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activities,” Sheumaker said. They provide a lot of great opportunities to meet your classmates and learn about Penn. “Learn how to plan stuff for yourself and do it early, such as courses, housing, and study abroad,” Wharton and Engineering junior and Class Board 2024 President Toyosi Abu said. “A lot of forces are not super helpful, so it’s best to get out ahead of planning.”
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The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke to upperclass men who have words of advice for students who will be joining Penn’s student body this fall.
College and Wharton senior and Undergraduate Assembly President Carson Sheumaker said that stu dents should not be afraid of branching out to meet new people.“Do not be afraid to meet other students on campus. Most first years come to campus not knowing anyone, and everyone is excited to meet new people,” Sheumaker said. “Upperclassmen would love to meet you as well.” “Say ‘yes’ now, so you can say ‘no’ later,” Col lege sophomore and Class Board 2025 President Will Krasnow said. “Try a lot of new clubs, activi ties, and experiences so that you can explore your interests. From there, you can cut the things you don’tCollegelike.”sophomore Vincent Lepani added that first years should not be afraid to try new things. “It might be scary at first, but it’s the best way to learn what you’re really interested in,” Lepani said.College sophomore Michelle Wen echoed Lep ani’s sentiments. She said that clubs can be a great way to meet friends on campus. “Push yourself to branch out and try out new things, and don’t just limit yourself to what you were used to in high school or what you have done in the past,” Wen said. “Clubs are going to be how you meet some of your best friends, and it’s worth it.”
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College senior Chloe Daniel also advised new students to make an effort to explore Philadelphia. “Make an effort to explore Philly and use SEPTA to get around for cheap,” Daniel said. “There are so many things to explore like res taurants, shops, and cafes. It puts everything in perspective.”
Reach out for help Abu said that there is nothing wrong with asking for “There’shelp.somuch I’ve learned from asking friends or upperclass men, going to tutoring sessions, and getting in contact with the right people,” Abu Sheumakersaid.added that keeping in contact with students via group messaging apps like GroupMe might also help students with the academic transi tion to “[GroupMePenn. chats] help a lot later down the line if you need help on homework or have other ques tions,” Sheumaker said.
Take advantage of Penn’s resources and plan ahead Krasnow encouraged students to use Penn Course Plan, a mock scheduling tool for Penn students.“Seriously, use this resource. If you haven’t heard of it, search it on Google.” “Try everything and keep an open mind because Penn has so much to offer,” College and Wharton sophomore Sivaanii Arunachalam said. “Participate in most New Student Orientation
Know that you belong College junior Jack Starobin, a former DP staffer, said to be careful to be “socially slow” in tran sitioning to the campus community.“Letpeople reveal themselves to you, and put yourself in different spaces to find the ones that feel like home,” Starobin said. “Be patient with yourself when home isn’t where you thought it would be.” Wen advised that students should be mindful not to put too much pressure on themselves to have fun immediately, and to not compare themselves to other students around them.
“‘Penn Face’ is real, so give yourself time to adjust and don’t compare your transition to Penn to other people around you,” Wen said. Krasnow also warned students not to compare themselves to others. “An admissions officer chose you to be here. Don’t question their decision, ask yourself how you can contribute to the Penn community,” Kras now said.
Don’t get trapped in the Penn bubble Wharton junior Megan Li advised students to take time to explore the West Philadelphia community beyond University City. “It’s very easy to get stuck in the Penn bubble, especially as a freshman,” Li said. “Go out into Philadelphia to places like farmers markets, Chinatown, the Italian Market, South Street, the museums, and more. You have four years to explore such an amazing city.”
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9. Nakia Rimmer Nakia Rimmer is a senior lec turer and the associate director of the undergraduate program in the Department of Mathematics. Rimmer teaches “Introduction to Calculus” and “Calculus, Part 1” — both popular courses that attract students from all majors. He first came to Penn as a graduate student in the 1990s, and has garnered a reputation as a “Quakers superfan.”
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7. Michael Mann Michael Mann will become the first director of Penn’s new Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media and a presidential distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science on Sept. 1. Mann is currently Pennsylvania State University’s distinguished professor of Atmospheric Science and director of its Earth System Science Center, and is the first appointment made under the new Energy and Sustainability Initiative.
With hundreds of faculty across the University and a number of newly appointed top administrators, it can be hard to keep track of who’s who. The Daily Pennsylvanian has gathered a list of 10 people to know, ranging from the new president of the University to Wharton’s youngest tenured and highest-rated professors.
5. Marc Lo Lo is the first executive di rector of the Penn First Plus Office, beginning his role in January 2019. P1P — a hub for first-generation, low-income students — aims to allow these students to form a community and become familiar with the campus resources available. Lo, who was a FGLI student at Northwestern University during his undergraduate years, has told the DP that helping students navigate financial concerns and the impact of Penn’s culture on the FGLI experience would be central objectives for P1P’s office.
1. Liz Magill Magill was recently appointed as Penn’s ninth president, starting her tenure in July 2022. Magill previously served as provost and executive vice president at the University of Virginia and has also held positions as a professor and dean of Stanford Law School. Magill — an avid fly fisher in her spare time — told the DP in January that philanthropy would be a “top pri ority” of hers. Magill was nominated on Jan. 13 to succeed former Penn President Amy Gutmann, who is currently serving as the United States ambassador to Germany.
4. Tamara Greenfield King Tamara Greenfield King became the interim vice provost of University Life in June 2022, after Mamta Accapadi resigned. King now supervises Career Ser vices, Civic House, Penn’s Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, the Office of Student Affairs, and Platt Stu dent Performing Arts House. King told the DP in June 2022 that University Life wants to partner with other divisions in the future to provide students with a more well-rounded experience.
6. Whitney Soule Whitney Soule was appointed the vice provost and dean of admissions in July 2021, and recently welcomed the Class of 2026 — her first admitted class — in March. Soule was previously the senior vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid at Bowdoin College. When she was appointed, Soule told the DP that the office “will look for and create opportunities” for applicants.
3. Benoit Dubé Dubé is not only Penn’s first chief wellness officer, but, upon his appointment in 2018, he became the first person to hold the position in the Ivy League. In the position, he oversees Student Wellness Services, including Counseling and Psychological Services, Student Health Service, and the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives. Dubé, who de scribed himself to the DP as a “student advocate” after being appointed to the role, also holds various other positions such as professor of Clinical Psychia try and assistant dean for diversity and inclusion at the Perelman School of Medicine.
10. Adam Grant Adam Grant is both Whar ton’s youngest tenured professor and its top-rated professor — for seven straight years. An orga nizational psychologist, Grant teaches both undergraduate and MBA courses at Wharton in leadership and teamwork, negotiation, and organizational behavior. He’s also a #1 New York Times bestselling author.
2. Beth Winkelstein Beth Winkelstein is the cur rent interim provost, who took over from former provost and former interim president Wen dell Pritchett in July 2021. She was previously associate dean for undergraduate education in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and vice provost for education. Winkelstein is also a professor in both the bioengineering and neurosurgery fields, and her research focuses on musculoskeletal disorders.
8. Anne Duchene Anne Duchene is a senior lecturer in Penn’s Economics De partment and the director of the Microeconomics Principles Pro gram. She teaches “Introduction to Micro Economics,” a class taken by hundreds of undergraduates across majors. In 2017, economics was determined to be one of the most popular majors at Penn.
