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Not a joke: ‘Tampons’ actually painted BY FIONA GLISSON Campus News Editor

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Penn celebrated Holi — a Hindu religious festival celebrated in the spring — with a school-wide event on College Green on Saturday. Hundreds of students threw colored dry powders at each other to celebrate the day, leaving a colorful cloud of powder over the green. A free annual event, Penn Holi is cosponsored by Penn Traditions, the Social Planning and Events Committee, the Class Boards and the Hindu Student Council/Young Jains of America.

Last week, The Daily Pennsylvanian joked that the Dueling Tampons on High Rise F ield wou ld b e r ep a i nt e d white. It seems someone had something else in mind for the iconic 50-foot welded steel statue. The “Covenant” statue at 38th and Locust, commonly known as the Dueling Tampons, was graffitied with what seemed t o be black spray p a i nt somet i me S at u r d ay night or early Sunday morning. Someone used red spray paint to cover a portion of the

graffiti this afternoon. The Division of Public Safety is currently investigating the incident, and declined to comment further. Facilities a nd R e a l E st at e S er v ices could not be reached for comment. “Covenant” is the work of Alexander Lieberman , who was the art director of Vogue a nd C ondé Na st e d it or i a l director, and also a serious painter and sculptor in his spare time. In the 1960s, he became increasingly interested in large public sculptures, like “Covenant.” Lieberman

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Words of wisdom from last female leader of the UA College alum Rachel Fersh was UA chair in as a senior in 2006 BY KRISTEN GRABARZ Staff Writer Joyce Kim has large shoes to fill — shuttle-sized shoes. Joyce Kim’s election as Undergraduate Assembly president marks the first time a woman will head Penn’s student government since 2006. Her predecessor, 2006 College graduate Rachel Fersh, started the airport shuttle service, one of the UA’s most identifiable initiatives “I can’t take credit for it — it wasn’t my idea. But it’s great that there’s something the UA

is given credit for. That’s a great type of project that directly affected students and directly connected the administration with students on campus — plus it’s branded well,” Fersh said. Fersh, a philosophy, politics and economics major, was the chairwoman of the UA as a senior in 2006. In 2010, the UA replaced the position of chair with a president, who is elected by the entire student body instead of just the UA. She credits her experience on the UA and the associated skills her position required for much of her professional success, describing student government as a valuable chance to grow as a leader. “The beautiful part of being

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involved in student government in college is that you can try all sorts of new things with very limited consequences. In real life, you can lose a job or lose a lot of money. At Penn, you can do some short-term damage if you really tried, but there are fewer consequences,” Fersh said. In addition to the airport shuttles, Fersh’s accomplishments as UA chair included a freshman housing reform project and an initiative for members of the UA steering committee to present student-perceived priorities for the improvement of student life to top members of the administration. The newly elected UA leadership has expressed hopes of engaging student groups across

campus in the endeavors of student government. Even eight years ago, students were apathetic about student government. Fersh recalls this being the most difficult part of leading the UA. “It’s hard to run an organization that’s supposed to represent a broad swath of people who don’t care that you’re helping them,” Fersh said. “There’s only so much you can do ... Some students won’t care about student government unless it becomes relevant in a specific way.” In an effort to spark student interest in the UA, Fersh launched a UA “branding logo” and started a campaign in which the UA funded events

held by individual student groups and advertised them as “UA spotlight events.” Despite the efforts, student investment in the UA did not increase drastically. During Fersh’s experience in student government, she was diagnosed with several autoimmune disorders. As a sophomore, she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, which causes inflammation in the lining of the digestive tract, and was in the hospital during that year’s election cycle. Few people knew of Fersh’s illness in college, including during her tenure as chair. She says the experience of balancing health with leadership lent itself to valuable life lessons.

PennDesign students created an innovative car-sharing plan for The Navy Yard BY SOPHIA WITTE Contributing Writer

BY CLAIRE COHEN Deputy News Editor that provides an educational and community environment for residents — was selected on Friday by city officials as the winning idea in a competition seeking to find ways to attract millennials to, and keep them in, Philadelphia. The team, which also includes a Drexel stu-

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The winning team proposed the creation of a student housing co-op, like the Penn Haven Co-op Three Penn students believe that student housing co-ops will keep millennials in Philadelphia, and they’re about to get a few minutes of Mayor Michael Nutter’s time to convince him that they’re right. The Penn students’ proposed housing co-op — a type of housing

Fersh’s fondest memories of her tenure in Penn’s student government fall in the non-business sphere, however. “Most of my favorite memories are actually social ones,” she said. “I made some of my best friends through student government.” After graduating from Penn, Fersh took her interest in politics to the next level. Immediately after graduation, Fersh embarked on a month-long Jewish immersion program in California, where she met her husband, after which she served as a government affairs fellow at the Partnership for Public Service. Appropriately, Fersh’s responsi-

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This illustration shows how compact cars that fold when parked, like those developed at MIT, would maximize the use of parking space at highly trafficked commuter sites.

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Penn graduate students are driving innovation — for city drivers. PennDesign students Zhen Qin and Ida Qu won “best urban form” in the Ed Bacon Competition, a challenge that prompted students to evaluate the prospective impact of driverless cars on Philadelphia. They developed an extensive car-sharing plan to improve the transportation and quality of their target site, The Navy Yard. The 2014 Ed Bacon Urban Design Competition inspired university students to use Philadelphia as a laboratory for addressing a real-world issue faced by cities across the globe. Under the team name Auto Civitas, Qin and Qu devised a SEE COMPETITION PAGE 2

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One step closer to the ‘Nobel prize for students’ BY LAURA ANTHONY Deputy News Editor

One team came in with a patent for a hand-held machine to diagnose vision loss. They came in with chewing gum. Sweet Bites, a team of five Penn students, won the Hult Prize regional competition in Boston over spring break. Their winning design was chewing gum which alleviates tooth decay. The Hult Prize, nicknamed “the Nobel Prize for students” by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, is a student social entrepreneurship competition partnered with President Bill Clinton and the Clinton Global Initiative. The largest of its kind internationally, the competition challenges teams to create a business plan to solve a global social problem. The Penn students went up against 44 other teams in Boston and will compete against the five other teams who won

Navy Yard is a complex of businesses COMPETITION from page 1 comprehensive plan to tackle the competition’s six areas of potential innovation, i nclud i ng t ra nspor t ation infrastructure, vehicle storage and non-transportationrelated built-environment . To address the project’s storage component, Qin and Qu used an MIT concept of compact cars that fold up when stationar y. The reduced consumption of space would ma x imize park ing areas to allev iate traf f ic congestion and enable alternative land use.

regional competitions in San Francisco, London, Dubai, Shanghai and Sao Paulo for the $1 million prize. Eleven thousand teams originally entered the competition from over 350 schools worldwide. This year, students proposed businesses that would treat non-communicable diseases for 25 million people living in urban slums within the next five years. Their product contains xylitol, a sugar substitute that has been shown to prevent cavities, team member and College senior Eric Kauderer-Abrams said. Spencer Penn, the team captain and Wharton senior, who submatriculated into Engineering 2015, said that the gum is not intended to replace regular brushing and flossing, but instead is an “auxiliary oral hygiene product.” College seniors Josh Tycko and Thoba Grenville-Grey and Engineering junior Morgan Snyder are also members of Sweet Bites.

