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ED applications plateau following drastic spike This year saw only a 0.22 percent increase in applications JULIE COLEMAN Staff Reporter

The early decision applicant pool for Penn’s Class of 2023 has stagnated since last year’s record-breaking 15 percent increase. This fall, 6,746 students applied to be considered for early admission, which is a 0.22 percent increase from the 6,731 students who applied ED last year. Penn

Admissions Vice Dean and Director of Marketing and Communications Kathryn Bezella said the plateau comes as no surprise following last year’s drastic increase. “Being level this year was expected after we grew 15 percent in a single year last year,” Bezella wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian. These numbers do not include applications received through QuestBridge, a non-profit organization that connects lowincome students with top colleges; early decision data including QuestBridge ap-

plicants will be finalized at the end of this week. Penn received 7,073 ED applications last year including QuestBridge applicants. Out of this pool, 1,312 students were admitted during the 2017 ED round. Penn’s early decision applicant pool has been steadily growing every year since 2011. In 2012, 4,780 students applied ED, a five percent increase from the 4,527 students who applied in 2011. In the years following, 5,149 applied in 2013, 5,489 applied in 2014, 5,629 applied in 2015, and 6,147 applied in 2016.

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After 30 years, Du Bois residents revive college house yearbook ‘Positively Black’ will likely be published by spring AMANDA O’BRIEN Contributing Reporter

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College senior Yosef Robele, who is leading the project, has lived in Du Bois for four years and said he was inspired to create the new yearbook because the dorm has been “a central part of [his] life here on campus and [he wanted] to give something back.”

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The editor’s note in Positively Black, W.E.B. Du Bois College House’s first yearbook from 1989, reads, “I hope...those that follow will band together and continue to produce this publication.” Now, 30 years later, Du Bois residents are doing just that. Students are creating a new edition of the yearbook to celebrate the college house’s residents. College senior Yosef Robele, who is leading the project, has lived in Du Bois for four years and said he was inspired to create the new yearbook after coming across it. “It’s been a central part of my life here on campus and I want to give something back to it before I left and graduated,” Robele said. “I think it was really cool how you can kind of see a snapshot of black campus life during 1989, and I thought that’s something we should continue to document.” Robele, a former Daily Pennsylvanian staffer, is working with six other students to create the yearbook, and Du Bois College House is helping fund the project. 1989 College graduate David France created the first issue of Positively Black, and is now helping Robele develop the new issue years later. “I saw a need for the black community at Penn to come together and discuss the preservation of our legacy at Penn,” France wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian. “Yearbooks are a fantastic community builder. When done right, a yearbook can provide a great platform for expression

and great memories!” While the new yearbook aims to maintain the structure of the original yearbook, Robele said they are still going to make it their own. “We definitely want to make it our own, so we want to keep the same general content but kind of update it and make it more relevant to life now,” Robele said. He added that the new yearbook plans to keep some of its original components — such as photos of black club board members and performing arts groups — but it will mostly focus on Du Bois life. Engineering freshman Ralph Tamakloe, the project’s board secretary, said he joined to help leave an impact on the house’s history. “I wanted to be part of the celebration of the history of the college house,” Tamakloe said. “It’s the 30th anniversary of the old yearbook, which is why we want to make this.” The group plans to complete the yearbook before the end of next spring semester. Robele also hopes the Du Bois yearbook tradition will continue after he graduates, adding that he intentionally reached out to younger Du Bois residents who can continue the project. He said he hopes that “in 10 years, someone comes into the library and they can look at what Du Bois was like 10, nine, eight, seven years ago.” The original yearbook concludes with a message the new generation of Du Bois’s students are taking to heart with their new project: “To the Black underclassmen, you are the future. Don’t let that scare you, instead, let it inspire you to be the best! Work together during your remaining years at Penn and keep Positively Black alive.”

Penn groups discuss climate change impact

New building will be constructed to accommodate GSE programs

The event on Nov. 29 addressed recent environmental reports

It will link Stiteler Hall and GSE Bldg.

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In the first collaborative panel hosted by the Climate Reality Project and the Penn Environmental Group, experts from the University addressed the significance of some of the most recent reports on climate change Nov. 29. Dubbed “T-Minus Twelve Years,” the 90-minute presentation engaged students, faculty, and local activists in questions about the science, political importance, and social implications of climate change as they relate to Penn and to the rest of the world. According to Climate Reality Project President and Wharton junior Kalyxa

Roman, the motivation to host the panel came after the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new assessment in October, and United States federal agencies published their own report on Nov. 23. Both sources warned of dangers of climate change to the environment and international economies at large. “As student groups, I think we just hope to inspire some others to think about and see the action we need to take as feasible items,” Roman said. The conversation was led by PennDesign professor Billy Fleming, Earth and Environmental Sciences professor Irina Marinov, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering professor Andrew Huemmler, Penn Sustainability Office’s SusSEE GLOBAL WARMING PAGE 3

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The Graduate School of Education building will expand to merge with Stiteler Hall in a construction project that will connect the two spaces. The new project will accommodate the growing GSE programs and will give the school one central home on campus. Penn hired Ann Beha Architects to construct a building that connects the school’s central building at 3700 Walnut Street with the

neighboring Stiteler Hall, which is located just off of Locust Walk on 37th Street. The connection will include a new entrance, a four-story student pavilion, and a twostory adjoining building with classrooms and an innovation lab. In recent years, Penn GSE students, staff, and faculty have been spread across six buildings between 34th and 42nd streets. The expansion into Stiteler was made possible after many Economics and Political Science offices and classrooms moved to the newly opened Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics this fall.

