Gubernatorial candidates split on minimum wage, education
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As Pennsylvania voters flock to the polls today, they will play an important role in affecting the direction of the state by either keeping Republican Governor Tom Corbett in office or replacing him with Democratic challenger Tom Wolf. Below are the major issues of the campaign that have resulted in one of the most competitive gubernatorial campaigns against an incumbent in recent history.
Minimum Wage:
The minimum wage, a hotly debated issue across the country, shows a deep contrast between Corbett and Wolf. Corbett wants to keep Pennsylvania’s minimum wage equal to the federal minimum wage, which is $7.25 per hour. When asked about an increase
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PENNSYLVANIA’S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ELECTION
Armond James
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As a 33-year-old teacher at Philadelphia charter schools and a past lecturer at Temple and Harvard universities, James has made job creation and education reform the two pillars of his platform, according to his campaign website. In a traditionally Democratic district, James has been canvassing in low-income neighborhoods that usually receive less attention from campaigns.
Congressman Fattah has represented the Second District since 1994. He is currently a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, a SOPHIA WITTE ranking member on the Staff Writer Subcommittee on Commerce, Graphic by Justice, Science and related Laine Higgins agencies and co-chair of the Congressional Urban Caucus. Fattah’s policy initiatives include expanding access to education and assisting in housing security.
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WHERE DO THEY STAND ON THE ISSUES? EDUCATION
JOB CREATION
James pushes for more school choice by advocating for an Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Action Plan. Based on Arizona’s ESA model, this program would give families in low-performing school zones the opportunity to move their children from public or charter schools to different academic institutions, such as private schools and online learning programs. On a national scale, James supports a five-year tax exemption for U.S. companies to attract manufacturing back from oversees. In Philadelphia, James hopes to create more jobs in the textile and natural gas industries. James also supports extending unemployment benefits to at least two years.
HOUSING & James supports tax deductions for college graduates with student TAX CUTS loan payments and working families with a household adjusted income under $75,000.
Fattah has endorsed various pieces of legislation supporting equal access to educational opportunities. Fattah was one of the early leaders of GEAR UP, a federal grant program that has contributed over $3 billion to providing scholarships and preparing low-income students for college.
Corbett wants efficient school spending; Wolf believes in increasing funding JENNIFER WRIGHT Staff Writer
Education tops the list of concerns for Pennsylvania voters in today’s gubernatorial election — as well as the platforms for Pennsylvania’s two gubernatorial candidates. Funding for education in Pennsylvania is an issue both Republican incumbent Tom Corbett and Democratic SEE EDUCATION PAGE 2
Congressman Fattah was an early cosponsor of the Local Jobs for America Act (H.R. 4812), a bill to restore one million local jobs for community purposes, such as teachers, police officers, firefighters and child care workers. Throughout his career, Fattah has assisted struggling homeowners improve living conditions. In national office, Fattah supported the Emergency Homeowner’s Relief Fund to help unemployed homeowners save their properties and endorsed the Hope VI program, which revitalizes neighborhoods through rehabilitating homes and high-rises.
BEYOND THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL According to the Rothenberg Political Report, the race is considered a “Safe Democrat” contest. But while Fattah has both the incumbent and party advantage, a recent controversy he is involved in has led to newfound support for James. In August, Fattah’s longtime political aide Gregory Naylor admitted to participating in campaign finance schemes initiated by his former boss — identified as “Elected Official A” in court filings v—, including helping to hide the theft of federal funds used to pay off illegal campaign debt from Fattah’s losing mayoral campaign in 2007. Despite supporting Fattah in the past 10 elections, the Philadelphia Inquirer endorsed James last Wednesday based on Fattah’s unpersuasive response to the allegations. Though the Inquirer commended Fattah’s advocacy of increased education access, neuroscience funding and mortgage assistance, it declared James as more deserving of voters’ support.
