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Penn speaker denied entry to U.S. Erhaim is a Syrian journalist living in London JULIE COLEMAN Staff Reporter

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Students from History 273, a seminar that aims to expand the work done by the Penn Slavery Project. The presentation focused on connections between Penn’s real estate and slavery, as well as professors in the medical school’s connection to racist ideologies. See page 2.

Students uncover deeper ties to slavery Fellowship explores humanistic medicine

Penn Law will mandate new wellness training for all students next semester

The fellowship will be offered next semester

Penn Law will launch a pilot program this spring to integrate sessions on attorney well-being into mandatory coursework, making it the first top-ranked law school in the country to do so. In 2017, the American Bar Association reported high levels of stress, depression, and substance abuse among practicing lawyers. In response to

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The Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture, a scholarly nonprofit, will offer a new medical humanities fellowship for Penn students next semester. The fellowship will consist of six seminars focusing on the human side of medicine rather than the technical side, Collegium Institute undergraduate fellow and College junior Carolyn Chow said. The seminars will focus on topics including mental wellness, spirituality, and art in medicine. Each seminar will be led by one clinician and one humanities scholar, and will be held every other Wednesday starting Jan. 23. The fellowship was created after a series of discussions the institute hosted last year related to the intersection of humanities and medicine. Collegium Institute Director Daniel Cheely said the institute decided to establish a more intensive semester-long program based on feedback from those discussions. The new fellowship is open to all Penn student applicants, including medical students. Cheely said, however, that it is mainly geared toward pre-med and nursing undergraduates. Classical Studies professor Ralph Rosen, one of the facilitators for the first seminar next semester, said the way modern medicine is practiced in the West is a relatively recent development. Up until the mid-19th century, medical students read classical SEE COLLEGIUM PAGE 3

Penn Law is the first top U.S. law school to do so ASHLEY AHN Conributing Reporter

the report, Penn Law developed the program on the importance of attorney mental health. 1992 College graduate John Hollway, associate dean and executive director of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, said the program will focus on the resilience and mindfulness of lawyers. The pilot program will be integrated as a module into the mandatory upper-level course titled “Professional Responsibility.” “What’s really exciting about this is that it’s actually

getting woven into the curriculum,” Hollway said. “This is not a bolt-on program that is given less priority than [students’] academics. This is part of their academics.” Second-year Penn Law student Maura Hallisey said the pilot program is a step in the right direction. “Thinking about well-being and professional satisfaction and how to achieve the most for yourself, your families, and the world around you is important and should be something SEE PENN LAW PAGE 3

Syrian journalist Zaina Erhaim was scheduled to speak at Penn this semester after being named this year’s “Writer at Risk.” However, because of the Trump administration’s travel ban, she has been barred from entering the country. Erhaim was invited to Penn last summer as part of a new annual program co-sponsored by the Perry World House and the Kelly Writers House. The program brings journalists who are “under threat and working in crisis conditions” to Penn to host speaking events. Last year’s inaugural guest was Russian opposition journalist Yevgenia Albats.

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Erhaim, who has reported on the Syrian civil war from Syria but now lives in London, received an invitation from the State Department to enter the United States. But after speaking with an immigration officer, she was told that although she is qualified SEE ERHAIM PAGE 2

Penn class lets students pursue musical passions

Classes are open to all regardless of major NICK PLANTE Contributing Reporter

For College freshman Josh Gardos, playing jazz music was an integral part of his life even before he came to Penn. Now, as a student in the course Music 007, Gardos is able to continue his love of playing jazz music as a member of one of Penn’s student ensembles. Gardos is a member of the Jazz Combos, one of the 13 student ensembles sponsored

by Penn’s music department. All Penn students, faculty, staff, and community members can audition to join one of the diverse musical groups, which range from the jazz group to the Symphony Orchestra and the Arab Music Ensemble. Students — even those not pursuing a music degree — can join any of the ensembles and choose to take the course for credit. “Jazz was an important part of my life before college, and I wanted to continue playing SEE JAZZ PAGE 7

Furda says plateau in ED applicants likely to continue in future years ED applications grew 0.22 percent this year JULIE COLEMAN Staff Reporter

Penn’s early decision applicant pool for the Class of 2023 recently plateaued after several years of steady growth. Dean of Admissions Eric Furda, however, said these numbers make sense, and he would not be surprised if the early decision applicant pool remains steady in the coming years. This fall, 6,746 prospective 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. Including QuestBridge applicants, Furda said 7,112 students applied early decision compared to last year’s 7,073. This year’s plateau comes after a record-breaking 15 percent increase in early decision applicants in 2017. Furda compared Penn’s previous growth in early decision applicants to the stock market, emphasizing that perpetual growth is not expected. “One year doesn’t make a plateau,” Furda said. “But I wouldn’t SEE EARLY DECISION PAGE 3

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Students present research on Penn’s slavery ties Findings expand upon work from Penn Slavery Project AMY LIU Deputy News Editor

Three months after Penn President Amy Gutmann formally acknowledged Penn’s ties to slavery in a University-wide email, student research revealed Penn’s connection to slavery is more expansive than previously known. On Friday, four students presented research related to Penn Slavery Project’s findings that documented the relationships that several highlevel faculty at Penn’s medical school had with slavery — including the enslaved people they owned as well as the racist ideology they promoted in their work. The students also detailed the relationship between the University and owners of enslaved people, who rented property from Penn and had enslaved people work on that land. With the guidance of History professor Kathleen Brown, the five undergraduate researchers in the Penn Slavery Project found in 2017 that of 28 founding University trustees they investigated, 20 held enslaved people. Their discovery led to the formation of Penn’s faculty working group to look further into these claims. The previous findings also

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to enter the country, the travel ban prevents her from receiving a visa. Most Syrian natives, along with citizens of Iran, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Venezuela, and North Korea, are not allowed to enter the United States under the current iteration of the ban, which was upheld by the Supreme Court last December. Although Erhaim has applied for a visa waiver, she is still waiting for a response. “I was very much ashamed because I couldn’t tell the Uni-

prompted a new research seminar this semester, HIST 273, to expand on the work. Ten students, including those from the Penn Slavery Project, have joined the research course this fall under Brown’s guidance, which led to these most recent developments. The students who presented on Dec. 7 focused on the connection between Penn real estate and slavery, as well as the medical school’s complicity in racist ideologies of the time. Displayed on the tables in front of the students were archival materials from the University and the Kislak Center that led to their findings. Looking into various maps and Board of Trustees minutes, the students found that Penn built relationships with owners of enslaved people while managing Norristown, the University’s most profitable landholding from the mid-1700s to the 1800s. “Slaves were working the land for over a decade and Penn profited off of the rent,” said College junior Dillon Kersh, who was both part of the original Penn Slavery Project and the research seminar. The students also presented that several high-profile figures at Penn’s medical school, including the reportedly progressive Benjamin Rush and prominent professor William Horner, benefited from the racial dynamics surrounding slavery.

versity that I’m not coming up to the very last moment,” she said. “I wish they would have told me, ‘OK. No, you’re not getting the visa. That’s it.’ But keeping me pending has ruined all my plans.” Under the ban, the United States is able to let in people by issuing them waivers on a caseby-case basis, and restrictions vary from country to country. Receiving one of these waivers, however, is notoriously difficult. State Department statistics released last June show that only 2 percent of applicants were issued waivers over the course of five months.

