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PEACE LOVE FLING
Fling was born in 1973. In 1976, concerts replaced square dances. Over the course of the decade, the event evolved to include such attractions as candy underpants eating, wet T-shirt and jockey shorts contests. BY FOLA ONIFADE Staff Writer This year’s Spring Fling theme of peace, love and f ling takes students back to when it all began.
1973
The first Spring Fling was held on April 21, 1973, as a revival of the Skimmer Day carnival-style tradition. Skimmer Day, which had been suspended in 1963 due to alcohol policy violations, was a celebration of the University’s rowing team and marked the beginning of spring.
1974
The second Spring Fling was much larger. Due to weather conditions, a square dance was held in Houston Hall and was the “largest dance the University ever held.” After a weekend of crowds, fun and dance, Fling organizers reveled in the success of the weekend and the establishment of a new University tradition.
1977
Fling of ‘77 was a “multiple arts bazaar” that included more types of crafts than in previous years. Jewelry, pottery, woodwork and photography were just a few of the newly added types of art. Buttons with photographs and puppets were also available for sale and everything was “geared towards a student budget” of $15 to $20.
1978
New events were created by the Fling Committee to give students greater involvement and “create a circus atmosphere.” Perhaps the most bizarre was the Candy Pants Eat-Off, which consisted to two team members — an eater and an “eatee” wearing candy underwear. Other contests included wet T-shirt and wet jockey shorts contests and the Ivy League Twit of the Year contest.
1975
For SPEC, it’s a hard day’s Fling BY KRISTEN GRABARZ Staff Writer Spring Fling’s food, carnival and concert don’t appear out of thin air. Multiple branches of the Social Planning and Events Committee have been hard at work all year, planning and preparing for this weekend’s Fling attractions and events. The past week has been the final stretch of preparation. “The week before Fling is all about tying up loose ends. That includes everything from posting signs to preparing our committee members for their weekend roles,” College and Wharton sophomore and Spring Fling Committee co-Director Derek Standlee said in an emailed statement. Responsible for multiple attractions, including the Quad carnival, the Spring Fling Committee manages set-up and recruitment of food vendors. On Friday, set-up in the Quad will begin at 6 a.m., when committee members will set up tents, finalize the stage set-up and transform McClelland into the focal point of Fling operations. Security also moves into place, and food vendors arrive to begin cooking early in the day. “It’s a hectic process,” Standlee said. Spring Fling committee members also took a shopping trip to BJ’s this week. SEE FLING PAGE 6
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Arts and crafts were prominent during the Fling of ‘75. Artists primarily from Philadelphia, but also from all over the East Coast congregated in the Lower Quad to sell their work. The purpose was to get more creative people involved with the Spring Fling festivities.
1976
Three years after the official start of Spring Fling, the first official large concert was held. Blues artist Taj Mahal performed in the Quad and offered Penn students “a close alternative” to Woodstock , The Daily Pennsylvanian wrote. At this time, the concert was free for all Penn students.
1979
In 1978, costs totaled to about $12,000. In 1979, Quad officials wanted the Spring Fling closing concert moved out of the Quad or $8, 000 in advance for future damages. At the last minute, the Student Activities Council frantically sought to secure the Quad or River Field, according to a 1979 DP article. While SAC hoped to continue the outdoor tradition, an indoor concert at the Palestra was the only option due to the lack of security on Hill Field. SAC secured the Quad after negotiates were made to hire more personnel and get portable bathrooms, but was required to have a canopy due to forecasted weather conditions. ■
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Sophomores lined up for $1 “Peace, Love, Fling” fling tanks yesterday by the high rises, an event organized by the 2016 Class Board in preparation for Spring Fling this weekend. Students stood in a line that extended from the entrance of Harnwell College House to Harrison College House in anticipation of the fling tank sale.
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Recording the history of women at Penn BY MELISSA LAWFORD Staff Writer
Penn women are making a difference, and the Penn Women’s Center is making videos to commemorate the way these women have shaped or experienced the University. As part of the Penn Women’s Center’s Voices of Change project, President Amy Gutmann discussed her experiences as a woman at Penn in a video released yesterday. The project consists of a growing set of video interviews of a wide range of Penn women. Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush, Vice Provost for University Life Valerie Swain-Cade McCoullum and Executive Director of the Women’s Law Project Carol Tracy are three people featured in the 11 videos which have been uploaded so far. The project began as part of the Women Center’s 40th anniversary celebrations, but it will be ongoing as the Center hopes to collect a total of 40 videos, explained Women’s Center Director Felicity Paxton. The interviews are done by Paxton and Jessica Mertz, director of the Voices of Change project, in collaboration with VPUL. The women in the videos are asked questions about their own personal history as women at Penn, focusing on their interaction with the Women’s Center, Mertz said. The stories are “incredibly inspiring,” Paxton said “and on a personal level very moving,” she added. The project is about “teaching students a history they don’t necessarily feel connected to,” Mertz said. “We need to hear about what got us to this point,” she added. The Women’s Center was established in 1974 after over 200
women protested on campus in 1973 after the University failed to respond to a sequence of five rapes over the course of three days. Several of the interviews have been with women from the original sit-in. One thing which stood out in particular for Mertz was “hearing how much it felt like a fight for them,” she said. The work of the Women’s Center is “now professionalized and institutionalized,” she explained, adding that the videos highlight ideas that “I think we don’t talk enough about.” Interviews with women talking about their experiences as students at Penn “have been the most moving” for Mertz. They bring “an opportunity to hear that this was a home for them,” she explained. Professor of English and 1996 College graduate Salamishah Tillet, who contributed one of the interviews that is currently on YouTube, said she hopes the project means “that people will understand the long history of the Penn Women’s Center.” “I am so honored that I was and am a part of this history,” she added, explaining that the Women’s Center was a “valuable resource” for her. For Paxton, discussing the Women’s Center’s history is about a “journey from those earlier narratives to where we are now.” The project aims to collect a very diverse range of interviews, Mertz said. They will be interviewing women across the student body, the staff and the faculty, she said, adding that they have made an effort to present a range of generational experiences. The project has “hands down been my favorite part of my job this year,” Paxton said.
