March 31, 2014 by The Daily Pennsylvanian

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Fling concert to be held in Irvine SPEC decided to relocate the concert over concerns for David Guetta’s security BY JODY FREINKEL and JILL CASTELLANO Folks Editor & DPS BFF

If you want to Fling on Franklin Field, you might want to petition the Social Planning and Events Committee to bring back Girl Talk. Due to security concerns, David Guetta will be performing the Spring Fling concert in Irvine Auditorium. Students who purchased floor tickets after winning them in last week’s lottery will be refunded, and a new lottery will open Tuesday to distribute tickets for seats in Irvine. SPEC Concerts’ Co-Chair Ben Jones, a College senior, said SPEC leaders decided to relocate the concert — including the opening acts by bands Magic Man and Ra Ra Riot — from Franklin Field to Irvine after reviewing security requirements in Guetta’s contract. “Originally, we thought we could accommodate our contractual obligations and still host [Guetta] at Franklin Field,” Jones said. “But following the security measures required to host such a high-profile artist would be considerably simpler in a more controlled environment, so we ultimately chose to relocate the concert.” Measures required by Guetta’s contract include metal detectors for all attendees and pat-downs for any attendee deemed “suspicious” by security staff. Metal detectors will be stationed at the entrance to Irvine, and a staff of around 50 security guards will monitor the concert, in addition to the usual measures taken by Penn Police in past years. The capacity of Irvine Auditorium will also restrict the number of students able to attend the concert. The auditorium seats only 1,260 students — approximately the same number of students who normally hold floor passes for Franklin Field concerts. Around 1,100 floor tickets were sold in 2012 when Tiesto headlined the Spring Fling concert. Jones said that SPEC considered replacing the headliner rather than relocatSEE IRVINE PAGE 5

Squatters discovered at Gutmann’s campus home BY FOLA ONIFADE Twenty minute embargo Three students were found running a business inside of President Amy Gutmann’s house. An investigative team at the Department of Public Safety discovered students squatting in the President’s House located on 38th and Walnut streets. Two Wharton students and an M&T student were evacuated from the house and transferred to Hill College House on Sunday evening. Wharton junior and squatter Patrice Garden, who was found squatting on Gutmann’s golden throne, said that the lack of available on-campus housing pushed her and her friends to live in Gutmann’s home. “The housing system sucks and we waited too long to get good off-campus housing,” she said. “We all know the rumors that the President doesn’t live there, so we figured we could get away with it.” The other squatters, M&T senior Conrad Conley and Wharton sophomore Diana Gonzales, saw squatting as a perfect business opportunity. “We decided to put our business skills to good use. Instead of leaving the house empty, we set up headquarters here for our SEE GUTMANN PAGE 8

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U. cancels Reading Days Citing an excessive number of snow days, Penn will replace Reading Days with extra class BY BRENDA WANG The DP Hipster? Reading Days have been cut to make up for the canceled classes due to snow this semester, Provost Vincent Price said in a statement in Penn News

Today. Instead of being able to catch up on Game of Thrones, students will now have to attend classes on May 1 and 2. However, because the number of class days lost outnumber the number of reading days, students will

have to attend two days worth of class each day. For some students, this might mean over 24 hours of class per day. “This is literally impossible,” Eduardo K im, a dual dualdegree student in M&T and Huntsman, said. “Even if I skip

recitation I’ll still have to break the time barrier to get to all my classes.” Price also warned that if the rainy weather continues, the University may cancel class due to flooding. “And you know what that means,” Price said. ■

Documents reveal U. bid to purchase Drexel Proposed merger blocked by federal government, citing antitrust laws

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BY WILLIAM MARBLE Tech-Savvy Reporter Newly uncovered documents show the University offered to purchase Drexel University in November, but the offer was dropped when the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice threatened to block the proposed merger. The Daily Pennsylvanian obtained 300 pages of documents from a former Facilities and Estate Services employee, who was fired after Shake Shack announced it would be building a location on Drexel’s campus and not Penn’s. The documents include emails,

letters and text messages among Penn and Drexel administrators. David Cohen, the chairman of Penn’s Board of Trustees and the executive vice president of Comcast, sent a letter on Nov. 22 to Drexel President John Fry offering $2 billion dollars for the neighboring university. “A merger of our institutions would be mutually beneficial, allowing us to pool our significant resources and strengthen the community in University City and Philadelphia,” the letter read. “The vitality of the city depends on ‘eds and meds’ like our universities.”

“P.S. A merger would give us easy access to Shake Shack, too. We’ll pay top dollar for that alone,” the letter ended. In a response, Fry — who was formerly Penn’s executive vice president — sent an email to Cohen: “I think we can work something out,” also indicating that Drexel would be willing to accept access to the Penn Vet Working Dogs Center in exchange for a lesser price. When rumors of the deal surfaced, however, the Justice Department sent

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Dueling Tampons to be repainted white BY LAURA ANTHONY Caliente … nympho Penn is getting some up grades. Period. The iconic statue on High Rise Field known as The Tampons will be repainted white over the summer, the first in a new campus design evaluation initiative called Transforming School Style. TSS is a new partnership between with Penn Design’s architecture program and Facilities & Real Estate Services to come up with innovative ideas for campus-wide design renovations. “We want to break the cycle of design ruts on campus, and TSS is the best way for Penn to absorb all of the creativity and expertise that our students and employees have to offer,“ University Architect and codirector of TSS David Hollenberg said. T welfth-year architecture student Tammy Paxton proposed the idea of repainting The

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sure that students, faculty and employees have 360 degree comfort in terms of the design and aesthetic value of Penn’s campus,” she said. But FRES has expressed con-

cerns about the logistical details of the upcoming paint job. “I’m just worried that some of the color from the original paint might bleed through, so we will have to be extremely cautious when selecting the right brand and style of paint to make sure that it’s the right fit,” said Guy Ceauxteks, founding managing director for paint maintenance for FRES. TSS will officially kick off in the fall, when Penn Design and FRES will perform monthly evaluations of Penn’s overall aesthetic quality. “We will be closely collaborating with the artists whose work is represented on campus to ensure that these changes won’t cramp their style,” TSS co-director and executive director of design and construction management for FRES Michael Dausch said. Hollenberg said he is ext r emely h appy t o see t h i s program get off the ground, SEE TAMPONS PAGE 9

