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His letter ranted against probation and parole officers along with police NICOLE RUBIN Staff Reporter

Nicholas Glenn, the 25-year-old man who terrorized West Philadelphia on Friday, had a checkered past and expressed hatred of police and his probation officer, according to court records and documents revealed by Philadelphia Police over the weekend. Around 11:19 p.m. on Friday, Glenn fired 18 rounds into Philadelphia Police Sergeant Sylv i a Yo u n g’s police cruiser around 52nd and Sansom streets with a Ruger Model SR9, 9MM, semi-automatic pistol, according to police officials. He injured Young — who sustained wounds to the left NICHOLAS GLENN shoulder, arm and torso, NBC10 reported — and a Penn Police officer, Ed Miller, who was shot in the hip and leg. As of Sunday evening, NBC10 reported that Miller was sent home from Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, but Young remained hospitalized and in stable condition. Police found a note in Glenn’s possession, labeled “Doomed People,” that indicated his hatred of probation and parole officers, as well as the police, officials said. Glenn also shot four bystanders, including a 25-year-old woman who died from her injuries. He was later killed during a firefight with other Philadelphia Police responders and was pronounced dead at 11:45 p.m., the release said. Police added

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ost students go to Center City when they want to leave the Penn bubble. But for students who truly want an escape, there’s another option — rural New Jersey. On Friday morning, a handful of students piled into a van outside the Penn Museum and headed to various towns in New Jersey to study historical sites, such as early Quaker and Swedish settlements. These students are enrolled in

Anthropology 219, taught by Robert Schuyler — a class divided in to two sections that travel every Friday or Saturday. Students learn about prehistoric New Jersey and then examine significant sites from the 17th to 20th centuries. They also visit important environmental sites, such as the wetlands along the Jersey shore. The class also visits historically significant sites like Cape May and the estate of Joseph Wharton, the founder of the

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Wharton School of Business. After 11 years of excavating historic sites in the planned community of Vineland, New Jersey, the class shifted its focus to above-ground archaeology. From 2001 to 2012, students participated in the Vineland archaeological dig in the fall semester and could continue their work during the laboratory course in the spring. Current

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The students on the leave of absence panel discussed the benefits and consequences of taking a leave of absence.

Students and administrators came together on Friday to discuss the process, experience and often misinformation surrounding leaves of absence at Penn. Two students sat on the panel. One was Blake Mergler, who took a leave

due to anxiety after she separated from her twin sister, who attended a different college, and is now a student at the Perelman School of Medicine. The other was Engineering sophomore Gerdin Falconi, who took time off to get treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder. The rest of the panel was composed of various administrators involved in the leave of absence SEE PANEL PAGE 5

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Cheerleaders make statement during national anthem Two cheerleaders kneel, raise fist at football opener JACOB ADLER Senior Sports Reporter

One Penn cheerleader knelt and another raised her fist during the national anthem at Penn football’s opening game against Lehigh.

After the Penn Band concluded the Star-Spangled Banner, College junior Alexus Bazen and Wharton junior Deena Char hugged and resumed cheering as the Quakers took the field. Some athletes across the country have been protesting police brutality and racial inequality during the national anthem by kneeling, sitting or raising a fist, beginning with San Francisco 49ers

quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Bazen confirmed Kaepernick’s protests were her inspiration for kneeling. “I believe that the climate of the world right now is very hostile,” Bazen said. “All over the news there has been brutality and violence against people of color and I truly believe in … fighting for equality and standing up for what I believe in.”

Bazen, who said today’s protest was her idea, went to her coach before the game and received permission to kneel during the anthem. Bazen said her teammates were supportive of what she chose to do regardless of her decision. Char, who raised her fist, elected to join Bazen in solidarity. SEE CHEERLEADERS PAGE 8

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Student activism hasn’t stunted alumni donations

Other schools have seen a backlash from alumni JENNA WANG Staff Reporter

At some schools across the country, alumni have recently spoken up about their dissatisfaction with student activism at their alma maters, which led them to decrease or completely stop their donations. Student dissent on campus, however, does not appear to have swayed Penn’s alumni donors from digging into their pockets. The New York Times reported last month that, at colleges like Amherst or Princeton, strong student protests caused a “backlash” of decreased alumni donations to these schools. At Penn, however, undergraduate alumni donation levels have remained consistent, while the number of total donors continues to climb steeply upwards. In fiscal year 2016, a record 27,000 undergraduate alumni contributed a total of $31.9 million to the school, according to The Penn Fund’s 2015-16 Penn Fund Honor Roll publication. This was an increase of 351

donors since the last fiscal year, and a slight decrease of about one percent in donations. 1941 W ha r ton g raduate Leroy Fadem said he has been giving to Penn for over 50 years -- a philanthropic effort unshaken by student activism on campus. “It’s shaped my life. I felt that as long as I had the ability and the capacity to contribute to Penn, I’ve been doing so, for many, many years,” he said. In the 2015-16 Penn Fund Honor Roll, Fadem is listed as a “Perfect Penn Donor,” symbolizing his “consecutive giving in all alumni years.” Fadem was also listed as a “Diamond Member,” which signifies 25 plus years of giving. For the 2015-16 f und ra ising yea r, Fadem donated an amount of $1,000 or more to the school. Fadem said it was possible that his donations could be affected by events on campus — specifically, by how administrators reacted to incidents of contentious student activism. “If it’s something that really was a major situation that I disagreed about with the administration that reacted to it, it could conceivably affect my

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Across the country, student activism on college campuses has resulted in a decrease in alumni donations. At Penn, however, this has not been the case – alumni donations have remained consistent.

giving,” he said. But he added that it was “too hypothetical of a question, because there’s all sorts of incidents that I’ve read about at other institutions, and things I would not agree with, but it hasn’t happened at Penn as I know of.” Similar to Fadem’s stance on giving, the University has not

seen any connection between dissatisfaction with student activism on campus and level of alumni donations, according to Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations John Zeller. “Student activism has not impacted giving so far,” Zeller wrote in an emailed statement. “Our alumni are very diverse,

and have many differing opinions on topics. That said, they also realize that Penn strongly supports free speech, and that a University is a place where opinions should be shared and discussed.” Fadem’s son, 1972 Wharton graduate Steven Fadem, re ca l le d how h is fat her maintained donations to the

University even when highly divisive war protests were raging across college campuses in America. “When I was at Penn, I was on the DP, and I covered the [story of when] College Hall was shut down by protests during the Cambodian invasion,” he said. “There were things going on during that period that were as controversial in their time as some of the events that are affecting campus today. My dad continued his contributions to Penn in support of the institution.” Leroy Fadem said that Penn has changed notably since he was a student on campus, but that giving back to Penn was a way for him contribute “a token of affection” to the school and shape its future. “What Penn is today is nothing like what Penn was like when I attended there,” he said. “It’s many, many more buildings, and I remember Penn as a smaller institution. I give to Penn because I feel I don’t give a significant amount you can build buildings with, but I’ve been contributing to Penn at what I feel is a reasonable and modest amount.”