A rough design for this new space is expected to be completed in mid-January, and a more specific timeline for the project will be determined once the design is finished, according to the press release. Around early November, GSE held a town hall meeting with the architecture firm and GSE students, faculty, and staff, who contributed to a discussion of how the new space could be formed. “Penn GSE has taken the first steps this fall toward a state-of-the-art building expansion. Part of the Extraordinary Impact Campaign, the project aims to bring the

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majority of the School’s degree programs into a central location with flexible, technologically advanced learning spaces,” read a GSE press release. The expansion comes at a time when enrollment in in GSE’s master’s program is expanding. Associate Director of GSE Communications Jeffrey Frantz said that enrollment in the master’s program increased by 50 percent between the fall of 2007 and the fall of 2017. He added that despite GSE having a relatively high number of students among SEE GSE PAGE 3

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Political clubs refocus Jennifer Egan to teach after midterm elections class on modern fiction Leaders will continue to increase voter engagement

The Penn alumna won a Pulitzer Prize in 2011

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Almost a month after this fall’s midterm elections, the jobs of Penn’s political groups are not over yet. Campus political leaders said they plan to spend the final weeks of the semester working on increasing political engagement, planning events, and furthering civil discourse. In the days leading up to the Nov. 6 election, campus political groups focused their attention mostly on increasing voter turnout and supporting local candidates. Voting data showed an increase in election day political engagement, as more than 3,300 people voted at Penn’s eight on-campus polling locations — more than triple the number of those who voted in the 2014 midterms. Penn Democrats President and Wharton junior Dylan Milligan said the absence of an election in the next calendar year will not stunt the increased political engagement on campus. For much of the fall, Milligan said Penn Dems was preoccupied with pre-election preparation and did not have ample time to devote to community service, political protests and petitions, and educative policy work. Milligan cited these as a few of the ventures the group is excited to emphasize on in 2019. Milligan also added that although the Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives on Nov. 6, the club still recognizes their work is far from done. “It was certainly a wave

Bestselling author and 1985 College graduate Jennifer Egan will teach a modern fiction class next semester. While famous authors typically come to Penn to teach courses on the craft of writing, Egan’s class will instead focus on critically analyzing some of her favorite books. Egan, a well-known contemporary writer, won the Pulitzer Prize for her 2011 novel, “A Visit from the Goon Squad” and she most recently published the book, “Manhattan Beach.” Egan arrived at Penn in September after being named this year’s Artist-inResidence. Students taking her course, titled “Self, Image, Community: Studies in Modern Fiction,” will read alongside Egan and discuss the deeper themes rooted in the literature, such as identity and belonging. They will study works by various authors, including Joan Didion, Philip Roth, and Edith Wharton. “It is so meaningful to return to Penn,” Egan said. “There’s a wonderful circularity in coming home intellectually. I really hope I can contribute to this place that has given me so much.” English Department Chair Jed Esty said Egan’s residency at Penn has long been in the works. “The idea of bringing Jennifer Egan to campus has been with us for about five years now,” Esty said. “By being a Penn alum and an English major, she has an immediate rapport with and appeal to all of our students and Penn undergraduates in general.”

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The programming events on campus will work to maintain the excitement surrounding political engagement on campus.

election for Democrats and we won the national popular vote by 8 percent, that’s one of the biggest margins in recent history and that’s good news,” Milligan said. “But the fact that we don’t have the White House and we don’t have the Senate is still going to keep people angry and keep people engaged.” College junior Hayley Boote, president of the nonpartisan Government and Politics Association, agreed with Milligan that student political activism will thrive despite 2019’s lack of major elections. “I think people are getting more excited about activism and political engagement in general,” Boote said. “I think all political groups at Penn put on great programming events and I don’t foresee the excitement from the midterms

being stopped by that.” Boote added that programming events on campus will work to keep the newfound excitement on campus surrounding political engagement growing. “I think it’s really exciting and I look forward to seeing how all the groups tackle the next coming year,” she said. In an unsigned emailed statement, College Republicans wrote they hope to focus “on promoting civil discourse between people who don’t agree and encouraging unity among Penn students from every walk of life” in the coming weeks. And although there are no large elections scheduled for 2019, the race for 2020 presidential nomination already appears to be beginning, indicating the period of electoral lull may be short-lived.

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1985 College graduate Jennifer Egan, a Pulitzer Prize winner in 2011, will teach a modern fiction class next semester.

Before enrolling at Penn, Egan spent a gap year working at an archaeology site and backpacking across Europe. Although she originally intended to major in archaeology, she later found herself drawn to writing and eventually decided to major in English. “In the course of that time in Europe, it somehow became clear to me that writing was an important and essential part of my relationship to the world,” Egan said. “I felt very determined to be a writer in some way.” In her role as Penn’s Artistin-Residence, Egan will hold several public appearances and mentor English majors and minors. Her 2017 book, “Manhattan Beach,” was also selected as this year’s Penn Winter Reading Project. English Undergraduate Department Chair Josephine Park said Egan’s class is a one-time

opportunity to see how a major contemporary writer reads a body of literature. Park added that she hopes the course will reach a broad range of students. “I hope that I’ll have people coming from all perspectives with different majors,” Egan said. “My goal is to make it a class that can be a rich experience for anyone. There’s nothing about this that should require any particular background, age, or education.” Egan’s course has gained notoriety on campus and her arrival has spurned excitement among students. “When I first heard I got into Penn, I went online and looked up famous Penn alumni and saw Jennifer Egan was on the list,” College freshman and potential English major Jessica Bao said. “I read her books over the summer and loved them.”

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Penn Vet trains amateur dogs in scent skills The new skills will benefit research and competition HAWTHORNE RIPLEY Contributing Reporter

The Penn Vet Working Dog Center is hosting training for local non-professional dogs to enhance their sense of smell in a new class this fall. The class, titled “Citizen Science,” teaches dogs to improve their smell-detection skills. After completing all the levels of training, the dogs participating in the class will be able to take part in School of Veterinary Medicine research studies that use their sense of smell to detect ovarian cancer, find artifacts, and identify bacterial biofilm infections. Shelby Wise, who is pursuing a Master of Science in Criminology at the School of Arts and Sciences and a Master of Social Work at the School of Social Policy & Practice, is currently an intern at the Center. Wise said the Center currently only has a handful of dogs who participate in the research studies, but this new class will significantly help increase the number of dogs involved. Philadelphia resident Anastasia Ayzenberg began scentidentification training to mentally stimulate one of her dogs on the advice of a Penn Behavioral Services specialist, and ended up at PVWDC. Ayzenberg added that her dog, Challah, gets excited in anticipation of the Penn Vet class every time she picks up the tracking leash for scent detection training. “[Challah] hops like a bunny. She’s seven years old now, but she prances around like a young puppy,” Ayzenberg added. Wise said while the course’s dogs are considered amateurs, many of them do participate in scent detection for sport. “These dogs that take the class have already had some nose work

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Penn’s 12 schools, it is one of the schools that most lacks space. GSE began to expand this summer when it started to move into Stiteler Hall in August. Stiteler is now home to GSE’s Higher Education division and several Executive Education programs, which offer executive-style degree programs for working professionals and other nontraditional students, Frantz said. Before the move, Stiteler underwent minor renovations, including a new paint job and carpeting, movable chairs and tables, enhanced lighting, open work spaces, and two new classrooms. GSE Executive Director for Communications Kat Stein said the new connecting space will prioritize collaboration. “The expansion will establish more flexible and collaborative spaces, and ensure these spaces are accessible to the entire community,” Stein said. Current GSE Ph.D. student Aldo Anzures Tapia said he notices a lack of space in the

