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Breaking Bad creator to speak at Penn

SPEC Connaissance and Film Society are hosting Vince Gilligan on April 1 BY FOLA ONIFADE Staff Writer

“Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan is coming to campus. While you may not learn how to cook up meth, you will have the opportunity to learn more about Gilligan and his path to success. The Connaissance and Film Society subcommittees of the Social Planning and Events Committee are teaming up to host Gilligan on April 1 at 8 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium. The event will be a moderated panel discussion led by Marcia Ferguson, program director of the Theater Arts Program at the Annenberg Center, and will be followed by a student question and answer period. “We were interested in bringing someone in film and wanted to bring substantial discourse

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Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan graduated from NYU Tisch and worked on the X-Files before joining the Breaking Bad team. The show won seven Emmy awards. to campus,” College junior and Connaissance director Gabriel Jimenez said. “So it’s a perfect collaboration between our two committees.” Gilligan earned a degree in film production from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Years before venturing out on his own, Gilligan joined Fox’s “The X-Files”in 1995 and became the

executive producer for the show in 1997. “Breaking Bad,” which premiered in 2008, has received critical acclaim. Over the years, it has been nominated for numerous awards including the Golden Globes, The Writer’s Guild and People’s Choice Awards. The show was nominated for more than 20 Emmy Awards and won

seven throughout its course. “Breaking Bad” entered the 2014 Guinness World Records as the “Highest Rated TV Series” based on MetaCritic.com’s metascore of 99 out of 100. Over 10 million people viewed the series’ finale. The show appeals to college students who are learning how to make it in the real world, Wharton junior and SPEC Film Society director Andres Martinez said. Jimenez mentioned the importance of being aware of student interest and opinions through surveys. “We’re interested in looking at people who would have great pull on campus and students would be interested in,” he said. “We also want a speaker who is dynamic and Vince is really special in a way that he’s a writer, he’s a director, a producer.” College sophomore John Meng was excited to hear that Gilligan will be on campus. “Whoa, this news is crazy. It kicks like a mule with its balls wrapped in duct tape,” he said in reference to the show. ■

Geoffrey Garrett will be next dean of Wharton

Garrett, whose term starts July 1, was formerly a Wharton management prof. BY FOLA ONIFADE Staff Writer This morning, Penn announced Geoffrey Garrett will be the new dean of the Wharton School, effective July 1. Garrett, who is currently a dean and professor of business at the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales, was a former faculty member in Wharton’s management department from 1995-1997. He will replace Thomas Robertson, who has held the position since 2007. Garrett, a former Fulbright Scholar, completed his masters and doctoral degrees in political science at Duke University after graduating with honors from the Australian National University. He has authored and co-edited three books and SEE WHARTON DEAN PAGE 5

PLAYING FOR LIBERTY

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(From left to right) Reef Barclay, Walt Harris, coach John Salvucci and Ellish Danzy help each other at practice for Street Soccer Philadelphia, an organization committed to helping homeless youth and adults escape homelessness through team sport.

Street Soccer Philadelphia helps rebuild the lives of the homeless — thanks to several Penn connections

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9th and Hamilton, but he can’t do so without getting recognized — twice.

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om Laws has the right name for where he’s coming from and the right personality for where he’s about to go. He has just gotten off the Mar-

“Hey Tom!”

ket-Frankford line at 8th and Market after an eight-hour day at Penn’s Biddle Law Library, where he work s as assistant head of stacks. Now he’s stopping at a Wawa on the way to

“Hey T.C.!” Tom shoots back. In a Wawa full of diversity on this Tuesday afternoon in October, Tom and T.C.’s embrace near the entrance fits right in. T.C.’s a

white, middle-aged bald man with a salt and pepper mustache and soul patch, eyes glowing through black-rimmed glasses. Tom’s a younger black man, having graduated from Monmouth in 2001 with still no signs of gray in his beard or close-cropped dreadlocks. “How’s the soccer going?” T.C. asks.

“Great, man, it’s going great. Yeah, what are you up to?” Tom replies. T.C. can’t wait to tell him. “I’m cooking for homeless vets at the vet center,” T.C. smiles back. “And I run 10 miles a day now!” “Oh wow,” Tom answers in a soft but reassuring voice. “That’s SEE STREET SOCCER PAGE 10

UA budget meeting sees unexpected amendment proposal ORIGINAL AMENDMENT To transfer $10,000 from the SPEC Spring Fling Carnival Budget to the SPEC and Class Board joint Skimmerfest Budget

PASSED AMENDMENT

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Skimmerfest

Skimmerfest talent budget

PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN BUDGET

3.5%

Budget committee’s original estimate

3.8%

What it actually was

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FOOD for steering

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Other branches of student gov’t were disappointed with the UA’s organization BY KRISTEN GRABARZ Staff Writer D el ib er at ion of a si ng le amendment to transfer funds from the Social Planning and Events Committee Spring Fling Carnival budget to the Skimmerfest budget kept the Undergraduate Assembly in session until past midnight during Sunday night’s annual budget meeting,

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leading other student government branches to question UA efficiency. UA members were taken by surprise at the budget meeting, which had already been delayed for a closed meeting to rehab internal UA culture, when an unexpected amendment was presented by UA representative and College sophomore Julie Bittar . Bittar is the running mate of UA Vice President Gabe Delaney in the presidential race. Typically, amendments are brought up a few days in advance so that involved branches can

consult with their members. On Sunday night, Bittar presented an amendment to transfer $10,000 from the Fling Carnival budget to the SPEC and Class Board joint Skimmerfest Budget shortly after the senior Class Board suggested the change. The Carnival is an event on College Green toward the end of Fling with free food and inflatables. While no rules were broken, since only UA members can propose amendments, the lastSEE BUDGET PAGE 2

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A synopsis of research released this week, from Wharton to Penn Med

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minute proposition marked a deviation from typical budget proceedings and resulted in confusion among UA members and meeting attendees. “ No one was pr epa r ed to discuss or debate this amendment beforehand because no one was aware of it except members of the senior class board ... There wasn’t a clear set of facts that everyone was drawing upon,” UA representative and College sophomore Jane Meyer said. Members of other student government branches were informed that if they were

Who said it doesn’t pay to be handsome? Researchers from MIT Sloan School of Management, Harvard Business School and the Wharton School have found that investors are biased towards liking and investing in pitches delivered by attractive men. The study shows that investors favor men over women even though the content they pitch is the same. The study showed that attractive men had an advantage over other men and women, but the attractiveness of women did not matter. The researchers linked their conclusions to the gender gap in entrepreneurship.

