November 6, 2014

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U. receives record number of early apps

Over 5,000 students applied early for the second year in a row BOOKYUNG JO Staff Writer

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Penn received 5 percent more early decision applications this year compared to last year, reaching an all-time high of 5,390 applicants.

This is the second year in a row that more than 5,000 applicants have applied early and the third year in a row that Penn received a record number

of early applicants — in line with a national trend toward early admission programs.

Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said that the numbers might have increased because “college counselors know that we are going to fill 45 to 50 percent of incoming students in early decision.”

Penn accepted 54 percent of the Class of 2018 during last year’s early admissions cycle.

The year before that, Penn accepted 49 percent of the incoming class through early

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Penn’s messiest tradition could cost perpetrators up to $300 in fines

OPINION SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS

JESSICA WASHINGTON AND JOE LI Staff Writers

CAPS need to ensure students aren’t left in the dark

Not all Penn traditions will help you make honor roll.

The Benjamin Franklin statue next to the Compass on Locust Walk, nicknamed “Ben on The Bench” by University curators, is subject to one of Penn’s oldest and messiest traditions — public urination.

Since the beginning of the fall semester, six people were cited for urinating near the location of the statue, and others who’ve taken part have managed to subvert police suspicion.

According to one student, he and his drunk friends happened upon the iconic Penn statue after a frat party freshman year when they decided to pee on it.

“I had done it a few times before,” said the student. But this time was different — campus security caught them in the act, and one of his friends was cited for public urination.

Despite how Penn tradition may make it seem, urinating on Franklin isn’t always a relieving experience. A student caught by police will be cited and forced to pay a fine of $50 within eight days. If the student decides to fight the case instead, the fine could rise to $300. Students could receive further punishment once the Office of Student Conduct is notified by police.

Unfortunately for the vandals who flee the scenes of their crimes, public urinators could still be held accountable if they’re caught on Penn’s cameras, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said.

Public urination is a continuing problem on

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New director for disciplinary office named Nettleton currently director of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives LAUREN FEINER Deputy News Editor

The University has named Julie Lyzinski Nettleton as the new permanent director of the Office of Student Conduct.

Nettleton, who is the director of the the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives, is currently serving as the interim director of OSC. She will assume the permanent role starting Nov. 15.

Nettleton will oversee the ofJULIE LYZINSKI fice as it transiNETTLETON tions away from i nv e s t i g a t i n g sexual assault complaints. This responsibility will be handled by a new investigative office dedicated solely to sexual assault cases. These cases, along with SEE OSC PAGE 7

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Following trend, students left off sex assault hearing panels Critics of the model pushed by federal gov’t cite due process ZAHRA HUSAIN Staff Writer

With the establishment of a new investigatory office for sexual assault at Penn, students will take a step back from the

disciplinary process — a trend that has sparked controversy throughout the country.

In the new office, an investigator will lead a team in examining sexual assault complaints. The team will recommend whether to find the respondent responsible and recommend sanctions. But if either student involved disagrees with the finding, the

Daughter of wife-killing exprof awarded over $100 million JOE LI Staff Writer

student can request a hearing with a trained faculty panel.

Currently, sexual assault complaints against an undergraduate student go to the Office of Student Conduct, which follows a similar model, except the hearing panels include students.

While administrators say

A jury ordered former Penn economics professor Rafael Robb, who pleaded guilty to killing his wife Ellen in 2007, to pay $124.26 million in damages to his daughter — the largest contested personal injury verdict in Pennsylvania history, according to the law office representing Robb’s daughter.

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At Wharton, headhunting with a dose of ‘love’ Pursuing big-name professors is a massive effort with an uncertain COREY STERN Staff Writer

About a month ago, Eric Bradlow, the chair of the Marketing Department, came across a tenured professor at a peer school that he wanted to hire. In less than 12 hours, he contacted all 28 members of his department, some spread across the globe. It was their job, he said, to show the potential hire the “Wharton love.”

“It’s those 28 people’s responsibility to let that person know that we searched thousands and thousands of people and it was them that we picked,” said Bradlow, who is also the vice dean and director of doctoral programs at Wharton.

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decision.

Bev Taylor, a college admissions expert and founder of The Ivy Coach, said there is a general trend of more students applying early. Parents and students — both within the U.S. and worldwide — are becoming more aware of the benefits of the early

nance Department Chair David Musto calls “seasoned hiring” — it takes extra effort to recruit tenured professors at other institutions, especially when they and their families have established their lives elsewhere.

Though it’s a low-yield process, Wharton departments always have an eye out for a good catch.

“It’s very, very, very difficult,” Bradlow said. “Moving anybody is hard because by the time you’re a tenured professor, you have a life and you typically have a family.”

“It’s hard to dislodge people,” Musto concurred.

And the harder it gets, the harder the departments need to work at pitching to potential recruits the benefits of a Wharton career — something that usually goes far beyond financial incentives.

“We can pay somebody X, a competitor can offer them X. We can offer them X plus

$50,000, they can offer them X plus $50,000,” Bradlow said.

“What you have to think about is, ‘Why would someone want to come to Wharton?’”

Faculty leaders described what they believed were the greatest benefits of working at Wharton, including: access to companies, cooperation with other schools at Penn, significant support for research, a well-regarded doctoral program and the people.

“We have incredible students here, so the classroom experience is more invigorating,” said Vice Dean Lori Rosenkopf, a management professor who directs Wharton’s undergraduate division. “We have incredible faculty here, so you’re joining a community of scholars who will make your work better through the interactions that you have.”

While Wharton tries hard to make the job as appealing as possible, there is one tactic

other business schools use that Wharton stays away from.

“You can offer someone to teach less, but we don’t want to go there,” Musto said. “If you look around the country, you can see situations where star faculty teach very little. We don’t do that.”

As for the marketing professor being recruited, every effort was made by Wharton’s marketing faculty to convey the benefits of working here, but the job offer is still outstanding.

While Bradlow declined to identify the potential new hire, he did say the professor was currently working at “a very reputable, top institution that everybody would consider a peer school.” In addition to talking up Wharton, he and his faculty talked up the potential hire as well.

“What someone’s going to take great pride in is that you were thoughtful. We tell them the process we went through.

We tell them about how their scholarship represents the kind of scholarship we want,” Bradlow said.

Of course, Wharton isn’t always on the offensive side of this process. The school’s departments constantly find themselves playing defense as well.

“People here get called all the time. And we have to try to convince them to stay. It’s a highquality problem to have when you have people that are desirable,” said Musto. “Throughout academics in general, getting outside offers might mean getting a raise here.”

In cases where Wharton is trying to retain its professors, it needs to show that same “Wharton love” internally.

“We make good-faith efforts to try to retain people who are valuable to us,” said Rosenkopf. “Obviously, there are a lot of them and in many cases we’re successful — and then you never hear about it.”

application option because newspaper articles and blogs emphasize the higher possibility of getting in, she said. Last year, Penn’s early decision acceptance rate was 25.2 percent, compared to 7.3 percent for regular decision.

“Another piece is that students who are applying early are typically very motivated highachievers,” Taylor said. “They have [their application] all done

by Nov. 1.”

