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Penn alum aiding MH370 search
Mike Glynn, a former Penn lacrosse player, is now a naval aviator in Australia BY MIKE TONY Senior Staff Writer You may not know Mike Glynn, but you definitely know what he’s been up to. Following a four-year Penn men’s lacrosse career that he now calls “unremarkable,” the Class of 2008 graduate became a U.S. naval aviator and is now deployed to Perth, Australia to search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which has been missing since March 8. Glynn has been flying one of two P-8 Poseidons deployed to Perth in the last three weeks. For the last two weeks, Glynn has been supporting search and recovery operations in Perth as well. We caught up with Glynn to learn about his path to participating in the largest multinational air-sea search in history and where the search is headed next. Daily Pennsylvanian: What inspired you to join the U.S. Navy and become a Naval Aviator Mike Glynn: I’ve wanted to be a naval aviator since a very early age. I have very clear memories of watching the Blue Angels perform when I was 7 at an air show. The desire has never left. As I got older, I began flying and earned my pilot’s license during college. I wanted to experience a dynamic, tactically focused type of flying that is only accessible in military aviation. DP: When did you join? SEE GLYNN PAGE 13
Two women were elected to replace the current male chair and vice BY VICTORIA MOFFIT Staff Writer
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Penn alum Mike Glynn flies during visual search operations in Perth, Australia in hopes of finding signs of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which went missing on March 8. Glynn became a naval aviator after his four years at Penn, where he was a member of Penn’s ROTC.
Penn Law website and FactCheck.org nominated for Webby Awards Both Penn-affiliated websites were nominated for the awards last year BY MAYA RAWAL Staff Writer Two Penn-affiliated websites were once again nominated for Webby Awards last week. Penn Law School’s website and FactCheck .org, a n A nnenberg Public Policy Center project, were
Mental health addressed at GAPSA elections
nominated for the Law and Politics categories of websites, respectively, last Wednesday. Nominees can win one of two awards that The New York Times refers to as the “Internet’s highest honor”: a Webby Winner, given by a panel of judges, or a People’s Voice award, which is chosen by online voters. Of the five nominees for the Law categor y, Penn Law is the only school nominated. Last year, the school won the People’s Voice
Mental health initiatives were a major point of discussion in last night’s elections for the chair and vice chair of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, during which two women were elected to positions currently held by men. Justine Sefcik — a fourth-year nursing doctoral student and GAPSA’s current vice chair for research students — was elected as chair, with responsibilities that include serving as GAPSA’s primary advocate to the University administration. The chair sits on various University committees, including the Board of Trustees. In candidate speeches made to the GAPSA General Assembly, as well as in the questionand-answer periods following these speeches, mental health was a topic of concern. Sefcik expressed that she plans to address mental health in her role as chair. “As a nurse, I feel that mental health is very important, and I think this year students haven’t had as big of a voice as administration in deciding which direction we’re moving in for mental health,” Sefcik said in response to a question from the General Assembly. “There’s a lot of groups that popped up and want to work on this SEE GAPSA PAGE 3
Helping the creative actually create
award for the same category. This is its second consecutive nomination. “Speaking to students within the law school community, it seems like they’re pretty excited about it,” Penn Law Associate Dean of Communications Steven Barnes said. “We try to put together a site that would be a great information resource to our various audiences ... and that allow[s] a great amount of engagement with our constituents SEE WEBBY PAGE 2
SENIOR DESIGNS
You’re gonna need a better boat
One senior design team designed a boat to make ocean exploration more affordable
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Entrepreneur Scott Belsky, who is also a vice president of Adobe, was hosted on Wednesday by the Wharton Management Club. Fast Company has called him one of business’s most creative.
BY FOLA ONIFADE Staff Writer The ocean covers 73 percent of the earth and only 5 percent of it has been explored. One senior design team is trying to change this. Engineering senior Sawyer Brooks attributes the lack of exploration to the extremely high costs of sending out ships, crews and scientists to collect data from the ocean. “Our goal is to reduce costs by creating solar powered boats to explore more of the ocean,” Brooks said. “It will help scientists to understand biodiversity weather patterns [and] oil companies
Behance founder Scott Belsky wants to organize the world’s creators Courtesy of Sawyer Brooks
The senior design team behind SPARC, Sawyer Brooks, Cristina Sorice, Sebastian Schloesser and Emily Samuelson have tested the boat on the Schuylkill River and in Pottruck’s Sheerr Pool. to deter oil leaks and detect pollutants in the water.” Brooks and Engineering senior Cristina Sorice came up with the idea last summer and formally began working on it in late September as a part of their senior design project,
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but they always envisioned it growing into something more long term. The team has since been selected to participate in the Cornell Cup USA, a competition sponsored by Intel which SEE BOAT PAGE 3
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BY JONATHAN BAER Contributing Writer Academic and professional interests are back in focus for students now that Spring Fling has come and gone. On Wednesday night, Wharton Management Club hosted Scott Belsky, co-founder of Behance, vice president of products and community at
Adobe and an investor in companies like Pinterest and Uber. More than 40 students gathered at Huntsman Hall to hear Belsky discuss how creativity and design have driven his career in business. “What has motivated me for the past eight years or so is this frustration with the creative community,” said Belsky, who was included in Fast Company’s 2010 “100 Most Creative People in Business” list. “[The creative community] is a fascinating industry, but also frustratSEE BELSKY PAGE 3
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U. awards outstanding Greeks
Webby Award voting ends on April 25
Chi O, FIJI and Kappa Alpha Psi won most outstanding chapters
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BY MELISSA LAWFORD Staff Writer Working with a 1920s “Flappers and Flyboys” theme, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life gave out awards to commend achievements in the Greek community over the last year. Approximately 250 staff, students and alumni attended the annual Greek Awards ceremony last night at the Sheraton Hotel on 36th and Chestnut streets. Representatives from the Multicultural Greek Council, the Inter-F rater nit y Council and the Panhellenic Council were all commended for their achievements. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity from the MGC, Chi Omega from Panhel and Phi Gamma Delta, better known as FIJI, from the IFC received most outstanding chapter awards last night. Awards were also given out to advisors and house managers, to 23 “outstanding Greek leaders” and for academic ach ievement . I nd iv idua l chapters were also awarded prizes for their house’s programs, such as recruitment and alumni relations. It has been a “roller coaster year” for the Greek community, said OFSL Director Scott Reikofski. “We’ve experienced tragedy, change and growth,” he added. Reikofski reflected on the losses the Greek community has faced this semester and requested a moment’s silence for the students who died earlier this year. Reikofski also outlined how the Greek community has this year recruited 1,113 new members, meaning that
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Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Program Coordinator Kenneth Jones, and various other members of the Greek community, were honored at last night’s Greek Awards ceremony at the Sheraton Hotel at 36th and Walnut streets. Penn’s total Greek population currently stands at 3,470 students — about 34 percent of undergraduates. This year has also seen the addition of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and Alpha Delta Pi sorority, as well as two new OFSL staff members: Kenneth Jones, the new Program Coordinator, and Program Assistant Tess Eklund. The evening also saw reflections from old presidents. “There are many negative things which are often connected to Greek life,” said last year’s IFC President and College senior Andrew Turell , “but the examples you set are testimony to the Greek community.” “I’m unbelievably proud of all we’ve accomplished,” he added, speaking of his IFC board. College senior and last
year’s Panhel President Jessica Stokes kept in line with the evening’s theme and quoted “The Great Gatsby,” describing the Greek community’s “refusal to settle for anything less than excellent.” She also said January’s Panhel recruitment was “the most challenging and unexpected Panhel has ever seen,” commending the “passion of the council.” She also spoke about the importance of the collaboration across the three Greek councils that the community has seen in the past year. College junior and MGC board representative Shiv Patel stood in for past MGC president Jonathan Paz, who is currently studying abroad, to talk about MGC’s progress. When Paz ran for president last year, Patel said, he was the only person running for
any board position. The team also had to cope with the loss of OFSL Program Coordinator Larry Moses, who died in October 2012. After rewriting the constitution for the first time in six years and working with new Program Coordinator Jones, in the fall elections “we really realized how much we had achieved,” Patel said. MGC enthusiasm was so improved, the five board positions were extended to seven, and each role was contended except one, Patel said. College and Wharton junior and current MGC president Peixin Mo described the awards ceremony this year as “exceptionally well-done.” “It’s never been this good before,” she said. “It’s been an amazing year, and I have great expectations of the year to come.”