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Flipped classrooms, flipped logic? Penn’s experiments with alternative teaching styles receive mixed reviews EMILY OFFIT Staff Writer
Penn is still trying hard to figure out the future of teaching. “Flipped” classrooms got their name by inverting the normal lecture format into a more collaborative environment, with the teacher available mostly for questions. Beginning with its first flipped classroom in May 2013, Penn has been actively trying to expand the new teaching style across disciplines. College sophomore Jaraf GuCOURTESY OF JOHN MACDERMOTT eye, who took an active learning MATH 103 class last year, felt The ARCH Auditorium is one of the spaces that has been utilized to conduct active learning classes, that active learning forced him to where in-class time is focused on group discussions rather than traditional lectures. teach himself most of the material outside of class, and he of- ing PHYS 101 classes the past and Systems Engineering Depart- faculty’s notes to a student noteten found himself cramming the two summers, said many of his ment. “The selling point is that book without going through the information days before the tests. students felt that they had better you can’t get this type of educa- brain,” Deliwala said. “Now [stuHe also noted that the collabora- mastered their coursework via the tion if you’re learning at home.” dents] cannot use the classroom tive groups were randomized and nontraditional instruction style. Penn currently has four flipped as a Facebook experience. The could be challenging when no “On balance, the feedback was classrooms — Vagelos 2000, active learning stops that.” one in the group understood the positive,” he said. “But it’s never ARCH 208, a collaborative classA big impetus for the active material. going to be 100 percent.” room in Van Pelt-Dietrich Li- learning model is “making stuGueye did not choose to take a Gueye said one benefit of the brary and DRL 3N1H, but more dents be more responsible for nontraditional MATH 103 class. format was that the class’s curve are scheduled to open soon. There their own problem solving by Active learning sections are not seemed to skew higher than the will be a flipped classroom that working with peers and less delabeled on Penn InTouch, so stu- curve in traditionally-taught can hold up to 90 students where pendent on their teacher or TA,” dents select the section but are not classes. the Towne Library once was, and according to Director of Instrucaware of the format until they atFlipped classrooms are part there are plans for active learning tional Technology John Macdertend the first class. of the University’s response to classroom in David Rittenhouse mott. “[Students] try to figure out College sophomore Sofia Ro- new online learning formats like Laboratory and the Neural and themselves what the right way is driguez also felt that her active Coursera and Khan Academy, ac- Behavioral Science Building, to solve a problem.” learning MATH 104 class last cording to professors who have both with expected completion In September 2013, Penn reyear was not well executed. “I taught active learning courses. dates in the fall of 2016. ceived a grant from the Associaappreciate the idea of the flipped New teaching mediums, they Not all active learning classes tion of American Universities to format, but they needed more said, could help traditional uni- are in “flipped” rooms — which become a project site for more TAs for the number of students in versities survive the advent of generally have round tables for flipped classrooms in STEM dethe class,” Rodriguez said. A lot digital education. group work and projectors — but partments. of time, she said, was spent sitting “The strength of the college they do follow the active learnSTEM classes, though, are not and waiting for the one professor will be that you can still be in a ing format, which is supposed to the only ones being taught in the or one TA to answer her ques- classroom, but the classroom is promote student participation and active learning format. Classes in tions. now more exciting,” said under- full attention. political science, German, urban But physics professor Paul graduate lab manager Sid Deli“The common joke [for teach- studies and even a writing semiTC_Aubry_Ad_Tedori/Hutch_ad 1:40works PM Page Heiney , who taught active learn- 10/1/14 wala, who in the1Electrical ers] is that the material goes from nar are now being taught in the active learning format.
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challenger Tom Wolf took on in their campaigns. Voters considered it the top issue in this year’s gubernatorial campaign, according to an October Franklin and Marshall poll, as opposed to the economy, which was the main issue in 2006 and 2010 . Corbett advocates for more efficient education spending, while Wolf favors increasing the state’s education budget. Both candidates dispute whether Corbett has helped Pennsylvania education while in office. Wolf campaigned on the claim that Corbett cut education funding by $1 billion, but Corbett’s ads say he increased funds for education by $1.5 billion. Wolf’s $1 billion-cut claim refers to the $860 million less that school districts received in the 2011-2012 school year compared to the previous year, which was due in part to the end of federal stimulus grants for schools that year. Corbett’s $1.5 billion-increase claim refers to the additional funds allocated to school employee pensions during his term in office, according to the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s FactCheck.org. Corbett argued in the last gubernatorial debate that the budget for education is currently above $10 billion and that “we have put more money into education than any time in the history of education in Pennsylvania.” At the start of his term, Corbett repealed former Governor Ed Rendell’s existing formula for funding Pennsylvania schools. Without a funding formula, the School District of Philadelphia has been pressed each year to find enough funds to open schools on time — a prospect which has been doubtful at the beginning of recent school years. “We are not spending what we did spend before on education in the classroom and that can be seen by everybody. We need to invest in education,” Wolf said in the last debate before the election. Corbett argued that he was left to deal with the holes in the budget from Rendell’s administration when the one-time stimu-
lus money for schools ran out. In June, Corbett signed a bill to start a commission to look into a funding formula for schools. Lead organizer of Philadelphia Coalition Advocating for Public Schools and former public school teacher Ron Whitehorne says that the commission was purely a political move for Corbett in response to backlash against some of his actions. “If he was really for a fair funding formula, he would have continued with the one that was in place when he came into office,” he said. PCAPS took to the streets with a door knocking campaign. Back in July, PCAPS asked residents in mainly West, Southwest and North Philadelphia to fill out postcards pledging they would vote for a candidate who supported a fair funding formula, revenue increases for schools, more charter school accountability, an end to the school to prison pipeline and the abolishment of the School Reform Commission. PCAPS recently mailed the pledges back to the people as a reminder before election day. Wolf’s solution to the education funding problem is to implement a five percent severance tax on gas-drilling companies that would pay some money back to the areas where the drilling happens and the rest toward education funding. Wolf also supports an education funding formula, which co-founder of Parents United for Public Education Helen Gym said is important to consider. “For an incumbent, you should be dealing with their record and not their promises,” Gym said. “If Tom Corbett were to leave office, it will be because education voters voted him out.” But that doesn’t mean that electing Wolf will solve education funding problems. “It’s not like we elect Wolf and then everything is hunky-dory. He’s going to have conflicting pressures on him and he’s going to face a hostile legislature,” Whitehorne said. “Regardless of who sits in the governor’s chair, the realization for all of us needs to be that one individual cannot fix this situation,” Gym said, “and it’s not going to be fixed just by switching parties or individuals.”
