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China Center will be research and career hub

Leading ROTC by example

Penn Wharton China Center will open in Beijing at a more permanent location in January 2015 BY FOLA ONIFADE Staff Writer Penn students and faculty hoping to expand their global horizons will soon have more means of doing so in China. The Penn W har ton China Center is currently open for business with limited facilities and capabilities. The Center will facilitate research related to China and serve as a means to distribute knowledge. The University is currently in the process of paying deposits for a five-year lease for a location in accordance with Chinese capital regulations.

The full location is tentatively set to open in January 2015 in the Bejing Central Business District and will be the University’s first physical presence in China, said Faculty Director of the Center John Zhang . “Competition is global today. You have to be more worldsav v y a nd globa l ly awa re,” Zhang said. “In the Compact 20/20, we want to have more globa l engagement a nd the Penn Wharton China Center is just one of those efforts.” SEE CENTER PAGE 7

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UNIVERSITY TO HIRE ALCOHOL SAFETY EDUCATOR Number of people who used Penn’s Medical Amnesty Policy

Colonel Andrew Wilcox teaches the “Leadership and Ethics” course to students in the NROTC program at Penn. BY LAUREN FEINER Staff Writer Life lessons are at the top of the syllabus in Colonel Andrew Wilcox’s curriculum. Wilcox, the commanding officer of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps for Penn, Drexel, Temple and Villanova, teaches the required “Leadership and Ethics” course in NROTC. “The University teaches how to

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“I take the things I’ve learned in 28 years [as a marine] that they’re going to taste and give it in spoonfuls at a time,” Wilcox said. “It’s something I certainly can’t teach myself,” Matthew Weber, a Wharton junior and member of the Marine division of the NROTC, said. “You’re not going to find it in any textbook.” Temple senior Const a ntine SEE ROTC PAGE 7

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critically think,” Wilcox said. “We try to bring that education and make it relevant in the world of the military.” As a marine, he recognizes “the platform I have to master is the art of leadership.” Each week, Wilcox holds what he calls an “L3” — life and leadership lesson. During these sessions, he shares anecdotes from his own career in the Marine Corps and discusses how he was able to come to the right or wrong decision.

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The hiring comes as a result of yearlong commission on alcohol and student safety BY FOLA ONIFADE & WILLIAM MARBLE Staff Writer & Enterprise Editor The University will hire an additional staff member to combat alcohol abuse and provide safety education, Penn P resident A my Gutmann said Tuesday. T he a n nou ncement comes as a response to recommendations made by a yearlong commission studying alcohol use and student safety on campus. One of the report’s three main recommenda-

tions is to create the position. The staff member would “focus on educating students about interpersonal violence, sexual assault and hazing prevention in collaboration with other campus resource offices,” the report says. T he eig ht - p a ge r ep or t not e s widespread alcohol consumption at Penn: 87 percent of freshmen and 62 percent of all undergraduates drink before going out, the report says. Almost 40 percent of undergraduates said they use alcohol or other drugs to combat stress. Between Aug. 15, 2011 and May 14, 2013, 518 students had interactions with the Division of Public Safety for alcohol-related incidents, ac-

cording to the report. The report also recommends periodic assessments of resources to prevent alcohol and drug misuse and continual development of programming to address these issues. “We will take all of the recommendations in the report and move forward with them as soon as possible, taking all the additional steps to further strengthen our efforts to make sure we continue to have best practices in preventing and responding to the misuses of alcohol and other drugs,” Gutmann said in an interview Tuesday. The commission commends the SEE ALCOHOL PAGE 5

Encouraging women to attend PennApps proves tricky Only about 15 percent of hackathon participants are women BY BRENDA WANG Deputy News Editor There were so few women at PennApps last semester that one of the women’s restrooms was converted into a men’s restroom. This semester, little has changed. While 1,200 hackers flocked to the Engineering quad for PennApps, only a minority of them were women. Clara Wu, an Engineering junior who is on the board of Women in Computer Science and is the Engineering lead at PennApps Lab, believes that the culture at hackathons can make women feel unwelcome. “There’s some inherent assumption that women aren’t great computer scientists,” she said. While participating in Pen-

nApps last weekend, other hackers asked her if she was just “hanging out and watching.” She found the assumption that she was not participating “really offensive,” since none of her male teammates were asked the same question. Wu has also observed a trend of assuming women are the “front end,” or aesthetic designers of an app. She says that women who would rather code are often asked to design since “you’re a female so [you] must have great aesthetic vision.” Although PennApps does not collect demographic information about its participants, nationally, only 12.9 percent of undergraduate degrees in computer science and 10.6 percent of those in computer engineering were awarded to women from 2011 to 2012, according to the Computing Research Association, and the SEE PENNAPPS PAGE 6

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Chief of Infectious Diseases talks autism, vaccines No current research concretely links autism with the MMR vaccine BY SHUFEI SONG Contributing Writer There is still no scientific evidence that links vaccines with autism. Chief of Infectious Diseases at The Child ren’s Hospital of Philadelphia Paul Offit spoke at Huntsman Hall on Tuesday about the stigmatization of vaccines and its effect on societ y. He ex plained that vaccines have never been concretely linked to autism spectrum disorders. In 1998, British surgeon a nd resea rcher A nd rew Wakefield published a paper in the British journal, The Lancet, linking the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism. His paper correlated with a drop in vaccination rates in Britain, while the number of measles cases soared. The paper was withdrawn in 2010. Despite scientific studies that have since suggested other wise, some parents still have the notion that t hei r c h i ld r en’s ment a l problems were caused by the vaccine. A reluctance to vaccinate may be responsible for the continued presence of the diseases. Last year, 223 cases of measles were diagnosed in the United States. “Every year, children come into our hospital and die of vaccine-preventable diseases,” Offit said. He is dedicated to educating the public about the safety of vaccines. “There is a lot at stake here,” Offit said. “And [sci-