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Joining the Penn Government and Politics Association and Penn College Republicans were two of the best decisions I’ve made since coming to Philly. I encourage every political first year to find the club that best fits you! Even if campus activism isn’t for you, my word of advice to each of our new Quakers is to speak your mind, and be proud of what you believe in. Take your time at Penn to de velop, hone, and strengthen your opinions. If you are unapologetic about your values but willing to listen to others, people will respect you, whether they agree or not. You have an amazing intellectual opportunity ahead of you — don’t stifle it with precon ceived notions of college politics. Go out and change hearts and minds!
PHOTO BY JESSE ZHANG SAM ZOU is a College junior study ing political science from Shenzhen, China. His email is samzou@sas. upenn.edu.
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hen I committed to Penn, I was enthusiastic at the intellectual possi bilities at my fingertips. I kept repeating that Penn was “like an all-you-can-eat buffet of knowledge that I couldn’t wait to indulge in.” However, as someone committed to her opinions and planning to pursue a major in philosophy, politics, and economics, this excitement was met with a slew of warnings from my friends and family. Their fears of the echo chamber I’d be entering tampered my hopes for the po tential life that Penn had to offer me. I was told not to speak my mind in class for fear of academic repercussions, not to join po litical groups on campus that might isolate me from making friends with different viewpoints, and most importantly, I was re peatedly reminded that my views would not be welcomed by the Penn community. As someone who was active in my high school’s political science club and a writer for my school’s newspaper, this was dis couraging. I had been open about all of my opinions in high school and it had only en riched my experience; why should college be any different? In truth, it shouldn’t be, and it doesn’t have to be. One of the leading causes of the lack of diversity of thought on college campuses is self-censorship by students. As I cited in my column on the subject, 80% of stu dents report curbing their speech for fear of academic or social repercussions. I’ve en countered many of these types of students at Penn, and they regularly complain that they fear being singled out since seemingly so few of their peers share their views. By choosing not to speak your mind in classroom or extracurricular settings, views contrary to doctrinal opinion appear un common, and therefore make it appear less socially acceptable to express your thoughts in the first place. Just one instance of selfcensorship creates a negative feedback loop that makes a campus community less and less tolerant over time. Anecdotally, I have seen the impacts that my small contributions to campus dialogue have made on the comfort level of my peers. My friends, classmates, and acquaintances have thanked me for being so forthcoming with my opinions, saying it’s made them confident to do the same. Whether it’s an “I loved your latest column, I completely agree” comment at a party, or a “you made an interesting point in lecture, I don’t share your view but it was nice to see someone challenge the class,” the senti ment is the same. Being actively political can foster ideological diversity without beingThedivisive.samecan be said for my individual experiences with my professors and friends. Some of my favorite professors at Penn have been ones that read a column of mine, dis agreed with a point I made, and forced me not only to defend my views, but expanded my intellectual horizons in the process. Being constantly (sometimes too often) eager to chat about the latest issues facing our world has allowed me to fully indulge in Penn’s diverse student body, sparking the most fulfilling and, often, surprising conversations of my life. I have friends who are supportive, kind, intelligent, and often don’t align politically with me (though I will regularly try to make them consider things from my point of view), but who respect my passion nonetheless. It would be untruthful to say that the warn ings I received from my friends and family didn’t come to fruition in any capacity. I have received my share of negative feedback from teaching assistants grading papers, misguided comments on the contents of my columns, and there is no doubt that members of the Penn com munity have labeled me based on my views. There are occasions where Penn has felt like the echo chamber I was told it would be, and where I felt that campus culture wasn’t aligned with my values. Those experiences, however, are in the minority compared to the ways I have grown as a student, a citizen, and a person, be cause of my political engagement on campus. If you’re considering political involve ment at Penn, I encourage you to come to our political clubs’ information sessions on Sept. 1 at 5 p.m. in Cafe 58 of the Irvine Auditorium. Representatives of all of Penn’s political organizations will be there, and rather than being the close-minded activists I expected them to be when I came to Penn, you’ll meet a collection of people ready to make a difference.
PHOTO BY RILEY GUGGENHIME LEXI BOCCUZZI is a College junior studying philosophy, politics, and eco nomics from Stamford, Conn. She is the president of Penn College Repub licans and Penn Political Union. Her email is boccuzzi@thedp.com.
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I consider myself lucky; I had the rare opportunity to visit more than 20 cam puses from Los Angeles all the way to New York City before I applied to col leges my senior year. I’ve seen it all. A campus like NYU’s integrates with the city seamlessly and claims that “the city is your campus, for real.” Others still replicate the traditional image of the ivory tower like Princeton or Stanford, which appear sealed off from their sur roundings completely. In fact, Stanford students nicknamed their campus “the bubble” due to its distinct and mani curedLikecharacter.thediverse architectural styles on campuses, students have eclectic tastes in what they expect their cam puses to look like. Whether you like the gothic, castle-like lecture halls at Yale or the modern buildings along the rail way tracks at Boston University, there is a college for you. There is something magical about the materialization of history that makes my heart tick whenever I visit certain cam puses, some even older than this nation. The crimson walkways shrouded by tall buildings of eroded bricks, the squeaky wooden floors in an ivory rotunda, and the polished bronze statues after decades of weathering or even vandalism spoil my obsession with the past. These buildings hold pieces of history, whether good or bad, that continue to inspire, educate, and shape the school for the better. My nostalgia might be labeled as “out of touch” by New York Times guest col umnist Nick Burns, who criticized today’s elite universities for their “walled off,” “self-contained,” and “separate” cam puses. Burns argued that when campuses are out of touch with the average Ameri cans’ lives, the students and faculty are also out of touch with the majority of the country, creating a campus of idealogues removed from the communities that physi cally border on but distinctively differ from the ivory tower. But what Burns considers out of touch, I see as a deep connection with history. Burns has legitimate reasons to reinte grate sealed-off campuses. But schools also have legitimate concerns incentiv izing them to remain sealed off. Aside from the student body and un dergraduate teaching, the geography and campus were significant factors when I considered what college I would even tually attend. In places with high gun violence and homicide rates, I would closely research how the colleges invest in resources to keep the campuses safe andAssecure.students, the first priority for many of us is to excel at school. This is what schools are for and what students do. Similarly, we shouldn’t blame campuses for striving to create communities conducive to the academic excellence of their students — by prioritizing architectural logic based around creating a safe, close-knit, and vi brant space. For example, research shows that Black and minority students who live on campus have “significantly higher GPAs than similar students at the same institu tion who live off campus with family.” A similar trend is observable for all students. Having students engage with their surroundings with an open campus and no mandatory college housing sounds great, but certainly not at the expense of the original purpose of why college students are in school. Sealing off the campus may perpetuate differences be tween the campus and its surroundings, but integrating the campus might also create challenges for minority students to excel Educationalacademically.institutions are not godlike figures that can fix every inequality in the world. When the challenge becomes choosing between students or the neigh borhood communities, I don’t blame the colleges for choosing the former. But, even so, most schools are not sitting idly by and allowing their students and faculty to distance themselves from how the av erage American lives. Walled-off some campuses might be, but many still strive to create an institution that connects itself with the local community. At Penn, the Netter Center for Community Partnerships designs op portunities for academically-based community service for its students and establishes University-assisted com munity schools to “educate, engage, empower, and serve … other members of the [West Philadelphia] community.” At Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine, local community members who live or work near the campus helped interview candidates for the school’s next class of medical students. These are a few examples of how schools still engage their faculty and stu dents with the local community through partnerships and collaborations while maintaining a distinct but close-knit campusBuildingscommunity.become out of touch and walled-off only when the people do. This is not the case in many universities today, and any university can take steps to prevent it.
