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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014

March crime statistics show rise from 2013

Total crime increased from 57 to 84 incidents compared to last March, and property crime is up 61 percent BY JILL CASTELLANO Staff Writer This March saw record-breaking increases in certain types of crime, according to Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush. A total of 71 property crimes were committed this March, compared to 44 property crimes in March 2013 — an increase of 61 percent. While there were no robberies in March 2013, four were committed in March 2014, and total crime rose from 57 to 84 incidents compared to last March. “We wish we had a better story to tell you,” Rush said. In February, there were only 45 property crimes compared to the 71 in March, and the total number of property crimes committed so far this calendar year is 179 compared to 148 for the last calendar year from January to March. Rush attributed much of the significant rise in property crimes to the increase in burglaries, which rose from two in March 2013 to 16 in March 2014. “We haven’t had big trends on burglary, period,” Rush said. “This is very

unusual.” Nine of the month’s burglaries occurred in the Quad. College freshman and Penn basketball player Tony Bagtas was arrested for two of the Quad burglaries. The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office did not press charges for one of the alleged incidents. When asked why there was such a big increase in burglaries this month, Rush said that it’s hard to predict major changes. “Who thought that we’d ever see that many burglaries in the Quad?” Rush said. Other burglaries included one at the Horizon House at 120 S 30th St., which resulted in the arrest of an exemployee of the building and another in a student room in Du Bois College House. There was also a burglary against an affiliated individual in an off-campus house and another in the Restaurant School. “What makes someone burglarize one dorm room over another? It’s the doors that are unlocked,” Rush said. “The easy fix is always to lock your door when you go to sleep at night and when you leave your room.” In one of the burglaries, according to Rush, an undercover officer decided to surveil someone who looked like he was “casing” houses. When the officer saw him commit a burglary in an offcampus house, the officer arrested him.

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Thefts from buildings in March 2014 0 University academic or administrative buildings

Retail buildings

Unaffiliated buildings in the Penn Patrol Zone

Rush said that Division of Public Safety is “conducting very active investigations into the burglaries that occurred this month,” but she was unable to provide any information on the details of the investigation. Rush also said that the rise in total property crimes is partly due to the increase in bike thefts, which rose from three thefts in March 2013 to 12 this March. The total number of bike SEE CRIME PAGE 5

BY YUEQI YANG Staff Writer Penn women’s lacrosse coach Karin Brower Corbett issued a statement Friday saying “many of the allegations” that team members damaged Fado Irish Pub in Center City on March 29 are “unfounded or are not attributable to members of the Penn Women’s Lacrosse Team.” Casey Neff, the general manager

of Fado Irish Pub, alleged that party attendees at a Penn women’s lacrosse team formal held at the bar behaved badly, stealing alcohol, breaking furniture and smoking marijuana in the bathroom. Corbett wrote that she investigated the incident and received more information from Neff. The statement did not specify which of the allegations she deemed unfounded based on the investigation. Corbett declined a request from The Daily Pennsylvanian for an interview for further clarification and members of the lacrosse program were not available for interviews.

WORDS OF WISDOM FROM WARBY PARKER CO-FOUNDER NEIL BLUMENTHAL

Allegations ‘unfounded,’ women’s lacrosse coach says A Center City bar manager alleged members of women’s lacrosse damaged the bar

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Wharton MBA graduate Neil Blumenthal, a co-founder of successful prescription eyeglass and sunglass company Warby Parker, spoke yesterday at Huntsman Hall about his company's journey from pipe dream to popularity. Blumenthal's visit was coordinated by the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center's Executive Speaker Series.

Neff and the waitstaff at the Fado have also refused multiple requests for an interview after Corbett issued the statement. Corbett also said that the women’s lacrosse program does not condone any of the alleged misconduct, and she has taken the allegations of wrongdoing seriously. “This week has been a wake up call for all of us,” she wrote. “We hold ourselves to high standards of professionalism, and are deeply disappointed by our players’ poor judgment in holding this event.” “This has been an important learnSEE LACROSSE PAGE 6

How did Warby Parker get its start?

“We came up with the idea for Warby Parker upstairs in the [Huntsman] computer labs,” Blumenthal said. The original idea was to sell prescription eyewear for around one-tenth of their competitors' prices, or $45. When Blumenthal and co-founders Andrew Hunt, Jeffrey Raider and David Gilboa — who all attended Wharton — went to a professor for advice, he quickly shot down their idea. But by surveying their classmates, they discovered that “the willingness to purchase [glasses] increased, and then plateaued at $100,” according to Blumenthal. They settled on $95 per set of glasses, and the Warby Parker concept was born.

Expanding to storefronts, from SoHo to Atlanta

Blumenthal said Warby Parker's co-founders never originally envisioned storefront locations for their business. The company, which originally operated out of Blumenthal’s apartment, currently has five retail locations, with a sixth one in the works in Atlanta. SEE PARKER PAGE 9

Wendell Pritchett to be interim Law School dean BY FOLA ONIFADE Staff Writer Wendell Pritchett, a recently appointed Presidential Term Professor, will step in for outgoing Law School Dean Michael Fitts as the interim Penn Law Dean. Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price announced on Tuesday that Pritchett, currently the chancellor of Rutgers

University-Camden, will succeed Fitts, who will become president of Tulane University on July 1, as interim dean for the upcoming 2014-15 academic year. The search for Fitts’ permanent successor will begin later this spring and continue into the next academic year. “We were looking for somebody with extensive experience in administration and as an academic leader

and who would know the law faculty and would continue Dean Fitts’ trajectory for the year we conduct the search,” Gutmann said in an interview. “We also wanted someone who didn’t want to be a candidate for the deanship.” As interim dean, Pritchett will not be considered for the dean position. “I am grateful for Pritchett’s willingness to serve as interim dean and very pleased with the trajectory

1994: A ‘STRANGE’ FLING

of Penn Law, which will without a doubt continue under Dr. Pritchett’s interim leadership,” Gutmann said. Pritchett, who served as the associate dean for academic affairs at Penn Law from 2006- 2007, was also a member of the faculty from 20012009. He received his Ph.D. in history from Penn in 1997 and his J.D. from Yale University in 1991. His recent appointment as a Presidential Term Professor makes him the first

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Hearing concerning Quad burglaries postponed Originally scheduled for yesterday, it will now be held on May 29

A student crowdsurfs in the Lower Quad during the Fling of 1994, themed Stranger Flings Have Happened. The sunny moment was apparently a rare one; rain consumed campus most of Friday and Saturday that year.

professor of this designation to be appointed to a position at Penn Law. Law professor Ted Ruger shared his excitement on Pritchett’s return to Penn. “I think the world of Wendell, and I think he’s a tremendous choice as interim dean,” Ruger said. “He brings the added experience of running a major university in the Philadelphia area and that will play

A hearing for College freshman Anthony Bagtas has been postponed. Bagtas, a member of Penn’s men’s basketball team, is facing charges for one of the eight burglaries that struck the Quad on March 22. Bagtas was originally

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scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday morning, but his preliminary hearing has been rescheduled and is now set to occur on May 29. Bagtas is currently facing four charges — two felonies and two misdemeanors — for an alleged burglary that took place in Riepe College House. As The Daily Pennsylvanian reported on March 27, Bagtas is a Riepe resident but was removed from the Quad following his arrest.