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Olive Garden opens on campus

Carbs on carbs on carbs on carbs on carbs on carbs BY LAUREN FEINER Carbs Carbs Carbs Carbs Carbs There’s a new fraternity coming to Locust Walk — and it promises endless breadsticks and pasta. Omega Gamma, more commonly known as “Olive Garden,” will be colonizing in Fall 2014. Its main chapter house will be located at 3539 Locust, formerly the Phi Kappa Sigma — commonly

referred to as Skulls — house. “We are looking for pledges who are committed to our core values,” College junior and OG President Vinni DiMaggio said. “Most fraternities are committed to bottomless kegs. We are committed to bottomless pasta bowls.” Scott Reikofski, the director of the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life, was particularly excited about OG’s addition to campus. “With the endless carbs available at Olive Garden, we expect the number of students who are

MERTed to decrease significantly,” he said. “I’ll never have to satisfy my drunchies with Allegro’s again!” College freshman Alexa Carmichal said. Some students were wary of the organization’s notoriously bottomless meals and drinks. “Portion control is a serious issue,” April Green, a Wharton junior and member of the Urban Nutrition Initiative said. “Olive Garden will turn the freshman 15 into the freshman 50.” DiMaggio argues the endless

nature of their servings is indicative of members’ tight bonds. “Fraternity life is about brotherhood,” he said. “And brotherhood is forever. Just like our breadsticks.” Beyond the brotherhood, OG plans to incorporate inspirations from the Olive Garden menu into its social events. You won’t find any jungle juice at the OG house. DiMaggio anticipates their most popular cocktails will include the “Shrimp Scampi,” “Alfredo White Wine,” and the “Cucina Mia,” in which guests may customize

Whistleblower reveals SPEC data gathering has gone too far BY SAM BYERS Lumberjack SPEC is spying on you. That’s why they got the Fling headliner right this year. The “SPEC-Reconnaissance” subcommittee was created last year with the task of collecting information about students’ online lives and habits from numerous sources, documents provided to the Daily Pennsylvanian show. The group targeted publicly available information on online student forums, such as Twitter, CollegiateACB, Penn Admirers and official and unofficial class Facebook pages, in order to compile a database of each student’s music and pop-culture preferences. SPEC created the subcommittee in response to complaints over last year’s Spring Fling headliner, Girl Talk. Trying to avoid another letdown for this year’s Fling, SPEC turned to data mining to discover the most lusted-after artists on campus while avoiding students rigging its selection process. The new student government agency was created by a unanimous vote of the Undergraduate Assembly last April in a closed door meeting.

But according to documents, released by “Edward,” one of several computer science students consulted by the 10-member committee overseeing the project, the primary mandates of SPEC-Reconnaissance and the database have shifted. “The idea became that we would gather a list of all the ‘bad apples’ on campus — students who have violated the code of conduct, were part of unsavory or undesirable organizations or who SPEC members just had a bad feeling about — and use the database to identify their friends and classmates who might also be dangerous,” said Edward, who wished to remain anonymous because he didn’t pick up his Fling floor passes yet. Since it’s inception, SPEC-Reconnaissance’s data gathering expedition has expanded far beyond its original scope. Instead of just knowing students’ top songs on Spotify, the group began to look into all types of data at Penn. It even knew that three students were squatting at Penn President Amy Gutmann’s house before Penn Police did. Over time, however, committee members began consulting student data for more and more frivolous things. “The UA amended the com-

mittee’s charter to allow them to operate without oversight from the rest of SPEC,” Edward said. Instead they started reporting directly to UA President Abe Sutton, who reportedly rubber-stamped approval for any SPEC-Reconnaissance requests to come across his desk. Sutton did not return multiple phone calls and email requests for interviews regarding SPECReconnaissance or Penn Security Appendix — the official name for the database of student information, known internally as PennSA. “We have to ask ourselves if it’s worth the [student] government spying on us if this is what it’s being used for,” Edward said. When asked why he decided to blow the whistle on stud gov’s surveillance project, Edward said, “I was snowed in during one of the blizzards back in February when I got an email from the SPEC-Reconnaissance listserv asking to help analyze a new crop of data including grades and advisors’ personal evaluations of students.” “That was where I drew the line — I realized that our student government was no longer working for freedom, but instead had become an instrument of tyranny,” said Edward, “They’re drunk on power.”

their experience by taking a shot of any three drink “courses” for only $9.99. “We found that many fraternal organizations were failing to reach their breadstick quota,” Reikofski said. “We hope that the addition of the Omega Gamma fraternity will fill this hole on campus.” Reikofski also hopes that the organization will be a home to pasta-loving students who have yet to find their niche at Penn. “When you’re here, you’re family,” DiMaggio added.

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Cohen: Penn and Drexel don’t compete DREXEL from page 1 a letter to Cohen and Fry, saying that a merger would constitute a violation of antitrust laws. The letter noted that the two universities together would make up over 30 percent of the market share of college students in Philadelphia. Cohen called the merger “a lot less scary, a lot less large and a lot less complicated than some people would like to make it.” He noted that Penn and Drexel do not compete for students in a single ZIP code in the United States. He could not provide evidence to support this claim. “Any time there is any consolidation in the higher education space, the sky is going to fall, the world is going to end as we know it, the Internet is going to end as we know it,” Cohen said. ” But advocates for higher education affordability decried the failed deal, saying it would have given Penn an effective monopoly — leading to lower quality education and tuition even higher than it already is. “Penn already gouges its students with its tuition of over $60,000 a year,” College Affordability Matters President Anna Gorman said. “If it had merged with Drexel, students who want to study in beautiful West Philadelphia would have had to pay hundreds of thousands a year.” Community activist George Freeman said the offer is just another example of Penn attempting to gentrify the neighborhood, pushing out longtime residents to build amenities for “rich Penn kids.” “Thank god this deal didn’t go through,” Freeman, who lives just north of Drexel said. “Six blocks of separation between me and Penn students is my limit.” 129 has-been Sarah Smith contributed reporting.