Bloomers’ annual LaughtHERfest is another crowd-pleasing hit

The show invited many other female comedy groups REBECCA TAN Staff Reporter

With jokes ranging from the OZ email flyer protest to the upcoming “rapture” that is the United States presidential election, Bloomers’ annual LaughtHERfest show was a crowd-pleasing hit. Before the per for ma nce began on Saturday, LaughtHERfest producer and College junior Gena Basha read out a list of sexist comments that people had left on YouTube videos of female comedians. “Now, let’s show the world how kick-ass women in comedy actually are,” she said to the audience. Comedian and actress Emily Maya Mills opened the show by discussing subjects from “feeling depressed at a party” to the recent OZ email flyer protest to the audience’s loud approval. The show continued with an

all-female comedy troupe from Brown University Skorts and Brown senior Chelsea Fernando. Most of Fernando’s set centered around the word “creepy” and its effectiveness in “shutting boys down.” She said after the show that she was a little worried about how the joke would be received because she usually includes it in longer performances and had not rehearsed it as frequently as some of her other sets. The set also included reflections on her experiences as a person of color that Fernando was worried might come off as “too nitpicky.” But on Saturday night in Irvine Auditorium, Fernando’s wry comments on gender equity were a hit. “I thought her jokes really rang true to life. It felt super genuine,” College sophomore James Hiebert said. College freshman Daniel Gonzalez , who thought Fernando’s set was the best of the whole day, said

that her jokes made him consider the experiences of women in way that he had not done before. Other audience favorites include Rodriguez, who, as part of her set, listed her insecurities as though she was a sports commentator introducing basketball players. The event began in the morning with a panel of female comedians and continued in the afternoon with two workshops — one on TV screenwriting led by comedian and writer Marlena Rodriguez, and another on stand-up and improvisation led by Mills . Rodriguez and Mills then joined Bloomers, stand-up comedy group Simply Chaos and groups from Brown as well as Rhode Island School of Design for an evening performance in Irvine Auditorium. Among the audience at this year’s LaughtHERfest performance were 12 comedy groups from other schools such as Lehigh University and Temple University.

“This is something we’re proud of. We wanted [LaughtHERfest] to be something really cool for other women in comedy to be able to experience, and I think we achieved that,” chair of Bloomers and College senior Trudel Pare said. Founded in 1978, Bloomers is the nation’s first collegiate allwomen’s comedy sketch group. They are well-established at Penn, which is a privilege that not many other female comedy groups enjoy, Basha said. To that end, a core mission of LaughtHERfest is to provide a platform and community for female comedians who may not have access to one on their own campuses. Basha pointed to the students from Brown who set up the university’s first and only all female comedy sketch group, Skorts, after attending last year’s LaughtHERfest . She added, “This is the kind of thing that is so important and why we want to continue inviting other schools to this event.”

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF EVENTS 11:19 p.m., 52nd and Sansom streets: The suspect began shooting Philadelphia Police sergeant Sylvia Young in her patrol car. Shortly after, a call for assist officers was put out Officers pursued the suspect to 51st and Sansom streets, where he fired into Maximum Level Lounge at 5118 Sansom, striking a security guard in the leg The suspect used a female bystander as a “shield” from the police. He then shot her in the leg.

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The suspect went east on Sansom, shooting into a car, striking a male and female civilian. As of early Saturday, the woman was reported dead and the man in critical contition. The suspect entered an alley on 48th Street between Walnut and Sansom, and Penn Police officer Ed Miller was the first to follow. The suspect and police exchanged gunfire: Miller was shot, and the suspect ultimately shot and killed. Young and Miller were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

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Comedians Marlena Rodriguez and Emily Maya Mills joined Bloomers, Simply Chaos and other groups in a joint evening performance.

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that the firearm was discharged at least 51 times throughout the course of the attack. Prior to his rampage, Glenn had been arrested on a variety of other charges from 2009 to 2013. On Nov. 19, 2009, he was charged with rape, robbery and aggravated indecent assault, though the results were later withdrawn in December 2011 for some unknown reason, according to court records. In a description of the incident, The Philadelphia Inquirer said a 24-year-old woman was allegedly forced into an apartment building and raped by six men while picking up takeout food on 56th and Walnut streets. On April 15, 2011, Glenn was found guilty on a possession of marijuana charge, court records show. Other drug charges would reappear several times throughout the next three years. In response to this shooting, Penn President Amy Gutmann said in an email to students, “In these challenging and difficult times for our country, there is no place that is immune to such senseless outbursts of violence,”

adding that, “We are extremely fortunate to have great men and women like Officer Miller on patrol at Penn.” It also gained the attention of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and his running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. Both tweeted at the Philadelphia Police and Penn Police, sending thoughts and prayers. Similar to previous platforms, such as that of Richard Nixon’s declaration of the War on Drugs, Donald Trump has centered much of his campaign on what he calls “The war on police.” Citing Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as having been complicit in anti-police uprisings, Trump claims that he is the “law and order candidate.” In his Milwaukee appearance, Trump pointed toward the model of former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani, who was known to be tough on crime. The largest police union in the nation, the Fraternal Order of Police, recently endorsed Trump, citing his “commitment to America’s law enforcement.” The FOP has also come out against Hillary Clinton; it claims Clinton refused to fill out a questionnaire to win the group’s endorsement.