As of press time, Bagtas’ attorney had no comment on the case. According to the Division of Public Safety, Bagtas was initially arrested for two Quad burglaries. However, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office declined to press charges for one of the alleged incidents. As of press time, a spokesperson for the District Attorney’s Office was unable to provide information as to why the charge was dropped. ■

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Fitts’ intellectual, interdisciplinary legacy Legacy of

Michael Fitts 5,355 students have passed through the doors of the Law School during the Fitts years.

$200 million

$200 million Amount raised by the Bold Ambitions capital campaign, facilitating an intellectual and physical transformation of the Law School.

joint-degree and certificate programs offered at the Law School, increasing the opportunity for students to benefit from cross-disciplinary legal studies.

2/3

of the 2014 class who graduated with a joint-degree or certificate.

40%

40 percent The expansion in the size of the standing faculty, including interdisciplinary appointments in corporate law and finance, intellectual property, international law, health law, and science and technology.

70%

70 percent Proportion of the standing faculty who hold advanced degrees in addition to the JD; nearly half the faculty hold joint appointments within the University.

40,000

40,000 Number of square feet added to the Law School campus by the $33.5 million Golkin Hall project. The Law School campus also underwent a $50 million top-to-bottom renovation during the Fitts years.

57%

57 percent Growth in the number of applications to the JD program, which rose from 3,391 in 2000 to 5,307 in 2013.

100% 100 percent

Growth in all forms of financial aid during Dean Fitts’ tenure.

After 14 years as dean, Fitts will be President of Tulane University BY COSETTE GASTELU Staff Writer Michael Fitts was a budding law professor when he arrived at the Law School. But nearly 29 years later — 14 of which he served as dean of Penn Law — Fitts is preparing to depart for his new post as President of Tulane University. And the impact he had in his tenure leading a distinguished law school will not be soon forgotten, as he left an indelible mark on virtually every aspect of the institution. As the year 2000 signaled the start of a new millennium, Fitts’ deanship ushered in a new era of innovative leadership for Penn Law, one that the school desperately needed at the time. “When [Fitts’] deanship began, we had just went through two years without a dean, so there were a lot of jangled nerves here,” said Penn Law professor Sarah Barringer Gordon, who joined the faculty in 1994. “The school really needed steady leadership and a sense of confidence.” Once Fitts took the helm, the Law School found itself in more-than-capable hands. By 2000, Fitts had already spent 15 years at Penn Law, teaching students and fostering his passion for legal education. “What drew me to legal education was that it has both an intellectual and a normative component,” Fitts said. “I don’t know of another field that teaches people how to think ... and at the same time focuses on coming to conclusions about what can make the world a better place.” Fitts’ commitment to everevolving scholarship was the driving force behind a number of initiatives that he spearheaded throughout his tenure. One of Fitts’ biggest achieve-

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Outgoing Law School Dean Michael Fitts created 35 joint-degree programs and grew the faculty by 40 percent over his 14 years in this position. ments was his expansion of interdisciplinary programs at the Law School, which offer students the opportunity to earn a law degree and simultaneously pursue advanced study in fields ranging from business to philosophy. In fact, Fitts oversaw the creation of 35 joint-degree and certificate programs over the course of his deanship, and two-thirds of the class of 2014 will graduate from one of those programs. Fitts’ promotion of a crossdisciplinary approach demonstrated his key insights into shifts in the nature of modern legal practice. His interdisciplinary programs are at the “cutting edge of legal education,” Gordon said, reflecting on how this crossdisciplinary approach was beneficial to Penn Law graduates who interact with various fields on a daily basis. “Lawyers are much less isolated and insulated than they used to be,” said professor Michael Knoll, who is involved with the J.D./MBA joint degree program. “Lawyers today need an understanding

of substance so that they can understand where clients are coming from.” The size of Penn Law’s faculty also grew by 40 percent over the past 14 years, also in response to the emergence of new types of legal practice. “There were all sorts of areas in law that we just weren’t covering in new fields such as intellectual property, health law and communications law, and we had fewer people than we needed in the field of corporate law,” Fitts said. Several professors pointed out that the greater number of faculty members specializing in a variety of disciplines has contributed to an engaging academic environment at Penn Law. “It makes the intellectual atmosphere of the school more fruitful because now it is very easy if you want to find out what a first-class economist or a first-class historian thinks about a certain topic,” Law School professor Kermit Roosevelt said. “You can just walk right down the hall and find out.” Aside from achievements at

the curricular level, Fitts improved other parts of the student experience at Penn Law as well. Financial aid availability for Penn Law students doubled during Fitts’ years, as did the number of students who were guaranteed summer funding for public service internships. The added appeal of Fitts’ student initiatives certainly showed: The number of applicants to the J.D. program grew by 57 percent from 2000 to 2013. Although he began his deanship with a few clear goals in mind, Fitts ended up surprising himself with some of the projects that he undertook. One such endeavor was the $33.5 million creation of Golkin Hall, which added 40,000 square feet to the Law School campus. “Initially I was not interested in bricks and mortar, but I realized that building up the academic programs and the faculty required the bricks and mortar to support the nature of the complete Law School campus,” Fitts recalled. Building projects such as the Golkin Hall addition were largely made possible by Fitts’ savvy fundraising strategies. Fitts’ Bold Ambitions capital campaign raised $200 million since it was publicly announced in 2006. As Fitts’ time at Penn Law comes to a close, it is clear that many at the Law School will be bidding farewell to not only a visionary leader, but also a trusted colleague and friend. “[Fitts] has given unstintingly of his time and care to us at a very personal level, and he has earned our loyalty over the years,” Gordon said. While Fitts, a native of West Philadelphia, is sad to leave the home that he has made for himself in his 29 years at Penn Law, he is excited for his next steps at Tulane. “It will be fun to make the transition, but I love [Philadelphia], and I will return often,” Fitts said.