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FIGHTING FOR FLING FREEDOM
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Students protested the administration and state ‘crackdown’ on Spring Fling Thursday on College Green. Hoping to ‘Make Fling Safe Not Strict,’ according to the Facebook event, the protestors rallied in support of limitless registered non-dry events and University-supported water stations and health tents.
Penn Speaks for Autism raises awareness Last week, the group participated in the ‘Light it Up Blue’ campaign BY JESSICA PENNINGTON Contributing Writer Last week, Penn Speaks for Autism painted Penn’s campus blue. Not literally, but by handing out blue ribbons to raise awareness about autism. Penn Speaks for Autism is a student group on campus that provides services for children w ith autism in Philadelphia and raises awareness about the autism spectrum on Penn’s campus. The “Light It Up Blue” campaign, which was executed on campus last week,
was inspired by the efforts of the national association Autism Speaks. Ever y year on Apr il 2 , people are encouraged to light something in blue in an ef fort to raise awareness. “Because of their efforts, monuments such as the Empire State Building, the Sydney Opera House and the Christ Statue in Rio de Janeiro have all shined in blue light in honor of ‘Light It Up Blue’ day,” PSA Awareness Chair Ramita Ravi said. “While we were unable to light up an entire building, we are glad that we were still able to participate in the event in our own way.” PSA maintains a campus presence through speaker events, panel discussions,
and a monthly newsletter. Their presence in the Philadelphia community is fostered through after-school workshops they host at Lea Elementar y School. “The focus of the after school program is fun, but at the same time we build the curriculum around skills that the students are working on,” PSA Volunteer Chair Dana Kamerling said. “Many of the children we work with may not be able to participate in after school programs at like there typically developing peers do.” “Light It Up Blue” was very present on social media. Members of PSA made black and white Facebook prof ile pictures of themselves holding blue signs that
said “I light it up blue for autism awareness.” They also changed their cover photos to a black and white image of campus featuring a blue version of the Love statue. With the help of informative photo captions, these photos aimed to garner attention on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The captions encouraged readers to tint their profile pictures blue in honor of World Autism Awareness Day. There was also a Facebook event students could RSVP to for more information. “We are extremely grateful for both our volunteers and the children that join us at each of our programs,” PSA Co-President and College sophomore Blake Mer-
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IF FLING IS NOT FOR YOU Flung before you flang? If traditional Fling isn’t for you, you might be interested in these activities, also going on this weekend but removed from the craziness of campus.
ALTERNATE FLING Penn Activists Coming Together is hosting a picnic Saturday afternoon to escape the Spring Fling craze. The group is meeting at 12:30pm at 34th and Spruce streets where they will be taking SEPTA to Fairmount Park. The group will be providing food for participants, but recommends those who come bring their own food to share. The atmosphere of the event is expected to be relaxing, with organizers recommending people bring a book, homework, or a frisbee to toss. The weather is expected to be 72ºF and partly cloudy, so it should be a pleasant day to enjoy the outdoors.
QUADRAMICS SHOW
While students historically treat the Quadramics show as part of Fling, the Friday 8 p.m. showing overlaps the timing of the SPEC Fling concert on Franklin Field. This year, the theater company — which describes itself as “zany” on its website — will be performing “Hair,” a rock musical about New Yorker hippies during the Vietnam War era.
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Are atheists persecuted in America?
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o. Persecution is a very strong word, and I am extremely uncomfortable applying it to atheists in America. Recently, Saudi Arabia officially declared that all atheist organizations are terrorist groups. According to a 2012 report from the International Humanist and Ethical Union, atheism is a capital offense in at least 13 nations. The report also says the “overwhelming majority of countries fail to respect the rights of atheists and freethinkers” with “laws that deny atheists’ right to exist, revoke their right to citizenship, restrict their right to marry, obstruct their access to public education, prohibit them from holding public office, ... criminalize their criticism of religion and execute them for leaving the religion of their parents.” That is persecution, and that is why atheists in America shouldn’t claim to be per-
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secuted. However, a plethora of alternative adjectives present themselves. Without leaving the m’s, I suggest mistrusted, marginalized and misunderstood. Broadening our horizons only slightly brings us to disadvantaged, demonized, and discriminated against.