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Penn Violence Prevention expands for better outreach PVP set up teams to look at the role of sexual violence REBECCA TAN Staff Reporter

Over the summer, the Penn Violence Prevention Office tripled in staff, welcoming Associate Director Malik Washington and Program Coordinator Katie Chockley . They join Director Jessica Mertz who has been working on violence prevention at Penn since 2009. Part of why PVP expanded was to accommodate the natural growth of the office as it sought to engage more students. Another important prompt was the results of the 2015 Association of American Universities’ campus climate survey, which identified specific areas where Penn needed improve provisions against sexual violence. “A lot [of the results] were things that we had already known, but which really became

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students will visit the Vineland excavation at the end of the semester. Interested students can still register for the spring laboratory component, ANTH 220, in order to continue the study of Vineland artifacts, which were dug up by the hundreds of Penn students who took the class in previous years. “It’s not just an exercise, it’s the actual collections. They’re part of an actual project run through the anthropology department,” Schuyler said. No previous archaeological experience is required, and the class fulfills the Humanities & Social Science Sector for the College of Arts and Sciences. College jun ior Ma r isa Reeves, an anthropology major

solidified when we saw it backed up by data,” Mertz said. Following the release of the AAU results, PVP set up three working teams of administrative staff to look at the role of sexual violence prevention within specific spaces: among LGBTQ students, among graduate and professional students and with regard to men and masculinity. This semester, some findings of these working teams have manifested in policy. For graduate and professional students, this semester was the first time that PVP created a Thrive At Penn module specifically for them. This is also the first time that Penn Anti-Violence Educators was expanded to include graduate students, five of whom are already in training to hold anti-violence workshops for their peers. PVP hopes to hold similar targeted workshops for LGBTQ students. After holding a qualitative survey with self-identified LGBTQ students, PVP found

that there are particular barriers that LGBTQ students face in accessing resources to address sexual violence. “Something we found is that LGBTQ students have trouble identifying their own experiences as violent. It’s a problem in many communities, but particularly when the violence is being inflicted by a person of the same gender,” Chockley said. Other concerns for LGBTQ students are whether anti-violence resources are queer-affirming and confidential. The PVP office has found that this targeted research and outreach is the most effective in engaging students. Going forward, they hope to replicate a similar process for international students, who will be a priority this semester. New initiatives aside, PVP has also expanded its scope for existing projects such as PAVE which has doubled its number of undergraduate educators. Since the beginning of this semester,

PAVE has held three workshops, including one for the football team. The group committed to giving violence prevention workshops to all varsity sports teams at Penn. While both the PVP office and its initiatives have grown, PVP staff emphasize they cannot and are not attempting to solve sexual violence on their own. Rather, their role is to empower students to address this problem as a community. Washington said that in recent weeks, it has been particularly moving to witness students coming out to advocate against the attitudes demonstrated in the leaked email from off-campus organization OZ. “To see the level of engagement and passion that arose from this incident, and particularly to see it around young men, is very encouraging,” Washington said. Mertz said the OZ incident has “brought more people to the table” to discuss issues of sexual violence – people who are not

concentrating in archaeology, registered for the class to gain field experience that will be relevant to her academic interests. As a New Jersey native, she is also looking to learn more about her home state. “I really love learning about the past of where I grew up, because I’ve lived in South Jersey my whole life,” she said. Anthropology majors make up a minority of students enrolled in the class. Others enroll to fulfill the sector requirement or because of the unique structure of the class. Wharton sophomore Aaron Schapira had previously taken an introductory archaeology class and wanted to learn more about the subject in an applied setting. “I personally think that the whole model of the lecture as a class is a little bit outdated in the sense that — for me — there’s

very little a lecture gives that I could not get online, on my own,” he said. “To have a really handson class provides me a learning opportunity that I definitely could not get in the classroom.” Most recently, the class visited historic sites in Greenwich and Salem. In Greenwich, the class stopped at a monument commemorating New Jersey’s version of the Boston Tea Party — the 1774 Greenwich Tea Party, in which 40 patriots dressed as Native Americans and torched a load of tea. College senior Jason Won took the class to learn about events like these. A Seoul native who also spent ten years in Mexico City, he had little exposure to American history and culture before coming to Penn. Throughout the course, he has already learned a great deal about Revolutionary War history.

“I have never taken American history — I know absolutely nothing about American history — so this is a good opportunity to learn about it. I didn’t know anything about the Tea Party,” he said, referring to the professor’s explanation of the Boston Tea Party. Won also enjoys seeing another area of the country, outside of busy Philadelphia and in a more

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Midterms loom. Recruiting rages on. Winter cannot be far behind. Having been away from Penn for the last two years, I naturally couldn’t wait to get back and live the good life. The grass on College Green had begun to feel mighty green indeed. There were so many things that I wanted to experience again — the intellectual stimulation, the social scene, the Chipotle. So over the last couple of weeks, books were read(ish), drinks drunk and spilled, Chipotle had an unhealthy number of times. Yet, I also remembered something that I had forgotten — or chosen to forget — while I was away: Penn is really, really hard. As the excitement of a new school year begins to wind down, a lot of people are remembering or figuring out that Penn is tough on many levels. The saying that college means choosing two out of sleep, social life and grades is especially true at Penn, where both libraries and parties are often at full capacity regardless of

the hour. People who considered themselves overachievers will suddenly find themselves faced with the prospect of mediocrity, some for the first time in their lives. Even for those who succeed academically, the social pressures can be significant. Social status at Penn is centered around Greek life, and trying to break into this scene is a difficult and dejecting process. Students experience the growing pains of trying to manage relationships and building a network of people you can depend on. So it’s hard. This fact has received more attention over the last few years, as several tragedies struck Penn, sparking a discussion about mental health and wellness at the school. At the center of this discussion was the idea of “Penn Face,” a term used to describe the tendency of Penn students to present themselves as put together and happy even when they’re stressed and struggling. This idea especially gained momentum after The New York Times covered the culture at

Penn. I want to warn against accepting Penn Face as a fundamental element of the debate surrounding the school’s culture. For one, there’s no evidence to suggest that it’s

way, even claiming this toxic culture as a part of Penn is a sign of our collective insecurity. We identify this unhealthy phenomenon as something that makes us special. Furthermore, I would say

I want to warn against accepting Penn Face as a fundamental element of the debate surrounding the school’s culture.” unique to Penn. Stanford students often speak of “Stanford duck syndrome,” used to compare a duck that appears to glide across the water effortlessly while paddling furiously under the surface. Moreover, students across the country report higher levels of stress and lower levels of emotional well-being in recent years compared to past decades. So this is definitely not just a Penn thing. In a

that this phenomenon is not applicable just to college students. T. S. Eliot famously declared in “Prufrock,” “There will be time, there will be time/ To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet.” Rarely do we ever find ourselves in an environment where it is the norm to fully express our emotions and thoughts. This is often for our own sakes as well as that of others, since we want to present the best versions of

ourselves. It’s not just Penn that requires a mask; it’s life. The danger in this line of thinking is that the solution lies mainly in baring our true selves. When you feel alone in your desperation and unhappiness to the point of self-harm, this might of course be true. But I want to point out that the mental health issue is much more complicated than just the dissonance between how you are perceived and who you actually are, and that there are other factors. Perhaps it has to do with the systematic failure of Penn as an institution on the issue of wellness. Perhaps it has nothing to do with Penn at all. None or all of these things could be true, but they must all be considered before we accept the Penn Face as an answer to anything. Ultimately, it’s important to keep in mind that Penn is worthwhile not despite but because of its difficulty. The amount of trust and respect afforded to us due to our affiliation with Penn is not just a testament to our intelligence and natural talent, but also our

JAMES LEE ability to endure and survive in such a competitive environment. Those at the top of the mountain didn’t fall there. They climbed. And one must assume that before their ascent, when they gazed upwards at the unknowable peak, they had on their face an expression that that refused to betray fear or uncertainty. JAMES LEE is a College junior from Seoul, South Korea studying English and Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. His email address is jel@sas. upenn.edu “The Conversation” usually appears every other Monday.