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CAROLINE MAGDOLEN is a College and Engineering junior studying environmental science and systems engineering from New York City. Her email address is magdolen@ sas.upenn.edu.
ABDULRAHMAN BINDAMNAN is a 2022 Penn Graduate School of Education graduate with an M.S.Ed. in International Educational Development. His email address is ambin@ alumni.upenn.edu.
Fighting for fair financial aid packages
There are clear consequences when students submit information past the deadlines set by Penn, or when this information is incomplete. Students and their families spend weeks, if not months, in the dark about whether they will be able to afford the upcoming year at Penn. Re markably, students are still expected to pay their bill before the due date, even if SRFS has not delivered their financial aid package to them yet. If students do not receive a package before the bill due date, they have two choices. The first is to incur a late monthly fee of 1.5% with no guarantee of it being waived when a pack age does come in. The second is to guesstimate how much their bill might be based on previous semesters, and simply hope that their payment is enough.SRFSdoes not face similar stakes. It can take four to five weeks for financial aid advisors to even identify mistakes in a student’s form, let alone develop a financial package. The deci sion to not charge late fees until the next bill’s due date was generous of SRFS, but Greg as serted that students should have been informed of this at least a month in advance — not five days before the last bill was due. Penn’s lack of accountability is a painful embodiment of “rules for me, but not for thee.” So, what is to be done? Kelly made a point of not blaming any of the employees she spoke to in her 11 calls to SRFS. To her, they were the front line, communicating the larger inadequacies of Penn as an institution. Greg called for more “definitive deadlines,” as well as increased transparency and proactivity. If we were to translate these values into con crete actions that SRFS could take, there’s a few changes that come to mind. For starters, SRFS could do more to publicize and host workshops for students filling out financial aid applications — their Twitter and Instagram have a measly 143 and 120 followers, respectively, and scrolling through the past year I could only find one men tion of the FAFSA or CSS profile, two forms that aid-receiving students must complete. I also suspect that SRFS is underfunded, understaffed, or both. It should not take an ad ditional four to five weeks for a student and their family to have financial peace of mind — in fact, those emotional and economic burdens should have no pre-designated timeline at all, and should be dealt with promptly. This peace of mind could also be achieved by democratization of the formulae used to calculate these packages: Penn’s current calculator is better than nothing, but we only know the inputs and outputs, not the method by which the outputs are calculated.
8 TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2022 | THEDP.COMTHE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN W elcome to Penn, everybody! We are all very excited to have you — as long as you can pay us, of course. A 2017 study found that the median family income of students at Penn is $195,500. This is possibly the most cited statistic here at the Daily Pennsylvanian’s Opinion Department. Despite Penn’s privileged reputation, 46% of undergrad uate students received grant-based financial aid during the 2020-21 school year, and the average package covered the cost of tuition and more. About 10% of undergraduate students qualify as “highly aided.” On the surface, Penn’s financial aid team is doing great. Eighty percent of students receiving financial aid graduate debt-free, and, adjusting for inflation, average net cost for aided students has decreased 19.5% since 2005. But this story, though it includes impressive statistics, leaves out the student’s journey. To help illustrate this, start with Greg*, a junior at Penn: When he and his family needed to decide whether to take out a loan — a choice heavily dependent on the financial aid package he received — he sent inquiries via emails to the Student Registration and Financial Services office, but did not receive responses for over a week. He was also hung up on multiple times when attending the SRFS office hours via phone. “These are huge sums of money that we are talk ing about,” Greg started, “what prevents you, seasoned adults with ‘innate talents,’ from being a bit more Anotherproactive?”student,Nursing junior Kelly*, is as proactive as it gets. Over the past month, she called SRFS 11 times before receiving a correct financial aid package. At first, Penn appeared to confuse her with another student. Her esti mated family contribution cost roughly $17,000 more than her usual package, and the wording of her awards incorrectly suggested that one of her parents was employed by Penn. Once this was resolved, Kelly found yet another problem: She was missing aid from a loan forgiveness schol arship organized by Penn, which would further decrease her estimated family contribution by $8,000.Greg and Kelly are far from alone in their disillusion. As I sat in Penn’s Student Center to deal with my own financial woes, I heard bits and pieces of others’ circumstances. Many students were missing forms, or had otherwise made errors that they were only hearing about months after their submission. Financial aid ap plications are often perplexing to both students and parents, and some students receive little to no assistance completing them. I implore you to empathize with the students that make mistakes — especially if you’ve never filled out financial aid forms yourself.
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“If you’re an 18, 19-year-old, you’re not going to win against Penn,” Kelly remarked. Likewise, Greg spoke of obtaining financial aid from Penn as if it was a battle on unequal footing, char acterizing himself as a “20-year-old who hasn’t seen the real world.” Attending Penn should not feel like we are fighting Penn. Though this real world (and SRFS) is often rife with bureaucracy and in competence, acquiescing to this treatment contradicts with who we are as students: bright, motivated change-makers. As we begin a new term, I hope that everyone at Penn can speak their mind, be it through The Daily Pennsylva nian or some other avenue. I hope that we can dream up and enact campuswide improvements. It’s what we do best. We need to demand change. Restructure Penn’s financial services to maximize empathy and minimize distress. Name has been changed for privacy reasons. Ioften thought that Philadelphia should be grateful to host the University of Pennsylvania, given its prestige; however, I now realize that the University of Pennsylvania is lucky to be located in Philadelphia. Most college students do not think much about the city in which their campus is located, yet Philadelphia leaves a mark on the University of Pennsylvania and its students. Growing up in Yemen, I was taught that preserving the past is the ultimate goal of education. Educators teach students that any innovation (read: deviation) from tradition is either discouraged or prohib ited. Thinkers of the past are considered better because the quality of thoughts degenerates as time passes on. A good student in Islamic schools in Yemen preserves the corpus of tradition and does not deviate from it. However, innovation in America is treated as the way to move forward; it is the litmus test of high-quality education. Although there is much pressure for students to innovate and break new grounds, tradition is impor tant in America, too. Innovation itself is measured from the lenses of the past. For example, Philadelphia re minds students of the importance of history in shaping the present conditions, while the University of Pennsyl vania provides them with a chance of transforming the present into a promising future. Even so, when I was admitted to Penn as an in ternational student from Yemen, I had never heard of Philadelphia. I was simply excited to attend the University. Living in Philadelphia for the past two years, even overshadowed by the pandemic, I have fallen in love with the city. The University of Pennsylvania is an elite school that attracts students from around the world. What better place for an elite university than a city that is shaped by its character and seminal role in American history? The forefathers of the Constitution — John Adams and Benjamin Franklin — lived, studied, and worked in Philadelphia. Betsy Ross sewed the American flag in Philadelphia. Neither Harvard nor Princeton sit steps away from the Liberty Bell, a symbol of American democracy, and Independence Hall, where the concept of democracy passed its first real test as George Washington handed over the reins of power to John Adams. Philadelphia has a strong historical presence uniquely intertwined with the new. Reading Terminal Market, one of America’s oldest markets, shares space with Franklin Square’s mini golf. Philadelphia is home to the storied Franklin Institute and the play-based Please Touch Museum. Visitors come from around the world to see Longwood Gardens and the Rivers Casino. Americans may take their democracy for granted these days, but as an immigrant in this country, I am aware of the danger that lurks behind any func tioning system. Perhaps the crack in the Liberty Bell should serve as a more potent warning to Ameri can citizens about the peril this country faces in the coming months and years. In Yemen, we are mired in the old and struggle to move into the 21st century; in America, we look to the future and struggle to hold on to the best of the past. Penn students, as they reimagine the future through their academic studies, will benefit from ex ploring the history of Philadelphia. not
“Why bring up these experiences now?” curi ous readers may inquire. On July 25, SRFS sent out an email reassuring students that had not yet received their financial aid that they would not have to pay late fees for the month. SRFS chose to address this delay merely five days before the due date, with little to no explanation leading up to its announcement that “we are working through a large volume of packages as quickly as possible, and we appreciate your patience.”