Students who apply early decision must matriculate if they are accepted, which increases a university’s yield rate — an important statistic used in college rankings.

Dartmouth College, which released its early decision applicant numbers on Monday, received 1,856 early applications — a 10 percent increase over last year.

The rest of the Ivy League universities and other peer schools have not yet reported their applicant numbers.

The increase in the early decision applicant pool, Furda said, “is an important indication that Penn’s all-grant, no-loan financial aid program and our outreach is showing some result.”

Even though Penn’s early application deadline was not pushed

back this year — like it was for each of the past three years — Furda indicated that the number of applicants was most likely not affected by the stable deadline.

On the other hand, Taylor thought the extended deadline increased the number of early applications.

“We have a huge number of 17-year-olds who are by nature procrastinators,” she said.

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campus, both on the Franklin statue and elsewhere. Upticks occur during heavy drinking periods on campus, including New Student Orientation and Homecoming, Rush said. Though the University does not record the specific number of incidents on the statue itself, 43 cases of public urination occurred campus-wide last year.

Consequences extend to Penn’s maintenance staff as well. The Office of the Curator is only required to clean the statue once a year, but frequent urination has resulted in frequent upkeep. “We have someone that we call whenever these sorts of incidents occur,” said Heather Moqtaderi, University art collection manager.

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Cake Pop Con turns bite-sized treat into international convention

West Philly experiences with race inspire ABCS course “Writing Out Loud” students base theatre pieces based on West Philadephia residents.

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The first ever cake pop convention will be held in Philadelphia ISABEL KIM Contributing Writer

Like many other desserts, cake gains popularity when made bitesized. Enter cake pops, one of America’s many culinary obsessions. They’ve risen in prominence to the point where the first ever Cake Pop Convention will be held Nov. 7-9 at the Courtyard Philadelphia Downtown.

“It’s the country’s first ever national cake pop conference,” Cake Pop Con organizer Kim Celano said. “A lot of industries have conferences for people to get together and network with one

another and learn from experts, so this is something that I created for the cake pop community to have that same kind of structure and educational resources.”

The popularity of cake pops seems to be international, as roughly 180 bakers are flying in from 26 states and 9 different countries to attend Cake Pop Con. To some convention attendees, cake pops seem to be more than a passing fad. “I don’t think cake pops are just a trendy dessert anymore... they’re so versatile,” said Melanie Pomerico, owner of the New Jersey based Lil’ Cutie Pops. The appeal of cake pops seem to be their customizability as compared to cupcakes, and the conference is further proof that the industry is gaining ground.

But in the end, networking and

community aside, Cake Pop Con is meant to “make a lot of memories, make a lot of friends, and just to learn,” Celano said.

Attendees hope that they will learn more about the craft and meet others in the cake pop community. The goal of Cake Pop Con is for attendees to meet other cake pop bakers and industry experts, network with them, learn more about the craft and “ultimately, take that information and have successful baking experiences of their own,” Celano said.

“It was really my goal to provide structure to the community.”

Although bakeries dedicated to cake pops are few and far between here in West Philly, Cake Pop Con will highlight this popular treat in the heart of Center City.

How do you translate a person’s life — filled with discrimination and racial tension — into a play or a work of spoken art? A relatively new Penn course gives students the opportunity to answer that question.

“Writing Out Loud” — an Academically Based Community Service or ABCS course — is prompting Penn students to write original theater pieces based on relationships they form with West Philadelphia residents. In the classroom and during community discussions, Penn students and West Philadelphia residents reflect together on the plays of August Wilson, a playwright whose work captures experiences of 20th century African Americans.

Spearheaded by Penn alumni Suzana Berger and Penn professor Herman Beavers, the course uses Wilson’s plays as context to give Penn students a better understanding of West Philadelphia. To attract interested community members to the program, Berger forged a partnership with the West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance or WPCA — a local organization that promotes arts and culture.

“The issues of race and class in Wilson’s plays make them an ideal jumping-off point for a conversation between us community members and the Penn students,” said Bernadette Tanksley, one of four WPCA members who now attends the course after participating in the partnership last year. “The life experience we can bring to the students allows for mindexpanding, broader reflection to give a fuller picture.”

While the Penn students strongly benefit from community members’ insights, the course is structured so that “students do not take from the community without giving anything back,” Beavers said.

In the final project of the course, Penn students write an original monologue based on Wilson’s plays and the firsthand experiences shared by WPCA members. The monologues, which are performed by professional actors at the end of the semester, represent the students’ efforts to turn the community members’ personal accounts into powerful works of art.

“There were stories about racial interactions and conflicts in my life that I had the opportunity to share with the students, and I got to see them then crystallize these moments into a really meaningful presentation,” Tanksley said.

During the first version of the course last fall, around 50 community members came to

the performances and discussions of the students’ work.

This semester’s performance will take place on Dec. 14.

“What makes this course different from a lot of other Penn courses working in West Philadelphia is that we aren’t trying to go in and fix problems in the community,” Beavers said.

“We don’t see this population as broken; instead, we see it as a treasure of stories we can access through this partnership.”

In tackling themes of race and class in both a historical and modern context, the course creates a classroom environment “where multiple generations are represented and where each of these diverse stories can mix with Wilson’s plays,” Berger said.

In planning for the course’s future development, Berger hopes to add West Philadelphia high school students to the discussion. Including another generation “would deepen the partnership by bringing in even more perspectives,” Berger said.

By growing the partnership, Berger and Beavers hope to continue enhancing the learning experiences of both the students and the community members.

“When you bring the community and the students together,” said WPCA Executive Director Frances Aulston, “in a substantial, educational program, it will have a successful, lasting impact.”

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THE MELTING POT | CAPS needs to ensure that students are not left in the dark when it comes to continuing mental health care

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ast week I had an appointment with a new psychiatrist, which I had made the first week of the semester back in August. Halloween was the soonest they could see me. I had to miss class to ensure I made it to the office on time, because being late would mean that I would not get seen at all and potentially have to wait weeks for a reschedule. I already had to depend on my doctor back home and SHS to fill prescriptions in the meantime.

treated, there are only about 40 staff members for a community of over 20,000. Yet, as someone who is mandated by the University to continue medical treatment as a condition of my return from leave, I often feel that I am left to navigate a broken system on my own.

There are only so many therapists and doctors that Penn can hire to tend to the issues of students. But it is problematic to be told that the care that can be acquired at CAPS is only for temporary situations when mental health crises

I was told not to worry and that someone at CAPS would follow up with me to make sure I was able to find the proper treatment team.

That follow-up never happened.”

I was referred to the practice by CAPS, where I was told that my health conditions required more qualified medical professionals, and it was no longer sufficient for me to see the counselors they had on staff. Even brief monthly appointments, such as getting a new prescription from a psychiatrist, had to be done off campus. I was told not to worry and that someone at CAPS would follow up with me to make sure I was able to find the proper treatment team.

That follow-up never happened. I have yet to be matched to a therapist at the new practice, despite repeated calls and emails.