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The Dec. 7 presentation focused on Penn real estate’s connection to slavery and the medical school’s role in promoting racist ideologies.

Displayed on the tables in front of the students were archives from the University and the Kislak Center that led to their findings.

In the University’s early years, Penn lecturers such as Samuel Morton and Josiah Nott supported popular pseudoscience that framed black people as genetically inferior, College junior Archana Upadhyay said. Although Rush has become known as a progressive intellectual, College junior Brooke Krancer, The Daily Pennsylvanian audience engagement director, said in the presentation that he owned an enslaved person named William Grubber. She said Rush also spread the notion that black people were immune to yellow fever. Meanwhile, numerous black people died from yellow fever while aiding white owners

who caught the disease. Upadhyay said callous use of black bodies for dissections and experiments was pervasive in the Medical School. Rush had dissected a 16-year-old black girl’s body without any mention of her consent, she said. She added Horner and doctor Frederick Schafhirt obtained their specimens by grave-robbing burial grounds of freedmen and enslaved people. The students, however, said they have more to uncover. In their next steps they hope to shift focus towards the voices of those enslaved, including Grubber, the enslaved people who worked the land in Nor-

ristown, and the multiple people dissected in the Medical School. All 10 students who were part of the research seminar will discuss their findings in a culminating presentation on Monday, Dec. 10. “It’s very exciting for me as a professor to see the students take the research so seriously because it will have an impact on the conversation we have here at Penn,” Brown said. “That is so different from most history classes, and that’s what makes this an amazing experience for the instructor and students.” The students’ findings join those by the faculty research group, which uncovered that 75 of Penn’s former

trustees were owners of enslaved people, including Penn’s first provost William Smith. At the beginning of this semester, Gutmann announced these findings in an email the Penn community. “[Slavery] was a profoundly painful and odious part of our nation’s history,” she wrote. “No segment of American society or institution founded during the 18th Century, including the University of Pennsylvania, escaped its scourge. Far from it.” Two years ago, a Penn spokesperson said the University “found no direct University involvement with slavery or the slave trade.”

PWH Deputy Director LaShawn Jefferson said that she did not anticipate that Erhaim would have trouble entering the United States. “It’s the oddest thing in the world that the State Department itself invited her, and yet she’s been unable to secure a visa from the State Department — so I’m not sure why that is,” Jefferson said. Jefferson hopes that Erhaim will be able to come to Penn next semester, though she is not optimistic. Erhaim said she was disappointed that the Supreme Court upheld a law that promotes discrimination.

“The American law has supported that ban without any logical basis, as if being born in an area gives you any kind of ‘terrorism genes,’” Erhaim said. “For me what is surprising, first, is that the U.S. law has supported it, and secondly, that the U.S. people have let it go. No one is doing anything against it anymore.” In July 2017, Penn President Amy Gutmann spoke out against the ban and called it “inimical” to Penn’s values in a statement. “While we are keenly aware of the need to protect national security, we also firmly believe

in our nation’s long-held commitment to the extraordinary value of immigration to our society,” Gutmann said in the statement. If Erhaim cannot physically come to Penn, Jefferson said that they may consider organizing a program where she could participate remotely during the spring semester. PWH and Writers House organizers have another journalist in mind to replace Erhaim, although the journalist is also from one of the countries on the travel ban. Jefferson said that the program may have to be postponed until the next school year.

“[The] people we’re choosing are from some of the hottest, most important areas in the world, and those are the very people you can’t get here,” Jefferson said. Writers House Director Jessica Lowenthal also noted the importance of continuing the program and bringing these journalists to Penn, despite the setbacks. “Journalism and journalists are in crisis,” Lowenthal said. “Limited resources, challenges for fact and truth — it’s the right time to focus on journalism as an important battleground.”

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Profs. learn about U. operations through Penn Fellows program The nominated professors engage with administrators CAMI DOO Contributing Reporter

Through the Penn Fellows program, professors become students and learn more about University operations over meals with administrators. Since the program’s launch in 2009, a cohort of associate-level professors has been chosen annually to spend two years learning more about the inside operations of Penn’s administration. This year’s cohort includes 17 mid-career professors from a variety of departments. Once a month, the fellows sit down for lunch or dinner with several administrators, such as the provost, vice provost, Dean of Nursing, and Dean of Admissions. The professors also have the opportunity to eat lunch with Penn President Amy Gutmann. The fellows are nominated by associate deans and department chairs, 2018 Penn Fellow and Art History professor André Dombrowski said. Sandra Ryeom, a 2018 Faculty Fellow and Biology professor, added that nominated faculty typically

show “leadership and initiative” and a certain level of civic engagement beyond their specific research field. For the first time this year, the cohort also participated in the Provost Leadership Academy. The day-anda-half long program, which was held on Sept. 14 and 15, focuses on topics such as diversity, finances, and leadership in an academic setting. It also featured presentations by three Wharton professors who work in corporate settings. Fellows said the program gives them a chance to learn more from the diverse perspectives of their colleagues. “The ability to engage with faculty who are also interested in a broader community for different schools is amazing,” Ryeom said. “The chance to meet Design School faculty, Law School faculty, and Dental School faculty is really tremendous. It offers such different perspective.” 2018 Fellow and Political Science professor Tulia Falleti said the highlight of the program for her was the conversation she had with Dean of Admissions Eric Furda. Falleti said the dean gave her insight into the undergraduate admissions process and statistics on legacy and first-generation students. “[Colleagues at other Ivy League

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institutions] do not have this opportunity: this notion that the next generation of leadership is going to be groomed in a formal manner

through program,” Ryeom said. “It really speaks to how forward-thinking Penn is.” Many Penn Fellows hope to be-

come administrators themselves. “It really gives me access to a level of university-level operations,” Dombrowski said, adding that he