ence] shouldn’t be politicized to the amount it is.” He said that many scientific papers have been published in the last decade to support the safety of vaccines. However, some vaccine dissenters now also link thimerosal - a compound used to preserve vaccines - and too many vaccines given early in childhood to autism. “If this was just scientific illiteracy, I would be more optimistic,” Offit said. He referenced the media’s tendency to exaggerate singlestudy cases, to embrace mavericks and to promote controversy as other factors that negatively inf luence public health. In general, students responded positively to Offit’s remarks. “I didn’t realize so many people were misinformed,” College junior Jennifer Zhou said. “ T he st r u g g le [O f f it] faced with the media was interesting,” Wharton junior Nikhil Das said. “I like it when the media brings in scientists to talk.” Das added that he plans to vaccinate his children. T h e W h a r t o n Un d e r graduate Healthcare Club hosted Offit’s talk. Wharton and College sophomore Chetna Johri, an organizer of WUHC’s speaker series, said that the club was enthusiastic to have Offit. “We thought that focusing more on the scientific aspect of healthcare would bring in a different audience than we traditionally have,” Johri said. WUHC also seems to be living up to Offit’s wish to promote science. “No venue is too small [to stand up for science],” he said.

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SEC proposes tobacco divestment BY MELISSA LAWFORD Staff Writer The Faculty Senate Executive Committee unanimously voted in support of a proposal for tobacco divestment, yesterday’s Faculty SEC Actions report announced. The motion suppor ts a proposal for the sale of the University’s funds invested in tobacco companies. At the SEC meeting on Feb. 12, philosophy professor Michael Weisberg advocated

for divestment, arguing that Penn’s mission of education, health and research is contradicted by gaining financially from companies responsible for a major threat to world health. Weisberg added that most of Penn’s peer institutions have already divested from tobacco, according to the report. Perelman School of Medicine professors Frank Leone and Robert Schaller also spoke in favor of the propos-

al, noting that tobacco companies market their products with full awareness of the harmful effects of nicotine addiction, the report said. “The faculty of the Senate Executive Committee heard both reasons supporting the divestment proposal and reasons against it through several excellent presentations,” Faculty Senate Chair Dwight Jaggard said in an email. The committee discussed the financial implications of divestment and the Univer-

sity’s public message, as well as ethical issues around divestment, such as tobacco’s disproportionate impact on communities of color. “I was impressed with the discussion and feel that the outcome speaks strongly as to faculty sentiment on this issue,” Jaggard said. The proposal for tobacco divestment will be discussed at today’s University Council meeting, and the SEC recommends the Trustees approve the motion.

(PENN)GINEERS PIE THEIR PROFESSORS

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A Penn student pied her professor yesterday in the Levine Lobby as part of National Engineering Week, which is being sponsored on campus by the Engineering Student Activities Council. All proceeds from the event will go to Relay for Life. Activities will continue for the rest of the week, and will include a Super Smash Brothers tournament, study breaks, networking dinners and events on female and black engineers.

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Lawsuit over breast cancer gene patents settled Penn co-owns two of the patents that were involved in the lawsuit BY COSETTE GASTELU Staff Writer A patent infringement lawsuit over breast cancer testing - one of several lawsuits involving Penn - ended in settlement earlier this month. Gene by Gene, Ltd. and Myriad Genetics, Inc., along with the University of Utah Research Foundation, HSC Research and Development Limited Partnership, Endorecherche, Inc. and the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania announced on Feb. 7 that they reached an agreement in a lawsuit pertaining to patents for BRCA1 and BRCA2, two genes that can determine whether a person is at risk for breast and/or ovarian cancer. As part of the settlement, Gene by Gene has agreed to stop selling or marketing clinical diagnostic tests that make use of BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 analysis, but only in North America. Gene by Gene will continue to offer the testing outside of North America. Additionally, Gene by Gene will still provide its “whole genome and exome products and services” as well as other testing products for other inherited disorders that include the BRCA gene analysis. In exchange for these concessions, Myriad and the other plaintiffs have dismissed the patent infringement case against Gene by Gene without prejudice. The arrangement will stand until Feb. 12, 2016 or until the last BRCA1 and BRCA2 patent claim relevant to the case expires. Gene by Gene started offering BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing in June 2013 after the Supreme Court ruled that products of nature, such as genes, cannot be patented. Though the Court cited BRCA1 and BRCA2 in its ruling, the decision did not address every single aspect of the

patents. In response to Gene by Gene’s action, Myriad filed the now-settled lawsuit against the company the following month. “When you get a patent, you have the right to exclude people from doing things with the patented material,” Lee Petherbridge, a 2002 Penn Law graduate and professor at Loyola Law School, said. “These limitations are enumerated in the patent documents ... the Supreme Court’s decision was only directed at a small number of these claims, not the majority,” Petherbridge explained. The suit alleged that Gene by Gene infringed upon nine BRCA1/ BRCA2 patents that were either owned by or exclusively licensed to Myriad. Two of the patents named in the suit are co-owned by Penn. “We believe the settlement with Gene by Gene is a good and responsible agreement,”

Ronald Rogers, a spokesperson for Myriad, said in a statement. “It is in the best interest of the parties because it ends the uncertainty and expense [of] ongoing litigation.” “Myriad and the other owners of the BRCA patents at issue ... continue to believe that these patent claims related to BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene testing are valid and enforceable,” he added. “We are pleased that this matter has been amicably resolved,” Susan Phillips, a spokesperson for Penn Medicine, stated. Officials from the University of Utah Research Foundation, HSC and Endorecherche were unavailable for comment. The lawsuit against Gene by Gene was one in a series of court actions that Myriad took last year in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision. Both Myriad and Penn are involved

