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Penn Book Center now called ‘People’s Books & Culture’ Penn Book Center to undergo renovations along with name change ASHLEY AHN Senior Reporter
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Three months after a change in ownership, the Penn Book Center was renamed “People’s Books & Culture” to distinguish the center from the University-owned Penn Bookstore. The center will also undergo several renovations in an effort to attract more customers. The Penn Book Center announced in May its plan to close after 60 years of business, citing financial hardship. After several protests and a petition with more than 5,000 signatures called on Penn to help the bookstore stay open, the University extended the bookstore’s lease until the end of August. The bookstore was sold that month to new owners Matthew Duques, an English professor at the University of North Alabama, and his wife, writer Diana Bellonby. Duques said in his few months running the bookstore, workers often had to redirect people
A wintry mix disrupted travel plans for Penn students returning from Thanksgiving break
New magazine showcases ‘Faces of Black Penn’ The magazine will distribute its first issue on Dec. 8 ANDIE PINGA Staff Reporter
From a fashion designer who creates her own clothing to an engineer who raps in his free time, black undergraduate students at Penn are showcased in Faces of Black Penn, a new magazine created by the Black Student League to celebrate diversity in the black community. The magazine includes inter-
views with and photographs of black students who hail from all four undergraduate schools and are involved with several activities on campus. “We wanted to showcase the diversity of the black community and show that blackness is not a monolith,” BSL President and College senior Christine Olagun-Samuel said. “There’s so many different aspects of blackness and people who understand their blackness in different ways.” While Faces of Black Penn will be published on their website, the
BSL will also print 110 copies and distribute the magazine at a launch party on Dec. 8 in the ARCH building. Taylor McLendon, a rapper singer-songwriter and 2015 Wharton alumna who is known as “Ivy Sole,” will perform. Olagun-Samuel worked on Faces of Black Penn with BSL Marketing Chair and College and Wharton sophomore Hadja Diallo over the summer, accepting applications from students willing to share their stories. Olagun-Samuel first came up with the idea for the magazine in fall 2018, inspired by the
“they’re targeting not only a Penn clientele but also Philadelphia clientele”
popular photojournalism series, “Humans of New York,” which publishes photographs and short interviews with random people in New York City. The project was originally supposed to be an ad campaign, but Diallo said she wanted to expand the project after seeing the success of La Vida, Penn’s only Latinxinterest magazine. “After the first day of shooting, I just felt like we could do more for the community,” Diallo said. “Just
who came into the store to buy Penn T-shirts and merchandise, mistaking the Penn Book Center for the Penn Bookstore. “We don’t mind redirecting people, but we prefer to have a name that indicates autonomy of the store and allows us to keep doing great events and sell the kind of books we keep selling,”
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Penn Transit to offer free shuttles to Trader Joe’s
Wharton graduate and media mogul Cenk Uygur runs for Congress in Calif.
The UA announced the service on its Facebook page
He founded the liberal YouTube channel The Young Turks
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The Undergraduate Assembly announced Thursday that Penn Transit will begin offering a free shuttle service to Trader Joe’s in Center City for Penn students. The shuttle will run on Thursdays and Saturdays from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., according to the UA’s Facebook post. The bus will run on a continuous loop departing at 45-minute intervals. The bus, which will be operated by Penn Transit, can hold 40 seated passengers with additional room for standing. The bus is expected to carry between 160 to 180 riders per day, the post said. The shuttle service will first go through a trial run, which will last from Dec. 5 to Feb. 1. Following the trial run, the UA and Penn Transit will decide whether or not to continue the service based on participation and student feedback. UA Dining, Housing, and Transit Committee Director Maria Curry said the initiative is part of an effort to provide healthy and affordable dining options for Penn students. Curry said the idea to provide free
shuttles to Trader Joe’s came up at a semesterly meeting with Penn Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli, in which the UA has been pushing for easier access to healthier food options. Curry said it would be ideal if there were a Trader Joe’s on campus, and Carnaroli suggested that Penn Transit could provide shuttles directly there. Trader Joe’s was chosen because of its established popularity among students, said Curry, who is a College and Wharton senior. Penn Transit currently offers shuttles in the evenings to fixed drop-off locations on and around campus. The nearest shuttle stop to Trader Joe’s is currently 20th and Locust streets, which is 0.5 miles from the grocery store. “Students are already going there, so this is simply making it easier for them,” Curry said, adding that this service will alleviate the cost of an Uber or SEPTA ride into Center City. Curry said she feels optimistic about the popularity of the shuttle service, and mentioned that the UA’s announcement on Facebook was one of the group’s most popular Facebook posts, with 198 likes and 279 SEE TRANSIT PAGE 8
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From Donald Trump to Elizabeth Warren to Joe Biden, figures with strong Penn connections are well represented in American politics. Now, 1992 Wharton graduate and liberal activist Cenk Uygur may be the latest Penn-related individual in politics. On Nov. 14, Uygur officially announced his candidacy for Katie Hill’s vacant congressional seat in California’s 25th district, which encompasses parts of northern Los Angeles County. A special election has been scheduled to fill the seat Hill recently resigned from amid allegations of inappropriate relations with a staffer. While Bernie Sanders supporters at Penn said they would enthusiastically support Uygur’s candidacy, more moderate Democrats expressed doubts because of Uygur’s history of controversial statements. Uygur, who has never before ran for elected office, is the founder of The Young Turks, a progressive online outlet with over 4.5 million subscribers on YouTube. Uygur is widely popular with Sanders supporters, and in mid-November, Uygur endorsed Sanders’ presiden-
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While Sanders supporters at Penn said they would support Uygur, moderate Democrats expressed doubts because of Uygur’s history of controversial
tial bid. Yet Uygur’s announcement has drawn attention to controversial statements he made before becoming a political liberal. As a columnist for The Daily Pennsylvanian in the 1990s, Uygur penned divisive articles on subjects such as his disdain for “radical feminism” and his
belief that the Armenian genocide never occurred. Uygur also authored misogynistic blog posts in the early 2000s. One excerpt reads, “Obviously, the genes of women are flawed. They are poorly designed
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Penn clubs backing Warren and Sanders vie for support The progressives aim to win Democratic primary GRANT BIANCO Senior Reporter
With two months to go until the 2020 Democratic presidential primary kicks off in Iowa, former Vice President Joe Biden leads the field in national polls. But behind Biden, progressive Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are battling to overtake the moderate candidate and claim the nomination. The campaigns of Warren and Sanders are attracting national attention as a fight between two candidates seen as champions of the
left-wing of the Democratic party. Currently, Sanders is in second place nationally with 18.3% support, followed by Warren in third with 15.8%. At Penn, two student groups are bringing the national battle onto Penn’s campus, where a similar divide exists. Leaders of Penn for Bernie estimate it has about 40 to 50 active members, while leaders of Penn for Warren estimate it has about 20. Students leaders of Penn for Warren and Penn for Bernie have increased their outreach to outside organizations, as students at Penn seek to prove to their peers that their candidate is the best champion of the leftist movement.