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tainability Manager Julian Goresko, and Architecture professor Bill Braham. All five speakers agreed that more needs to be done across the board to raise awareness and to respond to imminent threats, such as wildfires and floods. Whether through improved architectural structures, the use of cleaner energy sources, or simply making the facts accessible, they suggested that there are plenty of ways to address climate change. Particular attention was brought to the drastically different approaches taken by American politicians towards environmental issues. Huemmler, who talked about the potential of nuclear and renewable energy sources as replacements for oil and gas, noted that political candidates’ willingness to accept donations and sponsorship from the latter two industries could potentially serve as a roadblock even though

experience, meaning that they have practiced the skill set of searching for a scent before, and have competed in some form of competition as well,” Wise said. If the dogs in the course perform well enough on certain scent identification tests, they are invited to participate in a more advanced course to further develop their abilities, Penn Today reported. Owners also have the option to enroll their pets in Penn Vet research studies. However, Wise said that the center does not always do serious researches and trainings, and that a highlight of her summer was going to Great Adventure in New Jersey with other members. “If you’ve never seen 25 dogs and 40 trainers, handlers, hiders, and data recorders run around a water park for the day doing searches, environmental agility, and letting the dog swim in the lazy river you’ve missed out on pure happiness,” Wise said. “Every dog and human went home happy and tired that day.”

The Penn Vet Working Dog Center is hosting the class in order to teach dogs to improve their smell-detection skills. Dogs who perform well enough in the first class will have the opportunity to participate in a more advanced course that will provide even more training.

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current GSE building, especially for students to come together and discuss their work outside of class. “Sometimes conversations get cut off because there are no spaces where you can just hang out,” Tapia said. “If you go out [of a classroom] and may start to talk loudly, or you know, get a little more passionate about something, professors’ offices are right outside of the classroom or right outside of the halls.” Tapia said he was scheduled to have a seminar in Stiteler this year, but that the class was moved to a building on 34th Street without an explanation. Former GSE graduate student Gabriel Angrand said he appreciated the communal spaces, like the GSE cafe, that existed in the central building while he was there, though he does think that students would benefit from classroom spaces that are more conducive to group work. “We had space issues somewhat,” Angrand said. “The classes I was in, there were some project components and group discussions, so it would have been nice to have like round tables in order to work with people better.”

some progress has been made in states like Texas. “We’re still on the edge politically as to how the future’s going to unfold,” Huemmler said. Fleming, who worked on urban policy development under the Obama administration, recalled having to “field panicked calls and texts” from colleagues in the transition to a more conservative White House with reduced funding to organizations like the Environmental Protection Agency. He did note, however, that “at this point, [industries] know they’re going to have to do something on the mitigation side,” which will likely start with the imposing of carbon taxes. “What really struck me was how the entire panel concurred that climate change is an almost entirely political issue,” College freshman Vyshnavi Kosigi said. “While in theory climate change should be a non-partisan issue, where governmental leadership is vital, industry has stepped up and become the de

Cannabis club aims to reduce stigma

The Wharton group taps into the growing industry AMY KAPLAN Contributing Reporter

The Wharton Cannabis Business Club aims to bring Penn to the forefront of the cannabis industry while also working to eliminate the stigma surrounding it. The group has amassed a membership of approximately 70 students and is one of the first groups of its kind among business schools. The club’s main activities include hosting industry speakers and connecting members with jobs in the emerging field. They also aim to professionalize and advance “the broader cannabis industry both on the medical and adult use sides,” said Colin Keeler, a WCBC board member and second-year Wharton MBA student. WCBC was also formed to help Wharton students take advantage of the profitable field. The industry is projected to create approximately 300,000 jobs by 2020, and has already seen a 690 percent increase in job listings between January 2017 and August 2018.

facto pioneer in fighting, quite literally, the greatest threat to humanity.” The event also comes at a time of uncertainty surrounding the role Penn can and should play in the effort to understand and control climate change. While Penn’s 2017 Sustainability Report claimed there was progress on some of the goals the University set in the 2014 Climate Action Plan 2.0, the Department of Earth and Environmental Science still severely lacks faculty specializing in climate change or sustainability. Marinov, who spoke at the panel and is Penn’s only standing faculty member at Penn studying climate change, previously told The Daily Pennsylvanian that “the problem here is that the University is not truly investing in the expansion of this department of Earth and Environmental Science.” During the panel, Marinov further questioned the lack of a “detailed or very specific plan” put

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Keeler said the group also hopes to eliminate barriers to the cannabis industry by working to “dispel the taboo” around it. “This is a product that, as it legalizes, you’re seeing it go from an illegal drug to now a consumer product,” he said. Since the Nov. 6 midterm elections, 10 states and Washington D.C. have legalized recreationaluse marijuana. 33 states have legalized it for medical use, including Pennsylvania. “The industry is at a really interesting inflection point with the Democrats taking back the

forth by Penn. In response, Braham referenced documents like Penn’s annual sustainability frameworks, projecting that in less than three decades, the University could have a “neutral carbon footprint.” That is, it could release a net total of zero carbon emissions into the atmosphere. While the University Council Steering Committee recently rejected Fossil Free Penn’s second official attempt towards fossil fuel divestment, the panelists acknowledged that there are at least some signs of decarbonization around the institution. The University has used its marketing power to help nearby power plants switch to less carbonintensive steam, and the local grid is seeing more natural gas use, Braham said. One of the next steps, according to him, is to look towards solar and wind power sources. “You have to be an optimist to design for the future,” said Braham, who currently serves as the director of the Master of Environmental

House,” Keeler said. “People see a much higher likelihood that federal legalization might happen, or at least decriminalization, might happen within the next few years,” Keeler said. While cannabis is not legal for recreational use in Pennsylvania and in many other states, that does not halt the club or industry from expanding. Keeler said “the market isn’t just contained to just deregulated jurisdictions” because of the ability to separate two parts of the cannabis plant, CBD and THC. THC is the chemical that gives its user a high, while CBD is

Building Design and of the Center for Environmental Building + Design. He later added that while climate change often appears as an isolated problem for climate scientists, engineers, and architects, every discipline at Penn has a role to play. “So many times the topic is approached with just science, and that

better known for medical benefits. “CBD right now is just exploding,” he said. The club’s official stance on legalization is nonpartisan, and it encourages members to form their own opinions on the matter. Keeler said, however, he personally wants to see cannabis decriminalized. “The federal illegality of the product has ruined far more people’s lives and put a tremendous amount of burden on our society by putting people in jail who don’t deserve to be there,” Keeler said. “We are sort of righting a wrong right now that has gone on for far too long.” Keeler, who manages the club’s communications, was introduced to the industry during his summer internship at cannabis-focused venture capital firm Salveo Capital. He then turned to the WCBC to expand his expertise. Cannabis is also present on other parts of Penn’s campus. Penn Medicine recently received approval by Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf to study the effects of medical marijuana. Penn students can also drink CBD oil-infused smoothies at the restaurant Fuel on 32nd and Chestnut streets.

can alienate people. I’m glad the panelists were able to show other sides of climate change,” said College freshman Marina Dauer, who helped organize the event. “There are solutions out there, as our panelists can speak to, and they now need to become front-of-mind for everyone,” Roman added.

