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Penn will participate in the Association of American Universities’ sexual assault climate survey when it is released in April 2015, according to President Amy Gutmann. The AAU, of which Gutmann is chair, has contracted with a national research firm called Westat to design and administer the survey, which will measure the frequency and characteristics of campus sexual assault and sexual harassment across institutions, to member universities that choose to participate. The AAU is a nonprofit organization consisting of 60 leading United States and Canadian research universities. All eight Ivy League universities are members. “The Ivy plus presidents talked about how important it is to have a survey instrument that is reliable and comparable across institutions and across time,” Gutmann said. While the AAU will publicly report the holistic results from its participating institutions, Westat will provide each campus with its respective data, and individual universities will decide whether to release the results. Gutmann said that Penn will make the results public in a way that “secures the anonymity of respondents.” Each survey will feature a uniform series of questions, except for five that will specifically reference campus programs to measure familiarity with campus resources and support services. “A good survey ought to be something that we can learn from not only our own students responses, but the responses at other institutions,” Gutmann said. “We ought to be able to compare, otherwise we really don’t know how to interpret a lot of the results if they’re not comparable.”
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Students were greatly disappointed Monday night following the decision in the Ferguson case, which has sparked discussions about race relations and protests across the country. More than four months after the death of black 18-year-old Michael Brown, the grand jury in Missouri chose to not indict officer Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot Brown. The decision was made by the early afternoon, but the prosecutors in Ferguson, Mo. did not announce it publicly until almost half past 9 p.m. Eastern Time on Nov. 24. An indictment is not a finding of guilt or innocence for a person, but rather a judgment made on whether criminal charges should be brought against that person.
“For me personally, it is disappointing and disheartening, and it speaks to a system that continually fails to protect all of its citizens,” said College senior Keishawn Johnson, who is the president of Penn’s chapter for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. UMOJA co-chair elect and College sophomore Ray Clark agreed, writing via text, “As a black male who is only one year older than Michael Brown, I am seriously questioning our worth within American society at this point.” While there were no public protests on campus, there were in other parts of the city. Photos showed rows of police bikes by City Hall this afternoon and many police cars by Temple University’s main campus in North Philadelphia. Members of Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation joined protests late on Monday night. After the announcement, hundreds of protesters marched downtown, starting from City Hall. All the while, they were chanting slogans like “No f---ing
Get ready for 2016 — Philadelphia is one step closer to hosting the Democratic presidential national convention two years from now. The Democratic National Committee, also known as the DNC, announced on Monday that Philadelphia will be one of three finalists that could host the party’s 2016 national convention, eliminating Birmingham, Ala., and Phoenix, Ariz., as potential hosts for the convention. Brooklyn, N.Y., and Columbus, Ohio are the two other potential finalists. The DNC will make the final decision about the host city in the next few months. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter praised the
DNC’s decision on Monday in a press release, noting that “for the Democrats, the road to the White House leads right through the city of Philadelphia.” While the DNC has not yet selected a date for the convention, it is considering hosting it during the weeks of July 18, July 25 and Aug. 22. The 2016 Republican National Convention, set to be held in Cleveland, will likely occur by mid-July at the latest, putting it before the Democrats’ convention. If the convention were to be held the week of Aug. 22, it would likely coincide with New Student Orientation, which Penn Democrats Political Director and College SEE DNC PAGE 6
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A RoboMentor is not exactly what it sounds like. Rather than a futuristic robot personal guru, it’s a Penn engineering student who advises local high school students in robotics competitions. Penn Science Across Ages and Penn’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception Laboratory, commonly known as the GRASP Lab, are teaming up to recruit Penn students to become RoboMentors to high school students around the city this spring. While Penn students have worked with local robotics
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The RoboMentor program is a part of US2020 PHL, a nationwide mentoring initiative developed by the White House, whose goal is to have one million STEM mentors working with youth by 2020. Philadelphia is one of seven cities selected to take part in the national initiative. Co-president of Penn Science Across Ages Jeffrey Ng said PSAA — a student group that hosts local science programs — was looking to expand its involvement in technology-based programs and found this program to be a perfect fit for their mission. The program targets schools that lack resources for their robotics teams to do well. While some teams might have a dedicated faculty coach, the coach might not have the technical background to help the team succeed. That’s SEE PSAA-GRASP PAGE 2
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where Penn students come in. Engineering sophomore Margaret Nolan signed up to become a RoboMentor after participating in the FIRST competition while in high school. “You gain valuable life skills,” she said. “It’s a confidence building experience.” Nolan already works as a mentor with PSAA in Upward Bound, a Penn college-prep program for low-income high school students. As an engineer who worked on robotics in high school, she hopes to draw on her past experiences to help the team with which she is placed. “With robotics it’s a really overwhelming process. I just want to be useful,” she said. The toughest thing about growing a program like RoboMentors is the fact that expertise is needed, though anyone can apply to be a mentor, Ng explained. “It’s not something that any Arts and Sciences person with no engineering background can go into and provide a valuable experience,” he said. The relationship between the Penn students and the high school students is a big component of mentoring, said Associate Director for Education and
Outreach for the GRASP Lab Daniel Ueda. “[The high school students] get to realize the potential for going to college and start believing in themselves that they can go to college,” he said. Having worked as a teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y. and Philadelphia for 11 years before starting at the GRASP Lab, Ueda knows how problematic budget shortfalls can be for public school students. For Penn students, he said, “the more exposure they get to that, the more they appreciate and understand the problems that exist in Philadelphia education.” Both Ng and Ueda mentioned travel as one of the biggest hurdles for mentors, as several schools are far outside the “Penn bubble.” Ueda said many of those schools are exactly the ones that would benefit most. “They do tend to struggle a lot because they don’t get a lot of support. I’m going to try my hardest to get a mentor to go to each of the schools that are farther,” he said. So far, the schools definitely working with RoboMentors in the spring are the Science Leadership Academy and Masterman, Central, Carver, Friere Charter and Northeast high schools — though several other schools are potentially going to be included.
