildcats team (7-0), but the Quakers (2-3) might have had a fighting chance if the visitors hadn’t been firing on all cylinders.

Too bad they were. Villanova led for the entire game, with Penn never really troubling the champs in the first Big 5 matchup of the season.

The Wildcats were lethal from three all night long.

15 of their first 21 points came from behind the arc, as they quickly opened up a 21-13 gap in the first five minutes. By the end of the first half, the champs had put away seven from deep out of 14 tries. In the same time, the Quakers shot 4-for-12.

That deficit only grew wider. At the final whistle, Nova stood at 12-for-26 from three, with last year’s NCAA Championship buzzer-beater Kris Jenkins burying an astonishing 6 of 7.

As it turns out, Penn coach Steve Donahue’s gameplan was to clog the gaps and hope his opponents didn’t have a good night from range. Unfortunately, as he explained, his plan failed.

“Last year, our plan was to limit the threes. They made one three. But they got to the basket and the foul line 42 times,” he said. “So we thought we’d play more straight-up, beating the gaps and challenging shots, but what that led to was keeping them in front and hoping they’d miss. You could feel when Villanova sensed that ‘wait a minute, they’re gonna give us these shots,’ and it snowballed pretty quickly on us.”

The early deficit did little to deter the Penn fans in the near-capacity Palestra, though, who helped create a broiling atmosphere that only died midway through the first half. The half ended on a flashpoint, however, with the Penn bench being handed a technical foul for protesting a call made by the referees.

That fire did little to help the Quakers, though, who struggled to match the level of the Wildcats SEE VILLANOVA PAGE 9 LUKE YEAGLEY | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Red and Blue’s yearly tradition Athletes help of ‘Nova game is a special thing athletes as tutors Athlete-athlete tutoring a big success in early stages

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I say that, as one might imagine, for reasons that have nothing to do with what happened on the court. The actual game, of course, featured a predictable, thorough, and unrelenting thrashing

by Villanova. Scoring early and often (largely via senior guard Kris Jenkins’ famous three-point shooting skills), the Wildcats rolled to a 82-57 blowout victory.

But the Red and Blue, even if they didn’t get a ‘W’ in the “what” of the game’s outcome, certainly impressed with regards to the contest’s who, when, why, and where.

Take a minute to think of

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Penn students packed the Palestra stands to watch Penn basketball take on Villanova, the defending national champion. Such a matchup is a special treat, writes columnist Tom Nowlan.

the game’s context. Penn, a middling team in a minor basketball conference, was able to play, at home, the defending national champions. Jenkins

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Ma naging the academ ic workload at Penn isn’t easy.

Balancing that rigor with the demands of being a varsity athlete is only a further challenge.

So handling the student-athlete grind while formally helping others do the same should be downright inconceivable.

But for a select subset of Penn’s population, this seemingly impossible burden is merely business as usual.

More than 20 student-athletes serve as tutors for the Collegiate Athletic Achievement Program, a division within Penn’s Tutoring Center designed to have student-athletes tutored one-onone by other student-athletes.

“I really like the idea of athletes tutoring athletes, that concept where you can relate

to someone who has a really tough schedule, who’s on the road traveling,” sprint football senior offensive lineman Jon Weyand said. “Bonding over, ‘How the hell do you study for a final while also trying to win a championship?’ – I really like that piece of it.”

Athletes are encouraged to make appointments ahead of time via Student Development Coordinator Lauren Caminiti, but walk-in opportunities are often available. Most notably, student-athletes don’t have to pay to be tutored, as the Penn Tutoring Center covers the tutors’ base salary.

Generally, Assistant Athletic Director of Student Development Rosemarie Burnett works to recruit potential tutors. CAAP employees are required to have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25, and they must have completed a course at Penn with either an A or A- to tutor that class.

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