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This year’s race for Pennsylvania State Senate and for the General Assembly in Penn’s election district will see two Democratic incumbents facing off against two Republican challengers. Key issues for Pennsylvanian voters this election season have been education funding — Philadelphia schools are currently struggling to maintain their budget from last year — and the creation of new jobs and health care. Below is a list of state candidates and where they stand on key issues:
STATE SENATE CANDIDATES The election for Penn’s State Senate district pits the Democratic incumbent Christine Tartaglione against Republican John Jenkins.* Tartaglione has been State Senator for Penn’s district since 1994.
ON INFRASTRUCTURE:
Tartaglione: She believes that Pennsylvania should carry out the P.A. Works project, which would create the Pennsylvania Investment Bank, making investments of $1 billion in water and sewer system rehabilitation, $100 million in new business development and $75 million in new technology investment. Other investments include job site training, targeted job creation tax incentives and new home ownership.
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Tartaglione: She believes, according to her website, that education funding should not be cut and that teachers should not be laid off. Jenkins: According to a Facebook post from April, he believes more education funds should be made available to parents so they can have the option of letting their children attend the schools of their choice.
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Tartaglione: She believes the government should provide low-interest loans to disabled Pennsylvanians to purchase equipment that will help make them more independent and employable through the Pennsylvania Assistive Technologies Foundation.
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STATE HOUSE CANDIDATES The election for Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives in Penn’s district pits former rivals against each other. Republican Ernest Adkins* is running against Democratic incumbent James Roebuck, who was first elected to this position in 1985. They ran against each other in 2012, in which Roebuck won in landslide, receiving 93.7 percent of the total vote.
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Roebuck: For him, education is the first priority. He believes that Pennsylvania’s education budget should be increased so that Pennsylvania children can have quality education in public schools. Roebuck sponsored the cigarette tax legislation in September to raise tax money for public schools.
ON WATER SUPPLY:
Roebuck: He believes that the drilling activities of Marcellus Shale are having a negative impact on Philadelphia’s water supply. He also believes that drillings should be done in a responsible way that will not pollute the water supply.
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Roebuck: He believes that prisoners have been treated unjustly. He advocates to put a system in place to provide compensation to prisoners who receive unjust treatment. *It is unclear where John Jenkins and Ernest Adkins stand on some of the issues in this article. Neither candidates have easily findable campaign websites, and neither candidate responded to requests for comment from The Daily Pennsylvanian.
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ANOTHER LOOK | Reducing our consumption of animal products doesn’t have to be an ideological choice
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’m vegan” rolls off the tongue more easily than “I avoid eating meat, fish, eggs or dairy products whenever I can,” so I called myself vegan for simplicity’s sake when I first came to Penn. However, I soon became uncomfortable with the fact that the label “vegan” is considered as much an ideology as a dietary choice. The problem is that the language and logic we see surrounding the issue of eating animals is largely black and white. Either it’s morally acceptable to eat animals or it’s not, and if you believe the latter, you should never eat meat again or else you’re a hypocrite and a bad person. Because we frame it in these absolutist terms, we divide ourselves into vegetarians and people who feel judged by vegetarians. This approach is not ideal for a number of reasons. Firstly,
the complex and uncomfortable truth about our globalized consumer culture is that if we’re in the business of drawing absolute moral lines about what we consume, vegetarianism doesn’t seem like the logical place to start.
causes enough damage that PETA’s “I’d rather go naked than wear fur” campaign makes me worry more about the state of women in our society than the state of cattle. It seems to me that people aiming to be conscious con-
People aiming to be conscious consumers ought to start with human rights and work their way down to animal rights … Basically, I don’t want to stand here in my sweatshop Nike sneakers and judge you for eating yogurt.” Although I subscribe to the belief that, in our advanced society, it’s wrong to kill animals for food, I understand that we live in a world where there are enough starving people that moral outrage on behalf of the exploited honey bee seems a little misplaced, and where the objectification of women
sumers ought to start with human rights and work their way down to animal rights — not the other way around. Basically, I don’t want to stand here in my sweatshop Nike sneakers and judge you for eating yogurt. Secondly, when most people see vegetarianism as a
set of principles they have to convert to for life, they quickly dismiss the idea, realizing that acknowledging it would mean never eating their favorite foods again. I’m not asking anyone to convert to vegetarianism, and I think it would be useless if I tried. However, I will say this: It would be better for people and the ecosystem if, nine times out of 10, you didn’t buy that hamburger. The call to reduce your consumption of animal products doesn’t require a morally absolutist appeal to animal rights. The truth is that each and every food choice you make has an impact on your carbon footprint and on the ecosystem, and this impact is less negative when you choose a plant-based food than when you choose food derived from an animal. No single food choice is going to have a huge impact, but over the course of a lifetime, the aggregate effect is significant.