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HIGHER EDUCATION Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine student Kelsie Gleason died in Hanover, New Hampshire on Saturday. Her death was ruled a suicide, the first on campus in recent semesters. A ceremony honoring Gleason will be held in January.
Cornell University In a Sept. 30 email, NYU announced the release of its updated sexual misconduct policy. Notable changes include a clearer definition of consent, a simplified investigation process and an identification of resources available for complainants and responvdents. The University will be looking for feedback from the community regarding changes to the policy.
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Harvard and Yale universities Harvard beat Yale, 31-24, to win the annual matchup between the two schools. The game was nationally televised and ESPN's College GameDay crew came to Cambridge for the game, the first time College GameDay had come to an Ivy school since it came to Penn in 2002. Yale nearly came back to beat Harvard, overcoming a 17-point deficit, but Harvard scored a late touchdown to finish the year undefeated and clinch the outright Ivy League title.
Freshman’s startup transforms desks into wipe-off boards In less than a month, Wrap raised over $26,000 in funding
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For students who find their dorm rooms utterly un-inspirational, College freshman Brandon Saw promises to “redefine your workspace” by transforming desks into blank canvases for ideas. Wrap is a high-quality dryerase sticker that is made to cover the surface of any-sized desk, providing a convenient space for brainstorming, working and jot-
ting down reminders. “It creates a collaborative space for thinking,” Saw said. “If you use a piece of paper you put it away or lose it. I keep a giant to-do list of things I need to accomplish and reminders.” Wrap has experienced an unanticipated level of success since its Nov. 6 launch on Kickstarter, an online crowd-sourcing platform that helps aspiring entrepreneurs raise money. Saw quickly surpassed his $4,000 goal by 650 percent — in less than a month, Wrap has raised a total of over $26,000 from 620 backers, numbers that are likely to increase before the end of the campaign on Dec. 6.
Although the product was originally aimed at college students, schools and businesses want in. Several technology websites have featured Wrap, and it was named a Kickstarter Staff Pick, listed as one of the top 10 design products on the platform. The inspiration for Wrap was drawn from innovative tech companies such as Apple and Google, which use “war rooms” with dry erase walls and surfaces that create collaborative and open spaces for brainstorming. “Wrap lets you take this kind of work space and bring it to your own home [or] office,” Saw said. Although there are products with similar functions on the
market, Wrap stands out from the crowd because it is simple to apply, easily removed and customizable to fit any desk. Saw and his team tested numerous prototypes before deciding on the materials to use in the final product. Although Wrap collaborators declined to disclose the materials used, they said that durability, thickness, aesthetics and ability to erase were factors that went into their decision. “Depending how successful this is, we can put money back into the company and move it forward,” Wrap collaborator and Wharton freshman Cory Lesher said.
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t’s not uncommon for people to ask what I plan to do with myself now that I’ve wasted my undergraduate years studying philosophy. I like to fire back that I also majored in history “just to be practical.” For better or worse, I’ve gotten used to hearing about majors more “impractical” than mine, including from a distant friend who recently graduated from a liberal arts institution with degrees in gender studies and human rights. Behold, the curse and blessing of “artes liberales” — an education worthy of the free citizen. Visionary heroes from Jefferson to Jobs have preached the gospel of an expansive education. In theory, learning for learning’s sake integrates the findings of various fields into a sensibility of intellectual strength and curiosity, sharpening young minds at the crossroads of literature and the sciences. But rather than diversify their studies across a range of subjects, students seem to be settling into niches, many of which have little to offer by way of intellectual growth. Dialogue has withered between disciplines. We now face the balkanization of the academy and a hodgepodge of arrogant postmodern proto-activists eager to reduce everything to a social construct, only to plead for mercy at the first sign of math with the excuse that “I’m not a numbers person.” I doubt that my human rights comrade is quite so extreme. More likely, he’s well-intentioned but naively under-equipped — what Wendell Barry called the “custodian of an inheritance he has learned much about, but nothing from.” It’s often the case that courses that grab students’ attention are not supremely effective at teaching critical thinking. Although good, smart friends of mine managed to work hard and seek out difficult questions through their cinema studies majors, such
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fields just don’t put the same reliable pressure on them to grapple with intellectual challenges as might be found elsewhere. Part of the problem is that entire fields in the humanities originated out of an attempt to make academia a platform for social justice. Righteous though their causes might be, leaving them unchecked has fostered an undeniable normative slant in the humanities. The result is a quasi-kangaroo court in which historically significant texts are put on trial for their content and students voice simplistic, trendy opinions in return for participation points. Critical thought loses out to political correctness and lazy relativism, and classes that parade themselves as shrines to the plurality of perspectives have instead acquired a “pensee unique” of their own.