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next day, Feb. 22, Magnificent Melvin and his staff produced their own Pennsylvania News, mocking the News’ frivolous style. But Melvin didn’t stop there. He unsheathed his verbal axe and proceeded to chop down the student government, too. In those days, the Men’s Student Government (the sexes were separated there as well) was run by two rival political parties, the Union and the Red and the Blue, both coalitions of fraternities. But that year, a new political entity held the balance of power. The members of this third party, the United Christian Front Student Anarchism League, had been elected on the promise that they would disrupt student government. The DP thought the time was ripe for just that sort of thing. Thus, the Feb. 22 issue carried the banner headline “Men’s Gov’t Verges on Collapse; Anarchists Trigger Bitter International Clash.” Not one to go halfway, the next morning Melvin ran a front-page editorial urging the University to “abolish all student government.” All this piqued the student politicos, so they held a special Saturday meeting and suspended funds for the campus rag, charging that Melvin’s

News parody was “libelous, vulgar and, in general, an insult to the intellect and morals of the University.” Actually, the bluest thing in the issue was an announcement that the College for Women-sponsored “ceremony in honor of the first buds of spring” would be “consummated on Monday on the lawn.” With the support of the Dean of Men — who was also the victim of a few scathing editorials — the DP for Monday, Feb. 26, which was then printed on Friday night, was confiscated and burned. (Since then, the DP has always printed its Monday editions on Sunday nights.) The student government also staged a rally protesting “irresponsible journalism.” The suspension made headlines up and down the East Coast and was mentioned in London’s The Observer. Meanwhile, special editions of The Harvard Crimson and The Columbia Daily Spectator were flown in to fill the journalistic void. Finally, on March 2, 1962, freedom of the press was restored and the DP was allowed to publish — minus Melvin, who was put on academic probation and prohibited from participating in any extracurricular activities. Undaunted by the loss of their leader, however, the staffers printed a note at the top of

the March 2 issue that read: “As we were saying before we were so rudely interrupted” and proceeded to publish “Part II” of the editorial blasting Men’s Student Government. (An interesting note: The person who took over as editor-in-chief after Melvin’s suspension was Michael Brown, the 1986 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine and Commencement speaker 11 years ago.) Ever since the memorable Melvin incident, DP editors male and female have followed Melvin’s example and produced a DP gag issue each year. The results have often been memorable. One year, an associate dean in the College called up the provost to ask why he had not been told that the University had been kicked out of the Ivy League. Another February, an article disclosing that the University was really a “mafia shield” caused a Philadelphia Evening Bulletin editor to “damn near run to the telephone to give somebody hell for missing a story like that.” Thus, the current editors, recalling Magnificent Melvin and his clashes with the forces of evil, present Joke Issue 2014, partly in fun, partly in jest — and partly to remind everyone who really runs things around here.

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Dear Amy, we need to talk

ear Amy G., The other day, I woke up to find 4 voicemails and 3 emails from you asking me to perform at Spring Fling. As much as the idea of being surrounded by intoxicated masses of horny, intoxicated, rolling teenagers appealed to me, I feel compelled to explain my apprehension in this letter. I was happy to speak at the College graduation five years ago. I was a little unnerved when you requested that I call you ‘Amy G.’ instead of

he Undergraduate Assembly is beyond repair. It would make little difference if the Interfraternity Council were able to mount a takeover of the failing student government, or if there were a sudden increase in interest during this week’s UA election. The undergraduates of this UNIVERSITY do not and should not respect a political body which wields little power. The UA has squandered its authority and responsibility to the student activities council and the nominations and elections committee. In this quest for a balance of power, the UA surrendered the most important tools needed to represent effectively. The UA is no longer a viable medium for political change and discourse on this campus. It is also an embarrassment to all undergraduates who attend our Ivy League University. The average student prob-

‘President Gutmann’ or even just ‘Amy,’ but I soon accepted it as one of those quirks that comes with making 2 million dollars a year to spend on spa treatments and hair dye. I was okay with coming back to Penn for your dismally named “Time to Shine” celebration and sitting through rehearsal after rehearsal of that terrible song. I was even okay when you cut me off from singing my Grammynominated song “Ordinary People” at the concert for said terrible song. I felt a little uneasy committing to be Penn’s Commencement

speaker (wasn’t speaking at the 2009 basket-weaving ceremony good enough?), but I accepted anyway, understanding that you must be in a really dire situation. But this has gone too far. Amy, I think it’s time for you to take me off speed dial. What would your husband think? I’m not into you. I thought of saying this last time you called me up to sing me your rendition of “All of Me,” but this has to stop. Also, please stop threatening to launch bioethical investigations into my wife. I don’t even know what that means.

To be honest, I don’t even like your school that much. I am tired of Penn. I’m tired

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Amy, I think it’s time for you to take me off your speed dial.”

of telling these students year after year that they are the best and the brightest and

destined for great futures. If they were really the best and brightest, they would have figured out years ago that we’ve been saying the same thing since I came to Penn as a bright-eyed, honey-voiced 15-year-old and that you say the same thing to every class at Convocation. They’re not the best and the brightest. They might not even have bright futures, especially not after spending 60,000 dollars a year to learn how to BS their way through the “arts and letters” requirement in expensive suits. I understand that you’re

committed to diversity here, but if you ask the same black guy to come year after year, is that really so diverse? The bottom line is that I can’t keep leaving home and coming to Penn — more importantly, I don’t want to. I mean, have you seen my wife? My time would be much better spent in bed with her. After all, if there’s anything that my repeated visits to Penn have taught me, it’s that the world could really use some more beautiful people. Yours (but not like that), The Legend

Editorial | Abolish the UA ably knows little ,if anything, about the UA , and even if they do, they show no indication that they care. At Sunday’s UA Candidate press conference, fewer than 10 obser vers attended. Even UA chairman Keith Wasserstrom missed the event. D o you r e me mb e r t he name of last year’s UA Chairman? The chairman from two years ago? Can you name two UA subcommittees, or more importantly what they accomplished? Whether it’s student apathy or UA ineffectiveness, our current student government has a reputation that hinders its ability to act. The administration does not take it ser iously. UA members coward from fighting tuition increases, probably the most impor tant issue af fecting underg raduates, because members knew the trustees do not respect them enough to listen. Anything less than a complete restructuring to the UA

would be futile and the time has come to end the futility. *

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Anything less than a complete restructuring to the UA would be futile and the time has come to end the futility. The creation of a new student government will be no simple task and will require students to take the f irst step. We would have hoped that the UA would realize its ineptitude. But denial is one of its only traditions. The onus is on undergraduates to initiate this overhaul. In order to abolish the UA, 20 0 undergraduates must call for a referendum and 15 percent of the student body must then participate.

