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Failed impeachment casts a long shadow The impeachment process

1. Indictment for impeachment is presented to the NEC, which determines the petition’s legitimacy.

2. Upon impeachment, a trial to determine guilt is held one to three weeks after impeachment.

Written charges for impeachment require:

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of the total number of UA members

5%

of all undergraduates

Unimpeached UA members and the Chair deliberate after hearing the charges, opening remarks, cross-examination and closing remarks.

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3. Results specified in the petition take effect immediately if the trial vote meets voting requirements.

of the UA must vote upon the conclusion of this trial in favor of sustaining the charge for the specified result to occur.

Student groups react the the failed impeachment petition, and its effect on the budget BY KRISTEN GRABARZ AND FIONA GLISSON Staff Writer and Campus News Editor Instead of holding its originally scheduled budget amendment meeting this past Sunday, the UA met privately in a closed caucus regarding an unsuccessful petition to impeach the UA president. The meeting contributed to a postponement of the annual budget process, leaving other branches of student government without an official budget allocation until March 23. The UA cited “extraordinary circumstances” as the reason for pushing the budget schedule back until after spring break.

This is is not the first snag in the development of the budget this year. A UA representative’s resignation from the Budget Committee and the resulting internal election for a replacement in January, coupled with frequent snowstorms, put the development of budget meetings behind schedule, UA Speaker and College junior Joshua Chilcote said. While the budget is drafted by a three-member Budget Committee, the UA typically allows for three weeks to collectively discuss the overall budget, Chilcote said. Leaders of other student government branches typically attend the first two of the budget-related meetings, during which they debate the allocation of funds. The first of these meetings took place on Feb. 23 and the second was slated for March 2 - but after the

petition surfaced, it was booted to March 16th. The final vote will not take place until March 23 - weeks after the originally planned date. While the UA took a week of the budget process to work out its internal kinks, the rest of student government and other student groups such as MERT were left in budgetary limbo until after spring break. Leaders of other student government branches were not notified of the schedule change until Feb. 28 - two days before the originally schedule budget amendment meeting, reported leaders of the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education, the Nominations and Elections Committee and the Student Activities Council. SEE IMPEACHMENT PAGE 7

Alums behind the scenes in Hollywood

CARNAVAL COUNTDOWN

BY LAUREN FEINER Staff Writer

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Worldtown, a band that mixes international sounds, performed at International House Philadelphia to celebrate Carnaval, a Brazilian festival that leads up to Ash Wednesday. IHP also hosted ensemble PhillyBloco, which has live dancers and mixes samba, funk and reggae music.

Greek houses allocated $10 million for repairs Greek Housing Improvement Program will restructure the funding system BY MELISSA LAWFORD Staff Writer A new Greek Housing Improvements Program will change the way Greek housing is funded. The program will restructure the funding available for maintenance needs of the 23 Greek houses managed by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. It will unite the funds of each Greek house, using a Capital Fund line, to remove the current individual budgetary constraints of the 23 properties. Chapter house funds will now be centrally pooled and distributed according to individual house needs. The University will also con-

tribute a $2 million cash grant and a $3 million lower-interest line of credit to work alongside the $5 million pool of existing house funding. In total, the program has assigned $10 million over the next five years for housing renovations. This provision is a significant step up from the $4 million previously provided by the University over the past ten years to help Greek houses meet life safety regulations, like fire safety. I nd iv idu a l c h apt er bud get meetings will finish at the end of this week. Timelines will then be developed for building projects and capital improvement plans to begin this summer, OFSL director Scott Reikofski said. Chapter houses were informed of the new program on Jan. 27, SEE REPAIRS PAGE 5

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Jennifer Gwar tz, a 1990 College graduate, could count on a familiar name appearing in her inbox ever y Wed nesday mor ning of 2005. Rob Forman, then a Wharton undergraduate, had recognized Gwartz’s name while searching through the alumni directory looking for a job. He had seen the name in the credits as “Co-executive Producer” of one of his favorite television shows, “Veronica Mars.” The show aired on Tuesday nights, so Forman decided to send Gwartz his thoughts each week following the airing. The two had a few conversations about the entertainment industry in which Gwar tz gave For man advice about his post-graduation move to Los A ngeles. Forman, who graduated in 2006, worked for ICM for a year, and then was ready to move on when Gwartz happened to need a new assistant. The rest SEE HOLLYWOOD PAGE 5

Stained glass in ARCH Cafe evokes offensive imagery for some students Students met with administrators to discuss the context of the image BY JENNY LU Staff Writer

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The rising sun symbol in the stained glass in the ARCH Cafe was historically the emblem of the Japanese military.

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The windows in the Arts, Research and Culture House Cafe have pieces of stained glass embedded within them. One of these panels caught the attention of College sophomore Seunghun Lee while he was eating in Tortas Frontera one day. He noticed in the glass an image of a rising sun, which historically has been represented on the flag of the Japanese military. As an international student from Korea, Lee said, “I grew up in an environment where it’s been natural for me to find the flag really offensive.” Associate Director of the Center of East Asian Studies Frank Chance said that both Korea and China were victims of Japanese aggression in World War II, and there is still

tension today between those countries. Lee reacted strongly to seeing that image in the window and posted about it on Facebook. It immediately went viral, primarily within the Korean student community on campus. Some Korean students decided to reach out to the University to address the issue. College senior Hy un-Soo Lim wrote a personal email to the Director of the Pan-Asian American Community House, Peter Van Do, expressing her sentiments on the rising sun symbol. Lim said that shortly after, University administrators responded and arranged a meeting to sit down with the students and discuss the issue. “They clearly understood this issue to be a very urgent and important one,” Lim said. Lim and Lee sat down for a meeting with Associate Vice Provost for Equity and Access William Gipson, University Architect David Hollenberg, who SEE ARCH PAGE 7