Penn for Warren President and College sophomore Abby Clyde, who founded the group, said the students have focused on bolstering Warren’s candidacy by phone banking in early voting states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire. Warren was a Penn Law professor in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before teaching at Harvard and winning a Senate seat in 2012. The Massachusetts progressive gained momentum in the 2020 Democratic race over the summer and overtook Biden in national polls. But in recent weeks, Warren’s rise in the polls has stalled, which experts attribute to her rollout of a Medicare for All plan. Warren’s status as a relative new-
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comer in politics and her emphasis on combatting corruption makes her an attractive candidate, Clyde said. Penn for Warren has an email listserv of 200 students, with 20 of those students as currently active members. “A big issue for us is she’s going to try and break that system down, and make sure that the people’s voice is actually being heard by stopping that corruption,” Clyde said. “There are so many things that are not working.” Penn for Bernie President and College sophomore Jack Cahill said the group has reached out to outside organizations to further promote their candidate, working with Philly for Bernie and the national campaign. Sanders may visit West Philadelphia at the end of March, Cahill said. Penn for Bernie Co-President and College sophomore Amira Chowdhury said Sanders’ decades-long fight for progressive values and lowincome, working families “beats any other candidate.” Sanders’ campaign drew criti-
cism this fall for failing to replicate his strong 2016 primary performance, where he closely challenged former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But after he suffered a heart attack in October, Sanders picked up an endorsement from high-profile Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) and recently overtook Warren for second in the RealClear Politics national polling average for the first time since the summer. The candidates have split progressive Democrats on campus, with Sanders’ advocates claiming he is the authentic voice of progressives, while Warren supporters argue that her support for capitalism and marginalized communities make her the better presidential contender. Cahill criticized Warren’s inconsistency and said her relatively recent leftward shift proved she could not be trusted to implement progressive policies. “A lot of what she says she believes in now, is conveniently what she starts to believe now that she’s running for president,” Cahill said
of Warren. “[Bernie’s] the one you can really trust to actually implement what he really believes in.” Penn for Warren Vice President and College sophomore Claire Ochroch, however, said Warren’s plans are more inclusive of marginalized communities than Sanders’ campaign, citing Warren’s plan for funding historically black colleges and universities. “Her rhetoric is much more inclusive than Bernie’s is,” said Ochroch, who is a former Daily Pennsylvanian staffer. “She’s ready to include people in her version in a way Bernie is not.” Clyde added that Warren’s defense for capitalism makes her a more attractive candidate than Sanders, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist. “[Warren] believes that markets can work, but only when they are regulated and only when there is someone in the government looking out for the people,” Clyde said. Warren received endorsements from Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner this fall.
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Quad residents upset with noisy construction across the street Wharton building under construction since 2018
noise concerns by restricting sidewalks and public pathways. College freshman Juliette Morfin said that while the noise isn’t too bothersome, the construction makes it difficult for her to maneuver her bike around campus without being late to class. “I park my bike near 37th and Spruce, so instead of hav-
ing this wide pathway where I could walk my bike down until I get on Spruce, I have to weave through this little tiny path and bring my bike down steps,” Morfin said. In recent days, this pathway has gotten even smaller, forcing students to walk up several steps to avoid construction in front of Vance Hall.
Mike Dausch, executive director of design and construction for Facilities & Real Estate Services, said he does not consider the current construction to be particularly disruptive. The current work includes the installation of the exterior facade of the building, Dausch said. Dausch explained that construction goals are balanced
with student concerns, particularly by attempting to complete most of the loudest work over the summer. “During the academic year construction activities are delayed until 7 a.m., and as much as possible when loud work is necessary, the contractors attempt to delay that until 8 a.m.,” Dausch said.
On Nov. 22, construction days were extended from just the workweek to include Saturdays, according to an email sent to residents of Ware and Fisher by Residential Services. College freshman Karlei Kongsiri, who lives in FisherHassenfeld, is also bothered by the construction noise, but said she feels powerless to do anything to prevent it. “I heard that there was another construction thing and someone complained about it and their complaints got turned down, so I figured that the same would happen,” Kongsiri said, referring to complaints surrounding the construction of New College House West. “It wakes me up every morning,” Kongsiri said, which leads to her taking naps to catch up on lost rest. Neither Residential Services nor FRES said they have received any formal complaints regarding noise coming from the construction of the Wharton Academic Research Building. Going forward, Dausch said the amount of noise is expected to decrease as the building becomes more enclosed, the exterior of the structure is completed, and work moves to the interior. The Wharton Academic Research building is one of many new projects that are meant to pop up on campus within the next three years. The building will include classrooms, group study rooms, research centers, and shared conference rooms.
nie Hasford, who is featured in the magazine, spoke about her work as co-chair of the Counseling and Psychological Services advisory board and her goal of creating more access to mental health resources for low-income, inner-city communities.