If the average person switched to a plant-based diet for one year, she would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.5 tons. That’s compared to the one ton reduction from switching to a hybrid car. And here’s what I think: It would be just fine if you only reduced it by .5 tons. Or even .25 tons. If everyone reduced their consumption of animal products by a small amount, the aggregate effect would be the same as if a few more people were vegans. When I imagine the ideal world, I don’t see it as devoid of livestock animals. I also don’t see giant meatpacking plants that pose health threats to their workers, or chopped-down rainforests for more beef cattle, or streams full of the antibiotics that are pumped into animals to prevent them from dying of infections in their dirty environments. I see animal products as niche, special-occasion foods. For this reason, I keep
SOPHIA WUSHANLEY most of my diet plant-based. But I don’t call myself a vegan anymore, because I’m not interested in drawing the line between vegans and omnivores. I’d rather call myself a morally conscious person, and minimizing my consumption of animal products constitutes a part of that.
SOPHIA WUSHANLEY is a College senior from Millersville, Pa., studying philosophy. Her email address is wsophia@sas. upenn.edu. “Another Look” appears every Tuesday.
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CORRECTIONS An article on page one of Monday’s paper, “Local companies see need for Pennovation,” incorrectly described the dimensions of the new Pennovation Center. The center is 52,000 square feet, not 200,000 square feet. An article in Thursday’s paper stated that Penn field hockey was playing Rutgers at home on Saturday. Penn played Brown at home on Saturday and at Rutgers on Sunday. The DP regrets the
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hen voters head to the polls today in Pennsylvania, they have the chance to make history. Since Pennsylvania changed its laws in 1968 to allow governors to serve two terms, no incumbent governor has lost a re-election bid. Today, Gov. Tom Corbett could, and should, be the first. We, the Penn Democrats, endorse Tom Wolf for governor. Today, it’s time to cast your ballot for a fresh start. Gov. Corbett is extremely unpopular, and for good reason. In addition to insulting women, the LGBT community, Latinos and unemployed Pennsylvanians with insensitive and outrageous comments, Corbett has slashed education spending and failed to boost job growth. He has neglected to lay out a vision for the state and has struggled to get legislation passed, even with Republican control of both houses of the state legis-
GUEST COLUMN BY PENN DEMOCRATS lature, because he cannot even work with members of his own party. In light of Corbett’s failed leadership, Pennsylvanians should resoundingly reject his bid for a second term. Luckily, however, voters need not merely vote against the past four years. They can go to the polls and vote for the future. Tom Wolf, whom President Bill Clinton called “the best candidate for governor in
becoming the Democratic nominee for governor. He received his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth, a master’s degree from the University of London and a doctorate from MIT. In the midst of his undergraduate studies, he took a leave from school to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer in India, where he helped rural villagers with agricultural and irrigation projects.
Tom Wolf, whom President Bill Clinton called ‘the best candidate for governor in America,’ offers the chance for a new, progressive direction for Pennsylvania.” America,” offers the chance for a new, progressive direction for Pennsylvania. Tom Wolf truly is, as his campaign has said, “a different kind of leader” who has taken an unusual path to
After finishing his awardwinning dissertation at MIT, he was offered a tenure-track position at Harvard, but he chose instead to return to York to work at his family business, which he eventually bought
and built into a major national company. In 2006, Wolf sold his business and accepted the position of Secretary of Revenue under Gov. Ed Rendell. He served for two years and donated his salary to charity. Wolf planned to run for governor in 2010, but when the economy collapsed in 2008, his old family business suffered and was in danger of bankruptcy. Wolf put aside his personal ambitions and repurchased the business, investing his own money to save the jobs of his former employees. He redeveloped the company and guided it to success once again, and today he shares 20 to 30 percent of profits with his employees. Having rescued his company, Wolf felt it was finally the right time for him to run for governor. While Wolf’s character and credentials are impressive and laudable, he also has a strong vision for Pennsylvania. Wolf — who has seen firsthand that paying employees livable
wages and earning profits are not mutually exclusive goals — supports raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. He supports a Pennsylvania DREAM Act, which would allow the children of undocumented immigrants to attend state universities with in-state prices. He supports taxing natural gas drilling and using that new revenue to increase education funding. He supports expanding Medicaid to cover 500,000 uninsured, lower-income Pennsylvanians. He also supports enacting an antidiscrimination law that would protect LGBT individuals. In short, Tom Wolf stands for progress. Throughout his life, Wolf has shown that he is a principled, communityoriented and strong leader who has excelled in both the private and public sectors. Under his leadership, Pennsylvania will move forward. Today, we encourage you to vote blue — for Tom Wolf and for other Democrats. Last
week on Locust Walk, we had a “Why We Vote Blue” event, where students stopped to express why they will be voting blue today. We built an incredible list of reasons: protecting reproductive rights, ensuring a quality education for every child, guaranteeing access to affordable health care, preventing gun violence and recognizing equal rights for all. If you share any of these concerns, if you want Pennsylvania to be a place of equality and opportunity, make sure to have your voice heard today and make sure to vote blue. Let’s elect Tom Wolf and other Democrats to move Pennsylvania forward.
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in the minimum wage, Corbett expressed caution. “The economy’s starting to come back,” he said in an interview in December 2013. “I always worry about changing the dynamic when we’re starting to come out of [a recession].” In contrast, Wolf supports an increase in the state’s minimum wage, first by raising it to $10.10 per hour, and then by indexing it to inflation. “I believe we need to raise the minimum wage to help Pennsylvania’s workers and strengthen the economy,” Wolf said in a campaign statement.