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Questioning gender identities

The Race Dialogue Project hosted an event on culture and gender BY ESTHER YOON Contributing Writer What makes you who you are? Yesterday, the Race Dialogue Project hosted a discussion in the Greenfield Intercultural Center on how race and culture have shaped views on genderbased issues. The RDP is a student-run grassroots organization that seeks to explore and raise awareness on racial issues through dialogue and discussion. At the discussion, called “How it Feels to be Another Gender,” RDP board members asked participants to engage in an interactive identification activity on their personal views on gender equality, feminism and the consequences of gender ver-

sus culture in shaping identity. “We’re hoping that some of the activities we do tonight will get us to think about gender equality in a different light,” Engineering junior and RDP board member Ayinde Alleyne said. He asked attendees, “Does gender factor into your sense of identity? Do you think you exhibit the norms of what women and men are ‘supposed’ to be?” Many of the students’ responses reflected the sentiment that throughout their childhoods, society had set rigid gender structures. “I feel like I’m confident in my gender, but I think that I don’t necessarily fit gender norms,” Wharton senior and RDP Director Stephanie Johnson said. “I’ve never questioned my gender, but I can say that I have heard statements like, ‘You’re a chill girl, you’re able to hang out and identify with guys’,” she said. “I’ve heard that I’m very

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Students who attended Tuesday’s “How it Feels to be Another Gender” discussed what it means to identify as one gender versus another and what society expects from gender labels. The event took place at the Greenfield Intercultural Center. direct, and those are just some of the things that girls are supposedly not.” The discussion also touched

on the importance of redefining feminism in society. “For me, the definition of feminism is equal rights for men

and women. Feminism is good for everyone because it breaks down these gender stereotypes and these masculine and femi-

nine things we’ve been talking about,” College senior Connie Hua said. “Feminism is also good for men because it stops forcing them to act a certain way. It’s a very freeing thing for everyone.” Following these series of questions, Alleyne and RDP Communications Chair Ally Del Canal, a Wharton junior, led the group in an activity where the participants had to role-play different genders in various scenarios. “It’s important to have discussions to get at the root of what’s causing all these problems and why [all genders] are not being treated equally,” Alleyne said. “Gender especially holds a high candle because I feel like it’s so basic to human nature. I feel like out of all these constructed identities, this is the one that’s least given to you by society. Like this is the one you most take in yourself.”

School of Nursing to create integrated nurse anesthesia DNP program The traditional masters program will become a doctor of nursing degree BY ALEX GETSOS Staff Writer Penn’s School of Nursing is taking a more integrated approach to its nurse anesthesia program. Last Friday, the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania approved the development of an integrated three-year doctor of nursing program that would eventually replace the traditional two-year anesthesia masters program. Associate Dean of Penn Nursing Kathleen McCauley explained that Penn adopted this new program in response to recommendations from the Council on Accreditation

of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, which sets educational standards, manages the certification process and obtains licenses for nurse anesthetists. “[The accrediting body for nurse anesthesia] put forth a commission that reviewed this whole process, studied it for two years and delivered a report to our professional association and opted to moving in the direction of requiring a doctoral degree and entry to practice by 2025,” program director Russell Lynn said. McCauley added that while many nurses pursue a Ph.D after receiving a masters degree, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing has recently been encouraging schools to move toward a Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Penn’s DNP program would

include regular anesthesia and physiology courses as well as doctoral-level courses, with students having “more than they would ever need to practice as nurse anesthetists,” McCauley said. The accrediting body must approve the program before students can be enrolled — a process that will begin in May 2015 — but McCauley said that this would not prevent current students from obtaining a masters degree. “All the current students in the program will finish with a masters which is no harm to them because the accrediting body is grandfathering anybody who currently has a masters so they will still be able to practice,” McCauley said. In addition to the integrated program being longer and giving students more clinical

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experience, the curriculum has also been completely revamped. “I don’t think any class is left unturned without any kind of change,” Lynn said. “We went back and re-looked at what an assignment might look like and updated objectives to integrate science and evidence into practice.” While Lynn said that the accreditors generally outlined “broad fields” which dictate what content is covered and for how long, the Nursing faculty was given freedom to decide how these requirements would be met. “I’m very excited with the challenges that the new curriculum will bring and to see how we can harness the wonderful nurses of Penn and advance the practice of nurse anesthesia,” Lynn said.

McCauley also added that the integration of direct clinical experience in the program will give Penn students a leg up when taking certification exams compared to other students, who may have less hands-on experience. “This is really a flagship program in terms of the number of applicants, the strength of the applicant pool [and] the fact they are 100 percent employable usually before they graduate,” McCauley said. “They come from across the country and go out across the country. They really are the leaders in anesthesia practice.” While the current masters program typically accepts 26 out of a pool of about 150 applicants, the new integrated DNP program may accept even fewer at first so that they can “get [their] feet underneath [the

program] since courses are brand new,” McCauley said. The anesthesia program is popular nationally and among undergraduates, who can decide to sub-matriculate and apply, McCauley added. “I’ve always been personally interested in pain medicine in general and being a nurse anesthetist and pursuing advanced practices really piqued my interest,” Nursing junior Jennifer Ngo said. Although Ngo initially had her doubts about the program, she sees the benefits of the extra year of study. “The additional year is actually good, though, because not only would it help you acquire more experience and make you more competent, but it also makes you more competitive when you go out in the field,” she said.

