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The Assembly of International Students is working to address visa concerns ESHA INDANI Senior Reporter

Despite seeing a 10 percent increase in international student applications for the 2017-2018 academic year, some international students at Penn are growing increasingly concerned about their safety.

While the United States is still a major destination for universities for international students, there has also been a greater increase in interest for universities in other countries, said Arun Ponnusamy, chief academic officer at Collegewise, a private college counseling firm for international students.

“What does appear to have changed is the margin by which [the United States] is the prime destination. Interest in UK, Canadian and Australian schools has exploded,” Ponnusamy said in an email. He added that some of this is likely the result of “bad news surrounding America.”

President Donald Trump’s administration has enforced multiple travel bans since the beginning of the year that have impacted students from various countries, most recently those from Chad, Iran, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.

Ponnusamy added that increased interest in other colleges is also a side effect of concerns over free speech and job opportunities post-graduation.

“There’s less conversation surrounding transformative experiences and more surrounding, “Will I get a job after I graduate?” Ponnusamy said. “So if American universities become less of a guarantee in that way — especially as H1-B visas and OPT options dry up — the significantly cheaper costs of UK, Canadian and Australian educations becomes very appealing.”

President of the Assembly of International Students and Engineering senior Dhruv Agarwal said that at Penn, AIS has been working with both International Student and Scholar Services and the administration to address concerns of prospective, incoming and current international students.

Before admission decisions come out every March, AIS holds a training session to teach current Penn international students how to mentor incoming students from abroad.

This includes guiding them on how to address their concerns about the current political climate. "[Student mentors] were also told to redirect any question to the right person in ISSS if they did get things about is my visa going to be revoked,” Agarwal said. “I don’t want a mentor answering that question because their answer may not be correct because of the policies changing so quickly.”

AIS sends current members to their respective high

Fossil Free Penn refocuses on education by working within University guidelines MICHEL LIU Staff Reporter

After various failed attempts to get Penn to divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies, Fossil Free Penn is changing its protest tactics to adhere to University regulations.

Starting Oct. 30, FFP has been collaborating with other student

groups to host a week-long Divestfest on College Green that aims to promote student involvement and environmental awareness.

On Oct. 30 and 31, the groups organized events throughout the day on College Green to garner student attention, and on Nov. 2, a panel discussion on divestment and climate change was held in Huntsman Hall. The Divestfest will culminate in a silent protest at a University Board of Trustees meeting this Friday.

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International Affairs Association website hacked by Turkish group The IAA recently blogged about the Turkish president RAHUL CHOPRA Staff Reporter

A Penn student group says an international cyber organization hacked their website last month, replacing their homepage with a Turkish nationalist image.

The International Affairs Association runs a blog called The Consul, which they said was recently hacked by a Turkish hacking group called Türk Hack Team.

The website’s homepage was changed to a Turkish nationalist image with the quote “Attack Team, 29th October Operation” written in Turkish.

“The 29th of October is called republic day in Turkey,” explained Ethan Woolley, a College sophomore and the Consul’s Chief of Staff.

Türk Hack Team is a Turkish nationalist hacking organization

that has a reputation for reacting against perceived slights to Turkey. The group, which claims to have recently hacked a string of universities across the globe, rose to prominence in 2015 when it shut down the Vatican’s website in response to Pope Francis’ comments describing Turkish killings of Armenians in World War I as genocide.

Woolley said Türk Hack Team may have targeted the Consul’s website because of an article that he wrote about Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The article, titled “Washington, It’s Time to Start Worrying About Turkey,” critiques Erdoğan’s crackdown on political opponents and encourages the U.S. against leaving his authoritarianism “unchecked.”

Domestic protests against Erdoğan have peaked in recent months as the president continues to intimidate his political opponents and crackdown on the free press. In the United States, Presi-

dent Donald Trump has been criticized for his warm relations with the Turkish strongman.

The Consul’s chief of layout and College senior Ilana Wurman discovered the hack two weeks ago. Wurman, a former Daily Pennsylvanian design editor, said The Consul’s lack of cyber security may have enabled the breach.

“Were not entirely sure what happened, but we didn’t have a super secure login,” she said.

While concerning, Wurman said the hack didn’t appear to have caused any major damage to the site.

“It seemed to be more to cause trouble than do anything substantial. It’s still a little unclear if they targeted us specifically because of the content or just because the site was easy to get into,” she said.

Woolley agreed, adding that the hack was ultimately more perplexing than it was harmful.

“In a weird way it was flattering, that they would go to the

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Türk Hack Team, the group behind the IAA website hack, is a Turkish nationalist hacking organization that rose to prominence in 2015 and is known to react against perceived slights to Turkey.

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IAA President and Wharton and Engineering senior Santosh Vallabhaneni said cyber security

was never discussed prior to the hack, but now the group is bolstering the website’s cyber security protections.

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Students call for more transparency in course listings Many courses listed are not offered every semester HALEY SUH Deputy News Editor

As students make their final course selections for the upcoming semester, many say that information on course listings needs to be more comprehensive in order for them to plan their academic schedules.

College junior Heidi Lee said she only learned from her academic advisor during her sophomore spring semester that a course she had been planning on taking to fulfill her Living World sector, "Physics for Architects I," was only offered once every other year.

“My advisor recommended that I take this class that particular

semester because she said I wouldn’t have another chance to take it,” Lee said.

Lee added that if she had not spoken with her advisor, she would have assumed that the course was offered every semester, or at least every year. While she said she understood that not every course could be offered regularly, she said more information on these course listings would be helpful. “[T]he school should at least be open about when a certain class will offered, when it will be offered again and how regularly it will be offered," she said.

All Penn courses are listed every year in the Undergraduate Course Catalog, but not all are offered regularly. According to the College Requirements Course Listings page, which provides lists of all

the courses that fulfill particular sectors in the College, only 40 of the 133 courses that can fulfill the History and Tradition sector are available in the Spring 2018 semester.

This can make academic planning confusing for students, especially because most department sites publish their course listings only for the subsequent semester.

Similarly, in Penn InTouch, students only know that a course won't be offered that semester when they enter the course into the search box and receive a page that states "no results found."

College sophomore Natasha Cheung said she only realized that PHIL 205: “What Is Meaning” was not offered every year when she saw on Penn Course Review that it was offered once in 2010 and again

in 2016.

“A lot of the courses I’m interested in, because they are so small and particular, are offered very sporadically,” Cheung said. “So I don’t know if I can ever take it or not unless I approach professors individually and ask them when the course will be offered again.”

Cheung added that when she went to speak to a professor about courses for her minor in International Development, he was uncertain as to which courses would be available in the 2018-2019 academic year. “[The professor] said that it was very hard to predict, which makes sense because they don’t know which professors are staying or leaving next [academic] year,” Cheung said. “But I’m trying to figure out classes, or even just have

an idea of what I can take for the next two years.”

College sophomore Michelle Lu, an urban studies major, also expressed frustration that it was hard to find information on course offerings for future semesters.

“Since I only have seven elective spots in my major, I want to do very specific things with those slots,” Lu said. “I want to plan ahead, and because I’m given the freedom to structure my major, I want to structure it right.”

Because of this reason, the Classical Studies department is trying to publish its course offerings two semesters in advance.

Undergraduate Chair of Classical Studies James Ker said he empathized with students who found it difficult to plan their academic workload because they were

uncertain about what course would be available. Ker added that he saw how difficult it was for students to plan two or three years ahead and pushed to publish the department’s course plan for the 2017-2018 academic year since late fall.

“Up until a few years ago, [our department] wasn’t able to predict much more than a semester in advance, but more recently, we’ve been publishing on our website the course plan for the upcoming year,” Ker said. “My ideal is that we can put out a list of all of our course offerings and indicate when the next iteration will be and which semester it’s going to be offered in.”

“The students deserve some type of certainty in planning their courses, so I’m very committed to increasing multi-year transparency,” Ker said.

Why new college houses have old heating and water systems Penn prioritizes uniformity in HVAC systems CHRIS DOYLE Staff Reporter

In the last few years, students in the high rises have had their semesters upended by hot water and flooding problems. Now, some students report similar problems at Penn’s newest dorms — New College House and Hill College House — which cost some $200 million to build and renovate.