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A 2011 study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology showed that subjects were more likely to mistrust an atheist than … a rapist.” Each of these applies in a given context. I am not claiming all atheists are all of these all the time, and certainly not atheists like me at so cosmo-
politan an institution as Penn. I also want to avoid comparison to the plights of other disparaged minorities, as I’m only arguing for the existence of anti-atheist sentiment in America not its relative severity. With those caveats in mind, I want to offer a defense of all my proffered descriptors. “Mistrusted”: A 2011 study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology showed that subjects were more likely to distrust an atheist than they were to trust a rapist. The researchers cited several related studies that reached similar conclusions. “Marginalized”: Roughly 15 percent of Americans self identify as having “no religious affiliation.” While not all are explicitly atheists, this collective demographic outnumbers the LGBT, Jewish and black minorities. Yet when we look at the U.S. Congress, not a single member is an admitted nonbeliever. Compare this to eight LGBT, 33 Jewish\ and 44 black
members at last count. Atheists are severely underrepresented in politics. According to a 2012 Gallup poll, 43 percent of Americans would not vote for an otherwise qualified presidential candidate if they happened to be an atheist. “Misunderstood”: Atheists frequently have to face claims that our lives must be so empty without God, questions about where we get our morals from and other rather confusing misconceptions about being nihilistic Satan worshipers who hate the god we don’t believe exists. “Disadvantaged”: A close cousin to discrimination, misconceptions and stereotypes against atheists lead to child custody hearings where an atheist parent has a much harder time securing visitation rights than their religious former spouse. The judges in these cases are often quite explicit in their reasoning that the atheism of one parent was a determining factor in the de-
cision. “Demonized”: In this instance, being demonized often takes a more literal meaning. An email response I received for an earlier column thought “The Devil’s Advocate” was an appropriate moniker since I was in fact a “servant of the devil.” In 2012, atheist student Jessica Ahlquist was called an “evil little thing” by her state representative in Rhode Island for her stance against a school prayer in her public high school. Atheists are constantly being blamed by evangelical leadership for everything from the “moral decline” of society to natural disasters. “Discriminated against”: It was only in 1961 that the Supreme Court guaranteed atheists the right to hold public office, serve on juries and testify in court, contrary to the constitutions of several states, including Pennsylvania. Many atheists are afraid to come out for a justifiable fear that they would lose their jobs. By some
COLLIN BOOTS reports, less than 0.2 percent of U.S. prisoners report being an atheist, but it’s quite possible that’s because admitting to unbelief has been documented to derail parole hearings. While the Boy Scouts were being praised for their decision to allow openly gay scouts, many forgot that atheists are still banned outright from the organization. Atheists are often dismissed as being angry and litigious. Perhaps we genuinely have something to be angry about. It might not be persecution, but it is not equality either. COLLIN BOOTS is a master’s student studying robotics. His email address is cboots@seas. upenn.edu. Follow him @LotofTinyRobots.
Let’s talk about social justice: Brandeis’ decision on Ayaan Hirsi Ali GUEST COLUMN BY ALINA LIU
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randeis University has certainly made quite a few headlines over the past months regarding the outrage among students and alumni over the unfair salary made to the former president. As an alumnus, I cannot be more proud to see my fellow Brandeisians taking a stand for social justice within their own institution, advocating for human rights as members of the Brandeis community. From what I remembered, Brandeis has always been an inclusive institution that emphasizes embracing diversity and respecting human dignity. Therefore, for an institution that strives for social justice with the motto, “Truth even unto its innermost parts,” I was simply shocked
to learn Brandeis has denied a Ms. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a humanitarian activist’s outstanding achievement at defending the rights of women merely because of some statements made during an interview. First of all, I would like to say that I consider myself an atheist. I feel the urge to address my personal belief here to avoid any misinterpretation that my opinions are associated with a particular religion. Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born into a Muslim family in Somalia, and at the age of five, she went through the horrifying ritual of female genital mutilation, a procedure that involves “partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.” As a survivor of female
circumcision and arranged marriage, Ayaan Hirsi Ali fled to the Netherlands in 1992, where she was granted asylum. As Ayaan Hirsi Ali came into frequent contact with local Somali refugee women in the Netherlands, she began to advocate for Muslim women and girls who are experiencing abuse, oppression and social isolation. In 2007, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and her supporters founded the AHA Foundation with the mission to “protect and defend the rights of women in the West from oppression justified by religion and culture.” Through her years of advocacy work, various death threats have been made toward Ayaan Hirsi by religious extremists because of her outspoken style against Islam. Everyone has a different relationship with his or her religion, and everyone expe-
riences religion in a different way. For Ayaan Hirsi Ali, her religious experience has been marked with physical suffering and psychological torment. I believe that no religion should allow violence and suffering. I also hold the belief that action speaks louder than words, and a person’s value and virtue should be manifested through his or her work instead of comments taken out of context from a former interview. It is action that can create an impact on our world, an impact on our mind. As a private institution, Brandeis is certainly concerned about its own reputation as a nonsectar ian institution. The decision to withdraw the honorary awarding was the result of pressure from several sources, including a petition started by a Muslim student at Brandeis
protesting the degree awarding to Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the openly-expressed disapproval made by the Council on American-Islamic Relations regarding the same issue. However, by withdrawing a planned awarding, the reputation of the institution has already suffered. Isn’t the fundamental purpose of a higher education institution to serve as a site for social change, a site that allows individuals to speak their minds, a site where different ideas collide into each other and spark the magnificent flame of creativity? In essence, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a public figure that represents moder n- day f ree -spir ited women, a group of women who have the freedom to preserve their religious beliefs without compromising their fundamental rights as humans or identity as individuals. Ayaan
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Hirsi Ali is the voice of Muslim women hoping to break free of religious and cultural oppression by informing the world of the cruel reality they face. I hope Brandeis can stay true to its motto, “Truth even unto its innermost parts,” encouraging students to explore the depth of humanity by actively engaging a conversation around the pressing issue instead of passively avoiding sensitive topics. As disappointed as I am, I do wish in the near future Ms. Ayaan Hirsi Ali could come to Brandeis, open up a conversation with students and faculties to engage a more in-depth discussion regarding the issue of human rights. ALINA LIU is a master’s student in the School of Social Policy & Practice. Her email address is alinayliu@gmail.com.