We are asking you to sign a statement back ing such a vote. Clip out and complete the petition below and send it through intramural mail to: NEC Chairman, UA/NEC Office Houston Hall, Intramural Code 6306. O nc e t he UA i s v ot e d down, the undergraduates could send about creating a new student government. At a convention open to all undergraduates, students

could present ideas and possible structures for the new government. The Daily Pennsylvanian or some multi-interest group could publicize the proposals and present them to student body for consideration. Eventually, the students should have the final say in their form of representation. The plan is far-reaching and will require the energy of many people but to start

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BY CLAIRE COHEN E. L. James Protege Think the Power Down Challenge was a blast? Well, get ready to explode with the next great Penn tradition: the Get It Up Challenge, sponsored by the Office of Recreational Gatherings and Sexual Management. The Get It Up Challenge is a competition between college houses to decide once and for all who has the most sex. The rules are simple — starting at noon Monday, the college house that has the most sex by 12 p.m. on Monday, April 6, will win the newly coveted golden condom trophy. “Acts of oral sex are given half a point, vaginal earns one, anal adds two and handies don’t count — we’re not in middle school,” the University said in a statement about the challenge. All sexual acts must be posted on Instagram or Vine with the hashtag “get it up” in order to be verified by ORGASM. Participants can only earn two points per sexual partner and all sexual acts must be consensual. “Grab a pack of your favorite rubbers — or go raw dog — and get all up inside the student body’s new favorite tradition,” ORGASM Director Anita Head, a 1969 College graduate, said. The house that has the most sex by the end of the week will also win free coupons to Pleasure Chest in Center City and one lap dance per house mem-

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ber — paid for through Penn’s impressively sized endowment — at the Atlantis Strip Club, located under the Chili’s at 38th and Walnut streets. “You know our endowment is big — now we want to see yours,” the University’s statement read. Students are titillated to begin competing in the challenge. “I live in the nipple — physically and spiritually — so I am beyond ready to lead my house to victory,” College freshman and Fisher Hassenfeld resident Richard McCokiner said.

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Students living off campus, however, are dismayed that they can’t participate in the challenge. “I have been doing kegel exercises on a regular basis for the last five months, and now it’s all for nothing,” Wharton senior Emily Goldbloom said. “This is more of a let down than my first time.”

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IRVINE from page 1 ing the Fling concert. He said that he went as far as contacting John Legend and drafting a new contract for Legend to headline Fling in place of Guetta. However, Jones decided to solicit input from all members of SPEC Concerts. The entire staff of the committee deliberated together before the final decision was made. Jones attributed the quick turnaround time in getting Legend to agree to perform to Penn President Amy Gutmann’s close personal friendship with the singer. Legend will be this year’s Commencement speaker and performed at the Time to Shine celebration event in Penn Park in 2013. SPEC rejected its backup plan in favor of retaining a less nepotistic headliner. “In the end, we concluded that students would rather have David Guetta in Irvine than John Legend on Franklin Field,” Jones said. SPEC is planning to offer a live stream of the concert for students who cannot attend in person due to the capacity restrictions. University officials said that they are working to clear space from the university-wide server so that no student gets a 404 error or encounters other difficulties in accessing the live stream. The University’s server has been known to crash during high volume times, like when regular decision admissions decisions are released. SPEC expects the traffic to be about as heavy as on regular decision admissions day, which sees about 30,000 people log-

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ging onto Penn’s server at once. Jones said he is disappointed to see his term as co-chair end in a way he knows will upset students. “After last year, we really wanted to put

together a concert that would have popular support with the student body,” he said. “I’m still hoping that the students who can attend in person at Irvine will have a really great Fling experience.”

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U. establishes Committee^3 Are Committees on committees productive, U asks. BY BOOKYUNG JO PENNGUINEERING REPORTER Starting next academic ye a r, t he Com m it t ee on Committees on Committees will oversee the new mental health committee, as well as several student government committees. The Nominations and Elections Committee and the University Council currently have Committees on Committees to regulate their committees. The NEC runs elections for undergraduate student government, and the University Council makes recommendations on University life to the Trustees of the University. Currently, the Senate Ex-

ecutive Committee oversees the Faculty Senate, which represents full-time teaching faculty at the University. The three chairs have regular meetings with the President and the Provost to communicate issues raised among the faculty. Separately, the Undergraduate Assembly’s committees represent issues in undergraduate student life. “The Committee on Committees on Committees will serve as a point of contact where the President, faculty and students can come together,” Dwight Jaggard, Faculty Senate chair, said. “Moreover, the new committee will make the job easier for President Gutmann now that she only needs to talk with one committee.” The Undergraduate Assembly also expressed its support for the new committee.

“This committee puts Undergraduate Student Government at the same level with the faculty,” Abe Sutton, the President of Undergraduate Assembly, said. The Committee on Committees on Committees will carry out annual investigations on the subord inate committees to make sure the NEC’s Committee on Committees and the University Council’s Committee on Committees are functioning properly in monitoring their subordinate committees. President Gutmann herself will inspect the Committee on Committees on Committees biannually, as well. The chair of the new committee is yet to be decided. The President and the Provost are expecting to announce the appointment within a couple of weeks.

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“We’re currently looking for a chair who will be comprehensive enough to understand the intricate structure of the committee,” Gutmann said. With the establishment of the Committee on Comm it t e e s o f C o m m it t e e s , Undergraduate Student Government intends to promote and expand the Nominations and Elections Committee as an equivalent to the Senate Executive Committee. “Student committees need a stronger overarching overseer that enhances communication between the new committee and the existing student committees,” Sutton said. “Some raise questions as to the efficiency of the new committee,” Jaggard said. “But seriously, the Committee on Committees on Committees will take care of the University as a whole.”