Pritchett was Nutter’s deputy chief of staff PRITCHETT from page 1 a major role in keeping the campus running.” Pritchett joined Mayor Michael Nutter’s administration in 2008 as the deputy chief of staff and director of policy. “Wendell’s expertise in urban policy and education and familiarity with the dynamics of government at the local, regional and national levels make him the ideal interim leader of Penn Law,” Gutmann said in a statement. Ruger recalled the great strides the law school had taken under the leadership of Michael Fitts and was confident that Pritchett would sustain that momentum. “We’ve done very well at the Law School under Mike Fitts, recruiting top scholars from other schools and developing innovative programs for students,” he said. “Wendell is ideal in that he will continue to build on that and bring strength to that while still bringing a different perspective given his role heading Rutgers-Camden. So he’s an ideal person to build on the tremendous success that Mike Fitts has brought to the law school.” Ruger said. Law professor Sarah Gordon, who worked with Pritchett during his time at Penn, shared similar sentiments. “We have a really strong law school right now and Wendell was part of making it strong so staying on that track is exactly what he’ll understand,” she said. The University recently concluded a busy year of four dean searches for the Nursing School, Graduate School, the Wharton School and the School of Social Policy & Practice. In addition, a new athletic director was recently chosen. The search committee for the new Law School dean will mark the fifth dean search in less than a year.

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New program aims to address race as social, not biological construct BY LAURA ANTHONY Deputy News Editor In 1851, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine graduate Samuel Cartwright delivered a report to the Medical Association of Louisiana claiming that blacks’ health was improved by slavery. He theorized that forced physical labor improved blacks’ inferior lung capacity, so slavery was actually a necessity to bettering their health. Penn Law School professor Dorothy Roberts first heard this anecdote from a talk by Brown University professor Lundy Braun detailing the history of the spirometer, a medical device used to measure lung capacity. Some spirometers historically, and even in modern medicine, adjust the measurements according to the race of the patient. Cartwright used the device to justify the need for continued slavery to protect blacks’ health. Braun’s presentation included a picture of a modern spirometer with a button labeled “race,” and through numerous conversations with medical students, Roberts has found that some medical students are still trained to use spirometers based on patients’ race. For Roberts, this is a major problem. “My definition of race is that it is a political system to govern people based on invented biological demarcation, and it is not a natural division of human beings,” she said. “So it is much more plausible that inequities in health that fall along racial lines are caused by social determinants.” Braun’s talk sparked an idea for a future project in the new program she developed at Penn this year called the Program on Race, Science and Society. “What I’d like to accomplish is to bring together faculty from across the campus in the life sciences, the social sciences and the humanities to develop transformative, transdisciplinary approaches to the role of race in scientific research and technological development,” Roberts said. The program works with the Center for Africana Studies and will host its inaugural symposium on Friday called “The Future of Race and Science: Regression or Revolution?” “I called it ‘Regression or Revolution’ because I think we’re at a really important crossroads to determine whether science is going to continue on a path that uses an antiquated view of race as a natural category or whether

it’s going to revolutionize the way that race is understood and used in science,” Roberts said. The new program hopes to help spur that revolution. Roberts formed a faculty working group to allow professors to share their relevant research and collaborate on future projects, like one inspired by Braun’s presentation that would investigate the use of race in data collection and medical technology. Sociology professor Tukufu Zuberi, a member of the working group, said that in his experience, “Every time scientists pick [race] up, they make a mess of it.” He said that studies have misused statistical analyses when looking at questions of race, which has perpetuated rather than helped alleviate examples of racism. It has been shown that African Americans are over-represented in prison populations and African American drivers are pulled over by police more often than white drivers. But Zuberi said science often attempts to look at these discrepancies backwards. While many would be inclined to ask why so many African Americans get pulled over, Zuberi said, “The real way of looking at issues of race — once we assume the common humanity of all — would be to find out why police are selectively stopping more African Americans than others.” Medical School professor

Chyke Doubeni, another member of the working group, said that flawed understandings of race could also have medical consequences that lead to serious health inequities. Doubeni is currently researching colon cancer, and although there are racial differences in the incidence rates and death risks between Hispanics and African Americans, for example, he said it is more likely that those differences are due to social factors

than genetic ones. “We believe that more than anything else, this is because they are less likely to receive the preventive measures,” he said of African Americans, who have been shown to have the highest risk of colon cancer. Doubeni said that some research suggests that there may be some racial differences in terms of health, but in his experience, “these differences are the result of differences in behavior

or culture or socioeconomic status and all of these go back to the issues of social determinants of health more than they do for biology.” Roberts aims to use this program to re-conceptualize race from a biological category to a social one in scientific research, which she said complements her role of advancing the “interdisci-

plinary agenda of the university” as a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor. “We already have various centers that can complement the work of the program and faculty across the campus who are doing related research, and so I think that we are perfectly situated to be at the cutting edge of this important topic,” she said.

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Good Friday • 18 April Service with solemn reproaches

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The Great Vigil of Easter • 19 April 10.00 pm

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Slacking for social change

ocial media sites have been flooded by “pray for MH 370” messages ever since the unresolved disappearance of the airplane and its 227 passengers. Photos of the bereaved and Facebook statuses urging people to pray have become viral on media platforms. While there are few tangible means by which most social media frequenters can contribute to the search for the lost flight (except for absolute reliance on divine intervention), this kind of online activism is apparent in cases in which tangible change can indeed be made. What fascinates us, therefore, is the issue of people using social networks to advocate for a social cause. Setting aside countries whose people use social networking sites to rally troops and organize protests against oppressive regimes (e.g. Syria), the

FROSH OFF THE BOAT | During an age when awareness replaces actual action, what’s in a like? primary purpose of online activism often seems to be “to raise awareness” for a social cause. As middle-class international students who rarely travel to other countries for volunteer work, most of our so-called contributions to social causes overseas manifest online in the form of Facebook likes and shares. The ease with which we can be activists through a simple “like” or “retweet” has been perceived as instigating a lack of real action. Organizers seem to focus more on simply raising awareness, and social media users falsely recognize their peripheral social media involvement as significant activism. The apparent futility of sharing other people’s photos or words in bringing about social change sparked an online debate after a controversial hitand-run in Hong Kong. Kevin Lau, chief editor of a vocally anti-Chinese-government news-

paper, was sacked before being stabbed by an unknown assailant in Hong Kong last month. Concerns over freedom of press have started to fuel discussions across social networking sites as petition after petition has emerged.

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Most of us would likely still be oblivious to the Kony 2012 issue had it not been for the infamous campaign.” We fall among the tens of thousands of overseas students who seek solace in the fact that we can support our home from thousands of miles away by signing the virtual petition on Facebook. Some of our interna-

tional peers held a dissenting opinion. They assert that this form of Facebook activism is a self-beguiling distraction that breeds complacency, aka slacktivism. Dissenters who still maintain a modicum of idealism suggest more official channels of online activism (e.g. change. org, a centralized platform for petitions); the more cynical of them refuse entirely to partake in what they see as a futile and needless enterprise. What confounds us the most, however, is our friend’s reaction to this petition. Instead of taking five seconds to type his signature, he began to wax eloquence and justify his refusal to sign. “The ostensible contributions to a social cause made by the pressing of the ‘like’ button on a Facebook post,” he argued, sipping his overpriced Starbucks coffee, “gives us a feeling of having ‘done enough’ and hinders ‘actual’ activism.”