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A forgotten pressure point

130th Year of Publication TAYLOR CULLIVER, Executive Editor AMANDA SUAREZ, Managing Editor JENNIFER YU, Opinion Editor LOIS LEE, Director of Online Projects FIONA GLISSON, Campus News Editor HARRY COOPERMAN, City News Editor JODY FREINKEL, Assignments Editor WILLIAM MARBLE, Enterprise Editor GENESIS NUNEZ, Copy Editor MATT MANTICA, Copy Editor YOLANDA CHEN, News Photo Editor MICHELE OZER, Sports Photo Editor CONNIE KANG, Photo Manager

n “A different perception of pressure,” the aut h o r s o ut l i n e t h e v iews of Penn’s facult y and staff on the sources of the recent and widely t alked about “unique stress” found on campus. Missing voices from the ar ticle were the unique experiences of stress for minority students on campus. Particularly glaring was the absence of income as a “pressure factor” for st ud e nt s . T he aut hor s question whether Penn

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c a n c ont r ol t he st r ess its students endure, or whether it is indicative of a greater societal trend. I don’t disagree; there is only so much a university can do to mitigate natural stresses of society. One sou rce of st ress t h at Pen n c a n c ont r ol sig n i f ic a nt ly, however, is economic inequa lit y. While I applaud the University for being one of the most financially generous in the country, it can still do more. From the pressure of maintaining multiple jobs while taking just as many classes as any other student, to fear-

ing multiple dinner plans on a weekend for fear of running out of money for the month (or the summer?!) and to appearing as composed as possible in a 3-year-old coat surr ou nd e d b y $ 8 0 0 - plu s , brand-new winter jackets — I, and I imagine many ot he r s ( i nc lud i n g st u dents, faculty and staff ), can attest to the stress involved with being a Penn student. How’s that for a “different” perception? Marco Herndon College ’16

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Redefining success FRIEDOM OF SPEECH | Being successful at Penn is far too often defined as “winning” against our peers

haun White was the favorite to win the snowboa rd ha l fpipe at this year’s Winter Olympics. He f inished four th. Many were sur prised and some disappointed by his apparent “loss” in the event he had previously won twice. Making the Oly mpic team for the third consecutive time, while also heading up a successful band and designing his own clothing line, just wasn’t enough. He had “let us down.” At Penn, we celebrate a culture of stress. We value it as part of our normal rite of passage and as a necessary stepping stone to Wall Street, medical school or biochemical engineering. We strive with every fiber of our being not just to be good, or even excellent, but to be perfect. It is part of our learned behavior. Most of us don’t

know how to behave differently. If the goal of college is to prepare us for a dog-eatdog world, it is working. As we strive for perfection, we are also burdened to compete for an ever-evolving vision of what constitutes “success.” It isn’t enough to have reached the pinnacle of academic success we have already achieved. The bar continues to rise. As we seek to address the state of mental health and well-being on this campus, we must re - exa mine our definition of “success.” As College senior Shana Mansbach explained, “There is a certain idea of what it is like to be a successful Penn student, [but] if every Penn student has the same idea of what it means to be successful, we’re clearly not all going to be happy.” Our definition of success as Penn students derives

from what we see around us. It is inherently competitive. Being “successful” becomes a contest of winners and losers; we’re not attempting to do the best we are capable of as individuals, but rather are engaging in a game—one that not all of us can win.

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As long as our cultural definition of success requires that we identify ‘losers’ among us, the ingredients for tragedy will be ever-present.” And success isn’t just defined by grades and GPA. Success at Penn is social,

athletic, extracurricular and academic. We all want to be in the “best” sorority or fraternity, achieve straight A’s, be selected for a senior society and serve as the president of a club. As College senior Jodi Miller simply stated, we are “competitive in every aspect of our lives, not just school.” If you see yourself as one of the “losers” in this success game — if you perceive yourself as inferior to people who appear to be more successful — you are likely to develop a negative self-image, exacerbated by the stress of being a Penn student. Feeling unsuccessful at a place like Penn can generate feelings of inferiority, inadequacy and helplessness. The outpouring of communal support on campus, on Facebook and here in The Daily Pennsylvanian over the last few weeks has been

truly astounding. We have begun to destigmatize visiting CAPS or a mental-health specialist of any kind. We have reached out to each other, reminding ourselves that support can be found within our Penn community. It is a good start, but only a start. As long as our cultural definition of success requires that we identif y “losers” among us, the ingredients for tragedy will be ever-present. When will we accept that we have already achieved success, just by being part of the Penn experience? We won’t all get the top g rade in our classes. We won’t all land that dream summer internship. We won’t all win a gold medal. Sometimes, like Shaun White, we wobble. Sometimes, others will perform at a higher level. Sometimes, we may even wipe out altogether. But that is not and must not become

ALEXANDRA FRIEDMAN the standard by which we value ourselves. S h au n W h i t e f i n i s h e d fourth at the Olympics. He may not have won the gold, but White, a two-time gold medalist, didn’t “lose.” He’s one of t he best ha l f pipe snowboarders in the world. He accepted this position with grace and gratitude, and that sounds like success to me. ALEXANDRA FRIEDMAN is a College junior from Atlanta studying history. Email her at alfrie@sas.upenn.edu or follow her @callme_alfrie.

