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Excessive flinging leads to 22 hospital transports A total of 43 alcohol-related citations were issued by DPS and the BLCE this Fling BY JILL CASTELLANO Staff Writer Twenty-two Penn students were taken to the hospital over Spring Fling weekend for alcoholrelated reasons, according to the Division of Public Safety. In addition to these students, 10 other individuals were treated for alcohol-related problems, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said. Some of these individuals were not affiliated with the University, and others were not transported to the hospital. This weekend, there were 78 “Fling-related incidents” — which include citations, alcohol transports, criminal investigations and disturbances or loud parties. This is just six more incidents than the 72 reported at Spring Fling in 2013, but is significantly less than the 99 incidents in 2012. In 2012, 45 students were sent to the hospital SEE FLING PAGE 6
A year later, Boston Marathon bombing victim is ‘Stepping Strong’
Welcome to the new Penn basketball With graduation of five seniors and three others leaving the team, Penn basketball is changing rapidly BY STEVEN TYDINGS & RILEY STEELE Senior Sports Editor and Sports Editor Since Penn basketball’s season ended on March 11, three members of last year’s squad have left the program.
Penn Athletic Communications Director Mike Mahoney confirmed Monday that junior for ward Henr y Brooks and
sophomore Julian Harrell were no longer on the team. These developments came less than a day after The Daily Pennsylvanian confirmed that freshman guard Tony Bagtas was recently dismissed from the team. Coach Jerome Allen declined to comment on the developments.
College freshman Gillian Reny didn’t let her injury stop her from experiencing Penn BY COSETTE GASTELU Staff Writer
The Quakers now have just three members of their rising senior class on the roster, comprised of guards Patrick LucasPerry and Camryn Crocker, as well as forward Greg Louis. Overall, there are only nine underclassmen still part of the SEE M. HOOPS PAGE 11
The international house of tea and waffles Carina Tea and Waffles will have its grand opening at Penn’s International House on Wednesday
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College freshman Gillian Reny, who was injured in last year’s Boston Marathon bombing, is now preparing to finish her first year at Penn.
BY CLAIRE COHEN Deputy News Editor Penn alumni Edmund Lee and Stephanie Chan are on a mission to prove that tea isn’t just for grannies. Their way to do that is by pairing tea with waffles smothered in ice cream and Nutella. Edmund and Stephanie are preparing for the grand opening of Carina Tea and Waffles on Wednesday, although the store has been open for service since April 2. The shop, located at 37th and Chestnut streets inside of the International House, boasts 36 different kinds of fair trade tea and Belgium-originated Liege waffles. With their sugar and yeast imported from Belgium, Carina serves a Liege waffle — meaning it is denser, doughier and sweeter than the typical waffle. “I wanted to bring in something cool and that people could enjoy,” Stephanie said. “Everyone does the macaroons and cookies and I feel like we need something special from what
you have on the East Coast.” Customers can create their own waffles with toppings such as strawberries and Nutella, or opt for original Carina creations. The shop’s bestseller is the Honey Matcha waffle, which is topped with honey, strawberries, crushed cookies and green tea matcha ice cream. Other food selections include cookies and chicken pot pies. Ed mu nd a nd St epha n ie hand-selected 36 out of 400 to 500 teas to serve in Carina. House favorites include the Hibiscus Crunch, Honey Jazz and Gen Mai Chan — a green tea famous in Japan that includes roasted brown rice. The cafe also serves Counter Culture Coffee and bubble tea. Carina brings tea and waffles together to break the coffee culture at Penn. “I want people to drink a little less coffee and enjoy more SEE TEA AND WAFFLES PAGE 8
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A year ago today, it wasn’t clear whether Gillian Reny would be able to walk again. On April 15, 2013, Gillian sustained severe leg injuries from the bombings at the Boston Marathon that struck both runners and spectators on Boylston Street. Her doctors were initially unsure whether she would regain the ability to walk on her own and be able to arrive for the start of the fall semester at Penn. But after treatment from doctors in Boston and a nurturing environment fostered by the Penn community, Gillian can walk — with occasional pain — and is getting ready to cap off her first year at college. “My main goal was to get to college and once I did, my next goal was to have the typical freshman experience,” Gillian, now a College freshman, said. “I did not want to let my injury prevent me from participating in any of the activities that Penn has to offer.” Last year, Gillian was standing near the finish line of the marathon, cheering on her sister, Danielle, who was just about to complete the last mile. Suddenly, the first blast went off and Gillian and her parents, Steven and Audrey Epstein Reny, were injured. Gillian’s parents’ injuries were minor in comparison to the wounds that she received — there was a deep gash on her left leg and her right leg was severely damaged. At first, medical staff at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston thought that Gillian’s right leg would have to be amputated. After a series of surgeries, however, both of her legs were saved. Though Gillian’s first few months at Penn were a SEE GILLIAN PAGE 5
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Ashley Feinstein, a 2008 Wharton graduate, is the founder of Knowing Your Worth, a personal finance coaching company geared towards preparing young people for the real world. Feinstein will be holding a workshop at the Chi Omega sorority house on April 17 focusing on the basics of personal finance. The session’s aim is to teach students the tenets of money management that Feinstein wishes she had been aware of prior to graduating.