“We think that in the future the street width would be smaller, and there would be more public space for recreational use and denser developments,” Qin said. Out of the competition’s six site options throughout t he Ph i ladelph ia reg ion, Qin and Qu chose The Navy Yard, a 1,200 acre historical space that is now a dynamic business complex. The team attributed their decision to the site’s potential for improvement relative to other options like Center City. The Nav y Yard’s inefficient transportation system for commuters – coupled with the evolving balance between history and realestate growth – led them to see it as “a development area where we thought we could do many things to make change,” according

The team emphasized that simplicity is key when addressing such a widespread issue for hard-to-reach populations. Penn said their idea of using chewing gum has such potential because it “[embeds] a health solution in something people already k now and love.” Last week, the team met with researchers and administrators at the School of Dental Medicine who will be working with them on the technical details of the product and assisting them in reaching dental professionals in their target market. They plan to pilot the product in Bangalore, India, and they worked hard to make sure their chewing gum concept would work within that culture. Snyder spent a year living and working in the urban areas of Bangalore, and she said many people already chew other products on a regular basis, so the idea of introduc-

to Qin. In response to both traff ic congestion and faulty commuter transportation, the team formulated a carsharing program that allows multiple people to use each car. Instead of remaining idly parked outside of business offices, cars could be used by ot her people throughout the day. “ I f [c om mut e r s] we r e able to share these cars, we would be able to reduce the amount of cars and maximize the car’s use so it’s more efficient,” Qu said. D e s p it e t he p o t e nt i a l benef its of the pla n, the t e a m ac k nowle d ge d t he possibility of negative repercussions. According to Qin, they worr y about exacerbating “urban sprawl,” the outward spread of a city from its core.

ing a new chewing gum makes sense for their market. “Rather than starting from the assumption that high-tech solutions will work no matter where they land, we talked about how particular social fabrics might enable interventions to make sense and successfully gain traction on the ground,” Undergraduate Chair of the Department of Anthropology and one of their advisors Adriana Petr yna said in an email. Tycko noted that the product is not just a business venture. “The idea is not to just be one more candy that’s available on the shelves,” he said. “There has to be a community that’s galvanized by the social impact part, not just the business.” That’s where their distribution plan comes in. People wouldn’t just be getting gum when they buy the product. The packaging of the chewing gum would include information about dental care

“We had many conversations about the problem of sprawl because with these cars people do not have to drive very carefully so they are more comfortable with living farther away from the city,” Qin said. With their PennDesign g raduation only a month away, Qu and Qin ref lect on the competition as a rewarding experience in the context of their urban design education. The project exemplified how applying just one factor like technology can influence the environment of an entire urban area. “I think that’s why we got the award,” Qu said. “We really focused on how the place would be shaped by the cars, rather than just how transportation already affects it.”

to educate people about how to address tooth decay in general. This particular aspect of the product was inspired by conversations with Petryna. “What they came up with makes per fect anthropo logical sense,” Petryna said. “Poor people often buy things in ver y small increments — be it their chewing gum, their medicines or their home build ing mater ials. Dr ug packaging and sale strategies in many poor countries are often designed with these economics in mind.” The team plans to work with local “ambassadors” in Bangalore to tap into the existing social networks of the community. During her time in India, Snyder noticed that women often sold small goods for cash, like hard candies, herbs or strings of flowers. Since women are also the primary decision makers in families concerning health matters,

Sweet Bites intends to reach out to local women entrepreneurs so that they can sell the gum to their communities to supplement their income. Without working with these local women, Tycko said it would be extremely difficult to reach their customers, but drawing upon their pre-existing connections with the community makes access much easier. Over the summer, Sweet Bites and the five other remaining teams will participate in a summer accelerator program in Boston to help them further develop their projects. With the help of some funding from the competition, the team is planning a trip to Bangalore this summer to start working with their target market. The Clinton Global Initiative will host the final round of the competition in September, and President Clinton will personally award the winners the $1 million prize.

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Penn Fashion Week concluded on Saturday in Houston Hall with “Rave New World,” this year’s fashion show. Professional model and DJ, DJ Rahma, performed at the show, which featured ‘90s-themed looks. Penn Fashion Week is a collaboration between Penn Fashion Club, Wharton Retail Club and DSP.

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Janet Napolitano honored by Trustees’ Council of Penn Women The Council gave Napolitano the Beacon Award on Friday

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BY COSETTE GASTELU Staff Writer Janet Napolitano has reservations about describing women as “bossy.” But there is no doubt that the former Secretary of Homeland Security is a boss. Napolitano received the Beacon Award from the Trustees’ Council of Penn Women — an international network of Penn alumnae — in recognition of her commitment to the advancement of women and gender equality. Napolitano is the 13th recipient of the award, joining the ranks of past winners including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sandra Day O’Connor and Toni Morrison. Provost Vincent Price, who presented the honor, remarked that Napolitano “absolutely embodies” the spirit of the Beacon Award, as she has repeatedly broken down gender barriers throughout her career in both the public and private sectors. Perhaps best known for her time as the third U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security — the first and only woman to hold the position to date — Napolitano previously served as both the governor of Arizona and the first female attorney general of the state. Napolitano resigned from the Cabinet in August 2013 to assume her current role as president of the University of California system, becoming the first woman to take the helm of the world’s largest university system. Recalling some of the award winner’s accomplishments as governor, Price — who has known Napolitano since their days together as undergraduates at Santa Clara University

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Former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, recipient of Penn’s Beacon Award, stressed that women should not “self-select” out of leadership opportunities. — noted that Napolitano was instrumental in implementing full-day kindergarten in Arizona, a major benefit for working mothers across the state. Following Price’s introduction, Napolitano took the podium to deliver an emphatic speech that tackled the issues surrounding women and their involvement as leaders today. Napolitano began by commenting on the gaps that exist between society’s views of female leaders and male leaders. For instance, she noted that words like “bossy” that refer to an assertive person are generally “used as a pejorative” for girls, but have a more positive connotation for boys. “Do we subtly send messages to girls that they should not be leaders?” Napolitano asked. “Words like ‘bossy’ are one example of how we steer women away from leadership.” Napolitano also stressed the importance of teaching girls and young women “not to selfselect out” of leadership opportunities. “You can’t win the prize if you don’t enter the contest, and you need good teachers to show you the way,” Napolitano said. Reflecting on her first years as an attorney in private practice, Napolitano cited the guidance of a few mentors at her

law firm as a vital asset to her growth in the legal field. Encouraging women to take risks was another one of Napolitano’s key points. To illustrate her message, Napolitano drew on memories of her transition into public service, recalling that when President Bill Clinton opened a search for a new U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona in the early 1990s, she took a risk and “raised [her] hand.” “Sometimes it’s not about shattering the glass ceiling. It’s about being in the right place at the right time and being ready to go,” Napolitano added. She closed with some words of wisdom gleaned from her exper iences dealing w ith challenges over the years, such as a problem with the effectiveness of Arizona’s Child Protective Services that she faced as a new governor. Napolitano remembered that there was a backlog of 6,000 cases at CPS when she first arrived at the post in 2003. By the time she left for the White House, this backlog had been eliminated. “The landscape a leader inherits is never perfect,” she said. “We operate in the real world and not in an ideology ... sometimes you have to take a punch and move forward — that is what makes a leader.”