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To commemorate last week’s anniversary of Sept. 11, members of Occidental College’s Republican Club planted 2,997 American flags — one for each victim of the attack — on their campus green, all of which were later removed by student protesters. This incident, now the subject of an ongoing investigation, has sparked a heated debate on campus over the symbol of the flag, what it represents and who gets to decide. Though no one has been officially charged with uprooting the flags, students from a campus group known as the Coalition at Oxy for Diversity and Equity have allowed their Facebook page to be used as a platform for students to speak out in defense of the protest. An anonymous statement posted to its page reads, “For us, this flag is a symbol of institutionalized violence (genocide, rape, slavery, colonialism, etc.) against people of color domestically as well as globally. Additionally, if the goal of the memorial is to commemorate the lives lost during 9/11, the singular nature of the American flag fails to ac-

count for the diversity of lives lost on that day.” “This is not a critique of desiring to remember the fallen, this is a critique of failing to comprehend who, or what, has been lost.” For both the students who planted the flags and those who removed them, the events of and surrounding 9/11 are inexplicably traumatic. As is true of all similarly divisive events, our passion and pain regarding them rarely leads to a polite response, so we should all take care to understand not just the actions, but also the motives of the protestors and not let our opinion of one disqualify the other. Surely, in the eyes of many Americans, the act of disrespecting the flag is akin to disrespecting the lives that were lost on 9/11. There’s no question that the students who planted those flags deserve sympathy — their pain is real. But the same must also be said of the protesters because so is theirs. Conflict seems almost unavoidable when one community possesses two radically

different, if not irreconcilable, interpretations of the flag. And for those who only wanted to spend the day grieving, the politicization of this memorial might seem like an unwarranted distraction.

publican Club indicated that the event was sponsored by the Never Forget Project, a program started by the Young American’s Foundation. According to its website, “Young America’s Foundation began

Conflating a national tragedy with nationalism causes any form of dissent to become disrespect for those who were lost.” “This is beyond politics, this is about those lives that were so tragically taken,” said the Occidental Republicans in a recent statement posted to their Facebook page. And while I have no doubt that they organized their memorial with the hope of mourning those who were lost, whether or not the event was apolitical is still up for debate. A sign placed at the memorial by the Occidental Re-

this program in 2003 when we discovered that most college campuses were either completely ignoring the anniversary or holding a politically correct event instead.” The organization also provides a pamphlet with instructions that include, “Host a conservative speaker in conjunction with your programs,” and “Don’t let the Left appropriate this day to promote its politically correct, multicul-

tural agenda.” I can’t say for certain what they mean by, “politically correct, multicultural agenda,” but I assume it looks something like the posters put up by protestors at the Quad which said, “R.I.P the 2,996 Americans who died in 9/11. R.I.P the 1,455,590 innocent Iraqis who died during the U.S. invasion for something they didn’t do.” — a message which the Occidental Republicans say “shamed the victims of 9/11.” On the day after 9/11, American flags sprang up all across the country. For many communities it might have been strange to see a home without one. In times of immense tragedy, we turn to powers greater than our own. Some turn to religion, some to nation and many turn to both. The desire to do so is, of course, only natural. The weight of nearly 3,000 deaths is too heavy for one set of shoulders. But has something not gone awry when we start exchanging consolation for allegiance? And when we replace the memories of loved ones with American flags, to whom (or

CAMERON DICHTER to what) are we paying tribute? Conflating a national tragedy with nationalism causes any form of dissent to become disrespect for those who were lost. This creates a barrier to speaking out when the desire to mourn becomes a desire for vengeance. The Occidental College Republicans have the right to mourn as they see fit, but the question remains — can we raise the flag without being blinded by it? CAMERON DICHTER is a College junior from Philadelphia, studying English. His email address is camd@ sas.upenn.edu. “Real Talk” usually appears every other Monday.

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In the early hours of Aug. 29, a student was caught lighting plastic red cups and hand sanitizer on the fifth floor of Mayer Hall. The fire tripped a smoke alarm, and the arsonist escaped among the crowds of students who evacuated the dorm. The suspect, a white male with blond hair, is still at-large, and the investigation, coordinated between Penn Police and the Philadelphia Fire Department, is still ongoing. “We are hot on his trail. He likes it hot and so do we,” Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said. “He would be better off coming forward and taking his medicine.”

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process. An academic leave is mandatory, in which a student who is struggling academically is required to take two semesters off from Penn. A voluntary leave is where a student chooses to take time off for any number of reasons. The panelists discussed reasons why many students are reluctant to take a leave of absence. “We recognize this is not an instantaneous decision for the vast majority of students — that it is often thought of as the last resort and the least desirable option,” said Katrina Glanzer, assistant director of Advising Services and Academic Support Many of concerns are

After happening on the scene, a female student yelled at the suspect, at which point he dropped the cups and the hand sanitizer spread to a wooden door, the Division of Public Safety said. Although the fire was quickly extinguished with a water bottle, Chief of Fire and Emergency Services Eugene Janda said the situation remained dangerous. “Even though the fire was small it would have quickly turned into a larger fire. It is troubling because the corridor is a common egress path,” he said. Rush also shared Janda’s concern for student safety. “We are very active in keeping our students safe and we don’t appreciate when somebody tries to put them in danger,” she said. The concern for fire safety is significant. After a fire in a

financial. Students who take time off sometimes do not get credit for uncompleted classes, and the tuition from that semester might not be refunded, panelists said. “For the most part, we’re extremely generous, but we consider a lot of different things before we consider whether or not a student gets a refund,” said Sonya Gwak, the director of Student Life in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Falconi said she didn’t lose any money by taking a leave. But Mergler said that because she decided to take a leave later in the semester, she did not get a refund, and the financial costs of a lost semester did put a strain on her family. But there are other concerns as well — students may worry that they will lose their place in the Penn community if they take

dorm at Seton Hall University in 2000, which killed 3 and injured 67, a movement grew among universities to install sprinklers in residential halls. In the 15 years since the Seton Hall fire, which was started by two people playfully lighting things on fire, 118 people have died in on and off-campus fires. Afterwards, Penn’s Board of Trustees approved a $32 million retrofit for all of school’s sleeping quarters, including in affiliated fraternity and sorority housing. In 2005, within a month of the renovation, a kitchen fire started but was contained by the new sprinklers. Smoke and water damaged many rooms but around 40 people’s lives were saved. “I talked to the trustees after the fire and let them know the return on investment: priceless,” Rush said.