“We are a minority on campus and a lot of the time, we don’t have these platforms where we get to feel important,” Hasford said. “It was really interesting and important for us to see that we can do anything that we set our minds to in a place like this that was
not created for us. We’re making space for ourselves here.” College junior Sia-Linda Lebbie is also featured in the magazine for her work on her podcast, The Trillest, which is hosted by The Daily Pennsylvanian. She said she hopes the magazine can provide inspiration for current and future Penn students. “The younger generation can
come to school, look at this magazine, and say, ‘This is what my predecessors did, and I can do much better,’” Lebbie said. Olagun-Samuel said she hopes that Faces of Black Penn can become an annual magazine with profiles that include black graduate students, faculty, and alumni. Diallo said she also plans to collaborate with
other black organizations on campus to spotlight a diversity of students. “Sometimes the black experience here at Penn is overlooked in terms of what we can do as a community,” Diallo said. “I’m hoping that other clubs within the black community are inspired [by the magazine] to take on larger projects, if they want to.”
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Students living in the Quad say they are frustrated by the disturbances caused by construction taking place across the street, complaining about early-morning noise and restricted walkways. The Wharton Academic Research Building, located at the intersection of 37th and Spruce streets, has been under construction since spring 2018 and is expected to be completed by the end of August 2020. Residents of Fisher-Hassenfeld College House and Ware College House, however, said the construction is too loud and wakes students up early in the morning. In an email sent to Quad residents on Aug. 22, the day following move-in, Senior Residential Services Manager Nayadis Couce wrote, “The typical hours of the project are 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with noisy work starting after 8 a.m.” Phoebe Lapinski, a resident of Ware and College freshman, said she is woken up every morning around 8 a.m. by the construction. “There’s lots of drilling, jackhammering, anything of that sort, and so I’m always woken up by the noise,” Lapinski said. The construction has also frustrated students outside of
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The Wharton Academic Research Building, located at the intersection of 37th and Spruce streets, has been under construction since spring 2018 and is expected to be completed by the end of August 2020. Quad residents complain the construction wakes them early in the morning.
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Alum donates $6 million to Penn health care program Roderick Wong endowed PennHealthX in his name KATIE BUSCH Staff Reporter
2003 Perelman School of Medicine graduate Roderick Wong gifted $6 million to the school’s PennHealthX program to endow the program in his name, according to a Medical School press release. PennHealthX is a studentled organization that integrates business and medicine for students who are interested in health care management and entrepreneurship. The organization facilitates networking, educational events, and financial support for medical students. Wong, who serves on the advisory board of PennHealthX, said he made the donation because he wanted to help
PennHealthX influence the careers of students interested in business and medicine. Wong previously donated $300,000 to PennHealthX in 2014. “The program embodies the values that paved the way for me to find my own career path,” Wong wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian. PennHealthX offers different opportunities to medical students, such as the ability to participate in interdisciplinary conferences, events, and program-funded labs. They also produce a podcast and blog. The podcast was founded in 2017 by Penn Medicine student Ryan O’Keefe to highlight innovation in the healthcare industry. “The founders of PennHealthX and the amazing teams that have followed have taken their own passion
for innovation, technology, and business and created a wonderful way for many more students to get exposure to exciting things happening in and around medicine,” Wong wrote. With the aid of his donation, Wong said he hopes the benefits PennHealthX offers will be available to students for many years to come. “I’m simply excited for PennHealthX to be one enduring platform that gives students the ability to shape their own education and potentially impact medicine early in their careers,” Wong wrote. “Every year I look forward to the amazing ideas that emerge from each new group, and get to watch as students inspire each other to think about how they can impact medicine in new and interesting ways.”
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Penn students, donate unwanted items this holiday season
MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2019 VOL. CXXXV, NO. 58 135th Year of Publication JULIA SCHORR President SARAH FORTINSKY Executive Editor ALICE HEYEH Print Director BEN ZHAO Digital Director ISABELLA SIMONETTI Opinion Editor MADELEINE NGO Senior News Editor THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS Senior Sports Editor GILLIAN DIEBOLD Senior Design Editor JESS TAN Design Editor LUCY FERRY Design Editor TAMSYN BRANN Design Editor GIOVANNA PAZ News Editor MANLU LIU News Editor MAX COHEN News Editor DEENA ELUL Assignments Editor
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he period of time between Thanksgiving and New Year is one associated with giving: We give thanks, we give cheer, and we give gifts. There’s nothing wrong with giving or receiving material items — the tradition itself is meant to demonstrate to the people who matter to us that we appreciate them. But what comes with gift-giving is waste. In that same period from the end of November to the beginning of January, Americans produce 25% more trash than during any other time of year. As the holiday season arrives, we as Penn students and as Philadelphians must be conscious of what we’re throwing away. When we can, we must give away items that we would have ordinarily trashed or hoarded, because even the smallest donations can make a difference. As the fashion industry moves quickly from runways to stores and then to consumers, the fashion that was initially new and chic ends up stored in forgotten drawers, in the bottoms of closets, or is simply thrown away. With huge sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, consumers buy these cheap and stylish clothes for loved ones or themselves: Even if they may fade or break after a couple
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the semester. Instead of getting rid of old clothes — or any other object of use that you don’t seem to need anymore — give them to local shelters or thrift stores. Philly AIDS Thrift accepts almost everything (clothing, electronics, even cars), and gives the proceeds from resold items to local organizations involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Drop off food, clothing, personal care items, and educational needs like notebooks and pens at the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission and af-
This holiday season, donate belongings that no longer bring you any use to not only reduce the waste we produce but also so someone else in need can stay warm this winter.”
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of wears, fashion still sells. Particularly as students who generally do not have permanent homes at Penn and move around a lot, it is common to throw things out at the end of
Donations of coats, jackets, scarves, boots, and other unneeded items intended to keep people warm can genuinely save lives.” filiate thrift stores if you want to help Philadelphia’s homeless be fed and sheltered. Penn itself even has Goodwill donation bins (they’re in front of Rodin College House) for your unwanted shoes and clothing. Students can and should donate all year round. It’s especially important, though, in the winter months: Those without places to stay must survive in extreme weather conditions without shelter. Death by hypothermia and frostbite, despite having killed fewer Philadelphians in recent years, is still a real danger for the thousands
of people who find themselves without homes during the winter. Donations of coats, jackets, scarves, boots, and other unneeded items intended to keep people warm can genuinely save lives. There’s no need to feel guilty should you receive fast fashion as gifts or if you find yourself with more belongings than you need. This holiday season, donate belongings that no longer bring you any use to not only reduce the waste we produce, but also so someone else in need can stay warm this winter.