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Bringing imaginary art into reality Slought’s Patarchitecture exhibit will be open from March 21 to May 1 BY VICTORIA MOFFITT Staff Writer Slought — a cultural organization based at 4017 Walnut St. — proudly celebrates turning 362,880,0000 seconds old. That’s 11 and a half years, for those of us measuring age in a more standard way. But Slought’s decision to depict their age in this unorthodox manner — a choice that curator Aaron Levy deems “play ful” — is part of the organization’s attempt to embody the characteristics of their current art and architecture exhibits on display. “This was not just an attempt to be theatrical and playful,” Levy said, “but also to think about a way that a cultural organization can move beyond just displaying the work but actively trying to perform it and engage it in different ways.” From March 21 to May 1, the Patarchitecture exhibit — which includes designs by eight PennDesign students — will be open to the public. This “playful” exhibit is inspired by the work of the famous French writer and philosopher A lf red Jar r y, who died in 1907. He coined the philosophical term “pataphysics,” which Levy describes as “the science of the imaginary.” In following Jarr y’s ideas, this exhibit aims to create physical spaces that channel the theories pataphysics. In his final 18 months of life, Jarry designed and lived in a small wooden structure — with a footprint of about 11-by-12 feet — called “Le Tr ipode” along the Seine River in France. This was a physical retreat in which he could engage his creativity and imagination. Although Jarr y referred to his structure as a “tripod” the wooden building is actually a four-sided structure with four feet. “He was always being play ful with language and with ideas and structure,” Levy said. As a challenge, Slought began searching for original designs of modern “tripods,” asking the question, “What would be your ideal place to think and write?” The answer came f rom students in their first year of the Master of Architecture program at PennDesign. They had not originally created their designs with Jarry and Le Tripod in mind, however. In their very first studio, ARCH 501, the students began work on “pavilions” — structures that they would conceive, design and build on a full scale in order to be occupiable by at least one person. “ We really wanted students to examine tectonics, materiality and full scale,” Simon K im, the studio co-
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ordinator, said. “Ultimately it’s important for students to learn not just to design, but to build at the full scale.” Of the original 17 pavilions created over the course of the three-week project in September, two of them remained standing six months later and were incorporated into the Patarchitechture exhibit at Slought. Kim and Winka Dubbeldam, chair of the department of architecture at PennDesign, spoke to Levy about the exhibit and felt the remaining pavilions aligned with Jarry’s ideas of pataphysics. “For us it’s really great for the students to understand that their work keeps going beyond the boundaries of this building,” Dubbeldam said. “It’s really important to get out in the world and get feedback.” Emily Gr uendel, who helped design one of the featured pavilions along with two other students — Rajika Goel and A lex Tahinos — explained that the project’s “jumping of f point was to come up with some kind of inspiration, creature or ob-
ject.” “Ours was a worm,” she said. Six feet in length and three feet tall, the tube-like structure created by Gruendel’s team was aptly titled “Deployable Worm.” It consists of bowed wooden dowel rods, connected by plastic tubing, zip ties, rubber bands and nylon pantyhose. The structure is “tensile,” meaning it can stretch and lengthen to its full six feet or be compressed into a smaller tunnel. “With this exhibit we have an opportunity to re-look at these [pav ilions] and see them as imaginary spaces,” said Katie McBride, a student from the studio and the exhibit’s assistant curator. “If I were to have my own tripod, it could be like this — I could have a ‘worm tunnel’ and I’d just read in there.” The other design in the exhibit is called “Apophenic Apparatus.” It is a white and silver wall constructed out of mirrored card stock paper. Five feet tall and seven feet long, the wall is kinked and curved, composed out of over 700 hendecahedrons —
11-sided polyhedrons. “In architecture, geometry and form have effects in a space, however small it may be,” said Dan Lau, a student who helped design the wall. “Through the pattern sequence that we came up with — the arrangement of the blocks itself, the materiality — we started exploring how you achieve different effects.” Although the wall, also designed by Phoebe Hiu-Nam Leung, Christopher Mulford and Chi Zhang, is not an actual enclosure that a person could occupy, Levy still believes that it embodies the tenets of pataphysics. “ W it h Ja r r y ’s t r i p o d there’s a clear sense of inside or outside,” Levy said. ”[Instead] with this [design], the inside and outside are complicated and explored in a more subtle way that doesn’t produce inclusion or exclusion, but rather this seamless ability to move in and out.” The third piece of artwork in the exhibit is a partial reconstruction of Alfred Jarry’s original tripod, created by local artist Stacy Petty. Slought’s new exhibit also i ncludes a wooden pla n k suspended from the ceiling, 150 centimeters above the ground, to capture Jarry’s whimsical style. This essentially created a second ceiling at exactly Alfred Jarry’s height, which was also the height of his own apartment where he lived before constructing Le Tripode. “In every way, Jarry’s life was playful and his environments were equally playful,” Levy said. “We wanted people ... to experience what it would be like to see things from his height, but particularly to live in an apartment that was so creatively structured that it would force you to move differently, think differently, be different.”