BY COSETTE GASTELU Delta Pi Sigma Sorority Sister Burglary: March 25, 2014: An affiliated 64-year-old female reported at 10 a.m. that unknown persons gained entry to an office in College Hall at some point during the night. A Tupperware container labeled, “STASH FROM DESSERT RECEPTION,” a life-sized John Legend poster and eight well-tailored red-and-blue skirt suits were reportedly removed from the office. Harassment: March 26, 2014: An affiliated 19-year-old male reported at about 1:45 a.m. that he was approached on the 3700 block of Spruce Street by three unknown females carrying iPads and miscellaneous campaign paraphernalia. The male stated that the unknown females demanded that he give them his vote in the up-

coming Undergraduate Assembly elections. Suspects fled when police arrived at the scene. Fraud: March 23, 2014: An unaffiliated 38-year-old female reported at about 5 p.m. that two eateries located on the 3700 block of Spruce Street were stealing the identity of her food truck. The female, proprietor of the “The Original Real Le Anh,” stated that two other food trucks had been passing themselves off as the one true Le Anh for months. Upon arrival at the scene, police declined to make any arrests but did order several servings of fried rice. Treason: March 23, 2014: An affiliated 20-year-old male was arrested by Penn Police at about 3:15 a.m. on the 4000 block of Chestnut Street after being observed wearing an

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Hallmates say hookup was a long time coming; situation ‘awkward’ BY ALEX GETSOS Skype Edit Two freshmen in the third floor Green Suite of Hill College house are bringing a whole new meaning to the term “hallcest.” Jen Greenblatt has grown very close to her freshman hall since the beginning of the year, but tensions have began to run high after she hooked up with fellow suitemate Jed Hutcherson Saturday night. “Ever since we hooked up, I’m extremely unclear as to where we stand,” Greenblatt said. “We were all so close and now it’s awkward every time either of us walks in to join the group in the common room.” Greenblatt has not only been obsessively stalking Hutcherson’s Facebook and T witter

pages, but also has asked all his friends what he’s said about her. “I see him posing with a girl on Facebook and I get so freaked out because I start to wonder who she is,” Greenblatt said. “I always ask everybody if they know her and whether he’s been talking about me, but they claim he hasn’t mentioned anything.” Hutcherson recently had a girlfriend come visit from Colorado last weekend. According to friends close to Hutcherson, they decided to go on a break. “I’d been dating her for two years and I think we need to try other people in college,” Hutcherson said. Hutcherson noticed that after hooking up with Greenblatt, he got increasingly more Snapchats of her posing with various guy friends of hers. “She’s sent me at least five a day since Saturday night,” Hutcherson said. “I’ve gotten so many that she’s already bumped herself up to my top three Snap-

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new app called Find-A-Home,” Conley said. “I came up with the idea while taking a squat on Gutmann’s golden throne. That shit is actually made of gold.” The squatters did not sign up for meal plans because they found the leftover food from Gutmann’s many parties to be sufficient. They also made use of the President’s state of the art kitchen. “We found a soda machine, several bottles of tequila and like a hundred coupons to the Philly Pretzel Factory,” Gonzales said. “We were living well.” While shocked, Gutmann marveled at the ingenuity of the students. “At Penn, we take pride in having the best and brightest students taught by the best faculty,” she said. “I’m impressed by their ability to think outside the box, but I wish they would have left my tequila. ” She announced on her Twitter account that she would immediately hire four Allied Barton security staff members to survey the house 24 hours a day. The Allied Barton staff would be accompanied by a squatter-sniffing dog named Officer Shoes. The accuracy rates of Officer Shoes have yet to be determined. The students were discovered through the creation of a new University-sponsored committee that was created without Gutmann’s knowledge. Provost Vincent Price announced earlier in the semester, through a clandestine Twitter account, the creation

ficer Socks, was dispatched to the scene and later found the area to be clear of all explosives.

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ages of 18 and 21 carrying a variety of musical instruments. As they approached, police observed the suspects illegally crossing the intersection of 34th and Walnut Streets and issued members of the group tickets for jaywalking. Theft: Theft from building: 5 Retail theft: 2 Bike theft: 3 Rollerblade theft: #90sKidProblems

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Frat house sinks into ground; frat dog unharmed FRES officials say sinking was due to lack of maintenance BY YUEQI YANG Students on Campus… The Delta Pi fraternity chapter house at 4015 Walnut St. sunk into the ground 12 feet below the street last night. Officials at Facilities & Real Estate Services believed that the rain from the weekend caused the disaster. Water that bubbled from the basement has covered the surface of the frat house. Cracks had snaked across the walls. The house is still visibly sinking slowly. All 32 brothers had relocated to the Pottruck Gym for Sunday evening, after receiving an evacuation warning from the Division of Public Safety. Penn Police secured DP last night after 2 a.m. No one was allowed to take personal belongings from the house, in case a sudden

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complete collapse of the house occurred. “I was watching TV in the house, and I felt that [it] started to slowly sink into the ground. I was kinda freaked out, but I thought it was just me,” said Jim Locke, a Wharton sophomore and DP brother. “The frat dog jumped into the basement and I thought he would crawl back out, but I haven’t seen him since then,” Lock added. After consulting with other brothers, who also claimed to have felt a sinking feeling, they exited the building immediately and dialed 911. Officials at the FRES believed that the lack of repair and maintenance has made the house vulnerable to heavy rain in the recent week. “I have never seen something like this in my career. It’s beyond our capacity to repair,” said FRES official Vince Sharpe. “It’s a tragedy, really.” The disaster raised question

on the lack of maintenance of fraternity houses on campus in general. Some other fraternity houses on Spruce and Walnut streets have been placed under surveillance. In the past two months, seven fraternity houses and one sorority house have filed repair reports. Issues include moaning toilets, overflowing laundry machines and mice breaking bottles of alcoholic drinks. The University plans to install detectors and cameras in Greek houses to combat overcrowded parties, illegal alcohol consumption, loud music playing and unprotected sex. This announcement follows the Daily Pennsylvanian’s discovery of the existence of SPEC-Reconnaissance, which spies on students’ music tastes. The 32 DP brothers will live in Eminent Commander Taylor Culliver’s Rodin apartment for the remainder of the week. They do not yet have alternative house options after the week.

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On Saturday MERT and University Police participated in a 15 hour long competition to see who could really get to the drunk kids first. The competition included races around the Quad, a timed 9-1-1 dialing contest and many other tests of skill.