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we talk about,” Hallisey said. The pilot program was developed by Hollway, who received a master’s degree in Applied Positive Psychology from Penn in 2018, and by 2004 Penn Law graduate Jennifer Leonard, who is the Penn Law associate dean for professional engagement as well as the director of Penn Law’s Center on Professionalism. “John and I are working with those faculty members to figure out exactly where in their syllabus it makes sense to integrate the module and how best to present it to the students,” Leonard said. The program is not the first step Penn Law has taken to address student mental health. Last year, Penn Law partnered with the master’s program in Applied Positive Psychology to incorporate positive psychology into the law school curriculum. Earlier this December, Penn Law and the graduate program hosted the “Reframing Stress Mindset” discussion for students. Through this event, which was mandatory for firstyear law students, older second- and third-year law students

authors, such as Hippocrates, in addition to learning technical skills. “I think that medical humanities is tending to bring back that humanistic aspect of the whole world of medicine,” Rosen said. At the end of the program, fellows will write short statements about what they learned and how they will continue to consider the humanities in their careers. “By the end, we want people

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hopes to become an administrator someday. “My eyes are open to administrative structure at the University that I would not see otherwise.”

to formulate a personal philosophy of clinical practice,” Chow said. Cheely also said the Collegium Institute's mission is not restricted to studying Catholic religious thought, but the institute hopes to create spaces for universal conversation. “One of the major things that we do generally is to promote conversations in our university that are lowercase ‘c’ catholic — or universal — that help students, faculty, all of us think about questions that transcend any one discipline,” Cheely said.

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John Hollway, associate dean and executive director of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, said the program will focus on the resilience and mindfulness of lawyers.

shared tips for managing stress and anxiety. “We started with the firstyears and now we are moving into ‘Professional Responsibility’ on the heels of very positive feedback from the first years,” Hollway said. Third-year Penn Law student

Jenna Smith, who helped facilitate the “Reframing Stress Mindset” discussion, said she was looking forward to the pilot program’s launch next semester. “It’s helpful to come together, like the [first-years] did, and just share things that you feel like you are alone in,” Smith said.

Leonard agreed, adding that she is excited to see Penn Law taking the lead on an important issue that lawyers face. “We have the opportunity to really lead at a law school level in preparing our developing attorneys for the profession,” she said. PHOTO FROM CAROLYN CHOW

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Across the Ivy League, other universities have also recently experienced similar growth patterns in early admission applicants. Other Ivy League schools, including Harvard University, Yale University, Cornell University, Princeton University, Dartmouth College, and Brown University, also had a record-breaking number of early applicants last year. Columbia University, though, experienced a plateau in early decision applicants last year. But in

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2016, it saw its highest number of applicants. Furda said last year’s significant increase in applicants was partly because of changes in standardized testing. The redesigned SAT test was accepted for the first time in 2017 in lieu of the old version of the standardized test. “I think last year’s increase really was because students saw themselves in a different light once they received their SAT

scores, because the scores went up, then the revised SAT scores went up along certain areas of the distribution,” he said. Furda added that Penn cannot physically accept more early decision students than it currently does. Last year, Penn accepted 18.5 percent of total applicants, a record-breaking low. Early decision results for the Class of 2023 will be released on Thursday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. Eastern time.

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OPINION What modern politicians can learn from the late President Bush

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SPENCER’S SPACE | Reflecting on the death of the former president

ormer President George H. W. Bush died on Nov. 30 at his home in Houston, primarily due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. Reflecting on his life of public service, I’m convinced that, despite not always agreeing with him ideologically, Bush’s character and conduct deserve praise and provide a much-needed role model for today’s politicians. What’s more, I’m worried that his story won’t be told. Disturbingly, like many others observing the past week’s services, I wonder if Washington will ever recapture the essence of Bush’s ability to compromise and put the common good above party politics. This is at least partially because American voters today seem drawn to candidates who embody controversy and celebrity — the opposite traits that helped Bush successfully lead the nation. As was borne out in the 2016 campaign cycle, scandal and sensationalism capture media attention like never before, and

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as though the more reserved Bush was overshadowed by the larger-than-life personalities of the men who preceded and followed him: Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Reagan has been lionized by Republicans as a con-

I wonder if Washington will ever recapture the essence of Bush’s ability to compromise and put the common good above party politics.”

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seem to translate into a frightening number of votes. Thoughtful discussions about policy and compromise do not. Until Americans reverse this nefarious trend by demanding more substance from the news media, we are likely to keep electing a great number more cantankerous and polarizing politicians to lead this country. This media phenomenon has been building for decades and helps explain why Bush may sadly go down in history as “one of the most underrated presidents of all time.” It sometimes seems

servative icon, and Clinton, who was a bundle of contradictory accomplishments and personal scandals, takes up more than his fair share of the past presidential limelight. Bush will likely not garner much of the public’s attention for long after the current memorials because the media focuses on and the American public loves consuming stories about individuals who lead colorful lives more than those who govern with a steady hand. This means that the lessons of Bush’s life are and will likely remain

lost to many Americans. This is a shame. The quiet legacy of George H.W. Bush deserves a great deal of attention, as it represents precisely the political civility our country is most desperately in need of today. As pointed out by Ed Rogers in The Washington Post, there “is a lot about President George H.W. Bush that we miss” in Washington and “the current occupant of the White House puts into vivid relief the things that we will miss the most.” It is vital that Americans reflect upon the differences between Bush and our current president. The media needs to emphasize that while Trump dubiously avoided fighting in Vietnam with claims of “bone spurs,” Bush interrupted his education at Yale University to enlist after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. At 19, Bush was one of the youngest aviators in the entire Navy. And compared to our current president, who built his alleged fortune on often shady real estate deals and his media persona by firing people on reality TV, Bush came to office with extensive experience in

Congress, the United Nations, the Foreign Service, leading the CIA, and being Reagan’s vice president. As a result of his experience and character, Bush was a remarkably accomplished president, particularly concerning foreign policy. He was able to cleverly and diplomatically negotiate a gracious end to the Cold War without antagonizing the defeated Soviets. Once Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, Bush deftly assembled a coalition of dozens of countries to successfully repel the Iraqi forces. Here at home, Bush “passed more major domestic legislation that any American president other than Lyndon Johnson and Franklin Roosevelt,” including the 1991 Civil Rights Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Americans With Disabilities Act. Of course, he wasn’t perfect. In his 1988 campaign against Democrat rival Michael Dukakis, Bush used a disturbingly race-baiting attack ad to paint his opponent as weak on crime. As president, he was woefully slow in responding to the growing epidemic of the AIDS crisis. Bush also controversially pardoned

many individuals involved in the infamous Iran-Contra scandal, in which many senior members of the Reagan administration illegally sold weapons to Iran, which was under an arms embargo. Yet despite all this, I hope history will be kind to Bush. After losing his 1992 campaign for reelection to the charismatic Bill Clinton, he left his successor this note: Dear Bill, When I walked into this office just now I felt the same sense of wonder and respect that I felt four years ago. I know you will feel that, too. I wish you great happiness here. I never felt the loneliness some Presidents have described. There will be very tough times, made even more difficult by criticism you may not think is fair. I’m not a very good one to give advice; but just don’t let the critics discourage you or push you off course. You will be our President when you read this note. I wish you well. I wish your family well. Your success now is our country’s success. I am rooting hard for you. Good Luck — George Something makes me think Trump won’t be leaving a similar letter to his successor. SPENCER SWANSON is a College sophomore from London, studying political science. His email address is sswanson@sas.upenn.edu.