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ay “a f f ir mative action” — two of the hottest buzz words in past decades — and watch the negative response. But what do we know about it in today’s context? I remember sitting with my guidance counselor senior year at my privileged, primarily white high school and complaining about my chances at top-tier colleges. No school would choose another smart white girl because they had enough of those. Admissions teams were favoring minority students because they were “rare.” Conversations with friends touched on being one-thirty-second Native A merican. “That counts, right? They’re like the most underrepresented.” But then I got accepted. All of my friends got accepted. Affirmative action wafted out of my mind as quickly as it had entered, and I went cruising off to a small liberal arts col-

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questioning whether Brown is truly doing it for art’s sake and in order to challenge people’s feelings and beliefs, or if DIANE BAYEUX Brown is acting out of a desire to reach the audience more Museum for the Biennial durquickly and broadly by acting ing spring break. While the the most radically. Given that exhibition gave a spectrum of her canvases will be up for glitter, wall paintings, nudity, sale soon and many maintain sexuality and intimate invathat now is a good time to in- sion — including a warning vest in her, it is hard to follow that children should not cross certain pathways displaying one side of reasoning. Perhaps the true motives overly explicit pieces — the that need to be discussed exhibition also displayed a here are those of the audi- series of photographs that ence. Indeed, an artwork is stood out from the rest. A valued on different levels ac- transgender couple, Zachcording to the public’s reac- ary Drucker and Rhys Ernst, tion. Without the public, an is photographed throughartwork can sit in an empty out their daily lives, putting queer consciousness in the space forever. In the movie “Two Days in front line as each took each New York,” the protagonist, other’s gender. The beautiful an artist, sells her pieces only snapshots allow a certain diswhen it is rumored that she tance and yet invite us to get is almost dying. The public to know them, or simply how rushes inside the gallery to they live as a couple and as buy her works solely because individuals. Perhaps the difference it would be cheaper then than after her death. This movie here is that the series seems shows the way in which the to be grounded in reality public sees art now. Unfortu- given that there is an omninately, it seems that art is no present sense of personal longer seen as a story told, but storytelling here. The same effect is visible in some of my as a monetary value. This frustrates me because friends’ photography projects I grew up in a semi-artistic around Penn, whether it is for world, have friends interested a class or a personal project. in making art for a living and The public seems more apt consider eventually going into to respond normally to phowriting or journalism later. tography because it remains It is difficult to go into a pro- simple in its own way; it is fession knowing that what is never really considered out of produced is only going to be the ordinary, forbidding this considered in terms of what attain-fame aspect. sells more rather than for its DIANE BAYEUX is a College content. The only thing reassuring freshman from Paris. Her email me through my frustration address is dbayeux@sas.upenn. was my visit to the Whitney edu.

from lively music to your amazing dance moves, we are happy that we could share a part of the Indian culture with you all. We are look ing for ward to continue spreading the

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Intelligence isn’t the biggest predictor of test scores — it’s socioeconomic status.” No matter which side of the coin you find yourself on, affirmative action is all around failing. Schools that abandon affirmative action for a base SAT score on the idea that admitted students all meet a

certain intelligence requirement are ignoring the reality of socioeconomic status’ impact on test scores. Schools that cling to affirmative action are admitting higher percentages of minority students but are graduating these students at rates grossly lower than rates of white students. Is this success? I have no easy answer to the structural inequity in college admissions, but I argue that affirmative action is fundamentally flawed. As topics surrounding college tuition, student loans and the necessity of further education continue to hold power in the political forum, I claim that affirmative action needs to join the conversation. We should have never stopped talking about it. CHELSEA KEELER is a graduate student in the School of Social Policy & Practice. Her email address is ckeeler@sp2.upenn. edu.

WHAT’S THE T? | Gay frat brothers do not automatically make for LGBT-inclusive parties

YOUR VOICE Thank you for making this year's Holi so colorful for all of us. It is your enthusiasm that spirited the event. From colors to food, a great dance performance to water splashes,

Even arguments that aren’t as inaccurately sophisticated are naive. Affirmative action is like a parking lot. White students assume that spots reserved for minority students directly correlate to a spot they could have had, when in reality, that parking space would have been taken by someone a long time ago.

Come out, but not in

LINES OF PERSPECTIVE | What extreme performance art tells us about the relationship between art and money hile walking with a friend in West Philly the ot he r d ay, she pointed to a mural that I had forgotten to look at. For some reason, this led us to talk about the fact that both of us were appreciative of any kind of art in general. Any art — whether it was done during the Renaissance or the Modern Age, whether it encompasses the impressionist or contemporary movement — is valuable not only for its aesthetics, but also for the time and effort put into it. Yet there seems to be a lessened enthusiasm of many to appreciate a sort of new art that comes off as art done for sheer fame. Millie Brown, also called the “Vomit Painter,” starves herself for two days before drinking dyed soy milk in a mixture of colors, swallowed at different intervals of time, before vomiting on a blank canvas. Due to the splash of colors, she has been compared to Jackson Pollock and her performance, normally filmed during an entire day, has appeared officially in one of Lady Gaga’s videos, “Puke Film.” Her work can be seen as a raw human experience pushing mental and physical boundaries given that she takes her performance as a body cleanse and she feels that she is challenging people’s perceptions of beauty. While critics have recognized the abstract beauty of her work, other critics have also questioned her motives in undertaking such a constraining project. They are

lege. What about now? Where is affirmative action? More importantly, what is it doing? The argument against affirmative action has gained some momentum since my time in high school. It’s easy to argue that higher test scores indicate higher intelligence and higher labor productivity in the workforce, that pushing underqualified students into universities decreases graduation rates and lowers future earnings. If white students have higher test scores than black students, that must be an indication that white students are simply smarter, so favoring less productive students only creates economic loss for the country. It’s hurting those it’s supposed to be helping, right? Here’s the catch. Intelligence isn’t the biggest predictor of test scores — it’s socioeconomic status. Critics of af f irmative action base their arguments on a completely faulty standard.