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Penn professors Billy Fleming, Irina Marinov, Andrew Huemmler, Bill Braham and Sustainability Manager Julian Goresko led the conversation.

OPINION I’m tired of justifying why I don’t live in the Quad

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LILIAN’S LANE | Your dorm does not define your college experience

uring New Student Orientation, I often dreaded the inevitable question that almost all freshmen asked each other: “Where do you live?” I felt obligated to present my living situation with a laugh. I live in Gregory — the dorm farthest away from campus, the one with no air conditioning, where people rarely go out and are stereotyped as boring and unsocial. The last thing I wanted was to seem “uncool” during a period of time when everyone is eager to make new friends, so I would say something like, “I live in Gregory, but I only put it down for the for-credit language program. It wasn’t really my first choice, though.” Such justification was usually followed by a comment about how I would spend most of my time in the Quad anyway. Before arriving at Penn, I looked forward to living exclusively among other freshmen and acquiring tight-knit groups and hall friendships. I was ready to enjoy the college experience in the blooming social atmosphere

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of the Quad. Therefore, I was immediately disappointed when placed into Gregory, a college dorm no one knew the location of — a place that received no frat party fliers under the doors.

I was immediately disappointed when placed into Gregory, a college dorm no one knew the location of — a place that received no frat party fliers under the doors. ”

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My disappointment culminated during the first few weeks of school, when friends at other dorms would talk ceaselessly about how many people they had met, and how they would receive dozens of Facebook invites to parties that I would never have known about otherwise. I would watch Snapchat stories of downtowns I had never heard about with bitter annoyance. However, as the semester progressed and frat parties no longer held the glorified thrill that I had once assumed, I grew to appreciate my residential house and its own tight-knit community. We

have free coffee and tea every night, a yoga room in the basement, and film rooms of our own. Even though it took a lot more time than I had hoped, I was able to forge strong connections with other residents in my hall. When my friends in the Quad began to complain about noise in the hallways during midterm season or were forced to undergo the chaos of roommate changes, I recognized the benefits of a suite-style living situation. Coming to this conclusion took a lot longer than it should have because of my peers’ continual negative reactions to

where I lived. This begs the question of why, for myself and so many others, not living in the Quad is so stigmatized against. When I spoke to Penn upperclassmen, without fail, they insisted that the Quad would give me the most complete college experience. The Quad may be beautiful on the outside, but as fellow columnist Christy Qiu pointed, it is just an antiquated castle. There have been endless complaints about mold, rusty windows, and the cleanliness of bathrooms. Throughout my few months at Penn, I have come to recognize that your Penn experience really does not depend on the dorm that you are placed into. It is possible to be as social or as private as you want, because after all, there is not one right way to do college — it is truly a customizable experience. LILIAN ZHANG is a College freshman from Beijing studying the biological basis of behavior and Hispanic studies. Her email address is lilzhang@sas.upenn. edu.

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KEEPING UP WITH KALIYAH | By prioritizing success, Penn students are missing out

he competitive nature of Penn isn’t an exaggeration. It’s to be expected that a school renowned for producing the most billionaires in America would be full of students with the goal of making as much money as possible. I’ve experienced the stress, even in my first semester, of thinking about majors in terms of potential income first and passion second. “Hard science” majors have a difficult track ahead of them. But, I also think that it is a different kind of hard to be an English major, harder still if you don’t write about politics. Harder then if out of all things to write about, you pick love — a topic that busy, cynical, overworked Penn students make no time for. I’ve just started reading “If Beale Street Could Talk” by James Baldwin. While watch-

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I now have the ability to write about my own truths, but there are still topics I keep pushing off because, really, I’ve been scared.”

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ing the trailer for the upcoming film adaptation — directed by Barry Jenkins, the director of “Moonlight” — I had the sensation, growing as I watched, that there was a feeling to be had by

watching that movie, one that might make me a fuller person — and yes, I do believe a story has the power to do that. In the trailer, I heard, “Remember, love is what brought you here. And if you’ve trusted

love this far, don’t panic now. Trust it all the way.” That’s the voiceover as the screen goes black, and if you watch it, I do believe you might feel something similar to the something I felt. The story is about a 19-yearold girl, Tish, whose boyfriend and childhood friend, Fonny, is wrongfully jailed, when she finds out they are expecting a child. The story is one of an unashamed belief in love in the worst situations — especially, in fact, in the worst situations. The story is a testimony to the power of loving and being loved, in any kind of relation-

ship. While I was reading the novel, I ran into the quote from the trailer, which was prefaced by an important qualifier: “I don’t want to sound foolish.” That word, foolish, did not surprise me. It made me wonder, though, at what point it became foolish to love. I’m not a perfect person by any means, and like I’ve said before, I haven’t always been the biggest advocate for love. I understand that at a place like Penn, there is something to lose by opening yourself up to love, and it can sometimes feel like a four-credit class you have

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no time for. I understand that, as a young adult, trying to set yourself up for success is not easy. And yet, none of this, to me, means that our lives should be centered around money and power instead of love. What I mean to say is that if you think life is just too busy right now, no one is telling you that you have to get married tonight. I’m not even really talking about marriage and relationships. I’m saying this: If you walk around thinking yourself cool and important because you think the idea of love is stupid, don’t. In a 75-year-long Harvard University study on what makes us happy, George Vaillant writes the two pillars of happiness that he’d discovered: “One is love. The other is finding a way of coping with life that does not push love away.” Love is happiness — the only silly idea would be to try to ignore that. KALIYAH DORSEY is a College freshman from Pennsauken, N.J., studying English. Her email address is kaliyahd@sas.upenn.edu.