inside and outside the law school.” Director of Web Services Christine Droesser emphasized the website’s visual appeal and interactive potential. “The community is involved in it ... it’s really such a collaborative effort,” Droesser said, noting the positive feedback she has received from law students and higher education peers. The website features a home page with a calendar of events as well as both Pennrelated and world news. The information is updated in real time, and community members can post to the website or engage through Twitter and Facebook. However, no large changes have been made to the website since last year. FactCheck .org, which started before the 2004 presidential election, reports on the accuracy of politicians’ statements for federal and other major elections. Its coverage includes what politicians said on social media, in
televised debates and in print articles. The website has won six People’s Voice and three Webby Winner awards in the last seven years. Managing Editor Lori Robertson attributes the website’s success to its unique purpose. “There’s a hunger for this type of journalism,” she said. Although the need for factchecking journalism has become more prevalent in the last few years, “we’re still one of the few places where you can get that kind of coverage,” she added. She explained that people still come to the website expressing their surprise that such a concept even exists. FactCheck.org plans to keep improving, despite its a l ready prol i f ic success. “We’re always thinking about what we can do differently,” Robertson said, “particularly with the way politicians communicate with voters.” Recently, politicians have begun “micro-targeting” voters through individualized emails, texts and social media platforms, and Robertson said that the website will adapt to address information conveyed in this way. Vo t i n g f o r t h e We b b y Awards will be open to the public until 7 a.m. on April 25. The winners will be announced on April 29.
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SENIOR DESIGNS
Froyo gets fruity — and efficient BY BOOKYUNG JO Staff Writer Five Engineering seniors are developing healthy desserts in a tech savvy way. The project, FruzenTech, by E ng i ne e r i ng se n ior s Garrett Zwahlen , Jonathan Blutinger, Daniel LaMorte , Josh Raines and Nate Baker, is upgrading a juicer so that there will be a minimum amount of fruit wasted through the manufacturing process. This device is a senior design project, which Engineering students must complete during their senior year. Seniors choose a challenge that allows them to apply various skills and knowledge they have acquired during their undergraduate years. The team works with 2012 College graduate Rob Zambito, whose restaurant, Firingi, currently serves Fruzi — a type of fruit soft serve made with 100 percent fruit and no added sugars or dairy. Senior design project teams from Mechanical Engineering are required to have a customer like Zambito as proof that the devices they are creating are useful in real life. The team is making a juicer that will be used to make Fruzi as efficiently as possible without compromising the ice cream-like texture.
Yoga among suggested initiatives GAPSA from page 1 initiative, but as chair I’d like to bring all of these groups together and work with administration to make sure our voices our heard.” Rebekkah Merrell, a second-year dental student, was elected as vice chair, a position where she will manage GAPSA executive board meetings. She expressed an intention to address the mental health issues apparent on campus by organizing activities such as yoga and meditation classes, in which students can take breaks from the pressures of an Ivy League institution. Merrell said that uniting students from different graduate schools to participate in activities “where students can relax ... is a great initiative that we can start at Penn ... to prove that as an Ivy league School, we are standing up against the [idea] that it’s just going to be so
Behance is ‘LinkedIn for creative world’ BELSKY from page 1 ingly disorganized,” he added. “And that has been what I’ve always been thinking about: How do you help organize creative people? How do you help creative people actually create something?” After leaving a “boring finance job” at Goldman-Sachs and prior to attending Harvard Business School, Belsky founded Behance, which he described as a “platform for millions of creatives all around the world to connect with each other.” Since then, Behance has attracted millions of users and Belsky now describes it as “the LinkedIn for the creative world.” Consequently, Adobe purchased Behance in 2012 for $150 million, allowing Behance to grow and attract more users. For the Wharton Management Club, Belsky’s unconventional business interests attracted their attention. “We decided to choose Scott Belsky because we really wanted to have an event that set us apart from the very pre-professional events that other Wharton clubs
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All MEAM projects must have a customer to show their devices are useful. These seniors are working with Firingi which makes “Fruzi”, a frozen fruit desert. “Our goal is to have the exact same texture [as ice cream], but with healthier ingredients,” Baker said. The team focuses on four different aspects of machine development. A lot of fruit usually gets caught in the device, but the seniors got rid of unneces-
much stress and pressure that no one can handle it.” As vice chair, one of Merrell’s major responsibilities will be organizing GradFest, a weeklong celebration held each September to welcome new and returning graduate students to campus. She plans to promote attendance by distributing information to graduate students months in advance. Merrell also intends to incor porate new events led by other members of the executive board to educate students about the various services and activities led by GAPSA. Sefcik also expressed additional plans for her future role. After her speech, a member of the General Assembly asked Sefcik what she felt would be the biggest challenge facing GAPSA in the coming semesters. She mentioned that funding for the President Gutmann Leadership Award — which provides travel grants to graduate students — will be ending this year. “That was a large pot of money to contribute to students, so I’d like to work with President Gutmann to see if we can continue that fund,” Sefcik said.