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magine you are a patient in a hospital. You need help. You call for your nurse, but they cannot come right away because they are helping one of the many other patients in their assignment. Your nurse wants to be there to help you, but unfortunately, their overwhelming patient assignment does not allow them to provide the care they know you deserve. So you wait, and become even more anxious in the already anxiety-inducing situation of being in a hospital. Nurses are given patient assignments that are accompanied with unrealistic expectations. These high nurse-to-patient ratios are associated with higher risks of injury to patients and nurses. Pennsylvania House Bill 2092 will help solve this problem. The bill, if passed to law, will require hospitals to form a committee consisting of bedside nurses and hospital administrators. The goal is for committee members to come to a consensus about nurse staffing standards that takes into account the complex factors that go into

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The contents of the bill aligns with the American Nurses’ Association’s view on safe nurse staffing. What’s more, there are seven other states that have already passed similar laws that mandate nurses to have input

I hope you never end up in a hospital bed. But, if that day were to come, I invite you to consider the care you would expect.” safe nurse-to-patient ratios. The value in creating this committee lies in the requirement for nurses to have input on nurse staffing ratios while being protected from retaliation by employers.

on safe staffing. In the following article I discuss the pros and cons of Pennsylvania House Bill 2092. The link between lower nurse-to-patient ratios and bet-

ter patient outcomes has been repeatedly confirmed in the literature over the past 10 years. Lower nurse-to-patient ratios have been shown to decrease the risk of patient death in the hospital by 14 percent. Smaller assignments for nurses are also linked to decreased risk of medication errors and rates of infection. The overwhelming body of evidence dispels any reasonable doubt about the relationship between nurse-to-patient ratios and patient outcomes. Higher nurse-to-patient ratios lead to nurses experiencing job dissatisfaction, burnout, and desire to leave their jobs. A nursing shortage is anticipated due to the aging of the population and a retiring nursing workforce. By 2022, experts predict there will be 1.13 million vacant nursing jobs. We cannot afford

to have nurses leaving their profession. Those against nurses having input on nurse-to-patient ratios claim it will be a financial burden on the hospital. Of course hiring more staff will cost money. Yet, if nothing is done, nurses will become burned out and leave the nursing profession. This will lead to hospitals having to hire and train more nurses to replace those that leave. When those nurses experience burnout and leave the profession, the cycle will begin again. Nurses that are satisfied in their jobs tend to stay in their positions longer, which is a saved cost to the hospital. Yes, upfront costs of hiring more staff may be unappealing, but in the long run it will prevent nurses from leaving shortly after they start. Another financial benefit to

the hospital of lower nurse-topatient ratios is the prevention of medication errors, infections, and patient deaths. If nothing is done, preventable errors will remain a huge burden on hospital budgets. It goes without saying that there is no amount of money that could excuse a preventable patient death. Hospital public relations departments advertise they are in the business of helping people. If hospital administrators claim they cannot keep the hospital profitable if they have to staff nurses safely, perhaps they should not be in this business. Hospital administrators need to be aware of the large body of data that supports safe staffing of nurses. If they are aware and choose to ignore the data, they are neglecting their customers and their employees. I hope you never end up in a hospital bed. But, if that day were to come, I invite you to consider the care you would expect. Do you feel safe as a patient knowing the number of patients in your nurse’s assignment is decided without any input from the nurse? Does it make sense to leave things the way they are when a strong body of evidence says we need a change? Pennsylvania 2017-2018 Regular Session House Bill 2092 is sitting in the house. Without your help this bill may never become a law. Call House Representative Judy Ward, the primary sponsor of this bill, at (814) 695-2398 or (814) 7427204. Tell her you support this bill and you want to help nurses help you. MELISSA ATTANASIO is a graduate student in the School of Nursing.

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few weeks ago, my 12-year old cousin asked me an important question. “Isabella, what’s the point of just writing bad stuff about your school all the time? Don’t people get mad at you?” When I came to Penn, there wasn’t much I had control over. Who my hallmates would be, what clubs I’d get into, the centipedes in the Quad (luckily no mold), the food at 1920 Commons, whether I’d catch

the freshman flu. But I did have a very specific idea of what I wanted my social life to look like. And none of it ended up panning out. One thing did stick, though. I’ve been a columnist for The Daily Pennsylvanian for a year and a half. I can say with confidence that I was fearless in that role. I took it seriously. I relentlessly pursued stories I cared about. I spent Friday nights on the phone with sources, fell asleep transcrib-

ing interviews, and sent rambling text messages to my dad, telling him about my next big piece. I quickly became known as the “lonely girl,” and later the “sorority rush girl.” On the weekends, people would stop me at parties to give half-hearted compliments about my DP columns, assuring me that their freshman years were hard too. Then they’d walk away and take shots of Bankers. At Penn, we’re so obsessed

with dwelling on the negative — the Psychology midterm, a friendship gone awry, finding a summer internship — that we forget to appreciate what we have. People have strong opinions about me, often ones that aren’t very nice, but I’m lucky that they even know who I am. So many people go through Penn anonymous. I had a platform to voice my concerns, and I was heard. Now, I’m growing up. I have a new job. Starting next semester, I’m going to be the Opinion Editor of the DP. Instead of developing my own takes every week, I will give other people the opportunity I needed so desperately when I was a freshman. I responded to my cousin with one word that my editor Harry reminded me of on countless occasions when I doubted myself: accountability. Journalism is all about accountability. I held a lot of people and organizations accountable and stimulated change and conversation that made this campus a better place. As an editor, I ANNA LISA LOWENSTEIN | DESIGN ASSOCIATE am going to give that

gift to other people. Without the DP, I wouldn’t be a student at Penn. I became disillusioned with the culture here very quickly: the gross displays of wealth, the binge drinking, the cries for improved mental health resources left unanswered. I almost transferred schools. My column, my editor, and the friendships I made along the way were my lifelines. They kept me here. I love the DP, but this message transcends one student organization. Take the time to do

ISABELLA SIMONETTI Penn, right after Convocation, I went to the DP office at 4015 Walnut St. for my first edit. I didn’t know anyone. Still, I

My column, my editor, and the friendships I made along the way, were my lifelines. They kept me here.” what excites you. In a school that’s filled with competition and negativity, it is rare to have something or someone that reminds you why you’re here. Take advantage of it, and don’t let it pass you by. As I retire my weekly column, I think about the stories I didn’t get to tell, the people I pissed off, and the way I’m going to do the best job I can in my new role. On one of my first nights at

watched people linger over desktops, tirelessly editing photos, laying out the paper, fact-checking articles — all in service of a product we care about. That’s when I knew I had a place here, and that I would be sticking around. ISABELLA SIMONETTI is a College sophomore from New York studying English. Her email address is simonetti@thedp.com. Follow her on Twitter @thesimonetti.