We should be relying on universities to teach us not what to think, but how to think.” I might happen to agree with many of those departments’ leftleaning views. That doesn’t entitle them to be enforced in the classroom. It’s nearly impossible to teach or learn objectively without suspending personal beliefs about what ought to be, at least for a time. We should be relying on universities to teach us not what to think, but how to think. Academic institutions ought to be focusing on fungible skills — abilities that can be applied across a wide range of areas and challenges. Skills that come to mind include carefully interpreting information, identifying concepts and analyzing alternative points of view. In
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JONATHAN IWRY short, universities should be more insistent about teaching critical thinking. What if we got rid of majors and concentrations completely and replaced them with a rigorous and universal core program? Everyone would read the same core materials, discuss the same core questions and learn the same core skills. There would still be room for electives, which would give students ample opportunity to pursue the specialties that drive them. Your post-post-Marxist roommate would have no problem gorging on anarcho-structural meta-narrative discourse in his queer theory classes — but not without getting grounded in formal logic first. I’m not suggesting that everything fun and worldly should be banned from the academy — only that nonessential studies shouldn’t be given equal priority to those that encourage rigorous and disciplined thought. Analytic philosophy, STEM, history and some forms of literary study should be emphasized at the undergraduate level. Journalism, business and studies devoted to social and political causes — African studies, Jewish studies, gender studies and so on — should take a backseat. A liberal arts education is valuable, both for its own sake and for the strengths it fosters.
JONATHAN IWRY is a 2014 College graduate from Potomac, Md. His email address is jon.iwry@gmail. com. “The Faithless Quaker” appears every Monday.
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t’s not easy being mainstream, or so the purportedly oppressed majority would have us all believe. Take, for instance, the recent #Gamergate backlash against feminist gamers. Or the indignation over the fact that a physicist was called out for wearing a shirt covered in sexualized images of women. There’s a general sentiment, most commonly expressed anonymously on the internet but existing in the real world as well, that “political correctness” has gone too far, and loud, indignant voices complain that speech is no longer free. These voices seem to be reacting to progressive views which, given a platform that they previously lacked (the internet), are expressing opinions that are critical of people who aren’t used to being criticized. The sentiment is that social justice activists are suppressing everyone else’s ability to say what they actually want to say by calling them things like “sexist” and “racist” and “homophobic.” Apparently, kids these days won’t stop cracking down on people using adjectives that describe attitudes they’ve expressed publicly. It’s like living under the thumb of the “Thought Police,” who are ready to arrest you the second you use the wrong pronoun to refer to a transgender person, or qualify the word “rape” with the word “legitimate.” Except it’s not at all. In the United States, so-called political correctness isn’t written into law. You can say all the bigoted things you want and the worst thing that can happen to you is that you’ll be called a
bigot and have to defend yourself. There’s nothing Orwellian about being judged, called names, not invited to speak and generally disliked for the views you advocate. It’s part and parcel of living in a society with free discourse that people will decide things about you based on the things you choose to do or say, and within the range of opinions they might form, is that you are an atrocious human being. So why is there so much indignation? The problem here stems from the fact that people conflate freedom of speech with being given a microphone and a pat on the back. Of course you have the right to say what you want, but you don’t have the right to be liked or placed in front of an audience. Being told your views are abhorrent doesn’t constitute being silenced. It means someone listened to what you had to say and formed an opinion about it, which is a pretty key component of discussion and debate. The distinction between being critically assessed and forcibly silenced is actually quite obvious to anyone who takes the time to sit back and think about it, so why does this confusion seem so prevalent? Because deliberately misusing the term “freedom of speech,” turns out to be an excellent way to discredit your opponent without having an actual argument. Seeing “criticized” as synonymous with “persecuted” makes it easy to feel outraged at nothing more than other people’s outrage. That’s the beauty of playing the free speech violation card. It allows people to avoid making real
SOPHIA WUSHANLEY arguments in support of their views by claiming that they’re not free to express their views at all. Framing others’ moral judgment of their expressed views as “policing” or “bullying” or “attacking” allows people to feel as if they are victims. Suddenly, all it takes to be oppressed is to elicit a reaction from someone who disagrees with you. But we can all take comfort in the fact that these are not instances of real oppression. The physicist with the distasteful Tshirt wasn’t being oppressed by accusations that his outfit was inappropriate. Nor is Bill Cosby, for having his upcoming show on NBC canceled, nor the game creators who have been accused of creating sexist games by the female gamers who are finally speaking up. The great thing about actual freedom of speech is that those people can be judged for what they’ve done, and we can judge whether or not we think those criticisms are legitimate. That’s not the end of the debate — that’s just the beginning.