College freshman Andrew Guo, a resident at Hill, said he and three of his friends have all noticed a shortage of hot water in recent weeks. More specifically, they have noticed that showers at Hill will periodically turn cold for several days.

“I [went] in there, and it was fine for, you know, two minutes.

Then all of the sudden it was get-

ting super cold,” Guo said. “So I got out of that shower, moved over to the next stall, which was OK for about twenty seconds, before it got cold with max-heat turned on. And then, I had to run all the way to the bathroom in a different corner of the building, just in a towel, and even those bathrooms were still cold.”

Despite incidents like Guo’s, Penn administrators insisted that they take a holistic approach when constructing Penn’s water systems.

Benedict Suplik, director of Engineering and Energy Planning for Facilities and Real Estate Services, said Penn works to keep its heating and water systems uniform to reduce costs and make it easier for maintenance staff to make repairs.

“When [the maintenance staff] sees the same type of system, here, here and here, they know how to fix it faster,” Suplick said.

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this can mean that faulty aspects of older dormitories do not get fixed in newly-renovated ones.

Penn collaborates with the architecture team that is designing a project’s utility systems, said Suplick. He added that the two parties follow “a fairly subscribed, step-by-step” process, where they discuss the University’s expectations.

One of these expectations involves cost. Executive Director of Design and Construction Management Michael Dausch said Penn considers the upfront costs of installing different heating and water systems, but takes “life-cycle” costs as a priority. This figure accounts for the energy consumption and maintenance expenses associated with different utility systems.

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out, and their occupants are typically paying the costs of the maintenance and the cost of the energy consumption,” Dausch said. “But we operate our own buildings, so we’re not just looking at initial costs.”

Another priority Penn sets when designing new heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems is uniformity throughout campus.

In the case the heating or hot water in a residence malfunctions, Dausch said there are features incorporated into the system design that mitigate any damage. He noted that the hot water used for heating individual dorm building runs through building-specific pumps and control systems. This way, Dausch said, any major leaks will only affect an isolated area and not the whole campus.

But despite these provisions, Suplick said that Penn’s most recently renovated dorms, Hill and NCH, make use of similar HVAC and hot water systems as other much older residential buildings

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Administrators said heating and water systems are kept uniform throughout campus because of maintenance expenses.

across campus.

At NCH this semester, Penn’s precautions seem to be working.

College sophomore and NCH resident Justin Iannacone, who also lived in NCH last year, said he does not notice the same hot water problems this year that he did last year. Several other students living at NCH contacted by The Daily

Pennsylvanian also reported not having noticed any issues with hot water this semester.

“Last year, it seemed it took a lot longer to fix all the hot water problems and to get all the AC and heating figured out,” Iannacone said. “But it seems like this year, no one I know has had any problems.”

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ees meeting where they stood silently along the wall across from Penn President Amy Gutmann, armed with computer printouts that read slogans such as “Divest Now” and “Stop Funding Climate Change.”

FFP Campaign Co-Coordinator and College junior Zach Rissman said for Divestfest, the group wanted to collaborate with other clubs to create “a unified student front in support of divestment.”

“We’re trying to involve students from all across campus life to really show trustees that this is an issue that really affects all students,” Rissman said.

Jacob Hershman, FFP outreach coordinator and a College sophomore, said the group wants to “establish a fanbase” larger than the roughly 15 members that consistently attend their general body meetings.

“It’s easy to get people to become aware and sympathetic to the plight that FFP presents, but it’s a lot harder to get people to take time out of their day to support the group,” he said.

Close to 90 percent of student respondents want Penn to divest from fossil fuels, according to a 2015 campus referendum, but that level of support has not translated into more FFP members.

To change this, Hershman said FFP will prioritize an educational approach this week to inform students on the harms of fossil fuel extraction, refinement, distribution and combustion.

Following a contentious sit-in last March where members of FFP were “written up” by administrators for refusing to leave College Hall after hours, Rissman said this semester the group is “more focused on education than on inflammation.”

“Throughout the entire sit-in, administrators kept saying to us, ‘The reason we can’t have conversations with you is because you’re breaking the rules,’” Rissman said. “We want dialogue, we want open discourse between us and administrators. An open discussion is more important than disrupting University functions.”

But coordinating with the University to organize this week’s event came with its own difficulties.

The group’s initial plans included setting up a tent community on College Green throughout the week so that students could congregate to learn about the cause, but administrators rejected various parts of this proposal.

An Office of Student Affairs policy prevents structures from remaining on College Green for more than three days and two nights. FFP offered to set up and break down their tents every night, but OSA had other concerns.

“I asked the student organizers to seriously consider how tents would contribute to the event’s stated mission of environmental education and community building,” OSA Executive Director Katie Bonner wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian. “The University has long held that overnight outdoor activity presents risks to our students

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Reason for closure: Penn decided to not renew their contract.

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More than a dozen restaurants across Penn’s campus have closed in the past two years.

From pricey rents to citations from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, there are a range of issues that have caused eateries in University City to shut down less than a decade into operation, even though restaurants typically sign leases for 10-year terms.

Most recently, it was announced that a range of upscale food and beverage chains including Goldie, Kensington Quarters, Pitruco Pizza, Little Baby’s Ice Cream and The Juice Merchant stalls are slated to replace the six restaurants of the fast food court on 34th and Walnut that closed in June 2017.

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ing problems.

“They struggled a little bit financially, then we [Harvest and Facilities and Real Estate Services] mutually agreed to terminate the lease as a result of that. The fire, I think, may have been the impetus,” Penn’s Executive Director of Real Estate Ed Datz said. FRES is working with the Michael Saloff Company, a real estate broker that represents the University, to evaluate replacement proposals that best meet the community’s needs.

Assistant professor of Real Estate in the Wharton School Benjamin Keys said the national boom in urban retail was a reason why rent prices have been increasing, preventing smaller eateries from long-term survival.

“The broader gentrification of West Philly is going to lead to landlords believing that they can command higher rents,” Keys said. Large chains are usually the only eateries that can afford the rents and manage the “notoriously risky” food business.

Expensive costs associated with maintaining health codes have also led to closures.

Mad Mex, originally Mad 4 Mex, opened its University City location in 1997. But after the Philadelphia Department of Public Health closed it down over summer 2017, the owners announced the permanent closure

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on Facebook due to prohibitively expensive costs associated with meeting cleanliness standards.

“It’s hard to bounce back from those negative perceptions,” Keys said.

Capogiro, which was formerly at 3925 Walnut Street, opened in May 2009 and closed permanently in September 2017, citing unaffordable rent less than a year after the Philadelphia Department of Public Health temporarily closed it in 2016. The space has been leased, but the Radian, which owns the property, declined

and community.”

Rissman added that the administrators were worried that students would use the tents for sleeping and drinking, even though FFP created a rotating sleep schedule to ensure at least two people would be awake at all times throughout the night.

FFP members were eventually informed that College Green would be unavailable beginning on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, due to workers setting up for Homecoming events.

“This was an unfortunate administrative oversight which impacted FFP’s space request.” Bonner said.

“I eventually learned that College Green would only be available the Sunday and Monday of the original Fossil Free Penn request.”

Despite the setback, members did not appear willing to return to the group’s past practice of holding events outside the bounds of University policy.

“We’re not making much headway,” Hershman said. “There’s no point in continuing to effectively whine and petulantly place ourselves in the middle of College Hall and persist in something that isn’t working.”

“So we need to adapt to the circumstances presented to us,” he said.

to release the identity of the new business.

Rising rents also limit the variety and creativity of restaurants on campus.

“You get less experimentation,” Keys said. “You get more restaurateurs with a proven track record, but you may get less creative and less entrepreneurship and less opportunities for those just starting out.”

Even though eateries around Penn seem to change frequently, the ratio of food and beverage locations to other fixtures like cloth-

ing stores has remained consistent over the past five to 10 years, Datz said.

He added that when it comes to determining which eateries to include on campus, student interest is an important factor. Because Penn students enjoy coffee shops, FRES is partial to leasing to them, Datz said. There are more than eight coffee shops on campus, including United By Blue (which tripled in size this year) Saxbys, HubBub, Dunkin Donuts, Metropolitan Bakery & Cafe and Starbucks.