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The Harvard-Yale protest gives me hope
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he scoreboard had Ha rva rd leading 15-3. My friends and I hastily entered the stadium, which was scattered with crimson and blue jerseys, close to halftime. Even as a visiting Penn student, I was swept up in the excitement of this year’s Harvard-Yale game. With over 40,000 students and alumni in the stadium, and more watching on television, the 136th annual game was the perfect occasion for climate activists to disrupt. Following the halftime performance, around 70 Harvard and Yale students settled at the 50 yard line and refused to leave. The crowd went noticeably silent as signs that read, “Nobody Wins: Yale & Harvard Are Complicit in Climate Injustice,” and “This is an Emergency” spread across the crowd. At a time of rivalry, the students at Harvard and Yale formed a coalition to call for their universities to divest their investments in fossil fuels. Seeing student organizing in action was nothing new to me as a Penn student. Just weeks ago, Penn’s own Fossil Free Penn organization shut down a Board of Trustees meeting advocating for divestment and a town hall. And only a few weeks before that, student protesters shut down a Perry World House event hosting former ICE Director Thomas Homan. For some, these disruptive protests bring uneasiness. Amid the demonstration, a loud bellow erupted from the stadium speaker, “Please, as a courtesy to the players, we ask that you leave the field.” Standing among the crowd, I heard similar sentiments. Onlookers began boo-ing
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protesters for stalling the game. A few criticized them for not supporting the players in a crucial match.
never pretty. They are messy, inconvenient, and uncomfortable. They are not “courteous.” They are a last resort — a rallying at-
industry. This was bigger than a football game. At a baseline, those in the crowds have acquired more edu-
As I ran to join the crowds chanting, ‘This is what democracy looks like!’ on the sidelines of the field, I knew this was the kind of freedom my parents immigrated to this country for. This is our future on the line. We do not have the luxury of waiting to be the leaders of tomorrow. We must act now.” These reactions were shocking. As I watched these students come together for a cause that should ignite us all, risking citation and arrest, I felt immense pride. Disruptive protests are
tempt to demand action when diplomatic channels have failed. Along with Penn, Harvard and Yale’s massive endowments, totalling billions of dollars, are invested in the fossil fuel
cational privilege than most of the world. More than anyone, they should feel an obligation to be the change makers many of them promised to be when entering these elite institutions.
St udent orga n izing has proven to be a powerful motor for change. Spanning from protests like the Harvard University living wage sit-ins in the early 2000s, to the more recent Howard University occupation for school improvements, student activists have demanded action from administrators and won. Additionally, pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing and the March for Our Lives rallies in Washington should inspire us to push the boundaries for political action beyond our campus. As I ran to join the crowds chanting, “This is what democracy looks like!” on the sidelines of the field, I knew this was the kind of freedom my parents immigrated to this country for. This is our future on the line. We do not have the luxury of waiting to be the leaders of tomorrow. We must act now. And if we are silenced, we must be disruptive. Yale may have won the game, but the real win happened when students came together and demanded to be seen. UROOBA ABID is a College junior from Long Island, N.Y. studying International Relations. Her email address is uabid@sas.upenn.edu.
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Penn must educate students on birth control THE OXFORD C’MON | Penn needs to take additional steps to encourage safe sex
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eginning in the 20132014 academic year, all that a student on Penn’s campus needs to do to get free condoms is “just ask” the cashier at Student Health Service. This program was designed to eliminate “barriers to students practicing safe sex.” However, if Penn truly wants to commit to helping students have safe sex, it has a responsibility to be more informative and helpful when it comes to birth control. Nationally, it has become more difficult to obtain affordable birth control through one’s employer. In 2017, the Trump administration significantly widened the range of stipulations under which employers could invoke religious or moral beliefs to avoid the Affordable Care Act requirement that birth control pills or other forms of contraception be covered by insurance as an aspect of preventive care. Some 60% of women of reproductive age, aged 15-44, are using some form of birth control, which is 60% of
about what those options are or how to use them. Confused about my options and without enough information, I looked outside of Penn’s campus when my doctor advised I start birth control. As someone with a complicated menstrual history, I’ve done my fair share of googling symptoms and contraceptive options and weighing the costs. I’ve been placed on three different birth control pills, all of which gave me intense side effects without actually regulating my period. This year I decided for the sake
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nearly 61 million women in this country alone. Institutions like our federal government and college administrations should not be making it more difficult for this enormous number of people to access care.
On the SHS website, under the “Contraceptive Options” subheading, not only do multiple links not work — most notably the one that is meant to direct students to information about emergency contraception
care also does not work. Both times I tried, I was directed to blank pages. This is unacceptable. SHS provides three options for contraception: combined oral contraceptives, Depo-Pro-
Our health can’t wait. I clicked one of the links on SHS’s website, wanting to find out what kind of external website they were directing students towards to get more information. The first link did not even function.”
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— but the information that is listed is confusing at best. Additionally, the link that is meant to direct students to make appointments for gynecologic
vera injections, and external and internal condoms. While SHS does list failure rates of other kinds of contraceptive options, they have no information
of my sanity to get an IUD, an intrauterine device, and have been navigating its side effects and acclimation to my body without help, or any listed information, from SHS. Contraception shouldn’t be controversial. It is often a necessary medical decision that students shouldn’t be left to figure out alone. We need accessible, stigma-free bir th control. This also applies to those women who use birth control for reasons other than as a preventive contraceptive. Albeit true, and true to my personal case, women shouldn’t have to be using birth control to manage symptoms and their health in order for their use of it to be valid. Women have sex.
the reason for needing birth control, Penn has a responsibility to provide its students with better information and more accessible appointments. Our health can’t wait. I clicked one of the links on SHS’s website, wanting to find out what kind of external website they were directing students towards to get more information. The first link did not even function. Is that how much women’s health is worth to Penn? A broken link and an assurance that someone else can help? SOPHIA DUROSE is a College junior from Orlando, Fla. studying English. Her email address is sdurose@sas. upenn.edu.