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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n Friday of last week, Aidan McConnell was elected to the Undergraduate Assembly in a special election that drew over 600 voters. I am not here to contest that victory or to criticize the way that he conducted his campaign. What I do want to draw attention to is the overwhelming vitriol and hostility that erupted over this campaign. The Undergraduate Assembly at Penn has become a depoliticized institution that is designed to rep-
GUEST COLUMN BY DEVAN SPEAR resent only the broadest, most benign interests of the Penn student body. I did not run on an overtly political platform, but even the vague characterization of a “social justice” candidate who may or may not have vague connections to Penn Students For Justice in Palestine was enough to bring about a smear campaign complete with fake posters and the sentiment that the UA is not the place for activist work. At this point, I would like to make something clear: I
support Students for Justice in Palestine and the work that they do. However, I did not in any way make this part of my campaign and I had no plans to incorporate Palestinian Justice into the UA. Those who are responsible for the posters that went up around campus, proclaiming my intentions to bring Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions to Penn, were trying to incite enough fury to turn voters against me, and apparently they were successful. Even my competitor, not to his own fault, believed the
posters to be mine. Throughout the campaign process, I spent most of my time trying to determine who was attacking me, and how I should appropriately address it. Even more indicative of the problems with the political process of the Penn Undergraduate Assembly was the widespread propagation of the idea that the UA is not the place for activist work. I am disheartened by the personal attacks, but more importantly, I am disillusioned with the lack of desire for
Penn’s undergraduate representation to reflect real ideas and convictions. I am very aware of the limitations of the Undergraduate Assembly and do not wish to criticize current UA members for the environment that they are elected into, but depoliticized student representation should not be the default. In 1999, The Harvard Undergraduate Council passed a bill endorsing a higher minimum wage for non-student employees. Last spring, Fossil Free Stanford successfully lobbied the
ASSU Undergraduate Senate to pass a resolution supporting fossil fuel divestment. Members of Columbia’s student government have been active and vocal supporters of No Red Tape Columbia, a sexual assault survivor activist group. Students at Penn should be just as able to take a stand.
DEVAN SPEAR is a College sophomore. Her email address is sdevan@sas. upenn.edu.
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University takes on social media KRISTEN GRABARZ Campus News Editor-elect
When it comes to social media, Penn isn’t afraid to have a little fun. The University’s central social media accounts, particularly Twitter, have fostered engagement with current and prospective students, alumni and even television networks, while promoting more serious events and initiatives across campus. With a social media presence spanning all 12 of its constituent schools and assorted research centers, Penn is social media savvy. Penn’s central social media accounts — which include Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Tumblr and Instagram — unite the eclectic mix into a cohesive voice and are run by University Communications. The Office of Communications also has a Web Team, which manages the University’s general website as well as its YouTube
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and Flickr accounts. Each school and center that chooses to can run its own social media accounts for the purposes of promoting its own content, Manager of New Media Communications Matt Griffin said. Although Penn President Amy Gutmann does not have a personal Twitter account, she recognizes the power of social media. “One must embrace social media if you’re an institution who’s heart are students — young people,” Gutmann said. Penn’s Office of Communications created a role especially to tackle the growing niche of social media. The University has also invested in methods of managing and tracking its social communication and launched a Universitywide social analytics platform. Griffin oversees the University’s social media use. He started in the newly created position in February 2012. Griffin operates the social accounts on a daily basis, aided by a group of interns
who take photos around campus to be featured on Facebook and Instagram. “I have to say, one of the best feelings I get in this job is retweeting, responding to or favoriting something tweeted by a student who didn’t expect it,” Griffin said. “People will tag us, but they don’t necessarily assume we’re paying attention.” Griffin said he believes Penn’s social media activism has had a positive effect on prospective student perceptions of the University. “While the perception is that they’re communicating with this grand institution, the reality is that it’s me — one person behind a desk trying to engage with as many people as possible,” Griffin said. “You could stand out on Locust Walk with a flyer and maybe get the same kind of interaction, but then the veil is lifted. You literally are a person, rather than a person in the guise of Penn.” Prospective students are not
the only ones to whom the University appeals via social media, though. “The value of it is to maximize the engagement of as many of our alumni and parents and students and friends as possible,” Gutmann said. “And it’s fun.” While Penn-specific events such as Hey Day and Commencement can typically be expected to shine on social media, Griffin said, “some weirder things work well, too.” Griffin added that Penn references in pop culture are “always a hit.” The University has seen spikes in social media attention from such television shows as Suits, Pretty Little Liars and True Blood. “Yeah, it’s a little frivolous, but when @Penn responds to these things in a tongue-in-cheek way, it makes the brand more fun and engaging,” Griffin said. “And if you can’t be fun on social media from time to time, then you’re missing out.”
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justice. No f---ing peace.” and “F--- the police,” according to reporters on Twitter. Mayor Michael Nutter held a press conference at City Hall at 11 p.m., noting that officials in Ferguson “botched this entire tragedy” from the beginning in the way they handled the situation. “It’s very disheartening. If we really take a look at the situation, we’re not talking about a conviction; we’re just talking about the ability to get to the bottom of what happened,” Johnson said. Twitter user Lucas D’Agostino told The Daily Pennsylvanian the decision was “tragic” and that “racism and oppression continue to dominate in the U.S.” What perhaps is most telling is that this did not come as a surprise to some students. “I wanted to believe in Amer-
ica,” said College senior Kyle Webster, the president of Onyx Senior Honor Society, though he was “ready” for tonight’s decision. “I didn’t want to experience it, but I was ready for it. This is once again an affirmation about the value of marginalized communities in America,” that they do not matter, he said. The shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown has stayed in the national consciousness for more than four months now, bringing to light conversations about police brutality and systematic inequality and discrimination against blacks in America to the mainstream media. On campus, it has resulted in countless discussions among student groups as well as action — such as the creation of the Black Ivy League coalition and the Ferguson Friday demonstrations of SOUL. Managing Editor Amanda Suarez contributed reporting.