As students begin to break the silence on their mental health demons, Penn is still scrambling as a university to find a proper solution. The community is simply too big. While it is preferable to keep everyone at the University within CAPS in order to be

very rarely happen as isolated events. Students who have already been stamped with the stigma of mental disorder diagnoses are sent off without someone to guide them. Had I not been stabilized medically at home, my readjustment to student life would have been even more of a struggle.

Of course, even external resources are naturally limited.

Doctors have to serve a large clientele, and there are only so many hours that they can see patients. But many people find themselves having to manage their health care on their own with medical conditions that necessitate a strong support system.

As a student, it is difficult enough constantly questioning the legitimacy of your issues. It is challenging to communicate with professors in a way that does not reveal too much personal information, but enough that they can understand that there are genuine medical cir-

KATIERA SORDJAN cumstances involved. Most days, it feels like everyone else is managing their busy and demanding lives while something is holding you back. Talking about mental health is often accompanied with great shame, and to hold onto that shame alone is burdensome.

CAPS is actively restructuring and trying new strategies for addressing student needs. I was able to find some support in a weekly group for students returning from leaves of absence. But in order to successfully and properly address the mental health issues our school community faces, CAPS must keep as close of a watch on students who have been referred outside of their office as they do with students who are actively seeking treatment on campus. Our national health care system is flawed enough that, in the crucial developmental years of college, many often stop trying to get help. At Penn we have a unique opportunity to have access to a vast amount of resources within blocks of each other. When it comes to issues as challenging as these, a preventative rather than reactionary approach is necessary.

KATIERA SORDJAN is a College junior from New York studying communications.

Her email address is skati@sas.upenn.edu. “The Melting Pot” appears every Thursday.

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Abstaining from apathy

THE MAYA PROJECT | We have a responsibility to take control

of our futures, and that means voting for what we believe in

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o vote, or not to vote, that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to vote with ignorance or not to vote at all.

This isn’t quite the dilemma that Hamlet had in mind, but as of this past Tuesday, it seems slightly more relevant.

The 2014 midterm elections were the first in which I and many of my peers were eligible to vote. While there were plenty of “I voted!” Facebook statuses, friends also wondered if or where they were eligible, or regretfully realized they never applied for an absentee ballot. More still had apparently decided their vote didn’t matter, or that a vote for the “lesser of two evils” was pointless.

I somehow managed to think of the elections around a month ago, so I registered, requested an Illinois absentee ballot online and proudly sent mine in. As of Tuesday, I still faced the question of whether I was qualified to do so. I’ve concluded that I most definitely was.

The two sides of the argument go something like this: Either you shouldn’t vote if you’re ignorant of the issues and stances — simply going along party lines or choosing randomly — or, alternatively, you have both the right and obligation to vote, regardless of your level of political literacy.

There’s no simple answer to this problem. Ideally, we would all follow our civic responsibility to be informed voters, thus creating an optimal situation for American democracy as a whole. Most people would argue that this is an unfeasible goal. Regardless, everyone over 18 does have the legal right to vote, and political ignorance

alone can’t take that away.

However, I do think we need to readjust our line of thinking. It takes minimal effort to quickly read up on the candidates and fill out a ballot. I’m certainly no expert on this year’s election, and I would have a hard time holding my own in a debate with any of the dozens of students involved in campus political organizations. But half an hour of strategic web browsing supplemented what I already know and believe in, and gave me a good sense of who and what to vote for.

The fact is, our generation needs to start showing up at the polls. The leaders we elected on Tuesday as state governors and congressmen are the people who will shape the next few years of policy — those laws and ideas that will impact our lives well into adulthood.

Can anyone really think that voting doesn’t matter, or abstain out of pure apathy, knowing that those decisions will confront you as soon as you seek employment or an independent living situation?

However, we still aren’t voting. Campus turnout at polling booths has steadily declined for midterm elections since 2006, as reported in a Daily Pennsylvanian article published Wednesday. Nationwide, the trend is similar. In 2012, according to exit polls, people under 30 comprised 19 percent of voters, with people over 65 at 17 percent. Those numbers have dropped to 12 percent and risen to 26 percent, respectively, according to current data.

These numbers do nothing but support the accusations of laziness and apathy with which our generation is often labeled. Now is the

MAYA RAWAL time to start caring about the decisions Americans are making. We need to realize that we should actively participate in our futures, rather than allow our parents and grandparents to dictate them for us.

If 99 out of 100 people all decided not to vote because their one vote wouldn’t affect the outcome, the one remaining guy would determine the result entirely.

If those 99 people decided to skip voting just because one candidate was slightly less terrible than the other, they would lose their voices and be unable to enact any change whatsoever. That’s not how democracy is supposed to work.

Many of my friends back home have bemoaned the Quinn-Rauner gubernatorial race, citing Illinois’s governmental corruption and the general undesirability of both candidates. But by assuming that filling out a ballot was therefore worthless, they gave more power to the ballots of those who did vote, and ensured an outcome in which they had zero say.

That doesn’t seem like an ideal outcome for anyone.

MAYA RAWAL is a College sophomore from River Forest, Ill. Her email address is mrawal@sas.upenn.edu.

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on “Autism Speaks and Penn’s neurodiversity problem” by Xeno Washburne and Amber Blaylock (see thedp.com/opinion for the column)

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“We should try to understand [autism’s] biochemistry so that from the health perspective alone we can mitigate its effects. At the same time we should continue to celebrate the successes that those with autism have.”

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Finding a cure for Penn’s pre-med culture

KATARINA UNDERWOOD, Associate Copy Editor PAOLA RUANO, Associate Copy Editor ANNA GARSON, Associate Copy Editor JULIA FINE, Associate Copy Editor LUCIEN WANG, Associate Copy Editor LAUREN FEINER, Deputy News Editor CARTER COUDRIET, Associate Sports Editor THOMAS MUNSON, Associate Sports Editor SOPHIA LEE Associate Graphics Editor BEN SCHMIDT, Associate Photo Editor NATALIA REVELO, Associate Photo Editor CONNIE CHEN, Social Media Producer COSETTE GASTELU, Social Media Producer

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t’s easy to understand how pre-medical students can constantly feel overwhelmed by a sense of competition here at Penn. Just imagine it: Squeezed, cramped into uncomfortably small seats, your laptop perched precariously on a wobbly desk, you scan the room and the anonymity of your Biology 101 lecture overtakes you. This feeling of anonymity is cultivated by intimidating, 300-person lectures and the common knowledge that your grades will be curved to a B- or C+. Oftentimes, these grades aren’t even reflective of your understanding of the material — truth is, they may have more to do with your peer’s performance than your own.

In one case, pre-med junior Jennifer Deng was on the wrong side of the curve in her Physics 101 class. By the end of the course, she had a 91 percent average and felt that she had worked hard and earned her way to an A. However, at the end of the semester, an email from CIT GradeSender unkindly informed her that she had received a B for the class. The average was just too high.

Pre-meds understand all too well the anxieties created by a curve that ties grades to the performance of the class.