tend to have,” said Wharton and College sophomore Chacha Wang, who is a member of the Wharton Management Club. “He is very much focused on creativity and I think that is something that is not as emphasized here.” Belsky also has a successful career as an angel investor, a profession that attracted some students who might not have been as interested in creative fields to his talk. “I’m into private equity, and he is an angel investor,” said Wharton freshman Victor Adeleke. “So he invests in companies that are solving problems, and I think that is really interesting.” Throughout the presentation, Belsky flashed rules across the screen that he has found integral to his career in business. According to his rules, initiative is more important than experience, you should gain confidence from doubt and resourcefulness is more important than resources. “It is so easy to think that your experience at Wharton and the title of being in Wharton is ultimately what is going to get you to your dream position,” said Wharton senior Christina Westley. “But it’s nice to be reminded that taking initiative in other ways or going after other things you are passionate about can lead you to your ultimate goal.”
sary parts in the machine’s inner cone. They also modified the shape of the press that pushes fruit into the machine to have the same curvature as the cone-shaped tube which receives the fruit. The upper part of the machine, where fruits enter the machine, is another part that
creates a lot of waste. The team attached a pipe to the freezer so that fruit can slide down directly into the machine when the press is lifted. The press is lifted 90 degrees for a specified amount of time so that only the amount of fruit used in one serving of the product enters the machine. F inally, machine users can easily clean afterwards with a hose that pumps water into the pipe. The tea m ma i nly used mangoes to test their machine because it is one of the toughest fruits and has a lot of fiber to make into ice cream. With some adjustments, the machine can be used to make other desserts as well. For example, it can make smoothies by using warm fruits instead of frozen ones. The team expects the machine to have applications in other restaurants as well. “[ HipCityVeg ] uses the same juicer, but we’ve made a product which could potentially be a huge improvement,” Baker added. The team is planning on prov id i ng t he act ua l ice cream during their senior design project final presentation and will sell it for the next few days. “In the popularity contest, we’d win,” LaMorte said.
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The team will compete in the Cornell Cup BOAT from page 1 challenges student teams to develop innovative embedded technologies. Sorice, Brooks and seniors Sebastian Schloesser and Emily Samuelson will compete against 35 other teams at Disney World on May 1. The team will also present their project at senior design day on Monday, April 21. All engineering seniors complete a capstone project which allows them to put skills learned in the classroom to work. They then compete in departmental and school-wide competitions. The prototype began as a small wooden boat that they first tested in Pottruck’s swimming pool. Over the course of several months, the prototype developed to include motors and a metal frame. The final prototype — called SPARC, or Solar Powered Aquatic Research Craft — includes a solar panel mounted on top of the boat, a 25-pound battery and a wench that can be lowered to collect data. The team tests the boat frequently on the Schuylkill River. One of their earliest concerns was to ensure that the boat was buoyant and would not tip over in rough waters because capsizing would cause the solar powered boat to lose power, Sorice said. The current boat also has GPS navigation capabilities so that
it can navigate the river and in the future, the ocean as well. Brooks explained that there are other robotic solutions to the lack of extensive ocean research. While other systems are advanced, they rent for over $300,000 for six months. Brooks and his team’s design is far more affordable. They are hoping to sell their boats one day for about $5,000 to $10,000. “With that amount of cost saving, research labs can purchase thousands of these boats and have an entire fleet traveling the ocean, monitoring pollution and oil,” he said. “Our boat offers significant cost improvements.” The team has gotten a lot of positive feedback from people within and outside of the University. “We’ve spoken to a lot of people — from engineers, oil companies and researchers and the general consensus is that it’s a good product,” said Sorice. Developing the boat will continue long after the competition as the team works to make it marketable. “We’re testing and refining and giving the boat the ability to be commercially available to companies,” Sameulson said. “In the future, I could see a fleet of them being hired out by companies or the government to monitor water quality.” The students also had the support of their advisor Bruce Kothmann and several faculty members. Kothmann “is an amazing advisor. He has so much knowledge in field of engineering and he calms our fears and anxieties,” Samuelson said. “The whole department as a whole has been helpful.”
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Opinion LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
VOL. CXXX, NO. 57
Regarding the Men’s Basketball Graphic
The Independent Student Newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania
130th Year of Publication TAYLOR CULLIVER, Executive Editor AMANDA SUAREZ, Managing Editor JENNIFER YU, Opinion Editor LOIS LEE, Director of Online Projects FIONA GLISSON, Campus News Editor HARRY COOPERMAN, City News Editor JODY FREINKEL, Assignments Editor WILLIAM MARBLE, Enterprise Editor GENESIS NUNEZ, Copy Editor MATT MANTICA, Copy Editor YOLANDA CHEN, News Photo Editor MICHELE OZER, Sports Photo Editor CONNIE KANG, Photo Manager
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n Tuesday, April 15, The Daily Pennsylvanian published an article titled “Welcome to the new Penn basketball” with an accompanying graphic of the Penn basketball team. In the graphic, members of this year’s Penn basketball team had either a circle around or an X over their faces to symbolize who would be on the team next year. Our goal with this story and the graphic was to show our readers the reality of the team’s situation with five seniors graduating, three players leaving and only nine players returning next season. Our intention was not to attach a negative connotation to any of the players. Rather, we had hoped to paint a clear picture of what the composition of the Penn basketball program may look like next season. We have the utmost respect for the five seniors who have dedicated themselves to the basketball program throughout the past four years. Amongst other things, these students are community activists, leaders and an exemplary representation of their school on and off the court. We would like to apologize to anyone who we may have offended with the graphic. It was a decision in which we did not think about the full range of interpretations of this visual representation and the effects it would have on our community. After hearing from our readers, it is evident that we made the wrong decision in deciding how to represent the story. We strive daily to serve our community by representing information accurately and objectively. I’m proud that we can be that source, and I’m grateful for the nature in which your concerns were brought to our attention. We expect you to hold us accountable, and I hope that in the future you will continue to do so.