Yossi Klein Halevi criticizes ‘emotional gap’ between Israeli and American Jews BRIGITTE DESNOES Contributing Writer
“Horror.” “Sadness.” “Disappointment.” Last night, when author and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi asked the audience to express their feelings about the massacre last Tuesday of 30 worshippers at a Jerusalem synagogue, these were the words that the audience, which consisted primarily of American Jews, chose. The audience’s answers, however, exemplified the very problem Halevi addressed in his talk. In a lecture co-hosted by J Street UPENN and the Penn Israel Public Affairs Committee, both part of Hillel’s Israel sector, Halevi expressed his deep concern about the growing “emotional gap” between Israeli and American Jews. He said that the Israeli Jews’ responses to the same
question would likely elicit words like anger and fear rather than sadness and disappointment. In a world in which the majority of the world’s Jewish population is concentrated between the United States and Israel, the need to address this gap is only growing, Halevi said. Given this fact, Halevi’s primary fear — what he termed his “nightmare vision” — is a world in which each Jewish community becomes a “prisoner of its geographical circumstances,” in which individuals in certain cultures are turned so inward that they have trouble understanding alternative perspectives. Halevi engaged the audience by digging into the history of IsraeliAmerican relations to assess how their interests diverged over time. After Israel was created, Halevi said, tension emerged between the
Jewish populations in the U.S. and Israel. “Two creative centers of Jewish life emerged with virtually no understanding of the inner Jewish life,” Halevi said, adding that these tensions were exacerbated by concerns about “dual loyalty” among American Jews. At the conclusion of his talk, Halevi called for American Jews to recognize their “responsibility to deepen the conversation.” He urged American Jews to criticize Israel
only once they had acquired a point of cultural understanding. Otherwise, Halevi said, they would only confirm the “American naivety” stereotype held by many Israelis. The issue is complex, but Halevi was optimistic about the potential for a sustainable and healthy relationship between American and Israeli Jews. PIPAC plans to host monthly discussions on other controversial Israeli issues beginning next semester.
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After a delay, student leaders and Student Financial Services are taking steps to finalize the student financial advisory board proposed last December in order to bridge relations between the student body and SFS. Student leaders gathered Monday evening in the Office of Student Registration and Financial Services to celebrate the inauguration of the Student Financial Services Advisory Board. The Undergraduate Assembly, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly and representatives from the 5B groups, Penn’s main cultural umbrella organizations, were all in attendance. The board’s objectives are two-fold: first, to work with SFS to generate policies and content that help students and second, to communicate information more effectively to the student body. “The investment in transparency is really the biggest piece of the board,� University Director of Financial Aid Joel Carstens said. “We want to
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Quinn said that Blough was receptive to these changes, and the nursing administrators, such as Assistant Dean for Admissions and Academic Affairs Christina Clark, will meet next week to discuss the changes. Quinn also wants to hold CPR courses through Student Nurses at Penn in the fall and spring semesters to help nursing students with the compliance requirements. Lastly, Quinn is compiling a tip guide about compliance with important dates and resources. Blough will distribute this guide to students after it is complete. Quinn said that Blough was “open to suggestions,� and the system was “changing a lot.� College Day On Friday, the Undergraduate Assembly held a College day for 32 students from Lea Elementary School. The goal of the event was
to expose the students to college life and get them excited about going to college. The UA worked with the Quaker Opportunity and Access Team, Kite and Key and the Office of Government and Community Affairs to host and plan the event. The students attended a full day of events, including a mock Management 100 class, City Step performance and a speech from Chaplain Chaz Howard to end the day. College sophomore Ray Clark, one of the UA representatives who worked on the project, said that it was “heartwarming to see young children impacted this way.� UA Representative and College junior Jane Meyer said that this project is ongoing because the UA hopes to solidify the partnership with the Opportunity and Access Team.
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At the Nov. 23 meeting, the Undergraduate Assembly’s Nursing representative proposed that administrators reduce the fines that Nursing students pay if they miss the compliance deadline. Nursing compliance changes UA Representative and Nursing junior Leah Quinn met with Associate Director of Student Information and Clinical Contracts Brooke Natalie Blough to discuss compliance deadlines in the Nursing school. Currently, nursing students have a compliance deadline each year, and if they do not meet this deadline, they are fined. Quinn proposed a reduction in the fine Nursing students must pay if they miss the compliance deadline and a change to the date that nursing students must be compliant by.