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R&B singer Lauryn Hill will headline Brown’s annual Spring Weekend's Saturday concert. Cloud Nothings, Dan Deacon and Andrew Bird will open the concert. The three-day event kicks off Friday with performances by What Cheer? Brigade, Chance the Rapper and Diplo.
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Lupe Fiasco will perform at Columbia’s Bacchanal. Flaxo and Chainsmokers will open the concert.
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Rapper Ludacris will perform at Cornell’s Slope Day. Matt and Kim will open the May 8 event. The full lineup has yet to be released.
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Hip-hop & Futurmama: Up and coming West Phila. rapper inspired by hometown Rapper Sterling Duns most recently produced a music video on March 26 BY CLAIRE COHEN Deputy News Editor Hip-hop artist Sterling Duns wants to create good vibes in West Philadelphia. The rapper, who is also in indie pop band Futurmama, is an up-and-coming West Philadelphia-based artist trying to turn his passion for music into a career. The self-described “instrumentalist, poet, hip-hop artist, comedy improviser and astronaut enthusiast” is inspired by the positivity of West Philadelphia. “I feel like there’s just a lot of music in Philadelphia in general, and it’s impossible not to be surrounded by a good music community,” Duns said. “West Philly is dope, there’s just so many unique, powerful, passionate, critical thinking, aware people in West Philly.” Influenced by old school rappers like LL Cool J and p o et s i nc lud i ng R o b e r t Hayden and Rita Dove, Duns has released four mix tapes in the last year and frequently drops music videos on YouTube. His most recent music video “Walk It Off" debuted on March 26. “A producer in New York sent me this beat, and I fell
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Hip-hop artist Sterling Duns, a member of the band Futurmama, released his most recent music video, “Walk It Off,” on March 26. in love with it right away,” Duns said. “The song talks about the reasons we need to push each other to create good music.” Duns first discovered his love for music while growing up in West Philadelphia, where he was constantly surrounded by music and learned to play the piano and violin. During his years at Dickinson College, he began refining his rapping skills during hour-
long sessions. His experiences have fostered a lifelong passion for music. “Music is ubiquitous, and I love the power that music has to be cross cultural and cross racial and cross religious,” Duns said. “I just feel blessed that music is my way to express myself.” One way he expresses himself through his music is by talking about love. “I write a lot about love —
of course, it’s always a fun topic — humans have been talk ing about it forever,” Duns said. He added that his music further dwells on “striving to be the change [he wants] to see in the world.” “[It’s about] being true to yourself and what you believe in, calling people in instead of calling people out,” Duns said. When not recording hiphop, Duns practices and records with Futurmama. Duns said that the five-person band creates “beautiful funkiness” and is made up of “the most awesome people in the world.” Futurmama’s goal is to use music as a vehicle of social change and recently performed at the Melodies Cafe in Ardmore, Pa. Duns’ favorite song by Futurmama is “Song for Liz,” which is based on a poem the group’s friend Liz gave them. Duns works full time in admissions at a Philadelphia Quaker school despite his musical passions. Aside from music, Duns said that he also enjoys taking time each day to connect with the people around him. “One of my favorite passions is getting deep and having honest conversations for at least 90 minutes each day,” he said. “I think we could all use just a little bit more real talk in our lives.”
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Penn’s offense ranks last in Ivy League W. LACROSSE from page 10 Penn is ranked dead last in the Ivy League in goals per game, with a mere 7.89 goals per game. That number is 1.78 goals fewer than the next worst offense, Columbia, and 5.03 fewer than the Ivy League’s best offense, Brown. “We’ve focused a lot on our offense this week and we have a lot of strong attackers,� sophomore midfield Lely DeSimone
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said. “We work really well together so our defense is making huge plays for us and our attack is ready to step up.� In getting their offense back on track, the Quakers will look to rely on a multifaceted attack led by senior midfield Tory Bensen and sophomore Iris Williamson, two of the team’s top goal-scorers last year. So far this season, Bensen leads the team with 17 goals, while Williamson has struggled with a .167 shooting percentage. “It comes down to us putting the ball in the met. [Dartmouth has] a very good goalie, she’s their best defender,� Corbett said. “For us, it’s about creating opportunities on attack and finishing.�
W. TENNIS | The Quakers will look to rebound from three consecutive losses BY ELLIS KIM Staff Writer Penn women’s tennis may be winless in the Ivies, but it’s certainly not discouraged. On Friday and Saturday afternoon, the Quakers (7-7, 0-3 Ivy) will host Dartmouth (5-7, 1-1) and No. 46 Harvard (9-5, 1-1), hoping to salvage the latter half of their conference schedule. Coming off three straight losses at the hands of Princeton, Brown and Yale, Penn has nothing but a chip on its shoulder and a mind full of vengeance. “We had a discussion right after the Brow n and Yale matches where we lost two really, really close ones,� coach Sanela Kunovac said. “We just don’t feel like we lost. We still have that optimism, and it’s not a blind optimism either. It’s backed up by sweat and blood.� If anything, the squad can find solace in coming back home and playing outdoors — a decisive advantage for Penn.