Environment:
While Corbett and Wolf both acknowledge the existence of climate change, they
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differ on public policy solutions. When the Obama administration, through the Environmental Protection Agency, imposed new standards in June to reduce carbon dioxide emission from coalfired power plants, Corbett immediately made clear his opposition. “As Pennsylvanians, we are doing our fair share to reduce carbon emission, and we have made great strides in recent years,” Corbett said in a statement released on June 2. “I am concerned that these new mandates will eventually shut down hundred[s] of coal-fired power plants across the country and destroy thousands of familysustaining jobs.” Wolf has stated his support for the new regulations, yet he has also expressed caution
and the need for flexibility. “We need to make sure they are applied fairly, allow for adjustments and create economic opportunities, not simply additional burdens,” he said in June.
Taxes:
Like many competitive elections across the country, the issue of taxes sits at the forefront of public discourse. Corbett has expressed his strong opposition to tax increases, yet has stated that he could support small increases in sale or income taxes in order to offset reductions in school property taxes. During his time as governor, Corbett has signed into law some tax increases and some tax cuts. Going forward, Corbett has proposed reducing the corporate net income tax from the current 9.99 percent
to 6.99 percent. Wolf strongly supports increasing income taxes, which is currently a flat 3.07 percent. Specifically, he wants to raise taxes to offset reductions to school property taxes. Wolf has also stressed that Pennsylvania needs a more “fair” tax system, but hasn’t given a detailed plan. Like Corbett, Wolf also supports a lower corporate net income tax rate, but has refrained from giving specifics.
Education:
Out of all the controversial and polarizing issues of this governor’s race, education funding might take the cake. Although Corbett touts increased education funding under his watch and Wolf accuses him of drastic education cuts, both candidates have expressed differ-
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Sam Matis and Veronica Jones walked away with the crowns JEFFREY CAREYVA Contributing Writer
Some Penn students do not have to choose between brains and brawn. The 22nd Annual Mr. and Ms. Penn competition, a gleaming night of oiled calves, washboard stomachs and ripped arms, was held Monday night at the Annenberg Center. The 29 contestants across four categories — tall and short class men and women — were shaking with exertion as they flexed for a screaming audience. Track and field coach Tony Tenisci hosted the competition. Wharton junior Sam Mattis took the title of Mr. Penn, while Ms. Penn went to College senior Veronica Jones. Each also won first place in their tall class categories. The true muscular show began with the short class men. The bodybuilders stood in a straight line and contorted their bodies into impressive poses ranging from “front double bi,� in which they
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Competitors flexed, posed and danced on stage to compete for the title of Mr. & Ms. Penn at the Mr. & Ms. Penn Body Building Competition, an annual fundraiser for the Men’s and Women’s Varsity Track and Field teams.
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needed to change as the real estate investment market became more highly saturated. Zell grew up in an uppermiddle class family in Chicago before attending the University of Michigan, where he launched his first real estate business with his frat buddy and long-time partner Bob Lurie. “By the time I graduated law school, we managed 4,000 apartments and 40-50 buildings.� After law school, which Zell described as the “biggest f**king bore that ever existed,� he headed off to work at a law firm, which he described as even worse. “I walked into the senior partner’s office after four days and I said, ‘This isn’t for me.’� Today, Zell is worth $4 billion dollars and his firm controls three of the largest public real estate companies in history. A self-proclaimed “career opportunist� and “lone evangelist,� Zell spoke about his “radical� investments in Brazil, Colombia and emerging markets that have paid off. His next stop is India. “The hardest thing is finding an honest man,� he said. After Zell’s general talk, he fielded a few questions before heading off to see his grandson, Wharton sophomore Aaron Zell. One student asked Zell why he invested outside of real estate, his specialty. “Diversification has saved my ass a number of times,� Zell explained, saying that, in his mind, all you really need in the business world is to understand supply and demand. “Business is business is business,� he said. Zell concluded with tips for his audience, stressing longterm vision and the importance of compromise, stating that, “There is no greater negotiation tactic than understanding what the other guy wants.�
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raise their fists above their heads while flexing their biceps, to “abdominal thigh,� in which they place their hands behind their heads and thrust their pelvic areas to the audience. “I never thought Penn students could be so ripped,� College freshman Lawrence Chan said. “How do they have the time to get their bodies like that?� The audience spewed catcalls as Wharton senior Peter Bin flexed to 50 Cents’ Candy Shop, but College senior Omari Maxwell ultimately took first place in the short men’s class. Out of the short class women, it was College freshman Molly Minnig who took the first place trophy. Molly began her routine in a cowgirl hat, only to throw it to the side as she launched into an upbeat routine of dance moves and flexing. The audience responded positively to each routine, with repeated shouts of “Oh yeah there’s the work,� and “That’s what I’m talking about.� The competition opened with a choreographed dance routine by The Fly Girls, a group of Penn’s female track and field team members who perform at the competition every year. Tenisci kept the crowd engaged. After the show, he expressed his pride in the contestants, saying that “no other Ivy could put on a show like this.� Contestants worked for eight weeks to prepare for the Mr. and Ms. Penn competition, surviving midterms, strict health plans and an excess of body oil.