We simply cannot fathom why a person would go out of his way to avoid online activism when he is already aware of its possible side effects. That aside, while it may be true that certain social cause oversimplify social problems, are myopic in scope (e.g. Kony 2012) and depthless in agenda, it is publicity that catalyzes extensive discussions into their subject matter. Most of us would likely still be oblivious to the Kony 2012 issue had it not been for the infamous campaign, however controversial it was. The legitimacy of a social cause and solutions to the ills it targets are more likely to be addressed if public discourse encourages it. Instead of avoiding an online social campaign because it is flawed, say why it is so. Start the discussion and spread the word, regardless of how marginal the change you may bring. Even though slack-

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ased on our research and consultation with the Office of Student Affairs, we are hopeful that the Student Activities Council budget will remain in the black at the end of this fiscal year. That would give us two consecutive years of financial stability and allow the Executive Board to officially recommend a partial lift of the new group moratorium this fall. As noted in last semester’s op-ed, student group debt and increasing costs necessitated enacting the 2012 moratorium. Since then, SAC’s Executive Board has focused intently on reducing debt. We are pleased to share that after working closely with the financial advisors in the OSA and leaders of SAC-recognized groups, we have nearly eradicated student group debt across campus. We have updated our SAC Debt Policy by imposing budget cuts on groups with high levels of debt and will continue to help

student groups monitor their finances and adopt strategies that promote fiscal responsibility. Our next ongoing challenge is one that any organization financing performances and events faces: to develop strategies that will serve as longterm, sustainable solutions for rising facilities costs. This semester, for the first time, SAC published a pricing menu detailing costs for some of the more frequently-used event spaces on campus. Student groups can now utilize this menu to make more informed decisions before reserving a venue. Last fall, we calculated that facility costs were rising by 15 percent. As part of our research, we performed a detailed accounting audit of invoices from nearly every SAC-recognized group that used on-campus facilities for performances and events over the past two years. Through this process, SAC Exec’s in-

ternal calculation yielded that the actual cost of spaces is increasing at about 10 percent. The original calculation was derived using the information made available to SAC — the final numbers that SAC pays out for facilities. Our work over the past few months has led to the realization that our original figure was a result of combining the increase in the actual cost of spaces with a large increase in student group spending; we had previously been viewing two different factors as one. We have learned that the growth in size of student groups, demand to reach targeted audiences and a broader interest from students in attending events have all contributed to SAC-funded groups spending more overall on their events. We are really excited by the strength and vibrancy of student life on campus. However, steps must be taken to keep expenses at a sustainable level. A major component of student life on campus is our

performing arts community. In support of that community, as of last year, SAC devoted 20 percent of its budget to facility expenses for SAC groups that are recognized by the Performing Arts Council. the year that the moratorium was enacted, that number was approximately 30 percent. Long before the moratorium was enacted, SAC realized that PAC-recognized groups are not allowed to choose their performance venues. Rather, the PAC Executive Board assigns performance spaces due to limited venues and the availability of performance dates. As a result, some performing arts groups have no choice but to use more expensive venues. Oftentimes, these spaces require additional amenities to convert them into adequate performance spaces. This conversion can be quite costly and is only compounded with unavoidable labor costs, housekeeping charges, ticketing expenses and tech fees. As a result, the partial lift of the moratorium will specifically mean that we are projecting the moratorium to remain in place

for performing arts groups, but to be lifted for groups that fall within other categories. Before the moratorium can be lifted for performing arts groups, SAC and PAC must jointly re-examine the funding model for performing arts groups. The current funding model dates back many years, when the membership of both PAC’s and SAC’s general bodies were much smaller; thus, this funding model is no longer viable. Additionally, SAC and PAC must jointly explore ways to negotiate lower facilities rates and minimize the amount of money performing arts groups are spending on their events. PAC Exec has already implemented a limit on the number of tech hours each group is allotted, and has agreed to contribute 20 percent of PAC-group ticket revenues to SAC to subsidize facilities expenses. The exact terms of the partial lift of the moratorium will be released prior to the start of classes this fall and published on our website. In preparation, SAC will be reviewing

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WILLIAM ZHANG & JASON CHOI tivism should still be addressed, it is at worst a preferable substitute for actually slacking. Activists and organizers need to recognize social media activism as a possible entry point to their campaigns. It is their responsibility to show “likers” and “sharers” the concrete steps they can proceed with to contribute beyond the click of a mouse. In an era when media corporations are increasingly criticized for being biased and having a stranglehold on information, there is no time for stifling our own voices. WILLIAM ZHANG AND JASON CHOI are a Wharton freshman and a College freshman, respectively, from Hong Kong. They can be reached at willz@wharton.upenn. edu and jasonchoi.ht@gmail.com.

the guidelines for recognition while closely consulting with all relevant governing umbrella boards including, but not limited to, PAC, the Civic House Associates Coalition, the Publications Cooperative, and the Sports Club Council, among others. We are very excited to be able to announce a timeline for the moratorium to the Penn student body. We also really appreciate your patience as we evaluated and tested theories about what was happening and why. Ultimately, the problem we’ve uncovered is a good one — we realize that Penn students are more engaged and active than ever. As the SAC Executive Board, we will continue to encourage and support a robust student life on campus, while upholding our duty to make fiscally responsible decisions. THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES COUNCIL is the branch of student government responsible for allocating funds to student groups. The chair of the SAC executive board, Kanisha Parthasarathy, can be reached at sac@sacfunded.net.

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open beer bottle on the 4000 block of Irving Street at 10:50 p.m. and upon investigation was found to be underage. He was given a citation. March 29, 2014: The police observed an intoxicated 19-year-old affiliated male on the 300 block of Preston Street at 12:20 a.m. When

he was found to be underage, he was given a citation. March 29, 2014: The police observed an intoxicated individual on the 300 block of Preston Street at 12:20 a.m. When he was found to be underage, he was given a citation.