O ver spr i ng brea k , t he Quakers headed to California to practice playing in outdoor conditions with matches against Rhode Island, Gonzaga and UC Irvine, prevailing in its first two by 5-2 apiece and just falling to the Anteaters by a 4-3 margin. Still, like everything else this season, the matches won’t come easily for the Red and Blue. “Dar tmouth is really tough,� Kunovac said. “Columbia may be the best team in the Ivies now, the defending champs, but Dartmouth pushed them in every single spot with a lot of three-setters when they played last week. [ You] just know that Dartmouth is out for blood.� But it’ll be the second of the back-to-back matches, Harvard, that could wreak real havoc. Last year in Cambridge, the Quakers captured the doubles point for the early advantage, but the Crimson came from behind to win by a 4-3 margin, pushing their all-time record over Penn to 29-9. This year, the R ed and Blue’s competitive edge has been in its spectacular doubles play, with junior Sol Eskenazi and freshman Kana
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Junior Sol Eskenazi has had a very productive season as one half of Penn’s top doubles team, which has been on a roll, winning its past ten points. Daniel winning its last 10 points at the top spot, and sophomore Sonya Latycheva and junior Jaime Yapp-Shing prevailing at No. 2 in eight of its last nine decided matches. But Harvard has also upped its doubles play since last year. Freshman duo Spencer Liang and Monica Lin are currently sitting pretty at No. 58 on the national Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings.
“Har vard has been kind of in the front-runner spot the entire season,� Kunovac said. “They’ll be the toughest match until we get to Columbia. They’ve had some wins against teams that are top 10, 15 in the country. For an Ivy League team, that’s such an accomplishment.� For the Quakers, all they want is to get the monkey off their backs with a win this weekend.
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day, the Quakers won’t have the opportunity to enjoy the weekend in quite the same way as the rest of campus. Instead, the jubilation will have to come from playing some big Ivy matchups while trying to stay over .500 in the Ancient Eight. Injuries — If you looked at the DP earlier this week, you would have seen the details of the Red and Blue’s struggles with injuries all year. Penn will have to make due with many key contributors either gone for the year (Ismael Lahlou comes to mind) or banged up, which makes for a tough weekend, especially against the nationally ranked Crimson on Saturday. Everyone besides Columbia — Both Harvard and Dartmouth split Ivy matchups last weekend, losing to the Lions from Morningside Heights, N.Y. Columbia is the highest ranked team of any Ivy squad, and the Quakers will host the Lions a week after facing Harvard and Dartmouth. Columbia leads the Ivy League at the current moment, and it seems like none of these three squads has a strong chance of catching them.
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Penn offense ready for Cornell depth BASEBALL from page 10 Senior Connor Kaufmann and rookie Tiger Smith have both been effective stoppers out of the bullpen for Cornell — both have double-digit strikeouts and are holding opposing batters just a shade over .200. As Yurkow explained, the command of the Cornell pitchers will put special demands on the Red and Blue bats. “They ’re good at throwing their off-speed pitches for strikes up and down their staff,” the skipper said. “So we’re really gonna have to be disciplined. “We’ve gotta be ready to hit neutral count change-ups and breaking balls.”
If any club is up to the task, however, it’s the R ed and Blue. The Penn lineup has proved potent from top to bottom, as the club boasts a Ivy-best .307 batting average in conference play. On the other side, Cornell’s collective .236 average is near the bottom of the conference. T h at do e sn’t me a n t he Big Red are without serious threats at the plate, however. Cornell sluggers Ryan Karl and Chr is Cr uz, who both have five homers and north of 20 RBI, are the Ivy League’s most destructive duo besides Rick Brebner and Jeff McGarry of Penn. The Big Red also possess speed and lead the Ancient Eight in walks. In order for the Quakers to extend their success both at Meiklejohn Stadium and against Ivy competition, they will have to play their most complete weekend of baseball yet.
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Junior first baseman Jeff McGarry will look to continue his success in his first year as a full-time hitter against Cornell’s strong pitching staff.
Quakers prep for four games against Cornell SOFTBALL from page 10 “We have one of the best, but also one of the deepest rotations in the conference. “That gives us the ability to show different looks and gives us a lot of versatility which really plays a huge role in a four game series.” “A lot of it has to do with ment a l t oug h ness at t h is point,” Gorney added. “When you are playing a team four games in a row, you are going to see the same hitters, the same pitcher, and I think the team that stays dialed in and mentally tough for the whole series usually comes out on top.” This weekend’s matchup between the two Ivy squads should make for an interesting series, as Penn and Cornell have remarkably similar resumes. B ot h s i d e s h av e s w e pt Yale and Brown, while each has also dropped two games
aga i nst Da r tmout h. Much like Penn, Cornell has relied on strong pitching all year, as senior Alyson Onyon and sophomore Meg Parker both have five wins and both have top f ive w ins and top f ive league strikeout totals. The Quakers will also try to make use of their homef ield advant age for one of the last times this season, as Penn will be on the road for much of the rest of the season. The R ed a nd Blue have been significantly stronger on their home diamond this year, going 5-4. But Penn has failed to win a road game this season, having dropped five consecutive away games to start the year. “Penn Park has been good to us this season,” King said. “We know it really well, so the hope is we can take full advantage of our surface and get as many wins out of it as we can.” If Penn wants to make a run at a second consecutive Ivy Championship, then the Quakers will have to make a statement by winning this series in order to be in contention in a tight divisional race.