time off. “You’re a student leaving and taking time away … you’re thinking that you’re leaving that part of you,” Sharon Smith, who works at Student Intervention Services, said. “But Penn is still here, and you’re still a Penn student a year from now. You’re still one of us.” Glanzer pointed out that students still have access to academic advisors while on leave, which can help connect them with resources like Counseling and Psychological Services, the Weingarten Learning Center and Student Health Service when they return. Both students said they had a more positive academic and social experience after returning from a leave of absence. “Ever since I came back I feel like I can see the colors of Penn,” Falconi said.

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Mergler said her experience with her psychologist during her leave sparked an interest in psychology. She ended up becoming pre-med and is now a medical student. “Socially, I think I was just more prepared to be an independent person,” Mergler said. “I met friends in a healthy way; I didn’t rely on others to be healthy.” Glanzer said that the majority of students who take a leave of absence graduate within one semester of the typical four-year trajectory. But not everyone’s experience with leaves has been positive — one student asked about a friend who went on medical leave and did not receive any class credits or refunds from the lost semester. She said his experience discouraged people he knew from seeking help for mental health

problems. Gwak responded that the situation described was unusual. “Every situation is different. That person’s situation is in my perspective very rare. That is an anomaly,” Gwak said. “It is an array of choice that you have … we really really want to work with you.” Smith emphasized that any student who is at risk should still seek help. “We would absolutely, absolutely encourage that … it saddens me to hear that one would think they have thoughts of harming themselves and they’re afraid because their first thought is we’re going to send them home,” Smith said. “Obviously the University’s not a business, it’s an educational institution … we’re not in the business of sending students home without their

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degrees.” President of Active Minds and College junior Kathryn Dewitt organized and moderated the event. She took a leave of absence as well, and she said she was initially reluctant when the option was first presented to her. When she ultimately decided to take time off, she tried to come back after only one semester but was denied. However, she now feels that taking a full year off was the best thing for her mental health. She wanted the panel to address the stigma and misinformation surrounding leaves of absence at Penn. “Getting the administrator and students talking in the same room with other administrators and students asking questions was the way to debunk the myths,” Dewitt said.

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Quakers take top spots at Main Line Invitational XC | Men, women both

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Penn cross country continued its winning streak this weekend with both the men’s and women’s sides taking first at the Main Line Invitational on Friday afternoon. The women finish 1-3-4-6-8 for a total of 22 team points and first place overall. The men followed closely behind with a 3-4-5-6-8 finish, for a total of 28 team points,

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took a while for the team to find that second piece of insurance. Penn controlled the flow for much of the first half in large part due to freshman midfielder Emily Sands who had no trouble with the ball at her feet. “I’m looking at the forwards to see what’s open, what’s on, trying to get in behind, and if not, trying to keep possession,” the Chester, Pa., native said. Sophomore forward Sasha Stephens finally broke through with less than 10 minutes to play, running onto a through ball from

also taking the top spot. Coach Steve Dolan was happy with the team’s performance. “It was a nice way to ease into the season. We’ve been training very hard,” he said. “It was a good team effort from everybody.” For the women, upperclassmen put up strong times. Senior Ashley Montgomery put up the top time and took her second consecutive individual win. Fellow seniors Cleo and Clarissa Whiting followed closely behind, taking third and fourth places with times of 16:49.5 and 16:55.1 respectively.

holding midfielder Allie Trzaska and slotting it into the bottom left corner with the keeper charging. The Quakers ran into much more difficulty against the Dragons on Sunday, where it seemed like Drexel had more confidence on the ball in the first half. “I think we came out in the first half and gave them too much respect,” Van Dyke said. “We wanted to score first, but I don’t know if our enthusiasm and our energy matched our desire.” After having little difficulty finding the net first in their previous four games, the Red and Blue were placed in unfamiliar territory ending the first half without too

“It was nice, I feel like these are some of my favorite races,” Montgomery said, emphasizing the fact that the team stuck together during the race. “It honestly feels less of like we’re being held back and more of like we need each other there to get through the beginning and the middle,” she said. “It just feels good when you have so many of your teammates behind you,” Cleo added. Dolan also said he was particularly impressed with junior Abby Hong and freshman Erin Feeney. “Abby was a really key scorer

many attempts on goal. But coming out of halftime, the team looked reborn. More threats came from the Penn front four, and the backline continued to rise up to the occasion. “I think the best thing to happen this weekend was that our backs defended,” Van Dyke added. “We’ve done a lot of attacking with our backs and haven’t had as much pressure. So in the last two games our back four has learned a ton.” Now, with the Ivy opener coming up this weekend, the learning period is coming to close. “We have the arsenal to win the league,” Qu finished. “And I’m looking forward to that.”

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for us and had a really nice race, and also Erin has been really impressive,” he said. Meanwhile, Dolan said that he was pleasantly suprised with how the freshmen were adjusting to the team and a college training schedule. “It’s a big adjustment to college, adjusting to a new academic schedule and a new level of training,” Dolan said. “They’ve done really well this first month of the year.” For the men, the freshmen played a particularly important role.

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before defeating Villanova and finishing the year as Ivy League champions, so not too much weight should be associated with this loss. More encouraging is that unlike last season, the offense looks like it has the potential to be a dominating force.

Daly. Looking forward, Dolan is taking each race as it comes. “We’re just trying to take them one at a time. We don’t race again for two weeks. … We’ll be in a real big field there,” he said, referencing the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University on Oct. 1. “I’m very proud of where they are and excited about what’s coming,” he said. For the runners, though, it’s all in the team. “You know, it takes seven good runners to put up a good score, not three,” Montgomery said.

The turning point of the game was when Lehigh punched in a touchdown as time expired in the second quarter to head into the break tied with Penn. If the defense can hold strong in similar situations as the season progresses, the outcomes will improve and the Quakers will again be in the Ivy title mix. What’s clear is that success

this season will rely on Torgersen, Watson and the rest of John Reagan’s offense to consistently score and put pressure on the opposition for an entire 60 minutes. THOMAS MUNSON is a College junior from New York, and is a senior sports reporter at The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.