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Penn students mentor high schoolers through Global Youth United The organization was cofounded by College junior Katherine Mateo BY CLAIRE GREENBERG Contributing Writer One Penn student wants to empower Philadelphia’s high schoolers. College junior Katherine Mateo co -founded Globa l Youth United when she was only a sophomore at Central High School in Philadelphia. Today, the organization sends volunteers to coach high schoolers on creating social change. Mateo was i nspi red by

Leonard Finkelstein’s visit to her school when he asked the audience what they felt the world’s top ten issues are. Mateo teamed up with Finkelstein to found GY U. He envisioned further discussion on social issues in schools, while she designed the program itself. The goal of GYU has shifted over the years. “When it started, it was ‘Let’s talk about things that are going on right now, let’s be active cit i zens,’” she sa id . “ We didn’t have any classes in which we actively read the newspaper.” W hen Mateo ar r ived at Penn, the organization transi-

tioned to a mentorship model. It now focuses on helping students identify an issue they care about, set goals that are measurable and attainable and enact a plan to accomplish those goals. This shift has expanded GYU’s role to now also focus on “developing the skills such as leadership, management, problem solving and public speaking - students need to have to create social change,” Mateo said. GYU sends Penn students to local high schools, where they mentor students who are trying to create change in their community. Mateo said that each men-

t or c om m it s muc h mor e than the hours each week that they spend at the high school. Mentors also need to make lesson plans, attend general body meetings and meet with other mentors to ensure the GYU curriculum is engaging. The mentors’ high level of commitment definitely pays off, according to Mateo. The projects started by the GYU high school students have already made a big impact. A group of Central High S c ho ol st ud e nt s w o r k e d w it h t he issue of educ a-

tion through GYU. After 24 schools in Philadelphia shut down, the students “held a forum between administrators, students, teachers and parents to speak in an open, non-condemning way about the issues that were going on,” Mateo said. They did not stop when the school year ended and continued promoting their message last summer by going to Harrisburg to lobby for education reform. Now, GYU is connecting the students with Penn’s Weigle Information Commons to make a

documentary about education reform. “This is really what GYU is about now - connecting civically engaged high school students with the resources we have here at Penn,” Mateo said. She believes that GYU’s future success is based on the “extent that the organization can be ingrained within the University.” Looking for ward, Mateo sees GYU’s main goal as sustainability. She is committed to “always being there to make GYU the best that it can be.”

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College junior Katherine Mateo founded Global Youth United with speaker Leonard Finkelstein while she was a student at Central High School. GYU today sends mentors to teach Philadelphia students about social change and leadership.

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An article on the front page of Tuesday’s Daily Pennsylvanian, titled “Waiting on the ward to change,” incorrectly said that candidates must acquire 10 signatures by March 18. The signatures are due to the City Commissioner’s Office on March 11.

UA: Undeniably absurd EDITORIAL

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n Sunday, the Undergraduate Assembly, headed by President Abe Sutton, met in order to finalize the budget for the upcoming school year. While divvying up travel costs, food orders and retreat money may not be the most exciting of tasks, there’s no denying that it’s an incredibly important one - the UA is in charge of over $2 million and also determines how much of that money is allocated to branches of student government, including SAC and SPEC. However, the budget was never actually finished this Sunday, because the UA was busy resolving some internal personal issues, including a petition to impeach Abe Sutton that apparently only failed by one vote. Certain details surrounding Sunday’s UA meeting are

unclear. For example, we doubt anyone outside the UA is sure of exactly to what extent this meeting was brought on by the impeachment attempt. However, there are certain things that we know for sure: The budget for the upcoming school year was supposed to be finalized on Sunday but wasn’t; the UA instead held a closed-door meeting during which they discussed “how [they] work together” with the assistance of a mediator from the Office of Student Affairs; and, most troubling, by the end of the meeting, the budget had still not been finalized. To summar ize, the UA took a meeting that should have been used to address something with significant, tangible effects on student life - again, this is the budget that funds the Spring Fling artists and student groups on

campus - in order to talk about their feelings and resolve political infighting that never should have occurred in the first place.

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The whole impeachment debacle exemplifies many of the ongoing problems with how the UA is run.” The whole impeachment debacle exemplifies many of the ongoing problems with how the UA is run. First of all, the very idea that the UA president, who is elected by the student body as a whole, could simply be impeached

and brought to trial with a 12-person petition and absolutely zero dialogue with the rest of the students at Penn is highly troubling. We also find ourselves wondering: What exactly was the point of raising the petition now? There are only two weeks left in this year’s board members’ terms. To propose something like an impeachment of the student body president - with no involvement of the actual student body, no less - at such a critical juncture during budget season seems pointless and petty. Students, however, can rest assured - after Sunday’s meeting, the UA members have come to the earth-shattering realization that it is “the friendships [they have] formed that give [their] work meaning.” We still do not know what the budget for the upcoming year will look like,

even though elections season starts tomorrow when candidates turn in their applications, but it seems as if the UA would like us to be happy that at least our elected representatives have sorted out their personal drama. It’s a shame that students are disenchanted with the UA. It’s also a shame that the UA does very little by way of visible action or effective communication with students. Perhaps most shameful of all, students don’t seem particularly surprised - or particularly affected - by anything the UA does. But the only way this will change is if the UA takes it upon itself to rise above bickering more characteristic of kindergarteners than the leadership organization that heads Penn Student Government - and we as the student body take it upon ourselves to hold them to that standard.

Freedom to discriminate THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE | Religious freedom is no excuse for discrimination

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ince November of 2012, 10 new states have legalized same-sex marriage by court decision, legislation or popular referendum. Pending appeal, Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Virginia are poised to join them in the next couple of years. In reaction to this tremendous push forward, several state legislatures are trying to pull us back to the 1960s. Idaho, Mississippi, Ohio, Ok lahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and Arizona have all put forward similar legislation that seeks to promote “religious freedom” by allowing anyone from small business owners to emergency responders to deny service based on their sincerely held religious beliefs. So far, Arizona’s is the only one to have passed a state congress. W hi le t hese laws have grabbed national headlines, they are just the most outra-

geous examples of a nationwide response to the changing social attitude towards marriage equality. Last year, in my home state of Minnesota, the Minnesota Family Council successfully lobbied against an anti-bullying law on the grounds that it would be a “gross intrusion on parental autonomy and religious freedom.” At the core of all these fights is a very specific claim: By making laws against anti-gay bullying or discrimination, we are violating the “religious freedom” of people who want to bully and discriminate. No. Religious freedom means you get to believe whatever you want. Religious freedom means you are free to practice your religion to the extent that it does not harm others. Religious freedom does not mean you may discriminate against whomever you wish, provided you cite your religion

on the “straights only” sign in your storefront window.