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the Red and Blue needed it the most in order to stick to their game plan — in a rainy game when passing would be difficult. “I don’t think [the weather] snuck up on us,” Bagnoli said. No one on Penn’s roster had a carry longer than seven yards all afternoon, which is more an indictment of Penn’s young offensive line than any of the running backs — Kyle Wilcox and Eric Fiore combined for only eight carries once the coaching staff realized there wasn’t going to be much running room. And as a result, Penn ultimately leaned too heavily on its quick-hit short passing game — which didn’t fool anyone on the Brown defense. Of Torgersen’s 30 completions, 20 of them resulted in gains shorter than 10 yards. By game’s end, the time of possession advantage favored the Bears by over 13 minutes, a testament not only to Brown’s ability to control the line of scrimmage and establish a run game, but also Penn’s failure to do exactly that. In three of their six losses this season, the Quakers have averaged 2.0 yards per carry or fewer. It’s grown obvious that unless Penn’s offense can force opponents to respect the run, all those quick hit screens and drag routes that Bagnoli likes to dial up won’t gain very much. “We very rarely could stay on schedule,” he said. “Things just kind of play off each other, and
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we don’t win it, we don’t deserve to be champions.” While that statement may sting some, the team is still in Ivy contention, despite some things being out of the Quakers’ hands. What about the other sports, you ask? Yes, field hockey and women’s soccer picked up impressive wins on their respective Senior Days. And yes, Thomas Awad won an individual Ivy League title for the Quakers. But at this point, it looks like Awad will be the only fall athlete
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Senior running back Kyle Wilcox and Penn’s running game struggled to get going against Brown. The Bears outgained the Quakers by over 200 yards on the ground and used the running game to keep Penn’s defense on the field.
it makes it very difficult to be a consistent, cohesive offense.” If Penn wants to show some pride and put together competitive games in the last three weeks of the season — and Bagnoli’s coaching career — these are the
things that need to be focused on offensively: winning the battle in the trenches and establishing all parts of the offense. Yet at this rate, the ultimate solution to Penn’s offensive struggles may not arrive until
after its venerable coach retires.
who will claim any sort of Ivy title. Unfortunately for Penn Athletics, the people who it is counting on to donate to its athletic programs weren’t in Princeton, N.J. to see it happen. In that way, Homecoming was a microcosm of a weak fall season for the Red and Blue. A football program struggling for the first time in a while. Soccer programs that were Ivy favorites yet seem to have an Ivy title just out of grasp. And zero team Ivy League titles. What does zero Ivy League titles mean? Well, hate to beat home the point, but unhappy alums. And pressure on Athletic
Director Grace Calhoun to change things just four months into her tenure. That doesn’t mean Calhoun needs to fire every coach and start from scratch. Far from it, in fact. All of the fall sports have been in competition near the top of the Ivies in the last five years. But it is a troubling trend that Penn isn’t finding the kind of team success that other Ivy schools are having. Some of that can be chalked up to extenuating circumstances and it also certainly can’t be put on Calhoun when she is only in her first year on the job.
But this Homecoming can also become a mandate for Calhoun to push for excellence. To expect more out of Penn’s teams, whether there are a large group of potential donors in attendance or just 100 dedicated parents of the athletes. So no, this wasn’t a great Homecoming for Penn. But it can be the catalyst for a great one in 2015.
IAN WENIK is a College senior from Short Hills, N.J., and is a sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at wenik@thedp. com.
STEVEN TYDINGS is a Wharton junior from Hopewell, N.J., and is senior sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at tydings@thedp.com.
Men’s Soccer Penn draws Brown, 1-1, on Homecoming In a match with huge Ivy League implications, Penn men’s soccer (8-7-2, 2-1-2 Ivy) played to a draw with Brown (45-6, 1-2-2). Junior goalkeeper Max Polkinhorne had a stellar performance with eight saves — six in the second half. Senior Duke Lacroix recorded the only tally for the Quakers in the 19th minute while sophomore forward Will Cross scored for the Bears to tie the game. With two matches remaining against league-leading Princeton and third-place Harvard, the Quakers will look to move up from their current position — tied with Harvard for third. Columbia takes down last-place Yale, 2-1 It looked like Yale (1-11-3, 0-4-1) had all the momentum when sophomore defender Henry Flugstad-Clarke tied the match for the Bulldogs with five minutes remaining. However, a somewhat questionable penalty call in the box spoiled the comeback for Yale. With two minutes remaining, Columbia (6-6-1, 2-1-1) took the lead on junior midfielder Antonio Matarazzo’s successful penalty shot. The loss keeps Yale winless in Ivy play. Harvard draws first-place Dartmouth, 1-1 In a matchup between top conference contenders, the score did not reflect the game. Despite the draw, the Big Green (9-4-2, 3-1-1) outplayed the Crimson (9-4-2, 2-1-2), outshooting Harvard 12-1 on the night, including a few shots off the crossbar in overtime. Nevertheless, Harvard’s one score and strong defense kept the team in the match, making things interesting in the Ivy League race as the top five teams are within three points of one another. Princeton beats Cornell, 2-1 Princeton’s late heroics matched those of ColumbiaYale. The Tigers (8-3-3, 3-1-1) and the Big Red (9-5-1, 2-3-0) stayed close for almost all of regulation. However, Princeton, now tied for the Ivy League lead, scored the winning goal in the 88th minute of the contest off the foot of senior defender Andrew Mills. Looking ahead,