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Conservative and progressive religious groups fiercely disagree about issues of sex and gender. But how did we get here? In this talk, Melissa J. Wilde shows how today’s modern divisions began in the 1930s in the public battles over birth control and not for the reasons we might expect. By examining thirty of America’s most prominent religious groups—from Mormons to Methodists, Southern Baptists to Seventh Day Adventists, and many others— Wilde contends that fights over birth control had little do with sex, women’s rights, or privacy.
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Rep. Scanlon talks at Penn on House impeachment process Scanlon is the vice chair of House Judiciary LAUREN MELENDEZ Staff Reporter
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (DPa.) addressed a group of Penn Law students Nov. 26 to discuss the ongoing impeachment process of President Donald Trump at an event, titled “Impeachment: An Update from the Hill.” Scanlon, who now serves as vice chair of the House Judiciary Committee and who graduated from Penn Law School in 1984, argued that Trump has committed impeachable conduct. She also talked about her path to political office and answered questions from the audience, with Penn Law lecturer Neil Makhija fielding questions. The event was put together by the American Constitution Society, National Lawyers Guild, and Democracy Law Project. Scanlon, who was elected to the United States Congress in 2018, said she and other Democratic members of Congress elected that year came in with a sense that presidential misconduct had occurred. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, however, did not initiate an impeachment inquiry against the president until September 2019. The impeachment inquiry came after a whistleblower alleged Trump used his power as president to push Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate 2020 Democratic primary candidate Joe Biden and his son in an effort to discredit Biden, his opponent. The White House budget office was also ordered to withhold $250 million of U.S. aid to Ukraine, CNN reported. Scanlon, who said she has been calling for an impeachment inquiry since early May, argued that Trump’s conduct would merit impeachment according to the framers of the Constitution. She explained that the framers outlined
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a few examples of impeachable conduct that apply to Trump’s actions, including an executive cheating to get elected and an executive bribing or being bribed by a foreign country. “I can disagree with the President’s morals and I can disagree with his policies, and that’s going to be a matter for the electorate,” Scanlon said. “But when the President is doing things that are undermining our government, that are taking away Congress’ power, that is defying the courts — that’s when we’re talking about impeachable territory.” Scanlon also contrasted the current impeachment process with that of then-President Richard Nixon, saying that today, the media plays a greater role in influencing public opinion. Since March, she added, her office has been working to figure out what will sway public opinion towards impeachment. “During the Nixon impeachment, we still had major networks and everybody was seeing the same news, but we have people now in their silos. We have grossly shortened attention spans,” Scanlon said. “What kind of viral moments are going to stick?” Scanlon also spoke about how she chose to run for office in
the first place. Working as a pro bono attorney at Ballard Spahr, she dealt with matters such as immigration, voting rights, and criminal justice, which gained prominence following Trump’s election. “These things were challenged by the new administration,” Scanlon said. “In the first few months of the Trump administration in the job that I had, I found that I was busier than ever and feeling like I was really able to help make a contribution.” Scanlon added that her frustration with federal policies ultimately led her to run for Congress. “It really was anger management issues,” she joked. “I just did not like what I was seeing on the national scale.” Makhija said he believes generally, elected officials should focus on “bread and butter issues” such as health care and education rather than engaging in partisan warfare. However, he said extreme cases such as Trump’s actions merit a response from public servants. “You have this oath of office and a duty to protect the constitution,” Makhija said. “Where an official has engaged in treason or bribery or high crimes or misdemeanors, they should be convicted.”
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will increase. “[Sales] have been up and down in October and November. We’d love for it to be doing a little bit better, but we think it will once we make these changes,” Duques said. The Penn Book Center was previously owned by Ashley Montague, who graduated from Penn in 1999 with a Ph.D. in English, and Michael Row, who received a Wharton Ph.D. in 2001. Hao Tam, a 2019 English Ph.D. graduate, said he likes the new name because People’s Books & Culture reflects the community’s fight to keep the bookstore open. Tam said it is “imperative” for the bookstore to find a new direction so that the business can keep going. Duques said he hopes the PBC will become less dependent on one university campus and more of a center for Penn and Drexel students and faculty. “From what I see now, they’re targeting not only a Penn clientele but also Philadelphia clientele to open it to a much larger market, and I think it’s smart on their part,” Tam said.
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creatures who do not want to have sex nearly as often as needed for the human race to get along peaceably and fruitfully.” In 2017, Uygur apologized for these comments and said his past posts were “really insensitive and ignorant” in an interview with TheWrap. Despite the apology, many in the Democratic community have not forgiven his actions. Penn Democrats Treasurer and College sophomore Michael Nevett said Uygur’s past controversies are concerning. “It’s really important to me that our elected officials are the types of people who will be good role models for other citizens, for other politicians,” Nevett said. “This type of behavior does motivate what they end up doing in their office.” Progressives on Penn’s campus, however, said they are willing to get behind Uygur’s campaign. College sophomore Jack Cahill, the director of Penn for Bernie, expressed his support for Uygur.