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The simple fact is if you own or operate a place of public accomodation, you are required to equally offer your goods and services to all people.” For the moment, let’s set aside the obvious comparison to Jim Crow era laws and explore the religious freedom issue in more depth. What do these lawmakers mean by religious freedom? What in their mind is being violated? Why do they feel so persecuted by marriage equality? Does their religion require

them to discriminate against homosexuals? Probably not. Most forms of Christianity consider homosexuality to be a sin, but a sin on par with any other, not worthy of special attention. Even those extreme denominations that do protest too much typically adopt a “hate the sin, love the sinner” mantra. What about freedom of religious expression? Are wedding cake baker y owners being compelled to support a practice their religion rejects as invalid? No. They are being compelled to provide the same service to all paying customers regardless of race, gender, religion or orientation. This concept has well-established legal precedent, upheld by the Supreme Court in many cases including Rumsfeld v. FAIR, Employment Division v. Smith, and Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States. Are they worried they are going to be forced to violate

the tenants of their religion? It may very well be the case that they feel that way, but the fact remains they are not being forced to change religious be- COLLIN BOOTS liefs. When California passes a law mandating priests per- of civilization, just take the gay form gay weddings, they have wedding gig. Donate all your my permission to complain earnings from the event to about violation of religious the National Organization for Marriage, American Family liberty. The simple fact is if you own Association, Family Research or operate a place of public ac- Council, Liberty Counsel or commodation, you are - and some other ironically named should be - required to equally advocacy group. In fact, announce publicly offer your goods and services to all people. If your religion that you plan to do that. I susfor some reason does not per- pect you won’t have a problem mit you to fulfill that civic duty, with any more homosexuals then I must ask why you are asking for your business, and in the profession in the first they won’t have to deal with place. What would we think of you at their wedding. Everyan outspoken vegan working at one gets what they want without legalizing segregation. a slaughterhouse? Here’s a suggestion to those concerned: Instead of trying to COLLIN BOOTS is a master’s waste time and money writing student studying robotics from blatantly unconstitutional leg- Redwood Falls, Minn. Email him islation in a flailing attempt to at cboots@seas.upenn.edu or cut off your state from the rest follow him @LotOfTinyRobots.

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Climbing the industry ladder HOLLYWOOD from page 1 of the pieces fell into place. Forman’s Penn-to-Hollywood connection is one of many in the entertainment industr y. Dan Lin, a 1994 Wharton graduate and current founder and CEO of Lin Pictures estimated that Penn has roughly the most people in the industry of any Ivy League school. In fact, Gwartz now works as Head of Television and Chief Operating Officer at Lin’s production company - which most recently released “The Lego Movie,” and is currently working on a TV pilot called “Forever” about an immortal medical examiner in New York City. She was not aware of their common alma mater until after they started working together. “There is an active alumni community out here [in L o s A n ge le s],” Fo r m a n said. This community includes Stacey Snider, the CEO and Co - Cha i r ma n of Drea mWo r k s S t u d i o s , w h o s e business partner is Steven Spielberg. Snider, a 1982 College graduate, advised students aspiring toward careers in entertainment to just get a foot in the door.

“Once you’re under the circus tent you can move around,” she said. “The job you get after college is not the job you’ll have even five years later.” Snider, Forman, Lin and Gwartz all started at entry-level jobs, often involving doing menial labor and reading scripts. Even at low level jobs, Snider suggests going the extra mile by taking on more responsibility and being serious about their work. “ I t ’s a b a l a n c i n g a c t where you don’t want to show any ego but want to keep your eye out [for other job opportunities],” she said. Snider, Forman, Lin and Gwartz suggested interning as soon as possible to get a feel for the industry. Lin Pictures hosts a summer internship each year, where about five to eight students are chosen to participate. In the program, wh ich is cu r rent ly looking for applicants, interns p e r f o r m ad m i n i st r at i v e tasks, but are also given the chance to pitch their own story ideas at the end of the summer. Any intern whose story is picked up by the production company is eligible to receive a $1,000 bonus, although this has yet to occur, Gwartz said. W h i le i nter nsh ips a nd entry-level jobs seem to be a common thread, none of the alumni majored in cinema studies. Gwartz studied English and Snider studied international relations then

went on to attend law school at UCLA. She enjoyed the scripts she read on the side for spending money more than the legal briefs she read in class. After graduating from law school, she took entry-level jobs delivering scripts. Lin was pushed down a certain path by his parents at the beginning of his Penn career. He started as a premedical student in the College because his parents wanted him to be a doctor, but eventually transferred into Wharton. Forman’s passion for entertainment came before his undergraduate years. “I knew that I wanted to write for TV starting senior year of high school, but my parents wouldn’t pay for film school, so I went to Wharton,” Forman said. Business-minded Forman sought to create connections early on as he did with Gwartz. He and a friend at a summer internship in 2005 decided to email about 3040 executives in the entertainment industry, looking for information and advice. In the end, about four or five of them responded, and were willing to meet to discuss their careers. Forman says these executives are still part of his professional network. “You have to reach out to anyone [for someone] to say no,” he said. “If you don’t reach out, you’re saying no to yourself.”