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Out-of-shape kids get crunk at the Pot-truck STILL MORE FANS THAN THE WNBA | Shirtless team cannot be tamed in blowouts BY HUGH JAY NAUGHTS Really shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a big deal Call it what it was â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an utter devastation. In one of the most epic beatdowns ever administered on the less-than-hallowed halls of the second floor of the David S. Pottruck Health and Fitness Center, the Shirtless Wheezing, Out of Shape Guys took care of business on the Other Wheezing, Out of Shape Guys in a best-of-three contest, 110, 11-1. It seemed like the series wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even going to get off the ground in the first place. Before breaking themselves off into teams of shirts and skins, the combined group of wheezing, out of shape guys cowered under the near basket of Court 3, afraid to ask when the Rec League game going on at the time would finish. After the Rec Leaguers left, further delays popped up when an argument ensued over who would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;shirtsâ&#x20AC;? and who would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;skins,â&#x20AC;? leaving egos bruised and feelings hurt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just ... I just have a lot of issues taking my shirt off in public around people,â&#x20AC;? shirts point guard Charles Falcon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were some bad times in summer camp after

Sudoku now priority over basketball MAHONEY from page 12 who is going to stop all these rats? I really hope Mike gets us out of here. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know Mike was used to being in the middle of nowhere from his time at Dartmouth, but the basement of Weightman is a real struggle.â&#x20AC;? Dor man could not be reached for comment at print time as he was preparing for whenever Penn has its next menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer NCAA Tournament game. Mahoney has worked directly with womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer, menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball and menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse as well as womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rowing and golf. Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball coach Jerome Allen was excited by

seventh grade. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Luckily, some of the other guys resolved the problem while I f illed up my water bottle.â&#x20AC;? Once the ball was checked, though, everything was resolved on the court. In game one, the skins took control quickly, led by the play of junior point guard, Usuqqa Maddiq. Despite standing 6-foot-4, a solid three inches taller than anyone else on the court, Maddiq preferred to run the team, spotting up for threes with two hands in his face and ignoring calls for the ball from his wideopen teammates. But he made the shirts pay â&#x20AC;&#x201D; eventually. Why do we have this photo? After airballing his first seven attempts, Maddiq banged in One of the most hallowed arenas in sports, the David S. Pottruck Health and Fitness three in a row while pulling out Center hosted an excellent basketball contest of exquisite nature on Sunday. every celebration in the book, from â&#x20AC;&#x153;three gogglesâ&#x20AC;? to the less pick and roll plays, but Maddiq inadvertently shot on D-Generation X crotch chop. neither player could properly his own basket, the onslaught â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m one of the baddest roll to the basket. continued, leaving one set of ballers of all time,â&#x20AC;? Maddiq As a result, the shirts strug- shirtless, wheezing, out of said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m one of the best gled to find decent shots from shape guys gasping for air, shooters, one of the best-look- the floor, as Falcon refused to and the other smiling while ing Penn students youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever drive the wide-open lane that also gasping for air. seen.â&#x20AC;? sat in front of him after several â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just â&#x20AC;&#x201D; gasp â&#x20AC;&#x201D; didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t On the other end of the pump fakes sent defenders have â&#x20AC;&#x201D; gasp â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the energy out court, things didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get much flying. there tonight,â&#x20AC;? Falcon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I better for the shirts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just a germaphobe,â&#x20AC;? need â&#x20AC;&#x201D; gasp â&#x20AC;&#x201D; my inhaler. Wheezing and out of shape, Falcon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Me get sweaty? And a smoothie.â&#x20AC;? the shirts seemed unprepared No way.â&#x20AC;? Watching the proceedings to run distances farther than After a Maddiq layup â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and with great intensity was Penn the walk to the communal obscene gesture â&#x20AC;&#x201D; finished basketball coach Jerome Albathrooms in their respective off game one, things didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t len, who is eager to solidify halls and were never able to get much better in the second his 2014-15 walk-on class after get into their offensive sets. session. an 8-20 campaign this season. Falcon and forward Taylor Though the shirts managed â&#x20AC;&#x153;That Charles Falcon kid, Cooperman attempted count- to gain a one-point lead when he made plays,â&#x20AC;? Allen said.

knew the ins and outs of Penn Athletics,â&#x20AC;? Price said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;M. Grace Calhoun simply couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wrap her head around Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many sports in the same way as Mr. Mahoney.â&#x20AC;? Calhoun, who was boarding a plane to get out of Philadelphia forever, praised the hire of Mahoney. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have hand-picked a better successor,â&#x20AC;? Calhoun said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are few people that have the Sudoku prowess that Mike possesses, and it will certainly come in handy as the head of Penn Athletics.â&#x20AC;? At his introductory press con fer ence , M a honey ad d r e sse d i ssue s i nvolv i ng Pen nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ba sket ba l l , which has struggled to the tune of a 17-42 record the past two seasons under Allen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No comment,â&#x20AC;? Mahoney said simply. As of press time, Mahoneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only act so far as athletic director has been the completion of a tough Sudoku puzzle.

the hiring. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tip my hat to the search committee,â&#x20AC;? Allen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Becoming an athletic director is a function of determination and effort, and Mike has displayed that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That being said, it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily my job to praise him.â&#x20AC;? With Calhoun leaving quickly, Penn needed to scramble to put together another advisory committee to find another new athletic director. After the last search did not pan out, Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer coach Rudy Fuller was named as the chair of the new committee. The committee, in conjunction with Daniel Parker of Parker Executive Search who was hired as a consultant, neglected to receive applications and instead reached out to candidates. Mahoney said that he â&#x20AC;&#x153;threw his hat in the ring,â&#x20AC;? expecting to get rejected and go back to his office in Weightman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We needed someone who

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Calhoun felt threatened by all the ‘Ms’ SERIOUSLY from page 12 new head coach for the men’s basketball team, how to stop baseball and softball games from getting rained out and how to install air conditioners at the Palestra. But after informing the audience at her introductor y press conference that she intended to spend a considerable amount of time with each Penn team, Calhoun came to realize that notion would be a challenge. “I really would’ve loved to get to k now all the teams, players and coaches Penn has to offer,” Calhoun said. “But I didn’t know how hard that would be.