“I think that he’s proven himself to be a worthy candidate,” Cahill said. “He’s spent so many years trying to fight for getting money out of politics, fighting for Medicare for All, Green New Deal. I do trust him.” Cahill argued that Uygur’s ideological transition from undergraduate conservative to progressive leader is legitimate. “I think that if he wasn’t being authentic about that, he would have never endorsed Bernie in 2016 and he would not have endorsed him a few weeks ago, if it was in his own special interest,” Cahill said. “In his own special interest, he’s probably a multimillionaire. He would be better off with Elizabeth Warren or a different candidate other than Bernie Sanders.” Penn for Bernie Co-director and College sophomore Amira Chowdhury said her work on Sanders’ 2016 campaign was inspired by The Young Turks. She agreed with Cahill that Uygur’s past comments did not dissuade her from supporting him. “It’s easy to doubt folks if they
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Manning starring early in her Penn squash career Freshman won the deciding match versus No. 7 Drexel
Penn has always been in Manning’s life from a young age, and she was always considering it as a school to attend. On top of the great education and familial ties, she was drawn into the opportunity to be a part of the Penn squash family. “My dad went to business school at Wharton, so it has always been in the back of my head,� Manning said. �Penn seemed like the perfect balance between valuing squash, academics, and social life. The girls on the team seemed they were very close in the relationships between coach and teammates. Everything felt very natural, and it was the most appealing school for me personally.� She didn’t even realize how important Penn squash would be to her until she stepped on campus and had an immediate support system in everything from athletics to academic and social life. “I can say 100% whole-heartedly [that] this group of girls has been so much fun to get to know, to hang out with and to practice with,� Manning said. “It has been so much fun to have them both on the court as teammates and off the court as friends, as mentors and as people to go to when I need advice both about squash and adapting to a new
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Penn squash doesn’t rebuild, it just reloads. An outsider might be wondering how the Quakers will perform this year after Reeham Sedky’s graduation. But fans shouldn’t be worried, as freshman Ashley Manning has come in to fill the gap. The Rye, N.Y. native came to Penn ranked No. 52 in the country, according to US Squash, and had won the Class A New England Championship in 2018 at Deerfield Academy. On Nov. 17 in a match against No. 7 Drexel, she found herself in a challenging situation. “Everybody is watching her game, and this final match could be the difference between Penn winning and losing,� senior Jessica Davis said. “She kept up with her game plan, and she dug deep and pushed through the physical strains of the match. That’s something that is tough for anyone to do, whether you’re a senior or a freshman, and she demonstrated that she is able to take that pressure on and not let it affect her game.�
college environment. I don’t think I could have asked for a better group of girls to experience this with.� Freshmen usually take time to adjust to the faster-paced game at the college level, but Manning hasn’t skipped a beat by doing all the little things right. “Ashley has been a fantastic addition to the team,� coach Jack Wyant said. �She does the little things that are important, like she’s showing up on time, giving maximum effort in practice every day, and is also a great teammate. Sometimes freshmen are reserved, and she is extremely outgoing, she is unintimidated by the upperclassmen.� The unwavering support of her new teammates and having role models in the older girls has made her transition to collegiate squash seamless. “It’s been great. I played at my boarding school and for my junior and senior years I was the oldest, so it has been a lot different having such positive people to look up to like my two captains,� Manning said. “They are just so dedicated to the team and [to] themselves to improving. They are amazing mentors and role models for the underclassmen to look up to.� Manning’s record is 3-1 through the team’s first four
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Freshman Ashley Manning has gone 3-1 this season at the No. 4 position on Penn women’s squash’s ladder. Her most crucial victory came against No. 7 Drexel, which was the game-winning match for the Red and Blue.
matches, which has been a strong beginning to her college career — but she knows that there is still room for improvement. “Improving is always a goal,� Manning said. “Our team goal is to finish fifth in the nation this year, and I want to win as many matches as I can. There are a lot of girls that are older than me that play the position that I am
playing in, and to give it my all and win as many as I can and continue to keep getting better is something I hope to do throughout the season.� Her work ethic and skills have made her into someone that even the seniors on the team can learn from. “She has a fantastic forehand and backhand kill, and that’s something that we can all bring
into our games,� Davis said. “She has been a great addition to the team, and I’m excited to spend this final year with having her on the team.� Penn squash will have its ups and downs for the next three years, but fans should expect to see at least one constant in Ashley Manning, as she contends and makes an impact for the rest of her career with the Quakers.
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Devon Goodman made sure Penn men’s basketball’s trip to the happiest place on earth brought smiles to the Red and Blue. The Quakers claimed two of their three at contests at the Wooden Legacy tournament in Anaheim, Calif. this weekend, finishing the tournament in third place. Goodman helped the Quakers in all three games, proving to be especially valuable in the quarterfinal win over Central Florida and earning himself DP Sports Player of the Week. The senior guard struggled to
find his offensive stroke early in the season, scoring double-digits in just two of the team’s first five games. However, Goodman was able to reach that mark in all three tournament games. Goodman’s best performance of the tournament came in the team’s quarterfinal win over UCF, when he scored 19 points total and 14 in the second half to lead the Quakers over the Knights. Goodman was especially important down the stretch. Despite shooting just 59% from the free-throw line to start the season, the senior knocked down two crucial free throws to put the Red and Blue up by three with just over a minute to go. Goodman continued his strong scoring play in the next two games, dropping 11 points in the team’s loss to No. 14
Arizona in the semifinal and 16 points in the third-place game victory over Long Beach State. Goodman’s scoring outburst came alongside an improvement from beyond the three-point line. Coming into the tournament shooting just 24% from three, Goodman began to find his stroke over the long weekend, knocking down 33% of his attempts from beyond the arc. Beyond impacting the game with his scoring, Goodman helped to facilitate the offense for the Quakers, recording 14 assists across the three contests against just five turnovers. As the Quakers return home to prepare for their matchup with Villanova, they will need Goodman to continue his strong play if they are going to upset the Wildcats for the second consecutive year.
the locker room after halftime with life as they looked to rally back. The Red and Blue’s third quarter defense is more of what they were used to playing. “We were [playing] like we could really compete with this team, like this should be our game,� senior guard Phoebe Sterba said. “[Coach Mike McLaughlin] said that we can set the tone for the second half, and I think we did that, and I think it all just starts from our defense.� Penn didn’t give up a field goal in the first 5:11 of the third quarter, holding Duke to only three made free throws during that time. With 3:00 left in the quarter, sophomore forward Kennedy Suttle picked up a steal, the ball found its way back to her, and she drained it for a three to cut the lead to six. As Duke called a timeout, it seemed that the Quakers had all the momentum and might even come all the way back to win. With the Quakers only down
49-44 going into the fourth quarter, Penn’s offense stagnated when it mattered most. The Red and Blue only made two field goals in the fourth, both coming in the first three minutes of the quarter. Meanwhile, the Blue Devils went on to score 17 points. For the Quakers, lack of consistency was their biggest problem. The 10 minutes in the third quarter were certainly a highlight, but they did not play their best basketball for the other 30 minutes. “[We're focused on] making sure that we continue the game and play the same way every single quarter, and not just show up in one quarter, or one possession, but try to be more consistent,� Sterba said. No longer an undefeated team, Penn will need to improve on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. The Red and Blue will look to get back to their winning ways when they return to the Palestra to face off against Hartford on Monday.