I bid aideu to my ‘convenience friends’

aking friends — as a little kid, it was a breeze. Little me would spot another little girl or boy playing where I wanted to play. Maybe by the end of playtime, we’d dub each other best friends for life. Maybe we wouldn’t even remember each others’ names the next day. It didn’t matter. At the core, we were enjoying each other’s company and having fun. In college, I still take the initiative of building a friendship. Sometimes, instead of genuine connection, the friendship grows from convenience. Urban Dictionary accurately defines a “convenience friend” as someone who’s only around when it’s

CHRISTY’S CORNER | I have no tears left to cry for friends who don’t have my back easy and convenient for them. If they weren’t around you all the time, you wouldn’t be friends. They are friends who approach and use you when they need a favor and only spend time with you as a last resort. Most significantly, they never put you first. I only realized recently that a friend I made at Penn, who I considered close to me, fell into this category. The past couple of weeks, I had been feeling anxious and lost about what to major in. I thought my friend could give me a sense of direction, so I told her some majors and minors I was considering. “Maybe Engli–” “Not English. Look, I’ve read your writing. It’s not good

enough.” She said she was telling me that for my own good, and I believed her. While I did feel that it was convenient to have her along-

wholeheartedly supported her with all her endeavors, and I often boasted about our friendship to other people. Even though I was the only one putting in the effort to maintain our dead-end

Boiled down, the elementary characteristic of a friend is a person who cares about you.” side me at various events, she wasn’t a convenience friend to me — she mattered. I was always willing to lend a helping hand when she needed one, I

conversations, and even though I would usually return to my room with negative feelings after being around her, I looked forward to going to more events with her. It’s because I genuinely regarded her as a good friend that it pained me even more to hear her say such discouraging comments. She knew how much I enjoyed writing, she knew the hard work I put into it, and she knew about my low self-esteem. Yet, she continued to pick at my insecurities. The conversation made me rethink our friendship. Was she even a friend? Boiled down, the elementary characteristic of a friend is a person who cares about you. I had ignored this basic trait with my convenience friend. ALANA SHUKOVSKY | DESIGN EDITOR Whether or not she

was a friend was made crystal clear to me when I went back home for Thanksgiving break and saw my high school friends for the first time since starting college. Conversations flowed; empathy surged as we lamented over difficulties in our new college lives, and happiness flooded as we celebrated each other’s new achievements. Early in the day, nonstop exchanges made us resort to eating and talking and squealing and laughing at the same time. Late at night, commotion bellowed from our booth at our favorite diner, where we had become regulars. These friends offered their unconditional support and made me feel loved.

CHRISTY QIU people from elementary school to high school, and making new friends was unnecessary. It may be easier to make friends through convenience, and I do recognize that convenience friends can grow into friends who have your back even when things aren’t so convenient.

Making friends is a process, no matter how instantly a friendship develops.” I haven’t started to “ghost” this convenience friend. We’ll still occasionally react to each other’s posts on social media, and I’ll always reply nicely to her messages. Perhaps, I’ll see her at another event as a changed person, and we’ll rekindle our friendship, but in the meantime, my genuine friends will surround me with positive energy that I can’t attain anywhere else. Finding the right friends at Penn early on is difficult. Some of us have been around the same

However, making friends is a process, no matter how instantly a friendship develops. The process might not be as quick and simple as it was in preschool or kindergarten, but just like our days playing in the sandbox, our time spent with friends at college should stem from acceptance and understanding, not convenience. CHRISTY QIU is a College freshman from Arcadia, Calif. studying architecture. Her email address is christyq@sas.upenn.edu.

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Penn hosts first regional TAMID conference More than 130 students came to learn from CEOs GRANT BIANCO Contributing Reporter

The University’s chapter of the Israel-focused consulting club TAMID hosted the organization’s first regional conference on Friday, bringing over 130 college students from across the Northeast to campus to discuss topics related to women in the workplace and to Israel’s startup culture. “The goal is to spread our entrepreneurial and startup interests in the Israeli ecosystem through bringing together like-minded students,” TAMID co-president and College junior Sigal Spitzer said. TAMID has been popular at Penn and on college campuses throughout the country. Founded in 2008, it has over 2,500 students involved in chapters on 53 campuses in the

United States and abroad. In recent years, Israel has become known for being a startup-friendly environment and is home to many successful entrepreneurship ventures, which is described in the best-selling 2009 book, “Start-Up Nation.” In the past, TAMID has connected Penn students with Israeli internships and hosted Startup Pitch Competitions. TAMID also co-hosted the Wharton Israel Conference earlier this year, which had more than 80 people attend discussions surrounding Israeli business practices and innovations. Keynote speaker Nathan Low, founder and president of the Sunrise Financial Group, kicked off the conference, which also featured speakers ranging from Wharton professors to Israeli MBA students. At a panel focused on women in startups, three speakers from Israel discussed their experiences with gender disparities. One speaker said she

was one of three women out of 250 people in a graduating college class. The conference included undergraduates from Brown University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, and Lehigh University. In total, the conference represented 15 universities across the Northeast, Spitzer said. Lehigh sophomore Mikayla Zion said she found the discussions on women in Israeli startups particularly interesting. “It was more interesting to hear about Israeli women in startups in America and Israel versus just random people in startups in Israel,” she said. TAMID is a national student organization that participates in Israelbased consulting, investment, and education, according to the organization’s website. Penn’s chapter of the group additionally provides “experimental business opportunities” to students on campus, Spitzer said.

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Penn defines designation of ‘highly-aided’ students SRFS and Penn First group hosted the event on Nov. 28 GIANNA FERRARIN Staff Reporter

Administrators from Student Registration and Financial Services hosted an event on Wednesday to clarify the term “highly-aided” to students. The event, jointly hosted by SRFS and student group Penn First, included a presentation explaining the “highly-aided” term. Students were also able to ask administrators questions about the initiatives and resources available to them. Approximately a dozen students and six administrators attended the Nov. 28 event, titled “Discussing Highly Aided Initiatives.” Penn began using the term “highly-aided” this past summer in response to student confusion

over the previous terminology of “high-need.” Highly-aided students are defined as those with a family income of $65,500 or less, typical family assets, and a parent contribution of $4,500 or less. Since then, Penn has rolled out new programs for these students, such as laptops for incoming freshmen and summer funding for unpaid or underpaid internships for upperclassmen. At the event, Senior University Director of Financial Aid Elaine Papas Varas announced that SRFS will provide highlyaided students with financial assistance for graduation regalia for the second consecutive year. Varas said SRFS will also waive the fee for the College Scholarship Service Profile, which students fill out yearly to apply for financial aid. At the beginning of the fall semester, Penn also appointed two

new counselors who specialize in serving highly-aided students. SRFS will continue to provide partial grant funding for students taking at least two course units during the summer, Varas added. However, students can only access these benefits upon request, and SRFS will provide financial assistance based on need. Graduate students at the event, however, raised concerns that Penn’s growing support for highly-aided undergraduate students has not been equally extended to first-generation, low-income graduate students. “Undergrad students aren’t the only students who are classified as first-generation and/or low-income,” said Graduate School of Education doctoral student Will Anyu. “Graduate and professional students, especially students who aren’t fully funded, pay so much toward the institution, es-