The most important thing graduates are often clueless about — renters insurance! Renters insurance covers any stolen property from your apartment — even if you weren’t there when the items were taken. Feinstein considers it “the smartest purchase I ever made.”
Get started with saving as soon as possible! The earlier you begin to save, the better the payback — regardless of the sort of salary you start out with when you graduate. “We have a tendency to want to wait until we are completely prepared and ready to jump into something but with our finances, time is money,” Feinstein said.
Save for a rainy day before increasing your student loan payments. Take the opportunity to negotiate your salary. The wage gap between genders can be lessened with negotiation. Men are four times more likely to negotiate their salaries — and when women do negotiate their salaries, they ask for 30 percent less than the average man does. Feinstein also stresses the importance of a strong relationship between employee and employer. “Check in with your boss about your successes, tell them what you are enjoying and want to spend more time on and when the time comes for your promotion, it will be a lot easier to ask for what you want,” she said.
Be a big believer in goal setting. “I think goal setting is a useful tool for anything you want to accomplish. Set a savings goal and break it down into benchmarks,” Feinstein said. “If your goal isn’t realistic or is way too conservative, you can adjust!”
Emergency funds come in handy more often than most students realize. Graduates should set money aside for any dire situations that might occur unexpectedly. Once emergency funds are taken care of, Feinstein suggests paying student loans in one of two ways — the snowball method of paying the smallest debts first to “gain momentum,” or the interest rate method of paying the biggest debts with the highest interest rates to save the most money.
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So far, the conversion process has only been successfully modeled through a computer program. The high cost of building the reactors in real life is prohibitive in its real life application. The Engineering seniors are the first ones to use CR5 to make the fuel production process more environmentally friendly by using carbon dioxide and sunlight as inputs instead of coal. A lt houg h t he chem ic a l reactions are clear-cut, the team had to desig n each piece of the equipment, experimenting with different factors, such as temperature, in order to f ind the optimal conditions for the process, Danielsen said. D e s p it e t he g r e at a d vantages of using CR5, the process still needs further development. “CR5 is a new technology that no one has used yet,” Valle said. In par ticular, the team needs to think of ways to alleviate high costs involved
with maintaining the reactors when the devices are not operating, such as at night, because the CR 5 reactor comes under stress if the reaction does not occur for a long period of time. “ We are evaluating the economic and technological feasibility of the procedure,” McCarty said. Glover said their project is still “hypothetical” because they cannot build the actual large scale reactors. Although the model is successful, McCarty acknowledges that there is still some way to go before carbon dioxide can be used to power vehicles. “Significant technological advancement is necessary to drive down the operational cost of the process,” she said.
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The other side of Ivy Plus: what you will not learn on a free trip to Israel
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magine that you are Palestinian. You, as well as your mother, father and several generations of your family were born in Nazareth, Palestine. Your entire family was expelled and forcibly removed from their homeland because it was declared that your house, your property and your homeland now belonged to the Jewish people. You now live in America as a refugee of Palestine. Despite the Right of Return implemented in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, the state of Israel has barred you and your entire family from ever returning home. The house you once lived in is gone, the village you grew up in has been destroyed and renamed a Jewish name and the history of your people in that place has been erased. This is not the story of one, but 5 million. Palestinians constitute the largest group of refu-
gees in the world. Beginning in 1948 with the creation of Israel, 400 towns were destroyed, villages were massacred and 750,000 Palestinians were forced to leave their homeland to make way for the new, exclusively Jewish homeland. Now let’s try and imagine what your extended family, who managed to remain in Israel, and what is left of Palestine, experience. In these places, your family, as non-Jews, experiences a very different Israel than their Jewish counterparts. While the Jewish people benefit from a range of basic rights, Palestinians live under a radically different and often untold legal system. Your family, as Palestinian citizens of Israel, is subjected to over 50 Israeli laws that discriminate against them in all areas of life — including their rights to political participation, access to land, education, state
budget resources and criminal procedures. They exist as second-class citizens — invisible people denied the same freedom that black people in America fought over 70 years to obtain, that South Africans fought over 80 years to obtain and that the undocumented community in America continues to fight for today. The discriminatory legal system that Palestinians are forced to live under constitute what the United Nations and the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa deem as fitting of the term “apartheid.”