Sarah Tishkoff, a geneticist at the University of Pennsylvania, and her colleagues published a new study that links the domestication of animals to the prevalence of lactose tolerance. Tishkoff’s group conducted the largest study of lactose tolerance across Africa. Their work confirmed that certain genetic mutations are linked to lactase persistence in Africans. For example, a mutation that extended from the Middle East to Northern Africa that is about 5,000 to 12,300 years old is similar to cattle domestication in Northern Africa and the Middle East 10,000 years ago.

A new Penn study explains how to make insulin-producing cells from gut cells. Ben Stanger, an assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, and his team are trying to find a way to make new beta cells that can replace a diabetic's need to inject insulin daily. The absence of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas is the reason for type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

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interested in presenting an amendment to the budget, they should reach out to a UA member in advance, who would in turn notify the other impacted branch of student government, NEC Chair and College senior Frank Colleluori said. All budget amendments must be presented in terms of taking money from one line-item and transferring it to another. Debate over the amendment , which went on for over two hours, involved discussions about the relative merits of Carnival and Skimmerfest and allegations of underfunding to Class Boards. Despite some confusion as to what Carnival actually entails, opponents of the amendment asserted that the Carnival budget should not be reallocated because of its importance to student safety. The event’s free food

Winning by knowing who to please When it comes to winning awards, there is a clear distinction between who you know and the people that are judging you, according to a Penn study. Sociology professor Paul D. Allison and co-researchers believe that the process of "making it" in any field depends not only on individual accomplishments, but also on the audience that makes the judgment. Fans are more likely to favor a popular candidate, for instance, while critics will still detract.

is integral in helping intoxicated students sober up, said several UA members. Other members, however, argued that Carnival features unnecessarily “high quality” food options, such as French macaroons, that deplete valuable budget allocations. “When they buy French macaroons - which are not inexpensive in the least - I think there are options that are cheaper and that can sober people up just as effectively,” junior Class Board Vice President of Finances and Wharton junior Patrick del Valle , who is also the Lowbrow editor of 34th Street Magazine, said. Disc ussion pr og r essed to alternative ways to fund Sk i m mer fest , wh ich is a joint event by both SPEC and Class Board. Per the proposed amendment, Class

Board would contribute the same amount to Skimmerfest that they did last year, while SPEC would contribute less. The proposition was not received well by members of Class Board, who have significantly smaller budgets than SPEC. “It’s just difficult for us to match SPEC on a dollar to dollar basis just because our budgets are miniscule compared to theirs,” del Valle said. He ultimately left the meeting before its conclusion, citing that he was “fed up” of the unproductive and political nature of the proceedings. “It was a little bit disheartening in that these are the people who are supposed to be running our school and making policy for us, but we were seeing a lot of gridlock,” del Valle said. A f ter much debate and

many assertions of “I’m tired - let’s end this,” a compromise was reached to take $250 from each class board budget and put it toward Skimmerfest. The compromise also removed $4,000 from the SPEC contingency fund to put toward the Skimmerfest talent budget. The revised amendment passed with a vote of 16-3-3. The Budget Committee also announced several other changes to the originally proposed budget, including a $250 allocation toward food for UA Steering meetings and a $200 Hey Day fund. Most notably, this year’s budget increase was revealed to be 0.3 percent greater than anticipated, resulting in increased allocations for the Student Activities Council. Although an amendment was finally passed, the UA’s effectiveness was yet again

shrouded in uncertainty. “The entire meeting would have been half as long if the protocol had been followed,” Colleluori said. “Since the budget meeting had been pushed back, we had more than enough time to problem-solve these issues before the meeting.” With ballots opening early next week, the disorganized budget meeting marked a hectic dawn to this year’s election season. Even after pledging to propose no new a mend ment s a long w it h presidential running mate Delaney, Bittar introduced the one amendment of Sunday’s meeting. “I hope constituents consider whether the leaders they have elected are acting in a way that is conducive to the success of the UA and, by proxy, the entire student body,” Colleluori said.

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SAE to end pledging process

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Grad schools see rise in U.S. News rankings By JILL GOLUB Staff Writer

Despite reports in the past year questioning Wharton’s success, Penn’s business school is now ranked first in the recently released U.S. News and World Report Graduate Schools rankings. On March 11, the U.S. News and World Report released the 2015 Best Graduate Schools rankings. Wharton moved up from third place in last year’s rankings, and is now tied with Harvard and Stanford for number one graduate business school. The Graduate School of Education moved up from seventh to fifth place, and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences rose from 22nd to 19th on the list. Penn Law School, however, has remained in their number seven spot, and the Perelman School of Medicine held its spot as fourth best medical school. Wharton’s rise in rankings follows an article published in

The Wall Street Journal in late September, titled “What’s Wrong With Wharton?”, which claimed that Wharton had “lost its luster.” The article cited a decrease in Wharton applications by 12 percent over the past four as evidence for Wharton’s decline. However, Wharton said the decline, combined with a stronger applicant pool and higher yield percentage, shows that Wharton is better targeting candidates. Graduate schools in business, education, engineering, law, medicine and others are ranked based on standardized test scores for incoming students, experts on the program’s quality, acceptance rates and other criteria. The data comes from surveys of administrators at more than 1,350 programs and more than 13,500 academics and professionals, according to U.S. News.

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The end of the pledge process has concerned some SAE alumni BY MELISSA LAWFORD Staff Writer Sigma Alpha Epsilon, one of Penn’s largest fraternities, has become a no-pledging institution. Tonight, the fraternity’s new member class will be formally initiated as full members of the fraternity. This initiation will occur a week ahead of the scheduled date for Penn’s SAE initiation. In an announcement made by SAE nationals on March 9, the organization eliminated the classification of “new member,” completely removing new member programming from the fraternity’s operations nationwide. A new “True Gentleman Experience” program will replace the old system. This will involve new members becoming fully initiated within 96 hours of being granted a bid. The removal of the pledge program has sparked concern from a number of alumnae, College junior and SAE president Matthew Hanessian said. He explained that some feel upset at the removal of the numerous traditions of the initiation process. Some SAE brothers have also expressed concern about putting “a bit of a damper” on traditions of teaching the history of the fraternity during the old pledge process, he added. He explained, however, that the fraternity completely understands the decision made by SAE’s Supreme Council and will be fully adhering to the new policy. SA E was already a no hazing fraternity, but Hanes-

sian outlined how fraternities elsewhere do not always obey the rules. “Recently, it’s obviously not been enough,” said College senior and SAE’s new member educator Andrew Musser, justifying the new action taken by nationals to prevent hazing across all SAE institutions. Musser also highlighted nationals’ emphasis on viewing the change as a return to the vision of SAE’s founding fathers. The original SAE institutions did not use the pledging process which is common today, Musser explained. This process only developed after World War I. The change will move SAE “back into the old, sustainable processes,” he added. Hanessian also said the new True Gentleman Experience will focus on continual education of fraternity members. Whereas education was only for new members, it will now be an ongoing feature of fraternity life. This change will require the position of new member educator to be replaced with the role of “member educator,” which will focus on continued education and integration. The member educator will continue to use The Phoenix, SA E’s education guide. The True Gentleman Experience Program also formalizes the expectations SAE has of its members and aims to ensure the equal rights and responsibilities of fraternity members. The fraternity’s national website also outlined how it hopes t he cha nge w i l l challenge the public’s “preconceived notion of what fraternity membership entails.” No changes will be made to the recruitment process or the new member fees.