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Homecoming and Tree Planting Alumni flock to Penn each year to watch the homecom ing football game — this year against Yale on Oct. 22. The Penn Band marches throughout campus and students and alumni gather on College Green for the annual tree planting. The first-year class can participate in a planting program — in partnership with the Morris Arboretum — with the goal of creating a permanent landmark that builds class pride during Homecoming each year.
For years, Penn students observed the tradition of downing drinks at the end of the third quarter of football games when the band played “Drink a Highball.” When Franklin Field, Penn’s home stadium, banned alcohol in the 1970s, students landed on a new way to mark this longheld tradition — throwing pieces of toast onto the playing field. The school provides toast for the designated game, and some students bring their own. you planting trees, and the Econ Scream are just a few of the many firstyear
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Penn students participate in a variety of annual tradi tions, many of which take place during the fall semester are aimed at welcoming first years into the Penn community.Here’san overview of the events the Class of 2026 can look forward to participating in this year.
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Econ Scream Midway through the fall semester, the night before the first ECON 001 midterm, hundreds of students gather on the Lower Quad balcony to let out a class-wide scream at midnight. Students play upbeat music and eat snacks as they release pre-test anxiety. “I can say that it’s not the music and the food and the details of the event that makes the event cool,” Noyes said. “It’s the people that you surround yourself with, like the classmates or friends.”
Art Museum Gala During NSO each year, first-year students have the chance to attend this free event held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Shuttles are offered to students, which transport them to the sprawling art museum located on Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Students can explore the collections of international art, eat catered snacks, and take advantage of the DJ and dance floor.
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Performing arts groups offer their own individual shows throughout the fall, as well as a joint showcase, Students Performing Arts Night, which is held in the Zellerbach Theatre inside of the Annenberg Center. This huge event features five- to seven-minute performances from each of the groups, and students have the opportunity to chat with members of groups after to ask questions.
PHOTO BY MAX MESTER Rev. Charles Howard speaking at Convocation for the Class of 2025.
The class photo occurs during New Student Orien tation. All first-year students are invited to gather on Franklin Field, where they will arrange themselves in a pattern spelling out their class year while wearing their class T-shirts.
Convocation
“The gala isn’t something you want to skip because first, it’s a great way to meet people,” Wharton junior and 2024 Class Board Vice President of Finance Annabelle Noyes said. “Think of how cool it is to have a gala with your classmates at such an amazing museum.”
Students Performing Arts Night
“You have to be present and take control of what you can go see,” College senior Morgan Singer, Singers, Musi cians, and Comedians Council’s previous chair, said. “I do think it is really interesting to understand the different types of clubs that probably your friends will be a part of.”
Convocation is a welcome ceremony for first-year students and transfer students held on the lawn of Col lege Hall. This year, the event will be hosted on Aug. 29 by Penn President Liz Magill and Interim Provost Beth Winkelstein, and feature musical acts.
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ENGL 3308: “Cooking with Words” Taught by New York Times Magazine food colum nist and restaurateur Gabrielle Hamilton, ENGL 3308 is a writing workshop that is all about food. The course will take students through the works of authors who have written about food, and students will then have the chance to write prose on a non-food topic through the lens of food. One example, listed in the course descrip tion, is a story about the end of a friendship because of how someone spoke to the waitress at a restaurant. Course readings will include art critic John Berger, poet Ogden Nash, and Canadian singer-songwriter KD Lang.
RELS 3560: “Living Deliberately: Monks, Saints, and the Contemplative Life” Religious Studies professor Justin McDaniel is not teaching one of Penn’s most well-known courses, the seven-hour-long RELS 2560: “Existential Despair,” this fall. However, students will be able to experience the ways that monks and saints live in RELS 3560. The class — described as an “experimental course” — restricts students’ dress, food, and speech, and allows students to wrestle with existential questions and learn about how everything from mind-altering chemicals to magic have been used in the religious world to remedy pain and suf fering.Unlike most classes at Penn, RELS 3560 has no formal papers or examinations, and it has “very little” required reading. Over winter break, enrolled students will travel to Thailand as part of the course’s Penn Global Seminar component.
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HIST 0012 is a first-year seminar devoted to everything surrounding the question in its title: college’s goals and objectives, and how those have changed in America over time. The course will also delve into discussions of modern-day hot topics on campus, ranging from affirmative action, campus politics, and “political correctness” to sexual as sault, safety, and Greek life. The seminar is taught by Graduate School of Education History professor Jonathan Zimmerman, who has been outspoken in his support of unrestricted freedom of speech.
COMM 4630 delves into the term that is increasingly used to describe this encroachment of technology on our lives: surveillance capitalism. The course will examine how large companies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon use surveillance capitalism — including artificial intelligence and “big data” analyses — to increase their profits, affect the job you are of fered, customize the ads you see, and much more.