they will begin to prepare for their clash against No. 22 Villanova, one of their biggest games of the season. The matchup could end up playing a critical role in determining the Big 5 champion. Penn has many reasons to be optimistic for its contest against the Wildcats (4-2). The Quakers pulled off a thrilling upset against Villanova at the Palestra last year. This year, they have shown that they are capable of playing well against a nationally ranked team, as they hung tough against Arizona on Friday. “We’re going to have to play like we did in the second half for 40 minutes going forward,� Brodeur said. “I don’t think we’ve played a complete game yet in our season, and that’s going
to have to change when we go forward. We took great steps in showing what kind of team we can be in terms of toughness.� However, the Red and Blue still have an uphill battle. To give themselves a chance, they will need to defend well against the Wildcats’ multiple five-star players, including freshman Jeremiah Robinson-Earl. The firstyear star was one of the most heavily recruited forwards in the nation as a high schooler and has already made an impact at Villanova, where he is nearly averaging a double-double. In their win over the Wildcats last year, the Red and Blue outrebounded their rival by a large margin, so that could be a key again for Penn on Wednesday at Finneran Pavilion.
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nine assists, four steals, and three blocks. “[Brodeur] allows us to compete with Arizona. If we don’t have him, we don’t compete with Arizona, let alone [Villanova] and hopefully the really good teams in our league that we have to play this year,� Donahue said. Fellow senior Devon Goodman finished with 16 points in the win. The Quakers are tough to beat when they’re hitting shots from deep. They made 15-of-36 shots from beyond the arc on Sunday afternoon, while Martz made 5-of-6. As the Red and Blue head back home from their road trip,
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There’s still plenty of room for optimism despite Duke loss JACKSON SATZ
Penn women’s basketball fell to Duke, 66-50, at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. in the early afternoon of Black Friday, but the Quakers showed enough to quench any suspicions that the team’s 4-0 start, which was the best in program history, was a fluke. The final scoreline and its 16-point margin of defeat on their own don't scream, “Everything is okay,” but after falling behind early and struggling mightily from the field all day, the Red and Blue demonstrated the toughness and togetherness that constitute the foundations of winning teams. What’s more is that even on a day when shots weren’t falling, the defense held its ground. Duke (5-2) managed just 66 points — nearly 10 below their season average, which features three outings putting up 58 or fewer points — and they did it with some outstanding shooting.
The Blue Devils shot 24-for-51 from the field, good for 47.1%, a good mark for anyone, including a team like Duke, which is shooting 42.9% on the year. Not only did the Quakers (4-1) make Duke work for its victory, but they did it in a tough road environment against one of the more successful programs in college basketball. The Red and Blue hadn’t yet faced any
serious competition during the 2019-2020 campaign, so they should take confidence from the fact that they were definitely capable of hanging with favored opponents. Another source of potential comfort is that Penn didn’t get strong performances from a number of players on whom it can typically rely. Junior center Eleah Parker had as bad an
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Freshman guard Kayla Padilla recorded her fifth consecutive doublefigure scoring effort for Penn women’s basketball in its loss to Duke.
offensive performance as she has ever had for the Quakers. In 31 minutes, she went 2-for-9 from the field for four points, and she managed just four rebounds. That said, she chipped in on the other end of the floor with two blocks and four steals. Sen ior leaders Kenda ll Grasela and Phoebe Sterba struggled from the floor as well. Sterba shot 2-for-9 from beyond the arc and 30% overall en route to registering eight points, and Grasela was held scoreless after missing each of the five shots that she attempted. Back to positivity, though. While those experienced players didn’t show up in the way they likely expected of themselves, some newer faces who had already impressed before the matchup with Duke had promising afternoons. Freshman guard Kayla Padilla, like the entire team, couldn’t get into a great offensive rhythm, but she still finished with 15 points. She was averaging 18.8 points per contest going into the game, and that sort of output doesn’t look as though it will change too dramatically. She played 39
minutes — tied with Duke star Haley Gorecki for the most of any player on the day — and finished with more assists than turnovers, at four and three, respectively. Additionally, Kennedy Suttle continued her solid run of play to begin the season. In 31 minutes, the sophomore forward scored 11 points on 4-for-9 shooting, and she added five rebounds, of which three were offensive, one block, and three steals. At the end of the day, Penn lost because it couldn’t hit shots when it mattered, and Duke could. It was impressive for the Quakers to respond in the way they did in the second half after falling behind, 34-13, with 4:13 remaining in the second quarter. After outscoring the Blue Devils 22-11 in the third, the lead was just 49-44. A closer look at the game’s statistics shows that, aside from shooting, the teams weren’t too far apart. Each had 16 assists, and the Red and Blue committed 12 turnovers, seven fewer than the 19 they forced from Duke. Penn had more points off turnovers, more bench points,
and more blocks than its opponent. The only glaring disparities come in the defensive rebounding and personal foul depa r tments, where Duke picked up 13 more defensive rebounds — the Quakers provided plenty of misses to collect — and were called for just eight fouls in comparison to the Red and Blue’s 18. Not necessarily home cooking, but the home team did take 12 more free throws. All in all, there’s plenty of good for Penn women’s basketball to take from this game. Duke was the best remaining opponent on the Quakers’ schedule before Ivy League play begins with their Jan. 11 home contest against Princeton and Bella Alarie, the team's defending Ivy League Player of the Year. The Red and Blue made it a game even when playing relatively poorly against a good team. JACKSON SATZ is a College junior from Nashville, Tenn. and an Associate Sports Editor for The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.