In curved introductory science classes, it is easy to find your-

self furtively looking around at classmates, hoping that they found the exam just as difficult

majors beyond the common pre-medical choices of biology, chemistry or biological basis of

However, the intensity of the pre-med environment not only leads students to value GPA and MCAT scores over a strong understanding of the material and social interactions with peers, but it also discourages them from pursuing the field at all because of factors like the dreaded Chemistry or Physics 101 curve.” as you did, and feeling relieved when the mean for that organic chemistry exam was a low 60.

Concerned about this competitive trend, the MedX program conducted a survey last spring to assess the pre-med atmosphere at Penn. Unsurprisingly, over 80 percent of the more than 200 respondents of the online survey described the pre-med environment at Penn as “overly competitive.”

However, it also became clear that many of the pressures pre-meds face are a result of misinformation. Pre-meds have incorrectly inflated impressions of the GPA thresholds for medical school, see lab research and scientific publications as a must and are often unaware of the flexibility to explore alternative

behavior.

Even outside the classroom, there is an implied “extracurricular curve” of sorts. Pre-meds often feel a pressure to engage in a set of activities — such as lab research, volunteering and shadowing — regardless of whether these activities are required for medical school, simply because their peers are involved.

Embedded within this peer pressure is an underlying arms race to outshine fellow premeds in extracurricular activities to secure scarce medical school spots. The difficulty with this “extracurricular curve” is that even when students are nudged into activities that medical schools demand, the ability to explore new areas and interests — an important goal of an

undergraduate education — is often severely restricted. This lack of freedom, combined with the stress of outshining others, is toxic. It reduces the pre-med process to a funnel where a diverse array of students with varied interests is progressively narrowed to a thin stream of similar med school applicants.

It’s true that the practice of medicine is highly demanding and requires a complex balance of empathy and aptitude.

However, the intensity of the pre-med environment not only leads students to value GPA and MCAT scores over a strong understanding of the material and social interactions with peers, but it also discourages them from pursuing the field at all because of factors like the dreaded Chemistry or Physics 101 curve.

Throughout this process, it can be easy for students who would otherwise make great medical professionals to lose sight of why they are pursuing careers in health care and abandon it altogether.

Regardless of whether the slope of the academic curve is addressed, we feel that the competitiveness of pre-med culture can be ameliorated in a number of other ways. For example, in introductory science classes, students arrive at recitations with different backgrounds in the subject — some have taken

the AP while others have minimal experience with higherlevel sciences. Thus, TAs are left with the difficult task of teaching to different levels of understanding. If recitations were separated on the basis of prior experience with the subject, they could become more useful, productive and insightful for all parties.

Additionally, why not have more group projects in pre-med classes? The medical system demands medical collaboration in diagnosing and treating patients. In fact, we are seeing a shift toward more integrated approaches to care across medical delivery systems. Increasing the use of group projects would increase collaboration in the premed experience and reduce the impersonal feeling of a 200-person lecture.

In dealing with issues like the “extracurricular curve,” misinformation needs to be attacked and debunked. This means disseminating more accurate information and increasing exposure to resources like the pre-health advising office. As a club, the MedX Program is hosting an NSO First Year Friday event, “Xposing the Myths of the PreMed Culture,” to help under and upperclassmen gain some more insight into the medical school admissions process. We encourage anyone thinking about

the pre-med track to come this Friday to get your questions answered by the pre-health office, a current med student and upperclassmen.

Above all else, addressing the culture will require students across the University to push themselves to avoid allowing the pressures of curves and extracurricular activities to funnel their experience into a narrow set of activities. From picking a major to participating in extracurricular activities, we should base our choices not only on what will make us better health care providers, but also on what interests us. Culture starts from the bottom-up, and this means that we, as students, have the power to change it.

NIKITA AGARWAL is a College sophomore studying biochemistry and biophysics.

SOPHIA TAREEN is a College sophomore studying health and societies. VIVEK NIMGAONKAR is Wharton and College juinor studying biology, BEPP and health care management. VISHAL PATEL is a College junior studying biology. They are members of MedX, a new undergraduate health club that seeks to take an interdisciplinary approach to health care and explore alternative aspects of health care like health care consulting and health policy.

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From poverty to policy

Robert Jensen was born in poverty and now researches internationally SHOBA BABU Contributing Writer

Robert Jensen thought he knew what living in extreme poverty felt like. Growing up in a lower-class home in the U.S., Jensen knew nothing of poverty in other countries until visiting India and African nations during graduate school. Now, Jensen devotes his research to the study of international poverty.

Along with his role as the new chair of Wharton’s Business Economics and Public Policy department, Jensen is a leading researcher of economics, with works published in academic journals such as the American Economic Review. He is also

profiled in publications such as The Wall Street Journal and The Economist. His research mainly focuses on the impact of factors such as gender, health and education on international poverty and economic development.

Jensen went to grad school to study domestic poverty but was inspired to pursue the field of international poverty after his experiences abroad. He said they allowed him to put into perspective the drastic disparity between what we consider poverty in America and the level of poverty that exists in other countries.

Jensen continues to spend time in other countries doing research.

One of his favorite projects included linking increased job opportunities for women with increased education in India. In rural areas, families are less likely to send girls to school, marrying them off early instead. For years

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it was argued that this was purely cultural and that the situation could not be changed. However, with the advent of call centers in India, more jobs opened up to educated Indian women. Around 2000, Jensen and his team sent recruiters to rural villages and supervised the villages for three years. They found that in villages where more jobs were offered to women, their parents began to send more of the girls to school and marry them off later.

“It was amazing to see the transformative power [of equal opportunity],” Jensen said. He added that it was also personally satisfying to know that it is possible to make a positive change in the world.

Jensen has done extensive research about poverty in Los Angeles during his time teaching at UCLA. One of the projects he is currently working on involves

research dealing with the effects of peer pressure on student educational decisions. Jensen hopes to begin new projects to help aid poverty in Philadelphia as well.

As chair of BEPP, he is also actively trying to get students involved in new public policy initiatives and have speakers come to Penn to get students interested in issues.

One of Jensen’s colleagues at the Jameel Poverty Action Lab — a research center that informs public policy where Jensen is an affiliate professor — noted that students can learn from Jensen’s studies and experience to make their own impact on the world.

“I think that as a student, you should take advantage of where you are and what your professors are doing,” Ben Jaques-Leslie, research manager at J-PAL, said.

“Try to understand and keep an eye out for good opportunities.”

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the new system will be fair to all parties, some critics say this model undermines due process for the accused.

When creating the new policy, the University consulted policies of peer institutions as well as guidance from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Penn’s General Counsel Wendy White said.

At a University Council meeting last month, White said she expected the new policy to encourage more victims of sexual assault to report the incidents.

From the 2004-05 school year to the 2012-13 school year, the Office of Student Conduct received only 35 reports of sexual misconduct.

But the elimination of students from the hearing panels has drawn some criticism.

“To remove students’ experiences, knowledge, insights, judgments and sense of fairness from tribunals hearing sexual assault

cases is to create a new set of Star Chambers,” history professor Alan Kors said in an email, referring to the corrupt secret courts of 15th to 17th century England.

“I would trust the judgment and impartiality of most students more than I would trust the judgment and impartiality of most of my faculty colleagues.”

Universities across the country are adopting a similar procedure as a result of recommendations from the Department of Education.