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a harsher reality. The Israeli government controls every aspect of Palestinian life here. They control how many calories your cousins are permitted to eat. They control how much water they are permitted to drink. They control which roads they are allowed to drive on. They outright prohibit Palestinians living there from leaving — thereby constructing what Noam Chomsky described as “the largest open air prison in the world.” So why are we telling you this? As an organization focused
We believe that the Ivy Plus Leadership Mission to Israel … will in fact obscure and hide many of the oppressive actions of the Israeli government.” Your family living in the Occupied Territory of Gaza face
on revealing the truths that many do not want to hear, we
know too well that there are opposing forces, organizations and programs that attempt to hide, deny or obscure these truths. We believe that the Ivy Plus Leadership Mission to Israel, whether it be intentional or unintentional, will in fact obscure and hide many of the oppressive actions of the Israeli government that are categorically wrong and illegal. It is highly likely that during your trip to Israel, you will not see the horrible truths described in this article. You will see the amazing military technologies created by Israel, but not what those technologies do to Palestinian people. You will see beautiful tourist sites, but will not be told that you are standing on what was once a Palestinian village, school or religious site. You will be educated on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but will not be informed that Israel dominates the Palestinian people — that they occupy 4.4 million bodies, exploits
them, abuses them, humiliates them and imprisons them all in the name of “security.” You will be told that Israel is a democracy, but will not be told that it is only a democracy for some. As many of the participants in this program are presumably unfamiliar with Israel or Palestine, it is important to recognize how a program like this can misleadingly shape your ideological and political views. We hope that you — young, intelligent and ambitious students — will challenge yourselves to learn more about the issues we’ve presented and to think critically about the messages imbedded into these sorts of initiatives. PENN FOR PALESTINE is a student activist group that focuses on combating the human rights abuses committed against Palestinians and advocates for an end to the Israel occupations. Any questions or comments can be sent to pennforpalestine@gmail. com.
Post-fling reflections
SARA, STRUGGLING | Learning some lessons from a weekend spent ignoring the classroom
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his past weekend, I flinged. I flang. I got flung. Perhaps it’s just the English major in me that enjoys saying this and sort of ironically conjugating the word, then laughing pretentiously about the nature of the English language and how Chaucerian it is of us to manipulate words like this. But the point is: I can cross another item off my unofficial Penn bucket list. Reaching the final weeks of my senior year has made me feel like a wise old lady, so I’m reflecting on my college career and waxing maudlin. The idea of having a Penn bucket list has made me stop to think, staring dramatically out of my high rise window onto the plastic bags and Fling debris blowing around in the wind.