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HANNAH ROSENFELD is a College freshman from Tokyo. Her email address is hannahro@sas.upenn.edu.

In defense of a viral first kiss

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LINES OF PERSPECTIVE | Maybe we need to be reminded of human exchange more often

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ast Tuesday, the video “First Kiss” w e nt v i r a l w it h m o r e than 10 million views in its first two days online. I found out about it on my newsfeed, the seemingly fastest way to know about events and news these days. Many of my friends felt disgusted, uncomfortable and disturbed by it, but I could not help but agree with the people who found it beautiful and endearing in a way. I stand by my view mainly because I can’t help but advocate for genuine human contact and exchange - think long looks everyone has given in any public space here. The short film, which is just under three and a half minutes long, is a commercial for the Los Angeles-based women’s c l o t h i n g ’s c o m p a n y Wren. The simple concept grouped 20 people, ranging from models, actors and singers - including Soko, a renowned songwriter - into pairs and asked each pair to kiss in front of a camera. No “action” was said to keep the reality of the moment. The couples were paired by instinct and in young, old, biracial, lesbian, gay and straight matches. The video was criticized for having chosen people seen in forms of entertainment, but none of them were paid. Not so surprisingly to many, the interactions did not end when the director, Tatia Pilieva, asked to wrap up the scene. Some interactions continued off-camera as pairs ate or walked together after the shoot.

For some, it was a result of the passion that ensued; for others, simply because a connection was created in that moment. The website Vice created a video, saying, “We paid twenty strangers, who definitely aren’t ... hot American models to kiss for the first time,” but the video showed the same connection in the end.

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[The ‘First Kiss’] video is also important … because we often forget to reach out.”

Soko explained that while she wanted to kiss more, she also could not let go of the will to know her partner in the sense that once a connection is made, it is hard to let go of. This is one of the most beautiful things to take away from that video. As College sophomore Alexandra Lotz explains, “The idea is that passion is easy to have if you let yourself fall in love with strangers. You can be drawn to the possibilities in someone who’s unknown to you rather than things you already know. “Making out with a stranger gives you a real, passionate moment because of the fact that you don’t know them, you don’t know where they live or how much money they earn or how educated they are.” This video is also important in its own way because we often forget to reach out. We all have someone in our class we

DIANE BAYEUX have exchanged looks with for an entire semester without saying a word to each other. We have all been introduced to someone without waving at or acknowledging each other afterward because no words were exchanged and the awkwardness of unreciprocated attention is inescapable. We all have someone we have talked to for a bit because we were in the same room or group, but never even learned each other’s names - unless alcohol and overconfidence were present - because we felt like it was too late to ask. I have been in all these situations, but I also try to always continue an exchange because I believe we can learn something from one another in any context and form. I met one of my good friends on a bus on my way from Providence to New York and will never stop being glad that we exchanged names because I see her whenever we are in the same place. I am not part of the g roup of people d isturbed by this video because I am an advocate of human exchange. If I shared a moment with you and enjoyed it, I will not stop talking to you because of other obligations and societal rules making it confusing and out of the norm. DIANE BAYEUX is a College freshman from Paris. Her email address is dbayeux@ sas.upenn.edu.

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Daylin Leach: Fighting for Pennsylvania, fighting for equality, fighting for you

n the current climate of partisan gridlock, Congress needs bold, progressive leadership to tackle the difficult issues, and Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional District is the perfect place to start. The race for this seat is a close one, with four Democrats - including two Penn professors - in the primary. Only one candidate, however, has proven his ability to boldly and intelligently fight for the causes we believe in and against the rampant inequality facing Pennsylvanians and all Americans. Because of our confidence that he will faithfully and passionately fight for progressive values, the Penn Democrats endorse Senator Daylin Leach for Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional District and will work tirelessly to support his election to the U.S. Congress.

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Daylin Leach has shown an unparalleled commitment to making people’s lives better.” Senator Leach has demonstrated an unparalleled commitment to tackling rampant inequality on a state level. As rising income inequality has concentrated societal power in the hands of a privileged few, he has consistently stood up for struggling Americans by supporting a proper living wage to keep working families from going hungry. He has fought against racist and regressive drug policy since his entry into state politics over a decade ago. Through the failed “War on Drugs,” young people - disproportionately minorities - have been subject to mass incarceration for victimless crimes. Senator Leach has fought to combat that destructive trend, supporting the legalization of marijuana many years before the issue was politically popular. Senator Leach has also been battling at the front lines of LGBTQA equality since his first election to the State House. He successfully led the fight against an amendment to the state constitution that would have permanently outlawed marriage equality, and he introduced the first marriage equality bill in Pennsylvania. Senator Leach has consistently worked to enact new protections in Pennsylvania against workplace

discrimination. He knows - as do we - that workers’ jobs should never be at risk because of whom they love. Further, Senator Leach has fought harder than any other lawmaker in Pennsylvania state government to ensure women’s full equality under the law. He introduced the first legislation mandating state funding for breast and ovarian cancer screenings, and he has proposed legislation allowing parents of newborns to receive up to 12 weeks of paid leave. He has been a strong supporter of the Affordable Care Act, which prevents insurance companies from price discrimination based on gender, ensuring that being female is no longer considered a pre-existing condition. Quite simply, Daylin Leach has shown an unparalleled commitment to making people’s lives better. He supports a path to citizenship and expanded rights for undocumented immigrants who are working to provide for themselves and their families. He has advocated for increased investment in infrastructure, the environment and public education because he understands the need to leave behind a sustainable planet and economy for future generations. Time after time, Senator Leach has stood out front, fighting for progress and for the ideal that every child born in this country should have a chance to be successful. The race for the 13th district is competitive with four strong candidates, and we have heard from each of the candidates over the past year. We know who they are, and we know where they stand on the issues. While all of the candidates have their own positive qualities, Daylin Leach is the candidate who presents the best combination of experience, vision and issue expertise. We know that he will bring an energy to Congress that can help cut through the gridlock and result in tangible change for the people of the 13th Congressional District and people all across America. Today, the Penn Democrats choose to endorse the candidate who has been ahead of his time on nearly every major issue affecting us today. We choose the candidate who refuses to stand by while racism, sexism and homophobia add to the suffering of countless Americans. We choose the candidate most committed to ensuring that everyone in America has equal opportunity for success, no matter their background or demographic. We choose Daylin Leach. The Penn Democrats Executive Board

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partners. Wharton undergraduates and MBA students will work with the companies on actual business projects. Penn students will also benefit from recruitment opportunities that come from the partnership. “ W har ton students and also engineering students are of great interest to [CA Technologies],” Chaudhuri said. “I think they particularly like the interdisciplinary approach, so M&T students would find it interesting. ” Chaudhuri added that the class-based collaborative projects might also lead to job offers. Currently, the Mack Institute has 14 partners in a range of industries, such as aerospace, defense, pharmaceuticals and data solutions and IT. NASA, Hertz and Nissan are among the list of corporate partners.