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a weaker sabre squad compared to their epee and foil teams. Penn dropped a lot of points in the sabre section, and consequently lost some close matches due to lack of depth in that area. Freshman sabre Steven Lin wants to change that. After going 7-3 in the fall, the Guangzhou, China native, an All-American academic firstteam in high school, is ready for the raised expectations. “Definitely as the men’s team, our goal is to win Ivy’s this year,” Lin said. “And for sabre, I know last year we fell short compared to foil and epee, so I hope we get back this year and get some good results to contribute to the overall results

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of the team.” The sabre squad already looks to be on its way to improvement, as Merchant and Lin finished third in their respective pools in the Penn State Invitational in early November this year. Surely, the biggest void to be filled must be a cultural one after the departure of a team captain. When asked about filling in that gap through other leaders, Ma reinforced the importance of integrating the new generation, including multiple walk-ons, by not setting anything in stone. “Our culture cannot be confined to two or three things, as the newer generation is always more modern and thinks differently compared to the current generation,” Ma said. “We are

still building up culture. After Justin leaves, we will keep building our culture as even after winning Ivies, we are not completely perfect. We have good leadership that is evenly spread out, so hopefully we focus on the right things.” Epee assistant coach Slava Danilov echoed Ma’s sentiment. “Every year after the fall season, you go up and down in full steps; I hope this year, the freshmen help us go up,” Danilov said. That brings the focus to the epee squad, which will be vying to keeping its standards high in recreating its dominance from previous years. Sophomore Sean Wilson has had a tough fall, closing out the semester with a 5-7 record, which included narrow losses against tough opposition like

Ohio State, Penn State, and Notre Dame. He had an impressive freshman season, individually placing 21st in the NCAA Championships, earning a silver medal at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional and finishing the year with 41 wins. Wilson also won the gold medal in the epee category at the prestigious North American Cup held in Virginia Beach this January. Freshman Emon Daroian, who was coincidentally the second seed at the North American Cup, seems to be the brightest prospect in the new recruiting class. Although he only competed in one meet in the fall, which was a World Cup in Riga, Latvia, Daroian has raised his expectations for himself and for

his team. “Even though I’ve only been to one tournament, I think I’ve been fencing decently, but I don’t know how I would’ve done in the ones I missed,” Daroian said. “The team as a whole did fine, but I think there is a lot of room for improvement. Come next semester, training and team bonding will be the key to getting better and attaining this improvement.” Danilov reiterated his faith in the freshman and in his entire epee recruiting class. “In my squad we have Emon Daroian; he can really show something, [both] in the national and international level,” Danilov said. “We have some talented kids who came this year. All we have to do now is work hard, and the results will

come.” Reassuringly for Penn, in the context of defending its Ivy League title, the Quakers seem to have no dearth of talented reinforcements for the departing Yoo. With fresh, motivated, young blood, and the experience of returning star power, the upcoming fencing season will be an interesting one for the Red and Blue. Once again brushing off the negative connotations of a void, Li emphasized the solid foundations of the team’s culture in pushing them through. “I think we are all really supportive of each other. We love to cheer each other on, and although there is always room for improvement, and we can always do better, we know we are always there for each other.”

Wrestling drops close match at Rider before dominating Maryland Penn finished the weekend strong with a 26-6 victory JACKSON JOFFE Sports Reporter

Sometimes, the best lessons come from close losses. One weekend after Penn wrestling finished third out of 10 teams in the Keystone Classic at the Palestra, Penn traveled to Lawrenceville, N.J. to face Rider (1-0) on Thursday. The Red and Blue’s previous success did not carry over to the dual meet, as the Broncs came out victorious in a highly contested 20-18 victory. Fielding a young lineup with seven freshman starters, the Quakers (1-1) rallied from a 10-6 halftime deficit to lead 18-13 after eight matches but were unable to close it out in the end. Despite the loss, freshman Anthony Artalona emphasized that the team had some positive takeaways from Thursday’s match. “I thought the [match] went really well. Obviously, we didn’t get the score we wanted and we weren’t perfect, but we had some big matches go our way and some nice revenge from last year,” Artalona said. However, he did note some areas where the Red and Blue

a second stall warning on Bannister with just 20 seconds remaining in the match. Artalona pulled away in sudden death overtime, scoring two points from a takedown to win 5-3. “It felt great to get that win. I wrestled a smart match. Going into overtime, I felt pretty confident and thought I had some momentum; he was starting to fade a bit at the end of the third period,” Artalona said. “I knew if I kept the pressure like I did in the third period that he would either take a bad shot, which is what he did, or I’d be able to take an attack and score.” Master’s student Patrik Garren also helped give the Red

and Blue some momentum during the day with an 8-3 decision over David-Brian Whisler at 197 pounds. Freshmen Ben Goldin, Ferrante, Doug Zapf, Grant Aronoff, Jake Hendricks, and sophomore Evan DeLuise also notched wins on the day. Penn will take a long break to prepare for final exams, but it will return to action on Saturday, Dec. 29 at the Midlands Championships in Chicago, an event that coach Roger Reina is anticipating. “The Midlands Championships is a great tournament. Next to the NCAA [tournament], it’s my favorite colle-

giate tournament to go to as a team,” he said. “We’ll get to test ourselves against a lot of good, national-caliber competition, but we’ll also still have time to make adjustments before the conference tournament and the NCAA tournament at the end of the season.” Reina knows his team needs to work on some aspects of their game heading into the long break. “We’ll do a lot of film review right now from this meet, the Rider meet, and the Keystone Classic. So it’s a learning, maintenance, and conditioning opportunity for us right now.”