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Furrer picked up right where she left off in Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home showdown, setting the tone with seven kills in the opening set en route to finishing with a match-high 12. But beyond Furrerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continued offensive dominance, a stellar team defensive effort was the story behind Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success on Friday. Middle blocker Hayley Molnar had a career-high four blocks at the net, while three Quakers had double-digit digs, led by junior libero Michelle Pereiraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 13. Overall, La Salle was held to a miniscule .107 hitting percentage for the evening (compared to Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s .252), allowing the Red and Blue to keep any comeback efforts at bay in the 25-21, 25-21, 25-19 victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;La Salle was a lot better than last year, so I thought we did a good job in coming out, and we were able to beat them in three sets which is something that we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done in a while,â&#x20AC;? Carr said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought it was a really good performance for the weekend.â&#x20AC;? Friday night was also notable for an intriguing off-the-court showdown â&#x20AC;&#x201D; first-year Penn assistant Scott Schweihofer faced off against wife and La Salle head coach Caitlin Schweihofer for the first time in the the formerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Penn career, enabling him to a bit of bragging rights for the night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even during the whole interview process, Caitlin and Scott â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Caitlin is a friend of mine as well â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were strictly professional and never let any of that into our friendship,â&#x20AC;?

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With five former captains having graduated this spring leading to an unprecedented senior-less roster, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no secret that turnover has been a constant storyline following Penn volleyball in 2016. But, at least for one weekend, it seemed everything was the same for the Red and Blue. At the Big 5 Tournament in Philadelphia this weekend, Penn finished with identical results for the third consecutive year, beating La Salle while falling to Villanova and Temple to finish the event with a 1-2 record. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Definitely on paper, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way it shouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve happened,â&#x20AC;? Penn coach Kerry Carr said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Temple and Villanova finished much stronger [than us] last year and both had really good returning groups, so we knew we were going to have to play our very best to compete.â&#x20AC;? Penn (4-7) hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lost to the Explorers (8-7) in program history prior to Friday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tournament opener at the Palestra, and the Quakers kept their unblemished mark intact with a comfortable victory over La Salle in straight sets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first sweep of the season. After becoming Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Ivy League Rookie of the Week since 2012 following last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Penn Invitational, freshman outside hitter Caroline

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took advantage of it.â&#x20AC;? After that late score, the Red and Blue seemed unable to get the wind back in their sails. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a certain condition, you can never simulate that type

Carr said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They definitely downplayed it as well; I think it was nice that after it was all done, we could be friendly and chat again.â&#x20AC;? Unfortunately, the emotional high for the Red and Blue would only last a day, as the Quakers proceeded to struggle on Saturday. First up, Penn took on a strong Villanova squad coming off of a 2015 NCAA Tournament appearance, and the team was outmatched from the start. Although Pereira provided a bright spot for the Quakers with a match-leading 14 digs, Penn had few other answers to a stacked Wildcatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offensive attack, as Villanova (9-4) managed to secure 46 kills with a measly seven errors, hitting .394 to cruise to an easy 25-14, 25-11, 25-22 win. In the nightcap, Penn had a chance to play spoiler against Temple, who was 2-0 in the tournament entering the finale. But the Owls (7-3) wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow any such lapse, making sure to take care of the Quakers early en route to clinching their first Big 5 Tournament title since 2014. Outside hitter Irem Asci spearheaded the Owlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; effort with 14 kills and 11 assists, as Temple took a comfortable 25-18, 25-16, 25-17 victory to seal the tournament championship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that the Ivy League is getting better and better, so we really need to schedule those kind of teams,â&#x20AC;? Carr said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just take our lumps a little bit and see what we can get out of it.â&#x20AC;?

of energy, that exhaustion, when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing in practice,â&#x20AC;? Penn coach Ray Priore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And obviously we came out in the second half, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have that kind of pop that we were looking for all the way around.â&#x20AC;? Tre Solomon, who had rushed for 58 yards on just six carries in the first

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The Quakers made a statement on Saturday but returned home needing to ask themselves some questions. Opening the year on the road against Mansfield, Penn sprint football cruised to a 31-7 win but was dealt a heavy blow when sophomore running back Max Jones went down in the fourth quarter with a broken ankle. Coach Bill Wagner made no effort to mask the difficulty presented by the loss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll solve that tailback problem â&#x20AC;&#x201D; our four senior captains have great leadership and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll step up next week,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the experience of everyone we played [against Mansfield] helps a lot since depth in our league is so important.â&#x20AC;? Nonetheless, the Red and Blue (1-0) were left with some bright spots. Though Mansfield has never beaten the Quakers, the last two games between the two squads went right down to the wire. Senior quarterback Mike McCurdy was not going to let that happen this time. The reigning CSFL co-MVP was in midseason form, throwing for 261 yards and two scores without allowing a pick. Indeed, it was on the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first drive that McCurdy connected

half, gained just one more yard on three carries before being replaced by senior back Brian Schoenauer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who unexpectedly saw no time in the first half after Priore elected to stick with Solomon as the hot hand. Solomonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second-half struggles were by no means unique to the junior tailback. The Quakers were

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decision. Char, who raised her fist, elected to join Bazen in solidarity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alexus and I started on this team together, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been together for a very long time and I wanted to show my support to what I think is a very important cause and important issue,â&#x20AC;? Char said. Char declined to comment as to whether she will continue to protest at future games. Bazen believed she has made her statement â&#x20AC;&#x153;loudlyâ&#x20AC;? and will again ask for permission in the future if she feels the need to protest again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My parents are vets, my family

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shut out in the final 30 minutes, not running a single play in Mountain hawk territory. Although junior punter Hunter Kelley launched five 50-yard punts in the second half â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including one that pinned Lehigh at the 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Prioreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the stop. And so a game where Penn had been on the verge of taking a lead into the half steadily slipped out of reach. While Torgersen was able to make things happen on offense in the opening frames â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he gained 86

all the more significant. Having gone down late in the game, the Red and Blue did not have much of a chance to test out their options, though senior Robert Diorio did log a touchdown on the ground in garbage time. Although Wagner called upon eight different carriers in the game, only Jones and McCurdy rushed more than three times. The Quakers will need a running game against the Black Knights â&#x20AC;&#x201D; last year they managed to sack McCurdy seven times, and that was in spite of Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 16 rushing attempts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In order to win this league, you have to beat one of the service academies, if not both, and I know our troops will be ready for that game,â&#x20AC;? Wagner said. As the Red and Blue take a moment to relish a strong opener, there is the acknowledgment that Army is not far in the distance. Last year, the Quakers came within a field goal of knocking the Black Knights off and securing a share of the CSFL title. If Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squad hopes to build upon that in 2016, it will have to start with a win this Friday.