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labhaneni said.

The Türk Hack Team has previously claimed responsibility for various cyber attacks target-

ing organizations critical of the Turkish government.

Vallabhaneni emphasized that members of The Consul have no plans to change their content in light of the recent breach.

“We look for people appreciate the fact that coffee is the business, but the ability to sit and study… and have free internet is part of the decision making,” he said.

In addition, despite the swath of closures, the number of restaurants around campus is not likely to decrease. CBRE, the world’s largest real estate and investment firm, named Philadelphia as America’s Great Food City last month, and reported that millennials in downtown Philadelphia spend 44 percent of their food budget eating out.

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2017 VOL. CXXXIII, NO. 83 133rd Year of Publication CARTER COUDRIET President DAN SPINELLI Executive Editor LUCIEN WANG Print Director ALEX GRAVES Digital Director ALESSANDRO VAN DEN BRINK Opinion Editor REBECCA TAN Senior News Editor WILL SNOW Senior Sports Editor CHRIS MURACCA Design Editor CAMILLE RAPAY Design Editor JULIA SCHORR Design Editor LUCY FERRY Design Editor VIBHA KANNAN Enterprise Editor SARAH FORTINSKY News Editor MADELEINE LAMON News Editor ALLY JOHNSON Assignments Editor YOSI WEITZMAN Sports Editor

We all know flu season is upon us when both the air and our coughs get just a little bit crisper. Most of us also know just what it’s like to have the flu.

The seemingly endless lethargy, the aches and pains, congestion, runny nose … you name it. It’s daunting on its own, but having the flu while you’re in college is a whole other level of horrifying.

Penn students can barely catch a break as it is. The flu just makes everything worse, simply put. We just want to get up on our feet again, make up the work we neglected to do while we were bedridden and resume the grind. If only it were that easy.

Recovering from illnesses, flu-like or otherwise, on a college campus is exceedingly and unnecessarily difficult. First and foremost, Student Health Services is just too far away from our classes and the residence halls. Located on 36th and Market streets, students often feel like they would be wasting precious moments away from their studies or extracurricular activities to go to SHS. We’ll feel even less motivated to go as temperatures drop. Even if time and the weather were not extreme issues — which they are for most people — it’s sim-

ply too hard for someone who is feeling really ill to muster up the energy to walk over.

If location weren’t enough of an issue, consider SHS weekend hours as well. Though its weekday hours seem appropriate, its weekend hours are a bit lacking. Specifically, SHS opens on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. and on Saturdays, it opens at 11 a.m. and closes as early as 4:30 p.m. On Sundays, SHS is closed.

Illnesses still very much exist during non-business hours.

Unaccommodating weekend hours are one of the most problematic aspects of what could be a student’s speedy recovery.

This piece is not intended to criticize SHS, as its facilities are excellent and they provide a bevy of services and programs for a wide variety of needs. Those with the power to do so should improve the way that Penn students recover from illnesses by extending SHS hours and giving students time to get better.

Now, think about the sort of illness that may not require an SHS visit, but could be treated

with simple rest, relaxation, and maybe some medication.

That won’t leave a dent in your schedule, right? That’s where you might be wrong. A lot of seminars and recitations at Penn require attendance. Instructors may not give you extra points if you’re absent. They might even lower your grade for not being present.

Submitting Course Absence Reports, at least initially, permits sick students to miss class.

However, the number of times a

ery single class, even if we may be ill. That doesn’t sound like a good idea, either.

For one, you’re sick, so you’re not giving yourself ample time to recover. Second of all, you could very well pass on your sickness to everybody else in the class. You could either sacrifice your grade or your own health as well as that of your peers. Your choice.

Though it may seem otherwise, a lot of the hurdles that come with getting sick in college are not just administrative.

The hustle and bustle of college life, especially at a place as demanding as Penn, makes it seem unusual — if not shameful — to take some time for yourself to recover. As a whole, we should address the recovery period as something we deserve. We all need downtime, whether we are physically ill or not. Periods of relaxation help us get back on our feet and take on each day with more vigor and meaning than if we just get by.

Changing our attitude as a whole is a slow process that is hard to universalize. That’s why

… it should be both our responsibility and that of the University’s to ensure that we are given the chance, in some way or another, to really focus on our physical health.” student can miss a class due to a genuine illness without penalization varies widely from one professor to the next and is not standardized. Oftentimes, it is hard to “make up” these absences later on. We feel as though we have no option but to attend ev-

ALEX SILBERZWEIG I think it should be both our responsibility and that of the University’s to ensure that we are given the chance, in some way or another, to really focus on our physical health. Greater accessibility to SHS and a way for instructors to account for illnesses by easing attendance requirements are necessary first steps.

Giving ourselves time to regain our strength and become well again shouldn’t be synonymous with just “treating” ourselves. It is simply something we owe ourselves during the four years that we spend dedicating time to our passions, no matter how wonderfully exhausting they may be.

ALEX SILBERZWEIG is a College sophomore from New York, studying mathematics and economics. Her email address is alexsil@sas.upenn. edu. “Brutally Honest” usually appears every other Tuesday.

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It’s been a rough week. In my experience, the first week of November is always this way.

It’s finally been chilly for more than two days in a row, there are barely any light filters into my apartment anymore and my cacti are slowly turning yellow, wasting away — did you know they could do that? I didn’t. I find myself, more often than not, staring at them from the couch for lengthy periods of time, feeling very sorry.

I wrote once about the value of doing less, of letting go of the inexorable impetus to always be (or at least seem) “busy.” Stick with what you like; stop doing what you don’t like; try to do absolutely nothing with your friends more often. Simple, right? But it’s easier said than done. All my previous semesters became busier and busier as they went on; I don’t remember ever having a period of respite longer than a day or so from the homework, meetings and rehearsals.

But now that I’ve exited my most time-consuming extracurriculars and dropped a second major that I didn’t like so much in the first place, I find myself facing a startlingly open November. Sundry readings, here

and there, and a couple of associated responses — other than that, I’m coasting until finals.

Back when I studied computer science, I would’ve found even half this amount of free time a blessing. However, it’s beginning to reveal a host of problems with my earlier approach. What do we do when we’re busy not being “busy”?

I thought that, well, maybe we should spend our time developing and cherishing our connections with our fellow students — maybe that’s how we’ll really learn how to face the real world.

But there’s so much time in a day, and we can’t spend all that time around others — after all, we all have separate timetables and separate lives, and it gets draining after a while.

What really ought to come first, I realized, is our connection with ourselves. Genuine interpersonal interaction is usually seen as the only way to subvert the cutthroat, every-manfor-himself culture that exists to some degree on all college

campuses. It hasn’t stopped being a great way to do that — but when we reach the point of feeling like we absolutely have to speak with X other people to get through the day, our emphasis on this kind of interaction can turn against us. We should first learn how to be alone, a skill too-often neglected in the current discourse surrounding competitiveness.

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is done for our benefit; it’s important to prevent students from feeling lonely during such a significant transition period.

Because we’re so used to not being left alone, though, we eventually begin to feel like we have to be around people at all times, even once we’ve formed stable networks of supportive friends. It’s almost a competition — to constantly spend less time at home doing nothing and more time out with friends doing nothing.

Homework?

That’s acceptable.

Lying in bed late on a Friday night dazedly watching various iterations of the “Shooting Stars” meme? Less acceptable.

And that’s why, I realized, I spend so much time watching the cacti. It’s an in-between kind of activity, one in which I don’t actually acknowledge that I am sitting, alone, for an extended period of time. If you saw me, you might think I was waiting for someone to come visit, or that I was about to head out myself. It’s hard for me to sit and watch a movie or play a

What I’ve found … is that the best way to escape the culture of busyness is to be by myself and enjoy it.” this better than I do now. It was easy in high school; there was little pressure to constantly be doing something with others, and I wrote and read and scrolled through Tumblr to my heart’s content. College is different, though; it surrounds us with people at all times. At the very beginning, of course, this

SHILPA SARAVANAN game because it constantly feels like I have better things to do.

What I’ve found, though, is that the best way to escape the culture of busyness is to be by myself and enjoy it. We’re on a campus with thousands of other students, and because of this, the choice to spend time alone can seem like one that says, in an almost-conceited manner, “I’m not interested in any of you.” But it’s OK to feel like that, and in fact, it’s healthy.