Reflections on the mortal coil

THE QUAKING POINT | We’ve all been sentenced to living with death — what matters is the story those sentences tell

ichel de Mont a ig ne once wrote that to philosophize is to lear n how to die. That’s easy enough to say — as a philosophy major, I have spent many a term paper trying to solve some of the most intransigent questions ever asked. Death is not an unfamiliar topic. Nonetheless, no matter how often we read, write and split hairs about it, we’re rarely prepared for reality when it hits us. A lot of time is spent tinkering with abstract problems, like whether things are real and how we can be sure of anything, and it’s easy to forget how quickly such minutiae fall away. When we lose members of our community, we’re forced to lift our heads from our textbooks and arguments. The pain of loss, sadly, is all too real. The many student deaths of weeks past are a fresh

wound to the Penn community. Something feels damaged — perhaps it’s our morale, or perhaps our confidence in the establishment that holds us together. The knowledge that our peers have passed is disturbing, especially on a college campus. It pierces the comfortable illusion of unbound freedom, reminding us that, despite our youth, we don’t have forever. It’s the universal taboo, the period at the end of a 70 to 90-year sentence. One day, that sentence will conclude. Parents guard their children from death, and understandably so — growing up happy requires a little shelter, at least at first, from the bitter facts. But we’re not children anymore - I and many of my peers have only a few months left before we graduate. We’re finally coming into our own in the world. We’re independent. We’re deeply unsettled. It’s

time to talk about mortality. L a st f a l l , p h i l o s o p he r Samuel Scheffler published a column in The New York Times about being confronted with death. For Scheffler, the pain of knowing that our lives will eventually end should be eased by the knowledge that others will live on in our stead, carrying our legacies with them. A moving thought, no doubt, but that can’t be all there is to it. Think of how many people, forced to watch their close ones perish, are sentenced to live. Dying is one thing — how do we live with death? News of death reminds us of how challenging it is to persevere in a world so flawed and overwhelming. The loss of friends — whether by accident or by suicide, whether they took their own lives or lost them to brute misfortune — makes life lonelier and harder to live. It makes us wonder whether there really

is any meaning to be found. In the void of uncertainty,

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There is nothing more unsettling than a void, but there is nothing more liberating either.”

however, we are left with a choice. Our finitude can either hold us back or propel us forward. We can’t account for the tragedy of loss - we can only strive to persevere. Whether life is ultimately worth living is up to us. There is nothing more unsettling than a void, but there is nothing more liberating either. Rather than tr y to make meaning last forever, let’s make the most of what’s

available to us for however long we have. Our respective lives, footprints and even kingdoms will eventually be worn away by the sands of time. Even Ozymandias was helpless to preserve his works, mighty as they were. But to come together in our fragility, as our fragmented selves, to embrace the miracle of existence hand-in-hand - that’s a life worth living. We should all strive to make our own sentences as rich and meaningful as we can. That’s the only lasting thing we’ll ever create — a chronicle whose every sentence propels our story forward. We should also take solace in the fact that our anxiety about death, our inevitable fixation on it, brings us together and gives us common ground. As mortals, we always have each other. Perhaps we will someday find a better answer to our suf-

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JONATHAN IWRY fering. In the meantime, the knowledge of our collective struggle will relieve us of our solitude. The most we can do is press on, grapple with the abyss and learn to continue living — and even, hopefully, to rejoice. May the memories of all who have left us be for a blessing. I am indebted to Ting Cho Lau for his contributions to the discussion and philosophical inspiration behind this column. JONATHAN IWRY is a College senior from Bethesda, Md., studying philosophy. His last name is pronounced “eev-ree.” Email him at jon.iwry@gmail. com.

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Last alcohol study led to current policy ALCOHOL from page 1 University for being “proactive and inventive in its efforts to reduce the misuse of alcohol and other drugs and the negative consequences that can result.” It mentions measures like the medical amnesty policy, MERT and a pilot program implemented last school year to provide incentives to register oncampus parties. However, the report also not e s i nc on si st enc ie s i n the way alcohol violations are handled across college houses and charges College Houses and Academic Serv ices w ith rev iew ing and

standardizing the policies. Additionally, the directors of Student Health Ser vice and the Of f ice of A lcohol and Other Dr ug P rogram Initiatives w ill work w ith the emergency department at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to develop a pilot program that will record the blood alcohol content of students who are sent to the hospital for alcohol-related issues, according to the report. “ O ne o f t he r e a s on s I think it was impor tant to have this commission was to raise everyone’s awareness of the issue,” Gutmann said. “We need to see that addressing the issue is truly a community effort and we need to do things at every level, including at the level of students, to educate and help students live safely on campus.” Gutmann and Provost Vin-

cent Price announced the establishment of the Commission on Student Safety, A lcohol and Campus Life on Jan. 9, 2013. The commission, led by Vice Chair of the Department of Psych iat r y Cha rles O’ Br ien , paid particular attention to student use of alcohol and other drugs and risks associated with their use, such as sexual violence. Administrators said last year that there was no particular incident that spurred the creation of the commission. The last comprehensive study of a lcohol use took place in 1999 and led to t he i mplement at ion of the University Alcohol and Drug Policy, most of which remains in place today. The Universit y Council will discuss the findings of the report at its February meeting on Wednesday afternoon.

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Three facts from the alcohol and student safety report: 1.

Penn is initiating a program to "routinely collect and analyze" blood alcohol content of students who are sent to the hospital for alcohol.

The University reserves the right to notify parents of students who are sent to the hospital at least twice. Last school year, 36 parental notifications were made.

Penn will revise the fraternity and sorority registration policy to make clear that all houses "must meet University safety standards in order to be recognized."

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Crime Log: Feb. 7 - Feb. 13 Feb. 9, 2014: Two suspects were observed removing items from a rack at the Penn Bookstore at 4:30 p.m. and exiting without paying. One suspect, a 50 -year-old unaffiliated male, was apprehended and arrested.