I’ve come to realize: My favorite memories are like the ones I made this last weekend. The moments that I stopped overthinking things and just did crazy things. I bought fried Oreos and wore ridiculous amounts of neon. I wore sunglasses at night and forgot my sweater at home and stopped for fried chicken. I even got yelled at by the cops. (Alright, Penn Police gave me d irections. But close enough.) I made an impulse purchase on iTunes — “Turn Down for What” — and walked down Locust blasting it without shame. I went on late-night milkshake runs when all the stores were closed, rattling the doors and frowning at employees through the windows. I jaywalked. I’ve spent a lot of my Penn
career talking about things I want to do. I made elaborate plans for a monument scavenger hunt through Center City. I wanted to start a writing exchange with my friends from my creative writing class. I’ve had elaborate plans for art museum visits and reunions with out-of-state friends. Penn has been great about giving me (albeit unrealistic) expectations for my five-year plan. My classes have shown me how to budget every minute of my time and how to make up for those hours spent procrastinating on Tumblr. I have color-coded schedules and lists of work I need to do. Career Services encouraged me to go a step further and make Excel spreadsheets. Teachers and advisors and parents have asked me to spell
out my goals and expectations in this exact language. The last time I remember being so strict was when I had to draft a contract for indentured servitude in the sixth grade when we were talking about the early colonies. But this last week, in the middle of Fling, my roommates and I decided to go see a midnight showing of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” I had early class the next morning and had already seen the movie. My roommates were less enthused but had no excuse. I bought the largest size popcorn and a red cherry Icee, because who cares about stains when you’re watching a Marvel movie. We’ve been taught to live our lives as if future employers are watching. And maybe that’s
true. But sometimes you’ve got to do the cliched thing. As an English major, I think I’m allowed to say this: Carpe diem. Walk over the center of the compass. Eat one too many fried Oreos. Forget to do a homework assignment once in a while. And don’t write down your bucket list. Don’t plan every minute. This is college, and it only happens once. (Hopefully.) If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from four years at Penn and a few days getting flung, it’s that life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. As we hunker down for finals as a university, I know I’ll be color-coding my Excel spreadsheet, studying calendars and covering my binders in Post-it reminders. It’s unrealistic to think I can fling all day every
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Penn helped Gillian plan her classes GILLIAN from page 1 challenge as she kept up with an intensive physical therapy schedule, Gillian made a home for herself at college by the start of the spring semester, becoming involved with tutoring in West Philadelphia, the Ronald McDonald House charity and the Delta Delta Delta sorority. “Penn was incredible,” Gillian said. “Everyone at the University really made [the transition] possible for me.” Gillian, Audrey — a 1986 College graduate — and Steven — a 1987 Wharton graduate — worked closely with Student Health Services and the Office of the Vice Provost for University Life to create a schedule that would allow Gillian to balance her coursework with her
continued recovery. Throughout the semester, a case manager from Student Intervention Services checked in with Gillian to see how she was progressing at Penn. The Office of Student Disabilities Services also worked with her to make sure that she didn’t have long walks between buildings where her courses were located. “We found a whole community of faculty and administrators at Penn who were very compassionate and welcoming in working together to make sure that Gillian had a very normal start,” said Audrey, a former Daily Pennsylvanian staffer. “They made such a big university feel really personalized.” Over the last few months, Gillian has found a way to give back to those who made her recovery possible. Inspired by the expert medical treatment that she was given at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Gillian and her family created the Stepping Strong Fund, a charity that raises money for clinical programs and
research related to bone and skin regeneration and treating limb-related injuries. The charity will fund some of the projects being carried out by doctors and nurses who were involved with Gillian’s surgeries. “We knew pretty quickly that we were interested in supporting Gillian’s caregivers,” Audrey explained. “With the fund, we hope to help people who have injuries similar to those that Gillian had, but also will be helping many types of limb injuries from different contexts.” This year, Audrey, Steven, Danielle and some of Gillian’s doctors plan to run the Boston Marathon in honor of her, and to raise money for the Stepping Strong Fund. Gillian’s progress has exceeded her original expectations. “I think that with my recovery, there have been a lot of uncertainties, and I never predicted that I would come so far in just a year,” Gillian said. “I’m so grateful to have had so many supporters and so many people rooting for me.”
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Penn Democrats is hosting Pennsylvania governor candidate Rob McCord on Wednesday in Huntsman Hall. The current state treasurer, McCord received his MBA from Wharton and has worked in venture capital.
A charitable week for the Greeks
Keep your eye out for the philanthropic fundraisers by Greek organizations in the next few weeks. On Friday, sorority members will wrestle for Alzheimer’s research during Sammy’s Sumo Showdown on 40th Street Field. The field will also host Fiji Survivor on Saturday. Proceeds will go to the Teacher Action Group — Philadelphia.
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Harrison Auditorium at the Penn Museum Friday, 6:30 p.m., Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
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Bodek Lounge at Houston Hall Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 8 p.m.
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Tracking your internal clock: now more affordable Circadian misalignment, which can be caused by several aspects of modern life such as traveling through time zones or working irregular hours, can be studied more easily with the help of a new cell model that reports the function of clock genes. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine and the University of Memphis reported this week in PLOS Genetics that they had engineered cells that make it more inexpensive to track and report data from the cells that monitor humans’ internal clocks. The new models could lead to some drug development advancements.