March 30, 2014: An affiliated 19-year-old male was seen carrying an open container of alcohol on 40th Street at 2:30 a.m. Upon investigation he was found to be underage and was given a citation. March 30, 2014: An 18-yearold a f f i l i at e d f em a le w a s seen carrying an open container of alcohol on the 3900 block of Baltimore Avenue at 12:50 a.m. Upon investigation, she was found to be underage and was given a citation. Assault March 28, 2014: A 47-year-old affiliated male reported an altercation with another individual which occurred on March 27 at 422 Guardian Dr. at 12:00 a.m. Burglary March 28, 2014: An affiliated 21-year-old female reported hearing glass shattering in her apartment at 4039 Baltimore Ave. at 11:00 a.m. She saw someone unknown to her attempting to

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enter through the broken window. When she yelled, the individual fled the scene without entering the property. March 28, 2014: An affiliated 21-year-old female reported that she was woken when she heard someone in her apartment in the Radian rifling through her belongings at around 6:45 a.m. The individual, a 21-year-old affiliated male, was arrested. There were no signs of forced entry. March 31, 2014: An affiliated 19-year-old male reported a missing laptop from his unlocked room in Ware College House, which occurred on Jan. 15, 2014. April 2, 2014: An affiliated 19-year-old male reported that personal items were missing from his room in Ware College House, which occurred on March 31, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. There were no signs of forced entry. DUI April 2, 2014: A 23-year-old unaffiliated female was seen engaging in a possible narcotics transaction

ing moment for our team,” she added. The statement was sent to Penn women’s lacrosse’s alumnae base, parents of current players and incoming recruits. In his original email to the University President’s office, the Athletic Director, Coach Corbett and the DP, Neff wrote that he hoped the University would “help me recover damages for both the pub and for my staff.” Neither

on the 4000 block of Walnut Street at 12:00 a.m. Upon investigation the police found that she had slow speech and bloodshot eyes, and she smelled of burnt marijuana. Public Urination March 29, 2014: A 19-year-old affiliated male was seen urinating in public in plain view on the 300 block of Preston Street at 11:40 p.m. He was given a citation. Other Offense March 30, 2014: A 24-year-old unaffiliated male was seen walking with an open container of alcohol. He was given a citation. Vandalism April 3, 2014: An individual was playing with a rock and accidentally broke the rear window of a female’s vehicle on the 100 block of S. 41st St. at 4:10 p.m. The female, an unaffiliated 67-year-old, declined to press charges.

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of the parties involved are willing to discuss if a solution was reached. Neff did not file a police report because he was unable to single out an individual responsible for the alleged incident. He said DPS contacted him. DPS deferred comment to Associate Vice Provost for University Life Hikaru Kozuma, who said in an email that he was “unable to comment on any situations or incidents that involve our students.”

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UMC celebrates diversity with cuisine on the Green The Celebration of Cultures aims to unite constituent groups BY SONIA SIDHU Contributing Writer Today Penn students will be able to get a “taste” of different cultures — literally. T h e 2 014 C e l e b r a t i o n of Cultures will feature 28 booths with foods from different minority groups and cultures as well as performances and music. The event will take place today from 5 to 7 p.m. on College Green and is free for all students. T he Un it ed M i nor it ies Council puts on this annual event in order to encourage collaboration between different constituents of the UMC and to showcase the different cultures to the general

student body. Celebration of Cultures is considered UMC’s biggest event of the semester and prospective students were able to attend a smaller scale version of the event earlier in the week. This year’s event will be different because the UMC board is encouraging more disparate groups to collaborate for the event. For example, the Penn Philippine Association might be encouraged to work with the Black Student League instead of a more culturally similar group, as in past years. T he c h a nge i n for m at goes along with the theme of “Common Threads.” The theme emphasizes that all students — including those who are not involved in UMC — have similarities. When planning the event,

UMC’s main goal was to increase attendance among students who normally are not involved with UMC. “We want to reach other aud iences t h at wou ld n’t k now U MC. We came up with [the theme] ‘Common Threads’ so even if people a ren’t i n U MC, they see there are commonalities between UMC and them,” UMC chair Reginald Stewart said. UMC intentionally plans the event during the week of Spring Fling so that there will be more traffic on College Green. Fling tanks will be given out at the event. Instead of having students simply show up for free food and leave, Stewart and other members of the UMC board changed the format of the fair this year so that the booths are more interactive and teaching-based. They

will include maps and engage the visitors in conversation more than in previous years. Add it iona l ly, a per for mance by WAVE, an African

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hough we all know the Internet is for porn (thanks Avenue Q), the bedroom is no longer the only area being ceded to digital territory. For every girl with daddy’s AmEx, window browsing on Fifth Avenue has been replaced with online shopping. And FYEs everywhere have virtually been rendered useless (pun intended) with the existence of the multifarious iTunes store. Things are no different here at Penn, where the Rave gets nearly half the traffic for the midnight screenings of blockbuster hits like Twilight as Hulu does the day after the newest episode of 30 Rock airs. This makes sense. We Penn students are too busy procrastinating on Penn InTouch and designing funny lacrosse pinnies for the clubs we’re involved in to leave the comfort of our beds to

watch Hugo in theaters. And we fit this mold of overworked Ivy League students well, with only about 17% of Penn undergrads watching movies at the Rave every semester. But how about the other stereotype, the one that says all college students are poor? The free movement of information made possible by the interweb makes

you guess then that Penn students would prefer to get their RomCom fix online with free streaming websites like SideReel and Ch131 rather than pay for services provided by Netflix and Redbox? While 75% of us watch movies online, nearly 50% pay for it. I hear Horrible Bosses — a new release on iTunes — is hysterical, but is Whose recommendations do you take? it worth the 50 1.5 salads at 47.7% Other Sweetgreen 40% 40 A Friend it would Cinema Studies have cost if 30 Major 26.2% 25% 25% I had seen it Professor or TA 20 in theaters? Street Ramen noo10 *Students surveyed were allowed to choose more dles aren’t than one option. 0 that bad, I guess. entertainment accessible and The average Penn student inexpensive to anyone with an (who is anything but average, if AirPennNet account. Wouldn’t you ask Amy Gutmann) watch-

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BY BOOKYUNG JO Staff Writer If you think online real estate websites are playing tricks on your eyes, check out a new program four Engineering seniors are developing. The project, called Scoring and Correcting Geometric Distortions in Images, is an algorithm and a comprehensive tool that can detect artificial mutations that are applied to images. The team — made up of Engineering and Wharton seniors Tanay Mehta, Boris Treskunov, Grace Wang and Joseph Zhong — is currently focusing on distorted room pictures, primarily because brokers and retailers have a high incentive to make online images of rooms look bigger than their original size. The tool will be distributed as a browser extension — a computer program that provides additional functions to a browser. The extension will give scores for pictures found online based on how much they are distorted from their original image. The algorithm is a senior design project, which Engineering students must complete before graduation. Seniors usually work on topics of interest to them, applying the various skills and knowledge they have acquired during their undergraduate years. The initial idea for the project came from a personal experience. “I lived in New York last year and the room was much smaller than what it seemed to be online,” Mehta said. The team did some research and realized there are several distortion techniques people use to make rooms seem larger, the easiest being “panoramic stitching,” — a process that combines several images to give a 270 or 360 degree view of an area.