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Timeline for projects is still undecided REPAIRS from page 1 and the initiative was also mentioned in the facilities section of the report on the yearlong commission on alcohol and student safety, which was released in February. The program has been announced after discussions that began about two and a half years ago, Reikofski said. The plan signifies a “parad ig m sh i f t ” i n t he way housing improvements are funded, Executive Director of Real Estate for FRES Ed Datz said . The money will not just address immediate maintenance needs, however. “It’s a pot of seed money,” Reikofski said. Much of the funding will work to create an internally self-sustaining system that is “designed to have a future,” Datz added . It will address issues such as house vacancies when students spend semesters abroad and unexpected maintenance works. Before the plan, these issues “impacted d ispropor tionately to the house,” Datz explained, outlining how budgets of smaller houses were more strained. The Capital Fund line will “absorb fluctuations” which

would previously have impacted operations, so that “houses a ren’t forced to make choices,” Datz said. The improvements pro gram will also be advancing more capital projects, such as major building works. Projects this summer will be on a larger scale than normal, but they are still evaluating specific timelines for ind iv idua l chapter house projects, Reikofski said. Work will be done on a portfolio basis, whereby the communal budget will be applied where it is most needed. “It’s going to be different for each house,” Reikofski explained, as the current maintenance needs are varied. These needs spring mostly from the age of the houses and their “old, historic properties,” he added. I n t he past , t he Greek housing system has faced

maintenance issues with serious consequences. In 1999 and 2011, Michael Tobin and Matthew Crozier died at fraternity parties on campus, both resulting in wrongful death lawsuits against the University related to maintenance and safety standards. Reikofski said, however, that the decision to implement the improvements program has not stemmed from any particular incident. The idea for the Capital F und l i n e a r o s e b e c au s e “ w e just happened to have the right combination of people around the table,” he said. Then, “the more we looked at it, the more compelling it became.” “I’m very excited,” Reikofski added. “I think a model like this has been a long time coming, and it’s going to be really positive for fraternity and sorority members.”

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Computer Graphics, through new procedures for physics-based modeling, digital reconstruction, image synthesis, animation, and user interaction, is now poised to add scientific credibility to the analysis, portrayal, virtual preservation and even recreation via 3D printing of human cultural artifacts. The Penn ViDi Center has a research mission to discover new Computer Graphics modeling and animation methods and apply the best and most appropriate techniques to 3D object modeling, virtual environments, and visualization challenges presented by human artistic, structural, and cultural artifacts.

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Bharara warns against white collar crime Southern District of NY attorney oversees litigation in NYC BY AMELIA MacDONALD Contributing Writer

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U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara spoke at Huntsman Hall on Saturday night. Known as the “Sheriff of Wall Street,” Bharara encouraged attendees to whistleblow on employers violate laws and ethical standards.

The sheriff of Wall Street wants to take down the wolves of Wall Street. U.S. attorney of the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara spoke in Huntsman Hall yesterday at an event hosted by the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Bharara is known as the “Sheriff of Wall Street” but says the job is more like a f i r e f i g ht e r ’s . He a n a l o gized investigating firms’ suspicious behav ior w ith firemen’sinvestigation of the smell of smoke. He began his talk by expressing his love for the law, calling a scene in “The Wolf of Wall Street” where a subpoena is trashed “personally upsetting.” The speech, according to Bharara, was less of a lec-

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ask questions. One audience member’s question related to difficulties in handling cases that involve foreigners. In his response, Bharara referenced the Devyani Khobragade incident. Bharara has been on the receiving end of a lot of speculation about his involvement in the case due to his Indian descent. Some claimed it was a move to further his own political career, and one newspaper accused him of acting on behalf of Eric Holder and Barack Obama, “his white masters.” He said a lot of the cases he has overseen as an attorney could have been avoided if someone stood up earlier against the crime. People often say it is too difficult to be a whistle blower because of the job market, Bharara explained, but he advised employees to leave risk-prone firms or risk becoming a legal casualty. He also said that it was best to avoid applying to firms with “shady” reputations.

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UA members rally around Sutton IMPEACHMENT from page 1 O t her st udent gover n ment branches were notified of the schedule change via an email citing “internal UA matters” as the cause for the impromptu closed meeting and were contacted for date preferences for a rescheduled meeting, which will take place on March 16. “It’s very frustrating that the UA would be taking up internal matters during budget season, especially when we have been expected to turn in our budget on time. We’re trying to secure our own budgets for next year before we have our own internal turnovers,” NEC Chair and College senior Frank Colleluori said. SAC Chair and College junior Kanisha Parthasarathy, who is also vice chair for education on the NEC, reported that the actual postponement of the budget process will not functionally affect SAC, which has been holding its own budget allocation interviews for student groups from Feb. 24 through March 6. The executive board will meet the first weekend in April to determine SAC’s final budget allocations, by which point the UA will have voted on a finalized budget. Amidst the schedule changes, communication between student government groups has been compromised. “I think that communication about the budget timeline could have been more clear,” Parthasarathy said. The rescheduled budget amendments meeting will now take place on March 16, the Sunday after spring break. However, the UA says that the meeting was helpful and necessary for moving forward after the petition, which received a reported 11 out of the necessary 12 signatures