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struggled. “What set us short there, though, was just a few mental mistakes. There were two matches that were going our way for a while and then fell through, but I thought we wrestled pretty well in most of the matches we played.” Freshman Carmen Ferrante was a bright spot for Penn, igniting the team at the end of the first half by avenging a 7-3 loss to Jonathan Tropea at the Keystone Classic with a 13-7 decision. The two had actually met six previous times, including high school bouts, and Ferrante finally picked up his first win in the series with a furious rally. As a team, the Quakers were

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Quakers beat two top-five teams on weekend road trip MICHAEL LANDAU Sports Editor-elect

The competition might have been tough, but it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t prevent the Quakers from coming out on top. Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squash won both matches it competed in this weekend, defeating No. 5 Rochester 6-3 on Saturday and No. 4 St. Lawrence 7-2 on Sunday. The two road victories in New York continued an extremely successful start to the season for the No. 6 Quakers (6-0), who have defeated five top-15 teams already in their undefeated run.

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the past few months helped the team to a solid third-place finish in the Ancient Eight. As talented athletes, it could sometimes be difficult for them to step back from competing

In their first match of the weekend against Rochester (31), the Red and Blue were led by a trio of freshmen. James Flynn, Michael Mehl, and Aly Abou Eleinen all earned 3-1 victories in the first five matches of the day, giving Penn an early lead. Eleinen, who competed in the second slot in the lineup for the first time all season, dominated an 11-4 fourth game to clinch a point, and Flynn and Mehl bounced back from second-game losses to give the team two more victories. Senior Karim Hussein gave the Quakers another four-game win, overcoming an 11-3 second-game defeat of his own to put Penn one point away from a team triumph. Sophomore Yash

Bhargava came through for the Red and Blue, winning a dramatic five-game match with a tight 11-9 victory in the final frame. Even after the outcome of the matches had already been decided, the Quakers still came up with more success. Senior Jonathan Zeitels concluded the competition with a four-game win, bouncing back with three wins in a row after losing the opener. On Sunday at St. Lawrence (0-2), the Quakers had an even more dominant win. Six players swept their matches, giving the team much more comfortable victories than the ones they earned the day prior. Junior Wil Hagen, who lost in four games against Rochester, cruised to a

win in the eighth slot, dropping only nine points in the entire match. Hussein and Flynn were victorious for the second day in a row, helping lead the Red and Blue to an early lead that they would not relinquish. With the matches nearing their conclusion, Bhargava clinched victory once again for the team, winning the first game 11-1 and never looking back on the way to a sweep of his own. Eleinen had a tighter match than some of the other Quakers, dropping the third and fourth frames after jumping out to an early lead. However, he still came through for his second win in as many days with an 11-7 victory in the final game. The weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successes

brought the Red and Blue to 6-0 for the first time since 2015. The wins also mark the last competition of the calen-

dar year for the Quakers, who will not play again until Jan. 12 against Yale to kick off Ivy League matches.

in favor of being behind the scenes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went to the Keystone [Classic], and I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an itch to go out and compete, but it was definitely strange and I felt like I should have been moving around and warming up to get ready for a wrestling

match,â&#x20AC;? Bethea said. Another big change they had to navigate after transitioning from athlete to administrator was the different relationships with their former teammates. Both seniors and captains last year with three classes of younger players behind them,

Bethea and Hoover had to relearn their role on the team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really helpful that I had a prior relationship with most of the guys on the team, and it also helps that I know the coaches well, too, since we work well together,â&#x20AC;? Bethea said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely a little bit weird and

thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit of a learning curve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My perspective of the team and the processes and my relationships with guys have changed a little bit; there are a few guys on the team who call me coach May,â&#x20AC;? he added with a laugh. Despite shifting positions

on the team, both Bethea and Hoover still have critical responsibilities to fulfill to ensure the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance. Their efforts may be taken for granted by some, but in the end itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the people behind the scenes that make sure everything runs smoothly.

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Freshman Aly Abou Eleinen competed second in the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lineup for the first time all season and notched two wins in as many days.

Penn track hits the ground running in NYC at indoor season opener

Men, women combine to take 13 wins at TCNJ Opener

marked with numerous athletes setting personal records. Senior Rachel Lee Wilson beat her personal best in womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weight throw with a distance of 20.04 meters to take the top spot. Behind Wilson was freshman Hawa Mahama, who secured second place with a 17.21m throw. Although junior Maura Kimmel already holds the top spot in Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record books for the shot put, she was able to distance herself even further from second place. Kimmel claimed first with her record-setting 16.28m throw. Right behind her in second place was sophomore Ashley Anumba with a 14.64m

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Starting its season on a high note, Penn track and field turned in a strong performance this weekend, which featured impressive debuts from newcomers and personal bests from returning athletes. Both the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teams travelled to New York for the TCNJ Indoor Opener and combined to win 13 events in total. The night for the women was

throw. Senior Meghan Barnes continued her dominance from last season as she won first place in the 60m hurdles with a personal best time of 8.69. Junior Elena Brown-Soler was able to edge out Delawareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carlyn McGrath with a time of 9.13 to take the third spot. In the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high jump, senior Anna Peyton Malizia and junior Olivia Welsh placed first and second, respectively. The Red and Blue also swept the top three in the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pole vault, with junior Katie Schroeder leading the pack with a height of 3.79m. In the 60m dash, junior Cecil

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has the opportunity to get the support he needs to continue progressing by the start of Ivy League and late-season play. Washington has already contributed a lot to the Red and Blue and has picked up a lot of slack following the loss of Betley. He will hope to continue to make an impact against the visiting Hurricanes on Tuesday.

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Siff-Scherr claiming the first four spots, respectively. In the pole vault, junior Sean Clarke, freshman Payton Morris, and junior Nathan Fisher claimed the top three. Clarke cleared 5.40m to reset the school record he already owned. Sophomore Jake Kubiatowiczâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weight throw of 18.71m not only got him first place, but also put him in the Penn records books at third. In the 60m dash, sophomore

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Mahama claiming second place with her throw of 17.21m. The senior has held the weight throw program record since her freshman year with the Red and Blue and has extended it every year since then. Her personal best at the end of her junior year was 19.22m, and she did not wait long to become the first Penn thrower to crack the 20m mark, smashing her old distance by over two feet. With Wilson’s throw this weekend, the gap between her record and Penn’s second-best weight throw, Isis Trotman’s mark of 17.21m in 2016, became even wider. Although Wilson has never made the indoor NCAA Championships before, a performance like

The temperature may be getting colder, but Rachel Lee Wilson’s throwing performances are only heating up. Penn track and field opened its indoor season by traveling to New York for the TCNJ Indoor Opener this Saturday, and Wilson’s big moment came when she shattered the team weight throw record with a distance of 20.04 meters. The mark was good for first place at the event by far, with Penn freshman Hawa

this weekend’s could be enough to get her there. The Homewood, Ill. native has also performed well in the spring season, where she holds the school record in the hammer throw with a mark of 61.89m, set during last May’s ECAC Championships. In addition to her two program records, one each from the indoor and outdoor seasons, Wilson also has Penn’s fifth-best discus throw at 45.80m. With Wilson’s record-setting performance on Saturday, she has cemented herself as this week’s DP Sports Player of the Week. If she keeps up her fiery efforts, it won’t be long before she breaks the record once again.