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Penn Cru organized a service trip over spring break to help locals BY MELISSA LAWFORD Staff Writer The heroin addict was barely breathing when the Penn students saw him on the street over spring break, according to students who were there. They wanted to help him, so they started praying. As they asked God to save him from death, he opened his eyes and stood up before the paramedics arrived. “It was a miracle,” said College senior Matthew Pershe, emcee for Penn Cru, a student Christian group. Pershe, along with 11 other students, brought aid to the poorest areas of Philadelphia during a spring break service trip planned by Penn Cru. Working with Philly Cru, a larger umbrella organization for the Penn group, students spent the week giving food to the homeless and offering prayers to drug addicts. Leadership coach and outreach coordinator for Penn Cru Corey Poggioli, a 2013 Engineering graduate, said the trip involved partnerships with recovery homes, schools and Victory Outreach, a network of churches in West Philadelphia. This year’s trip featured new partnerships with Cornerstone Christian Academy and Cornerstone Community Church in North Philadelphia. “Within a couple of miles of campus there is a different world,” said Nursing junior Lydia Felter, who participated in the trip. It was “just eye opening,” she added, describing the realities of a heroin camp in North Philadelphia. The trip challenged many common perceptions, Poggioli

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College sophomore Tiffany Young (left) and 2012 College graduate Carolyn Poggioli (right) clean up trash at the Victory Outreach Church on Penn Cru’s service trip. explained, specifically people’s notions that addicts and the homeless are “almost subhuman.” For College freshman Matthew Dong, encountering Camden, N.J.’s “tent city,” a large homeless community, was a particularly moving experience. Despite spending the day in freezing temperatures, “after I saw what those people were living through, I didn’t feel cold anymore,” he said. One of the most significant moments for Pershe was meeting a heroin addict his own age who told him that “we’re not guaranteed the next three hours,” he said. Poggioli also outlined how the experience “challenge[d] the campus bubble mentality,” and emphasized the religious motivation behind the community work. The outreach is “very intimately tied with our faith,” he said, explaining how for Penn Cru members, the work of the trip is “a mirror of what has been given to us by Christ.” “We’re identifying the physical needs and the deeper spiritual needs,” Pershe added. He

said he was able to connect with the issues with which he came into contact. “In a very spiritual sense, I identified completely with them,” he said. The group of Penn students, alongside five students from Penn State, stayed in Summerfield Church and participated in a variety of community service activities over the course of the week. The work included construction, spending time in a school running book fairs, talking to people about life questions and reaching out to some of the city’s most poverty-stricken areas. For College junior Eric Clark, who prayed for the resuscitation of the overdosed drug addict, the trip showed him that “the outward expression of what we know is inside ourselves.” He drew parallels between drug addiction and the fact that “many of us are slaves to work and to greed and academics.” For those involved, the trip also brought a feeling of hope. The trip “opened my eyes to the terrible things which happen in my city,” Dong said, “but I also see hope because there are a lot of people trying to change that.”

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2014 MBA class will be first to take new communications courses The curriculum requires writing and speaking credits BY YUEQI YANG Staff Writer The Wharton MBA Class of 2014 will be the first to graduate after communication curriculum requirements were added in 2012. The requirements include one writing course and two speak ing courses. “In a recent survey, alumni indicated that the ability to write well is crucial to their career success,” said Brennan Maier, instructor and director of the writing course. “Wharton faculty responded to that fact by voting to have a writing requirement for MBAs.” The Wharton MBA program is the only Ivy League

MBA program that includes writing and speaking requirements. Writing professionally The writing class is a pass/ fail online course, which includes two assignments - a writing challenge and a persuasive memo. A competition for all firstye a r M BA st udent s , t he Writing Challenge includes nine writing assignments of 300 -500 words each. Writing coaches give feedback to MBAs throughout the process. Past coaches have been professional journalists and senior editors for the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Economist. Students also give and receive feedback from peers anonymously. Nikhil Seshan, a second year MBA student, got inspi-

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students based on career choice,” said Lisa Warshaw, director of the Wharton Communication Program. “[Our TAs] are going to say, ‘Look, that just isn’t the right tone for private equity.’” TAs will also give career-specific advice on networking emails. Speaking to succeed W har ton MBA students are also required to take two speaking classes - one foundational class and one advanced class. Two choices are available at the advanced level - WHCP 612: Advanced Pe r su a si ve S p e a k i ng or WHCP 615: Communication Challenges for Entrepre neurs. In the WHCP 612, MBA students learn to speak publicly under pressure. “Students get to use a presidential teleprompter. Or they could go to a TV studio on campus,”

lecturer Margaret Lambires said. “They get grilled with very difficult questions from their audience.” The other advanced speaking class targets students who wish to start a business. “By the time they leave the class, they have a fiveminute pitch that they can give,” lecturer Antionnette McDermott said. “But they are also prepared to talk to an investor that they run into in an elevator, or prepared when they are at a cocktail party and they have one or two minutes.” Seshan said the speaking classes have been very helpful when he pitched his business plan to investors. “I’d been in finance for too long, and only knew how to design text-heavy handout decks,” he said. ”[The speaking courses] allowed me to explore ballroom and board-