The only way you can truly learn how not to be constantly “busy” is to learn how to do nothing — by yourself.

SHILPA SARAVANAN is a College junior from College Station, Texas, studying linguistics. Her email address is shilpasa@sas.upenn.edu.

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Dispelling the Early Decision fears CONVOS WITH CARLOS | When exams come up, relieve your stress by looking at memes On this exact date last year, I submitted my early decision application to the University of Pennsylvania. Filled with anxiety, I pressed the submit button to send the file that contained every little thing about my life. Essentially, I sent Penn Admissions my complete life story. It had all my high school grades, recommendations, personal statement and background information.

Coming from New England, I was never far away from Penn. Yet, as a junior or senior, I had never taken a trip down to tour the school.

Even today, people are amazed on how I could apply to a school that I have never even visited, let alone get admitted and end up attending.

Yet, prospective students should not fear applying ED to Penn, despite the inability to visit campus.

At the end of the day, Penn stu-

dents are here for their academics and the opportunities that Penn has to offer; therefore, applying ED shouldn’t be reserved only for those who have had the luxury of visiting campus.

So, last year, when I stood looking at my blank screen, I was questioning why I wanted to attend Penn.

I knew that it was a big school in an urban setting. This aligned with my quest to break away from the small

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BRAD HONG is a College sophomore from Morristown, N.J. His email address is bradhong@sas.upenn.edu.

school environment I had endured for the last four years. I could even continue my civic engagement within a larger city community and learn about the issues surrounding Philadelphia.

Besides my personal interests, I had started to reflect on what I was most academically passionate about in high school. My love for journalism and media led me to apply as a communication major in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The Annenberg School for Communication has one of the best undergraduate programs that allows students to select from a variety of concentrations within the field.

This attracted me and solidified my decision to apply early.

When deciding to apply to a school early, people take into account everything they know about the school. Some students really analyze all aspects of the school: campus visits, academics, sports, extracurriculars and the social scene.

Most students visit the schools they are going to end up applying to. According to a Penn Admissions representative that I spoke to, last year “over 80,000 people register[ed] for campus visits.” However, this statistic does not include how many students visited Penn that got admitted and enrolled here.

For applicants who cannot visit Penn, it is hard to gauge the school’s environment through a web page.

Visiting schools on the East Coast is very hard for students who live in other regions of the United States.

The most elite schools people are often attracted to happen to be the ones founded on the East Coast.

This is especially hard for students who are thinking of applying ED because once they are admitted, they are obligated to come to Penn.

International students and firstgeneration, low-income students have the biggest hurdles to face when they are in the midst of the college application process. Because of financial and logistical reasons, oftentimes they have to apply solely based on the school’s reputation and its academics. Students who are in this situation should really get to know the academic department they are interested in and message a professor. For students who are first-generation and/or lowincome, there is the option to apply for Penn’s fly-in program, PEEP. Other students like me ended up choosing Penn for a reason. We were faced with the same obstacle of not knowing what Penn would be like until our invitations to ConnectED or Quaker Days. Some students might not even have known what Penn looked like until New Student Orientation.

College freshman Vraj Shroff comments, “Due to logistical and financial reasons, I could not visit Penn. Still, I ended up applying

CARLOS ARIAS VIVAS early decision to pursue my interest in pre-med and possibly pursue a dual-degree with Wharton. I cared more about the academic aspect when applying early because that is all I could base my decision off from.”

Currently, there are more initiatives that top-tier institutions are taking to have a bigger outreach for groups like these to expose them to the opportunities found on campus. Looking back at my decision, I don’t regret applying early to Penn.

I knew what I wanted and that’s what I got myself into. The fear of applying ED dissipated once I got on campus and entered my first communication class. That’s when I knew I was home.

CARLOS ARIAS VIVAS is a College freshman from Stamford, Conn., studying communication. His email address is cariasv@sas.upenn. edu. “Convos with Carlos” usually appears every other Tuesday.

Let the memes begin

THE OBJECTIVIST | When exams come up, relieve your stress by looking at memes If I were to rate my stress level, I’d be at around Britney’s 2007 meltdown. Thanks, MATH-114.

Let’s point out the obvious for a second: College is stressful. We all worked really hard to get here. We all want to succeed, whatever that means to you. We all chose to be at Penn, a school that fosters excellence in and demands it from its students. This stress and intensity is a necessary part of the college equation and life. I get it, I embrace it and I deal with it.

While it’s definitely important for students to partially subscribe to the “just suck it up and work” mentality, when the stress gets to be too much, suppressing your feelings to maybe get two more hours of studying done becomes unproductive and unhealthy. I would know. I’ve been down that road. And trust me: It isn’t fun.

Especially now, in the thick of exam season, there needs to be a release. If you haven’t figured out your release, I would suggest exercising, but that takes

too long and is way too much effort. I would suggest watching Netflix, but that could turn into an all-night binge session too quickly. My vote is looking at memes.

For those of you who somehow don’t know what I’m talking about, a meme is “an element of culture or system of behavior that is considered to be passed from one individual to another” via a funny image, video or piece of text. Memes can be shared more privately from person to person or publicly through social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

First and foremost, memes take the seriousness out of any situation. Part of what’s so incredible and unbelievably creative about memes is how well they reflect and caricature what’s going on in the world, both in current events and cultural norms. Sure, it’s a little cult-ish, and sure, memes do have the potential to really offend people — just look at the students whose acceptances

were rescinded from Harvard because of their private meme group — but that’s bound to be the case with the extremes of any form of expression.

This precision inherent in most viral memes fosters a great sense of community and is, by all objective standards, come-

way the isolating thought that you’re doing something socially wrong. A community is literally formed out of our mutual suffering.

Meme groups like the Official Unofficial Penn Squirrel Catching Club and Student Problems are two perfect examples. In

Not only have I made and bonded with friends over memes, but there’s a comfort in knowing you are not the only one going through a certain situation.” dic gold. Not only have I made and bonded with friends over memes, but there’s a comfort in knowing you are not the only one going through a certain situation. It’s reassuring and, dare I say it, externally validating in that you debunk in a hilarious

the former, the memes are more specific to making fun of what Penn students are going through, whereas the latter focuses more on problems that all students in high school and college face.

The mere relatability of these memes makes these seemingly

unbearable and stressful experiences a little less intimidating.

A benefit of having these meme groups, in addition to normalizing student struggles, is that you can tag your friends in them. Comments like “us right now” allow for further bonding over situations. On the surface, this can seem absurd and a little silly, but relating to another person in this manner can strengthen your relationship with that person by laughing over something you’re both going through.

When you see a meme or your friend tags you in one, you get a temporary release from the intense environment in which we live. It’s almost like coming up to breathe for a quick minute or two from all the work you’ve been doing. And a meme break really shouldn’t take more than a few minutes, so don’t worry about losing any valuable studying time.

This is not to say that stress should be blindly accepted or that individual struggles are less valid just because a lot of people are going through simi-

JACQUELYN SUSSMAN lar experiences. If you feel like you need help managing stress, there are resources for it; memes are by no means a solution to the problems academic pressure and isolation create. However, sometimes, a little comedy can be cathartic, if not medicinal.

After going to bed at 3 a.m. because of an intense study session, maybe try waking up a little later and smelling the memes. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.

JACQUELYN SUSSMAN is a College freshman from Westport, Conn.

Her email address is jasuss@sas. upenn.edu. “The Objectivist” usually appears every other Wednesday.

Getting Penn students excited about athletics GROUP THINK GROUP THINK is The Daily Pennsylvanian’s roundtable section, in which we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick. Read your favorite columnist, or read them all.

This week’s question: With Homecoming this weekend, what do you think Penn can do to have better student attendance at Penn sports events? In other words, how can the school make students more excited about Penn Athletics?

Alex Silberzweig | Brutally Honest Almost all of the Penn Athletics events, as well as the promotions for them, seem to take place on the easternmost side of campus, away from Locust Walk. Just notice how most, if not all, of the groups that advertise their upcoming events are unrelated to Penn athletics. A lot of Penn students don’t even make their way over to Shoemaker Green or Penn Park each day, mostly because their classes or club meetings aren’t situated around there. That’s why I think the first way to make students more excited about Penn athletics is to make them more aware

of its events. Bring the excitement over to them, to an extent.