Quakers extend East Coast tour TRACK AND FIELD Red and Blue will prepare for Penn Relays at George Mason BY COLIN HENDERSON Associate Sports Editor Students all across Penn’s campus are looking forward to flinging this weekend. Penn’s track and field athletes don’t have the same aspiration, though, and it’s tough to blame them. After all, they have been flung all over the East Coast since the beginning of the outdoor season. Following road trips to Florida, North Carolina and New Jersey — all within the past month — the Quakers will continue their tour of the eastern seaboard in Virginia for this weekend’s George Mason Invitational. Coach Steve Dolan and his athletes are well aware that Spring Fling is taking place on campus, but Dolan insists that track-related activities take precedent. “We don’t really plan our progression of meets around the calendar on campus,” he said. “Saturday at George Mason will be our main event this weekend.” With big meets like the Penn Relays looming on the horizon, this weekend’s invitational represents the calm before the storm in the Quakers’ season in many respects. But the George Mason Invitational will also give the Red and Blue another chance to perform against top competition as they have done all year, a chance that Dolan is mindful not to turn down. “We’ve had a lot of success w ith George Mason over the years,” he said. “As the weather gets warmer, people get faster ... and we’ll see some out-of-region competition.” This weekend will also provide an opportunity for several of Penn’s top distance runners — who rested at last week’s Sam Howell Invitational — to return to action. “ We raced pretty hard earlier in the season,” Dolan said. “We’re trying to get a few good weeks of training in for some of the longer distance runners.”
Seniors hope for win in final home game M. LACROSSE from page 10 have the ability to improve on last season’s 3-3 Ivy finish. A nd though Penn’s re-
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Sophomore long-distance runner Thomas Awad broke Penn’s 36-year school record in the 5,000m two weeks ago at the Raleigh Relays. After a week of rest, he will look to continue to carry his torrid pace toward the Penn Relays this weekend. Chief among these runners is sophomore Thomas Awad, who appreciated the break after grueling cross country and indoor track seasons. “The time off is important ... because we want to be at our best [at the end of the season],” he said. This will also be the first race for Awad since his school-record 13:48.90 performance in the 5,000-meter race at the Raleigh Relays, and the race is still fresh in his mind. “I expected to get the record eventually, so it was good to finally get that off my
shoulders,” he said. “I was really happy with the time, and how I closed was the best part.” Moving forward this season, Awad hopes to take the next step as a standout college athlete. “I’m trying to make that mental jump to knowing that I can run with the best guys in the nation,” he said. The team’s overall goals for the weekend are a bit ambiguous. However, Dolan does have high expectations for one of his event groups: the throwers. The group has stood out in
Penn’s deep pool of athletes, and some of the group’s elite have been sent on special assignments for the weekend. Sophomore Sam Mattis — fresh off a school-record discus throw — and freshman Noah Kennedy White will compete against a strong discus field at Texas over the weekend. To the lay observer, it may seem like this weekend’s meet is dwarfed by the significance of Fling, and that may be the case. But with Penn Relays just two weeks away, Penn is looking to fling itself another step toward history.
cords this year and last year are quite similar, the team doesn’t quite see it that way. “Overall I feel like we are playing a little better offense than we were last year at this point,” Murphy said. “And defensively we are probably not quite as good but close. The last two weeks we’ve been good on defense, we need to face off better. “If we can continue to
work in those areas, we will have the advantage w ith Harvard both in terms of possessions and what we do with them.” Saturday’s game certainly will depend on what Penn is
able to do with its own possessions. If both the Quakers’ offense and defense can capitalize on its opportunities, they have an excellent shot at putting a blemish on the Crimson’s Ivy record.
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W. LACROSSE | After two nonconference games, Quakers prep for Dartmouth’s attack
BASEBALL | Sitting in first place, Penn is ready for its first Gehrig Division games against the Big Red
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Dartmouth 5-5, 2-2 Ivy
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While the rest of the University is getting caught up in all sorts of Fling shenanigans, Penn women’s lacrosse will be catching up on its Ivy League slate as the team takes its talents north to New Hampshire this weekend. After a string of tough nonconference games, the Quakers (6-3, 2-0 Ivy) will face off on Saturday against Dartmouth (5-5, 2-2) in a matchup with huge implications for both teams. The Red and Blue are behind in their Ivy schedule at the moment, having only played two of their Ivy League games so far. Their schedule has already consisted of four ranked teams, including three of the teams currently ranked in the top five in the nation. “It’s great playing strong teams, but in the [Ivy] League there’s great parity this year and league games are just different,” coach Karin Brower Corbett said. “You have so much riding on them, there’s so much riding on this for Dartmouth and for us.” The Big Green have traditionally been a difficult matchup for the Quakers, providing Penn with their only two losses in Ivy League competition in 2012 and playing two close games against the Red and Blue last season. “It’s going to be intense. It’s tough up there, the fans are going to be loud,” Corbett said. “It’s tough to beat them on the road and it’s a big game, but I’m excited to take on another Ivy League opponent.” Dartmouth provides plenty of defensive challenges for Penn and junior goalkeeper Lucy Ferguson. The Big Green boast three of the top-10 goal scorers in the Ivy League this season, including star sophomore midfield Jaclyn Leto, who has scored 16 goals over her last four games. “We’ve got to play good defense and play good one-on-one defense and really know what they’re trying to do,” Corbett said. “As a team, what’s really important is that our whole defense plays as a unit.” The other side of the ball will be more of a challenge for the Quakers, who have recently struggled on the offensive end.