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SUSHAAN MODI As musical notes slowly filled the Palestra, the building came to life. After an unusually quiet weekend, the first it has had since early January, it was once again bursting with life, laughter, chatter, smiles and high-fives. The band was playing loudly and as festively as ever, filling the old arena with an exuberant spirit that was once a regular part of the building’s charm, but now has faded. But it was Penn women’s basketball who really wanted to keep the party going. Just a week ago, it was the music far away at Jadwin Gym that marked nightmares for the Quakers. Losers of eight straight at the building, Jadwin was the demon that they could not conquer. As the pregame warm ups came to an end, one last song

rang out from the speakers, and the Quakers gathered in the paint, arms interlocking, swaying back and forth to the beat. They came out in sync, took a lead and held it. They came out with a gusto and bravado that has defined their effort in changing the program this year. They clawed, they fought, they dove for loose balls. They adapted from their usual grindit-out approach, and quickened their pace, a transition to the third movement of the concerto with a grand finale. As their tempo quickened and the victory became clearer, a dream started to take form, the dream first dreamt four years ago when four Penn seniors trusted a second-year coach with their college careers. Fast forward to Monday night, as family, the Penn Band, the cheerleaders and friends gathered around the Ivy trophy to take pictures while music blared over the Palestra’s speakers. Finally ... a Selection Monday for the Red and the Blue. “Four years has built up a lot of anticipation for this day, and [I’m] so proud of this team and so happy to have the chance to go to the NCAA Tournament [with] all these fans behind

us all the way,” senior captain Alyssa Baron said. The crowd fell silent. All eyes turned to the brand new scoreboard tuned into ESPN to see where Penn would land in their first tournament in more than ten years. The Ivy trophy sat on the ground in front of the seats, the last moment to reflect on what this team has accomplished until the end of the season. First to be announced was the Lincoln Region with no mention of the Quakers. Next came the Louisville Region and as the upper half of the bracket flashed on the screen, Penn appeared in the upper bracket of that region below Texas, their first round opponent. Down came streamers, right on cue, as if orchestrated by the conductor himself. It was truly a moment of celebration for all this program has accomplished. The band started to play. The slippers are on. It’s time to go dancing. Penn women’s basketball SUSHAAN MODI is a senior international studies and business major from Demarest, N.J. and a former sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.

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Women’s lacrosse keeps hot streak alive ROUNDTABLE from page 12 kick off their Ancient Eight slate. On Mar. 8, No. 15 Penn took down Harvard in a de-

fensive battle, one that saw both teams go scoreless over a 15-minute period. The 9-4 v ictor y moved head coach Karin Brower-Corbett into a first-place tie on Penn’s alltime wins list with 151. Corbett didn’t have to wait much longer to pick up her 152nd win though. The following weekend, the Quakers, who moved up to No. 13 in the country after their

win over the Crimson, took down Yale, 11-9. Senior attack Tor y Bensen notched another goal, improving her team-leading mark to 13 on the season. The Red and Blue have now won 11 consecutive Ivy contests, and 50 of their last 52. Penn will play four consecutive nonconference games before returning to conference play on Apr. 12 .

Solid Palestra crowd supports Red and Blue W. HOOPS from page 12 “I would be lying if I told you that I didn’t check out Texas today a little bit,” he said. “Not too much, [I was] trying to stay in the moment. But I did look at quite a few teams that I thought we had a shot at. “I know a few of the [Texas players] from the recruiting trail. We have a [recruit from Texas] coming in to play for us next year and two of the girls played with her in AAU.” There was a strong crowd joining the Quakers at the Palestra on Monday, cheering as each of the players were introduced while enjoying free food and “I Bleed Penn” T-shirts. Alongside an enthusiastic Penn band, Penn men’s basketball showed up in solid numbers with many of its players and coaches coming out to support the women’s team.

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With an excited crowd throwing streamers behind them, Penn women’s basketball celebrated as its first-round match up vs. Texas was revealed. “It was really exciting,” men’s basketball junior Patrick LucasPerry said. “We’re really happy for the girls. They are like our counterparts so when they succeed, it just looks good for Penn basketball in general.” In Penn’s previous two appearances in the NCAA Tournament, the Quakers were a No. 15 seed, losing to Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas in 2001 and falling against Connecticut in Bridgeport, Conn. in 2004.

Now, Penn’s senior class has a chance to continue the program’s remarkable turnaround, taking a team that went 2-26 in 2009-10, the year before they came to campus, all the way to the NCAA Tournament. “This is part of the legacy tonight,” McLaughlin said. “To be able to have this atmosphere and to finish their career on an NCAA floor is only building on that legacy.”

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Monday night’s selection show atmosphere gave senior captain Alyssa Baron and her teammates a chance to soak up the support of the Penn community before discovering its NCAA Tournament fate on Monday evening.

AP Rank: Not ranked RPI: 24 Key wins: vs. No. 15 Texas A & M (69-58), vs. No. 7 West Virginia (66-63), vs. No. 21 Oklahoma State (65-58) Worst loss: at TCU (54-48)

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Street Soccer changing lives of the homeless STREET SOCCER from page 1 awesome.� “Tell Chandrima I said hi,� T.C. says walking out. “Come see me at my work!� T.C.’s been working at the Philadelphia Veterans MultiService Center ever since he stopped playing soccer with Tom in the spring. He leaves and Tom instantly spots another former soccer teammate. “Hey Paul!� Tom and Paul catch up briefly before Tom buys three six-packs of Deer Park bottled water and heads out, carrying them all the way to Our Brothers Place, the men’s homeless shelter that T.C. and Paul used to stay at. He signs in as a visitor at the front desk, and if he notices that the guest list consists almost solely of his signature written over and over again every few days, he doesn’t show it. On this typical weekday afternoon at OBP, many residents are outside enjoying what’s left of a warm, sunny day, with many smoking and drinking on the five black benches behind the building, gated off from the corner of Buttonwood and North Percy. Crack paraphernalia lies shattered on the sidewalk outside the gate. But although some residents are still inside, plenty of space remains beyond the front desk for surveying. The walls are as colorful as they are littered with aphorisms. One wall features the phrase “The hand of the diligent shall prosper� in white lettering floating across a golden sky. But across the room next to a Pepsi machine, stacked four rows high on metal racks, are various backpacks, pillows and plump black garbage bags. This is all many OBP residents have. Tom passes by these stacks almost as frequently as the stacks at Biddle, and when he does, it’s usually time to play. HIGHS AND LOWS An hour later on a spacious green field a few blocks away, Street Soccer Philadelphia practice is underway. Tom, an assistant coach, stands off to the side as practice is led by head coach John Salvucci. Salvucci co-captained the 2001 Penn men’s soccer team with Evan Anderson, another Street Soccer Philly coach who stands in the background as Salvucci asks a circle of a dozen players and coaches around him to say what they like about Street Soccer. “I like Street Soccer because it keeps me in shape,� Derrek Wallace says, jutting out his chest underneath a Larry Fitzgerald jersey. “When I first started, I had a little gut. Now I got a six-pack.� “I love Street Soccer because

it takes my mind off a situation I’m being introduced with, and I get to hang around people that I care about and who look out for me too,� 19-year-old Walt Harris, entering his third month with the team says. “I like Street Soccer because it’s great exercise,� Reef Barclay whispers almost inaudibly. “And having fun ...,� he trails off. All these players are current or former OBP residents, and all are black. Street Soccer Philly is many things, but above all else, it’s about having fun more meaningful than most people could ever imagine. Founded by Salvucci and program director Chandrima Chatterjee as the Philadelphia chapter of Street Soccer USA in Oct. 2011, Street Soccer Philly is a nonprofit group dedicated to helping the homeless rebuild their lives through soccer. Philadelphia is one of 16 cities nationwide with a Street Soccer USA program. The chapter normally meets twice a week, and its coaches follow a curriculum using basic soccer concepts to teach players life skills.