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Veterans instill confidence in newcomers BULLPEN from page 12 Bet recalled his thought process, which he vocalized to Yurkow when the first year head coach first proposed the move: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatever Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to do for the team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this is my senior year. I really just want to win this year.â&#x20AC;? Schwartz explained why he and Yurkow tasked Bet with the new role. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Throwing submarine] is a really effective tool to have out of the bullpen,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We came across Pat Betâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name for two reasons: one, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s selfless, and two, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really tough.â&#x20AC;? Bet has done his best so far to settle into his role and help the Quakers win: the senior has yet to give up an earned run in his seven appearances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been very effective down there getting ground balls,â&#x20AC;? Yurkow added. A nother senior who has seen a smooth transition to the bullpen is Cody Thomson, an imposing righty who hails from Thousand Oaks, Calif. A starter the last two sea-

THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN with valuable advice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Us seniors really preach to the younger guys to be confident in everything you do,â&#x20AC;? Bet said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid. Just come in and challenge people.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Its rea lly nice to have all the older guys,â&#x20AC;? Cousins added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The wisdom is really what helps out.â&#x20AC;? Reitcheck â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who entered the season seeking a starting role â&#x20AC;&#x201D; also showed appreciation for the veterans of the bullpen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The upperclassmen have really helped me out with getting in the mindset of coming in and closing games out,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The big thing is confidence.â&#x20AC;? Standing undefeated atop the Iv y League, there is a clear air of confidence surround ing the entire Penn baseball team at the moment. And having confidence in key groups on the team, such as the bullpen, makes the experience better for everyone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to k now, as a coach, what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna get when those guys go out on the mound,â&#x20AC;? Yurkow said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes it fun to coach.â&#x20AC;? A s long as the R ed and Blueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relievers keep delivering, the fun times should continue to roll on for Penn baseball.

Cousins made a key relief appearance in Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second game against Yale, in which he entered facing a 5-1 deficit. The rookie was able to stifle the Bulldogsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bats in his four and one-third innings, giving up only one run to keep the Quakers in the game and secure a win. The freshmen, Reitcheck and Cousins, are at the top of the bullpen in both walks and strikeouts, indicating that the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;stuffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is there, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now just a matter of finding better command and locating more consistently in the big spots they face. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Reitcheckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] made some big pitches when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needed to,â&#x20AC;? Yurkow said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got good stuff. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about him getting some more confidence with it.â&#x20AC;? Cultivating confidence The vetera ns of the re lief staff have embraced the promising young hurlers in add ition to their adjusted roles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been awesome,â&#x20AC;? Thomson said in reference to the performance of the freshmen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The young guys are really talented. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a breath of fresh air to have a lot of guys we can go to.â&#x20AC;? And while the seniors have led by example, they have also provided the younger arms

sons, Thomsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s move to a relief role happens to be familiar. As a freshman for the Red and Blue, Thomson was called upon to come out of the bullpen after exclusively starting in high school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In my high school career, I never came out of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;pen,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was definitely a transition.â&#x20AC;? The senior went on to explain the demands of relief pitchers, which he was forced to get accustomed to. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gott a get ready quicker,â&#x20AC;? Thomson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You could come in any given situation, and you have to throw strikes when you do.â&#x20AC;? Thomson was able to resp ond t o t ho se d em a nd s quickly, as he served as the squadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primar y closer his first year, making 15 relief appearances and posting a 3.35 ERA. And while Thomson is back in the bullpen this year, a DP File Photo freshman has once again assumed the closer role for the Senior reliever Cody Thomson has been an instrumental part of Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rejuvenated Quakers. bullpen, helping provide veteran leadership to the freshmen members of the staff. Growing up, shutting it down T he I l l i noi s n at ive h a s hails from Illinois, righty Jake R ook ie lef t y M i ke R eit- earned an Ivy League-high Cousins has also stepped up check has come along quickly five saves thus far â&#x20AC;&#x201D; three in relief for the Quakers. as a closer, delivering some of which came in important Cousins leads the Red and of the gutsiest Penn pitching conference wins over Brown Blue bullpen with 19 innings performances of the young and Harvard. pitched, and has given up just season. A fellow freshman who also two earned runs in that span.

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thing we did well with today.â&#x20AC;? After senior Rick Brebner got on base with a two-out double in the final frame, the Red and Blue were unable to drive in the tying runs to hold off defeat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a few chances to come away with the win,â&#x20AC;? Yurkow said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had chances and couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do anything with it.â&#x20AC;? The vaunted Penn offense was held to less than three runs for the first time since its matchup with Richmond on March 16. The Hawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pitching staff held the Red and Blue to only six hits on the day. One of the lone bright spots of the day came from the Red and Blueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pitching staff. Senior Cody Thomson hurled five innings while allowing only one hit and striking out seven. Sophomore Brian Schwarzbach also pitched well in three innings of work, surrendering

can prepare for a specific opponent, neither can Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rivals. All that suggests the Quakers have something to look forward to next year. Sure, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll lose two top-four players in seniors Nikola Kocovic and Zach Katz, but â&#x20AC;&#x201D; assuming Lahlou makes it back from surgery â&#x20AC;&#x201D; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a proven one back, as well as essentially one and a half recruiting classes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I expect us to be really good next year,â&#x20AC;? Geatz said. In the meantime, the shorthanded Red and Blue can try to do what they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done since 2007: finish the season with a winning Ivy record. Because as much as Geatz has bemoaned ill luck this season and as much as he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait for a full-strength squad next year, he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop reminding us, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t over yet either.â&#x20AC;?

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Junior catcher Austin Bossart was the lone offensive bright spot for the Quakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s against St. Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Tuesday, hitting a solo home run in the bottom of the third. The Quakers will need to get their potent offense back going if they want to start a new winning streak this afternoon against St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. two hits and zero earned runs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think our bullpen depth is getting stronger,â&#x20AC;? Yurkow said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was nice to see Thomson go five innings for us today.â&#x20AC;?

With just one more matchup before starting their Ivy slate in the Lou Gehrig division, Penn will look to get back to its winning ways sooner rather than

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THE BUZZ: MANO-A-MANO

What can we expect from Penn track for the rest of the year? BY IAN WENIK AND COLIN HENDERSON From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ Penn’s track and field campaign this year has been dominated by headline-getters such as Sam Mattis and Thomas Awad, breaking school records despite the team getting flung all over the East Coast. But what should we expect from the Quakers for the rest of the season? Sports Editor Ian Wenik and Associate Sports Editor Colin Henderson discuss: Sports Editor Ian Wenik: It’s tough to pin down specific expectations for the Red and Blue, considering just how big and diverse the team is, but if you’re going to force me to pick one event group, then I would have to say that people should expect bigger and better things from Penn’s relay teams in the coming weeks. Consider Penn’s most recent relay performance at last week’s Sam Howell Invitational. The men’s 4x400-meter relay won with an impressive time of 3:16.74, a mark certainly aided by the presence of veteran sprinter Tom Timmins as the anchor leg. The women’s 4x400m relay team certainly did well in its own right, finishing in fifth place. I expect those strong performances to continue.

