November 18, 2014

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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2014

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OPINION SIT DOWN OR STAND OUT Penn makes us feel small, but we don’t have to make that a bad thing PAGE 4

SPORTS LIVING WITH GROWING PAINS Both Penn men’s and women’s basketball have big room for improvement BACK PAGE

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Members and supporters of SOUL have organized “performance protests” every Friday since Oct. 3 in response to the events in Ferguson that occured earlier this year.

OUT FOR REVENGE? NOT QUITE HUIZHONG WU Staff Writer

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ONLINE EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION WEEK Management 104 project encourages students to appreciate staff

There’s one student dressed in an orange jumpsuit. Another with a noose around his neck and a third student wearing a chain. The three students, College junior Gina Dukes, College senior Breanna Moore and Wharton and Engineering junior Jamal Taylor, were each meant to represent a different era in United States history

where black people have been oppressed. They carried signs that read 1814, 1914, 2014. They stood on the Button, the statue in front of Van PeltDietrich Library, for hours on that October afternoon. A photo of that “Ferguson Friday” — as the members of Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation called it — has gotten over 13,000 notes on Tumblr and has been retweeted and shared on Twitter and Facebook many times.

“We wanted to make a bigger statement” than the discussions about race hosted by campus groups, Dukes said. “It arose out of the Mike Brown situation [in Ferguson] and us feeling fed up with the justice system. We felt like Penn was kind of silent on the issue. We wanted people to talk about it. We wanted people not to forget about it, like with Trayvon Martin.” Every Friday since Oct. 3, members of SOUL and their

supporters have protested on College Green. In their first “performance protest,” the students covered the LOVE statue with the names of people of color who have been killed by the police. Attached was a sign: “No More Martyrs.” At another Ferguson Friday, four students laid down for four hours in front of the Benjamin Franklin statue by College Hall on top of a red cloth symbolizing blood — a nod to how long Michael Brown’s body was

outside. At the most recent one on Nov. 14, they posted paper graves across College Green which represented people of color who were killed by police brutality. Meanwhile, cities across the country, including Philadelphia, are gearing up to respond to potential protests in anticipation of the verdict in the case of the police officer Darren Wilson, who shot 18-year-old SEE FERGUSON PAGE 6

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The new face of discipline at Penn

Pope Francis’ planned Phila. visit excites officials EUNICE LIM Staff Writer

JULIE LYZINSKI NETTLETON New director of Office of Student Conduct

Nettleton plans to increase educational outreach to prevent conduct violations LAUREN FEINER City News Editor-Elect

The new director of the Office of Student Conduct, Julie Lyzinski Nettleton, wants to become the face of discipline at Penn. Nettleton, who officially took over the role of OSC director this week after serving as interim director, left her previous role as director of the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives. “One thing I think I did very well [at AOD] — for better or for worse — I was the face of alcohol,” Nettleton said in an interview last week. “I don’t think anyone ever questioned who to go to, who to talk to, who made decisions about it. It was my face. I’m excited to do that same thing here.” Nettleton hopes that putting a friendly face on the office might help it become more relevant to the lives of students and faculty. One of her top priorities is building relationships with faculty in the same way SEE OSC PAGE 5

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Pope Francis will be visiting Philadelphia for World Meeting of Families in September 2015.

The leader of the Catholic Church will be coming to Philadelphia next year. And nearly everyone is excited. Pope Francis confirmed on Monday that he will be attending the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in September 2015. His visit will include a public Sunday mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Sept. 27, 2015. NBC Philadelphia reported that officials estimate that up to two million people might come to see the pope. It will be the pontiff’s first visit to the United States since he was elected to lead the church in 2013. To date, he has traveled to the Middle East, Albania, South Korea and Brazil. Mayor Michael Nutter called the news “the largest event in the city’s modern history” in a statement made at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Senator Bob Casey called Pope Francis’ planned visit a “great

honor for the city.” Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia also commented in a New York Times interview that he is “overjoyed by Pope Francis’ announcement that he will join with us for the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year.” “A hallmark of his papacy has been a keen focus on the many challenges that families face today globally. His charisma, presence and voice will electrify the gathering,” Chaput said. Penn’s Catholic community anticipates his visit will have a tremendous impact on Catholics and non-Catholics alike. “We’re all very excited about his upcoming visit, and are working to see how best PCSA can collaborate with the archdiocese and other Catholic institutions in Philadelphia,” said President of the Penn Catholic Student Association and Wharton junior Ana Bautista. The Penn Newman Center could not be reached for comment Monday.

Push to establish resource center for veterans gains momentum Petition has over 375 signatures, University declined to comment YUEQI YANG Senior Writer

An online petition proposing a resource center for Penn students who are veterans is gaining significant support, amassing over 375 signatures as of Monday night. The petition, circulated by the University of Pennsylvania

Student Veteran Association last Tuesday, states that veterans are the only federally protected class that does not have a dedicated center on campus. In addition to establishing a center, the petition proposes creating a full-time staff position and a website dedicated to serve the military community on campus. The proposed center would serve not only United States military veterans, but also students in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and foreign

military veterans, such as students from South Korea, Israel and Singapore. The resource center would also connect students who are interested in joining the military with veterans. The 13-page proposal attached to the petition includes a detailed operating budget, which would amount to $89,500 in the first year for costs including the salary of one full-time staff member, office equipment and activity funds.

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The University declined to comment on the proposal for this article. Sam Starks, the executive director of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Programs, deferred comment to University Communications, which in turn directed questions to the Provost’s Office. The Provost’s Office referred The Daily Pennsylvanian back to Starks. Wharton senior Timothy Kolb was stationed outside of Baghdad in the U.S. Army before coming to Penn. He is now

the president of the Student Veteran Association at Penn, which counts about 30 undergraduates as members. Based on Kolb’s rough estimation, there are about 120 veteran students across the University, excluding the Perelman School of Medicine — but he noted that the exact number is hard to pin down because being a veteran is a self-identified status and some may choose not to report. SEE VETERANS PAGE 6

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