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to 21 UCF points. This was also the case in the Red and Blue’s victory over Long Beach State, when they turned the ball over 13 times. The game was close at the half, with both teams knotted at 43. It was only after eliminating turnovers in the second half that the Quakers were able to pull away with a 95-79 victory. When the Quakers begin Ivy play, it will be important for them to limit turnovers if they hope to emerge on the winning side of their close contests. Penn’s “Big Three” will be the largest factor in their success this season Entering this season, Penn fans knew that the play of seniors AJ Brodeur, Ryan Betley, and Devon Goodman would be integral to the team’s success. The three showed promise of what they could do together in the games leading up to the Wooden Legacy. However, during this weekend’s tournament, the three stars
showed Penn fans how they can take over a game against difficult competition. During the Quakers’ Thanksgiving Day victory, all three players scored at least 14 points. Brodeur led the way with 23 and Betley and Goodman scored 19 and 14, respectively. The trio of seniors continued their success in the game against Arizona, with all three recording double figures in scoring and with Brodeur producing a double-double. This trend continued in Sunday’s victory over Long Beach State, where all three scored at least eight points. This season’s Quakers have a high level of depth and young talent. However, the play of Penn’s “Big Three” of seniors in this weekend’s tournament showed that the team will rely on its experienced stars this season during its quest for an Ivy League title. What’s next The Quakers will return home from Anaheim to prepare for a Wednesday showdown with Big 5 rival Villanova.
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Penn coasts past Long Beach at Wooden Legacy tourney
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hile many Penn students were finishing off their Thanksgiving leftovers, Penn men’s basketball had a job to do. To cap off their appearance in the Wooden Legacy tournament in Anaheim, Calif., the Quakers faced off against Long Beach State on Sunday and came away with the win over the Beach by a score of 95-79. After a back-and-forth first half where both teams finished with 43 points, it looked like this would be another close game for Penn (5-3). However, the Quakers blew past the Beach (3-6) in the second half, outscoring them, 52-36. “It’s been a great tournament for us,” coach Steve Donahue said. “But more importantly, for these
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guys, it’s another chance to be together for six days and really get to have fun with each other. Hopefully that builds your team going forward and get you prepared outside the basketball part of it.” Penn’s chemistry was on display on Sunday afternoon, as 75% of its field goals came off assists. The quick ball movement of the Red and Blue proved to be too much for Long Beach State to handle in the second half. Although the win was a team effort — every Penn
Three takeaways from Penn’s trio of games at the Wooden Legacy
player who saw the floor scored — the Quakers were led by a pair of freshmen. Guard Jordan Dingle stayed hot with 21 points after finishing with 27 in Friday’s loss against No. 14 Arizona. Meanwhile, Max Martz, a 6-foot-6 forward, broke out with 17 points, making six of his seven shots. “I think these guys have done a great job adjusting to the speed of play and slowing down,” senior forward AJ Brodeur said. “But they’re still learning, they’re still making those types of mistakes, but you can definitely see their growth as players.” The veterans played a big role as well. Brodeur stuffed the stat sheet with 11 points, five rebounds, SEE M. HOOPS PAGE 10
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M. HOOPS | Red and Blue went 2-1 in the tournament JOEY PIATT Sports Reporter
Penn men’s basketball spent its Thanksgiving break in Anaheim, Calif., competing in the Wooden Legacy tournament. The Red and Blue (5-3) went 2-1 in their three games this weekend and took home a thirdplace finish. Here are three takeaways from the Quakers’ trip across the country. Penn’s freshman talent is the real deal Through the Quakers’ first eight games this season, several young players have contributed meaningfully to the team’s success. Freshmen Jordan Dingle, Max Martz, and Lucas Monroe are all averaging over 10 minutes per game, and Dingle has started in all seven games he has played this season. Throughout the Wooden Legacy, this trio of freshmen continued to contribute in a big way. In Friday night’s 92-82 loss to No. 14 Arizona, Jordan Dingle led the Quakers in scoring with 27 points while also
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Across three contests over break, senior guard Devon Goodman combined for 46 points, 14 assists, and just five turnovers.
shooting 7-for-14 from beyond the arc. Dingle also led the team in scoring with 21 during Sunday’s battle with Long Beach State. Max Martz followed Dingle’s lead on Sunday by scoring 17 points on the back of 5-of-6 shooting from three. Penn will need this trio of young freshmen to keep contributing in a big way if it hopes to take home the Ivy League title. The Quakers must continue to protect the ball on offense Many of Penn’s games in the
early part of the season have been hard-fought, close contests decided in the waning moments of games. In these close games, turnovers and the opponents’ ability to capitalize on those turnovers can be a deciding factor in who wins and who loses. This weekend, the Quakers continued to struggle somewhat with turnovers. In Thursday night’s 68-67 victory over Central Florida, the Quakers turned the ball over 22 times, which led SEE TAKEAWAYS PAGE 11
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Senior guard Phoebe Sterba totaled eight points, three rebounds, and three assists in Penn women’s basketball’s 66-50 loss at Duke on Friday. The Red and Blue shot just 32.2% from the field in defeat.
Quakers trailed Duke by five after three quarters TYIRA BUNCHE Sports Reporter
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After a historic start to the season, the Quakers are no longer undefeated. Penn women’s basketball
entered Thanksgiving weekend undefeated as the team traveled to the famous Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. to face off against Duke. However, Penn couldn’t keep the good times rolling, as the Blue Devils handed Penn a 66-50 loss. Penn (4-1) is now 0-4 all time against the Blue Devils (6-2) and 1-16 against the Atlantic Coast Conference. Penn came into the game third in the nation in scoring defense, allowing only 45.5 points per
game. However, in this contest, it was the Quakers' defense that wasn't quite as sharp as usual throughout the four quarters. This game is the first all season in which the Red and Blue allowed more than 51 points, and they collected their fewest defensive rebounds with 15. While their defense struggled, Penn’s offense compounded the problem in the first half. In the first and second quarters, the SEE W. HOOPS PAGE 10
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