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Frequent Penn donor Ronald O. Perelman and his daughter Debra Perelman, who graduated from Princeton in 1996, are giving Princeton University $65 million to build a new residential college. Princeton is aiming to expand its undergraduate class by around 10 percent, and the new residential college, which will be named Perelman College in their honor, will be built to accommodate the growth. The university hopes to admit more first-generation, low-income students and plans to expand each class by 125 students. Princeton announced the donation in a Dec. 5 press release. It will be Princeton’s seventh residential college and the first built in more than 15 years. “People of all backgrounds and communities deserve access to the extraordinary education and training offered by Princeton and all the wonderful opportunities afforded its graduates,” Ronald O. Perelman, who is also a 1964 Wharton graduate, said in the press release.

Poached eggs and avocado toast, a cinnamon roll waffle, and a double-shot espresso — these are just some of the perks enjoyed by members of the University Club at Penn. Housed on the second floor of The Inn at Penn, the club offers a daily buffet lunch, private meeting rooms, and member events such as monthly speakers, holiday celebrations, and wine tastings. Club member and Associate Director of Penn Transit Services Michael Randolph said he joined the club in 2016 and described it as a great place to network too, adding that members often use it to interview potential job candidates or meet guests. “I go so often that [the staff that work inside] know me personally,” Randolph said. The University Club at Penn serves segments of Penn's community through exclusive facilities as a division of Penn Hospitality Services. But while the University Club opens its membership to Penn faculty, staff, alumni, and graduate students, undergraduates cannot become members. Randolph said it likely is because of space limitations. The University Club was formerly known as the Faculty Club and originally had its own building, Director of Business and Hospitality Services Pam Lampitt said. By 1999, however, the club was experiencing a loss of over $1.5 million. To minimize the deficit, the school decided to relocate the club to The Inn at Penn, which had just finished construction that year. Hilton, which runs the hotel, also operates the services within the club, University Club Coordinating Liaison Kristin Cummings

The donation will fund a new residential college

The Perelmans are also frequent Penn donors and most recently helped fund the Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics.

Many buildings on Penn’s campus bear the Perelman name, including the Perelman Quadrangle. Most recently, the Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics opened this semester following a $25 million donation from Ronald O. Perelman in 2013. In May 2011, Ronald O. Perelman’s parents, Ruth Perelman and 1940 Wharton graduate Raymond Perelman, donated $225 million to

Penn Medicine. The donation constituted the largest gift to a U.S. medical school in history and resulted in the school being renamed the “Perelman School of Medicine.” Despite the family’s close ties to Penn, the Perelman Family Foundation has also previously donated to Princeton. The Perelmans gave $5 million to the school in 1995 to establish the Ronald O. Perelman Institute for Judaic Studies.

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said. The hotel provides dining and facility services while Penn's Business Services Division manages membership, she said. Currently, excluding departmental memberships, the club has around 650 individual members, according to an email sent to The Daily Pennsylvanian by Business Services Director of Communications and External Relations Barbara Lea-Kruger. She wrote also that the University Club Board is responsible for deciding who gets to apply for membership. The annual membership fee for faculty, staff, alumni, and graduate students is $65, while emeritus faculty and retired staff receive a discounted fee of $50. New faculty or staff members can enjoy club membership for free during their first year at Penn. Lea-Kruger said that while members can eat lunch inside the club, they still have to pay for meals — membership only grants access to the dining area. Even though undergraduates cannot eat inside the club as frequently as members can, they may still do so up to five times each semester through the “Take Your Professor to Lunch” Program. This program allows Penn students to take their current or past professors, teaching assistants, advisors, or members of

Penn’s professional staff to a free lunch. Additionally, undergraduates can collaborate with Club members to request a room and have lunch inside the Club. Lea-Kruger wrote that this year, Penn staff make up 34 percent of the University Club membership. Faculty and graduate students come second with 23 percent each, and alumni account for eight percent of members. However, Lea-Kruger added that these statistics can vary from year to year. Penn's academic departments can also apply for membership to the University Club. This allows departments to invite lecture guests to the club and for faculty to hold business-related meetings there. Off campus, members of the University Club at Penn can access over 100 university clubs in the Association of College and University Clubs across the country and around the world. Schools inside the ACUC include Columbia University, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Brown University, Harvard University, and Johns Hopkins University. Should members choose to travel to another university and use its club, Cummings said, the University Club at Penn would write an introductory letter.

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mester. Director of Performance Michael Ketner, who leads the Penn Wind Ensemble and oversees the entire program, said ensembles are designed to be accessible to the entire Penn community. While the ensembles require auditions, Ketner said the staff is willing to work with students to help them get involved — even if it means trying something new. “We try to find a place for everybody, regardless of your background or your ability level,” Ketner added. “If you want to perform, the chances are we have a place for you to fit in.”\ To meet growing demand, many ensembles have multiple divisions. Some, such as the Samba Ensemble, place musicians into different sections based on experience. The Jazz Combos, however, break 40 students into seven different bands. College freshman David DeVaro did not choose to take the ensemble course for credit, but

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the music I enjoy,” Gardos said. “My combo provides me with a break from the stresses of life here and enables me to express myself in a way I don’t think I could otherwise.” Matthew Clayton, Penn Music lecturer and director of the Jazz Combos, said students in the ensembles “get the best of both worlds.” “[They have] an opportunity to make their artistic passion a part of their official curriculum and also a chance to learn from world-class instructors who themselves are virtuoso performers,” Clayton wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian. Under the direction of conductors, performers, and other local professionals, student musicians generally rehearse once or twice a week on campus. The rehearsals culminate in live performances at the end of the se-

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2018 he said he still gained valuable experience as a pianist for one of Clayton’s combos. “It’s been a dream come true,” DeVaro said. “There’s always more to learn or explore in music, which comes from playing with others. The program is filled with really amazing people to do that with.” College senior Rendy Fernandez, a four-year member of the Wind Ensemble, agreed. “Coming from a performingarts high school, I really appreciate the environment here in that it’s very low pressure,” Fernandez said. “I can tell everyone is here to support you.” Ketner said he is excited to see how the Penn ensemble program continues to grow. “We’ve really opened this up to the entire University community,” he said. “No matter what students want to do, we hope that they can see the benefit of the arts to society and continue to want to be a part of them in some way.”