to start the impeachment process, before some signatories including UA Vice President Gabe Delaney rescinded their support. The meeting was decided upon in consultation with Katie Bonner, executive director of the Office of Student Affairs, reported Chilcote. In a vote, the UA opted to push the process until after spring break rather than discuss the budget immediately following their closed meeting. “The idea for the executive meeting came from several sides. Members came to the conclusion at the same time that we had to have a meeting within our body,” Chilcote said. UA President Abe Sutton was one the leaders who suggested the meeting. “I turned to Katie and OSA for advice as they are here to support us and help us work together,” Sutton wrote in an emailed statement to questions. “Katie suggested we hold a meeting to speak about our mental health as a body and how we communicate with each other.” Before the meeting began, members were asked to put away their laptops and place their cell phones on a table in the center of the room. The meeting was restricted to members of the UA body. Everyone else, including Daily Pennsylvanian reporters, was asked to leave. “In this case, we really wanted to create a safe space,” Chilcote said. “It was purely to maintain honesty so members could say what they wanted and eliminate miscommunications.” In half a dozen emails sent to Daily Pennsylvanian editors in the early hours of Tuesday morning, members of the UA closed ranks around Sutton, a College and Wharton Senior. “My experiences on the UA this year have been extremely positive, due in large part to Abe’s leadership,” UA Representative and College sophomore Jane Meyer wrote. “When I was first elected, Abe

was there for me and encouraged me to achieve my goals. He is honestly a good person. I can’t imagine him harming anyone.” Leaders and former leaders of four minority umbrella groups - the Latin@ coalition, Umoja, Lambda Alliance and the United Minorities Council - also released a statement saying, “Abe is a genuine ally to the 5B coalition.” Three leaders of student groups - College junior Dawn Androphy of the Lambda alliance, College and Wharton senior James Feuereisen from PennApps Labs and Mia Garuccio, the former PRISM cochair - also reached out. They cited instances when Sutton helped their student group with a difficult initiative. Garuccio described how Sutton expanded space and time for Muslim students to worship on campus, “Abe is always eager to take on projects involving student interests that he doesn’t need to be involved with for personal gain, but purely because of his interest in helping other students,” she wrote. “That willingness to help others is a real testament to his character as a leader and an individual.”

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The stained glass is one of 15 in ARCH ARCH from page 1 oversaw the recent renovation of the ARCH, University Archivist Mark Frazier Lloyd and history of art professor David Brownlee. Both Lee and Lim said that their initial reaction was to demand the removal of the stained glass, but they decided to come into the meeting with an open mind. “I wished to talk with them in a cooperative manner and resolve this issue through the discussion,” Lee explained. Chance noted that the meaning of symbols change over time. “The rising sun is a beautiful thing but unfortunately has come to be associated with some bad things,” he said. “It’s important to have a response to it to help people understand,” he added. Frazier said that there are 15 stained glass coats of arms in the windows of that room

Lim believed the efforts of the meeting were productive and said the University was “very receptive” to the students’ concerns. Lee walked out of the meeting initially satisfied, but he indicated that the Korean community at Penn is still not satisfied with the response. He described the proposed solution as a compromise and said that many Koreans still want the stained glass to be completely removed. Moving forward, Lee plans to continue dialogues with students and administrators about the topic to “participate in resolving the issue and represent the Korean perspective in the process.” Lee also would like to spread awareness of this issue on campus, particularly among Asian interest and cultural groups. In response, Gipson said that the Division of the Vice Provost for University Life is open to discussion and engagement with students. “The University is listening and is concerned,” he said. “Hopefully, we will come up with a solution that will take all thoughts into consideration,” he added.

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JUNIORS from page 10 strikeouts. In his final inning, the junior worked his way out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam to keep Penn in the lead. “I really like our one, two and three, juniors Connor Cuff, Dan Gautieri and Ronnie Glenn,� coach John Yurkow said. “Those three guys are going to give us a good chance to win every time they go out on the mound.� F i r st b a s em a n /r el ief pitcher Jeff McGarry: McGarry displayed his versatility this weekend, batting cleanup in all three games while coming in as a relief pitcher in the third game. While McGarry picked up the loss in the final contest,

Daily Pennsylvanian: Favorite taunt/insult of opposing players? Mike Vilardo: “They’re bad wheelers.� DP: Favorite MLB player? MV: Jose Bautista. DP: Penn player most likely to miss a sign? MV: Tim Graul. DP: Penn player with the most on-field swag? MV: Ryan Mincher. DP: Unassisted triple play or inside-the-park home run? MV: Inside-the-park home run. DP: Favorite walk-up song? MV: “Homecoming,� by Kanye West.

he was a major part of last year’s rotation, starting nine games while finishing with a 4-4 record. “He is probably the best all-around athlete on the team,� Yurkow said. “He did a great job in the fall and his arm is 100 percent healthy.� But this weekend also contained his first career at-bats. In his second trip to the plate on Friday, he drove home Penn’s second run of the evening with an RBI double. Starting pitcher Ronnie Glenn: After pitching exclusively out of the bullpen last season, Glenn has moved into the starting rotation for the Red and Blue, taking the hill for Penn’s final game of the weekend. The junior was one of Penn’s oft-used relievers last season, making 15 appearances. He also had the highest strikeout rate on last year’s squad, striking out 11.7 batters per nine innings. On Saturday, Glenn threw five innings, k-ing five batters

while giving up five runs. “I thought Ronnie threw well,� Yurkow said. “The first four innings, they didn’t touch him. He had really good command of his off-speed pitches and mixed in a pretty good changeup. “[Starting him] is something we knew we were going to do all the way back in fall ball. He is a big strong kid and I think it is a good role for him.� Third baseman Mitch Montaldo: Montaldo started 41 games last season on the inf ield, but didn’t hit a single home r un. W hat does he do in his first atbat of the 2014 season? Go yard of course, accounting for Penn’s first hit, run and RBI of the year. Montaldo finished with two hits for the weekend, both of them coming in Friday’s season opener. “Coming back as a junior, he’s gotten stronger,� Yurkow said. “He had some good atbats.�

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Bossart aims to lead Penn by example BOSSART from page 10 “We have had a different coaching staff this year, and its definitely been a different environment,� Bossart said. “It has helped me. Being a leader in that environment this year has been great.� Bossart, who is known for both his awareness on the diamond and his tireless work ethic, has especially made a name for himself behind the plate. “I think he’s one of the best defensive catchers in the country, not just the Ivy League,� Yurkow said. With his strong arm — he gunned down 23 runners last season — and command of the pitching staff, Bossart provides the Quakers a defensive luxury every time they take the field. “He’s like the quarterback of our team,� Yurkow said. “I

feel very calm when he’s back there behind the plate. It’s like having another coach out on the field.� With a strong core group of pitchers and infielders returning, defense looks to be a staple of this year’s team. Penn’s ability to score runs this season, however, is more of a question mark. Despite putting up a respectable 207 total runs last season, the Quakers scored an Ivy-worst 62 runs in conference play, and are now without some of their strongest bats from their previous campaign. With slugger Ryan Deitrich — last year’s Ivy leader in batting average — gone to Duke, the Quakers are looking for Bossart to make up for some of the pop they have lost. “[We lost] some older guys, so we’re really hoping [Austin] can move up in the order and be more of a presence,� Yurkow said. Bossart, who spent most of his time hitting out of the sixhole last season, has jumped up to the two spot early this year. The move gives Bossart the opportunity for a more fea-

tured role on offense, and also lets the Quakers take more advantage of their catcher’s speed. He was third on the Red and Blue last season with nine steals. If current trends continue, Bossart could emerge as one of the most dangerous bats in the Ivies. From freshman to sophomore year, Bossart raised his slugging percentage 130 points to .451 and more than doubled his number of extra base hits. The Quakers’ catcher is already producing at a high level early this season, with a team-leading four RBIs in his first three games. Bossart describes himself as “more of a ‘lead by example’ kind of guy,� and by all accounts, his play speaks volumes. If the Quakers follow the tone Bossart sets, they will be primed to gun down their Ivy League competition just as their catcher does with his arm. “I think Austin’s gonna have a great year for us, and we’re gonna need him to,� Yurkow said. “We’re expecting big things out of him.�

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at Annapolis, Md. at Annapolis, Md. at Annapolis, Md. at Dover, Del. at Dover, Del. at Richmond, Va. at Richmond, Va. at Richmond, Va. at Villanova, Pa. Meiklejohn Stadium At Easton, Pa. Meiklejohn Stadium

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A look back at the Quakers’ top five moments Up-and-down season featured big series victories and multi-homer efforts BY IAN WENIK Sports Editor 2013 was a slog at times for Penn baseball, which endured a season-ending seven-game losing streak that culminated in coach John Cole’s dismissal. But there were plenty of happy moments for the Quakers, who finished above .500 at 22-21. Here are the top five.

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Then-sophomore designated hitter Joey Greco powered Penn to a big win over city rival Villanova on March 20 by hitting two homers and driving in six runs.

Penn in top half of country defensively W. LACROSSE from page 10 ers’ match up against North Carolina last weekend, it was a strong defensive effort that kept the Red and Blue in the match. W hile the number of shots were even on both squads, the Tar Heels won 16 draws to Penn’s seven. Junior defense Meg Markham was responsible for three of North Carolina’s 14 turnovers, 10 of which were directly caused by Penn, a strong follow-up to Penn’s 13-turnovers forced effort against Delaware. The lead: While the defense played strong for the Quakers last weekend, it was the offense that allowed Penn to lead over UNC on fou r d i f ferent occ asions. This was the first time that the Tar Heels have trailed in a game all season. Led by Bensen, the Red and Blue

offense played well, even if in the end it was not quite enough to top the number one seed. Three Down: Histor y : Rutgers leads the all-time series against Penn, 10-5, a record that includes last year’s narrow 6-5 triumph. And last year the weather was nothing to brighten the day either. As one of the first games of the season for Penn, the Quakers were welcomed to New Brunswick with rain, snow and wind for the duration of the game. Second half play: While Penn gave North Carolina a good fight, the Tar Heels enforced their will in the second half. If the Quakers hope to make up for last year’s loss to their New Jersey visitors, they will have to maintain their momentum after halftime as fatigue begins to wear in. Draws: If there is a spot where Penn has shown weakness it has been in draw control. The Red and Blue have only won 18 in the course of the first two games of the season with seven coming

1. Favorites? Not for long The Quakers knew that they were in for a challenge against division favorite Dartmouth as they opened up Ivy play on March 30. They were not intimidated. Strong starts by pitchers Connor Cuff and Jeff McGarry were enough to stake the Red and Blue to a pair of 3-2

wins in their doubleheader. Though Penn wasn’t able to complete a weekend sweep, splitting the following day’s doubleheader with Harvard, the impact of the weekend was clear. “It’s hard to be happy when you lose the last one [against Harvard],” Cole said after the weekend. “But looking big picture, beating Dartmouth twice is a good job for us.” 2. Two-for-one special Then-sophomore designated hitter Joey Greco’s swing came together at the perfect time when the Red and Blue took on Villanova on March 20. Greco hit two home runs while knocking in six runs as the Quakers rolled over the Wildcats, 12-5. Greco’s sixth-inning grand slam proved to be the difference in eliminating a 5-4 Villanova edge and giving Penn its fifth win in six games. “Whenever we play Villa-

nova, we love to beat them because it’s a hometown rival,” Greco said after the game. “You’ve got to just love to pound up on Villanova.” 3. Four out of five isn’t bad In a scheduling quirk, Penn and Lafayette played each other five times in five days, trading home doubleheaders and squaring off at Meiklejohn Stadium in the Liberty Bell Classic quarterfinals. The Red and Blue easily handled the Leopards in Easton, Pa., and very nearly pulled off a five game sweep, but a 10th inning bases-loaded walk and wild pitch helped Lafayette to an 8-6 victory in the second game of the Pennhosted doubleheader. 4. Brebner fever Penn was in the midst of an ugly 3-10 finish to the season when it traveled to play Lehigh on April 17, but thenjunior first baseman Rick

Brebner was able to stop the bleeding, if only for a little bit. Brebner cracked two home r uns and k nocked in f ive runs to lift the Quakers to a dominant 13-2 victory over the Mountain Hawks. “I think overall I was just seeing the ball pretty well today. I was trying to sit back, let the ball come to me instead of being too anxious up there,” he said after the game. “[I was] just looking for fastballs, balls I could drive, and fortunately I got some and jumped on them.” 5. Conquered Colonials Taking on George Washington in a four game series back on March 16-17, the Quakers didn’t waste time before asserting their dominance over their Atlantic 10 foe. The Red and Blue piled on 21 runs in two days, taking three out of four games from the Colonials.