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Coffee can cure illness. Well, not quite. But recent research published by Wharton marketing professor Sigal Barsade and a professor at George Mason University suggests that workplace compassion — like buying a coworker an unsolicited cup of coffee — can reduce sick days, among other benefits. A positive “emotional culture” can also have a trickle-down effect on customer satisfaction, according to the professors’ two studies.
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Daniel looks to be the missing piece for Penn
W. TENNIS | Freshman provides Quakers with a bright future during dark season BY ELLIS KIM Staff Writer It’s been an unusual journey to Penn for women’s tennis freshman Kana Daniel. Daniel was born and raised in Japan before she and her family moved to Spain when she was 12. Opting out of the traditional high school experience to instead gain her diploma online, the wunderkind spent a large part of her life traveling around the world to compete on junior circuits and pick up countless accolades as souvenirs along the way. Tennis was, in many ways, a lifestyle for her — not unlike how it was for today’s pros. With a knack for the sport in her blood, Daniel picked up the racket at the age of five at the encouragement of her father-turned-coach and started competing solo at seven. Her childhood hitting partner — her now-21 year old brother — Taro Daniel, plays on the ATP World Tour. “At first, I was really passionate about becoming a professional player, but then I started considering playing college tennis,â€? Kana said. “I felt like I wasn’t the type of person who wanted to work alone —especially in sports. When you play individually, everyone around you only cares about improving themselves. “Being on a team, everyone cares about each other.â€? Now, nearing the end of her rookie year, the tennis prodigy
is settling in quite nicely. In what has otherwise been a disappointing conference season for Penn, the neophyte has surely been one of the few bright spots — a veritable center of gravity for the squad. “Kana is one of the key pieces of the team,� coach Sanela Kunovac said. “From how prepared she is, how competitive she is, how eager she is, and how much she wants to learn ... she checks all those boxes.� After beginning the season with five straight singles wins over elite players, Daniel quickly became a permanent fixture at the No. 2 spot. Though her auspicious start has since petered out after a minor wrist injury, Daniel has held her own while consistently being pitted against some of the best players in the Ancient Eight. “When you put her head-tohead against any Ivy player and any player on our team, you know that at any given time she has a real shot at winning that match,� Kunovac said.� But it’s at doubles play that she shines. This year, in a bold and risky move, Kunovac split up last year’s lethal duo of junior Sol Eskenazi and sophomore Sonya Latycheva to distribute the weight and secure the doubles point. She replaced Latycheva with Daniel. The shoes the freshman had to fill were large. Not only were Eskenazi and Latycheva unanimously recognized for first-team All Ivy honors last year, but they also concluded their season ranked No. 59 on ITA rankings
Blame should land on players, not Allen PHILLIPS from page 12 and ser ves as yet another misstep. Even when Allen is right, he’s wrong. But at a certain point, players must be accountable in their own right. Look at the seniors who are leaving. Fran Dougherty returned two summers ago as a player reborn after working in the g ym day in and day out to improve as a player. It was clear from watching Miles Jackson-Cartwright play that there was no one on the court who cared more about the result. And Dau Jok, who could have been 1,0 0 0 d i f ferent places at any given time because of how many activities and organizations in which he is involved, gave full effort as a teammate during his four years on the team. It is unfair to harp on each player’s individual grievances. As is clear after a decision such as this one, it is hard to know what led these players to these points. But what is clear is that these players who will no longer don the Penn unifor m weren’t up to the challenge of doing ever ything that it takes to be collegiate basketball players. They didn’t treat that uniform with the same level of respect as Allen himself did. So going forward, in terms of talent, Allen is worse for wear. Losing a proven player in Brooks, or young talents such as Harrell and Bagtas who never reached their full potentia ls, hur ts the pro gram. Losses are going to come in loads next season, u n le s s s o phomor e s Tony Hicks and Dar ien NelsonHenry kick their level of play into the highest possible gear. But, at the very least, Allen w ill k now that these players that he has assembled want to play for Penn. And that’s not just on the court, but at practice, in class, in the weight room and when watching film. Wit h t h is move, t he re maining players on the roster will receive the opportunity not simply to look into the mirror, but a look into their own futures. Allen has made his stance clear: If someone isn’t willing to give 100 percent, that person doesn’t have a place in the program. His point has now been well documented. Going forward, it’s on the players.