ends to kick the ball through. Tom, Salvucci, Chatterjee and her husband Tony Lucente alternate throwing balls into play in a fast-paced string of mini-games. “Hey, let’s hear some talk! Here’s a new ball!� Salvucci shouts in between throw-ins. “Good talk, Walt! Good talk, Derrek, keep up the talk!� But Walt’s talk starts to get negative. “I’m getting pissed!� he squeezes out in between panting. “I really am. Nobody’s f-king trying!� His rant isn’t very loud and he never stops playing, but Salvucci hears it and enters the game himself for the first time. “A point of playing this game is about controlling your emotions,� Salvucci calmly says to Walt, who regains self-control and finishes the game. After almost 10 minutes of constant throw-ins, Salvucci calls it. “Hey fellas, that’s it, it’s too dark,� he says. Now it’s time for highs and lows. “Can I start?� Andre asks. “My high is, I was just about to snap, and I’m glad I didn’t.� Everyone starts clapping vigorously. “Yo, let’s hear it for that, honestly,� Salvucci says. “My low is, I ain’t feeling everybody on this team.� “I ain’t feeling everybody, either,� Mark Walker, another player, adds. “First of all, I want to concentrate on what ’Dre said his high was,� Salvucci responds measuredly. “I saw him, and he was pissed and he was frustrated. I saw it. Oftentimes, personally I don’t have the composure to step away, and that’s what ’Dre did.� “My low is that one of my friends got locked up,� Ellish Danzy says. “Moved up to the second floor,� Reef says for his high. “Might be getting a job at West Chester University. My low is that the people who were going to help me pay for school rescheduled their appointment.� A few other players give highs and lows and then Salvucci comes to Walt, who sighs before answering. “I’m gonna be honest, I’m a real honest person, so I don’t hold my tongue,� Walt says. “When people come at you a certain way, you take that personal and there’s only so much you can take from people.� “You gotta always try to be bigger than what’s causing the problems, all of us,� Chatterjee replies. “He’s down on himself for decisions he’s made as a child,� Chatterjee will say months later. “He used to be in school, now he’s not.� Salvucci gives his high and low after Walt, adding that he’ll bring his wife and kid to practice Sunday. “You’re an inspiration because I need to hear that from a father’s standpoint,� Derrek responds. “Because I’ve got two

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It’s hard to appreciate just how guarded the players need to be every day of their life when they live in the shelter.� — John Salvucci Street Soccer Philly co-founder

The Street Soccer USA curriculum aims to connect its players directly to housing, education and jobs, and 75 percent of Street Soccer players nationwide eventually are connected to jobs and housing, complete a rehabilitation program or further their education within a year of joining the program. “We provide them what they need the most, which is a community,� Salvucci said. “And in order to build that community, you need to build communication. So what we do is have fun and allow the players to trust each other and trust the coaches.� But sometimes fun can be hard to come by. Salvucci has the players split up into three teams of three members each. The team that can make the most passes among its members in a minute won’t have to do 10 pushups. During that minute, another player, Andre Green, gets frustrated and quietly refuses to do pushups as the rest of his teammates do. Instead, he walks away, mumbling under his breath and shaking his head. It’s starting to get dark, so Salvucci announces that the three teams already formed before will play some good oldfashioned soccer. There are no nets on this giant field, just a pair of orange cones on both

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little ones, my daughter and my son who are looking forward to me getting myself together. And I consider you all my family, so that’s really important to me.� EMPIRE STATE OF MIND Walking back to OBP from practice after guzzling down the Deer Park that Tom lugged over, Derrek and Mark listen to an MP3 of rapper Ca$h Out. But Derrek’s in an Empire State of mind, having gone to New York City in July for the National Cup. Each chapter of Street Soccer USA is responsible for raising money to bring a team of players who have shown consistent commitment throughout the year both on the soccer field and in their personal goals to the National Cup, whose location rotates annually. Over three days, the teams engage in what Salvucci calls “extremely friendly� competition and a champion is crowned. It’s not about winning, but playing the right way. Green cards are awarded to players who pick other players up. And Derrek and the rest of his Street Soccer Philly teammates got to play soccer on a 52x72 foot pavement surface right in the middle of Times Square. “How priceless is that?� Derrek asks, shaking his head. “With all the newspeople and everybody watching us. We were on ESPN. After the games, they treated us nice, took us out to where we wanted to eat and then when we first got there, the college dorms! They let us stay in the college dorms, that was so cool.� “What [the players] see while they’re at the Cup is really lifechanging for them,� Salvucci said. “They realize, first of all, that a lot of other people are in the same situation as them. But they also see what it’s like to have the freedom to move around the city, meet new people, be in a safe environment. “It’s hard to appreciate just how guarded the players need to be every day of their life when they live in the shelter.� OBP has two floors, the first for newcomers and those more likely to be liabilities to themselves and others. Good behavior over time gets you living and sleeping on the second floor instead, safely above the misleadingly golden skies below. Every night brings a 9 p.m. curfew and a bed in close quarters with dozens of others. “New York was awesome,� Derrek says. “I’m still in that moment.� THE POWER OF SOCCER According to Project HOME, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization, 12,053 individuals experienced homelessness in Philadelphia in 2012. Just 5,570 of them were engaged in homeless outreach organizations such as OBP. Of those individuals, 70 percent were suffering from both mental health issues and substance abuse challenges. More than 51 percent were

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black. Exactly 3.1 miles separate OBP from the Radian, near which Penn students can expect to encounter several beggars on a daily basis. It’s the length of a standard 5k race, and it’s all that’s separating Penn students sprinting to keep up with the breakneck pace of university life and OBP residents presented with the endless marathon of knuckling down and keeping on. These two journeys don’t meaningfully intersect often enough, and they didn’t for Salvucci while he was a Penn student. “The reality is, I didn’t know any homeless people before I