Lawsuit has major NCAA implications TYDINGS from page 12 does unionize and Northwestern loses its appeal, the process wouldn’t end there. Rather, it is likely going to federal courts

And you should expect big things from the 4x100m relay teams looking forward as well, as sprinters like Heather Bong and Brandon Senior get shuffled into coach Steve Dolan’s lineups. Associate Sports Editor Colin Henderson: I completely agree with you, Ian. I really think that Penn’s relay teams have what it takes to put up some strong times as we approach some of the season’s biggest meets, especially the Penn Relays. Both the men’s and women’s sprint and middle-distance teams have a lot of speed and, more importantly, a lot of veteran leadership from seasoned competitors like Lydia Ali and Mato Bekelja. But I also think that we would be remiss not to mention the throwers. They might not get as much shine as some of the runners, but they may be the standout athletes of the outdoor season thus far. I’m not sure that they have the depth to compete with some other Iv y throwing squads moving forward, but athletes like Sam Mattis, Jake Brenza and Nailah Hill could definitely make some noise as individuals. IW: The throwers have been solid for sure, but I think that Penn’s best non-running event squad has been its jumpers. I mean, we all know how strong Maalik Reynolds has been as

a high jumper, considering his All-American credentials, but he’s starting to get some company at the top. How about Thomas Pitt, who finished just .03 meters behind Reynolds last weekend? Or Noel Jancewicz, who’s quickly established herself as the top high jumper on the women’s team in her first outdoor season? And I would be remiss to mention the long jumpers, who are starting to round into form as well. Junior Jenny Thompson came in eighth place last weekend in the triple jump, while Pitt can also certainly transfer his high jump talents to the sand pit. CH: All are certainly valid points. I think it will be especially interesting to see how Reynolds, who underperformed at indoor Heps, and Jancewicz, who is still learning her role as a multi-event athletes, finish the season. But I also think that it’s important to keep things in perspective. Penn is still a young and inexperienced squad. It is unreasonable to expect either the men or women to make a run at an Ivy title for at least another year or two. But if the younger athletes can gain some experience and some of Penn’s stars can flex their muscles toward the end of the year, coach Dolan has a lot to be excited about moving forward.

— possibly even the Supreme Court — a while down the road. But regardless of which way the appeal goes or whether the team actually votes to unionize, the NCAA has been put on notice that college athletics, as we have known it for the last 100-plus years, may be in for quite the shakeup. So what does this mean for Penn? In the short-term, not much. Penn doesn’t give out ath-

letic scholarships and works off a true student-athlete model, as has been trumpeted by everyone at the University from Provost Vincent Price to new Athletic Director M. Grace Calhoun. The lack of scholarships is a concept that the Ivy League was founded upon and definitely won’t be changing any time soon. And without scholarships, there isn’t an employment contract or any formal compensation for Penn’s athletes, making unionization impossible for any of Penn’s varsity sports. Yet Penn, like the rest of the NCAA, needs to be wary of the change that will invariably be coming to intercollegiate athletics. Northwestern’s football team isn’t the only challenge to the NCA A. Former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon is leading a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA, the goal of which is to allow athletes to cash in on the use of their likeness and image — something that is prevented by NCAA bylaws. And while O’Bannon’s suit doesn’t go to trial until June 9, it may be something that the NCAA should fear more than unionization. Unionization affects private schools that give out scholarships, so schools like Stanford, Duke and of course, Northwestern, are directly implicated by the NLRB’s ruling. And the unionization ruling may only affect revenue sports like football, as one of the key parts of the previous decision was that a sport had to bring money into

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Penn Athletic Director M. Grace Calhoun will assume her role as the NCAA faces a major unionization effort from Northwestern football and a class-action lawsuit.

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Junior sprinter Tom Timmins hasn’t slowed down since qualifying for the NCAA championships in the 400 meter hurdles last year. Last week, he anchored Penn’s winning 4x400m relay team at the Sam Howell Invitational in Princeton, N.J.

the institution. O’Bannon’s lawsuit, on the other hand, affects every single school that is a part of the NCAA. Every single school benefits from the likeness and image of its athletes, using them for promotional efforts and making money through those efforts. And the lawsuit would have the ability to affect non-revenue sports as well. Across town, Temple recently eliminated sev-

en sports and many schools, including ones in close competition with Penn, which may have to follow suit if the eventual O’Bannon lawsuit has a tangible effect on the money going into athletic programs. Ultimately, extensive changes to the NCAA, which are necessary based on the current climate of college sports, may not be coming for a while thanks to an extensive system of appeals.

But with the pressure of unionization and O’Bannon’s lawsuit, Penn, the Ivy League and the NCAA as a whole are on notice. Change is coming and the whole country better be ready.

STEVEN TYDINGS is a Wharton sophomore from Hopewell, N.J. and is senior sports editor-elect of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at tydings@thedp.com.

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Eclectic bullpen off to fresh start for upstart Quakers Relievers driving Quakers’ success Meet the best arms out of Penn’s trusty bullpen Pat Bet — 0-0, 0.00 ERA The senior submariner has ﬂourished after transitioning out of the rotation, maintaining a perfect earned run average through his ﬁrst seven appearances of the season. Bet has become Penn’s top middle reliever.

Cody Thomson — 1-0, 2.45 ERA

Thomson’s versatility was on display in Tuesday’s 4-2 loss to St. Joe’s, as the senior came in and pitched ﬁve crucial shutout innings, striking out seven batters while surrendering only one hit.

Mike Reitcheck — 0-2, 5.00 ERA

Though the freshman picked up the loss against the Hawks, he has excelled after being given the Quakers’ closing responsibilities. Reitcheck has notched ﬁve saves while giving up only two extra-base hits.