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Despite Penn women’s tennis struggling in Ivy play, freshman Kana Daniel has had an impressive season, contributing both in the No. 2 spot in singles while combining with junior Sol Eskenazi to form a strong doubles pairing. and with a visit to the NCAA tournament. But the gamble was successful. Eskenazi and Daniel have prevailed in 11 of their last 12 doubles contests. “Kana has done a tremendous job at being able to serve well, return well, get to the net and to work with Sol, who
moves a lot,� Kunovac said. “It took Sonya a while to get used to that. The fact that Kana just came in and and was able to pick it up from there speaks really highly of her skills.� What else is to come from Daniel’s play is unknown but promising. “Her potential is so large,� Kunovac said. “Because she’s such a physical player and she hits every ball really hard, if she improves her serve, and she continues to get fitter and stronger ... I don’t think there will be many players who can
keep up with her.� Meanwhile, as Penn continues searching for answers to correct its troubled Ivy play, it can sleep easy knowing that Kana Daniel will be a mainstay in its lineup for the next three years. “I’m definitely focusing more on just doing my best in practice and trying to get better every day,� Daniel said, “not worrying too much about the outcome.� “I know that if I do my best in practice, it will show on the court and in the results.�
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Penn showing ability to bend and not break TYDINGS from page 12 inning of Sunday’s first game, there was no doubt which team was willing to get down and dirty for any one single out. In the top of the second inning, junior pitcher Connor Cuff gave up a grounder that seemed destined to get through the infield. But sophomore infielder Ryan Mincher had other ideas, making a diving stop and hurling the ball across the diamond to nail
Cornell catcher Matt Hall at first. And in the bottom half of the inning, Cornell messed up a simple throw to first, giving Penn a man on second that Mincher was able to move to third with a solid at-bat, leading to the Quakers’ second run of the game. Only three innings later, it was senior centerfielder Brandon Engelhardt’s turn to save an out, albeit this time at home plate. With a runner on second, Cornell got a single through the infield and looked like it had the tying run ready to score. But Engelhardt fielded the ball cleanly and made a perfect throw home to get the out at the plate. On top of that, Engelhardt, Mincher and the rest of Penn’s lineup found ways to scratch
across runs, capitalizing on Cornell’s fielding mistakes to score 13 runs in just two games without the benefit of a home run. “I thought we did a good job doing the little things,” coach John Yurkow said. “And we’re going to have to continue to have some diversity in our offense if we’re going to continue to win games.” What makes this squad special isn’t just the fact that Penn does the small things right, but that it also gets big performances from a variety of sources. Take this weekend for example. Every hitter and fielder did their part to let the Quakers’ pitching staff truly shine, as it has done throughout Penn’s recent stretch of 17 wins in 20 games. The Red and Blue’s final
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three starters against Cornell — freshman Jake Cousins and juniors Cuff and Ronnie Glenn — made the difference in the four-game set. All three pitchers gave Penn exactly what it needed in very different ways. After losing 9-0 to begin the four-game set after junior Dan Gautieri struggled, Cousins was called upon as the stopper, something that can be a daunting task for a young starter. Yet the righty came out firing fastballs past the Big Red hitters and gave Penn’s bats a chance to wake up. Meanwhile, Cuff and Glenn struggled at times on Sunday, maneuvering in and out of trouble. Yet it was their ability to bend but not break that made each
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team event in any capacity. The All-American tally was certainly affected by the absence of sophomores Carissa Lim and Elyse Shenberger, as well as senior co-captain Diana Moock. Lim earned firstteam honors last year, and, like Moock and junior Makeda Constable, qualified this year but did not compete. Shenberger was sidelined with an unspecified injury this year. In what’s been a rebuilding year for a fairly young squad, it was fitting that the top performance of the weekend came from a freshman. R achel Graham notched a 9.75 on her f loor routine to secure her All-American honors. Moreover, of the seven Quakers competing over the weekend, only one — Nicki Valenti — will graduate this year. Junior A mber Woo competed i n t he most events for Penn — vault, bars and beam — but could not crack into the top echelon despite
program. “I feel like they’re flipping a new page and really want to move in the right direction from here on out,” a source close to the team said to The Daily Pennsylvanian. “Some guys won’t be on the team next year who were the past two years, and maybe that’s a new start for them, maybe that’s something good.” The source also said that Harrell “is looking to transfer, and Henry isn’t really sure what he’s going to do yet” in terms of staying at Penn. Harrell posted a letter he received from Penn’s Athletic Compliance Coordinator Melissa Boettger that said Penn granted Harrell permission to “discuss continuing his participation in intercollegiate athletics with an institution of his choosing.” Allen was cc’d on the letter, which was later de-
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Junior Amber Woo was the member of Penn gymnastics that competed in the most events at USAGs, but she could not crack the top of vault, bars or beam. consistent performances on all apparatuses. Valenti also just missed earning honors, finishing with the third-best
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performance admirable. “I’d rather have them not get into jams, but it’s going to happen from time to time,” Yurkow said. “And when it happens, it just comes down to being mentally tough.” Cuff nearly let Cornell back in the game in the fourth inning, giving up a solo home run to cut Penn’s lead to one. But the junior responded by attacking the strike zone, throwing first pitch strikes to each of the next four hitters to get out of the inning relatively unscathed. And Glenn had at least two base runners in each of his first four innings, but managed to walk off the mound with no runs to his name in one of his best performances of the year.