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March Madness: Christian movie edition
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ust in March, three Ch r ist i a n it y-i nspired big-screen movies saw their theatrical debuts: “Noah,” “Son of God” and “God is Not Dead.” These films span the spectrum of quality and audience, so I thought it might be interesting to cross-examine them as examples of modern religion-inspired films. “Noah” comes in f irst place at the box office, topping $44 million in domestic ticket sales. Boasting a star-studded cast featuring Russell Crowe, Emma Watson and Anthony Hopkins, “Noah” comes off as a wellpolished epic disaster film and has received generally favorable reviews from audiences. Despite its namesake’s religious roots, “Noah” hardly deserves classification as religious film. The film’s di-
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rector, Darren Aronofsky, rightly described “Noah” as “the least biblical biblical film ever made.” While “Noah” takes its inspiration from Genesis, the film is much closer to an environmental disaster film like “The Day After Tomorrow.” I personally don’t care for natural disaster films, but to me, “Noah” represents a desirable future direction for Hollywood. I eagerly await the day when the fables of the Bible become rich soil for idea-starved filmmakers searching for blockbuster epics. Why not put Samson and David in the same category as Thor, Hercules and other characters of old mythologies? Not ever yone is of the same opinion, however. Indonesia, Qatar and other p r e d o m i n a nt l y Mu s l i m countries banned the film outright merely for depict-
ing a prophet. “Noah” has been almost universally decried in the United States by the religious right (mostly for the common movie critique that it didn’t follow the book), even after Paramount added a disclaimer to all promotional material stating that “artistic license has been taken” and “the biblical story of Noah can be found in the book of Genesis.” Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis called it an “unbiblical, pagan film” that makes the story of Noah seem unrealistic and implausible. Glenn Beck said “it was strongly anti-human” (as opposed to the original story where God decided mankind was so wicked it warranted global genocide). In contrast, “Son of God,” a film adaptation of the History Channel’s miniseries “The Bible,” was well-received by
evangelical audiences. “Son of God” merits mention only because it proves that Christian audiences are still willing to pay to see yet another telling of the Jesus story which never deviates from the second-grade Sundayschool harmonization. While it didn’t reach “The Passion of the Christ’s” $41.5 million opening-weekend take, “Son of God” did make over half that, despite having nothing novel to offer its target audience of dedicated believers. But when it comes to pandering to an evangelical Christian audience, “Son of God” must stand in awe of the last film on my list. “God is Not Dead” is essentially every evangelical email forward ever written crammed into a single movie overflowing with subplots, stereoty pes and clichés. The main plot follows Christian college freshman Josh
Wheaton as he braves the infamous Professor Radisson’s Philosophy 150, which a fellow student compares to Christians being eaten by lions in the Colosseum. The comparison is not made lightly — the filmmakers genuinely want to equate COLLIN BOOTS the faith of students being challenged in academia to EMT. His deathroad accepmartyrdom. The movie is tance of Jesus is supposed to a paradigmatic example of be the happy ending. “God is Not Dead” is an evangelicals fetishizing peraffront to logic, philosophy secution. The film presents a bizza- professors, atheists, Musro world where atheists are lims and the intelligence of spiteful, unfeeling monsters Christians. It should be terwho really believe in God rifying to all thinking people but just hate him too much that the film grossed $9.2 to acknowledge the fact. The million on opening weekend most unsettling scene is the despite only opening in 780 climax. The two Christian theaters nationwide. pastor role models of this world see Radisson get hit COLLIN BOOTS is a master’s by a truck, but instead of call- student studying robotics. His ing an ambulance, they set email address is about saving his soul with all cboots@seas.upenn.edu. Follow the earnestness of a spiritual him @LotofTinyRobots.
The secular Jew
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n 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche declared that God was dead. He was speaking figuratively, of course, about the Western world’s loss of religious faith. Although distrustful of religion himself, Nietzsche’s dramatic declaration reflected genuine concern. If we’ve abandoned our faith in God, is modern life without a universal source of meaning? More than a century later, many of us still stand in the shadow of Nietzsche’s prophecy. Having eaten from the tree of secular knowledge, we’ve been cast out from the familiar garden of our ancestors’ beliefs. The Jewish people, in particular, have chosen modern life over the shtetl (the Old World Jewish village), and for good reason. But something feels like it’s missing: a meaningful connection to our roots. I’m what is k nown as a secular Jew. I speak Hebrew,
THE QUAKING POINT | In the age of reason, can Judaism find the good life without God? had a Bar Mitzvah and was educated at a Jewish school. But I have trouble following the First Commandment — I can’t say I believe in God. I believe in science, independent thought and the prevalence of reason over faith. And yet, I am proud of my Judaism, or at least I want to be. It would appear that I’m in good company. The institution that 34th Street and Uncyclopedia call the “Jewniversity” of Pennsylvania is no stranger to the Hebrews, and many of us come from a predominantly secular background. Campus organizations such as Hillel and Chabad provide supportive environments for us to be ourselves — havens that Jews worldwide still depend on — and encourage students to reconnect with their heritage. Some of us, though, face a particularly acute crisis of identity: How can we embrace our Judaism when we can’t
subscribe to its most fundamental religious principles? Many respond by referring to themselves as “cultural” Jews, but that often feels like a cop out. There is something hollow about the tokens of Judaism sans faith: It often seems as though our sense of identity has been reduced to lox and bagels, Woody Allen and swearing in Yiddish. While these are all delightful in their own ways, calling people schmucks and rare trips to synagogue do not a culture make. The generations before us were American Jews; are we simply Americans of Jewish descent? All children and grandchildren of immigrants face the issue of how strongly to assimilate and how much of their original culture to preserve. But as Jews, we find ourselves in a somewhat unusual position. We have been wandering as long as we can remember — the narrative of strangers
in a strange land is central to our cultural consciousness. Our connection to our homeland was severed 2,000 years ago, and even before then it
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What we need is to get back in touch with our intellectual heritage.” was buffeted by the dominant cultures of Assyria, Babylon, Greece and Rome. We are a people of the Diaspora. The core of Jewish culture has little to do with cuisine, music or dress — these things have morphed throughout the ages with every new people we encountered. Rather, one of Judaism’s distinctive and longstanding features has been its emphasis on literacy,
education and a tradition of rigorous debate. For every two Jews, as they say, there are at least three opinions. In one of the Old Testament’s most memorable allegories, Jacob wrestles an angel and earns his title as he who wrestles with God (“Israel” in Hebrew). Together with peace and justice, Judaism encourages questioning and prizes critical, independent thinking. The story of Jacob serves for modern Jews as a metaphor for wrestling with the unfathomable, even at the risk of prevailing over our ancestors’ beliefs — or, even worse, over God himself. In a consumer society that of ten va lues appea ra nce over substance, it is hardly surprising that our appreciation of our own traditions has grown superficial, that our roots have begun to wither. What we need is to get back in touch with our intellectual heritage — to understand Ju-
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JONATHAN IWRY daism not as a collection of divine dos and don’ts, but as an ongoing existential and ethical dialogue that evolves across generations. Our cultural legacy is, at its core, a philosophical one. Our ancestors’ theistic beliefs might be questionable, but what endures throughout Jewish history is an unwavering pursuit of truth and meaning — a quest for a kind of holiness that we, as secularists, can embrace. JONATHAN IWRY is a College senior from Bethesda, Md. studying philosophy and intellectual history. His last name is pronounced “eev-ree.” Email him at jon.iwry@gmail.com.