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Penn falls to St. Joe’s as 11-game streak ends

BASEBALL | Red and Blue fall to Hawks in 13th inning of Liberty Bell Classic second round matchup BY COREY HENRY Staff Writer

vs. St. Joseph’s They say streaks are made to be broken. And on Tuesday, that’s exactly what happened for Penn baseball. In the semifinals of the Liberty Bell Classic, the Quakers’ 11-game winning streak — as well as their unbeaten mark at home, came to an end at the hands of St. Joseph’s, 4-2. Penn (15-11) didn’t give up easily though. The Quakers forced the game into extra innings and didn’t fall until the Hawks (16-9) scored two runs in the top of the 13th inning to put the game out of reach. “I’m not too happy right now,” coach John Yurkow said. “We didn’t do very well with anything.” The Quakers were able to draw first blood after sophomore shortstop Ryan Mincher’s RBI double brought in Mike Vilardo in the bottom of the second inning. St. Joe’s was able to tie the game at one in the next half inning before

Austin Bossart hit a solo home run to make the score 2-1 in the bottom of the 3rd. After nine innings, the score was knotted at two apiece, sending the game to extras to settle the deadlock. Between the 10th and 12th innings, the two teams managed only one hit, a single courtesy of junior Jeff McGarry in the 11th. “On the offensive side we couldn’t get anything going,” Yurkow said. “You gotta hit to win at some point, and we couldn’t get that big hit.” In the top of the 13th, the Hawks were able to take control of the game after a leadoff single. Collin Forgey, the following batter, pounded freshman pitcher Mike Reitcheck for a two-run homer that proved to be the deciding factor in the game. Despite the fact that the Quakers fell in extras, Yurkow still praised the performance of his pitchers against the Hawks. “We pitched pretty well today,” he remarked. “But it was the only

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Jake Cousins — 3-0, 0.95 ERA

Splitting time between the rotation and the bullpen, Cousins has struck out 14 batters in only 19 innings pitched, while maintaining a 2:1 strikeout to walk ratio. The freshman righty has a bright future as a part of coach John Yurkow’s pitching staff. Graphic by Zoe Goldberg

BASEBALL | With a mix of rookies and seniors, Penn’s bullpen has been stellar in 2014 BY SEAMUS POWERS Staff Writer Fresh starts and strong finishes. Such has been the story this season for Penn baseball, and no group embod ies it mor e t ha n t he Quakers’ bullpen. A d iver se a nd color f u l group featuring freshmen as well as seniors, and made up largely of hurlers transitioning from starting roles, the Red and Blue’s relievers have shown an exceptional ability to adjust and step up to new, demanding roles this year. Penn’s coaches, who drast ic a l l y r e a s s e m ble d t he

bullpen this offseason, have embraced the array of characters in the group and have also been impressed with their performance thus far. “There are def initely a lot of new faces [in the bullpen],” coach John Yurkow said. “And they’re all so different. We’ve got some loud guys, some quiet guys, some fat guys and some skinny guys.” P it ch i ng coach Joh n Schwar tz expanded upon Yurkow’s thoughts, explaining: “There are a lot of personalities, which makes it nice because we can mix it up a little bit and have fun with the guys. More than that, we have some depth, and that’s different than prior years. We have a matchup for every situation right now.” “They’re doing a really good job now of compet-

ing and throwing strikes,” Yu rkow adde d . “ T her e’s something to be said for that.” Penn’s relief efforts, which have improved quickly as the season has progressed, have a lot to do with the pitching staff’s low 2.39 earned run average in Ivy play, as well as the squad’s 8-0 start in conference competition. To the rotation and back Senior reliever Pat Bet, who has gone through an unorthodox and at times frustrating career at Penn, has been tasked with the biggest adjustment of the group. Coming out of high school in Whitehall, Pa., Bet was well on his way to earning innings before he started feeling elbow pain early in his first spring with the Quakers. He ended up needing Tommy John surgery, which

kept him off the mound for the rest of his freshman and sophomore years. But Bet made su re he would see a return to action his junior year. “I came back last year and worked my way back into the starting rotation, which was really important to me,” he said. “I really enjoyed it.” Bet started eight games as a junior — the fourth highest total on the staff — and held opposing batters to a .275 batting average, the secondlowest mark among Penn starters. Earlier this year, with the season still months away, Bet was asked to take on the new role of a submarine reliever. Instead of questioning the adjustment, he embraced it.

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Penn needs to be on notice with NCAA change upcoming

STEVEN TYDINGS On March 26, a National Labor Relations Board regional director made one of the biggest rulings in college sports history, declaring that Northwestern’s football players were employees of the school and therefore had the right to unionize. Why was the decision so important? Simple. By giving Northwestern’s student-athletes the

right to unionize, it is declaring the idea of the ‘student-athlete’ a fraud, an idea that the NCAA is founded and based upon. The ruling says, in no uncertain terms, that the players can collectively bargain with Northwestern. And if a unionized team took the field next fall while receiving wages in exchange for playing, every player would be ineligible, thus forcing the NCAA to change its rules on eligibility. However, for now nothing happens. Northwestern is appealing the decision to the National Labor Relations Board and the team hasn’t voted to unionize yet, casting doubt over whether the team as a whole actually wants to unionize. Even if the team

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Geatz, Quakers trying to make do despite injury bug

M. TENNIS | With injuries piling up, Penn still has high hopes for this season BY STEVEN JAFFE Senior Staff Writer

Before the tennis season began, head coach David Geatz had a prediction for Senior Associate Director of Athletics Tony Vecchione. “There’s no way we’re not going to be a top-40 team this year,” Geatz told him. Then the injuries started piling up. Junior Ismael Lahlou — Penn’s No. 3 player last year — was sidelined for the year after back surgery. Freshman Stuart Little, who Geatz predicted would fill a doubles spot, had knee surgery which put him out of commission for

the season as well. Sophomore Blaine Willenborg — who made a shaky comeback against St. John’s and returned for an ostensibly more permanent time against Yale this past weekend — has been out for two to three months with a broken finger. “I think Blaine would have played at the top of our lineup too if he wouldn’t have been out for his broken finger,” Geatz said. And as he came off the bench, freshman Marshall Sharp sat down in his stead, thanks to a hip flexor. Other singles players have missed playing time here and there for other short-term ailments as well. So much for top 40. Penn would be lucky to crack the top 75 anytime soon. “I’ve never seen so many guys hurt in my life for ten-

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nis,” Geatz said. It’s hard to judge the precise effect that the Quakers’ misfortunes have had on their success this year. On the one hand, every single one of Penn’s losses could have been reversed with two more points, whether that would have meant picking up the doubles point or having a stronger singles lineup at each positional rank. Of course, the Quakers wouldn’t have won all those matches, but Geatz isn’t crazy to think the disabled list has had some tangible effects. Take Penn’s loss to Yale this weekend, the only blemish on their Ivy season thus far. The Quakers dropped a stunningly close doubles point — reversing either of their 8-7 doubles losses would have given them the point — and two singles matches went

to three sets. That’s the type of loss that a non-patchwork lineup helps solve. “I thought that was a winnable match anyway, and I thought we’d win,” Geatz said. “And I thought the doubles point just got away from us.” On the other hand, from a bystander’s perspective, it doesn’t necessarily appear that injuries have hurt the Quakers all that much. Penn sports a winning Ivy record for the first time since 2008 — a record that includes a much-sought after victory over No. 56 Princeton. In fact, this time last year, the Red and Blue were winless in Ivy play, having dropped matches to Princeton, Brown and Yale. And while Geatz points out that a fluctuating lineup takes a toll on everyone as no one

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Penn men’s tennis has missed the presence of junior Ismael Lahlou in the lineup this season, who is out for the year after undergoing back surgery.

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