Retail Thefts: Feb. 8, 2014: A 30-year-old affiliated male suspect was seen concealing and removing items from the Fresh Grocer at 4:50 p.m. without paying.

Thefts from Buildings: Feb. 8, 2014: An unaffiliated 53-year-old female reported at 9:30 a.m. that an unknown person removed her iPad from under her desk at Hamilton Vil-

lage at 220 S. 40th St. Feb. 8, 2014: An affiliated 19-year-old female reported at 1:00 p.m. that personal property was taken by an unknown person when she left it unattended at Du Bois College House. Feb. 8, 2014: A 35-year-old unaffiliated female reported at 5:30 p.m. that her phone was taken from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania while she left it unattended to charge. Feb. 9, 2014: An affiliated 20-year-old female and an affili-

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Kicking off UMOJA Week with stepping The week of events is meant to celebrate black heritage BY SAREM GIZAW Contributing Writer A week celebrating black culture on campus kicked into gear - with step dancing. UMOJA Week, several days of events celebrating black heritage, will continue until Saturday. The events are organized by UMOJA, Penn’s umbrella organization for black student groups. The Gamma Epsilon Philadelphia City Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated hosted its annual step show “Backgrounds in Stepping” last night in the Hall of Flags in Houston Hall. Black Greek letter sororities and fraternities performed dance routines and songs that celebrated their organizations’ history and traditions. “It’s an iconic part of the Divine Nine organizations and something really special just

Academic freedom to be ensured CENTER from page 1 Research The center will be a hub for students and faculty to c onduc t r e se a r c h i n t he area. The Center will also prov ide resources to students and professors doing research about China while on Penn’s campus, which can be difficult. “ The China Center w ill do a lot of things that can’t be done well here and that’s why we need a physical facility in the country,” he said. The facility will also inc lud e c l a s sr o om s , e vent halls, faculty centers and study spaces and will allow

to show pride to your [organization],” AKA President and College senior Kalyne Coleman said. Several of the organizations performed for the audience. The Mighty Psi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated performed first, and its members opened with a song describing their love for the organization. They performed a high-energy step routine and choreographed dance. Chief Dean of the PAACC Conference of Alpha Michael Larmond said that performing is an important way for the nine black Greek organizations of the National Panhellenic Council - also known as the “Divine Nine” - to celebrate their traditions. “Stepping and displaying stepping to people outside of the D9 and outside of our fraternity - it’s very important to us because tradition is very important to us and we like to keep tradition alive,” Larmond said. Several members of the Delta Eta Chapter of Kappa

researchers the ability to easily share their research findings in Asia. “With a center in China and people that are there every day and in close contact, it will be easier for us to know what is the right information and right channel to disseminate our research,“ Zhang added. Internship Opportunities The Center will serve as a means of expanding and suppor ti ng g loba l educational experiences. Zhang mentioned the need for increased exposure to China as part of a Penn education. “There are lots of students who want to do internships in China and want to find a job [there],” Zhang said. “Providing those k inds of services from [Penn] are not ver y feasible and we need people who can maint ain contact with different companies to help students lo-

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Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated and the Mu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated also performed, encouraged by the audience’s cheers. Women also represented their sororities at the event. Dressed i n cr i mson a nd cream, the women of the Glorious Gamma Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated performed a high energy step routine and a call and response that celebrated their 101st anniversary. The AKAs also performed. “Stepping is how we show pride in our organizations and pay homage to those who came before us. It is a very important part of the Divine Nine organizations, and there are step shows across the country where these individual organizations showcase their steps and styles,” AKA Vice President Edithmia Davies said. The event was well-attended and students from different minority organizations came out to support the black Greek letter organizations.

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Wilcox draws from his 28 year career ROTC from page 1 Filipos added that the L3 program is “beneficial in civilian and military life,” such as how one can “learn more from mistakes than from success.” T he N R O T C p r og r a m hosted at Penn, which prov ides students who w i l l ser ve i n nav y a f t er graduation with university scholarships and military t ra i ni ng, has u ndergone staff changes in the past year, including the addition of Wilcox to the team. Students have not iced a m a rke d i nc r e a se i n t he quality of the program. “Colonel Wilcox has definitely stepped it up a

the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Academic Freedom President Amy Gutmann said that the academic freedom of students would be maintained at the Center. “Because it is an independent wholly-owned foreign entity, we will ensure acaCourtesy of John Zhang demic freedom,” she said. The Penn Wharton China Center will “That is a condition of our open in the Beijing Central Business operating there.” district in January 2015. While Zhang stressed the i mp or t a nc e o f ac ad em ic cate internships and career freedom to the University opportunities.” and Wharton, he acknowledged that the Center had no Student Recruitment control over anything going The Center will also play on inside China and that the a r ole i n t he ad m issions Center was not in a position process by facilitating con- to advise the Chinese govt act bet ween prospective ernment. Chinese students and the “The Penn Wharton China University. Zhang said that Center has a mission that we the Center would play a role want to carry out ... we need in identif ying outstanding to focus on the things that students in the country and will help Penn and Wharton putting them in touch with be a force for good in China,”