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More records fall as track and field sweeps Harvard

Maura Kimmel and Sean Clarke reset own records WILL DiGRANDE Sports Editor-elect

Every time Penn track and field competes, records are bound to fall. The Red and Blue completed the sweep over Harvard on the road on Sunday, with both the men and women scoring solid victories on another productive day. The women took eight event wins en route to their 63-41 win over the Crimson, and the men had five individual event wins to finish on top 59-44. Highlights included a new program best on both sides, as junior pole vaulter Sean Clarke cleared 5.41 meters and junior thrower Maura Kimmel launched the shot put

16.77m to reset their records set at last week’s NJIT Opener. “I’m very happy with our performances, really a great earlyseason dual meet. The kind of competition we had today was fantastic for our program, for me personally it’s one of the best pre-holiday meets we’ve been a part of,” coach Steve Dolan said. On the women’s side, the matchup was a meeting between the top two teams from last year’s Indoor Ivy Heptagonal Championships, with Penn grabbing the edge last February. The Quakers started the day with a bang, as senior Rachel Lee Wilson and freshman Mayyi Mahama took first and second in the weight throw for the second straight week. Although Wilson owns the school record, Mahama moved into second place in Penn history with her 18.67m throw.

“I think that Mayyi and I set the tone for the meet well,” Wilson said. “Going first and second for the event definitely got the day going off on the right foot.” Kimmel improved on her mark of 16.28m last week to extend the shot put record even further and out-throw Harvard’s Chelsea Offiaeli by nearly five meters. Junior Olivia Welsh set her personal best for the second week in a row, winning the high jump by clearing 1.78m, good for second best all-time for the Red and Blue. Other wins for the women included junior Nia Akins in the 1000m, junior Cecil Ene in the 300m, sophomore Melissa Tanaka in the mile, the 4x400m relay team, and the trio of junior Zoe Early, junior Katie Schroeder, and freshman Abby Nor-

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willo all clearing 3.81m in the pole vault. Clarke and sophomore Jake Kubiatowicz led the way in the field for the men, capturing wins in the pole vault and weight throw, respectively. Four events on the men’s side were swept entirely by Red and Blue athletes, as the Quakers captured all possible points in the pole vault, 60m dash, 1000m, and 3000m. Sophomore Marvin Morgan finished first in the 60m dash with a time of 6.89 seconds, freshman Mason Gatewood ran to his first win as a Quaker with his time of 2:27.57 in the 1000m, and junior Mitchell Poynter stuck it out to win the 3000m. “It was a great start for us today, but it’s still early,” Dolan said. “There’s a long road ahead of us, but certainly an exciting start; we’re excited about our potential.” “I think that this meet set us up very well for when we come back,” Wilson agreed. “We have had very good momentum throughout the last two meets,

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Senior thrower Rachel Lee Wilson started the day off with a win for the Quakers, taking first in the weight throw with a mark of 19.49m.

so we plan to keep that up when we return in January.” The men and women will now have off from competition until 2019, when the team will travel to Annapolis to face Navy on Jan. 12. However, the sweep this

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What’s it like for non-basketball athletes to compete in the Palestra? Volleyball, gymnastics, and “There’s such a different atwrestling play in storied arena mosphere when you’re in the JACOB WESSELS Sports Reporter

If the walls could talk, oh the stories they could tell. The Palestra has hosted more NCAA basketball games than any other college court, earning it the nickname “The Cathedral of College Basketball.” While a stop at Penn’s historic arena should be on every college basketball fan’s bucket list, it’s easy to forget that the building’s history goes far beyond that sport. Three other Penn teams — volleyball, gymnastics, and wrestling — also call the venue home. “With all the history that’s in the Palestra … you feel as if you are part of something bigger when you play there,” volleyball senior Taylor Cooper said. These sentiments are not uncommon among Penn athletes who compete at the Palestra. And despite the fact that gymnastics splits its practice time between Rockwell Gymnasium and the Palestra, seniors Valerie Rube and Caroline Moore know where their true home is.

Palestra; we call it Palestra magic … we really do feel like that building is special,” Rube said. “You walk in, and you just know that so many people before you have competed in that space … and it’s just an honor to be a part of that,” Moore echoed. While the magic of the Palestra certainly stems from the thousands of basketball games and numerous legends who have taken the floor, this rich history only serves to enhance the experience and develop a platform for Penn’s other athletes to grow. “Even though it’s mainly basketball, we can build off of that energy and history to build our own legacy,” Moore said. By harnessing the energy of the Palestra, it’s easy to see how Penn players and coaches alike feel like they have an advantage when they take the court. “[The energy] is palpable. The Palestra really is an amazing facility … because of the history and how hard every athlete who walks in there pushes themselves,” volleyball coach Iain Braddak said.

“[The Palestra] is just some place where we all feel as if we are representing something more than ourselves,” Cooper said. “The fact that you feel a greater sense of pride when you are in the Palestra gives us an advantage.” The added energy and pressure is even something the opposition is forced to contend with when it makes the trip to Philadelphia. Braddak recalls the challenges associated with playing the Quakers at home when he faced them as an assistant coach at Columbia. “I think it does excite our opponents,” he said. “Competition is in the air … as an opponent there are definitely times when we had to coach our players through some insecurities and being intimidated by the Palestra.” Part of the challenge or fun that comes with playing at the Palestra is the sheer size of the facility. Seating nearly 9,000, the Palestra is far bigger than every other indoor facility in the Ivy League. “In the Palestra, you are surrounded. At other gyms they are like, ‘Let’s pull out some bleachers,’ but here it’s the full experience, which makes it cool

for fans and for us to compete in,” Moore said. “It’s bigger than any other gym,” Cooper said. “That’s part of what makes it special.” In fact, playing in the Palestra can often mean just as much if not more to these non-basketball teams because of their complicated history with the building. “The Palestra was once off limits to the volleyball team, and it was the early 1970s and ‘80s classes that worked really hard to even get to play in the Palestra,” Braddak said. “Part of the history is not only playing in the Palestra but fighting to be able to use it.” This made the reunion this season with the pioneering 1983 team even more meaningful to Braddak. “They asked us where we practiced, and I told them we practiced at the Palestra,” he said. “That was really meaningful for everyone.” For these athletes, playing in the Palestra means leaving their own small piece that contributes to the legacy and tradition of the arena. That can come in many different ways, either in or out of competition. For Rube, this means putting her other tal-

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Besides men’s and women’s basketball, three other teams also play their home matches at the Palestra: wrestling, gymnastics, and volleyball.

ents on display. “I get to sing the national anthem before our meets,” she said. “Getting to do that in the Palestra where there is just so much history helps to motivate me and the team.” Even though people may recognize the Palestra as the “Cathedral of College Basketball,” it’s obvious that the other teams that play there also contribute to the history and magic of the building. At its core, the Palestra is a gathering place for mem-

bers of the Penn community. No matter if the event is basketball, gymnastics, volleyball, or wrestling, the arena does its job of bringing people together, which Cooper, Moore, and Rube all stressed. When talking about the shared history of the Palestra, perhaps Braddak put it best. “Everyone has their story. All of our alums have a different piece of it in their experience … so I don’t think anyone can ever know the true history of the Palestra.”