“Seriously, have you ever tried to find Meiklejohn Stadium? It’d be a miracle to find time to make that hike and get to know the damn baseball team.” It appears that Calhoun also ran into some trouble with one of the Red and Blue’s most promising head coaches during her six days on the job. News outlets reported over the weekend that Calhoun attempted to fire Penn women’s basketball head coach Mike McLaughlin. C a l hou n a c k no w le d ge d those claims in an interview late Sunday. “There’s only room for so many M’s in this town,” Calhoun said. “I ultimately felt that Mike and I couldn’t coexist. “You’re next [Penn swimming coach] Mike Schnur.” It appears that Calhoun’s not on l y pl a n ne d t o f i r e McLaughlin, but also sought to replace him behind the

bench with current freshman center Sydney Stipanovich. Whether or not Stipanovich would have Bill Russell-ed her way through the 2014-15 season is unclear. Ultimately, Calhoun decided to search for a player from a non-revenue sport to hire as a McLaughlin’s replacement, in the hopes that a non-unionized athlete would be cheaper. Though Calhoun’s plans seem outrageous a nd her time as A D was short, her resignation brings with it considerable sadness from the University’s administration. “For days now, M. Grace Calhoun has lived and loved Penn Athletics, and the University has been incomparably the better for it,” Gutmann said in a press release. “The continuing success of so many of our teams and our studentathlete alumni during her time speaks volumes to what M. has achieved in her days at Penn.”

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Freshman quarterback William Rogaine is trying to walk on to Penn football. The 23-year-old freshman has held his own at spring practices, which led to coach Al Bagnoli saying that Rogaine ‘was surprising similar to the guy we had last year.’

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Only six days after being hired, Penn Athletic Director Grace Calhoun resigned the position late Sunday night. Calhoun cited a difficult working environment at an unsuccessful program as the source of her desire to return to her great situation at Loyola.

Fuller wanted someone from in department SEARCHING from page 12 handed in her letter of resignation, Price quickly got to work assembling the next committee. Price ceded control of the committee to Penn men’s soccer coach Rudy Fuller, who was delighted at the chance. “I think there is an opportunity to bring in some fresh ideas and some new energy to the department,” he said. “I think that’s exciting.” The committee rehired Daniel Parker of Parker Executive Search as a consultant for the search and added one new member — Anita Head, the director of the newly created Office of Recreational Gatherings and Sexual Management — before proceeding to contact all of the finalists from the last search. However, thanks to the insistence of some committee members, the group looked to some less obvious in-house candidates, including Athletic Communications Director Mike Mahoney and men’s basketball coach Jerome Allen. Allen was quickly jettisoned from the search when the committee realized that Allen couldn’t bring on former assistant coach Scott Pera as an associate athletic director. The committee ultimately found Mahoney as the top candidate for the job, a surprising to many outside observers. Mahoney is not a well-known name outside of Penn circles, causing many to question the move. Fuller was asked about the interesting hire of Mahoney,

who didn’t have the same experience of some of the other candidates, and the men’s soccer coach responded that it was Mahoney’s determination that got him the job. “It was because he ran up to the job quicker than anybody else,” Fuller said. Fuller was also adamant that the new hire needed to be someone from within the department after Calhoun left. “In that situation, it’s my belief that we can’t pick guys from outside the department,” Fuller said. “We don’t know what they’re feeling like, what their legs are feeling like, what their confidence is like. “So with our group typically, we are looking for who wants the shot. That means a lot. It means they’re confident, they are feeling fresh, and as soon as the committee started, Mahoney ran up and grabbed the job and we were like, ‘Great.’ “Didn’t even think twice about it.”

With that mentality, Mahoney was the clear choice for the job. Others on the committee cited the AComm head’s ability to manage a department that features Eric Dolan as a major reason in support of Mahoney. “After Dolan came back from his brief time on “The Halperts” [a failed spinoff of NBC’s “The Office”], he was certainly tough to manage,” Penn women’s basketball coach Mike McLaughlin said. “He was always craving the spotlight, trying to force teams to play in the NCAA Tournament. “I commend Mike Mahoney on his job of keeping Dolan in check.” With Mahoney in place, Fuller is excited to return to his previous position with Penn men’s soccer, according to a Penn Athletics Facebook post. Cindy Tony liked that post.

With fifth-year senior quarterback Billy Ragone graduating following this past season, Penn football coach Al Bagnoli has some big shoes to fill. Ragone, winner of three Ivy League titles throughout his time with the Red and Blue, is a left-handed, veteran quarterback with a knack for both deep throws to his receiving corps who also possesses the ability to step up and run. For the first several weeks of spring ball, Bagnoli did not know where he would turn as next season’s opening game rapidly approaches. Though Alek Torgersen performed well in relief against Cornell at the end of 2012, Bagnoli was hesitant to hand the reigns of the team to someone who spells “Alex” so weirdly. Repeatedly, Bagnoli has heaped praise on his former starting quarterback while issuing pleas for a new starting gunslinger. “Ragone’s been a huge part of our program for the past half-decade, but I was really hoping I could get four more years out of him,” Bagnoli said following Penn’s seasonending loss to the Big Red in

November. “I guess we’ll just have to look elsewhere.” Luckily, it doesn’t seem like Bagnoli will have to wait long for the solution as walk-on William Rogaine showed up on Bagnoli’s doorstep last week. Rogaine, the 23- yearold freshman, is confident that he has the skills necessary to succeed in this program. “I mean sure, I just started throwing left handed a few weeks ago and I’m not the most mobile guy,” Rogaine said sheepishly while visibly uncomfortable. “But I’m sure I can fit in right where I left off — eh, I mean where Billy left off.” R o g a i ne p r o c e e d e d t o stroke his chin, as if searching for a lost beard. While he found nothing but a clean-shaven face, Rogaine has found his throwing stroke early and of ten in spr ing practices, hitting senior wide receiver Conner Scott like he has ... never before? “We have really good chemistry going,” Scott said. “William and I go way back. It’s almost as if we’ve been playing together for years.” Bagnoli also mentioned that another walk-on quarterback had shown up to practice around the same time as Rogaine, a man by the name of Brian Pecker. “Now this guy walked in and said he was ‘Brian Pecker,’” Bagnoli said. “I’m sorry, but anyone who didn’t im-

mediately realize that was Ryan Becker is not seeing straight.” Becker was sent home immediately after the practice ended. “I just don’t know what happened, it was probably my lack of distinctive facial hair that did me in,” Becker said. “I think everyone could tell it was a fake beard.” With the phony removed from practice, operations resumed as normal. Bagnoli feels pretty good about his chances for the next four, or five, years with Rogaine under his wing. “There’s something about this kid. He’s really just got a championship pedigree to him,” Bagnoli added. “You know he’s been there before and made those big throws when he had to.” When approached on the possibility of Rogaine actually being Billy Ragone, Bagnoli and the rest of the coaching staff were incredibly confused. “There’s no way they could be the same person. I mean, have you seen that man’s chin? Completely naked,” Bagnoli said with a perplexed expression on his face. “The real Billy Ragone would never let that happen.” As of print time, Penn Athletics Communications was too busy with the promotion of Mike Mahoney as Athletic Director to add William Rogaine to the roster.