COMM 4630 is taught by Communication pro fessor Joseph Turow, whose research includes conducting national surveys on issues surrounding media and marketing. newly reopened
staple City Tap to instant hit Raising Cane’s, students have plenty of new dining options JASPER TAYLOR Staff Reporter
Over the course of the spring and summer, University City has seen a surge of new restaurants, along with several closures. Here is the latest on dining options for Penn stu dents and the West Philadelphia community. New restaurants in University City Raising Cane’s opened its first Philadelphia location in University City in May to long lines of chicken lovers. The restaurant, located at 3925 Walnut St., is the first of 14 new locations that will be opening in Pennsylvania. Surreal Creamery opened at the beginning of July and serves ice cream specialties in Mason jars and bubble tea combinations. The University City loca tion is the first in Philadelphia and is located at 3818 Chestnut St. At the end of March, sustainable food chain DIG opened its second Philadelphia location in University City. The chain focuses on serving a locally sourced menu of bowls, salads, and other sides. DIG is located at 140 S. 36th St. Mexican fast-casual restaurant El Taco also opened its second Philadelphia location in March. El Taco, which was founded by Penn graduates, serves tacos, quesadillas, bur rito bowls, and other Mexican-inspired dishes. It is located at 3716 Spruce St. In February, popular University City restaurant Pod reopened as KPod following a two-year COVID-19 pan demic-induced closure. KPod serves traditional South Korean food alongside fusion dishes that highlight Korean and American flavors, and is located at 3636 Sansom St. In January, beloved bar and restaurant City Tap re opened, also following a two-year pandemic closure. Located at 3925 Walnut St., City Tap serves New Ameri can food and features a large beer and cocktail menu. Closed restaurants in University City Last month, University City staple Distrito announced its indefinite closure for the rest of the summer. The res taurant cited the lack of demand during the summer as a reason for the closure. As of mid-August, Distrito still has no reopening date. The restaurant was open for 14 years. Family-owned Korean restaurant Koreana closed its doors in April. The restaurant’s lease expired in December 2021 and was not renewed because the restaurant’s block was purchased by real estate developers. The owners are currently looking for a new location. Philadelphia doughnut chain Beiler’s Donuts closed its University City location on July 23. Located inside Chestnut Hall Apartments, Beiler’s had been open for over five years. in technology, here the that
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As students finalize schedules for the fall 2022 se mester, here are five interesting classes to be aware of.
FNAR 1110: “The Big Picture: Mural Arts in Philadelphia” In this course, students will have the opportunity to learn everything about murals — and help create one themselves. After learning about today’s mural arts movement and how it is used for social change, students will analyze the mural design process itself. They will then team up with Philadelphia high school students and community groups to paint a large outdoor mural in West FNARPhiladelphia.1110istaught by Jane Golden Heriza, the executive director of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, and Shira Walinsky, a mural arts painter and the founder of the Southeast by Southeast project, a community center for Burmese refugees in South Philadelphia. Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program is the nation’s largest public arts program and has produced nearly 4,000 murals.
COMM 4630: “Surveillance Capitalism” Have you ever wondered how Google knows to show you an ad about the thing you were just talking about with your friend?
Looking for interesting electives? Here are five classes to take. Whether you’re interested
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What about monkeypox? As of Aug. 8, the City of Philadelphia has reported 22 CDC-confirmed cases of the monkeypox virus. Dubé said Penn’s medical service is “ready and able” to assist students who need guidance and information or access to treatment or vaccines, but the on-campus risk association remains “extremely low.” “Monkeypox is in a different family of viruses,” Dubé said, adding that it is far less transmissible than COVID-19. “In order to become infected, it requires prolonged exposure to an infectious individual.”
Dubé said that sitting in a classroom next to someone with undiagnosed monkeypox presents an “extremely low risk of transmission.”
Penn requires all community members to selfisolate for five days regardless of vaccination status, followed by five days of strict mask usage, during which individuals should eat alone and practice social distancing. Do I need to get vaccinated against COVID19? Students are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted and must submit proof of vaccination to their Wellness Portal. How can I keep myself healthy on campus?
What is the COVID-19 situation in Philadel phia? The Philadelphia Department of Public Health strongly recommends masks in indoor public set tings. Most recently, the City reported an average of 260 cases per day and a total of 245 hospitalizations. Masks are not required on public transportation or at stations, such as in SEPTA vehicles or at Philadelphia International Airport.
Gutmann College House on Aug. 17, 2022.
“We focus so much on COVID-19,” Dubé said. “But what COVID-19 has actually shown us is that the traditional public health tools that have always been available to us continue to be the most important tools that every individual can use to keep themselves healthy and to further impact the broader Penn com munity.”Beyond physical health, Dubé said that taking time to disconnect from social media, make mindful deci sions, and get an appropriate amount of sleep are steps that are also critical to individual well-being.
Over the summer, Penn lifted its mandatory test ing and universal classroom masking requirements, two of the University’s longest-enduring COVID-19 policies, though in the fall, professors will still have the ability to require students to wear masks in their classroom.Penndownsized its COVID-19 testing system to one site, located at 3734 Spruce St., after permanently closing its Du Bois and Houston Hall testing centers in May 2022. The University also took down PennO pen Pass, the symptom and exposure tracker students utilized to receive public health guidance and to enter certain campus facilities and buildings.
Chief Wellness Officer Benoit Dubé told The Daily Pennsylvanian that although the reality of COVID-19 is a “continuation of where we were in May or June,” the virus’ presence is “far less scary than what it used to be,” adding that in its current state, the virus is in a more manageable and less severe state than it was leading into the fall 2021 semester. “All of these things bode well for us as we continue to acclimate to the presence of this virus and integrate the presence of COVID-19 into our daily existence,” Dubé said.
Construction projects both big and small were under way all across campus this summer. The Class of 1949 Bridge straddling 38th Street underwent repairs, and new stones were placed in the compass on Locust Walk. Stouffer College House is also undergoing renova tions, which are scheduled to finish in summer 2023. The residential building — which is currently not com pliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act — will now feature ramps leading in and out of the dorm, and new elevators will be installed. Bathrooms and doors will also be remodeled to be ADA accessible. The development of a new building connecting the Graduate School of Education building and Stiteler Hall is also in progress, which is the first major expansion for GSE since 1966. The $35.6 million project is expected to be completed in August 2023 for fall occupancy, allow ing for more collaboration space and a new innovation lab to accommodate the rapidly increasing GSE class sizes.The merger of Stiteler Hall and the GSE building is part of the Power of Possibility campaign, which aims to centralize GSE education and better accommodate the growing student population. The new building will replace existing social spaces like coffee shops that used to reside in the intermediate area. The Penn Boathouse, located on Philadelphia’s his toric Boathouse Row, is also undergoing a complete upgrade that will largely be completed by the end of summer 2022. A two-story entrance lobby will be con structed, which will house Penn Rowing artifacts and memorabilia. An expanded athletics room will also be built, serving as a location to host events.
Dubé said the general rules about how diseases and respiratory illnesses are transmitted have held true throughout the pandemic, encouraging students to take the necessary precautions of washing their hands, wearing a mask if they show signs of symp toms, and getting tested if they don’t feel well.
After undergraduate students left campus at the end of the spring semester, construction projects to build and renovate select locations on campus went into high gear, and Penn has renamed several buildings. Here’s an overview of all the changes made on campus since spring 2022.
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“We just need to take a step back and understand why we’re fearful, which is understandable, but then put it in its proper context, looking at the facts,” Dubé said. “And the facts are reassuring.” TYLER KLIEM JESSE ZHANG
What’s new since last semester?
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Do I still need to wear a mask? Masks are optional on campus but are required in health care spaces and recommended for community members who have underlying medical conditions, as well as individuals not up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations.Dubésaideven though the severity of the pandemic has softened, community members have the agency and the opportunity to continue protecting themselves through individual actions, rather than community re quirements.“Itisgoing to take some time for us to shift our mindset,” Dubé said. “The mindset was, ‘How was Penn protecting me?’ Now the mindset needs to become, ‘What can I do to protect myself?’” Without universal requirements for masking, Dubé said that community members should have conversa tions about how best to protect themselves and each other. Do I need to get tested? Community members are encouraged to selftest before arriving on campus for the fall semester,
For the first time in three years, Penn is set to begin the semester with minimal COVID-19 mitigation measures in place, as the University has eased guid ance in accordance with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here’s what you need to know about COVID-19 policies and guidance on campus.