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Final prep made for Blackboard-Canvas shift Penn will archive all data currently stored on Blackboard servers BY COSETTE GASTELU Staff Writer The University of Pennsylvania Libraries system is taking the final steps to prepare for Penn’s change from Blackboard to Canvas, which will become permanent on May 30. Below is a list of some ways Penn Libraries is putting the finishing touches on the transition. Migration between platforms Come May 30, the Penn Bl ack b oa r d U R L w i l l b e decommissioned, and the website w ill no longer be accessible, said K imberly Eke, Penn Libraries’ director of teaching, research and learning services. In light of this, Penn Libraries has been of fering faculty members a variety of options for migrating the materials that are currently on Blackboard websites to new pages on Canvas. Depending on their prefe r e nc e s , p r o f e s sor s c a n choose to have the entire contents of their Blackboard sites ex por ted to Canvas or they can choose specific information to be included or excluded in the migration process, Courseware Services Manager Molly Bonnard said. Bonnard added that professors are also able to start new Canvas pages completely f rom scratch, which some professors have already chosen to do with their courses. Though the information that is stored on Blackboard
websites will not be readily available to students as of May 30, Penn Libraries is taking steps to preserve the data. “We’ve been working all year to archive all of the data from all courses that have used Blackboard and store the information on the Blackboard servers,” Bonnard explained. The pur pose of keeping the Blackboard data in archive for mat is to ensure that the information can be accessed under certain circumstances. For instance, if a student decided to dispute a grade he or she received in a course that was conducted through Blackboard at the time, the information could be obtained from the archives to cross-check the assignments and grade calculations. Eke still urged students to download all necessar y files from their professors’ Blackboard pages prior to the official changeover date. Effects on hardware and software In June, Penn Libraries will back up and archive all data from Spring 2014 Blackboard courses. Once all of the materials are archived online, the data will be put on a local storage device, and the Blackboard ser vers — which are housed in the basement of Van PeltDietrich Library — will be shut off. Since Canvas’ servers are owned by Amazon, Penn’s i n f or m at ion f or t he new courseware system will be stored in the cloud — specifically servers that are not on campus, Eke said. Following the Blackboard server shutdown, technology spe-
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cialists from Penn Libraries will decide the fate of the old hardware, which could mean that the servers could be repurposed for other use, Bonnard stated. In terms of internet security, there will not be any major differences between Blackboard and Canvas, said Penn Libraries’ Director for Planning and Organizational Analysis Joseph Zucca. Zucca added that “the necessary patches” have been made for both courseware platforms so that they are safe from Heartbleed — a worldwide internet bug that was discovered a few weeks ago by personnel at Google and workers at a F innish internet security firm, separately. Canvas mobile app Students and faculty alike may also be interested in downloading one of the mobile applications that Canvas offers. Professors and teaching assistants can install the speedgrader app on their mobile devices, which aids instructors in grading and responding to students’ assignments. Students can also download the Canvas mobile app that is available for Android a nd iO S u ser s , B on n a r d said. With this app, students can view content on their professors’ sites and submit assignments, depending on what settings the instructor has enabled for a particular assignment. Bonnard added that the Canvas app is an improvement from the Blackboard equivalent, which was often “problematic” and for a time was only available free of charge to Sprint customers.
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BEST OF PENN 2014 As a community this semester, we weathered one of Philadelphia’s roughest winters, witnessed a shooting this week and said premature good-byes to too many members of campus. But spring is here, and with the warmth, The Daily Pennsylvanian and 34th Street Magazine are hoping that Penn can turn over a new leaf.
In this issue — for the second year — we’ve brought you the very best parts of the campus, the people and the neighborhood that we all love. You voted for your favorites in categories from Best Cookie (Insomnia) to Best Place to Masturbate (Van Pelt). You’ll find the popular vote winners in the pages of the DP and editors’ choices for the same categories in 34th Street. So lose yourself again in the very best parts of a place we think we’re blessed to be, even though we all might sometimes lose sight of it. Set aside a few minutes to just read and relax. And if you take a trip to Van Pelt this weekend, just remember to wear your earphones on your bathroom break. PHOTOS BY KATIE WU, TIFFANY PHAM, YOLANDA CHEN, SAM SHERMAN, LUKE CHEN, YING PAN DESIGN BY ANALYN DELOS SANTOS
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Founded on our very own University of Pennsylvania campus, Insomnia is the perfect solution to all our late night cookie cravings. Rumor has it they were still delivering during the polar vortex — now that’s cookie dedication. The only issue is deciding between S’Mores Deluxe, Snickerdoodle or Triple Chocolate. (But let’s be honest, you inevitably get all three. We’ve all been there.) BY SIOBHAN ROONEY
FYI BERKOWITZ FOUNDED 1. SETH THE COMPANY IN 2003 FROM 2. 3.
HIS DORM ROOM. DELIVERY GOES UNTIL 3 A.M. THEY ALSO SERVE ICE CREAM, CAKE, COFFEE AND BROWNIES.
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“Hot, Fresh, Fancy.” Federal Donuts has officially conquered the hearts and minds (and stomachs) of Penn. This year’s best new addition to campus definitely does not disappoint. If you’re yet to try one of their classic vanilla spice doughnuts or their honey-ginger glazed fried chicken, do yourself a favor and sprint to Samson Street. Right now. BY SIOBHAN ROONEY
FYI 1. FEDERAL DONUTS’ THIRD LOCA2. 3.
TION OPENED AT PENN IN MARCH. SEVERAL CHICKEN AND DOUGHNUT FLAVORS EXCLUSIVE TO UNIVERSITY CITY. OWNER MICHAEL SOLOMONOV ALSO OPERATES PERCY STREET BARBECUE AND ZAHAV RESTAURANTS.