Penn Park is absolutely gorgeous, so if students knew when these events were taking place as they walked to class each morning, maybe they’d go.

For those who know about these events but feel like they have too much work to attend to; or think that it’s too cold to sit outside for a few hours to cheer on the Quakers; or they’re just not that interested in sports, rewards points and swag are key.

College students love getting free stuff, whether it be water bottles, T-shirts, laptop stickers or food. It’s worth using at least one of these as an incentive for attending sports games here. Pertaining to food, Penn Athletics could start working with local businesses that students frequent and enjoy to cater discounted meals or free snacks and samples. This would be a win-win for both Penn Athletics and the food companies: Get Penn students to attend games and get the companies to promote their wares.

It’s worth noting that there is already a “points” system in place that gives rewards points

to students for attending games.

The Athletics Department could lower the threshold for winning prizes, however small they may be, to motivate students to go, rather than make them feel as if they need to attend so many games before they win anything at all. We’re pretty busy and, believe it or not, temperatures are starting to dip. We only have time to go to a few games each year. Students would be more motivated to attend if they were highly rewarded for the games that they end up attending.

Jessica Li | Road Jess Travelled School spirit is a tricky, intangible quality. Often, schools either have it or they don’t — and most can agree Penn just isn’t one of those schools that truly has it. As a student with admittedly little to no school spirit and the most rudimentary understanding of football, there isn’t much that could incentivize me to go. However, I’m sure there are general things Penn can do to increase overall attendance.

I remember the first reason I went to a game was to get a free T-shirt. Free merchandise is a

big pull for anyone, and marketing this more to students may have an effect. Increasing the amount of free stuff students can get from Penn Rewards could help people try to make it to more games. Additionally, making it easier to get to the game could be effective too. Getting groups together in different college houses to go to the game could get attendance up. In general, there should be more buzz and advertising about the game in general — I often don’t know when these games are, let alone get excited about going to them.

Penn can get creative about letting students know when these games are happening, and by doing so, see an increase in faces at the game.

Carlos Arias Vivas | Convos With Carlos Penn can increase student attendance at its sports events in many ways. For starters, Penn Athletics could request to add a sports section in the “Penn Mobile” app. This could easily show the dates and times for upcoming games on a student’s phone.

The DP has its own circulation team that helps pass out

print copies of 34th Street, UTB and the Football Preview. To increase student attendance, I feel that there should be Penn Athletics representatives or student athletes that have their own circulation team or tables outside popular spots all over campus. This would help to spread awareness for upcoming Penn matches even further.

As a freshman, I honestly do not know a lot about the sports events occurring at home or away. Usually, my friends at other Ivies tell me that Penn is competing against their school’s team. This needs to change. I don’t think the emails they send out to all students about sporting events are enough. Maybe we can have 100 duplicates of our mascot, the Quaker, storm through Locust Walk to hype up students for future Homecomings? At the end of the day, all Penn students can show a little more Quaker pride by showing up to upcoming Penn sports events.

Jacquelyn Sussman | The Objectivist Full disclosure: I’m really not that into the typical definition of “school spirit.” For one reason

or the other, I would always find some excuse to skip high school homecoming, and I rarely attended any other sports games unless I had friends on teams.

I’m sure — in addition to the many students who did make the effort to show their love for their school — there are a lot of people who, like me, are not used to showing school spirit through sports and don’t really see the point. Aside from Homecoming and supporting my friends, I don’t really plan to attend most sports events.

And I don’t understand why that is such a bad thing. The underlying assumption for this week’s Group Think question is that Penn “should” do something to increase attendance at sporting events and therefore increase school spirit. Yet, there are so many ways to show your love of Penn: Get involved in extracurriculars, reach out to professors in areas that interest you, build something unique during your time here and (if you later choose to do so) donate. Sports don’t need to always be at the center of campus life and the first thing that comes to mind when people say “school spirit.”

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Penn hosts first-gen, low-income study sessions

The sessions are held on Thursday evenings GIOVANNA PAZ Staff Reporter

The Weingarten Center is teaming up with the Tutoring Center and the Greenfield Intercultural Center to provide study sessions for firstgeneration low-income students on campus.

The study sessions, which started on Oct. 12, take places on Thursday evenings. So far, thee have been around 30 FGLI students gathering in the GIC to receive study tips and tutoring help for “Introduction to Microeconomics” and “Introduction to Experimental Psychology.”

The Weingarten Center runs around 250 programs a year, and has recently begun a “movement toward collaboration” with certain disciplines and departments.

Executive Director of the Wein-

garten Center Myrna Cohen said the idea for the new program began when a member of Weingarten’s Student Advisory Board spoke with an incoming FGLI student and began the brainstorming process.

Cohen said departments under the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Life chose the introductory economics and psychology courses to turn a “big course into a small community.” She added that one of the intentions was to introduce study strategies that would help with the transition from high school to college, as most students who attend these introductory courses are typically freshman.

“Three different offices; three directors getting together and creating something that actually advances what we’re already doing,” Cohen said.

The program was promoted through the GIC, Penn First and Penn College Achievement Pro-

gram, which is a Penn summer program geared towards FGLI students.

College freshman Carmen Duran, who initially found herself struggling in economics, found the sessions effective in helping her feel more confident in the course. Duran also highlighted how the GIC atmosphere complemented her experience.

“I’m half-Mexican and so meeting people who also come from different backgrounds is really nice,” Duran said. “The GIC is really helpful. It provides a community of people that know what you’re going through.”

College freshmen Karen Herrera and College freshman Lin Chen, who are also a part of the economics review session, emphasized the benefits of a program built solely around FGLI students.

Herrera said because student tutors are in such high demand, she

appreciated that Penn First reached out to promote the new program.

“It’s really nice to have this extra help and not have to fight such a big crowd [for tutors],” Chen said.

Cohen said that though the program received funding through the spring semester, the different centers hope to expand after this year to other courses beyond economics and psychology once they receive adequate feedback from students at the end of the semester.

Students within the sessions also underscored their interest in the future of these sessions.

“I really wish the course selection was expanded on,” Herrera said. “Just so other people have the opportunity because it’s been quite amazing just learning from a group and a tutor who’s super knowledgeable.”

Though the program just began only a few weeks ago, FGLI students also are exposed to numerous

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The study sessions provide tips and tutoring for introductory courses in economics, mathematics and psychology

programs from the GIC, such as a free textbook library and subsidized tickets to performing arts shows.

“I think that there’s definitely an effort here to make sure that we succeed academically and to make

sure that we’re involved with what’s going on on campus and not let cost or race or color or whether we’re first-generation or not determine our success and participation,” Herrera said.

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Penn students encourage ‘random acts of kindness’ The initiative aims to encourage positivity NICOLE BROWNE Contributing Reporter

Jars filled with ideas for good deeds appeared all over campus this week to encourage students to be kind to one another.

This week, Class Board, Undergraduate Assembly and Penn Wellness organized “Random Acts of Kindness,” an initiative to spread positivity on campus. The groups placed jars in dining halls, residence halls, classrooms and other public spaces on campus.

2018 Class Board member and College senior Sophia Busacca in change of the initiative, was inspired by one of her high school clubs as well as the book “Option B” by Sheryl

Sandberg and Wharton professor Adam Grant.

The “deeds” in these jars included simple suggestions like “check in on a friend from high school” to more long-term commitments like “volunteer at the Netter Center.” Event coordinators encouraged undergraduate students, graduate students, professors, Penn staff and Philadelphia residents to all participate.

Students have had mixed reactions to the initiative.

College junior Maria Formoso, who works at the Information Center in Van Pelt Library, said she noticed students coming to take deeds from the jar placed at the end of the front desk.

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College freshman P.J. Shoemaker said he picked two different deeds from a jar: “contact a teacher that made a difference in your life” and “support Penn’s athletes by going to a sporting event.”

“Honestly, I’ve done both of these things in the last week,” he said. “While I think it’s a good thing for people to be reminded to be kind to one another short term, I also think it’s a little sad that you have to tell Penn students to be nice to people.”