Buildings Renamed Former Penn President Amy Gutmann departed Philadelphia to serve as the United States Ambassador to Germany in February. Now, two buildings on campus will be named in her honor. This summer, construction began at Amy Gutmann Hall, a new Penn Engineering building for data science. Located adjacent to Lauder College House at 34th and Chestnut streets, the building will serve as a collabora tive research hub for Penn’s 12 schools. Amy Gutmann Hall will provide research space for cost-effective health care and use for programs such as Inveniam, a lab providing STEM opportunities to so cioeconomically underserved and underrepresented students in ConstructionPhiladelphia.atAmy Gutmann Hall is scheduled to conclude in summer 2024. In July, Penn also announced that New College House West would be renamed Gutmann College House. The newest addition to Penn’s College House system opened in fall 2021, housing 450 sophomores, juniors, and se niors. The building joined Lauder College House as the second college house constructed during Gutmann’s tenure.InMay, Penn announced that the Morgan Building would be renamed Stuart Weitzman Hall, in honor of 1963 Wharton graduate Stuart Weitzman. The name change will accompany renovations to redesign the building’s interior, adding new research facilities, design studios, classrooms, and offices.
according to Penn’s public health guidance. Through out the semester, testing will not be required but will remain available through the University’s Penn Cares testing center, which will also offer at-home antigen tests. What happens if I test positive for COVID19?
Gutmann College House among oncampus buildings with new names, major renovations As students return to University City, here are the changes that have taken place over the summer KEVIN BRYAN Senior Reporter PHOTO BY
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Now that you’re officially part of the Tigers’ organization, how have they wel comed you and helped you settle into what will be one intense journey in your baseball career? “They flew me down — flew all the draft picks down to the spring training complex, which is in Lakeland, Fla. We just kind of open-train together as a group — introducing us to the throwing program, and the practice plan, and lifting plan — things like that, so they can get us on board and get us accustomed to how the organization does things. So it’s kind of been what my last week has been.”“Hopefully, we’ll all be on some affiliated teams soon and start playing some games, but it’s just been an on-ramping process so far, and it’s beenMillerexciting.”isno stranger to maturing in his skills as well; both on his own, and under the direc tion of coaches. Before the abbreviated spring season of 2021, Penn coach John Yurkow noted how far Miller had grown since freshman year; from being more of a thrower who focused only on pure power, to then developing a robust nuance to his pitches under the guidance of Penn’s coaching staff. Since the last time you spoke with us [April of 2021], do you believe that you have achieved goals you had set for your self then, and have your goals changed or been elevated now that you’re with the Tigers? was, we started to play the short season we had, and it went terribly for me … I did really bad. But I think part of that failure, I learned from it over last summer, and then over the season this spring at Penn, and our coaches helped me out a lot with that, and I’d say going through that helped me get better and, you know, put me in a position to get drafted this year.” “Whether it was, like, my mental game or my de livery, and drills I worked on with Coach Schwartz, I think all of it’s really helped me out a lot and helped me develop. Because I think part of base ball, and part of life in general, is setting goals, and it’s always changing. Once you kind of reach where you want to be, there’s another level to it.”
“I think that they’re in good hands going for ward. I think the coaches have kind of set the new standard we wanted to set. It was really disap pointing how it ended for us, but I think we were successful; we set the school record for wins and things like that, and I wish we could have won the Ivy League. But all in all, it was probably one of the most fun [experiences] I’ve ever had, and I really made so many great friends throughout the process, especially the guys in my grade.”
“It’s only a part of the things I want to accom plish in my life, but it was a big step for me. And my parents were super excited, and to see them excited meant a lot to me. It was very, very over whelming, and exciting at first, but it is a business, so you kind of get right into it.” As a Quaker, Miller was the local talent who grew up playing in Hatboro, Pa., just an hour’s drive north from Penn’s campus. But his Tigers contract is not the first time his baseball career will take him across the country. Miller is per haps more recognizable as the pitcher who threw that one summer for the Savannah Bananas. He was introduced on the MLB’s official site with a headline reading, “Tigers go Bananas on Day 3 of Draft,” and reactions by Tigers fans on Twitter were both impressed and amused of his former Banana days.
15TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2022THEDP.COM | THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN say, when it all started — during the draft, wait ing, kind of seeing how things are gonna play out. And when it happened, it was awesome. I was very excited. It’s something that I’ve been preparing for, training for, almost my whole life, and it was a huge goal of mine.”
What are your thoughts on the team you’ll be leaving behind in Penn baseball?
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M atthew Fallon certainly turned heads with his appearance at the NCAA Division I Championships this past spring, and the 2020 Olympic Trials the year prior. But this summer, he demanded attention with a performance that coronated him as the growing phenom just begin ning to fit into his best form. “I’d say I focused on improving my overall skill set,” Fallon said. “Separating the kick and the pull a little bit was something small that I put into my training, that I think helps in the long run. But this summer was just all about improv ing and building on what I had done previously in the Withyear.”months ahead until the beginning of the winter season with Penn, Fallon is letting his highest standards set themselves. “My goal is always to just improve. I sort of set goals as they come,” Fallon said. “I haven’t pin pointed any goals for the season yet. Right now, I’m just working on improving even further.” Fallon competed at the annual Phillips 66 Na tional Championships in Irvine, Calif., where he claimed first place in the 200-meter breaststroke. Against a field of seven other competitors — all but one of whom older than he was — the rising sophomore emerged victorious with a time of 2:07.91, good for No. 7 all-time in United States history.Histop finish is yet another addition to Fal lon’s already impressive list of accolades in the 200 breast this year, having earned first-team All-American honors at the NCAA Division I Championships — something no Quaker had done since Mark Andrew in 2019 — and a con ference title at the Ivy League Championships.
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“Corky is one of the nicest guys you’ll ever want to meet,” Daly said to the DP in 1976. “He was a quiet leader; our defensive team always revolved around him. He never had any scoring ego. … He was an all-around player who did so much in his quiet way. He was a star with no whims or noise, truly an outstanding person, a joy to Aftercoach.”defeating Villanova in the Sweet Sixteen — avenging the previous year’s loss — the Quakers again fell short in the Elite Eight, setting Calhoun up to be a top prospect in the 1972 NBA Draft. Calhoun was taken at No. 4 by the struggling Phoe nix Suns, where he’d spend just over two seasons before being traded to the pre-Showtime Los Angeles Lakers. There, he’d play with Hall of Famers Pat Riley and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but yet again, after two seasons, Calhoun was cut. “I was disappointed to have to leave the Lakers,” Calhoun said. “I’d been with Phoenix and been traded to the Lakers. I thought, well, maybe I could establish roots here with the Lakers. I got to start playing with Kareem and all, but they said, ‘No, you’re not part of this.’”His dismissal would be a blessing in disguise, though, as just four days after being cut, Calhoun signed with the Trail Blazers, where he’d win a title two years before the Lakers would win one of their own. Portland had not achieved an above-.500 season since entering the league, but were led by talented center Bill Walton. Calhoun’s arrival, along with the acquisition of eventual four-time NBA All-Star Maurice Lucas and new head coach Jack Ramsay — who earned his doctor ate at Penn — helped Portland finally make a playoff run.After blanking the Lakers 4-0 in the Western Con ference Finals — and getting Calhoun’s revenge in the process — the Trail Blazers were faced with the Dr. J-led Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA Finals. Although he had been largely absent during the first three playoff series, Ramsay called upon Calhoun on the biggest stage possible to defend Erving, a task he had valuable experience with, harkening back to his Penn days.“Jack Ramsay; give him credit for using the matchups to the best advantage he could,” Calhoun said. “I think they saw me as not a player who would stop Dr. J, but try to slow him down and make him work for shots and so Asforth.”Calhoun’s minutes jumped from one and six in the first two games to 18 and 19 in games four and five, Portland began to pull away with the series, and in game six on their home floor, the Trail Blazers clinched the championship, capping off a momentous season. “What was special with that team was that the play ers accepted their roles, and we had great individual talent,” Calhoun said. “When you have a star player like Bill Walton, who’s recognized as, really, one of the top players in the league, and he has a type of personality that includes people, that lifts up people, that makes a big difference.