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with junior wideout Andrew Sutton â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his favored target on the day, logging six receptions for 131 yards â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to jump out to the early lead. By halftime it was 10-0 and, though the Mountaineers got on the board early in the third, Penn quickly stifled any hope of a comeback. While the offense cruised, it was the defense that was the story of the night. Mansfield quarterback Adam Hutchinson was picked off four times, and Penn defensive end Ed Cai â&#x20AC;&#x201D; playing his first game back after missing the 2015 season to work for Facebook â&#x20AC;&#x201D; added a blocked kick and forced fumble to his stat sheet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our defense stepped it up tonight giving us great field position all day,â&#x20AC;? Wagner said. â&#x20AC;?[Cai] is a big asset coming off the edge, and he did a super job.â&#x20AC;? Wagner knows that his squad will need to be firing on all cylinders when Army comes to town on Friday. The Black Knights coasted to a 38-0 rout of Chestnut Hill, having lost only one game since 2011. That makes the loss of Jones

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attacker tallies both goals TOM NOWLAN Sports Editor

This Saturday, it was the Sofia Palacios show. The sophomore attack had the best game of her young career, scoring both goals in a 2-1 win in double overtime. With the win, the Red and Blue (4-1) added a solid road victory to their resume as they head into conference play next weekend versus Cornell. “It’s really nice to go into that first Ivy League game, feeling confident and being able to take shots,” Palacios said. “We’re definitely on a high after getting a win this weekend.” The first goal of the game came late in the first half, when Palacios took a miss by junior

attack Alexa Hoover and drove the ball into the back of a net, putting the Quakers up 1-0 33 minutes in. “Hoover got off a shot off the post, and I was just in the right place at the right time,” Palacios said. “I just kind of lifted it through a crowd and it went in.” Fairfield would respond though, early in the second half. Thirty-seven minutes in, Stag attack Hannah Pike put away a penalty corner to knot the game at one, a score that would hold into two overtimes. In the second period, though, Palacios struck again. Ninetythree minutes into the game, the Virginia native found herself in a one-on-one breakaway with Fairfield goalie Caitlin Bennett. “The pass came over the center to me. … I got off the shot and it went in,” Palacios said of her walk-off score. “It definitely

came at the right time.” “The pass came from our defensive end, Sofia took it from right to left across the circle and scored on a backhand,” Penn coach Colleen Fink added. With the two goals, Palacios now has four on the season, topping the team. Teammates Elise Tilton, Rachel Huang and Hoover (who rewrote program record books with 27 goals last season) have three apiece. The Quakers had the chance to wrap the game up much earlier, outshooting Fairfield 24-12 on the day. Eleven of those shots came from Hoover, who despite her solid play, has not been able to replicate her prolific scoring output of 2015 so far this season. “It can be frustrating at times — we only scored one out of 11 on our corners,” Fink said of the frustrating offensive evening. “Sometimes when it comes to

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scoring, the harder you try, the harder it becomes.” Now, Penn’s game will really start to count — they kick off conference play at Cornell next Saturday, their first matchup of the all-important Ivy League season. “It was good playing two tight games [the Quakers beat Saint Joseph’s 5-4 in double overtime a week ago], because everything is on the line. The Ivy League is a battle,” Fink said. “We’re really prepared for that battleground atmosphere.” So, when the Red and Blue take the field next Saturday in Ithaca, they won’t just be sporting a pretty 4-1 record — they will be a battle-tested squad coming off two clutch overtime wins. And if the past is prologue, Palacios might just be about to notch a couple more goals.

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Sophomore attacker Sofia Palacios put the team on her back as she scored both goals, including the game winner in double overtime.

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Red and Blue outlast La Salle in overtime thriller for first win SOCCER | Rookie Hefter

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SANJAY DURESETI Sports Reporter

On Saturday, the players and coaches of Penn men’s soccer were greeted by friendly faces on their opponent’s sideline. But, on the field, no such affection could be found. La Salle, coached by former Penn assistant Rob Irvine, looked to improve to a program-record 6-1-0 start. The Quakers, on the other hand, were looking for their first win, having been held to a series of frustrating draws early on in the

season. Thanks to a late overtime goal from freshman Sam Hefter, however, it was the Red and Blue who achieved their objective, breaking open a scoreless match with a lastgasp 108th minute strike. The Quakers (1-1-3), however, were far more powerful from the start, dominating possession and shot totals in the opening stretch. Just seven minutes into the match, senior Matt Poplawski sent a diving header off of a corner kick deflection skidding past the post. Hefter, just 10 minutes after his entrance into the game, was set up nicely just inside the penalty box after some crafty give-and-go action with junior Sam Wancowicz. Hefter’s shot, however,

skipped just wide after he failed to hit it cleanly with his right foot. Penn’s offensive aggression was nearly rewarded when Wancowicz made a penetrating run across the right wing and sent a dangerous ball across goal to senior Alec Neumann. But La Salle goalkeeper and captain Matt Kirk made a brilliant save to prevent the opening goal. The end of the first half foreshadowed a busy night for referee Lucas Feathers, as members of both teams engaged in a minor scuffle. Perhaps as a response to this increased physicality, La Salle noticeably increased their pace of play in the second half, tackling and running down balls with more gusto. But the Quakers continued

to create more chances on goal than their opponent, ensuring that the Explorer’s senior goalie was constantly on his toes. Kirk, however, was more than up to the challenge. 15 minutes into the second half, freshman sensation Dami Omitaomu dribbled through three defenders on the right edge of the penalty box when Kirk jumped off his line to swat the shot away. The senior quickly recovered to divert Poplawski’s careening shot off the deflection and dived again to block Omitaomu’s second shot off the rebound. Kirk’s match-long heroics, which included a career-high 10 saves, kept La Salle in the match. But the newfound aggression of the Explorers boiled over into

frustration and carelessness. Defender Zach Rutherford made a dangerous sliding tackle on freshman Aramis Kouzine in an attempt to repossess the ball, and, after the referee blew the whistle, the La Salle defender dribbled away, presumably to kill some time on the clock. Poplawski, however, ran to retrieve the ball from Rutherford and in the process, it appeared that the defender forcefully grabbed the Penn senior by the neck. While Poplawski mockingly waved goodbye to his opponent, the home-field crowd cheered as Rutherford was shown a red card for violent conduct. Playing with a man disadvantage, La Salle locked down

defensively, beating back Quaker runs through the end of regulation. The first half of overtime was largely eventless, with both teams wary of each other’s counterattacking speed. The Quakers, however, demonstrated a greater sense of urgency in the second overtime period, determined to avoid yet another tie on the season. The offense, led by Omitaomu and Wancowicz, finally broke through with just two minutes remaining. A quick give and go between Wancowicz and freshman Brandon Bartel resulted in a brilliant cross across the box, which Hefter deposited to clinch the Quakers’ first win of the season.