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COPA WEDNESDAY HALF-OFF BURGERS OF PENN
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Copabanana on the corner of 40th and Spruce streets might have had a rough week, but it’s still where Penn students go when they’ve had a rough week. On Wednesdays, you can order any of several burger options — classic, turkey, vegetarian — for just $3.50 plus tax and tip. Margaritas aren’t half price, but they’re definitely worth the supplementary splurge. BY DP EDITOR
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FYI 1. HALF-PRICE WEDNESDAY LASTS FROM 11:30 A.M. UNTIL 5 P.M.
2. DAILY HAPPY HOUR OFFERS $5 3.
CLASSIC MARGARITAS, PLUS DISCOUNTED NACHOS AND QUESADILLAS. COPA HAS A SECOND LOCATION AT 4TH AND SOUTH STREETS — SO EVEN IF YOU’RE OFF CAMPUS, YOU’RE NOT FAR FROM SOME GREAT DEALS.
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Marketing 101. Economics 010. OPIM 101 in the spring. If you’ve taken one of these classes, chances are you’ve been treated to a semester in the seats of cavernous G06, which seats up to 300 people. Formally named Dhirubhai Ambani Auditorium, the truly “big ass” lecture hall was endowed by a multimillion dollar gift from 1983 MBA graduate Anil Ambani. His father, Dhirubhai, founded Reliance Industries Ltd. and, before his death, was hailed as a leader in developing India’s economy. BY DP EDITOR
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WOODY’S OF PENN
With the rainbow flags waving outside and the recent renovations, Woody’s has become the new gay hotspot. Only a short cab ride away from Penn, the club has Wednesday “college nights” to attract a younger crowd. Woody’s has two floors: a bar area downstairs and dance floor upstairs. The dance floor gives off a flashier vibe while the bar is more laid-back. Saturday night is the most popular night, but the $10 cover on Wednesday nights makes it a good night to check out this iconic gay club. While the club caters towards gay men, anyone is welcome. BY SONIA SIDHU
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BLOCKS FROM WHISPER, A POPULAR NIGHTCLUB. THE UPSTAIRS DANCE FLOOR HAS TWO DJS PLAYING. WOODY’S CLOSES AT 2 A.M. EVERY NIGHT.
FRANKLIN MORTGAGE
The Franklin Mortgage and Investment Company, better known as Franklin, is this year’s top speakeasy. This spot is located in the heart of Center City, in Rittenhouse Square. Check out this speakeasy for a vintage feel and high-quality crafted brews. BY ZAHRA HUSAIN
FYI MODERN DAY ITERATION 1. THE TAKES IT NAME FROM THE LARG-
EST ALCOHOL RING IN THE COUNTRY DURING THE 1920S, WHICH BOUGHT AND SOLD 10,000 GALLONS OF BOOZE.
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34th & WALNUT/SANSOM STREETS: ADOLPH BIECKER SALON ∙ AUNTIE ANNE’S ∙ CITTA PIZZA ∙ CVS ∙ DOC MAGROGANS ∙ DUNKIN’ DONUTS ∙ FEDERAL DONUTS ∙ MAD 4 MEX ∙ MEDITERRANEAN CAFE ∙ MODERN EYE ∙ QUIZNOS SUBS ∙ PIPER BOUTIQUE 36th & WALNUT STREETS: AMERICAN APPAREL ∙ ANN TAYLOR LOFT ∙ BLUE MERCURY ∙ COMPUTER CONNECTION ∙ COSI ∙ FURNITURE LIFESTYLE ∙ PENN BOOKSTORE ∙ PENNE RESTAURANT ∙ PHILADELPHIA RUNNER ∙ POD ∙ URBAN OUTFITTERS 37th & SPRUCE STREETS: BEIJING RESTAURANT ∙ BONDED CLEANERS ∙ GIA PRONTO ∙ GREENE STREET CONSIGNMENT ∙ HUBBUB ∙ SALADWORKS ∙ WAWA 40th STREET: BEN & JERRY’S ∙ DISTRITO ∙ FRESH GROCER ∙ GREEK LADY ∙ HARVEST GRILL & WINE BAR ∙ HIP CITY VEG ∙ LAST WORD BOOK SHOP ∙ NATURAL SHOE STORE ∙ METROPOLITAN BAKERY ∙ QDOBA MEXICAN GRILL ∙ RAVE CINEMAS ∙ SAXBY’S ∙ SMOKEY JOE’S TAVERN
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PATTAYA OF PENN
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This Chestnut and 40th street thai joint is just a hop, skip and a jump from important places on campus — the high rises, the Rave, and The Daily Pennsylvanian offices. But when you’re craving some pad thai and don’t want to venture out into the polar vortex, Pattaya’s delivery workers have got your back. BY DP EDITOR
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FRANKLIN STATUE WAS SCULPTED BY ARTIST JOHN J. BOYLE IN 1899 AND DONATED TO PENN IN 1938.
HOLI 2014, PENN 2. FOR PLASTIC-WRAPPED THE BEN STATUE IN ITS ENTIRETY.
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Aubrey Claire, a Mediterranean BYOB located at 20th and Spruce streets, proves the best spot to BYO with that special someone. The restaurant opens for dinner at 5 p.m. and serves a variety of different international entrée options, such as Israeli couscous mezze, grilled fish served head to tail and Mediterranean olive oil. The romantic Rittenhouse location and open-air restaurant style make it a perfect date spot. BY JESSICA WASHINGTON
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In the 1970s, College Green was renovated and modeled after the classic “English Landscape Style,” complete with the lawn, trees and brick and stone paving with granite curbing — aspects of the place we all now know and love. Today, it is the go-to spot for students and visitors to Penn. Students come to relax on the grass, read for pleasure (!), attend both club-specific and campus-wide events and tan under the sun with friends. For visitors, College Green is also a prime location for scoping out what current Penn students do in their free time. BY EUNICE LIM
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Spring is finally here (we’re pretending that wasn’t really snow on Tuesday night), and with it comes a lot of skin-baring clothing. If you’re looking to polish yourself up before you put on your shorts and tank tops, stop at Adolf Biecker on 34th Street for the best waxes in University City. The spa and salon offers hair cutting, coloring and styling, plus facials, nail care, make up and more. BY DP EDITOR
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VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER FOR TWO FOR $65. DON’T FORGET THE CASH — THEY DON’T TAKE CARDS. TRY THE POPULAR SEARED BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
SHAKE SHACK
Located on the border of Penn’s campus — really Drexel — Shake Shack draws in students from both campuses for burgers, hot dogs and shakes. The restaurant’s lively atmosphere serves as the perfect location to meet and get to know that attractive Drexel student you’ve had your eye on, while also getting a bite to eat. And if you do not succeed in wooing said person, you can always console yourself with anything from the eatery’s delicious variety of burgers, fries and milkshakes. BY ALISON ELLIOTT
All aboard the Bagel Mobile, Schmear It, the first — and only — bagel food truck in Philadelphia. Thanks to 2011 College graduate Dave Fine, bagel aficionados on campus have been getting the bagel fix they need to start the day right. With a wide array of freshly-sourced ingredients to satisfy every palate — from cream cheese, tuna salad, chopped lox, maple syrup, nutella, sriracha and mango to wasabi and more — students can customize the schmear of their dreams. Here’s another great perk: A portion of Schmear It’s sales support a different local nonprofit each week. BY EUNICE LIM
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ABLE GLOVES, THE CHAIN DONATES A MEAL TO POOR PEOPLE LIVING IN NEW YORK.