joy with more such events that we would love to organize for you. Penn Ragnoli Graduate Indian Student Association at Penn

don’t go to frat parties. It’s not that I don’t like to party; I would love to feel welcomed and a part of something that is treated like such a staple of t he Pen n ex per ience. However, I don’t feel that these parties are welcoming places for me or for other queer and trans people. C ol le ge f r e s h m a n A n drew recalls that two of his f r iend s , b ot h men , wer e thrown out of a frat party dur ing NSO this year for kissing one another. Anyone who has been to these parties knows that this was not simply revulsion to a public display of affection. Since the two party-goers were men, this was seen as unacceptable. College junior Olivia has openly faced harassment at these parties as a queer woman. “I would definitely never display affection at a party,” she said, “because ever y time I’ve done so it has resulted in me being approached by men I’ve never met about threesomes, applauding and catcalling.” These two cases are not isolated, and they show us just why queer and trans people a re not a pa r t of this party scene: Our mere ex istence cha llenges the structure of objectification of women that these parties are designed for. We are either something disgusting or something to gawk at. Particularly in Olivia’s case, we see that affection between women is only valuable if it is for a man’s gaze and ideally for his participation. The ratio of men to women that is required to enter many of these frat parties also contributes to the devaluing of queer identities. This ratio is quite obviously sexist in nature, but we can also look further to see how it excludes the experiences of queer and trans people. Wharton sophomore Jaimie Zhang remembered how she

felt when she encountered this practice. “They assume that men and women automatically want to get together, so they make sure that each man brings multiple women — one for himself and one for the hosts. I say ‘brings’ because the women are liter-

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Our mere existence [as queer and trans people] challenges the structure of objectification of women that these parties are designed for.”

ally treated as commodities here.” In addition to objectifying women and treating them as men’s property, this ratio completely disregards the fact that not all men want to hook up with women (and vice versa) and that not everyone wants to hook up at these parties. Some of these people may be on the asexual spectrum, and others may just want an opportunity to socialize without the pressure to find a partner. Further, this assumption eliminates the experiences of those who exist outside of the gender binary of man and woman. Trans people experience unique struggles and discomfort at these parties. Freshman Amy constantly faces being misgendered at parties. Unfortunately, because of widespread insensitivity to trans issues, this happens at all kinds of parties, even ones that claim to be for queer people. Because ze often expresses femininely, ever yone just assumes that ze is a woman and treats

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RODERICK COOK hir as such. This harmful misgendering has become so commonplace that it almost seems hopeless to try to educate people so that hir identity can be respected. “ It’s no use to cor rect t hem because t here’s no real concept of how to treat a non-binary person,” ze said. W hile many of the peo ple throwing these parties would probably tell you how they’re cool with their gay friends, it seems that they feel no need to adjust their language and practices to make every student here feel welcome and respected for who they are. You might ask why they have to adjust this dynamic to be more welcoming to queer and trans people. Sadly, they don’t. Obviously, these parties are popular enough to keep going without welcoming more people from our communit y. F ur thermore, it’s true that there are alternatives to these parties where queer and trans people can feel more comfortable. However, it would be great for us to feel included in such a large part of Penn’s social life. I hope that this can be a call to those of you who are t h r ow i n g p a r t ie s . D on’ t alienate people because of who they are dancing with or kissing. Do away with the ratio altogether. Don’t assume people’s gender based on their appearance. If you continue on in the way that you’re going, you are missing out on an opportunity to meet and party with a really dynamic and diverse group of people. RODERICK COOK is a College sophomore from Nesquenoning, Pa., studying gender, sexuality and women’s studies. Their email address is rodcookdp@gmail.com.

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Faculty have mixed feelings about Canvas switch The Unviersity will switch from Blackboard to Canvas on May 30 BY COSETTE GASTELU Staff Writer

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The upcoming shift from Blackboard to Canvas will be the culmination of a Penn Libraries courseware update that began last spring. But as the University prepares to permanently switch to Canvas software on May 30, faculty members are feeling mixed emotions about the end of Penn’s Blackboard usage. “Courseware has been something that the University has been monitoring for quite some time,” Director for Planning and Organizational Analysis at Penn Libraries Joseph Zucca explained. “A major reason for the change is that Blackboard was found wanting of certain aspects by faculty and students and new products were emerging that showed a lot of promise.” Students and faculty in Wharton and the Graduate School of Education were among the first to pilot the new Canvas technology. After this testing period garnered an overall positive response, Penn Libraries put the transition into action. As of this semester, about 2,450 courses have already begun using Canvas, while about 240 courses still operate with the Blackboard software, Zucca said. English professor Lucia Martinez, who started using Canvas in July, praised the new software’s streamlined grading format. She also remarked that her classes have made use of Canvas discussion threads, which she considers to be more efficient than the Blackboard equivalent. However, some of the professors who still teach on Blackboard have cited dissatisfaction with Canvas as the reason behind their hesitancy to make the switch.

History professor Margo Todd, who still uses Blackboard in her courses, said she feels the change to Canvas is “pointless [and] time-consuming” since she was already familiar with Blackboard and didn’t have any problems with its functionality. She added that Canvas is an “inferior product” compared with Blackboard, as she has found certain tasks, such as creating class subgroups and sending out emails to subgroups, to be more difficult to complete in the Canvas format. Physics professor Eugene Mele, who is using Canvas for the first time this semester in his Physics 518 class, also noted that he preferred Blackboard’s email function to the one that exists in Canvas. “I had learned Blackboard pretty well, so the learning curve with Canvas has been a bit frustrating,” Mele said. “I mainly used Blackboard as a grade server for students and I have found the grading system to be a lot less transparent in Canvas.” Mele pointed out that he primarily uses his own website that he created separately from Penn courseware and has used in the past, but predicts that his experiences with Canvas will improve as he gains familiarity with it in the future. “People use technology in different ways... in terms of courseware, some can get by with very marginal use but others need more to be satisfied, and that’s fine,” Zucca said. He and Kimberly Eke, Penn Libraries’ new director of teaching, research and learning services, both emphasized that another reason Canvas was selected as the successor to Blackboard was that it provided a wide variety of services and features that could find a range of users. Other professors who still rely on Blackboard have said they simply have not had the time to learn how to use the Canvas software yet. Economics professor Luca Bossi, who teaches several

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hundred students in his macroeconomics class, said that he plans to learn how to use Canvas this summer. He explained that since he teaches so many students, he stayed with Blackboard this semester to avoid the risk of losing time by dealing with software with which he was not familiar. Similarly, Art History professor David Brownlee stated that he, too, has not had enough time to explore the new Canvas format. Brownlee added that he has found Blackboard to be “satisfactory” and is thus “not yearning to make the change,” but will take the time to learn Canvas in the coming months.