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For a pair of former Penn athletes, four years alone wasn’t enough time to be with the team. After graduating last May, wrestler May Bethea and field hockey player Alexa Hoover could have departed University City as new alumni. However, they decided to stay and use their skills for Penn Athletics as Directors of Operations for their respective sports. Although they cannot compete on the mat or field anymore, the job still allows them to be an integral part of the team, but in a different capacity. Their official responsibilities include planning the team’s travel, assisting in film breakdown, and managing administrative tasks for the team. “A lot of what I do is operational stuff, like sending emails and planning transportation,” Bethea said. “Then there’s also the part that’s wrestling-related, where I go to workouts and lift and work with a few guys individually.” Both Bethea and Hoover were dominant in their sports for the Red and Blue, so they were already well-known before being hired and were able to serve as

Fencing confident despite losing star senior Justin Yoo Yoo is training to compete in 2020 Summer Olympics OJ SINGH Sports Reporter

The end of an era isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Penn men’s fencing, which has won three consecutive Ivy League titles and is currently ranked No. 4 in the nation, will soon be losing senior epee captain Justin Yoo. During his freshman year, Yoo helped Penn reach its first ever No. 1 national ranking. The California native is set to graduate a semester early and skip the upcoming college season in order to train and attempt to make the US squad for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The obvious question must be asked: Who is ready to step up to fill the void left by Yoo? Coach Andy Ma sees potential in many members of different events to contribute more to the team. “[Sophomore] Michael Li,

in foil, is very good. He was on the cadet team, so he will try to make it on the junior team; he has the potential to be a future Olympian,” Ma said. “Men’s sabre, I think Julian Merchant, even though he is a senior, has a lot of potential to have a great year. Men’s epee, besides Justin Yoo, has depth through [sophomore] Sean Wilson and [freshman] Emon Daroian.” How do some of these fencers match up? Li, a fencer in the foil category, had an impressive rookie season last year. He earned an All-American honorable mention with a ninth place finish at the NCAA Championships. He also placed fourth in the NCAA Regionals, and finished his debut year with 44 wins. The left-handed Palo Alto native, previously also a Junior Olympic Fencing champion and No. 2 foil fencer as a cadet, had a few words to say about the team stepping up. “I think we all just need to work together and try to be

better; better as a team, not just individually,” Li said. “We need to try to grow as fencers and as teammates and be better as a whole, not just have ‘one face’.” Li is currently 7-3 for the season, with three of the wins coming against a clean sweep in his outings against Ohio State. Senior sabre Julian Merchant has helped the Red and Blue win three straight Ivy League Championships. Last season, he placed 23rd at the NCAA Championships after getting an at-large bid. In last year’s Ivy League Championships, he went 11-4, and as a result, was a first team All-Ivy selection. Merchant also hit a big milestone when he earned his 100th career win at the Penn State Invitational against Haverford. The senior is 5-6 so far this year, with tight 2-1 winning bouts over Ohio State and Penn State. Last year, the Quakers had SEE FENCING PAGE 9

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model figures to help the current teams improve. Bethea, a two-time captain for Penn wrestling, qualified for the NCAA Championships three times and finished in the top 12 in his weight class nationally as a junior. In his final year as a Quaker, he was a unanimous first team All-Ivy pick. The Trenton, N.J. native is new to the world of the team’s administration, but his new job provides opportunities to help the team in ways he could not have before. “It’s a different space and I’m in a different role now, but I enjoy still being able to support the team,” he said. Hoover leads Penn field hockey all-time in goals scored with 68 and points with 163. She was also picked to play in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Senior All-Star Game last November and is the only field hockey player from the Red and Blue to have been selected first team All-Ivy all four years of her career, a reflection of her prowess on the field since her first days on campus. Her time on the job was limited to the field hockey season in the fall, so Hoover is no longer with the team, but the insight and help she provided in SEE GRADUATES PAGE 10

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7 p.m. The Palestra Coming off big wins against Stockton, where the Quakers surpassed 100 points, and Delaware State, Penn will face Atlantic Coast Conference standout Miami (Fla.) at home on Tuesday. The Quakers (6-2) faced their only two losses of the season after traveling to the U.S. Virgin Islands for the Paradise Jam tournament prior to Thanksgiving Break. The Hurricanes, on the other hand, are fresh off a four-point home loss to Yale. Last season, Penn beat Yale in the Ivy League Tournament, as well as once during the regular season. If history tells us anything, Tuesday’s game could potentially be a huge win for the Quakers. Similar to Penn, Miami (53) has demonstrated a solid presence in the paint, relying on center Ebuka Izundu in most games. However, their guards have also contributed consistently to the offense, with at least one scoring over 15 points in each game this season. Penn will need to rely on its overarching defensive identity if it wants to come out on top. The Red and Blue come into the game with a lot of momentum, and a key part of their

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After beginning the season on the bench, freshman guard Bryce Washington has started the last three games for the Red and Blue.

success so far this season has been freshman guard Bryce Washington. Following the season-ending injury to Ryan Betley in the first game of the season against George Mason, Washington was forced to step up for the Quakers and has so far failed to disappoint. Averaging a quiet eight points per game, Washington has made his presence known behind the three-point line, sinking 55.6 percent of his long-range attempts, well above the team average of 38.3 percent. Keeping his efficiency intact, Washington was able to thrive against Delaware State in the Quakers’ last game, dropping a season-high 16 points along with eight rebounds. With such a deadly stroke from deep, similar to Betley’s stellar shooting, Washington has allowed the Quakers to

continue playing a spread offense that utilizes their strong presence inside with the forward duo of junior AJ Brodeur and senior Max Rothschild. This inside threat demands a shift in the defense so that more opportunities arise from range. Standing at 6-foot-4 and also having been a track star in high school, Washington utilizes his length and speed often to make things tougher for opposing offenses. So far this season, he has racked up the second-most blocks for the Quakers with seven, and the fourth-most steals with five. As he continues to gain more experience on the court, his defensive performance will likely develop even further. Despite his breakout start to the year, there have been moSEE BASKETBALL PAGE 10

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