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Former Penn athlete David “Corky” Calhoun, who played three All-Ivy and All-Big 5 seasons with the Quakers, was the last alumnus to win an NBA Finals since 1977.
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After another season with Portland — cut short early in the playoffs despite a 58-24 regular season record because of Walton’s foot injury — and a season and change with the Indiana Pacers, Calhoun was left with the decision of whether to keep pursuing basketball overseas or to finally begin his professional career at the age of 30. He arrived in France assuming he would continue his basketball career, but left after 11 days when he received and accepted a job offer from Mobil where he’d work for over 30 years. Now retired and living with his wife in North Carolina, the longest-tenured NBA player in Penn his tory — a mark Calhoun boasts as “a point of pride” — understands what set apart the wildly successful teams he played for. “If you look at the NBA and the teams that never make the playoffs, it’s because they always play as in dividuals as opposed to a unit,” Calhoun said. “[The successful ones] understand their roles and accept their roles. That’s the key to any successful team, especially in the professional ranks. “You have egos, you have individuals that have dif ferent family priorities and all that. But if somehow, when they’re on the basketball court, if they agree that, ‘I’ll do this type of work, you do that type of work, and together we’ll be successful,’ that’s been proven over and over again. The key is working to gether as a unit.” Perhaps Calhoun’s words of guidance are light of his view that his own path was the greatest one could pursue. After all, Chuck Daly described him as being devoid of “scoring ego.” But with an NBA Champi onship, two Elite Eight appearances, and three Ivy League titles under his belt, there should be plenty of ears to listen.
“I built confidence through the first two months of the season when I knew I was going to be able to handle the practices,” he said. In Fallon’s first competition with Penn, a November dual meet against Columbia, Fallon finished first in both the 100 breast and 200 IM, and second in the 500 freestyle. Fallon continued to impress as the season charged on. Podium finishes became of habit, and he continued to shave seconds off his 100 breast time between the Columbia meet and Ivy League Championships in late February. However, during the season, one highlight particularly stands out. At December’s Zippy In vitational in Akron, Ohio, Fallon set the Penn program record in the 100 breast with a time of 51.45.At the Ivy Championships, Fallon finished second in the 100 breast and first in the 200 breast, helping the Quakers take third at the meet. The next month, Fallon qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships in both the 100 and 200 breast. In the former, his 10th-place finish was good enough for an All-American honorable mention, but in the latter, his thirdplace finish of 1:49.16 earned Fallon first-team All-American honors. For much of the summer, Fallon was packed up away from Penn to train in Georgia with the Athens Bulldogs Swim Club. Fallon enjoyed the new environment, especially as he experienced a contrasting method from Penn, and was able to build breadth in his strengths. Specifically, he noted Penn’s focus on power and volume, compared to a greater emphasis on pace and technique in Georgia. Fallon participated in several meets this summer — including the GA ABSC Bulldog Summer Invite and the Georgia LC Senior State Championship — both of which led up to the National Championships, where Fallon took home a victory. Even after pocketing several successes on the national level, Fallon looks forward to returning to Penn in the fall, where he’ll continue his com petition representing the Red and Blue. “I’m excited to see everyone again when I get back to campus,” he said. “I’m excited to spend another year working with the swim team at Penn and build on the success that not only I had last year, but that we had as a team.”
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17TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2022THEDP.COM | THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN forward Julius “Dr. J” Erving. Midway through his freshman season, Calhoun was tasked with defending Erving during a January 1970 matchup at the Palestra. In the first half, Erving domi nated, scoring 21, while the Quakers trailed 38-35. “For me, it was — well, he’s touted as one of the top players in the country,” Calhoun said. “And it was a good measuring stick to see what I could do against him.” After another 20 minutes of gameplay, the Red and Blue managed to escape with a 75-65 victory over the Minutemen, thanks in large part to Erving’s inability to evade“TheCalhoun.6-5leaper [Erving] could manage but two more baskets in the second half thanks to some tough defense by Corky Calhoun,” the DP wrote about the game. “Calhoun, who added 13 points himself, hounded the Massachusetts star.” The following season, Penn reached the Elite Eight, but fell short to Villanova in a shocking 90-47 drubbing, which Calhoun recalls as “one of the disappointments I still have, being that close but not achieving the Final FourAsround.”coachDick Harter departed to Oregon that offsea son, future NBA legend Chuck Daly stepped in, leading him and Calhoun to form a bond both on and off the court.
“I mean, it’s still amazing. When I look back on that, I remember being with the Lakers, I had just gotten mar ried and I had a home in LA, and then had to give that all up. It was a disappointing thing personally. But I learned a lesson that [when] you close the door on one opportu nity, another one can open up. So I was disappointed to leave the Lakers, but a year later, I was wearing a cham pionship ring.”
But before stamping his name in the national eyesight, Fallon pushed through the learning curve of adjusting to collegiate-level swimming as any student-athlete would. “The entire team [was] training at such a high level,” he said. “[Penn] made me realize that this was a step up from back home.” A Warren, N.J. native who honed his talents at The Pingry School, Fallon earned the still-stand ing YMCA national record in the 400 individual medley, won YMCA national championships in three events, and finished eighth in the 200 breast at the 2020 Olympic Trials — the highestever finish for someone 18 or younger. Behind these achievements was the diligence and patience to adapt.
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Gill said. “Hopefully, the experiences coming out of those games will be ones where we can look back on and see where we fell short. So that as we move forward into the season, we can see where we can come out on top.” A squad now rich in upperclassmen experience will aim to improve from last season’s shortcom ings through the guidance of seniors and graduate students, and a unique assortment of talent in the new recruits.