leted from Harrell’s Instagram account. Harrell didn’t play during his freshman year due to injury and struggled with injuries again in 2013-14. He was only able to play 12 games, starting four and averaging 5.1 points per contest. Brooks, meanwhile, was a member of Allen’s first recruiting class, playing a solid supporting role during his freshman year for the Quakers’ 2011-12 campaign. However, Brooks struggled with consistency and foul trouble during his three years with the program, leading the team in total fouls during each season. Brooks declined to return phone calls and messages. These departures come after a tumultuous season for the Red and Blue. The team went 8-20, losing at least 20 games while finishing with singledigit victories for the second straight year. The Quakers were ranked No. 2 in the Ivy League Preseason Media Poll yet they finished tied for sixth place, going 5-9 in conference. The source close to the team thought that the Quakers’ lack of success was more on the players than the coaching staff.
“They both picked it up where they needed to,” Yurkow said. When all is said and done, it may not have been pretty at times, but Penn had the perfect combination of fundamentals and big-time pitching to take an important Ivy League series over the weekend. And with two series to go in conference play, the Quakers simply need to keep doing the little things right so the squad’s best pieces can stand tall if they want to play in the Ivy League Championship Series.
STEVEN TYDINGS is a Wharton sophomore from Hopewell, N.J. and is senior sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at tydings@thedp.com.
“I think everyone just needed to look in the mirror a little bit harder at themselves and realize exactly what they’re here for and how they’re going to go about it,” the source said. “I really don’t think it was much of a coaching thing. The coaches did as much as they could. They were doing their job, and the guys weren’t doing their job to their full potential, and usually when that happens things don’t go your way.” The Quakers will add three players next season, with Mike Auger, Sam Jones and Antonio Woods coming in as freshmen, although fellow recruit Ryan Singer had to decommit from Penn. With a very different roster in 2014-15, the Quakers will look to turn things around after two seasons of turmoil. “I think some sort of changes needed to be made and I think they will or already have,” the source said. “I’m excited for the guys who are going to be here next year and I think they have a good group of guys I respect. As long as they’re going to work hard together, they can really change things around.” John Phillips contributed reporting.
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Bilsky to become Big 5 Executive Director
Retiring athletic director to become first full-time Big 5 executive director since 2006 starting in July BY RILEY STEELE Sports Editor On a day when Michael Phelps announced he was coming out of retirement, outgoing Penn Athletic Director Steve Bilsky followed the star American swimmer’s lead. Despite the fact that Bilsky announced his own retirement in late November, the Philadelphia Big 5 revealed Monday that the former Red and Blue basketball star and Big 5 Hall of Famer will become its Executive Director when his 20 -year tenure at Penn ends on June 30. “The Big 5 Athletic Directors could
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Outgoing AD to become executive director of the Big 5
not imagine a better person to assume this position than Steve,” Dr. Thomas Brennan , athletic director at La Salle and chair of the Big 5 Athletic Director Council, said in a release. “The Big 5 is an historic institution in Philadelphia, and Steve understands its importance, the landscape of Philadelphia sports and the challenges and opportunities facing all of the Big 5 schools.” As Big 5 executive director, Bilsky will consult with each of the athletic departments from Penn, Temple, La Salle, Villanova and Temple in relation to Big 5 activity and competition,
community partnerships, sponsorships and special events. Bilsky’s move is incredibly similar to that of his predecessor at Penn, Paul Rubincam. Three years after he was succeeded by Bilsky, Rubincam assumed the position of Big 5 executive director. When he takes office in July, Bilsky will also serve as the chair of the newly reformed Big 5 Advisory Board, a body made up of distinguished alumni from all five schools. “It is a real honor to represent my friends and colleagues at [the Big 5 schools],” Bilsky said. “More than 60 years ago, those athletic directors had a vision which became an enterprise that has never been matched by any city in our country. While collegiate athletics has certainly changed over time, I can say proudly that the commitment to this institution called the Big 5 remains as strong as ever.”