“For most professors, their main preoccupation is teaching, so learning new technology can be an incredible burden,” Zucca said, continuing that because professors are “at different points in the learning curve,” Penn Libraries will continue to offer faculty training courses for Canvas into next semester. Despite initial difficulties that may arise as the transition takes place, Zucca and Eke pointed out that Canvas has a number of features that were absent in Blackboard, including a built-in peer-reviewing system, a calendar where assignments for all classes can be viewed and greater capacity for

uploading media. Physics professor James Kikkawa said that although he transitioned to Canvas last semester, he does not yet have a strong opinion on whether it is better than Blackboard or

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Reporter’s Notebook: Let’s talk about ‫ןימ‬ BY JESSICA MCDOWELL Staff Writer “So, does a nyone have any questions about sex and Judaism?” someone asked. “How do Jews feel about masturbation?” asked someone else. “What about gay sex?” someone added. “Or casual hookups?” added another. I was at an apartment I’d never been to, full of people I’d never met, to attend my first Shabbat dinner. But, I’d been told that this was no ordinary Shabbat. Termed the “Let’s Talk About Sex Shabbat,” it was going to include a conversation about sex and Judaism. “Our goal was to foster conversation on a hot topic between Jews who might not find their space at Hillel,” College sophomore and Shabbat host Molly Elson told me. “Shabbat dinner is a great weekly Jewish tradition that stretches back millennia, and reflects a lot of our experiences growing up in Jewish homes.” It’s a great way to connect with other people with simi-

Tampons saw snarky reviews when installed TAMPONS from page 1 died in 1999. Though today the statue is an iconic part of campus, when it was or iginally installed during the summer of 1975, it elicited strong reac-

lar experiences on campus,” she added. The dialogue was open, thought-provoking and occasionally snarky. “The impression I’ve gotten is that relationships of any kind are about more than just sex or reproduction. Jews in general tend to be pretty chill when it comes to the physical side of a relationship as long as there is an emotional foundation,” someone offered. When it came to actually answer ing the questions, sometimes someone cited a passage from the Torah or the words of a specific Rabbi, but more often than not, no one had a definite answer to any of the questions. This wasn’t about telling people how Judaism approaches sexuality, but rather, discussing the nature of sex from the perspective of modern, college-aged Jews. “So t he sex-t h roug h-asheet thing is definitely not true,” someone added, referring to an urban legend that Jews have sex through a sheet with a hole in it.

“Definitely not. The Jews are very supportive of nakedness in general. Both in the physical and metaphorical sense,” clarified someone else. People shared their past experiences or talked about the approach of the synagogue they attended as a child, but it was clear that they had each created their own, personal definition of what it meant to be Jewish. The Sex and Shabbat dinners were organized by the Jewish Renaissance Project to foster this type of approach to Judaism. Rabbi Joshua Bolton, head of JRP, said “the event [enables] hundreds of students from across campus to convene intimate, honest dinner/conversations about sex in the 21st century, and in particular on Penn’s campus.” It was also very much a social event, as Shabbat dinners often are. After dinner, I went home and the rest of the group headed off to Copabanana for an open bar night they were calling “The Matzah Ball.”

tions from students. Students retur ni ng to campus told the DP that the st atue was “g ross,” “hideous,” “obnoxiously spastic” and “terrible and ostentatious.” “Do you think I could get a contract to put one up ... I ne e d t he money,” h ig h r ise resident F rank Jaf fe quipped. “Covenant” cost the University $100,000, including $20,000 in labor costs. “I watched it go up all summer and I think it got worse

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All finalist teams had Penn students MILLENNIAL from page 1 dent, will have the opportunity to pitch their housing idea to Mayor Nutter, and will also receive tickets to the mayor’s box at a Philadelphia Phillies game. Of the 16 teams that submitted entries to the competition, four teams — all containing at least one Penn student — were selected

UA experience led to political career for Fersh CHAIR from page 1 bilities were aimed at convincing Americans of the relevance of the U.S. government. Next, Fersh worked for the Committee on States, a political organization geared toward

to present their ideas to a panel of judges on Friday. The panel included Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez, Director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs Gloria Casarez and Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Commerce Alan Greenberger. PennDesign students Eileen Divringi, Matthew Steele, Ellie Devyatkin and Temple University student Maxwell Cohen pitched the winning idea. Using the Penn Haven Housing Co-op as an example, the team suggested implementing student housing co-ops around the city to increase access to affordable properties. “Our proposal is to create more

helping progressive groups in various states by matching groups with donors to help build political infrastructure. Hired at age 22, Fersh believes that her UA chair experience helped her secure the job. Law school came next on Fersh’s agenda. After earning a law degree from Georgetown, she worked as an associate at Goodwin Procter LLC in Washington, D.C., working in corporate litigation. Ultimately, Firsh decided that the demanding schedule of a corporate law

ties here culturally and socially,” Divringi said. Having the co-op would put the residents’ needs first, and “create a social hub for young people” filled with activities and events, she added. Other proposed ideas touched on ways to make the city more millennial-friendly, often by tackling problems the city as a whole faces. College junior Katie Antonsson and Temple student Jay Breslin proposed creating a music and arts initiative for SEPTA stations. “We want to make it something exciting, make it something where [millennials] want to be rather than need to be,” Antonsson said. “Once they see that people are

firm was incompatible with her health and left Goodwin Procter last June. In the future, Fersh hopes to bring her skills to the public service realm, hoping to work for candidates or elected officials on policy issues. “I’ve always loved politics. I like the governing part of

interested in SEPTA they’ll start taking care of it too.” College senior Selene Romero and College sophomore Sean Hamamoto recommended providing grants and tax exemptions for start-ups around the city, to encourage millennials to “start-up to stay.” College sophomore Joy Ting Zha ng, Col lege ju nior A my Phillips, College and Wharton sophomore Nicolette Tan, Engineering junior Martin Cheong and Drexel junior Alexander Repp proposed marketing an existing program that connects volunteers with Philadelphia non-profits to millennials.

politics more than the campaigning part of politics,” Fersh said. As Kim’s closest female predecessor, Fersh was informed of Kim’s election soon after the victory. “I’m very excited that there’s a woman back in charge, and I hope she has a great year,” she said.

MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2014 PAGE 7 While there is no guarantee that the winning co-op proposal will come to fruition, QuinonesSanchez offered her support to the group and invited them to present

it to the rest of the council. “What’s exciting about this is that we’re going to be able to work with the panel to help implement the project,” Steele said.

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This is the Science Policy Group’s third trip to Capitol Hill BY MAYA RAWAL Staff Writer Postdoctoral student Shaun O’Brien knows how damaging federal budget cuts can be. His cancer research lab had to reduce its staff because budget cuts to the National Institute of Health reduced the amount of funding the lab received. “I have witnessed how flat funding of the NIH has been impacting the labs here,” he said. “I’ve seen labs that are struggling in terms of the ability to keep staff.” However, he and several other graduate students are fighting to increase funding to the NIH. The Science Policy Group, an organization of Penn graduate students from a variety of fields, organized a trip to Capitol Hill on March 26 to lobby for the passage of a bill that would increase NIH funds from $30 billion to $32

billion for fiscal year2015. Last March, the NIH budget was cut by around $1.7 billion during the federal government’s sequestration. This is the Science Policy Group’s third trip to lobby Congress. When the group traveled to Washington, twice last year, its mission was to restore the funding that had been cut due to the sequestration. The group’s efforts were not in vain, as the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 restored NIH funding to pre-sequest er level s , s a id M ic h ael Convente,a fifth-year doctoral candidate in cell and molecular biology. However, the fight was not yet over. “Restoring funding to where it was a year ago actually puts the NIH at 20 percent less than it was in 20 02 if you adjust for inflation,” O’Brien said. He named two main goals for the most recent trip: to thank those who supported the budget compromise and to encourage increased future funding. Though previously having