Harvard University recently enacted a policy similar to Penn’s, which a group of 28 Harvard Law School professors criticized in a Boston Globe op-ed.

Some schools, such as Yale University, still have students serving on hearing panels for sexual assault cases, but students must be appointed and undergo training.

“There are persuasive arguments on both sides of the issue,” White said. “We determined to follow the strong recommendation of the federal government not 73092 to include students on panels.”

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Penn Law alum practices in alcohol industry VICTORIA XIAO Contributing Writer

Penn Law alum Alva Mather’s job involves a lot of alcohol.

Mather, who graduated in 2004, serves as a general counsel to members of the alcoholic beverage industry at the Alcoholic Beverage Practice Group of Griesing Law LLC based in Philadelphia. Her responsibilities range from negotiating distribution agreements between companies to representing companies in all types of litigation.

She is also a prolific writer, with articles published in Food & Drink and Pennsylvania Law

Weekly, among others.

While she didn’t set out to practice law in this field, Mather said she “was in the right place at the right time. I had the interest.

I had the experience.” But now that she is part of the profession, she is happy to be there.

“Lawyers as a general sort can be kind of stuffy,” Mather said.“Craft brewers are the opposite of that. The general craft brewer uniform is a flannel shirt, jeans and lots of facial hair.”

In 2007, Mather took on a high profile case representing local New Jersey beer wholesalers against Anheuser-Busch, the owner of Budweiser, and InBev

USA, the owner of brands such as Stella Artois and Corona.

“The main takeaway was that I spent three and a half years being fully immersed in the [alcohol beverage] industry,” Mather said.

When the case ended in 2011, the number of craft breweries skyrocketed throughout the country. These breweries, which typically produce smaller quantities of beer in local and unique styles, represented a huge departure from the previous dominance of big brands such as Budweiser and Coors.

Many of these new breweries experienced a shortage of attorneys who were truly knowledgeable about the specifics of alcohol-related law. Because of alcohol’s potentially harmful

Treating cocaine addiction Penn researchers studied a possible method of therapy in rats

qualities, the alcohol industry is much more tightly regulated than many other commercial industries. Noting this discrepancy in demand and supply, Mather decided to pursue further involvement in the industry.

“You need to have someone who knows the industry and knows the laws,” Mather said.

“Because it is so complicated, it’s not the sort of thing that somebody can research and get the answer to if they don’t practice in the area.”

Elizabeth Fenton, Mather’s former co-associate noted in an email Mather’s dedication in mapping out a career path. “She identified an area of law and an industry she cared about and pursued the work.”

KARISSA WENK Contributing Writer

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine have found a potential form of treatment for people suffering from cocaine addiction. Although this research is still preliminary, the team has found a connection between protein modification and cocaine relapse in rats.

Assistant professor of Psychiatry at the Medical School Heath Schmidt led the study where an experimental group of rats self-administered cocaine for 21 days, and then were

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The team examined the rats’ brains after the week was up and found reduced levels of modified proteins in the cocaine-exposed animals.

In a different group of animals, Schmidt found that introducing a virus that induced expression of an enzyme into the animals led to an increase in the number of the edited proteins that were lost in the group of rats that were exposed to cocaine.

This resulted in a reduction in the number of rats who relapsed.

“This is very exciting finding as this is the first demonstration that [the protein] GluA2 editing plays a role in behavior,” Schmidt said.

Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, coauthor on the study and assistant professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, said she “hope[s] that targeting [the enzyme] ADAR2 may be a novel approach in treating cocaine addiction.“

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New college house follows sustainability goals The building’s green roofs will collect 95 percent of storm water.

JESSICA WASHINGTON Staff Writer

Penn’s new college house will be fit to follow the University’s new environmentally-friendly guidelines.

In keeping with the University’s sustainability guide, Penn’s Climate Action Plan 2.0, announced in late October, all new Penn buildings should attempt to meet LEED silver standard of building sustainability. The new college house is on track to meet LEED’s gold standard, second only to platinum, said Michael Daush, executive director of design and construction for facilities and real estate services.

The building will have a series of green roofs that will collect 95 percent of storm water, energy recovery units, high efficiency lighting and air conditioning units.

In addition to being a sustainable building, the development itself is also highly sustainable. 75 percent of the construction waste is recycled.

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“We’ve waited for this moment for eight painful, tearfilled years,” Gary Gregory, Ellen Robb’s brother, said in a press release after the verdict on Wednesday. “Finally there is justice for our beloved sister Ellen and her remarkable daughter, our niece, who can now finally feel emancipated from her father.”

The couple’s only child, Olivia Robb, sued for the wrongful death of her mother and demanded more than $50,000 in damages. She was 12 at the time of her mother’s death.

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Although President Gutmann previously expressed her desire to name the building after a major donor, Penn has yet to officially announce the college house’s name.

“We will announce the name at

“Today in closing argument, I asked the jury to speak for the victim, Ellen Gregory Robb, because she couldn’t speak for herself anymore,” said 1978 Wharton graduate Robert Mongeluzzi, a partner at the law firm representing Olivia Robb. “They spoke loudly and clearly.”

A lawyer representing Rafael Robb could not be reached for comment Tuesday night.

“The family is grateful for the actions of the jury, and they hope to send the message to everyone that domestic violence and abuse will not be tolerated,” Mongeluzzi said.

an appropriate time in the future,” Vice President for University Communications Stephen McCarthy said.

The University began construction on Hill Field last November

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others where academic integrity or conduct code violations are in question, are currently handled

by OSC alone. Nettleton will also face the ongoing challenge of issuing an updated report of statistics for misconduct cases.

As reported in October by The Daily Pennsylvanian, OSC has failed to issue an annual report four years in a row.

In a letter to the editor last week, Vice Provost for Education Andrew Binns said the new director’s “first priority will be to address the data tracking and related issues that have delayed

and will open in August 2016.

The 198,000 square foot building is expected to house 350 undergraduate students and 15 faculty members.

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these reports in the past.” The letter said a report for academic years 2009-10 through 2013-14 would be issued no later than Jan. 9.

Nettleton has served as interim director since June 16 after her predecessor, Michele Goldfarb, left to pursue a job as a staff attorney for the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Goldfarb had served as director from 1996 to 2006 and again since 2012.

Before coming to Penn in 2005, Nettleton, who holds a master’s degree in human services and counseling, worked at a psycho-social rehabilitation agency and in a private practice focusing on adolescent counsel-

ily house only freshman, while the University closes Hill College House for renovations, and will transition into a four year house in 2017. The project is estimated to cost $125 million.

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Nettleton was not available for an interview for this article.

She has kept her role at Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives — where she has served since 2005 — during her time as interim director. Now that she will be staying at OSC, the Provost’s Office must begin searching for her replacement.

Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs Hikaru Kozuma said in an email that the search for a new director could not be initiated until Nettleton officially left the position. He said that the search team will include “partners and students” to “identify a successor in the near future.”

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Time for Red and Blue to pass the torch

THE BUZZ: THREE UP, THREE DOWN

Women’s soccer takes on Tigers

BY COLIN HENDERSON From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ PRINCETON 7-5-3, 3-2-1 Ivy Saturday, 3 p.m.