FYI ADVENTUROUS? TRY 1. FEELING THESE UNCONVENTIONAL FAVORITES: FLAMING ISLANDER: CREAM CHEESE, MANGO, AND SRIRACHA PHILLY ROLL: CREAM CHEESE, CHOPPED LOX, CUCUMBERS, WASABI, AND SOY SAUCE
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It’s 11 a.m. on a Sunday and there is a drum pounding in your brain. You’re not sure what happened at Smoke’s — the Best Place to Get Down, 2014 — last night, and you’re body’s not pleased. It’s going to be OK — drag yourself down to the corner of 38th and Walnut for a Bui’s sandwich with sauce. As the delicious spicy mayo pink mystery ambrosia pumps through your veins, you’ll begin to feel alive again. BY DP EDITOR
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FYI 1. THEY TAKE PICK-UP ORDERS VIA TEXT 2. 3. 4.
MESSAGE AT 856-630-7269. YOU SHOULD PUT THAT IN YOUR PHONE. IT’S CASH ONLY, BUT YOU WON’T SPEND MORE THAN FOUR TO SIX BUCKS. YELP LISTS THE ATTIRE AS “CASUAL” — SO FEEL FREE TO WEAR SWEATPANTS. THE HANGOVER SPECIAL INCLUDES A 20-OUNCE GATORADE, BECAUSE BUI UNDERSTANDS YOU.
Hubba Hubba HubBub. Owner Drew Crockett and his band of friendly baristas have got you covered if you need a good place to study, relax or stalk your ex’s boyfriend on Facebook. Or if you’re out and about but in need of a charge, hop on over to 3736 Spruce Street for outlets and premium coffee. The truck-turned-restaurant serves delicious French pastries and, yes, bagels and cream cheese in addition to its beverage offerings. BY DP EDITOR
FYI 1. HUBBUB HAS 2.
BEEN SERVING (COFFEE) STRONG SINCE 2009. OWNER DREW CROCKETT IS A 2005 COLLEGE GRAD.
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BOOKSTORE
At first, we were a little disappointed that you all picked something so utterly justifiable as Best Use of Bursar. But then we started to realize that along with the perfectly acceptable purchase of textbooks, there are more outlandish things you can buy there too (and it always shows up as “miscellaneous,” so your parents will never know). May we make a few recommendations:
WE RECOMMEND 1. PENN SHOT GLASSES 2. STARBUCKS 3. FANCY PENN PEN 4. PENN SPORTS BRA 5. CHEMISTRY TEXTBOOK
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GREAT READS at the Penn Bookstore
Browse and Discover a World of Literature... Penn Faculty Author: In her newest book Africa in Stereo: Modernism, Music, and Pan-African Solidarity, Penn Professor Dr. Tsitsi Ella Jaji analyzes how
Africans have engaged with African-American music and its representations in the twentieth century to offer a new cultural history. Local Interest: Featuring many previously unpublished images of razed homes, buildings and commercial sites, the richly illustrated Lost Philadelphia brings to life the lost buildings, structures and neighborhoods, revealing the Philadelphia that once was.
30% Off National Campus Best-Seller: In Thrive, cofounder, president, and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today’s world.
The Three Days Maundy Thursday • 17 April
New Release: The Opposite of Loneliness, a hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from a talented young Yale graduate, articulates the universal struggle that all of us face as we figure out what we aspire to be and how we can harness our talent to make an impact on the world.
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Good Friday • 18 April 7.00 pm
Service with solemn reproaches
The Great Vigil of Easter • 19 April 10.00 pm
VISIT Penn Bookstore Café, serving Starbucks, baked treats and more!
Blessing of fire and light, service of readings, and communion
All are welcome in this house and at this table! Please join us also on Easter Sunday, 20 April, for a 9.15 AM breakfast followed by a 10.30 AM festival service with holy communion.
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Located north of Rittenhouse Square, Buffalo Exchange is definitely worth the trek. The store started in Tucson, Arizona, in 1974 near the University of Arizona, and it continues to offer high quality vintage and used clothes on a college student’s budget. In addition to its selection of unique and vintage threads, the store also buys customers’ old clothing. The store also has a Tokens For Bags Program. Five cents are donated to charity each time a customer takes a token instead of a bag.
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FYI 1. FREQUENTERS SAY TUESDAY IS THE BEST DAY TO STOP
Generations of Penn students have drank a highball at Smokey Joe’s Bar, better known as Smoke’s. The spot is popular among Penn students all week, and it is a great place to see and be seen, though perhaps not remembered.
CAME UP WITH THE NAME BUFFALO EXCHANGE BECAUSE ONE THOUGHT BUFFALO SOUNDED AMERICAN AND THE STORE WOULD SERVE AS A PLACE TO EXCHANGE ITEMS ABOUT $525,000 HAS BEEN DONATED THROUGH TOKENS FOR BAGS
BY AND SOCIALIZE WITH FRIENDS.