traveled on their own, the students went on this trip through a “Hill Day” organized by the Science Policy Academic Research Consortium (SPARC), a multi-university coalition that works with graduate students in science. “Local research efforts help the entire nation,” Convente said, “and through SPARC we are able to convey that to many more congresspeople than [through] just our Penn delegation.” For R achel Leibman, a third-year doctoral candidate in cell and molecular biology, her first trip to Capitol Hill with the Science Policy Group two weeks ago was important because it “raise[d] awareness [on] Capitol Hill and show[ed] that there’s a national body of support with multiple areas of research at multiple schools.” All three students stressed the benefits of investing in scientific research. “The amount that we’re investing in science research has dropped since 2009,” Leibman said. However, countries such as Brazil, China and India continue to

spend more on science each year. “We want America to continue being the world leader in biomedical research, and that takes a strong commitment to fund novel research,” Convente said. “Research supports hundreds of thousands of high-paying jobs, advances our status in the world and improves our quality of life.” O’Br ien and Leibman echoed his sentiments, citing the job opportunities and technological innovation that add itional f und ing would boost, as well as “spur basic science research,” O’Brien said. Looking forward, the group plans to continue traveling to Washington, and to expand its advocacy efforts. “Something I would like to see more of is having our congressional delegation come to Penn more to see the fruits of federal research funding in action,” Convente said. O’Brien agreed. “We’re definitely trying to create more dialogue between scientists in the Philadelphia community,” he said.

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Helping W. Philly children ‘dream’ BY MELISSA LAWFORD Staff Writer Students are finding new ways to look after West Philadelphia children through a mentorship program new to Penn. The DREAM Program, a mentorship program between students and children living in affordable housing programs, has recently recruited about 15 students to join its new Penn chapter. College sophomore John Hale began recruiting students to the program after talking to Brian Fuller, DREAM Program’s Philadelphia program director. Penn students volunteering for the DREAM Program spend Friday afternoons talking and playing with children who will become their mentees for the rest of their time at Penn.

At last Friday’s Camp Greek Carnival, which is part of this year’s Greek Week, children from the community center at 44th and Market streets visited campus with their mentors for the first time. Bringing the program participants to campus is a major aspect of the program, Hale said, as this will allow these students to consider college as a viable plan for their future. Soon, he says, much of the program will take place at Penn. W hile “we’re not pushing college,” DREAM Program’s Director of Strategy and Growth Mike Foote said, the program aims to develop awareness of higher education as a viable option. Foote explained that the program differs from existing mentorship programs, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, because of its “village men-

toring.” Through this “village mentoring,” volunteers focus primarily on group activities that also incorporate one-on-one components between a volunteer and a child. “A [single] mentor is great, but what if you give [the children] 20 mentors?” Foote said. This group structure also extends beyond the immediate community. The DREAM Program began on Dartmouth University’s campus in 1999 and has since expanded to several other colleges down the East Coast. The DREAM Program uses this network of contacts to organize college roadtrips and excursions to adventure camps for the program’s mentees. One source of appeal for Wharton and College sophomore Marisa Bruno, one of the students involved in the

program, was the fact that the DREAM Program makes it “so easy to get involved.” While other programs can require months’ worth of background checks, there’s less “red tape” around becoming a part of the program, Hale added. T he DR E A M P r og r a m aims to be a consistent presence now in its mentees’ lives, Fuller said. It aims to be a continuous resource for children who face “so much abandonment and inconsistency,” he added. For Fuller, the key is that the DREAM Program is “really a fun organization” for both the mentors and the kids. “You have a blast,” Bruno added. The program seems to be

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Children, accompanied by their mentors from The Dream Program, visited Penn’s campus for the first time during last Friday’s Camp Greek Carnival. well received by the wider community. “The kids just kind of gravitate [to the center],” Hale said. T he DR E A M P r og r a m already has two centers in Philadelphia that work with

students from Temple University. The extension to Penn is part of a general aim to grow as big as possible, Foote said. The program is “only going to be limited by people’s capacity to dream big,” he said.

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On behalf of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA) at Penn, it gives me immense pleasure to announce the 2014-15 GAPSA Executive Board elections. Please see the deadlines below.

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Penn unable to salvage win in three-game Ivy weekend

Red and Blue display strong performance against Tigers TRACK & FIELD Quakers build off success from Raleigh Relays BY COLIN HENDERSON Associate Sports Editor Track and field is a sport that rewards team versatility. Distance runners and sprinters alike are rewarded for their individual talents. With that said, there is nothing versatile about Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outdoor track season itself. Featuring only a few weeks of preparatory competition followed by the famed Penn Relays and Heptagonals, it is unequivocally a sprint. And after getting out of the blocks a bit slow, the program is now hitting

its full stride. This weekend, the Quakers followed up a strong performance in their largest meet of the year so farâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Raleigh Relays â&#x20AC;&#x201D; by competing in another relatively large meet, Princetonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sam Howell Invitational. Performing at home, Princeton largely stole the show, finishing the weekend with five winners of individual events. As a young and relatively inexperienced squad, Penn may not be on the level of the Tigers just yet. But the Quakers were also able to put together some strong individual performances themselves. Penn first got going in the short sprints, accruing two runner-up finishes in the 110-meter hurdles courtesy of senior Ga-

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brielle Piper and sophomore Ben Bowers. The Quakers continued their short-distance success with another second-place finish, this time from senior Lydia Ali â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top sprinter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the 100m. Junior Tom Timmins picked up a fourth-place finish in the 400 hurdles, adding on to several other strong times from the Quakers in the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 400m and 100m. The Quakers were able to pick up their first win of the weekend in the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4x400m relay, which posted an outstanding time of 3:17. Senior high-jumper Maalik Reynolds followed up a victory in last weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meet with a runner-up finish in this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high jump, followed immediately by sophomore Thomas Pitt. Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throwers were largely able to keep up with the strong pace they have set for themselves thus far this season, highlighted by senior Jim Tullyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and sophomore Sam Mattisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wins in the javelin and discus throws, respectively. Mattisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; throw was the first in school history of over 60 meters. In addition to other performances, freshman multi-event athlete Noel Jancewicz continued her impressive rookie campaign with a third-place finish in the high jump. The Quakers decided to rest their long distance runners for the most part, so sophomore Thomas Awad did not get a chance to follow up his schoolrecord run in the 5000m from last weekend. He and other distance runners will need to wait until next weekend at the George Mason Invitational to get that chance.

Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense forced 11 turnovers

Penn started off the game red-hot with a goal by freshman attack Sarah Barcia on a pass from sophomore midfield Nina Corcoran barely two minutes into the game. But the Quakers didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get past Nor t hwester n goa l ie Bridget Bianco again in the f irst per iod and went into halftime trailing, 3-1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we had taken care of the ball and really worked them in the first couple of possessions and not gotten behind, it would have been a different game,â&#x20AC;? Corbett said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They tend to sit on the ball when

W. LACROSSE from page 12 Corbett sa id . â&#x20AC;&#x153; They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a s m a ny t h r e at s a s they â&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had in the past so their strategy is to have ball control. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to win these games â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and you better get the lead.â&#x20AC;?