Busacca said she thought the initiative went well, adding that the initiative’s Facebook event got over 600 responses.

She noted the project was most successful among freshmen because “it was the most accessible to them.”

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Class Board, Undergraduate Assembly and Penn Wellness worked together to place jars filled with ideas for good deeds at dining halls, residence halls and other public places around campus.

She added that she has spoken to freshmen about continuing the program after she graduates.

“In light of everything that has happened — like what happened at [the University of Virginia] — as well as what is hap-

pening with our country and administration, I feel like the world needs more kindness,” she said.

U.S. politics on student life.

“We tried to find people in more the Middle Eastern countries so they can sort of help explain to students in their schools what kind of concerns they could have,” Agarwal said.

The Undergraduate Assembly has also been working with the

administration and ISSS to ensure that international students feel safe on campus. A project that is currently being discussed is the compilation of a resource guide for international students.

“We haven’t started putting resources together but we’re collaborating with AIS and ISSS to get the resources we want for it,” Communications Director of the UA and College sophomore Jordan Andrews said. “Definitely if not this year, it would be piloted next year during international student orientation.”

The ISSS directed requests for comment to Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Elisabeth O’Connell. Director of Media Relations Ron Ozio responded on behalf of O’Connell and said she was not available for comment.

Representative on the UA and Engineering freshman Maher Abdel Samad has been very involved in working towards the international students guide, which he hopes will mirror that compiled

for first generation low-income students at Penn.

“Penn does provide the information, but international students just don’t know how to get it,” Abdel Samad said. ”[The guide]‘s just something that gives them the roadmap to everything they need to know. It would be very accessible with infographics to show all the technical stuff like how to get a phone number, housing.”

Abdel Samad added that even though coming from Lebanon means that he isn’t personally impacted by changes in immigration policy, he feels very strongly for those who are.

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When varsity isn’t enough: fencer plays intramural FENCING | Junior plays several recreational sports MOSES NSEREKO Sports Reporter

You would think being a Division I athlete would be more than enough athletic activity for one person.

In that case, you haven’t met Kathryn Khaw.

By day, Khaw serves as a sabre for Penn women’s fencing, but by night, the junior participates in numerous intramural sports. As the residential advisor for one of the floors in Rodin College House, the collegiate athlete volunteers her time to helping coordinate the various intramural seasons for her college house.

“I’m responsible for creating the teams, [and] getting people to sign up,” the Khaw says.

“The teams I’m most actively involved in are essentially the ultimate frisbee team and the volleyball team, whereas I have been able to delegate the cap-

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of senior Tre Solomon and sophomore Karekin Brooks on the depth chart, and was due in part to field conditions.

“Brown’s track is a little different. It’s a grass game and it was muddy and slippery,” Priore said.

“When Abe got on the field, he was able to put his foot on the ground and really create positive yardage.

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youngest, oldest brother. Even besides him, I always had someone to look up to, in terms of sports, and just life in general. Especially in sports, my family definitely had a big influence on my life,” Sulaimon recounts.

Even with such prominent role models visible in her own family, Sulaimon has credited her smooth transition into a highly competitive Division I volleyball program to her teammates.

And, as a result, Penn volleyball has become a tight-knit family for the freshman.

“Being a freshman, sometimes I am a little bit hard on myself. It’s

tain’s role to others for the soccer and flag football teams.”

Seems simple enough, right?

Add in practices for a nationally competitive fencing program with its own competition mere weeks away from ramping up and Khaw’s schedule begins to look significantly more complex— and let us not forget the engineering student’s class commitments as well.

When asked how she manages her commitments, Khaw maintained that the key lies in keeping her priorities in check.

“I am always making sure that I put other things before intramurals, just because I am really busy; on top of being an RA and a fencer, I’ve been looking into research,” the NJ native stated. “I just make sure that I’ve been able to get a solid that will turn up as often as possible, and continue to be competitive.”

But for Khaw, her intramural sports involvement does not end at putting together a team that will show up. She also makes sure to play in as many games

as possible with her intramural teams. Khaw frequently plays on her ultimate frisbee and volleyball teams. In addition, she

occasionally plays on Rodin’s flag football team as well.

One thing Khaw recognized is the stark contrast between

playing sports at an elite level and the concept of sport for fun.

“On the ultimate frisbee team it’s very chill, everyone knows

everyone else’s name, and it is only an hour time commitment; we just show up and throw the frisbee around,” Khaw recalled.

“Although, it depends based on sport, because whenever we do flag football, it’s very intense.”

Khaw’s volleyball team, the Rodin Rebels, hopes to begin its season this week. The team postponed its planned season opener last Tuesday due to a technical issue.

Khaw is also well aware of the importance of protecting her body. As a Division I athlete, it would be frustrating (and woefully ironic) if her penultimate fencing season was derailed due to injury sustained in an intramural ultimate frisbee game.

“I make sure I just take it easy,” the Rodin Rebels’ captain noted. “Instead of going 120 percent, like at practice, generally when I play intramurals it’s more like 75 percent.”

Given what Kathryn Khaw can do on the fencing strip, that 75 percent will be plenty enough to dominate on the ultimate frisbee field.

It was a nice second-half spark.”

Penn was content to grind it after senior wide receiver and captain Justin Watson scored two touchdowns in the first quarter. Watson set three school records on Saturday: most touchdown receptions with 29, most receiving yards with 3,413 and consecutive games with a touchdown reception with seven — he can tie the Ivy League record this week. His season totals now stand at 719 yards and 10 touch-

downs.

In last year’s Penn-Princeton matchup, the Tigers shut out the Quakers, 28-0, in Princeton, N.J. The defeat was Penn’s first and only Ivy loss of the season, as they rebounded the next week to beat Harvard, 27-14, in a Friday night thriller at Franklin Field to force a three-way Ivy League title.

While Princeton’s offense again features quarterback Chad Kanoff, who has completed 192 of 256 at-

tempts for 2,255 yards, 19 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions, it will be missing perhaps its most dangerous weapon in quarterback/running back/wide receiver Jon Lovett.

The 2016 Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year, Lovett threw for 582 yards and 10 touchdowns, ran for 411 yards and 20 touchdowns and added 235 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown. Lovett has missed the entire 2017 season after undergoing offseason surgery.

Senior defensive lineman and captain Louis Vecchio says that Lovett’s absence has a limited effect on the Quakers’ defensive gameplan.

“They still do the same thing,” Vecchio said. “We just have to be prepared to stop the play itself.”

The Tigers’ offense has remained dangerous without Lovett, particularly in the passing game with its two 6-4 wide receivers, Jesper Horsted and Stephen Carl-

son. They have combined for 1,465 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns as they have established themselves as Kanoff’s favorite targets.

Priore said the Quakers aim to slow down the pace of the game.

“You have to … keep it out of their hands, control the ball and shorten the game,” Priore said.

Kickoff is at 1:00 pm on Saturday at Franklin Field. Next week, the Quakers trek to Harvard before closing at home against Cornell.

just how I am as a player,” Sulaimon notes. “I definitely am a more aggressive player, and I sometimes forget the more finesse areas of the sport. Just being able to have older people look over me and make sure that I am being my best self consistently, especially Sydney [Morton], K-Cov [Kendall Covington] and Hayley [Molnar], has been a big help to me.”

The season has not always been easy for the freshman, especially when faced with players nearly four years her senior. But, Sulaimon recognizes how her close relationship with the other Quaker freshmen have allowed her to gain confidence on court.

Fellow freshman and outside hitter, Parker Jones has been a close

confidant for Sulaimon, who has helped her maintain consistency during tough matches.

“Being the other outside [hitter] with Parker, we definitely talk to each other a lot on the court. There’s been times when she’s had to talk to me, so I can refocus and not be discouraged and I talk to her so she’s not discouraged,” Sulaimon said. “It’s really nice having another freshman on the court with me…

At the end of the day, I am playing with 22 year olds, so having another person my age is really helpful.”

So, even while Sulaimon takes a break from wearing her normal practice gear, the Red and Blue will certainly get used to witnessing her dominance on court over the course of her collegiate career.

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The stage is set.