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now we get to communicate our concerns to a board that has the power to change policies,� UA representative and College sophomore Taha Tariq said. “We get to make an impact on other students we represent.� Some groups have been more involved than others. “We don’t know where we tie into it yet,� School of Design graduate student and GAPSA representative Taylor Knoche said. “We didn’t really have any issues other than loans not being reimbursed right away.�
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staff. “We were talking with SFS about how interactions between students and SFS are more difficult for the students we represent,� said UMOJA Planning and Facilitating Co-Chair Abrina Hyatt. “We wanted to bridge the relationship between students and SFS and guide future efforts.� Over the last year, student groups across campus have jumped on board. “This is exciting because students use SFS so much and
Are Penn students getting enough sleep? Most likely not, but science may eventually offer a solution. Post-doctoral research fellow Robbert Havekes and his research team have found that cognitive impairments resulting from sleep deprivation may not be completely untreatable. College freshman Anuj Amin, who is a contributing writer for the Daily Pennsylvanian, blatantly said, “I don’t get enough sleep here.� Amin slept four to five hours a night on average during his first semester at Penn, though he hopes to increase that number. “But it’s hard when you always feel like you have to work, to the point where it’s giving you insomnia,� he said. He is not alone in his sentiments. “I feel like people are preoccupied by so many distractions,� said Col-
lege freshman Sujatha Changolkar. “It’s not that Penn gives us too much work, it’s just that there’s so much else to do here besides homework, and there’s no time in between to sleep.� The results of sleep deprivation are notorious — memory-loss and a lack of awareness are common symptoms of a sleepyhead. Havekes has done research in sleep-deprivation-induced cognitive impairments for a decade. The fact that people aren’t getting enough sleep “is something everybody understands. [...] There are more societal pressures to do work and lose out on sleep than there were 50 years ago,� Havekes said, and the trend only seems to be increasing. Along with other scientists from Penn, Havekes investigated certain cells and signal pathways in the brain that are responsible for sleep-affected memory loss. Sleepdeprived lab mice were given in-
jections of octopamine to prevent memory loss due to sleep deprivation. The mice that were given injections performed memory trials just as well as those that had slept sufficiently. But Havekes was careful to say that we aren’t about to stumble upon a cure-all drug to prevent the symptoms of sleep deprivation. His research is starting to help scientists understand how and why memory loss happens in the brain from a lack of sleep, but the whole body is affected when sleep is missed. For example, diabetes and certain cancers can result from extreme sleep deprivation. Many people already attempt to overcome their sleep deprivation with a common drug — caffeine. But, Havekes believes that any such sleep-replacing drug is far from development. Although, he noted that a remedy to sleep deprivation would likely have a large market, as so many people need more sleep.
students to get involved,� Foley said. Politicians and politically active students are already excited by the prospects that the convention could bring to the city. “We think that ... it’s really exciting for the national spotlight to be on Philadelphia,� Vice
President of College Republicans and College sophomore Jennifer Knesbach said. Nutter called it “terrific news� for the city. “Having [the convention] a SEPTA ride away would be an amazing opportunity,� Foley said.
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junior Sean Foley said would be a great opportunity for new and returning students. “If Philadelphia receives it, I think there would be a huge wealth of opportunities for Penn
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W. Hoops to face New Hampshire BY STEVEN TYDINGS From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ Penn women’s basketball faces some stiff competition on Tuesday, taking on a New Hampshire squad that has yet to lose this season. The 3-0 Wildcats just finished a victory over Brown, which the Quakers defeated twice last season. Here are three keys to victory if Penn wants to move to 3-1 before Thanksgiving break.
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The junior guard has been a force for New Hampshire early on this season, averaging 23 points a game while playing in two of the Wildcats’ three contests. A second-team All-America East selection last season, Belanger seems to have taken her game to the next level, particularly in a 27-point effort against Howard. If Penn wants to hand New Hampshire its first loss on the season, it will be on the Quakers’ suffocating defense to contain Belanger.
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“It is just coach placing an emphasis on it in practice, letting everyone know it’s what he wants,” senior captain Tony Hicks said. “Even in film, he’ll say, ‘You’re supposed to be crashing right now.’” The Quakers’ ability to rebound will be a focal point against Temple (2-2) on Tuesday. The Owls have struggled shooting the ball (last in the American conference) but have been proficient on the boards, as coach Fran Dunphy has a team with a lot of height. Due to proximity, Penn’s players have a lot of familiarity with the Owls and know each of their players well, which raises the stakes of Tuesday’s game. “It means a lot,” Hicks said. “There’s definitely bragging
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beating ranked wrestlers by the end of the season. On top of all of that, Martino hopes to reclaim his dominance in terms of scoring bonus points for the Red and Blue by taking the team pin title back from senior Lorenzo Thomas. There’s no doubt that the best part of Martino’s game
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In Penn’s first victory of the season, Sydney Stipanovich led the way with 15 points, but the game was much more about defense than offense. The second victory came in large part thanks to the offensive fury of junior guard Keiera Ray. Whether it is Stipanovich, Ray, senior captain Kara Bonenberger or someone else, the Red and Blue will need to have a player take over the offensive load in the way that Alyssa Baron did last season.
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FRESHMAN FORWARD SAM JONES Is the weather the biggest thing you miss about Arizona? No, I miss my friends and family the most, but the weather is definitely great. And I just miss home. Best dressed of your teammates? Worst dressed? I know the worst dressed for sure is de f ini tel y M at t H oward. B e s t dressed? Depends on the day. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, definitely Shawn Simmons. I don’t know why. I’m trying to figure it out. Favorite thing to do on a basketball court? Shoot the ball.
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Three things you would take with you on a deserted island? A basketball, a cell phone and a computer to keep up on everything.
Outside of a matchup with No. 4 Tennessee, the Red and Blue have outrebounded opponents by an average of 9.5 boards per game on the early season. The Wildcats, on the other hand, have beaten their opponents on the glass by 8.3 boards per contest after struggling with rebounding margin last season. With Bonenberger, Stipanovich, senior Katy Allen and others in the post, Penn has made its mark in the paint in its last two victories and will need to continue doing so.