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“WHERE YOU GOING?� Yet at another Street Soccer practice on the day after Thanksgiving, Ellish isn’t defending any goal. He’s standing on an outdoor blacktop basketball court a few blocks from OBP, getting ready to play a pickup 4-on-4 game. Street Soccer doesn’t always involve soccer. “Please don’t take this away from me,� Walt says before practice starts. “It’s everything to me.� Tom and Julie Platt, another Street Soccer Philly volunteer, help the players break off into two teams. Khalif, a tall, bald and bearded black man in an orange sweatshirt who has never been at a Street Soccer practice before and no longer lives at OBP, shoots do or die and converts. Forty-five minutes later, the full-court game is over and everyone walks back towards OBP. The journey back stalls on Buttonwood Street behind OBP. The sky is golden out here too, although darkness is starting to spread. “If it ain’t all cool and all love like it is here, I guarantee you next time and every time I see you after that, I’m not even gonna speak to you,� Khalif says confidently. “Because it’s either you for me or against me. It’s like if you’re in Africa, do you want to live in the city or do you want to live in the jungle?� Reef and Walt murmur their approval. “Am I right? If you live in the jungle, you’re gonna do as the jungle does. I was upstairs [at OBP] before. I got moved upstairs kinda quick because I wasn’t doing what the people in the jungle do. And that’s what

started working for Street Soccer,� Salvucci, a broker for Fortside Insurance, says. “I thought I knew enough. I’d read about it and seen it. What I learned most was that without providing them money, a job or shelter, I can help them simply by doing something I love. By playing soccer.� Salvucci and Chatterjee both graduated from Penn in 2002 but didn’t meet until just before launching Street Soccer Philly together. Salvucci had previously volunteered for Street Soccer New York for five years and Chatterjee had been volunteering with the Homeless World Cup for almost a year. When Street Soccer Philly was still in its infancy, Chatterjee would go to OBP and try to get residents to join. “Now Ellish will go out there and tell people at OBP about it, he’s a natural recruiter and leader,� Chatterjee said. “So I don’t have to do all that anymore.� Chatterjee still had to foot the bill on her own for Street Soccer Philly in its first two years, though. The team started out playing inside the Old Pine Community Center two winters ago, but the $100 per player costs there added up quickly. “I can’t keep paying that kind of money out of pocket,� Chatterjee said. The organization is now relying on $8,000 that it has raised through auctions and raffles, but tournament and transportation costs weigh heavily, especially with the National Cup slated for San Francisco this summer. “Our goal is to raise money to enter local soccer leagues so that our players have a league in order to hone their skills,� Salvucci said. “But that’s a challenge.� More challenging still for Chatterjee and other Street

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STREET SOCCER from page 10 they want you to do. I’m not about that. I got a plan to make millions of dollars.” Khalif proceeds to explain for the next 10 minutes, without interruption, how he plans to get rich off of seminars for resume writing and eBay. “If you ain’t got no plan, where you going?” he asks Reef and Walt. “I’m gonna get in here and catch dinner,” Reef says politely, gesturing towards OBP. Reef did have a plan all along. By the end of January, he was working three 12-9:30 p.m. shifts a week in the kitchen at West Chester University. It was a great comeback for the former teaching assistant, who had been staying at a Mount Airy apartment before getting evicted and taking up at OBP, where he’d been for the past seven months. Then he got hit by a bus. Reef was stepping off a city curb when a bus took a wrong turn and hit him, leaving him with a lacerated hand and bruised leg. A week after getting hit, he’s on crutches, navigating a sheet of ice outside of OBP to go out to eat with Tom, Ellish and Andy, a new member of the team who got evicted from his Broad Street apartment after getting laid off while taking classes at the Community College of Philadelphia. The trio waits patiently for Reef as he maneuvers through the subfreezing night. “The cold done took a lot from us,” Ellish observes after a winter full of practice cancellations due to extreme cold and snowfall. Finally, though, they reach Chef King on 10th and Spring Garden streets and order wings. “Did you see Floyd Mayweather bet $10 million on the Broncos? That wasn’t smart,” Reef says this Thursday after Super Bowl XLVIII, reclining at a booth. He’s still got the $9 that Tom gave him more than a week before, and pays for his own wings. “I’m getting tired of working in the kitchen, but I like it there,” Reef says. “There are a lot of females there. And it’s great to be able to work, I really appreciate it.” And that’s not all. “He talks now, he’s more confident,” Chatterjee said. “He’s changed so much.”

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(From left) Mark Cooper, volunteer Tom Laws, Walt Harris, Street Soccer Philadelphia director Chandrima Chatterjee, Mark Walker, Ellish Danzy, Street Soccer Chicago director Otto Rodriguez, Reef Barclay, volunteer Julie Platt and another team member gather for practice at Dunning-Cohen Champions Field on Feb. 19. Two 2002 Penn graduates founded the organization in Oct. 2011. One constant, though, has been Tom. Nearly every team member counts him as one of their closest friends. It’s routine for him to give SEPTA tokens to players so they can attend doctor’s appointments and job interviews, and he looks forward to inviting players for impromptu practice sessions or a bite to eat. “Once a team member, always a team member,” Tom says. PLAYING FOR LIBERTY AT PENN PARK Penn Park is covered in snow as far as the eye can see, except a little patch on Adams Field in front of the goal nearest Walnut Street. Ellish, Reef, Tom and two new team members are taking shots there, waiting

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“It feels so good to come back.” Chatterjee arrives with Walt and Mark and makes sure there’s room for the team to play on Dunning-Cohen Champions Field inside the seasonal air structure, the first time the team has ever played there. Walt and Mark both wear beige T-shirts featuring Street Soccer Philly’s motto, “I Play for Liberty.” All too soon, it’s time again for practice-ending highs and lows. The highs easily outnumber the lows, full of opportunity and gratitude.

“My high is that it’s great to see all of you guys again, it’s been a while since I’m at RWA now,” Walt says when it’s his turn. “Life is good right now. I’ve been sober two months, off the marijuana for 11 months and I’ve got a significant other in my life right now that’s making me happy, even though she’s a lot older than me. “I’m a little out of shape now but I’m getting better,” he adds just minutes before the team members will leave the warmth of Dunning-Cohen to meet curfew. “And I’m glad I’m here.”

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There was no game to be played. No points to be scored. No wins and losses. Instead, Penn women’s basketball came out in full force to the Palestra,

looking to find out where it would be heading this weekend for the NCAA Tournament in Monday night’s Selection Show. The Quakers (22-6, 12-2 Ivy) received a No. 12 seed and will play No. 5 Texas in College Park, Md. The game is scheduled for Sunday at 3:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN. “Just seeing our name pop up was pretty amazing, pretty crazy,” senior captain Alyssa Baron said after watch-

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ing the show with her teammates. The winner of the Penn-Texas matchup will take on the winner of No. 4 Maryland vs. No. 13 Army on Tuesday, with one of those four teams making the Sweet 16 in Louisville, Ky. This will be the first time in program history that the Red and Blue will face the Longhorns (21-11, 11-7 Big 12), but Penn did face a tough schedule all season to prepare for this point, including a matchup with No. 1 seed Notre Dame.