Penn sprint football will take on the undefeated Army Black Knights in the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) Championship game on Friday, Nov 10 — a showdown that is sure to be epic. Before they get too ahead of themselves, though, the Quakers (5-1) must face off against Mansfield this Friday night at Franklin Field.

While Penn is guaranteed a spot in the title game regardless of the outcome of this matchup, Friday’s contest against the Mountaineers (1-5) will certainly be of great value to the Red and Blue.

The Quakers are expecting a dogfight against Mansfield, something that will undoubtedly prepare them for their rematch versus Army. “[Mansfield] always plays hard,� said senior wide receiver Marcus Jones, whose 80 receiving yards and two touchdowns boosted the Quakers to a 2823 division-clinching win over Navy last Friday. “They’re going to play us probably as hard as Army’s going to play us.�

The Mountaineers have given Penn some battles in recent years, with the last game at Franklin Field between the two ending in a narrow 16-13 victory for the Red and Blue. Quinn Karam, in his fourth year playing linebacker for Penn, also knows of the Mountaineers’ noquit attitude. “Their offense isn’t very similar [to Army’s],� said Karam, who has notched 25 total tackles this season. “But just like Army, they’re a bunch of kids who don’t give up on any play, hit hard, and are coming in ready to play.�

Knowing that Friday’s game

What do the Cheetah Girls, grandmothers and Disney princesses have in common? Answer: They all took the field on Tuesday afternoon for Penn women’s soccer’s practice in preparation for the team’s final game of the season against rival Princeton.

This, of course, is atypical for the Quakers. But on this crisp autumn day — the 31st of October no less —exceptions are made. The players dressed up in their finest Halloween attire, as is tradition, with the caveat that the garb needed to remain functional for play.

This makes for a certainly unique practice experience, as tutus and wigs fluttered around during the drills. Thankful that the holiday fell on a Tuesday this year and not game day, coach Nicole Van Dyke emphasized the importance of balancing fun with competition and training. “We always try to keep things lighthearted until it’s business time. We all want to smile and have fun and make sure the kids enjoy their time, especially in the last week for the seniors,� she said. “I think once we put the keepers in the goals and start

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Senior linebacker Quinn Karam will play his final regular season game on Saturday, before playing in the CSFL championship Nov. 10.

will be a physical one, Penn will take no chances with injuries, especially with the team being so banged up in recent weeks. “We’re definitely using this as a week to get healthy,� Karam said. “We’re not going to force anybody who’s hurting to play in this game. If somebody feels like they need a week off, we’re gonna have the younger guys stand in and play.�

Aside from this week being one for preparation and injury recovery, it will also be of huge importance for one group in particular: the seniors.

Friday night will mark the final time the senior players compete on Franklin Field, and no one, not even the younger players, is taking this fact lightly. “It was nice to hear some of the younger players come out and say, ‘Hey, since it’s Senior Night, let’s have the seniors go out with a win,� Karam said.

The seniors will try to put on a memorable last performance for the home crowd and build on the team’s momentum as it

heads down the final stretch. “[The seniors] are gonna come out and play harder than ever,� Jones said. “Coming off of last week, the task is to get everyone flowing together and on the same train.�

Jones, Karam, and the rest of the seniors are fortunate in that they come into this game knowing that, unlike Senior Night for many players, it will not be their last game.

Karam, for one, could not help but look ahead to the championship game, which will surely be the most important of his and his teammates’ lives. “[This game] is bittersweet,�

Karam said. “It’s always gonna be bitter because I’m not excited to be coming up to the last couple of games of my football career, but it’s sweet because I’m gonna get to go into this game with a smile on my face, knowing that we get to play in a championship the next week.�

The Quakers, for now, can afford to rest up and enjoy the moment of Senior Night.

But next week, it’s showtime.

playing, their competitiveness just shines through.�

With that in mind, the coaching staff also took part in the festivities, donning what can only be described as tacky camouflage animal shirts gifted to them by players at last year’s banquet. As the leader of the pack, Van Dyke’s own shirt poetically depicted a wolf howling at a full moon. The theme of the players, however, was kept under wraps until practice time, when they made quite an entrance.

First up was the cohort of senior-citizens, sporting babypowdered hair, wireframe spectacles and knit-cable sweaters to complete the grandmother aesthetic. Spicing things up, the juniors opted for the mid 2000’s R&B/pop group vibe, honoring the Cheetahs with animal print leggings and neon zip-ups while blasting their hits all the way to Penn Park.

The sophomores wisely utilized their numbers to assemble the Seven Dwarfs, each with their own white beards and characteristic attire. Toppings things off, the freshman recreated their favorite Disney princesses from the big screen including Tiana, Rapunzel and Belle, each fully garbed in the requisite colors.

Noting that she’d need to ditch her glasses and bathrobe, senior midfielder Darby Mason laughed about instituting a costume-contest into the festivities.

“We haven’t done that yet, but that’s a really good idea,� Mason said. “We should solidify some more competition into our program for sure!�

In discussing the nature of their class’s costume, senior striker Erica Higa explained that they had really come full circle. “The seniors, when we were freshmen, did it, and it’s a nice way to remember we’re going out with a bang and feel like the oldest girls out here,� Higa said. “Sometimes you do feel like a grandma yourself so it’s kind of funny.�

This has been a tradition for the team for quite a few years, and there’s no plan on stopping it any time soon. The enthusiasm was palpable as the team formed up outside the locker room to head over to DunningCohen Field.

Stroking her sports-tape beard, sophomore Emily Sands explained how fun the whole day is for everyone and its ability to lift the team’s spirits, despite her playing the part of Grumpy the Dwarf. Additionally, she added that the dwarfs were hoping to steal Snow White from the freshmen to complete their ensemble.

As this eclectic group took the field in a sea of wacky colors and sparkly tiaras, with the unmistakable sound of “Amigas Cheetahs� echoing across the grounds, it was clear this would be a memorable practice.

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right. Penn could win as much as one-fourth of the league title, if half the teams (one of them being Penn) go 4-3 with the other half going 3-4. There is basically zero chance of that happening, though. SLIGHTLY more realistic, and much more fun, is another scenario.

If things go absolutely nuts, the Red and Blue could tie with

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traditional goalkeeping metrics.

For her, the thought of being done with field hockey has begun to materialize as her days of leading the Quakers on the field have ended. That being said, Mata has passed on goalkeeping duties and has remained a vocal leader on the sidelines.

“It’s not really quite real yet.

I’m in a weird position the last couple of weeks because I’ve been going to practice, going to games, but not really playing. In a way I’ve accepted that it’s the end of my career.”

Unlike Mata, forward Alexa Hoover is going to end her field hockey career on her terms, even

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beard, Tommy! Seven! Bad enough to divide the title, but to rip it into seven pieces…”

But of course, this is all hypothetical. For starters, Penn will be hard-pressed to win its remaining three games.

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if it means that she continues playing after graduating.

“It’s obviously a lot of work, it’s a Division I sport, but I wouldn’t change it for the world… I don’t know if I’ll be able to give it up that fast,” Hoover said, later hinting at a possible tryout with the national team.

Of course, Hoover has proven time after time that she is one of the best forwards in the nation.

Hoover’s record-breaking scoring is well acclaimed and she has adopted great selflessness to her game this season, making her an unyielding source of offense on this Red and Blue squad.

In addition to her future national team and potential Olympic aspirations, Hoover has admitted to being open to assistant

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six others atop the Ivy League with a 4-3 record, with hapless Brown finishing just behind the leaders at 0-7. In this scenario, Penn would share the championship for the third year in a row, but this time, that title would be split seven ways.

Now, you’re probably aghast at what I just wrote. You’re probably thinking, “Merlin’s

coaching in conjunction with any graduate school enrollment. Despite trying to ignore the many emotions that come with playing in her final game with the Red and Blue, Hoover is aware that this is it for the Quakers’ senior class.

“It is really, really sad to be honest. I have been playing field hockey since I was 4-years old so this has been my life for 17 years and it is going to be really hard to give it up. My entire life I have been working to play in college and now it’s going to be over in the blink of an eye.”

Hoover’s best friend and fellow forward, Gina Guccione, has likewise tried to remain unexpressive about the emotions of Saturday’s contest.

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cent crowd to watch them play on that home field, because it’s the Homecoming game.