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never able to get separation from their instate foes. The two sides traded touchdowns throughout the first half and, just when it seemed like Penn would go into the half up 28-21, a roughing the passer penalty on the Quakers gave Lehigh one last shot at the end zone before the half — and Shafnisky rushed his way in for the touchdown, deflating Priore’s squad. “I think it really hurt Penn,” Shafnisky said of the last score. “Then they came out a little bit flat, in my opinion, in the second half. That’s what really got us going. The linemen saw that, and they

It’s a footrace. Penn goalkeeper Kitty Qu is off her line the second the ball slips past her defenders, but is not quick enough to see it secured into her hands. The freshman reaches the ball on the left edge of the 18-yard box at the same time as her Drexel opponent. She does just enough to stop the first effort and buy herself some time, but as she sprints back to the safety of her own goal, the Drexel attacker rounds the top of the box and fires an effort back in her direction. Qu, looking at it dead on, gets a hand on it and takes some of the heat off the shot for her defenders to handle it. It then takes two near-goal line clearances from fullbacks Tahirih Nesmith and Cami Nwokedi to remove the Quakers from danger. “I think that really changed the game because it was a big team effort to save that goal,” said Qu, who had a slate of spectacular saves to keep the game level. Not seven minutes later, the Red and Blue created arguably their best chance of the game when a blistering Sasha Stephens cross found freshman Emma Loving’s head on the six-yard box, but a fantastic save from Drexel keeper Christiana Ogunsam kept the game level. After an intense two periods of overtime, the game ended scoreless, with numerous chances for both teams to pull ahead and that seven minute swing serving as a perfect excerpt to describe the back and forth between the University City neighbors. On Sunday, Penn tied, 0-0, with Drexel (4-4-1), its first overtime game and first tie of the campaign. Two days before, on Friday, the Quakers (4-1-1) defeated Towson, 2-0, in what was a dominant showing from the team. Both games were played at home on Rhodes Field. Two games in three days brought their fair share of challenges, but the Red and Blue came out unharmed for the most part. The Friday showing against Towson (3-6-1) was a typical Penn performance as coach Nicole Van Dyke’s team recorded a flurry of shots — eight in each half to the Tiger’s four total. The team’s first goal came from senior defender Paige Lombard in the 26th minute, but it

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NICK BUCHTA Senior Sports Editor

If last year was a tale of two seasons for Penn football, Saturday was a tale of two halves. Hosting Lehigh in the team’s season opener, the Quakers fell, 49-28, scoring 28 first-half points before getting shut out in the second half to the previously winless Mountain Hawks (1-2). Opening the year at Lehigh in 2015, Penn (0-1) found themselves facing a 21-7

deficit by halftime. The Red and Blue were determined, this time, to jump to the early start. After electing to take the ball first, having won the coin toss, senior quarterback Alek Torgersen proceeded to lead the Quakers down the field for an opening-drive touchdown — capped off by a 24-yard connection between Torgersen and junior wideout Justin Watson. “It was just nice because I know [sophomore wide receiver Christian] Pearson was hanging his head a little bit, so just being able to lift him up was awesome, and it’s always fun to score,” Watson said, referring to Pearson’s drop of a near-certain touchdown earlier in the drive.

The Mountain Hawks responded as they would throughout the game — leaving the Red and Blue unable to slow down Lehigh’s steady offensive machine — driving 75 yards down the field in 10 plays to knot things up. With four players carrying the ball at least eight times — including 71 yards on 12 rushes for senior quarterback Nick Shafnisky — the Mountain Hawks burned Penn for 231 yards on the ground, opening the door for a three-touchdown, 317-yard game through the air for Shafnisky. Although the Quakers translated a Mason Williams interception into a touchdown and a 14-7 lead, they were

Penn football lost its season opener, but that’s okay THOMAS MUNSON

On Saturday evening, Penn football showed that they are a good Ivy League team, just not a great F.C.S. team. Playing your first game of the season against a team that already has two under its belt is difficult, and coach Ray Priore acknowledged that challenge after the contest. But the Penn offense, at least for the first half, was up to the challenge. Senior quarterback Alek Torgersen was fantastic for the game’s first 30 minutes. He completed pass after pass and continually showed off his ability to tuck the football and make plays with his feet. The Quakers’ (0-1) first drive highlighted the skills of their veteran leaders. The 87yard, seven play drive lasted only one minute and 38 seconds before concluding with a Justin Watson 24-yard touchdown grab.

The junior wideout was Torgersen’s favorite target, finishing with 133 receiving yards and both of Penn’s touchdowns that came through the air. But, as good as the Red and Blue were in the opening periods, they couldn’t reclaim that swagger once the second half began. After going the entire first half without a punt, every single Penn drive in the game’s final 30 minutes ended in one. “We came out in the second half and didn’t have that extra little pop that we were looking for,” Priore said. Lehigh (1-2) however, never took their foot off the gas. The Mountain Hawks were able to make successful halftime adjustments that the Quakers couldn’t match, and a game that had begun as an offensive shootout quickly became a one-sided affair. It wasn’t until the offense cooled down that the defensive struggles became most evident. Clearly the presence of last year’s Ivy League defensive player of the year Tyler Drake

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was missed by the young Red and Blue defense. Other than an interception by sophomore defensive back Mason Williams on Lehigh’s second drive, there was a lack of big plays. Lehigh quarterback Nick Shafinsky was too much to handle for the Red and Blue, who failed to record a sack all game, and he continually relied on his shiftiness to escape tackles and extend drives. Luckily, Penn won’t be facing many offenses of Lehigh’s caliber once they enter Ivy play. Until then the Red and Blue should focus on strengthening that unit so that they can give their highpowered offense better field position and more time with the ball. It’s hard to draw conclusions about a team after one game, especially when their opponent had already played two games of their own. But last season Penn also lost to Lehigh by 21 points SEE MUNSON PAGE 7

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Despite a 21-point loss to Lehigh on Saturday, there were some bright spots for Penn football at Franklin Field, including an early interception from sophomore defensive back Mason Williams.

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