Sophomore center Sydney Stipanovich will figure to be a major factor in the Red and Blue’s matchup with New Hampshire.
rights that go into it. We know all the guys on the opposing teams. During the offseason, we hang out with them, play pickup with them. It definitely means a lot to have that edge over them.” It won’t just be the players with some familiarity at the Liacouras Center, as Dunphy was Penn’s coach from 1989-2006, recruiting and coaching Allen along the way. It will be the second straight former mentor that Allen will face after taking on former Penn assistant and current Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon on Saturday. “I used to complain about how much film coach O’Hanlon made me watch and I ended up turning into him as a coach,” Allen said. “I think everything’s documented how much time we spent together and what those guys mean to me but it is not necessar-
ily about me. It’s not about Fran Dunphy … I want to beat him as bad as he wants to beat me.” After facing Temple, the Quakers will spend Thanksgiving break together. Last season, the Red and Blue volunteered at a homeless shelter before heading to Allen’s house. This year, the team will likely spend time with Jon Jon, a five-year-old cancer patient who Hicks described as “like our team mascot.” The team doesn’t get a traditional Thanksgiving or winter break and instead spend the time as a collective group. “We bond a lot during those times,” Hicks said. “There’s no one on campus besides us so we’re around each other all the time. It means a lot.” Only time will tell whether that time together will pay off on the court.
is his ability to dominate on top. However, when asked what position he would pick if he had a choice in the third period of a close match, he replied that he would likely choose neutral out of habit. Although he admits he may need to rethink that strategy. “There’s been a couple of matches in the past where we’ve kind of looked at each other and been like ‘Huh, maybe we should’ve picked top there,’” Martino said.
To this, Tirapelle chuckled. But of course there is one thing most important to Tirapelle about Martino. “I want him to be healthy most of all,” he said. Still, the junior is more than just an asset for his ability on the mat. This season Martino and the Quakers hope it will all come together for the junior wrestler, so that he can be who the Red and Blue lean on for emotional support as well the guy whom they rely on to record a crucial pin. Regardless of which role is required, Martino is more than capable of conquering it head on with a smile.
Are you sure you’re gonna have very good reception out there? I’m gonna work on that and develop something. I mean, I listen to music on my laptop. I need something to look at. Secret talent? I guess I can juggle. Not very well, but I can do it. Favorite Taylor Swift song? I don’t even know any of the songs’ names. The only one I know of is “she wears short shorts, I wear T-shirts.” Whatever that one is.
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not sure whether Penn can play a “sexy” game or not either. However, it is true that good defense is rarely pretty. Good defense is imposing, physically and mentally. It disrupts rhythm and incites panic in an offense. Good defense makes its opponents work hard for every pass, contests shots and puts pressure on ball handlers. And perhaps most of all, good defense involves an entire team’s commitment to playing with tenacity. Penn has shown the ability to bully and out-hustle its opponents on the offensive boards, but it needs to demonstrate the same grittiness on the defensive end as well. Otherwise even the lowliest of NCAA teams will make it pay when they repeatedly reach the paint off the dribble, get to the free throw 30 or more times in a game and find open shooters on the perimeter against Penn. This Red and Blue squad has plenty to learn before Ivy League play starts in January and ample time to define its identity. No matter how it gets the job done — pretty or ugly — the team needs to get defensive stops. And if it can’t be pretty, then by all means make it ugly and win. The fans will be more than happy with that identity. KENNY KASPER is a senior philosophy major from Santa Rosa, Calif., and is a senior staff writer of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.
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Penn coach Jerome Allen knows that his team’s identity crisis has been a major contributor to its struggles thus far this season and something he needs to address.
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After an injury filled sophomore year, junior Keiera Ray seems out to prove herself again for women’s hoops. Ray led the way for the Quakers against Navy on Saturday, scoring 22 points after putting up just 37 points in 11 games last season.
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One last victory Penn football has struggled this year, but the Red and Blue came together for a big win in Al Bagnoli’s s final game of his 23-year career at Penn. After the win over Cornell, the squad gave Bagnoli a celebratory Gatorade shower.
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SQUASH’D (Part One) Men’s squash started its season in style, beating three ranked squads in dominant fashion. The Quakers beat No. 13 Bates, 7-2, before sweeping No. 23 Colby and No. 22 Bowdoin.
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Women’s squash was not to be outdone by its male counterparts, sweeping Bates, Colby and Bowdoin over the weekend. Sophomore Anaka Alankamony led the way in the No. 1 spot on the ladder.
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embraced his leadership role on Saturday against Lafayette, dishing out 13 assists to tie a program-record while facilitating Penn’s offensive efforts.
Look out below! With Hicks passing well, someone had to be scoring, right? Right! Freshman Mike Auger had 18 points with his most impressive basket coming in the second half. His one-handed dunk gave the Palestra crowd something to cheer about in an 83-77 loss.
Lorenzo leads the way
With wrestling hosting the Keystone Classic, Penn’s senior leader was the man for the Red and Blue. Lorenzo Thomas made the finals and finished second at 184 pounds while sophomore Caleb Richardson placed third at 133 pounds.