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Band director says that funding has not changed

other hand, is funded entirely by donations. Penn cheerleading coach Jessica Stilwell said in an email that the program does not receive money from Penn Athletics for coachesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; salaries or the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget. The Penn Champions Club (PCC) is integral in organizing the donations to band and cheerleading, as well as other athletics teams on campus. The PCC is the development and alumni relations branch of Penn Athletics, and the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website states that its main goal is to â&#x20AC;&#x153;provide student-athletes the resources they need to be champions in the classroom, in the community and in competition, while providing donors unparalleled experiences.â&#x20AC;? The website also indicates that financial support of Penn band goes to the costs of equipment, travel, and team meals. For cheerleading, alumni support covers the costs of uniforms, equipment, player development, team travel, team meals, camps, and youth

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On Nov. 10, Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball junior forward AJ Brodeur posted a tweet sharing his frustration about alleged â&#x20AC;&#x153;budget cutsâ&#x20AC;? for the Penn band and cheerleading programs. He stated that the two groups have not been able to stay in hotels during road trips, and he ended the tweet by asking, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where is the money going?â&#x20AC;? The answer to that question, according to Penn band director R. Greer Cheeseman, is that the money is not being allocated any differently than it typically has been. In an email, Cheeseman indicated that there have been no cutbacks in the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funding and that the band receives funding from Penn Athletics and donations. The cheerleading team, on the

clinics. With funding for these two teams coming from donations, Penn Athletics does not have much involvement in the decision-making of each team, but the department communicates with the teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; non-student leadership, which includes Cheeseman and Stilwell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We as students donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear a lot about [the funding specifics],â&#x20AC;? said sophomore Melannie Jay, the band travel manager. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But what we hear is that Athletics asks for everything and gives us nothing. So Athletics wants us to travel, and they tend to overload us on activities and not really give us what we need to succeed on that front.â&#x20AC;? In years past, both band and cheerleading have been able to travel to the Ivy League road games for both football and basketball. That has remained the case for the band in 2018, as they attended all but two road football games this season. The two that the group missed were the games

at Sacred Heart University and at Cornell University â&#x20AC;&#x201D; scheduled over fall break and on a Friday, respectively, and therefore difficult to attend. Cheeseman said via email that the band plans on playing at as many Ivy League away games as possible moving forward. He also mentioned that the Ivy League bands have an agreement in place, dating back a few years, in which the traveling group stays with the hosts during trips as a way for the road band to save money. While the band has maintained a consistent travel schedule into the basketball season, the cheerleading team has not been able to accompany them as often. In fact, this past football season, the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only road trip was to Princeton for the last game of the season. In an email, Stilwell said that the team has not made a final decision regarding its travel schedule for the spring season and is looking through the numbers to determine if it is feasible to travel with the basketball

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Despite appearing at many school-sponsored events, Penn cheerleading is funded by donations and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t receive money from Penn Athletics.

teams and the band. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The hardest thing that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve noticed this semester has been [that] cheer has not gone on a single road trip with us in the basketball season,â&#x20AC;? Jay said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It used to be that the football or basketball team would take one bus, band and cheer would be together on the other. And we consider our-

selves to have a very close relationship with cheer because of that, and their absence has definitely been felt this semester.â&#x20AC;? Whether or not cheerleading will join the band and basketball teams this spring remains up in the air, and there is currently no timetable for when the decision will come.

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He might not be in the starting lineup just yet, but freshman forward Michael Wang is already making a significant impact for Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball. Despite only playing for a total of 42 minutes in two games this week, Wang was a force on offense, leading the Quakers in scoring in both contests. His stellar performances helped the Red and Blue collect two big victories, including against Miami (Fla.) on Tuesday night, the

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With the victory, Penn has won eight of its first ten games for the first time since doing so in three straight seasons between 1992-93 and 1994-95 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; three years in which the Quakers finished a combined 42-0 in Ivy League play. Next up, though itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still only December, is already an elimination game for the Red and Blue. The Quakers will take host No. 21 Villanova (8-2, 3-0) on Tuesday night, where a Wildcats win will clinch their sixth consecutive undefeated Big 5 season. Penn has not beaten Villanova in its last 16 attempts, but with the Wildcats losing their four top scorers from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s championship team to the NBA, this might be the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; best chance in a very, very long time to pull off the upset. And with that, their best chance for their first Big 5 title since 2001-02. With La Salle having seen both teams up close after falling to Villanova, 85-78, on Dec. 1, perhaps no one is more qualified to give his take on the game than La Salle coach Ashley Howard. And the former Villanova assistant phrased it best: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Big 5, man. Anything is possible.â&#x20AC;?

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le win in double-overtime â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as the Quakers (8-2, 1-0) didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lead by more than six at any point in the first 16 minutes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought for the first time all year, in that first half before the [final] timeout, that we were getting out-toughed,â&#x20AC;? Penn coach Steve Donahue said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were allowing every catch to come easy, allowing the ball to drift to the post real easy.â&#x20AC;? But after nearly an entire half of Penn struggling to hit a breakthrough, it finally came after the final media timeout of the first half. Over the last 3:54 of the period, the Quakers went on a 14-0 run, including a 5-for-6 team shooting effort and four La Salle turnovers. When senior guard Antonio Woods found freshman forward Michael Wang for a three with eight seconds left in the half, it turned an apparently close game into a blowout in the blink of an eye. La Salle finished with 20 turnovers on the day, including 14 in the first half. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would definitely say our defense [sparked the run],â&#x20AC;? Woods said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We take a lot

assists, helping the Quakers cruise to a comfortable 83-65 win. Ultimately, Wangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shooting prowess was what made him truly stand out for the Red and Blue. He shot 76.2 percent overall and 70 percent from behind the three-point line this week, allowing the Quakers to take advantage of their offensive opportunities. Penn has another significant challenge upcoming, as the team will look to defeat Villanova on Tuesday for the first time in 16 years. If the Red and Blue want to claim victory in that game, they will likely need this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DP Sports Player of the Week to step up once again.