Princeton

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As the Red and Blue look to finish the season with a winning record against rival Princeton, the team’s youth, led by freshman Alexa Hoover (left), will say goodbye to its senior leadership, including senior Emily Corcoran (right).

FIELD HOCKEY Corcoran, seniors look to close careers with a win

BY TOM NOWLAN Associate Sports Editor PRINCETON 6-10, 5-1 Ivy Saturday, 12 p.m.

Princeton

And so it will end.

With a satisfying victory on Senior Day in the rearview mirror, Penn field hockey will wrap up its 2014 campaign on Saturday when it heads to Princeton to take on its rival in the season finale.

“It’s going to be bittersweet, but we’re definitely very excited,” said senior attack Emily Corcoran, who will be playing her final college game. “We have a chance to beat Princeton this year, so that would be an awesome way to go out.”

The game will decide whether or not the Quakers will finish over .500, both overall and in the Ivy League. At 3-3 in the Ancient Eight and 8-8 overall, coach Colleen Fink has mixed feelings about how the season has played out. “[Our season] has been the product of a lot of different variables. I think this was a big learning year,” Fink said.

“From a coaching standpoint, I’ve learned that it’s not always easy to be the best.”

While the Quakers are gunning for the minor goal of finishing with a winning record, Princeton (6-10, 5-1 Ivy) will be playing for a shot at the Ivy title. The Tigers are currently tied with Columbia for first place in the Ivy League and may be doing a bit of scoreboard-watching as the Lions play Harvard at the same noon timeslot on Saturday.

Without much on the line on Saturday (other than the possibility of sliding into third place in the league,) Penn’s seniors will get a chance to enjoy the

final game of their collegiate athletic careers.

Corcoran, for one, will be capping off an impressive career that has seen her net 26 goals and notch a second-team All-Ivy nod during her junior season.

Freshman Alexa Hoover will have a chance to cap off a breakthrough freshman season that has seen her receive four Ivy League Rookie of the Week nods. With 13 goals on the season, Hoover enters the final game in a three-way tie for the league lead with Zoe Blake of Columbia and Marisa Siergiej of Cornell.

Corcoran would be ecstatic to see her young teammate take the Ivy scoring title.

“It would be huge for Alexa,” she said. “She has great individual skills and she’s a great team player. She always gives 100

percent on the field.”

So, while Penn’s season will not end in the title many had hoped for, its final game will represent the passing of the torch from an accomplished group of seniors to the talented underclassmen, led by Hoover.

“Our freshman have really stepped up this year,” Corcoran said. “Our team is really young, and they’ve done a good job of being leaders, even as freshmen.”

However, Fink was quick to emphasize that the focus, for now, will remain on Saturday’s tilt.

“We’re really excited for this game,” she said. “I don’t think we’ll look at it [in a broader sense] until the game is over.

But our seniors have been through a lot, and it would be great for them to come out on top.”

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With two straight victories under its belt, Penn women’s soccer will look to keep its momentum up on the road against a tough Princeton squad this Saturday. However, with the Tigers (7-5-3, 3-2-1 Ivy) gunning for an Ivy League title and preparing for Senior Day, the Red and Blue (7-5-3, 2-3-1) will undoubtedly have their hands full.

Let’s check out what’s up and what’s down for the Quakers as they get ready for their weekend matchup.

Three Up Increased consistency: Throughout the season, the Quakers have — as coach Darren Ambrose has noted — struggled mightily with finding consistent play on both ends of the pitch and bringing a consistent level of focus. However, with three strong showings in their past three matches, the Red and Blue seem to have partially overcome their youthful tendencies, playing some of their most complete soccer in the latter stages of the season.

An Ivy title may be out of reach, but Penn will look to finish this season on a strong note and carry some newfound consistency into next season.

Defensive resurgence: For years, the Quakers have prided themselves on stellar defense, but Penn’s calling card was showing some cracks only a month ago. After a two-game losing streak in which the Quakers gave up three goals per contest, some questions were raised about Penn’s normally stout backline. However, due in large part to some strong play

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Back Haley Cooper and the other Penn seniors will look to stifle the hot Tigers, - whose offense has excelled in recent weeks - in their last collegiate match.

from junior goalkeeper Kalijah Terilli, the Red and Blue have given up only five goals in their last seven games.

Seniors’ last hurrah: Although they were already sent out on top last weekend on their Senior Day, the Quakers’ seniors will play their final collegiate match against the Tigers.

Haley Cooper, Kaitlyn Moore and company should have some extra motivation to finish their careers off on a winning note.

Three Down Ivy implications: The Quakers have certainly saved their best performances for last, but unfortunately for them, it will be too little, too late to put them in Ivy title contention. Meanwhile, the opposing Orange and Black sit at third place in the Ivies with a slim chance at

a league title going into their Senior Day. Simply stated, the Quakers have far less to play for than the Tigers do.

Facing off against history: In a 5-3 victory over North Carolina State earlier this week, Princeton senior back Lauren Lazo notched two assists to tie her program’s career record of 26. Going into what could potentially be her final collegiate match, she should have a little extra motivation to spark her team’s offense.

Tigers’ attack: In their past three matches, the Tigers have scored 11 goals. That’s as many as the Red and Blue have scored in their last 10 contests. If the Quakers want to ruin their Ivy foes’ title hopes, they will need to find the back of the net a bit more than usual.

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PLAYERS TO WATCH PENN Sr. TE Mitch King

Penn’s rushing attack suffered immensely without the 6 -foot- 6 King in t he lineup to b l o c k .

King’s impending return this weekend will also give quarterback Alek Torgersen a solid safety blanket for Penn’s passing attack.

Princeton Sr. LB Mike Zeuli

The senior linebacker recorded eight tackles and forced a fumble against Cornell last weekend.

He’ll be counted upon heavily to keep Penn’s sputtering rushing attack from generating any momentum.

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better and better as a group, but it comes down to what you do in both boxes.�

Based on the teams’ records and statistics, Princeton surely appears to be the favorite. Just don’t tell Fuller. “I wouldn’t say we’re underdogs at all,� he said. “I think we’ve played two different types of schedules. I think that they’re obviously playing with a lot of confidence right now. They’ve gotten a lot of good results.�

The Tigers are 7-2-1 in their last ten games and have outscored their opponents 20-11 over that span. They feature a strong defense and a highoctane offense led by senior

who is a strong runner, is always a change-of-pace threat. “When they have [Epperly] in the game, they tend to run him more than they would run [Michelsen],â€? coach Al Bagnoli said. “You have to prepare for the same passing attack — it’s a lefty [Epperly]/righty [Michelsen] combination ‌ but in the run game is where you see the big difference.â€?

The Penn secondary, which has struggled this season, will look to contain senior receivers Connor Kelley and Matt Costello.

Kelley, Princeton’s top wideout, is coming off a career game last week when he caught 13 passes for 147 yards and two touchdowns.

Although the Tigers don’t lean heavily on the run, the squad does a good job keeping opponents honest with its ground game.