Not (bad at) Penn State
Penn fencing headed to State College, Pa., this weekend in the Garret Penn State Open. The Quakers had 16 fencers score high enough to make the Table of 16, with seven men and nine women placing that high.
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In his final game for Penn football, senior receiver Spencer Kulcsar had one of the best performances of his career. The senior caught 11 passes for 187 yards while adding three touchdowns to the winning cause. Graphic by Laine Higgins
ollowing the Quakers’ 83-77 loss to Lafayette Saturday night, Penn basketball coach Jerome Allen said the 2014-15 edition of the Quakers is sorting out who they are. This comment surprises exactly no one who has been around the past two seasons, during which identity crises have been a common refrain for the Red and Blue. Virtually any team that records back-to-back single-digit win seasons will deny having found its identity because losing is tied to identity as much as anything else. Merely possessing an identity isn’t the problem for the Quakers. Two seasons ago, the Red and Blue were largely defined by turning over the ball and filling the stat sheet with unsightly numbers of personal fouls. Last season featured much of the same. Penn doesn’t just need an identity — it needs an identity that will make it a winner. Admittedly, it is an encouraging sign to see that the Quakers have averaged nearly two fewer turnovers per game to start this season. Even more impressive, the Red and Blue have pulled down 35.3 rebounds per game in their first three games — almost four more than two seasons ago. The uptick in production on the boards is largely a result of the team snatching an Ivy League best 15.3 offensive rebounds per game, which has helped jumpstart its offense. But you’ll notice that where it counts — in the win column — Penn has laid a goose egg. Fortunately, it doesn’t take Billy Beane or Phil Jackson to notice that the squad has conceded 77.7 points per game, and unless the team’s identity involves shooting lights out every time it hits the floor (hint: it doesn’t), it will be rather difficult for the Quakers to win any games at all. The Red and Blue’s record over the past three seasons when their opponent scores 77 or more points is an abysmal 1-16. When Penn has won in that span, its opponents scored fewer than 77 points 94.1 percent of the time. This trend played out in front of the Palestra crowd Saturday night, when Penn’s efforts fell short despite shooting 50 percent from the field and tallying 15 offensive rebounds because the Leopards put up 83 points to the Quakers’ 77. On the matter of identity, Allen said, “Right now we think we can play a sexy game, and that’s just not us.” I’m SEE KASPER PAGE 7
Quakers spending Thanksgiving on the road against familiar foes M. HOOPS | Penn faces Temple and Wagner over break BY STEVEN TYDINGS Senior Sports Editor Four games into the 2014-15 season, it is time for Penn basketball to hit the road. The Red and Blue will be active over Thanksgiving break, heading to Temple on Tuesday evening for their first Big 5 game of the year before traveling to Wagner on Saturday. The Quakers (0-3) are coming off three consecutive losses on their homecourt, the last of which came against Lafayette on Saturday. Against the Leopards, freshman forward Mike Auger stood out, putting up 18 points and nine rebounds to lead the squad. His tenacity on the offensive glass drew the praise of coach Jerome Allen and helped Penn
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stay in the game. However, he left early with an injury and the team is unsure of his status moving forward. “I would hope that he’s physically ready to go,” Allen said. “It is of the utmost importance that he spends as much time as he possibly can connected with the group on the floor. “Hopefully he’s fine, but it hasn’t been determined yet.” Regardless of Auger’s status, the team has been improved in crashing the offensive glass on the young season. Last year, Penn finished sixth in the Ancient Eight in offensive rebounds but has been tops in the Ancient Eight so far this season, averaging 5.7 more offensive boards per game. SEE M. HOOPS PAGE 7
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Martino battles through injury, emerges as leader WRESTLING | The junior looks to regain form on the mats BY THOMAS MUNSON Associate Sports Editor
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When a knee injury forced junior wrestler Brooks Martino to sit out his sophomore campaign, he could’ve done just that: sit out. With a demanding course load, the underclassman could’ve done what most Ivy League athletes would do — focus on his studies and come back to the team the following year. But Martino isn’t like most Ivy League athletes. “I really got the sense, even in the first two months I was here that he bled Red and Blue. It was all about Penn wrestling,” first-year coach Alex Tirapelle said
of his captain. “He’s the type of guy I think any coach would want in his program.” Last year, as the Quakers drilled double leg takedowns and shot defense, Martino developed another side of his game. “Last year I learned a lot about how to be a leader off the mat,” Martino says. The 157-pounder notes that he has always been an energetic guy who likes to make people laugh in addition to leading by example. That’s why it should have been no surprise when he emerged last year as the emotional leader of the team. He’s hoping this year will be different though, as Martino looks forward to getting back on the mat. “I can’t even explain it,” Martino said. “Last year, it was really aggravating just
sitting here literally every day just watching the guys work hard. I couldn’t be happier to be back in the room.” Still, it was his ability to push past the annoyance of being sidelined that allowed him to emerge into the leader that Tirapelle saw from day one this year. “It was kind of an easy decision [to say] ‘Hey this is a guy who should be expressing his opinion to the team and be leading the guys going forward,’” Tirapelle explained. The wrestler who led the team in pins his freshman year en route to a 15-7 record expects big things from himself this season. “My goal is initially to get that starting spot,” Martino said, before adding that he wants to be SEE WRESTLING PAGE 7 CONTACT US: 215-422-4640