Despite splitting their two matches over break, the No. 13 Quakers are beginning to look like a serious Ivy contender. Penn put forth a spirited comeback in the fourth quarter to topple Villanova, 12-11, before surrendering 10 goals during the second and third quarters in a 15-12 loss to No. 12 Princeton.

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“I think playing those games shows that we can compete with anyone,” freshman center Sydney Stipanovich said. “Just having that experience makes us more confident.” Coach Mike McLaughlin wasn’t as focused on Penn’s seeding and instead was simply happy to watch his players celebrate with fans at the Palestra. “It’s a little quick to take that in,” he said. “I was more anxious to see the reaction of the players. I haven’t really

It was a bitter end to the careers of seniors Fran Dougherty, Miles Jackson-Cartwright, Cameron Gunter, Steve Rennard and Dau Jok, as the Red and Blue were blown out by Columbia and fell to Princeton in their finale, 80-75. Jok poured in 21 points to lift the Quakers to a 69-65 win over Cornell in their lone victory over the break.

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The Quakers punched their first NCAA Tournament ticket in a decade in emphatic fashion, racing out to a 17-point lead over heavily-favored Princeton before holding on late in an 80-64 triumph. Four players scored in double figures for the Ivy champions, including venerable senior captain Alyssa Baron, who poured in 23 points.

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Penn endured a rough trip throughout the Mid-Atlantic, dropping individual matchups against Navy, Towson and Monmouth and getting swept in a three-game set against Richmond. The Red and Blue did manage to sweep Delaware State in a doubleheader, putting up 21 runs in the process.

The women’s team, however, was California dreaming, winning two of three matches on the West Coast over break. Penn handled Rhode Island and Gonzaga by identical 5-2 margins before suffering a narrow 4-3 defeat to UC Irvine.

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Indoor season wrapped up nicely for senior high jumper Maalik Reynolds, who posted a 10th place finish at the NCAA Championships in Albuquerque, NM with a final cleared height of 2.15 meters. Meanwhile, the rest of the team got the outdoor season off to a strong start at the USF Open in Tampa, FL.

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The No. 12 Red and Blue got their Ivy title defense off to a good start, pushing aside Harvard and Yale by a combined six goals. The triumph over the Elis was coach Karin Brower Corbett’s school-record 152nd win as head coach of the Quakers, breaking Anne Sage’s mark.

A trip out west to California did not treat Penn kindly, as the Red and Blue dropped three of four matches after beating Temple at home on Mar. 9. The Quakers’ home sweep over their Big Five rivals was particularly dominant, as Penn dropped only two sets to the Owls.

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gotten that far yet but obviously being the 12 seed and hearing that it is the highest in the school’s history is a great accomplishment for the program. The Longhorns finished fourth in the Big 12 this season, led in scoring and rebounding by junior forward Nneka Enemkpali. McLaughlin was candid after the watch party, saying he had already taken a peek at Texas.

The Quakers’ quest to defend their Ivy League title began in Florida, as Penn dropped four of five games in Orlando at the UCF Spring Fling and split six contests at Tampa’s USF Under Armour Showcase. Penn won games against teams from four different conferences over the week.

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Annapolis, maryland Dover, Delaware Richmond, Virginia The Quakers began gearing up for a competitive season by heading south, jetting off to Gainesville, GA for their annual spring break training excursion. Penn opens the spring season against St. Joe’s and George Washington on Saturday.

Making their season debut, the Quakers finished dead last in a field of 18 at the Cleveland Palmetto Invitational. Leading the way for Penn was junior Ben Cooley, who finished in 76th place after posting a low round score of 78.

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What was the top moment for the Quakers over break? BY DP SPORTS EDITORS be coming. Senior Sports Editor Steven TyFrom The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports dings: While men’s lacrosse pulled blog, THE BUZZ off the impressive win away from home, Penn wrestling had a solid Spring Break was a dizzying showing in the Eastern Intercolletime for Penn Athletics, with the giate Wrestling Association (EIWA) women’s basketball team punching Championships in the friendly conan NCAA Tournament ticket with a fines of the Palestra. stunning upset win against PrincThe Quakers had two grapplers eton on its own f loor. But what was get to the finals of their weightthe top moment for Penn’s other class. No. 11 in the country, junior teams ? Our Sports Editors discuss: Lorenzo Thomas was ranked No. 2 Sports Editor Ian Wenik: I’m in EIWAs at 184 pounds, and made going to show some recognition for a run all the way to the finals to the men’s lacrosse team and what have a rematch with Cornell’s No. it was able to accomplish in front of 1, Gabe Dean . While Dean was able a national TV audience on Fox Col- to defeat Thomas, 3-1, thanks to a lege Sports against Villanova on the controversial takedown, Thomas first Saturday of break. clinched an NCA A berth and will Trailing 11-7 in the fourth quarter, be No. 11 in Oklahoma City in his the Quakers pulled off a comeback weightclass. you almost never see, scoring five Meanwhile, senior Brad Wukie goals in eight minutes to somehow was the surprise of the weekend, depull out a 12-11 victory in hostile feating No. 5 Brian Harvey of Army territory. It’s certainly early in the to get to the finals, where he was season, but I’m sure that junior upended. Wukie will head to NCAAs midfield Joe McCallion’s winning as well, facing off with Pittsburgh’s goal with just two minutes left to No. 7 Tyler Wilps . play w ill be one of the Quakers’ Sophomore Casey Kent had a solemotional high points. id showing at 165 pounds, making it Penn may have lost its only other to the semifinals. Kent lost two of match of break to then-No.16 Princ- his final three duals, but he came eton, 15-12, but this team is cur- out with a bid to NCAAs thanks to a rently sitting 13th in the nation with fourth-place finish. And while fresha lot of momentum as it heads into man Caleb Richardson lost both of Ivy play and a date on Saturday with his matches at EIWAs, he received No. 3 Cornell. An NCAA run could an at-large bid to NCA A ChampiSports Desk (215) 898-6585 ext. 147

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Wrestling at the Penn-hosted EIWA championships over spring break, sophomore Casey Kent put together a solid performance. The 165-pounder wrestled his way into the semifinals at his weightclass and earned a fourth-place finish, good enough for a bid to the NCAA Championships. onships at 125 pounds, where he will face the No. 9 ranked grappler, Wyoming’s Tyler Cox . Sports Editor Riley Steele: I tip my hat to Mike McLaughlin and

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the rest of the women’s basketball squad for a remarkable performance over break. But I think one definitely needs to take a look at the work of the Penn women’s lacrosse

team from the past two weekends. On the field, the Quakers took down two quality Ivy opponents to

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