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notch,” Drexel sophomore Heather Schmidt said. “He brings in the intensity this pr og ra m need s ... [a nd ] people have come to realize [it] is a lot more serious.” F ilipos ag reed that he “couldn’t be happier with t he st a f f cha nge ... T he standards have def inite ly gone up. We should be training to imitate what we [will be] doing as officers.” Wilcox employs and teaches his three main tactics of motivating people: fear, love and guilt. “Any kind of respect is a form of love,” he explained, adding that this should be the default approach. Lieutenant Brian Miller, sophomore aviation adviser, recognized this strategy in Wilcox’s management of his staff. “He has full faith in our ability to prepare our students,” Miller said. Wilcox also leads by example. Despite being sig-

he said. Alumni Engagement The Wharton China Center will also serve as a hub for all members of the Penn community from around the world. Zhang noted significant alumni support for the

nif icantly older than his college-aged students, “he puts a lot of effort to ensure he’s still attempting to be the best marine out there,” Miller said of Wilcox. Filipos added that an officer can’t lead by example “unless you are the best version of yourself.” “At hikes, he’s always at the front,” Schmidt said. “Seeing him leading from the front ... is a wakeup call for me especially.” Wilcox encourages his staff to be the best versions of themselves as well. He urges them to “use all the tools ava i lable to better [themselves],” Miller said. This means getting a graduate degree while they are still a part of university and civilian life. Wilcox shared a common military saying that seems t o s u m u p h i s me t ho d : “Take care of your men, and they will take care of you.”

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A look at Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top 2013 moments M. LACROSSE | The Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; upset of Princeton stands out as one of many top games BY COLIN HENDERSON Associate Sports Editor The Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse team may have ended the 2013 season on a sour note, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let that fool you. The Quakers also provided many great moments en route to a solid 8-5 season. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look back at the top five: 1. Taming the Tigers A matchup with Ivy rival Princeton by itself is plenty for Penn fans to get excited about. Add a combination of snow, rain and hail to the equation, and you have the making of an Ancient Eight classic. In a game that was delayed in the second half for 30 minutes due to lightning, the Red and Blue were able to hold off a late Princeton rally to defeat the No. 7 Tigers, 1110. The upset was by far the most impressive victory of the season for the upstart Quakers. Penn was led in the back-and-forth affair by then-sophomore Isaac Bock, who notched three goals, and then-junior goalkeeper Brian Feeney, who stopped 10 shots. 2. Dancing with the Blue Devils Coming off of a frustrating 3-10 season in 2012, the Quakers were an unknown

entity at the start of their 2013 campaign. This only made it all the more impressive when Penn defeated No. 14 Duke, Ââ&#x20AC;&#x201D; a perennial powerhouse in menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in its season opener. The Red and Blue rode a wave of youthful enthusiasm in a dominant second-half display, ultimately winning, 14-9. The victory was a sign of things to come for the Quakers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way we see it is, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a climb,â&#x20AC;? then-senior captain Tim Schwalje said at the time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And this is just the first step.â&#x20AC;?

Daily Pennsylvanian: Favorite Penn sport to watch? Ted Rawlings: Basketball, menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball. DP: Favorite movie? TR: Field of Dreams. DP: Favorite pump up song before a game? TR: Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good one ... Thunder Road, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s go with Bruce.

3. Bouncing back Coming off of their first loss of the year against Denver, the Quakers bounced back in impressive fashion. On Mar. 5, the Red and Blue took a trip to Bethlehem, Pa., where they faced No. 19 Lehigh. And they made sure to bring their defense along with them. In their most dominant defensive performance of the season, the Quakers won, 6-4. Penn was led by Feeney, who had a career performance with 17 saves on the day.

DP: Superpower you would love to have? TR: Read minds. DP: Favorite undergrad memory? TR: I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember most of them. Actually, my favorite undergrad memory was going to Notre Dame in the NCAA tournament.

Junior attack Will Laco began to establish himself in the Penn lineup last season, starting in 11 games and picking up three goals. Laco drove up the field for the game-winning goal, extending Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impressive start to the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It felt good to get that goal at the end,â&#x20AC;? Laco said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We found a way to win.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;First and foremost, he is ver y much a team player,â&#x20AC;? Murphy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[He] will do whatever we ask him to do but I also think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helped him to develop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always on the field so he understands what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like to play in a one goal game against Princeton or one goal game against Villanova or whatever the case might be.â&#x20AC;? Coming into his final season playing at Franklin Field, Losco is hoping for nothing less than an Ivy title and a run in the NCAA tournament. And through it all, he will know in the back of his mind that an incredible opportunity â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one that most Penn students donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to experience â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is waiting for him.

for next year, Loscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focus is centered on his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opponents throughout the 2014 campaign. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[ This season being my last] is kind of wild to think about,â&#x20AC;? Losco said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[I] try not to think about it because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty crazy to be coming into the last one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crazy but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited about the upcoming season, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a good group of guys for my last go around.â&#x20AC;? Over the course of three seasons, Losco has shown that he is a competitor in every sense of the word. Ever since his freshman year, he has been a durable asset to the Red and Blue, playing in every game in his three years at Penn.

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Men DATE Fri, Feb 21 Tue, Feb 25 Sat, Mar 01 Sat, Mar 08 Sat, Mar 15 Sat, Mar 22 Sat, Mar 29 Sat, April 05 Sat, Apr 12 Sat, Apr 19 Tue, Apr 22 Fri, Apr 25

OPPONENT Duke Saint Joseph’s Denver Villanova Princeton* Cornell* Yale* Brown* Harvard* Dartmouth* Towson St. John’s

LOCATION at Durham, N.C. Franklin Field Franklin Field at Villanova, Pa. at Princeton, N.J. Adams Field (Penn Park) at New Haven, Conn. Franklin Field Franklin Field at Hanover N.H. at Towson, Md. Radnor, Pa

TIME 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 5: 00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1: 00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7: 00 p.m.