The slippery DiAndre Atwater— who averages 8.0 yards per carry — will punish Penn’s defense if its line doesn’t fill gaps quickly and its linebackers and defensive backs don’t commit to wrapping up.

“From my position, and especially the first and second level of the defense [our responsibility is] to maintain gaps, because that allows the secondary to do what its supposed to do,â€? sophomore defensive lineman Corey Power said. “[Atwater’s] a good running back, he’s got a good football sense ‌ [gap contain is] impor-

forward Cameron Porter and junior midfielder Thomas Sanner. The two lead the Ivy League in goals with 12 and 8, respectively.

To add even more perspective, the two players’ combined 20 goals are equal to the number of goals that all of Penn men’s soccer has scored in its past 14 games.

Coach Fuller recognizes Princeton’s offensive threat but remains optimistic. “They’re really aggressive,� he said. “Again, we’re going to have to be as good as we’ve been defensively in the run of play recently. We’re going to have to take care of things in our box and need to tuck away the chances.�

While defending Sanner and Porter looks to be a dif-

ficult task for the Red and Blue, senior midfielder Kamar Saint-Louis recognizes that stopping them is not an individual — or even a two-person — effort. After playing against both of them last year — a match in which Porter scored — Penn knows what is necessary to stop them. “It’s going to take a committed effort, a team effort,�

Saint-Louis said.

On offense, Penn is looking for more production from a group that has scored only two goals in the past three games.

Still, coach Fuller believes that the quality of shots is more important than quantity. “It’s all about creating quality chances and then tucking those chances away,� he said.

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“It’s just a chance for us to prove people wrong.� — On the Penn-Princeton rivalry

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Coach Al Bagnoli has historically dominated Princeton, boasting a 16-6 all-time record against the hated Tigers in 22 career meetings.

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The Quakers have relied relatively heavily on their secondary — namely players such as Evan Jackson and Kevin Ijoma — to step up and stop the run in recent weeks.

Penn’s defensive front, which gave up 262 rushing yards last week in a 21-13 loss to Brown, is

due for a bounce back effort.

The line of scrimmage has been an issue for the Red and Blue on the other side of the ball as well.

Despite having a talented stable of backs, the Quakers have struggled to establish the run against good defenses.

Despite losing star defensive tackle Caraun Reid to the NFL, the Tigers — who give up the second-fewest rushing yards per game in the Ivies — certainly qualify as such.

Against a stout Princeton front four, the Red and Blue will likely use a combination of backs Kyle Wilcox and Eric Fiore, quarterback Alek Torgersen and run-andgun QB Adam Strouss to attack the Tigers on the ground.

Out of the title picture and with only three games remaining for Bagnoli before his retirement, the Quakers need to take out all the stops to take down their archrival on Saturday. “People just think: ‘Oh, Princeton’s just in general a better school, a better football team,’�

Power said. “It’s just a chance for us to prove people wrong.�

Sports Editor Ian Wenik contributed reporting.

THE EDGE The Quakers face off against the Tigers — who’s got the advantage?

OFFENSE: Princeton has put up at least 27 points in all but one game this season, a feat that the Quakers have only managed to pull off twice. The Tigers’ quarterback situation is in flux, but that won’t be enough to derail this potent attack.

ADVANTAGE: PRINCETON DEFENSE: The Quakers haven’t forced a turnover since fall break, and just got gashed by Brown for 262 yards on the ground. Princeton misses Caraun Reid, but still does an excellent job at stuffing the run on a week to week basis.

ADVANTAGE: PRINCETON OVERALL: Penn may want to play spoiler, but it’s hard to see the Quakers catching a Princeton team that can’t afford another Ivy loss napping. The Tigers should be ready to play — and dominate.

ADVANTAGE: PRINCETON

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Senior Kamar Saint-Louis stresses the importance of a team effort for Penn to successfully shut down Princeton’s potent attack, but he will be key in containing Ivy League goal leaders Cameron Porter and Thomas Sanner.

is a must-win for Penn, even though there is a distant possibility that the team can still win the title with a tie on Saturday. If Penn secures a vic-

tory and Dartmouth loses to Cornell, then next Saturday’s contest between Harvard and Penn would be the deciding match in the Ivy champion-

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to our advantage, and it should be a very close meet.�

In addition to revealing how deep this team truly is, Sunday’s race will also offer an opportunity to see how both programs have dealt with the loss of several elite seniors to graduation. In particular, the losses of Shelby Fortin and Rhoads Worster have left sizable gaps in the Quakers’ roster.

However, both programs are confident that they have the swimmers ready to fill those voids. “There have just been so many more opportunities for people to step up and take on those larger roles, and I think that has been great for our team,� Sneed said. “We are no longer relying on just

a handful of people but now everyone is relying on each other, and that has been great for team unity and bringing us together to focus on one goal.� “We have a talented freshman class this year, including several distance guys who are going to be scoring points right from the getgo,� Schultz added. “I think that’s what we have to our advantage this year. We have guys who are ready to step up, and we are going to need them to step up and win big-time races.�

And fortunately for the Quakers, they don’t need to wait long to find out if they can win big-time races. Those races are already here.

>> PAGE 12 Eric Schultz said. “Coach Schnur also has never won at Columbia as a swimmer or as a coach so he wants it too, so it would be great to go get that win up in New York.�

In addition to the Ivy dual meet, both the men and women will swim on Sunday at home against Connecticut, a meet that coach Mike Schnur also expects to be close. “Both men’s and women’s programs are very evenly matched with Connecticut,� he said. “They have a few studs on their team, including a Bulgarian National Champion. But we have the depth

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Quakers aim for .500 mark VOLLEYBALL Penn re-energized for Senior Weekend

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BY CARTER COUDRIET Associate Sports Editor DARTMOUTH 13-8, 4-6 Ivy Friday, 7 p.m.

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HARVARD 15-4, 8-2 Ivy Saturday, 5 p.m.

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For a team two games under .500, Penn volleyball sure is enthusiastic.

As the Quakers prepared to face Harvard and Dartmouth, the Palestra was just as loud during Wednesday night’s practice as it has been all season, even after another head-scratching weekend for the Red and Blue.

Their bizarre journey to New York consisted of a loss to Ivy punching bag Cornell followed by a victory over Columbia, who had embarrassed the Quakers (714, 4-6 Ivy) at home only weeks ago.

“I want to give props to Cornell; they’re a stronger team [than last time],” coach Kerry Carr said. “I saw that on tape …

[Ithaca] is not the most pleasant place to play for us. I think it was totally my fault that I did not recognize that the energy was not where we needed it to be.”

They found that energy the next day, when they funneled that negative emotion into, as Carr described it, “one of the best matches we had.”

As Penn returns to Philadelphia for the last home games of the season, the window for riding that momentum is small. With Ivy title hopes all but erased, Penn will look to make a statement this weekend against familiar faces Dartmouth (13-8, 4-6) and Harvard (15-4, 8-2).

“I think we’re going to take it point by point this weekend, and we’re going to stay super focused,” senior captain Trina

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Senior rightside hitter Trina Ohms — one of four seniors playing her last matches in the Palestra this weekend — hopes to lead Penn over the Big Green and Crimson.