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Bilsky was a three-time All-Ivy guard for the Quakers as the team compiled a 9-3 record against the Big 5 in his three years, including Big 5 championships in 1970 and 1971.
Bilsky served as assistant director of athletics for Penn.
1994-2014
Bilsky returned to Penn in 1994 after a stint as athletic director at George Washington University. Bilsky served as athletic director for 20 years, compiling a 19-51 record against the Big 5.
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By Jenny Lu
A hard, long look into the mirror for Quakers
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With freshman Tony Bagtas, sophomore Julian Harrell and junior Henry Brooks now off of the program, Penn coach Jerome Allen is left with an uphill battle in fielding a competitive roster for the 2014-15 season, but has at least began fixing his team’s well-documented character issues.
Gymnastics shows youth at USAGs
t’s been well documented. Coach Jerome Allen’s team has been awash in poor decisions both on and off the court for the last two seasons. On Monday night, the problem came to a head, as The Daily Pennsylvanian confirmed that freshman Tony Bagtas , sophomore Julian Harrell and junior Henry Brooks were off of the team. It has been clear for months that change needed to come to a team that went 17-42 over the last two seasons, and with the removal of those three players from the program, Allen has clearly had enough with the undisciplined, at times apathetic, nature of his squad. The move can be viewed through two lenses. Either Allen should be praised for finally taking steps to improve the character of his team, or the move can reiterate yet again just how lost this program is.
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Baseball postponed to Wednesday
Penn baseball is getting all the little things right
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BY STEVEN JAFFE Staff Writer The USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationa l Cha mpionships illustrated the ups and downs of Penn gymnastics. The R ed a nd Blue cer t a inly showed their depth, qualif y ing nearly half of their roster for the USAGs, held this past weekend. But while the Quakers sent seven of the 10 athletes qualified to Providence, they managed to earn just one second-team All-American spot in total. This year marks the first time the Red and Blue have not had a gymnast qualify for any first-team honors at USAG’s after claiming 12 first or second-team All-American slots each of the past two years. This is also the first year the Quakers did not compete in the
A source close to the team believes it’s the latter. “I think ever yone just needed to look in the mirror a little bit harder at themselves and realize exactly what they’re here for and how they’re going to go about it. I really don’t think it was much of a coaching thing,” the source said. “The coaches did as much as they could. They were doing their job and the guys weren’t doing their job to their full potential. “And usually, when that happens, things don’t go your way.” Watching a team from afar is always a difficult endeavor, as problems are visible, but the reasons remain mysterious. With this move, however, it seems that there are some answers. Yes, A llen should have better considered the character of his recruits before bringing them in. Clearly, he did not fully contemplate how his on-paper roster would translate to the real world. And that’s not just on the court, but at practice, in class, in the weight room and when watching film. As he is wont to say, that’s on him. The fact that he denied comment on a move that should (or could, if spun right) reflect well on the program is a different issue entirely,
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ith any important goal, if you don’t get the little things right, it’s impossible to achieve the bigger parts of your task, dooming your venture to fail. Yet during Penn baseball’s Sunday doubleheader against Cornell, it was clear that the Quakers had all the fundamentals in place to let their big arms do the talking when all was said and done. In fact, starting with the second
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Sophomore shortstop Ryan Mincher went all out to complete a double play and sacrifice his body to help Penn baseball get out of a bases-loaded jam during Sunday’s second win.
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Throughout the early portion of Penn baseball’s season, two things were fairly common: losses and games delayed by weather. While the Quakers have largely managed to avoid the former over their last 20 games, it looks like weather has caught up with the squad once again. Initially scheduled to take on the University of the Sciences on Tuesday in a mid-afternoon game, Penn’s matchup has been postponed to Wednesday due to expected rainfall. Penn is coming off a series win over Cornell this past weekend. The Quakers dropped their first Ivy contest of the season on Saturday afternoon, but rebounded with three consecutive wins. The Red and Blue have now won 17 of their last 20 games, and will return to Ivy action at Princeton for a fourgame set this weekend.
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