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SOFTBALL | The Quakers hung tough but could not beat Harvard and Dartmouth BY STEVEN TYDINGS Senior Sports Editor

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Senior catcher Elysse Gorney picked up three hits on the weekend for Penn but the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offense was unable to get going, scoring just six runs in three games.

at Dartmouth (game 2) A trip up north did not treat Penn softball and its threegame winning streak well. The Quakers, who came into the weekend with momentum after wins over Yale and Temple, fell in all three games they completed, losing to Harvard, 8-3, on Friday before getting swept by Dartmouth, 3-2 and 121, during a two-game set. The Red and Blue (7-14, 2-3 Ivy) started out the weekend with a quick start, getting the lead in their first game on Friday against Harvard (16-11, 3-0) thanks to a solo home run by freshman outfielder Leah Allen in the top of the second inning. However, the Crimson quickly responded by scoring three runs in the bottom half of the second. From there, Harvard never looked back. The Crimson gave up an RBI double to freshman Alexis Sargent, but Penn would get no closer than that 3-2 deficit. Harvard added four runs in the fifth

inning, putting the game well out of reach before Allen hit her second solo homer of the game in the seventh. The Quakers took a quick lead in their second game against Harvard, scoring four runs in the third inning on a grand slam by sophomore Korinne Raby. After the Crimson answered with three runs, Penn responded with two two-run rallies led by hits from Sargent and senior catcher Elysse Gorney. However, just before the game was halted due to darkness, the Crimson tied the game at 8-8 with a five-run rally that was continued by two untimely errors. The schools have not set a makeup date to resume the game. Penn looked to rebound on Saturday at Dartmouth (1813, 8-0) but the Ivy-leading Big Green had other plans. Dartmouth pitcher Kristen Rumley out-dueled Penn junior pitcher Alexis Borden for six innings, carrying a 3-0 lead into the final inning. However, the

Quakers looked like they were going to overtake the Big Green after a two-run single from senior infielder Kayla Dahlerbruch set the Quakers up with runners on first and second and none out, trailing by one. However, after a sacrifice bunt from sophomore Lauren Li, Dartmouth picked off freshman Lainey Dorris and the Quakers were unable to push across the tying run. In the final game on Saturday, the Red and Blue could not muster up much of a challenge against the Big Green. Dartmouth jumped out with an early lead, 2-0, after one inning, but the home team did most of its damage in the bottom of the third. The Big Green jumped all over freshman pitcher Courtney Cuzick, chasing her two outs into the inning and scoring 10 runs to finish off Penn early. The Quakers will resume play against Brown on Wednesday at Penn Park.

they get the lead and then thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough.â&#x20AC;? The Red and Blueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offensive troubles didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t vanish in the second half, as the Wildcats quickly scored two more goals while steadily controlling the pace of the game. Sophomore midfield Lely DeSimone reduced Nor thwester nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead to 5 -2 w ith 23:23 left to play, but the slim hopes of a comeback were dashed once again by Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inability to take advantage of its rare trips inside the Wildcatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; half of the field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew what to expect de-

fensively from them and I think our team didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work their defense enough,â&#x20AC;? Corbett said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We kind of went for the first thing rather than working it and looking for good opportunities and that was disappointing on our attack side.â&#x20AC;? The lone br ight spot for Penn was its defense, which managed to force 11 turnovers on the day and limited Northwestern to seven goals after giving up 13 and 15 goals against No. 1 North Carolina and No. 2 Maryland, respectively. Junior goalie Lucy Ferguson once again

had a strong performance, with nine saves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did think we caused some turnovers and gave ourselves an opportunity on attack with several draw controls,â&#x20AC;? Corbett said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I was definitely pleased with that.â&#x20AC;? The teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention will now be tur ned to the Iv y League, as the conferenceleading Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; remaining schedule features five matchups against Ancient Eight foes. The Red and Blue will travel to Hanover, N.H., next weekend to take on Dartmouth at 12 p.m. on Saturday.

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Penn ‘taking it one match at a time’ W. TENNIS from page 12

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Senior Stephanie Do has been an integral part of Penn’s team since her freshman year. She defeated Elis junior Amber Li, 7-5, 6-2, at No. 6 in New Haven this weekend..

Red and Blue dropped the doubles point to Yale. In a shake-up of the doubles pairings, Eskenazi and Daniel defeated Yale’s star sophomore Madeleine Hamilton and freshman Sherr y Li at the top spot, 8-4. But at No. 2 and No. 3, Latycheva and Yapp-Shing as well as Vazhenina and Do fell f lat, losing 8-5 and 8-2, respectively, to give the Bulldogs the early advantage in the match. “With Yale, we lost the doubles point, and that ended up being the deciding factor for us,” coach Sanela Kunovac said. “We can’t afford to take our eye off the ball and not start strong with doubles. “[But we also] have to have faith in our singles players that they’ll go in there and make a strong stand as they did against Yale.” The top-billed match between the Ancient Eight ri-

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vals came at the first singles p osit ion , wher e E sken a zi stayed strong and prevailed over Hamilton in a stunning three-set display of endurance, 6-7(5), 6-3, 4-3(5). Though Vazhenina toppled Li, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 5, and Do defeated Elis junior Amber Li, 7-5, 6-2, at No. 6, Yale had already dealt the devastating blow by w inning three straight-set singles points. The Elis had success in the No. 2 though No. 4 positions to hand the Quakers their third Ivy loss. Despite the loss, the Quakers were able to keep things in perspective. “Our goal is to take each match in isolation, not to look so much at the final outcome. One match at a time. Whatever goes, goes,” Kunovac said. “In that sense, we still have t he sa me appr oach. Obviously, we would prefer for our record right now to reflect differently. But we’re still taking it one match at a time.” Penn w ill be able to put t hat approach to t he test very quickly, as Harvard and Dartmouth will be paying a visit to the Hamlin Tennis Center next weekend to resume Ivy play.

The Quakers pulled away in fourth quarter M. LACROSSE from page 12 Hurster would put one into the back of the net to bring the Bears within one. As he scored, the referees hit Penn with an unnecessary roughness penalty. Brown capitalized on the one-man advantage, and 34 seconds later, Hurster found the net again to knot the game up at seven, as Penn senior goalie Brian Feeney tipped the shot but couldn’t stop it from bouncing in. Despite the late rally, Penn wouldn’t let the tie stand for long. Less than a minute later, Berkery scored his second of the day off Penn’s own oneman advantage from a push penalty to put the Red and the Blue back in front for good. “It was awesome,” Berkery said about scoring the gamewinning goal. “We knew coming in here we would have better legs than them ... we knew we’d probably run them

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Red and Blue split Ivy matches behind De Alwis’ victory M. TENNIS | The Quakers came back to defeat Yale with Vim De Alwis clinching the win BY IAN WENIK Sports Editor The Iv y season is still young, but if early results are any indication, things are going to be different for Penn men’s tennis this time around. One week after upsetting Princeton in their conference play opener, the Quakers (610, 2-1 Ivy) split their weekend homestand with Brown and Yale, handling the Bears on Saturday, 4-2, before falling to the Elis on Sunday by the same margin. Against Brown (10-8, 0-2), the Red and Blue faced an early deficit after surrendering the doubles point. It didn’t last particularly long, as the Quakers responded by sweeping the top four matches in singles play as Vim De Alwis, Jeremy Court, Matt Nardella and Zach Katz all triumphed. De Alwis’ match at first singles was the only contest that wasn’t decided in straight sets, as the sopho-

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vs. Yale more dropped his first set to the Bears’ Justin To before picking up 6-1 and 6-4 victories in the second and third, respectively. On Sunday, though, the Quakers were on the wrong end of some late drama. The Elis (12-5, 1-1) and the Red and Blue were tied, 2-2, heading into the finals singles matches, as Penn pinned its hopes on Court and Nardella. Though Court won his first set against Yale’s Daniel Faierman, he fell 6-0 in the second and 6-4 in the tiebreaker set, handing the Bulldogs the win despite the fact that Nardella held a 5 - 0 lead against his opponent in the third set of his own match. Despite the tough loss, the Quakers still sit in a far better position at this point in the season than last year — in 2013, Penn started out 0-3 in Ivy play after falling to the same three teams.