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M. GRACE CALHOUN RESIGNS

WHAT DOES THE ‘M’ STAND FOR? | Newlyhired AD decides to go back to one of the Loyolas BY RS, DP Swimming Enthusiast In a stunning turn of events less than a week after her formal introduction as Penn’s next Athletic Director, M. Grace Calhoun sub-

mitted her letter of resignation to President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price early Sunday morning. A variety of reasons for Calhoun’s sudden departure have emerged since Steve Bilsky’s replacement first informed the University of her desire to leave the position before officially assuming it on July 1. Un n a med sou r ces i n it i a l ly claimed that Calhoun chose not to take the position after it was discov-

ered that the former Loyola Chicago AD lied on her resume. Whether or not Calhoun actually did graduate from Brown remains unclear, however. Still, it would not have been the first time somebody couldn’t handle the rigorous course load posed by Rhode Island’s most formidable academic institution. Yet early Monday morning, Calhoun brought joy to all 23 Loyola sports fans: She’s returning to the school that has captured her heart.

AComm Director Mike Mahoney named new AD

“I’ve had the distinct privilege of serving a variety of schools somewhat well throughout my career,” Calhoun said. “But no institution is as special for me as Loyola. The programs there have done everything for me, succeeded at the level that I demanded of them. “I truly feel like I’m returning to my roots at Loyola and I couldn’t be more honored by the opportunity.” Though Gutmann and Price refuse to acknowledge it, Calhoun also

realized a distinct set of challenges posed by the AD position at Penn. Citing her favorite Coldplay song, Calhoun made it clear that “[she] never thought it would be easy, but never thought it would be so haaar r r rddddd.” So she’s going back to the start. Calhoun emphasized that she did envision several challenges at Penn, including whether or not to find a

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Rudy Fuller happy with advisory committee’s final results SEARCHING44EVER| Second time’s the charm as Penn quickly replaces second outgoing AD BY LONDON TONY Pop Aficianado With the sudden departure of M. Grace Calhoun, Penn quickly put together a new advisory committee to find the new replacement

for Steve Bilsky. We at The Daily Pennsylvanian take an in depth look into the few hours the committee spent looking for Calhoun’s successor. At 10 a.m., M. Grace Calhoun walked into P rovost Vincent Price’s office and explained that she could no longer be Penn’s athletic director after a grueling six days on the job. After Calhoun SEE SEARCHING44EVER PAGE 11

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Penn men’s soccer coach Rudy Fuller (left) was impressed by new Athletic Director Mike Mahoney’s determination in seeking the job a mere two hours after it became available. Osama Ahmed/Staff Photographer

Athletic Communication Director Mike Mahoney was named Penn’s new athletic director on Sunday at a press conference at the Palestra. Mahoney proceeded to organize interviews for his own availability, saying he was the most qualified person for the job.

SUDOKU MASTER | New AD expert on selfcommunication and numberbased puzzles BY DANA FUNYAK AComm Assistant Welcome to the Mahoney era of Penn Athletics. After the stunning resignation of M. Grace Calhoun, Provost Vincent Price announced on Sunday that Mike Mahoney, the director of Penn’s Athletics Communications, would be

the next Director of Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics, effective July 1. Mahoney was introduced at a press conference in the Palestra. “We set out to find a star, and we did,” Penn President Amy Gutmann said in a press release. “And after our first star left, we found another.” Mahoney has been the head of athletic communications since 2005. He previously worked at Northwestern from 1999-05 after working as an assistant sports information director at his alma mater, Dartmouth, before that. He also worked as an intern for the Ivy League after graduating

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from Dartmouth, where he was the sports editor of The Dartmouth, a clearly inferior student newspaper to The Daily Pennsylvanian. Mahoney will move out of the basement of Weightman Hall, leaving AComm associate directors Eric Dolan and Chas Dorman to fend for themselves over the next few months. “As happy as I am for Mike, his promotion puts considerable pressure on Chas and myself,” said Dolan, whose spinoff of The Office was recently cancelled. “Seriously,

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Penn Athletics is releasing its second album by artist Jerome Allen. Allen saw this album as his chance to truly break the shackles of coaching and find his inner muse. Allen is hoping that the lyrics on the album provide sufficient motivation to his less-than stellar team in the upcoming season.

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Jerome Allen sticks to his guns, hires himself as assistant coach MO ALLEN, MO PROBLEMS | Frank Underwood of coaching making moves BY STU GELFOND Where you at Palestra John? If you want to get something done, sometimes you just have to do it yourself. Even though his players rarely — if ever — live by that motto, Penn basketball head coach Jerome Allen has decided to take the burdens of the coaching staff and put them on his back. Again. After Scott Pera, the Red and Blue’s assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, resigned late last week to take a similar position under new head coach Mike Rhoades at Rice, Allen slowly realized he needed to find a replacement. After spending the weekend in deep rumination and thought, Allen had a breakthrough while painting during his “quiet time” on Sunday afternoon. While working on a delicate nature piece in his living room, Allen realized that he was the perfect man to replace Pera. “I have a deep appreciation for what the position of top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator

means at this university and for this program,” Allen said. “Getting this job was a product of effort and energy. “Now, it’s on me.” Allen was hired as a volunteer assistant coach for the Quakers prior to the 2009-10 season. Despite having zero experience in any coaching positions in the United States up to that point, the entirety of Penn Athletics looked the other way as Allen was brought on board. And in a series of Frank Underwood-esque move, Allen quickly maneuvered his way to the top. Allen helped convince the mainstream media that then-head coach Glen Miller was guilty of receiving illicit funds from unnamed donors and witness tampering. As special prosecutor Amy Gutmann began drawing up articles of impeachment, Allen forced Athletic Director Steve Bilsky to fire Miller and promote Allen to head coach. But things haven’t gone so well for Allen as head coach. Despite a second-place finish in the Ivy League in 2011-12, the Red and Blue have failed to register double-digit wins since. With Pera gone and the pressure rising on his status as head coach, Allen knew he needed to provide

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