The University is going out of its way to turn the game into a destination for Penn supporters. This is the direct opposite of last year’s Penn-Princeton game, when the University did everything in its power to make sure nobody who wanted to go 29-25

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“I’m mostly focused on playing Princeton as it is. I’m not thinking of the end of my career right now. I think it’s important to approach the last game without interfering emotions about ending my career. Looking into Saturday I’m trying to be focused this week in practice and trying to implement the things coach is telling us to do.

“And once the last buzzer rings and my season and career are over, the emotions will probably come. But until then, I’m really focused on the last game.”

Guccione is a four-year starter and has significantly improved each and every season. She did not come to Penn with the same on-field experience as her teammates, but that did not stop her

support the Quakers and have some fun would be able to do so.

So take advantage. Go see Penn play Princeton on Saturday at The Frank.

Just don’t say I didn’t warn you...

Prediction: Princeton 38, Penn 21

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from becoming a fixture in a high-octane offense. Her 17 goals in the last four years are second only to Hoover’s 67 among active Quakers.

She hopes to be remembered for the passion she displayed on the field but also the fun-loving and lighthearted leadership she provided off the turf. Moreover, she wants to leave a legacy as part of a 2018 senior class that made a uniquely sizable impact on the program’s trajectory.

“As a class, we all play a lot of minutes, we all have various roles that need us to step up in different parts of the game and I think we’ve done a good job doing so. We’ve helped push the program in the right direction and after leaving this season

we want to make sure we’re still moving in the right direction and a win against Princeton will help that.”

Joining Mata, Hoover and Guccione as four-year starters is center defensive midfielder Jasmine Li, another crucial component of the Quakers’ current makeup. She helped lead the defensive renaissance over the last three seasons and graduates with 48 starts in her career.

The five seniors – Liz Mata, Alexa Hoover, Gina Guccione, Jasmine Li, and Rachel Huang – are captains, four-year starters, skillful scorers, record-breakers, defensive walls, and, above all, leaders. On Saturday, they will play Princeton in what will be their final game together.

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t’s the end of an era for Penn field hockey.

The five seniors ­— Liz Mata, Alexa Hoover, Gina Guccione, Jasmine Li, and Rachel Huang — are captains, four-year starters, skillful scorers, record-breakers, defensive walls, and, above all, leaders. On Saturday, they will play Princeton in what will be their final game together.

Given the Quakers’ (9-7, 4-2 Ivy) recent history against the Tigers (10-6, 6-0), it is truly just that the se-

niors end their careers against such a heated rival. The Tigers are playing for sole possession of the Ivy League championship for the 12th time in 13 years.

The Quakers will surely look to play spoiler, but there is more to Saturday’s contest than being a thorn in the Tigers’ side, according to Mata.

“This means a lot more for the program than just as a team,” she said. “Historically, people have chosen between Penn and Princeton and they’ve seen Princeton

as historic winners and they’ve seen us as historic underdogs.”

Initially the team’s starting goalie, Mata will not be able to take the field for the Quakers on Saturday after suffering a season-ending knee injury. A leader both on and off the field and a four-year starter, Mata has consistently finished in the top half of the Ivy League in SEE FINAL FIVE PAGE 11

Football to face archrivals Saturday for Homecoming

Freshman Sulaimon emerging as starter, key weapon for Penn

Quakers look to gain momemtum after Brown win

VOLLEYBALL | Outside hitter hitting her stride

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This season might be a disappointment to both teams thus far, but the rivalry hasn’t lost any intensity.

Penn football will host Princeton on Saturday as it clings to its slim Ivy League title hopes.

While the Quakers (3-4, 1-3 Ivy) claimed their first Ivy win in Providence, R.I. against Brown last weekend, they do not control their destiny. They currently rank seventh behind three 3-1 teams and three 2-2 teams, including Princeton (5-2, 2-2).

All three of Penn’s Ancient Eight losses saw the Red and Blue lose the lead in the last five minutes, with the losses to Dartmouth and Columbia coming on the very last play. For coach Ray Priore to get his third Ivy title in his first three years — he’s only the second Ivy coach to win in his first two years — quite a few games will need to break in Penn’s favor. Those include the last-place Brown Bears (2-5, 0-4) taking down first place Yale and Columbia.

One of the prevalent storylines this year for the Quakers has been the quarterback position. Seven games into the season, it is unclear whether senior Will Fischer-Colbrie or sophomore Nick Robinson is better equipped to start under center. The former had started each of the first six games before sitting out against Brown due to injury, and could play this weekend.

Red and blue jersey, knee pads, and court sneakers are the usual attire for a Penn volleyball player.

Yet, standing before me is outside hitter Raven Sulaimon, clad in a chicken suit.

To preface, it is Halloween, and the rest of her teammates have gone all-out at practice as well, donning costumes on top of of their standard volleyball ensemble. Despite the festive regalia, Sulaimon is a natural with the other players on court, almost as if she were a veteran teammate.

Sulaimon, however, is a freshman, enthusiastic and eager for many more years to come as a Quaker. Down to earth and wholly optimistic, the freshman bounds through the gymnasium doors and grins widely.

“I wore this costume all day today,” she concedes, admiring the full bodysuit complete with a lifelike chicken gizzard.

While her costume appears out of the ordinary, Sulaimon’s skills have been critical for the Red and Blue this season.

Hailing from Houston, Texas, Sulaimon is the youngest of six siblings. She credits her introduction to the sport to her older sister, whom she witnessed playing volleyball when she was little. Sulaimon, always following the lead of her older role models, decided that she too wanted to try her hand at the sport.

“I started at the age of nine at a small club in Houston. And, I was

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Despite a disappointing 1-3 Ivy campaign, Penn football will not be lacking in motivation when they face Princeton on homecoming.

Before making his first start last weekend, Robinson had appeared in four other games for Penn.

However, Priore said Robinson sustained an injury in the third quarter of the Brown game and is not 100%. Robinson has completed 43 of 66 passes for 529 yards and 6 touchdowns to 1 interception, compared to 76 of 124 for 988 yards and 9 touchdowns to 5 interceptions for Fischer-Colbrie.

Junior offensive lineman Tommy Dennis said that the competition between the two quarterbacks has pushed each to improve this season.

“Whoever has a more consistent week of practice, that’s who we’re going to lean on,” Dennis said. “I think we’re confident either one is in the backfield, they’re going to make the right reads and

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get the job done.”

The Penn defense shined again in the Brown victory and has allowed the third-fewest points in Ivy League play. Bears quarterback Nick Duncan was held to 13 of 25 passing for 89 yards, and running back David Moodie managed just 47 yards on 13 attempts.

For the season, junior linebacker Nick Miller easily leads the unit in tackles with 72, and 10 players have recorded a sack for the Quaker defense that has forced 12 takeaways.

Freshman running back Abe Willows got an extended look in the second half against the Bears, finishing with 59 yards on 10 attempts. Priore said this was not a case of Willows leaping ahead SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 9

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Freshman outside hitter Raven Sulaimon comes from an athletic family: her brother Rasheed played basketball for Duke.

actually left-handed but my coach ended up making me play righthanded.”

Angles are crucial in volleyball.

Sulaimon’s coach recognized that a lefty would square up perpendicular to the net, while a righty would be situated parallel to the net, a minor readjustment that has ultimately benefited Sulaimon’s domination on court.

An ever-improving outside hitter, Sulaimon earned her first career start against Princeton two weeks ago, where she had her season-best attack percentage of 0.444. For Sulaimon, however, the most defining moment of her career thus far came in her first game against Yale, her second overall game as a Quaker.

“I was basically put in the middle of the third set, and we were

down 0-2,” Sulaimon admits.

“I was super nervous and super cold on top of that… the point after [coach Katie SchumacherCawley] put me in the game I got a block and it raised my confidence up and reminded me that I could play at the collegiate level.”

Playing at the collegiate level is not a new phenomenon for the Sulaimon family. Sulaimon’s older brother Rasheed played Division I basketball for Duke and Maryland and now plays professionally for the French club JDA Basket in Dijon, France.

Sulaimon recognized how Rasheed’s influence has been pivotal for development in the NCAA. “He’s definitely been a big influence on my life, being my SEE SULAIMON PAGE 9 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640