Ohms said. “The less we think big picture … the better outcome we can probably have.”

The Red and Blue experienced their most successful road trip of the season last time they played the pair. Despite surrendering a 2-0 set lead to the Crimson to lose 3-2, Penn still showed flashes of early-set success, which has been the bane of its year. The other bane of the game — Harvard’s Corinne Bain — played her way to a triple-double against the Quakers.

“Harvard’s gotten stronger,” Carr said. “We look where they got us, we adjust our defense, we look at what we did well and we put that offense out there more often.”

Those adjustments happened quickly during that road trip, as the Quakers came back the next day and handled the Big Green in four sets. Junior rightside hitter Alex Caldwell posted a tripledouble of her own, and the Quakers dominated the blocking game.

The Quakers will need to com-

pliment their high levels of emotion with these on-court adjustments if they hope to play spoiler to the New England Ivies. Bain is averaging nine kills per match for Harvard since playing Penn, a stark decrease from her formerlyIvy leading rate. On the other hand, Dartmouth’s Emily Astarita has climbed the offensive rankings, landing as the third-highest scorer in the Ancient Eight.

Regardless of what happens on the court, this weekend will be a heavy one for the Quakers, who say goodbye to four seniors during Senior Week. As Ohms, fellow captain Meghan Connolly, Kendall Turner and Taylor Smith part ways with Penn, their coach is especially grateful for their impact.

“Their contributions to the team will be felt forever,” Carr said. “I hate to compare it to other leaders, but they’re probably the best I’ve seen.”

“It’s been a crazy ride,” Ohms said. “I’ve loved every second of it.”

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With just one game left in the season, Penn field hockey looks to play spoiler to Princeton >> SEE PAGE 9

PRINCETON (4-3, 3-1)

PENN (1-6, 1-3 IVY)

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TIGERS ON SPOILER ALERT FOOTBALL | Out of the title hunt, Penn looks to upend Princeton

SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 10

M. SOCCER | Quakers will face a tough test at first-place Princeton

BY WILL AGATHIS Staff Writer

BY SEAMUS POWERS Staff Writer With disappointment swirling around Penn football and its conference record, the squad has upset on its collective mind.

The Red and Blue’s matchup with rival Princeton on Saturday represents an opportunity for the Quakers to bury some of the frustration that has largely defined the transitioning team’s season.

The task will be far from easy for the Red and Blue (1-6, 1-3 Ivy), however, as the Tigers team they face will be fighting to keep its Ivy League title hopes alive.

Princeton (4-3, 3-1), tied with Yale and Dartmouth in the Ivy standings behind undefeated Harvard, bounced back from a lopsided loss to the Crimson with a 3827 win over Cornell last weekend.

The Tigers’ third-ranked offense boasts a pair of talented quarterbacks in seniors Connor Michelsen and Quinn Epperly.

Michelsen has seen the majority of snaps behind center as of late, an opportunity he has seized.

In Princeton’s last two wins, over Cornell and Brown, Michelsen threw for a combined 648 yards and six touchdowns.

Overall, Michelsen has been more efficient and less mistakeprone than Epperly this season.

It’s likely that the Tigers will roll with the hot hand this Saturday against Penn, but Epperly,

Red and Blue look to stay alive

PRINCETON 9-3-3, 3-1-1 Ivy Saturday, 7 p.m.

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Last week, Penn football’s front four was trampled by Brown, surrendering 262 rushing yards in a 21-13 loss. Sophomore defensive lineman Corey Power doesn’t intend on allowing Princeton to build upon the Bears’ success. He’s recorded 29 total tackles on the season, second-most of any Red and Blue lineman.

As Penn men’s soccer enters its matchup with Princeton on Saturday, it does so with its back against the wall.

In what will be one of the team’s toughest contests yet, the Red and Blue (6-7-2, 2-12 Ivy) looks to secure a victory and continue playing for a chance at the Ivy League championship. Princeton (9-33, 3-1-1) also desperately seeks a victory, which would keep it in first place in the Ivy standings with one game to go.

Penn enters Saturday’s contest riding a three-game winless streak. When asked what his team most needs to work on, coach Rudy Fuller remained consistent in his belief that the defense needs to create more plays higher up the field.

“It continues to be defensive restarts. I think if we had taken care of our responsibilities in that area, we would’ve gotten two wins and a draw [as opposed to a 0-1-2 record],” Fuller said. “That continues to be the focus. We feel that in every other area, we’ve gotten SEE M. SOCCER PAGE 10

Penn kicks off against rival Lions SWIMMING | Quakers will match up with Connecticut as well

BY SAM ALTLAND Staff Writer Nothing motivates better than a rivalry, and for Penn swimming, an early season meet against Columbia has the Quakers primed to start the year off quickly.

On Friday, the women’s team will square off at Penn’s Sheerr

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think though, that we are all very confident we can win and that would be really exciting for us.”

While the men will not take on Sheerr Pool Columbia for another week, they two teams. … This is a really too have begun to feel the excitegreat opportunity to put our best ment and tension build around foot forward against a team that the contest with the Lions. always tries to win every dual “Everyone just gets really exmeet, and I want to see us win.” cited over that first Ivy League “We are putting on our fast dual meet, especially after last suits. They are as well, and it’s year’s race with Columbia, just going to be a battle to see which was really intense,” junior who comes out on top,” senior SEE SWIMMING PAGE 10 captain Taylor Sneed said. “I Sunday, 12 p.m.

Friday, 4 p.m.

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Pool against the Lions in its first meet of the season, for what is sure to be a tight and tense contest.

“We have been focusing on this meet since the end of Ivies last year,” senior captain Lauryn Brown said. “There is certainly a rivalry that has been around for the past 10 years between our

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Senior captain Taylor Sneed looks to fill holes left by graduated seniors as Penn begins its first weekend of meets at home against Columbia on Friday at Sheerr Pool.

House of Swamis It appears that Penn football will not be chosen to take over the presidency of the Ivy League. With the team’s (and Swamis’) struggles this year, it is no surprise. After all, Achilles was only as strong as his heel and President Walker’s beloved Bears made sure to exploit said heel.

But as majority whip of the Ancient Eight, the Quakers have

a few tricks left up their sleeves.

The Red and Blue are still dealing with the shocking defeat of Representative Russo in his race for governor, but it turns out that it was all part of Al Bagnoli’s plan. He doesn’t concern himself with those problems.

With just three games to go in Bagnoli’s illustrious career, he figures he might as well try and take out Princeton once more.

But beware, these aren’t the same Tigers from a few years ago.

Every cub grows up to be a tiger. They seem so harmless at first: small, quiet, lapping at their saucer of milk. But once its claws get long enough, Princeton can draw blood.

For those Swamis climbing to the top of the food chain, there is but one rule: Hunt or be hunted.

So while everyone on Princeton’s campus plans on eating Freddy’s BBQ … err we mean Hoagie Haven, the Red and Blue will have their eye on the prize.

But the Tigers are strong now. There are two types of Ivy teams: doormats and matadors.

Which does Princeton plan on being?

Prediction: Princeton 45, Penn 44

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