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“It was difficult at times because in particular Jake went from starting to not playing at all. He got in the gym and got better and made us a better team by practicing really hard,” coach Donahue said. “Jackson is the same way. Whatever his role is, he does it to the best of his ability.” The change wasn’t easy for Donahue and Silpe, but they found ways to handle their decreased role on the court and translate it into success. “One of the biggest things for me was being engaged. Although I came off the bench and was on the bench, [I] just [focused on] being committed to the team, putting in extra work over the summer, getting in the gym, and working on my weaknesses,” Silpe said. For Silpe, this work has paid off. He has competed in every game this season and averaged 21.5 minutes, about triple the

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numbers he amassed the previous two years in limited appearances. However, the two Quakers don’t just make their presence felt during competition. Now captains, Donahue and Silpe set an example for the rest of the team to follow every single day. “[They do] a lot of stuff in practice, in drills, in long days when things aren’t going as well as you hope,” coach Donahue said. “Those two guys really understand how this program was built and how we can maintain this level. They understand it daily.” While Silpe focuses on doing the little things right and developing a trust between himself and his peers, Donahue’s leadership style is much louder. If he wants his teammates to know something, he lets them hear it. “My vocal leadership in particular has been the strongest aspect of my game, and I think that’s something I bring to this team and something I do well,” Jackson said. “I think that be-

ing able to have that unwavering characteristic to my game has been great for the team and great for myself individually.” Those intangibles don’t just help Donahue succeed off the court. According to his teammate, Donahue’s personality allows his in-game performance to improve as well. “Jackson just brings a spark, [an] energy, a lot of passion and emotion,” Silpe said. “In games where there are a lot of fans and it’s a really good atmosphere, Jackson really excels because he takes that all in. There’s no stage he can’t perform on.” While a long time has passed since their AAU days, not everything has changed for Donahue and Silpe. When they compete against each other on the court, emotions run high and the level of intensity is elevated significantly. “[Silpe’s] competitive. We go toe-to-toe every day at practice,” Jackson said. “You hate playing against him but you love playing with him.”

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Quakers use 25-4 run across both halves to break away from Explorers COLE JACOBSON Senior Sports Reporter

There’s no such thing as an easy path to a Big 5 championship, but the Red and Blue just made the first step look not too difficult. In their Big 5 opener at La Salle, the Red and Blue were briefly locked up in a tight matchup, but a 25-4 run spanning

both halves let the Quakers pull away for good. Aided by four players who scored at least 14 points, Penn took an 83-65 victory to keep its four-game win streak alive entering Tuesday’s showdown against defending national champion Villanova. With winless La Salle (0-10, 0-3 Big 5) missing top scorer Pookie Powell to a back injury, one might have expected this to be a slaughter from the start, but a spirited defensive effort helped the Explorers stay in it early. Though La Salle only led for 1:32 of the game, the first half had a defensive tone very similar to last year’s contest between these two teams — a 75-71 La SalSEE LA SALLE PAGE 10

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Penn outscored Gaels 17-7 in fourth quarter to seal win JACKSON SATZ Sports Reporter

For a while it was a little too close for comfort, but Penn women’s basketballeventually put together another commanding performance to head into a nearly two-week hiatus with a win on the road. After a slow start that featured a slew of missed layups, the Quakers pulled away to defeat Iona, 66-43, in just the third all-time matchup between the two schools. The Gaels (1-8) proved to be stubborn competitors and hung around for three quarters with a strong performance from behind the arc. They shot 5 of 7 from deep in the first half, but cooled down to shoot 7 of 15 for the game. “[Iona] made a bunch of threes in a row on us,” coach Mike McLaughlin said. “To our players’ credit, they just responded really well.” Despite Iona’s early outburst from distance, the Red and Blue’s full-court press made it difficult for the Gaels to set up their offense, and Penn (6-2) closed out the first quarter with an 18-11 lead. In the second quarter, Iona managed to cut Penn’s lead to just four points with a three from freshman guard Shyan Mwai, but the Quakers’ stingy two-three zone held firm to give the team a 39-

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Sophomore center Eleah Parker put up 18 points and added 12 rebounds to help the Red and Blue overcome Iona on Saturday.

27 lead at halftime. On the other side of the ball, the Red and Blue struggled, shooting a measly 6 of 22 from three. Nevertheless, sophomore center Eleah Parker followed her 15-point outing against La Salle with a dominating double-double against the Gaels. Parker led three Penn players in double figures with 18 points and 12 rebounds, while senior forward Princess Aghayere added 13 points and nine boards. “[Eleah] was dominant today,” McLaughlin said. “Offensively, she’s getting great position, she scored the ball in multiple ways around the rim, but she affected the game on the defensive end. When she was on the floor, [she made] a big difference.” Throughout the game, the Quakers dominated inside, grabbing 43 rebounds to Iona’s 25 and outscoring the Gaels 36-18 in the

paint. After a poor third quarter in which both teams combined to score only 19 points, the Red and Blue broke out of the slump to score 17 points in the fourth. Penn held Iona to just seven points in the final frame to secure the victory. Key to the Quakers’ overall success was their ability to get stops and score in transition. The Red and Blue scored 21 points off 18 turnovers from the Gaels while turning the ball over only nine times themselves. Additionally, Penn kept Iona away from the free throw line, and the Gaels missed each of their five attempts from the stripe. The Quakers now return home looking to take advantage of their extended break before a Dec. 21 visit to Drexel. The game will be the first meeting between the two schools since a 72-67 Penn win in 2015.

Back in high school, when Jackson Donahue competed for the Middlesex Magic in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), he played a few games against a guard from New Jersey who got on his nerves time and time again. “I was like, oh man, I really don’t like this kid,” Donahue said. That player’s name? Jake Silpe. As it turned out, Donahue would have to deal with the “kid” he initially disliked a lot more often, as both he and Silpe committed to play for Penn men’s basketball starting in the fall of 2015. Despite the lessthan-ideal start to their relationship, the now-senior guards and captains share more similarities than one might think. “We have that same mentality,” Donahue said. “You just have to outwork the other guy and you have to will your way to get whatever you need to do done.” Their career arcs haven’t been so different either. Donahue and Silpe arrived at Penn during the first year of coach Steve Donahue’s tenure (no relation to Jackson) anticipating a bench role, but when Antonio Woods and Tony Hicks left the team, the Quakers were suddenly in desperate need of help

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Senior guard Jackson Donahue’s playing time has fluctuated in his four years, but the veteran has always been a vocal teammate.

at the guard positions. The two freshmen were unexpectedly thrust into the fire, making a combined 37 starts that season. However, their playing time soon changed dramatically in the other direction. The return of now-senior Woods from academic suspension and the arrival of now-junior guards

Ryan Betley and Devon Goodman meant that someone had to lose minutes, and Donahue and Silpe ended up on the receiving end. Forced onto the bench and out of the spotlight, the two players could only do one thing: work harder. SEE SENIORS PAGE 10

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