Princeton takes on rival Penn in a matchup with major Ivy League implications. Women’s Soccer Penn beats Brown on Senior Day, 2-0. Playing in their final home game on Saturday, the seniors of Penn women’s soccer (7-5-3, 2-3-1) went out in brilliant fashion against Brown (6-7-3, 1-32). The Quakers took the field with high energy and enthusiasm from the beginning. Only five minutes into the match, senior forward Clara Midgley netted a goal off an assist by freshman forward Juliana Provini. In the 40th minute, senior Kaitlyn Moore extended the lead for the Red and the Blue, sending a beautiful shot off her left foot just inside the far post. All six seniors — Haley Cooper, Lauren Hammond, Nikoletta Georgalis, Katherine Myhre, Midgely and Moore — were honored before the game. Dartmouth takes down Harvard, 2-0 Dartmouth (7-4-4, 3-03) stayed hot, winning their fourth straight with a shutout of league-leading and defending Ivy League champion Harvard (9-4-2, 4-1-1). Junior forward Corey Delaney led the way for the Big Green, scoring two goals in the upset. The outcome makes things interesting in Ivy League play as Dartmouth and Harvard are separated by only one point with one game remaining. Harvard controls its own destiny, but Dartmouth undoubtedly has the momentum. Columbia finishes in scoreless draw with Yale Columbia (7-3-6, 2-2-1) and Yale (7-4-4, 1-1-3) played to a rare nil-nil draw after 110 minutes of play. The defensive battle that took place on a windy, rain-soaked afternoon was rather uneventful. Overall, the game was evenly matched with both teams taking 11 shots; however, the Bulldogs failed to convert on any of their 12 corner kicks. Princeton beats Cornell, 2-1 Princeton women’s soccer (6-5-3, 3-2-1) rebounded after last week’s disappointing loss to Harvard with a 2-1 victory over Cornell (7-9-0, 1-4-0). The victory brings the Tigers into sole possession of third place, three points behind league-leading Harvard with one game to play. Cornell, on the other hand, remains an Ivy League bottomfeeder with only one win on the season. Princeton will look to finish the season strong against rival Penn.
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The abysmal 1-6 start, including a tough Homecoming loss to Brown this Saturday, for Penn football has spoiled the final season of coach Al Bagnoli’s illustrious coaching career. The Quakers will look to rebound next week against Princeton, the third-to-last game in Penn’s season and Bagnoli’s career.
Junior goalkeeper Max Polkinhorne held off a surge from Brown with six key saves in the second half, registering eight in total for the game.
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nothing. Harvard flirted with the top 25 for much of last season and yes, it is nice to see the Ivy League get some recognition in the national sports spotlight. But Harvard has been a top program for years now and received plenty of attention after a few tournament upsets in recent years. A ranking might be nice, but really this is just more of a signal that the Crimson are head and shoulders over the majority of the Ivy League. For Penn, I don’t think this
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tor can dream. This is a fantastic development for the Ivy League. It displays a level of respect to the Ancient Eight that hasn’t been handed to any of its teams for a while. The Crimson will now need to carry the Ivy torch in nonconference play and show that this ranking was no fluke. But is this a good thing for Penn? That’s a little bit more murky. The Quakers are projected to finish near the bottom
of the Ancient Eight in the way too early preseason Ivy League poll. And it would seem to me that Harvard’s ranking both helps and hurts Penn. It helps in showing that the level of talent in the Ivies is much higher than it was seven or eight years ago. But it hurts because with a higher profile for the league comes higher expectations for everyone. Can Penn live up to it? It remains to be seen. Sports Editor Colin Henderson: Overall, I’ve got to agree with you, Steven. It can’t
be denied that it is great for the Ivy League as a whole to feature a talented team getting recognized on a national level. However, I think the Quakers are finding themselves at the wrong place at the wrong time. Coming off of last season — which was, by almost all accounts, close to disastrous — a year with low expectations spent outside of the spotlight is exactly what the doctor would prescribe for Penn basketball. In fact, a relatively uneventful year that lands them in the mid-
dle of the Ancient Eight could be considered a success for the Quakers. So this increased spotlight being shone on the Ivy League courtesy of the Crimson could not come at a worse time for the Red and Blue. With more eyes on the conference, Penn will feel additional pressure to keep the ship afloat this year. Sports Editor Holden McGinnis: What it means for the Ivy League? Surprise, Harvard is good again this year. What it means for Penn? Absolutely
changes anything. The Quakers are in a state of rebuilding and while this may shift some slight attention to the Ivy League, I see very little of that attention leaving Cambridge. Just because Harvard is ranked doesn’t mean there’s any more pressure on this team to perform — there’s already enough of that after the past few years. As Quakers coach Jerome Allen likes to say, he doesn’t pay any attention to the periphery. This news is definitely on the periphery for the Red and Blue.
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For the first time since 1975, one of men’s cross country’s runners took first place in Heptagonals, claiming the individual Ivy title. It was, of course, junior Thomas Awad, who continued his strong fall season with the top finish.