have been playing for a long time,” Belinsky said. “We have been playing for coach Murphy for all four years, and then it trickles down. “We are his first class and his real first influence, because now the juniors are doing a great job. The sophomores are doing a great job and the freshman that are contributing on the field and even in the practice field are doing a great job.” But while the game is emotionally important for Penn, Harvard likely won’t let emotion dictate the game’s pace. For the Crimson, this weekend’s test against the Quakers will directly threaten their perfect Ivy mark. This weekend will be no walk in the park for either team. Not only are these two squads evenly matched, but the Ancient Eight has proven that any team can win on any given weekend. For the Red and Blue, a victory would mean the Quakers still
As the rest of campus flings away this weekend, Penn baseball will be given its toughest and most significant test thus far when it hosts Cornell. The two Gehrig Division foes will square off four times in the weekend series, which will have significant implications for the Ivy playoff race. The Big Red (14-11, 5-3 Ivy) will be looking to extend their fourgame road winning streak, while the Quakers (16-11, 8-0 Iv y) are seeking to build up another win streak of their own. The matchup should prove exciting and intriguing, as it will feature Penn’s Ivy League-leading offense doing battle with perhaps the conference’s strongest pitching staff. While Penn’s offense has produced a whopping 50 runs and nine home runs in eight Ivy contests, Cornell’s pitching staff boasts a conference-low 2.20 earned run average and has yet to give up a home run in Ivy competition. “They can pitch,” head coach John Yurkow said. “They’re pretty deep on the mound.” Pitching depth is also something the Penn staff boasts, and it could very well be the determining factor in the weekend series, which features 32 innings of baseball in two days. Sophomore lefty Michael Byrne, who is 2-2 in five starts, leads the Big Red starters with 1.56 ERA and a .229 opponent’s batting average. The only starting pitcher with a better ERA in the Ancient Eight is Red and Blue junior Connor Cuff. Despite holding a 2-1 record, Nick Busto, Cornell’s other lefty starter, has struggled at times, which his 6.59 ERA displays. Penn freshman designated hitter Tim Graul, who had a breakout 4-for- 4 performance against St. Peters on Wednesday, should get the chance to stay hot against the Big Red’s arms, given his ability to hit left handed pitching. Both clubs’ bullpens have proven trusty thus far and have been instrumental to their early conference success.
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Senior midfield Drew Belinsky will be one of 10 seniors playing in their final home game this weekend against Harvard. Winners of two straight Ivy contests, the Quakers are looking to knock off the Crimson, a team that hasn’t lost an Ivy game yet in 2014.
M. LACROSSE | Shortly after Fling concert, Penn hope to hand Crimson first Ivy loss BY ALEXIS ZIEBELMAN Associate Sports Editor No. 17 Harvard 7-4, 3-0 Ivy Saturday, 1 p.m. Franklin Field
Less than 24 hours after David Guetta graces Penn with his presence at Franklin Field, the Penn men’s lacrosse team will look to electrify a crowd of its own when it hosts first-place No. 17 Harvard. A fter losing their first two games in Ivy League play, the No. 11 Quakers (5-3, 2-2) have responded in impressive fashion. Two weeks ago, Penn eked out a one-goal victory against Yale before surviving a late comeback push from Brown last Saturday. And as the Red and Blue turn their attention to the Crimson (7-
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4, 3-0), the squad will be looking to harness the momentum it has put together over the past few weeks. Saturday’s game not only has significance for the Quakers’ record in the Ivy League and its chances at an NCAA Tournament berth, but also for the team’s seniors. The matchup with Harvard marks the last home game for Penn’s 10 seniors. “I’m sure it’s going to be upsetting,” senior Drew Belinsky said. “I’m sure my mom will be crying, but its our last game [at home] as a team which is more important, and we just want to send out a good message to the whole team in our last game of the season.” “We want to make sure that their last game here is a positive memory when they leave,” coach Mike Murphy added. This particular graduating class has significance for the lacrosse program. This is the first class that Murphy has seen through from recruiting to its senior year. “There’s a core nine of us that
Red and Blue eye return to Ivy League Championships SOFTBALL | With three series remaining, Penn looks to continue winning ways and finish strong BY SAM ALTLAND Staff Writer It’s prett y simple for Penn softball. With three series remaining in the 2014 regular season, the Quakers know that if they win all three, they will be back in the Ivy Championship game. Penn (9-14, 4-3 Ivy) will begin the f irst of its series against the Ivy League’s South Division this weekend when it welcomes Cornell (12-16, 4-2) to Penn Park
Cornell 12-16, 4-2 Ivy Saturday and Sunday, 4 games
for a four-game series over the course of Saturday and Sunday. The Red and Blue come into this series with the Big Red, having taken two home games aga i nst last-place Brow n on Wednesday, games that were must-win contests for the Quakers. Strong outings by pitchers Alexis Borden and Alexis Sargent helped the Quakers right the ship after suffering three defeats at the hands of Dartmouth and Harvard up in New England last weekend.
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“I think that our ga mes against Brown just showed how well we respond to adversity,” senior Elysse Gorney said. “It was nice to get the bats going and hitting some long balls, and hopefully that is something we can carry over into this weekend.” This weekend will also be the first four-game series that Penn has played this year. However, the Quakers believe they are well suited for the challenges that a weekend like this presents. “I think this is where having a deep pitching staff comes into play,” coach Leslie King said.
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Senior Elysse Gorney, who is second on the team in batting average and first in fielding percentage, will play a key role for the Quakers in their pivotal four-game series against the Big Red.
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