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First-year coach Yurkow has high hopes for 2014 Since taking over as head coach over the summer, Yurkow has worked to create a positive clubhouse culture BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS Associate Sports Editor With a head coach in his first season at the helm, it wouldn’t be surprising for Penn baseball to not know John Yurkow too well. But Yurkow isn’t like most first-year head coaches. He’s been here for years. When coach John Cole was let go during the offseason, a nationwide search began for his replacement. In the end, Athletic Director Steve Bilsky decided to promote Yurkow, who was the top assistant coach for the Quakers at the time. “Sometimes when there’s a coaching change, there’s some lag time and nothing gets done for six months,” Yurkow said. “We were fortunate, we were able to keep going. Just being in the league, traveling, playing those teams, there’s an experience factor there.” Yurkow is no rookie to college base-

ball. He started for four years at second base for Rowan under Cole, who was the team’s coach at the time. While there, he earned NCAA Division III All-America honors and helped lead his team to the New Jersey Athletic Conference championship. From there he went through assistant jobs at Rowan and Duke before Cole hired him as one of his assistants at Penn in 2007. With the Red and Blue, Yurkow found success in the midst of the Quakers’ struggles, particularly after taking over as recruiting coordinator in 2008. After having just two players earn first-team A ll-Iv y from 2004-2009, Yurkow helped to recruit 11 All-Ivy players since 2010, including an Ivy League Player of the Year in Tom Grandieri and an Ivy League Pitcher of the Year in Paul Cusick. “It’s definitely an advantage, spending seven years here,” Yurkow said. “This is a complex place when you look at admissions, financial aid and recruiting on a national level. Having experience in all those areas made it a lot easier to hit the SEE YURKOW PAGE 8

Quakers’ juniors already making impact Patrick Hulce/DP File Photo

After serving as one of Penn’s three captains as a sophomore last year, junior catcher Austin Bossart will be one of the Quakers’ core leaders once again this year. Through three games, Bossart already leads the Red and Blue with four RBI, displaying his solid hitting stroke.

With Bossart behind the plate, Penn is ready to make the leap The junior captain is regarded as the “quarterback” of the Quakers’ defense BY SEAMUS POWERS Staff Writer

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In Penn’s first game of the 2014 season, junior starting pitcher Connor Cuff took the mound and had an impressive outing, giving up just five hits and two walks over six innings while striking out seven batters.

In Penn’s first games of the year, its junior talent went on display, keeping Penn close with Dallas Baptist BY STEVEN TYDINGS Senior Sports Editor Penn baseball began its season with three games at Dallas Baptist last weekend, losing two close games with a blowout defeat sandwiched in between. Despite the losses, the Quakers saw some strong individual performances,

particularly from their talented junior class. Here are some of the top performances from this class, which included all three of the weekend’s starting pitchers. Starting pitcher Connor Cuff: While Penn lost its first game of the season in the ninth inning, the squad was put in a solid position to win by Cuff, one of the team’s returning starters from last season. Cuff pitched six strong innings for the Red and Blue, giving up one unearned run while racking up seven SEE JUNIORS PAGE 9

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Austin Bossart has a lot on his plate. As a captain, a catcher and a top-of-the-lineup hitter, the junior Illinois native carries the

largest burden of anyone on this year’s Penn baseball squad. In Bossart’s case, great ability comes with great responsibility — something he has welcomed from day one. As a freshman, Bossart seized the starting catching job for the Quakers, and he hasn’t looked back. Bossart, who first year Penn coach John Yurkow calls “the heart and soul” of the team, has started behind the plate in 82 of

Penn’s 86 games in his career and was named captain as a sophomore. “It’s not an accident that he’s a junior and it’s his second year as a captain,” Yurkow said. “That speaks a lot about Austin.” Just as Yurkow appreciates all that Bossart brings to the table, the Quakers’ catcher is equally excited for the new approach Yurkow has brought to the team. SEE BOSSART PAGE 8

THE BUZZ: THREE UP, THREE DOWN

Red and Blue take aim at Rutgers BY ALEXIS ZIEBELMAN

Rutgers 3-1

DeSimone. Bensen has been a key player for the Quakers during her time at Penn, playing in every game her freshman year but sufFranklin Field fering a season-ending injury in Penn women’s lacrosse hosts three-game Red and Blue win her sophomore season. Luckily Rutgers today in the 16th-ever streak in the series. for the Quakers, she came back meeting between the schools. No. Three Up strong to once again be an asset 15 Penn (1-1) is hoping to revive Tory Bensen: After only two in the 2013 season, and Bensen its momentum coming off of a games in the 2014 season, Bensen will look to continue to be a force close loss to No. 1 North Carolina, has already racked up eight goals. to be reckoned with. but the Quakers lost their previ- The senior attack has twice as Penn’s defense: In the Quakous matchup with the Scarlet many tallies as the next-leading SEE W. LACROSSE PAGE 9 Knights (3-1), which snapped a scorer for the Red and Blue, Lely From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ

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