Golf Women’s golf proved an impressive progression of improvement through its campaign last year, from opening the fall season with a 12th out of 14 finish at the Nittany Lion Invitational, to scoring first-place finishes at the Prospect Bay Intercollegiate and the Hartford Invitational in the spring. But a sixth of six finish at the Ivy League Championships, where luck and injuries forsook the team, leaves much to desire and affirm in the coming fall season. The departure of coach Jason Calhoun from his role of the last five years left the position vacant since July. In Calhoun’s place will be former Seton Hall coach Clay White, whose 18-year-long resume with the Pirates includes the recent run to the 2022 Big East Championship. The men’s team fared middle of the pack in its four fall competitions of 2021, which proved some of its best results all year. But under his new guidance, White finds an early chance to make statements on the green, with a season-opening Labor Day week end outing at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial. Women’s Soccer
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Two Ivy League wins at home marked a glimpse of hope at the end of Penn’s 8-15 season, as the Quakers repeated 3-0 wins against Columbia and Cornell. Volleyball will begin its campaign again with a three-game weekend invitational, which earned them three wins to start the season in 2021. In her now second year of leading the Red and Blue, coach Meredith Schamun must solve the team’s vulnerability in holding extended streaks of losses, and instead flip the team’s momentum to maintain winning results. With a balance of ex perienced upperclassmen and a variety of exciting talents in the freshmen recruits, the 2022 season will depend on the team’s resilience through any kind of challenge.
An almost spotless home record only spoiled by Princeton in the season finale, and two distinct triple-win streaks, Penn was consistent with solid contributions to its final record of 9-5-2, with victo ries often claimed in dramatic margins. Seven seniors will return to Penn’s campaign aimed toward the Ivy League crown. But with coach Casey Brown’s departure, the team will now roll under the new guidance of coach Dr. Krissy Turner, who comes from leading Monmouth to eight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships through the past decade. Comfortable with aggressive offensive strategy while also being keen on countering opposing op portunities through transition, Penn holds all the necessary cards to build a formidable team in its second season on return from the pandemic pause. Men’s Soccer Despite a tough conclusion to its campaign, ending in four straight winless matches in Ivy League play, Penn men’s soccer proved robust in teamwork and quickly mending weaknesses early in the season — which must come earlier in this year’s campaign if the Quakers hope to improve. “Looking back on that season, we would have felt that there were a lot of bright spots,” coach Brian Gill said. “Even in games that we tied or didn’t get the win, we would have walked away feeling like we played pretty well. But at the end of the day, those margins are the differences in getting to that next level that we want to.”
Sprint Football The Quakers must set their bar high coming off of a 5-2 season, where Penn averaged a 40-point margin in all its wins, including a 63-0 stomper over Cornell. Penn is on an eight-season winning streak against the Big Red as its only other Ivy League opponent, but will be facing Navy and Army again this season, who served the Quakers their only losses in 2021. Volleyball
The team proved several exceptional outings at the peak of its form; repairing its weakness of conceding immediately following its own score. Yet Penn struggled in late-season conference away games that knocked them down to sixth in the Ivy League.“Idon’t think it would be something that we would look back on and feel ashamed of, or feel like we didn’t put forth our best effort, because we did,”
Senior forward/midfielder Sydney Huang hits the ball in an October 2021 match vs. Yale.
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Senior defender Peyton Raun prepares to dribble in Penn’s October 2021 matchup against Cornell.
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A conversation with Joe Miller, former Quaker and Savannah Banana turned Detroit Tigers MLB Draft Pick
Football Coach Ray Priore’s brigade will welcome 25 new recruits as he leads the Quakers for his sev enth season, in search of a winning record only last claimed in 2018. With a three win, seven loss season in its rearview mirrors, the team must prove quickly whether it can shed its ailments as diagnoses of the past. Penn will begin with back-to-back home games to commence the 2022 season — a test to sophomore quarterback Aidan Sayin, who played five games in 2021, as well as the younger players who are step ping up into leadership responsibilities. “[Sayin] stepped up to the plate into a situation where he didn’t know what was going to happen,” Priore said. “His first career start, I think, was at Yale on the road. ... We watched the film and we were like, ‘This guy can play; this kid can play with the big dogs.’ That was something we all realized last season, that this kid, he’s a player, and he’s going to go out there and work hard and compete. What more can you ask for for the quarterback to take con trol and run the offense the way it needs to be done?”
Former Penn southpaw Joe Miller pitches for the Red and Blue in March 2022.
A tepid offense that averaged just 19.1 points per game, a perhaps reluctance toward bold, new calls to mend weakness, and a bottom-league finish to sign off the season, Priore’s prescription for the team must near heroism to bury the 2021 campaign in its
Forty-five years. That’s how long it’s been since the original “Star Wars” debuted in theaters. And that was also the last time a Penn alumnus appeared on a winning NBA Finals team.The occasion arose in June of 1977, when David “Corky” Calhoun won the NBA title with the Port land Trail Blazers. Sharing a roster with greats like Bill Walton and Maurice Lucas, the 6-foot-7 forward brought defensive skill and rebounding prowess off the bench, skills he harnessed as a budding prospect on a thriving collegeDuringteam.Calhoun’s three All-Ivy and All-Big 5 seasons with the Quakers, Penn reached the NCAA Tournament three times, made the Elite Eight twice, and climbed as high as No. 2 in the AP poll (the highest ranking Penn has ever Playingheld).inthree March Madnesses and in the com petitive Big 5 and Ivy League, Calhoun was tested by some of the biggest stars in college basketball, arguably none bigger than University of Massachusetts Amherst In the second full season on return from the pan demic pause, Penn fall sports are aimed toward results on the page and reaching for conference titles, with teams juggling a unique toolbox of mixed ex perience in rosters, several new names across the coaching staff, and schedules keen on bringing a challenge. Having a recent past season to note weak nesses and redress them in quick turnaround, this year notes an exciting prospect of tracking prog ress in each team; whether they wish to forget poor records and begin on a blank slate, or build upon winning momentums of last fall.
Cross Country Penn will return to familiar tracks to repeat and best its records as its campaign builds toward championship season. The Quakers will begin close to home with three meets in Pennsylvania, where benchmarks against competitors will rival again in end-of-season championship meets. With proven leadership under coach Steve Dolan, Penn aims to improve upon a third out of eight finish at the Ivy League Heptagonal, and a sixth out of 26 finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals. Field Hockey Penn concluded its 2021 season with six wins in seven games, finalizing its record to 9-7, 5-2 Ivy. Each of its losses only arose against nationallyranked teams early in the season, which honed the team for consistent conference wins that lifted the Red and Blue to third in the Ivy League. The team has also been able to preserve a reli able group of upperclassmen, who will be crucial to elevating the team to reach for those final few mar gins in their Ivy League crown pursuit. The Quakers will now aim to chase Harvard and Princeton, the only two ranked teams in the Ivy League last season, while also maintaining command over each of its bested Ivy League rivals.
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W ithin just days of waiting in anxious an ticipation ahead of the 2022 MLB Draft, then signing his name on the dotted line with the Detroit Tigers, Penn baseball graduate Joe Miller flew out to the Tigers’ spring training complex in Florida with only business on his mind — but not with a dream of sitting behind a heavy desk, dressed in a pressed suit, and being addressed as “general manager.” Rather, he’s suiting up with resolute full-focus to prove that the only place he belongs at the moment is on the mound. The left-handed pitcher graduated from Whar ton this past spring, and now joins Detroit’s college-heavy MLB draft class as an 11th round, 327th overall pick. He has shed the Red and Blue after an immense season with the Quakers, but finds it more difficult to peel away the Banana yellow as he learns to handle the fickle ride of life as a rookie in professional baseball. Congratulations on being drafted with the Detroit Tigers! How are you doing? How have the past few weeks been? “Thank you. It was stressful at first, I would
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Previewing Penn’s Fall Slate