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After seeing no playing time last season, sophomore midfield Pat Berkery has appeared in all eight of the Quakers game scoring seven goals and recorded four assists including two goals in this weekend’s match against Brown. into the ground in the fourth quarter, so we were never really worried.” And Penn looked stronger down the stretch. Sophomore Nick Doktor and senior Zack Losco added goals of their own

late in the fourth to give Penn some breathing room. Feeney finished with five saves, including one in the decisive final period. The Quakers, who have the second-toughest strength of

schedule in the nation, will look to carry a two-game win streak into their final two Ivy matches. Penn plays Harvard at Franklin Field on Saturday before traveling to Dartmouth a week later.

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Sophmore Vim De Alwis came up clutch for Penn on Saturday, winning the No. 2 singles match in three sets to clinch the Quakers’ victory over Yale.

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Quakers beat back Bears for key Ivy win M. LACROSSE | Penn beat Brown for its second Ivy victory and to tie for third place in the league BY STEVEN JAFFE Senior Staff Writer

vs. Brown One team was going to leave Franklin Field under .500 in Ivy League play. And with a late rally, the Quakers ensured it wouldn’t be them. On Saturday afternoon at Franklin Field, No. 15 Penn men’s lacrosse took down Brown, 10-8. The win marked the Red and Blue’s first home win against their foes from Providence, R.I., since 2007. At the outset, it looked like this one might turn into a shootout. Penn (5-3, 2-2 Ivy) put itself on the board first, thanks to a goal from junior attack Isaac Bock, but Brown (6-4, 1-2) responded by ripping through Penn’s defense — which had been stellar against Yale — with three successive goals to go up, 3-1. “We’ve been through many big games so far ... being down in the first and second quarters, so it’s something we expect, but it’s something we learn to deal with,” sophomore midfield Pat Berkery said. The Quakers finished off the opening quarter emphatically, rattling off four straight of their own, scoring the tying and go-ahead goals 10 seconds apart. Senior midfield Alex Blonsky led the rally, scoring two goals as Penn retook the lead. Then, both squads shored up on defense, allowing just one goal apiece in each of the next quarters, and Penn took a 7-5 lead into the last 15 minutes of play. “We mostly told our guys to settle down,” coach Mike Murphy said. “A lot of it was just taking away their transitions.” Given the pace of the game, it seemed as if the Red and Blue might ride out the victory, but Brown was determined to make things interesting. With 10:49 left in regulation, Sam

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WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES

8-0 START TO IVY LEAGUE PLAY (More Ivy wins than they had all of last year)

THREE MORE IVY WINS THAN ANY OTHER TEAM IN THEIR DIVISION 11-GAME WINNING STREAK (Best streak in over a decade)

27 HOME RUNS AS A TEAM (The rest of the Ivy League only has 42 combined)

.441 SLUGGING PERCENTAGE AS A TEAM (Top in the Ivies)

3.73 TEAM EARNED RUN AVERAGE (Had a 4.36 ERA last year)

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BASEBALL | With two two-game sweeps of Harvard and Dartmouth, Penn leads the Ivies at 8-0

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complete games from their two aces and some hot hitting to secure a second straight Ivy weekend sweep, re-

maining undefeated atop the Ancient Eight standings at 8-0. “We really showed some fight and

BY SEAMUS POWERS Staff Writer If it wasn’t apparent before this weekend, it is now: Penn baseball is here to stay. Taking on Harvard and Dartmouth on the road, the Red and Blue used

Red and Blue are unable to subdue the Windy City Wildcats W. LACROSSE | In a nonconference game amidst Ivy season, the Quakers fell to Northwestern

BY ELLIS KIM Staff Writer

vs. Northwestern Once again, the Quakers couldn’t tame the Wildcats. On a beautif ul Sunday af ternoon in F rank lin F ield, No. 12 Penn women’s lacrosse fell to No. 6 Northwestern, 7-2, in a defensive contest that highlighted the Red and Blue’s scoring troubles against the higher-ranked opponents. Penn (6-3) is now 1-12 all-time against the Wildcats (8-3), with the Quakers’ lone victory coming in the 2008 regular season. And while both schools feature completely different teams since facing each other three times in the NCA A tournament from 2007-09, the bal-

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Freshman attack Sarah Barcia had the first goal of the game this past Sunday against Northwestern. She has seven goals in her rookie season after appearing in all nine games. ance of power still hasn’t shifted in the Red and Blue’s favor. “I think one-on-one we can hang

with them,” coach Karin Brower

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Penn drops two close Ivy contests to the Bears and Bulldogs W. TENNIS | The Quakers started off strong against Brown but ultimately could not keep up the momentum

BY KARL BAGHERZADEH Senior Staff Writer

were able to battle through things this weekend,” coach John Yurkow said of the team’s road performance. Junior starter Dan Gautieri continued his recent success and earned his second straight complete-game win in the first matchup with Harvard (5-18, 1-5 Ivy), giving up just three runs on six hits. The Quakers (15-10, 8-0) drew first blood in the top of the fourth when senior Rick Brebner scored on a Mike

The Iv y League has not been friendly to Penn women’s tennis this year. After dropping a match to Princeton in its conference opener last week, the Quakers hit the road to face Brown and defending champ Yale this weekend, hungry to return to its winning ways. But the Red and Blue failed to register a win, ultimately falling to the Bears, 5-2, on Friday and to the Bulldogs, 4-3, on Saturday. I n its f irst match against Brown (12- 6, 1-1 Iv y), Penn(7-7, 0-3) cruised through doubles play, with the duo of junior Sol Eskenazi and sophomore Sonya Latycheva winning, 8-3, and freshman Kana Daniel and senior Jaime Yapp-

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at No. 52 Yale Shing taking the No. 2 spot, 8-5. But the Red and Blue could not keep up the momentum. L e av i n g e v e r y t h i n g o n t he court, three Penn players forced their singles matches to three sets, with Eskenazi, Latycheva and senior Stephanie Do all coming up short. Only freshman Luba Vazhenina pulled away with a singles point, winning her match in two sets. I n the Saturday a f ter noon match in New Haven, Conn., the No. 52 Elis (9-8, 1-1) edged Penn in a close matchup. For the second year in a row, the

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