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OPPONENT Delaware North Carolina Rutgers Harvard* Yale* Maryland Vanderbilt Georgetown Northwestern Dartmouth* Princeton* Brown* Columbia* Cornell*

Imposing schedules loom for Quakers BY STEVEN TYDINGS Senior Sports Editor As Penn women’s lacrosse looks for its eighth straight Ivy title and men’s lacrosse seeks to make the jump into the NCAA tournament, the Quakers have scheduled some tough opponents to get them ready for an important season. Feb. 21- Penn men’s lacrosse visits Duke Last season, the Red and Blue began the season in stylish fashion, taking down Duke at Franklin Field. But a year later, the Quakers head down to Durham to take on the defending national champion the Blue Devils, a team that is already 2-0 on the season. Duke is led by All-ACC senior attack Jordan Wolf , who scored two goals in Penn’s 14-9 upset over the Blue Devils last season. And alongside Wolf at attack is fellow senior Josh Dionne. Dionne may be smaller (5-foot-7) but is a big part of Duke’s offense, having scored 10 goals in last year’s NCAA Tournament.

Penn expects a focused Feeney in net FEENEY from page 10 ing really well coming into the season.” Feeney was thrown into Penn’s starting lineup as soon as he arrived on campus as a freshman in 2011. The New Jersey native has not only shown consistency since the very beginning, but has also continued to improve over the past three

March 2- Women’s lacrosse at North Carolina While Duke is No. 2 on the men’s side, the Penn women’s squad is upping the ante, going down to Chapel Hill to take on top-ranked North Carolina. The Tar Heels are led on attack by senior Abbey Friend. Friend, a preseason second team AllAmerican, already has tallied 10 goals this year. Facing the defending national champions’ attack will be firstteam all-Ivy goalie Lucy Ferguson. The junior allowed 10 goals in Penn’s matchup with the Tar Heels last year, but she only lost four games the rest of the season while in goal, so the second time may be the charm. March 19- Maryland, my Maryland Just 17 days after the matchup with North Carolina, another ACC foe will face off with Penn, as Maryland comes to Franklin Field. Penn faced off with the Terrapins in College Park, Md. last season, falling 15-10. This season, Maryland is ranked third in the nation while No. 16 Penn will already be two games into its Ivy title defense when the Terrapins come to town. March 22- Last year’s runner-

up comes to town In a game scheduled to be played at Penn Park, Penn men’s lacrosse will take on defending Ivy champion Cornell in a crucial Ivy matchup. The Big Red handed the Quakers their first Ivy loss last year in a 10-5 game up in Ithaca, N.Y., so Penn will be out for revenge this time out. Thenjunior Zack Losco scored two goals against Cornell, and he’ll be an important part of Penn’s chances this time as well. April 12- Hanover and hopeful For Penn women’s lacrosse’s

seasons. “For us, it’s been nice because he’s so good, and it gives us a steady force back there and someone we can count on,” Murphy said. “Especially last year ... in addition to being consistent, he made some of those big time saves that bailed us out and gave us some momentum. “It’s very nice having a guy that’s played so well with that much big game experience.” When Murphy came to Penn, he looked to change the way the Red and Blue played lacrosse. Now, the team is playing the way the fifth-year coach imagined when he took over

the job. “We are playing much faster than we were freshman year, and that seems to be what [Murphy] is going for,” Feeney said. Another factor in Feeney’s success has been his twin brother, senior midfield Danny Feeney. “Danny has always been on my team,” Feeney said about his brother. “We’ve always started together, and it drives my mom crazy because we have the only two positions that have percentages and stats so everybody knows whether you’re doing good or not.” The two brothers, along with

third Ivy game of the year, the Quakers go to New Hampshire to face a Dartmouth squad still steaming after two defeats last year. The first Penn victory over the Big Green was also on April 12, an 8-7 squeaker at Franklin Field. The second matchup was even more memorable, with Penn taking home the Ivy League Tournament Championship in a 10-7 victory. The Red and Blue hope to duplicate that title this season, but Dartmouth hopes to put a dent in those chances come April.

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Junior goalkeeper Lucy Ferguson was a unanimous first team All-Ivy selection last year after leading the conference in save percentage (.471).

the rest of the senior class, are looking for the Ivy League championship that has eluded them throughout the past three years. The group is also looking forward to making a run at the NCAA tournament, especially after coming so close in their freshman year in 2011. “I’m sad that this is my last year playing lacrosse but at the same time really excited for the season,” Feeney said. “I think [Brian] is going to be very focused this year,” Murphy said. “He’s already got a job and wants to make sure this thing finishes the right way for him and the other seniors.”

Application set to close in early March AD SEARCH from page 10 — pinpointing and interviewing candidates — will remain completely confidential. With applications coming in, the role of the consultant, Daniel Parker of Parker Executive Search, becomes more prevalent. Parker’s contact information is included with the job description and PES will likely take over the day-to-day work involved with the applications. When this application process comes to a close in early March, the final step of narrowing the list of candidates and bringing in the eventual finalists for interviews will begin, setting the stage for a new Athletic Director to be installed soon after.

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LACROSSE | Battles with N.C. schools stand out for men’s and women’s teams

LOCATION Franklin Field at Chapel Hill, N.C. Franklin Field Franklin Field at New Haven, Conn. Franklin Field at Nashville, Tenn. at McDonough (Md.) School Franklin Field at Hanover, N.H. at Princeton, N.J. Franklin Field Dunning-Cohen Champions Field at Ithaca N.Y.