Senior Day success Field hockey stretched its winning streak to four games against Brown on Saturday, winning, 2-1, while getting to .500 in Ivy play. Elise Tilton and Elizabeth Hitti provided the scores for the Red and Blue.
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Preseason Prosperity Wrestling hosted the NWCA Classic at the Palestra on Saturday, and senior Lorenzo Thomas came up with a big victory, winning, 16-1, in his dual. The senior is coming off an All-American junior year.
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Women’s soccer continued its recent hot streak on Senior Day, with goals coming from two seniors: Kaitlyn Moore and Clara Midgley. The goals propelled the Quakers to a 2-0 victory.
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Touchdown takeoff Wide receiver Justin Watson has put together a solid freshman campaign and it continued Saturday. Watson caught his first career touchdown, displaying his big play potential on the 22-yard score.
Polkinhorne drawing Penn close Men’s soccer faced a barrage of shots against Brown on Saturday, and junior goalkeeper Max Polkinhorne was up for the challenge. He made eight saves to help the Quakers to a 1-1 draw.
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Second straight shut out
Women’s soccer had a strong performance in goal as well. Junior Kalijah Terilli made two saves as the Quakers shut out Brown, the second straight shutout for Terilli and Penn’s improving defense.
Catcher in the Frank Senior wide receiver Spencer Kulcsar came one catch shy of tying his own school record for receptions in a game, reeling in 14 balls from sophomore quarterback Alek Torgersen to keep Penn in the game.
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Senior CJ Cobb didn’t wrestle all of last season, focusing on his computer science studies for a year. He came back in grand fashion, hanging with the No. 3 wrestler in his weight class at the NWCA Classic in a narrow defeat.
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Easiest win all year Penn sprint football was looking to beat down Princeton on Halloween, a team the Quakers hadn’t lost to since 1995. The Red and Blue weren’t even given the chance as the Tigers forfeited to Penn. Graphic by Laine Higgins
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fter Penn football’s 21-13 loss to Brown on Saturday, coach Al Bagnoli was not about to make any excuses for the Quakers’ offensive performance. But curiously enough, Brown coach Phil Estes was. “I think it was more the weather,” he said when asked about the struggles of Penn quarterback Alek Torgersen in the face of the Bears’ fearsome pass rush. “The ball was heavy. I saw at times when he got the snap, he wasn’t getting laces, and it was really awkward in his hand. I think a lot of those
throws were due to pressure — he had to get it off quick — but it was also due to the weather and the heavy ball.” The final stats say that Torgersen was sacked only twice — but he was hit far more often than that. As a result, it wasn’t much of a surprise that the sophomore was quick to take off running — he carried the ball 12 times, more than double the amount of totes of any other Penn player— rather than stay home and get drilled in the back again. That strategy isn’t good for the hearts of the Penn coaching staff — and it didn’t do much to help the Quakers win in the end either. Torgersen only gained seven total yards on the ground all day. As a whole, though, the running game came up small when SEE WENIK PAGE 7
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omecoming has the potential to be great for any school. A ton of alumni (read: possible donors) all in the same place, interacting with your campus and taking in the athletic events you have on tap. But with the way events unfolded for Penn Athletics on Saturday, it is hard to call this rain-soaked homecoming successful for the athletic department. All year, you’ve read about the football program’s struggles. A 1-5 record going into the weekend makes it pretty obvious that something was wrong, and the alumni got a pretty good view of the newlyminted 1-6 Red and Blue. Dropped touchdown passes. Poor defense, particularly in the trenches. And a loss to a middling Brown squad the Quakers had no business losing to going into this season. On top of that, the athletic department missed an opportunity to begin celebrating coach Al Bagnoli’s career. Since it is pretty clear that the team isn’t competing for an Ivy title, it is time for Penn to take the focus away from the players and put it on the coach who has a true legacy of success. And while Bagnoli’s final home game — the impending massacre at the hands of Harvard on Nov. 15 — will surely be ripe with applause for the coach, there is nothing that says the program couldn’t have done something to start directing the focus away from a real low point in the program’s recent history. But Penn football wasn’t the only program to have a big loss this weekend, although men’s soccer’s loss wasn’t truly a defeat but rather was a loss of a big opportunity. The Quakers, quite frankly, blew their best chance to take control of the Ivy League, letting a 1-0 lead slip through their fingertips at Rhodes Field. While a draw wasn’t the end of the world for Penn, it was certainly a major setback. Coach Rudy Fuller even said that the Brown game was one “where if SEE TYDINGS PAGE 7
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Penn basketball and then-captain Miles Jackson-Cartwright struggled against Harvard last year, falling to guard Wes Saunders and company twice during the season. This year, the Crimson are ranked in the preseason top 25.
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This weekend, the AP came out with its first top 25 poll for the 2014-15 men’s basketball season. For the first time since 1975, an Ivy League team made the preseason top 25, but it wasn’t Penn this time: It was Harvard, led by high-profile coach Tommy Amaker. The Crimson were tied for 25th and will have a lot to live up to being a ranked Ivy squad. Our editors debate what this means for Penn and the Ivy League: Senior Sports Editor Steven Tydings: Hello #TwoBidIvy? Not quite, but an ediSEE ROUNDTABLE PAGE 7
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