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Offensive stars proved vital in big Ivy wins TOP FIVE from page 10 of the Ivy title for a seventh consecutive season. “This was definitely a huge win for us,” Mangini said at the time. “We knew coming in that this was for the Ivy title.” 2. Winning in a winter wonderland On a surprisingly snowy day at F rank lin F ield on March 21, the Red and Blue used an epic performance from then-freshman Iris Williamson to escape Vanderbilt. Williamson tallied four goals on the afternoon — including a pair of one-on-one tallies in overtime — establishing herself as one of the Quakers’ top offensive forces in the 1413 win. “It’s a combination of doing my homework and having great teammates,” Williamson said of her breakout performance. 3. Revenge is sweet Heading into the finals of the Ivy League tournament against Dartmouth, Penn had some unfinished business to take care of. In 2012, the Big Green had defeated the Quakers in the finals, 6-4, an embarrassing loss on home turf. In 2013, the Red and Blue ensured that such a fate would not befall them again. Senior attack Caroline Bunting led a devastating Penn

offensive charge, scoring four goals in a dominant 10-7 win. The Quakers started the scoring on a Maddie Poplawski free position strike just 55 seconds into the game and didn’t look back from there, erasing the demons of 2012’s disappointing late collapse. 4. Bear hunting Traveling nor th w ith a chance to clinch the Ivy title outright, Penn took the kid gloves off against Brown, scoring three times in overtime to overwhe lm the previously stout Bears, 10 -7. Seniors Meredith Cain, Maddie Poplawski, and Shannon Mangini each scored in the extra session as Penn was able to celebrate its title — and a perfect Ivy season — in enemy territory. “It’s a talented league this year. We weren’t play ing great at the beginning and struggled to figure out who we were, but we’ve come a long way,” coach Karin Brower Corbett said. 5. Statement at the start Some people might have thought Penn was vulnerable as it entered its Ivy opener against Harvard. After all, the Quakers had lost their first three games of the season beforehand. It didn’t take long for that narrative to be put to bed. Ir is Williamson scored four goals in the afternoon, as Penn built a 9-0 lead on the Crimson and didn’t look back from there. Then-junior goalkeeper Lucy Ferguson made 14 saves to stave off any semblance of a Harvard rally as the Quakers rolled, 14-5.

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M. LACROSSE | The senior goalkeeper has high hopes as the end to a long Penn career approaches BY ALEXIS ZIEBELMAN Associate Sports Editor When the same player is in goal for all but 47 minutes over the course of 41 games and three seasons, it’s clear that he’s an asset. And that’s exactly what goalkeeper Brian Feeney is for the Red and Blue. The senior is not only instrumental for Penn men’s lacrosse on the field, but also in terms of team dynamics. “He’s very selfless,” coach Mike Murphy said. “[He] doesn’t really

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Senior goalkeeper Brian Feeney tallied a .589 save percentage in 2013 en route to first team All-Ivy honors, and figures to play a crucial role for the Quakers both on and off the field this season.

Coming off of a 23goal, first team All-Ivy performance for the Quakers in 2013, Penn senior midfield Zack Losco may be taking his talents to Charlotte next year, having been selected by the Hounds in this year’s MLL draft.

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put himself above anybody else. “In terms of the team, he’s pretty grounded and does well in school. He’s just a good kid, and in everything he does he’s conscientious and performs well.” Entering his final spring between the pipes for the Quakers, Feeney has prepared for the upcoming season with excitement and a drive to win. “Obviously I’m coming in with a lot of confidence after starting for the past three years,” he said. “Defensively, I feel like we are really strong. Specifically [senior defense Maxx Meyer] and I, especially since we’ve been together as a unit all three years and we’ve been play-

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M. LACROSSE | The senior midfielder has been drafted by the league’s Charlotte Hounds BY ALEXIS ZIEBELMAN Associate Sports Editor While most upperclassmen are on the hunt for jobs this time of year, one senior has a pretty solid option waiting for him a few months down the road. Penn senior midfield Zack Losco doesn’t have to worr y about what lies ahead. The Penn men’s lacrosse star was drafted into Major League Lacrosse in January. Following Losco’s junior season, one in which he was named

Remembering the best moments of the Quakers’ 2013 title run W. LACROSSE | In a year filled with fantastic finishes, the Red and Blue made another NCAA trip

For Penn women’s lacrosse, 2013 was the same old story. Another Ivy League championship. A seventh consecutive bid to the NCAA Tournament. And though the Quakers lost in the first round to Virginia, 12-6, there were plenty of happy memories. Here are the top five:

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1. Mangini clinches it Penn’s matchup against No. 17 Princeton on April 17 was, as expected, a thriller. In a game that saw five separate ties, it took overtime to break a 9-9 deadlock. In the extra session, senior attack Shannon Mangini scored on a free position to ensure Penn a share

f irst-team A ll-Iv y League, the New York native was selected by the Charlotte Hounds in the 14th round of the MLL draft. The midfield representative of the Red and Blue was chosen as the 47th pick out of 64 undergraduates in the draft. “It feels pretty good. It was a nice surprise,” Losco said. “Not a lot of communication between the team, but it was definitely cool.” Although it is a great opportunity, Losco is not sure that Charlotte will be his destination next year. “I guess when the plans pan out for jobs and I see where I land a job, we’ll see how that works out, but I would definitely like to do it,”

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For Penn’s athletic director search, it’s time to send in applications. On Tuesday, the website dedicated to the search added a new feature: a description of Penn’s next athletic director. The job description itself mirrors the discussions in last week’s open forums. Title IX compliance, active participation in the Ivy League and the management of the Department of Recreation were included in the job’s ‘Duties and Responsibilities’ after staff members brought those topics up last Tuesday.

At the end of the job description, the website specifies that applications are due by March 3, which means that Penn is two weeks from finishing the next aspect of its search. The release of the job description is a sign that the first part of the search for Steve Bilsky’s replacement is over. The committee in charge of finding Penn’s next AD hoped to use last week’s open forums, among other meetings, to help establish exactly what the new AD’s job will entail. With the end of that phase of the search, the information coming out of Penn’s 14-member committee will significantly decrease. Provost Vincent Price, co-chair of the committee along with Vice President Craig Carnaroli, has emphasized that the next section of the search

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