2. WEDNESDAY SINK-OR-SWIM DRINK SPECIALS — $5 3.
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AND THE DOOR AND 50-CENT DRINKS ALL NIGHT — ARE VERY POPULAR SENIORS PARTICIPATING IN A MAJORITY OF “FEB CLUB” EVENTS GET THEIR NAMES ON A PLAQUE ON THE WALL OF SMOKE’S
SINGLE STALL BATHROOMS
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If you’re not getting busy under the Button or against a high rise window — or you’re not as, um, active as the residents of DuBois College House — you might need a place to let off some ... steam. Campus voted, and the solitary stalls of everyone’s second home, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library won as the best place to fly solo. And hey, that guy in Rosengarten might even provide the porn. VP is still a library, though, so consider leaving your vibrator at home. BY DP EDITOR
FYI 1. PARTS OF VP ARE OPEN 24 HOURS
2. FRANKLIN, THE PENN 3.
LIBRARIES CATALOG, PROVIDES 160 HITS WHEN YOU SEARCH “PORN” THERE ARE BATHROOMS ON ALL BUT THE FIRST FLOOR OF VP
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADVISORS The Office of College House Computing is currently seeking nominations for its annual award:
2014 Outstanding Information Technology Advisor of the Year.
Nominations are open for current ITAs and ITA managers who go “above and beyond the call of duty” in providing timely, friendly and successful support for all the residents of the House they serve. See the website below for more information about the Outstanding ITA of the Year award, how to nominate your lifesaver, and about opportunities in 2014 to join Penn’s very own league of superheroes.
www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/ITA Penn’s ITA staff is trained to help College House residents resolve technology challenges, whether they hit while you’re working in your House lab or while your laptop is frustrating you in your room. Your College House has a team of experienced computer troubleshooters who are ready to come to the rescue.
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How to succeed at business dinners
Tips from Wharton Women’s etiquette dinner speaker BY JODY FREINKEL Assignments Editor Do you know which utensil goes with the amuse-bouche? Wharton Women annually hosts an etiquette dinner intended to both clarify the rules of fine dining for participants and to impart greater business knowledge. The club, one of the largest undergraduate student organizations on campus, dined at the Water Works Restaurant and Lounge overlooking the Schuylkill River this Tuesday. Wharton Women’s Vice President of Finance Ali Buchalter, a Wharton junior and the event’s main organizer, said the chef was so enthusiastic about the concept that he cooked eight
courses rather than the three Wharton Women had originally planned. Gail Madison, founder of The Madison School for Etiquette and Protocol, spoke at the event. The founding of the school was Madison’s response to “research indicating that far too many American businesspeople have inadequate knowledge of long-standing and often unspoken rules governing social and business interaction,” according to its website. Here are three things Madison advises everyone to do during business dinners. Don’t focus on the food Consider eating before you go to a business dinner. ”[Madison’s] Her one big thing is that’s its not about the food — its about the company, the experience, the relationships building,” said Buchalter. Being preoccupied
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with hunger can detract from the intent of the dinner, she said. Be kind to the waitstaff How you interact with the staff of a restaurant says a lot about who you are as a businessperson, according to Madison. Conduct yourself however you wish with the business associates, Buchalter said, but make sure to treat the staff with courtesy. Act at dinner as you would in any other business setting Business and dining have a lot of parallels. And it is okay to mimic the behaviors of the dinner’s host, almost as you would take direction from your boss in the office. Even if the what the host is doing goes against typical etiquette standards, you can follow suit within reason — so when they start eating, assume that you can, too.
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1989 MBA graduate Robert McCord, a candidate in May’s Democratic primary for Pennsylvania governor, was hosted on campus yesterday by Penn Democrats.McCord is a venture capitalist who is currently state treasurer.
Beauty is in the eye of the employer The beauty of a resume, that is. One Penn alum revamps boring resumes BY ALISON ELLIOTT Contributing Writer College graduate Allison Tatios has created an alternative form of a resume. Her business Elevated Resumes helps clients make ones that are both effective and innovative. Tatios’s found inspiration for her business following her graduation from Penn in 2012, when she needed to compose an attractive resume for a number of jobs, including a position for subscription-based
makeup company Birchbox in New York City. Because Birchbox encouraged originality, Tatios decided to construct her own resume using the program Adobe Sweep alongside resume-building skills she had picked up while at Penn. She later decided to send her new creative application to another job opening at QVC. “I didn’t think I had a chance of getting it,” Tatios said. “But I’d just updated my resume so I thought I would apply.” Impressed with her resume, QVC gave Tatios the job offer. “I had an interview with one of the directors — it was a male director, and my resume was pink,” she said. “He told
me that it made me unforgettable.” Soon after, Tatios began to show her unique resume to friends and family. She then posted the resume to Instagram and Facebook, where it gained popularity. “I thought, ‘this could really work for other people,’” she said. To manage the increased attention she received, Tatios established her website, ElevatedResumes.com. On the site, she featured past examples, testimonials and descriptions of the resumemaking process. “We not only reformat, but we can add some color, some different fonts,” she said.
“We are past the day and age where resumes need to be in Times New Roman.” Currently, Tatios’s business deals primarily with design and formatting but also assists clients with content at times. She deals with a variety of customers, from biologists to businessmen, who look to add some variety to their resumes. “Since September I’ve done over 100 resumes. I’ve truly never gotten negative feedback from any of my clients, which is pretty amazing,” she said. Tatios attributes her success in part to the skills she picked up while studying at Penn. As an undergraduate, Tatios majored in visual stud-
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Sophomore midfield Catherine Dickinson was one of very few bright spots on the offensive side of the field for the Quakers, hitting on all three of her shots.
Early deficit dooms Quakers W. LACROSSE from page 16 each by Dickinson and senior midfield Lindsey Smith. “I thought our team had a lot of fight in the beginning of the second half to get it close, but from the first whistle, Princeton fought more,” Corbett said. “They’re physical, and we got pushed around a bit in that first half.” However, it just wasn’t to be for the Quakers as the Tigers shut it down and scored three straight goals to close the game and eliminate any hopes for Penn. Penn saw strong offensive performances from Dickinson and Smith, who combined to score all five goals on just seven combined shots on net. “Catherine Dickinson had her best game of the season — obviously she really finished well,” Corbett said. Despite the score, junior goalkeeper Lucy Ferguson also had a very strong game, coming up with difficult saves in a game that could have easily been more lopsided. For Princeton, it was a diverse offensive attack as the Quakers expected. Six different players scored goals for a Tigers effort that keyed off of Penn miscues en route to 17 shots on goal.
Junior midfield Erin McMunn and junior attack Erin Slifer, Princeton’s leaders in points, were held relatively quiet in the game as the duo only scored four goals on 11 shots. Moving forward, Penn has its sights set on its remaining three Ivy League contests and on taking a few lessons from the loss to Princeton. “We need to take care of the ball, and defensively, we need to know the scout. A couple of their goals were what we expected, and we were a little undisciplined,” Corbett said. “On the attack side, turnovers [are] plaguing us and then shooting, that’s the problem.”
Mike Glynn: I’ve wanted to be a naval aviator since a very early age. I have very clear memories of watching the Blue Angels perform when I was seven at an air show. The desire has never left. As I got older, I began flying and earned my pilot’s license during college. I wanted to experience a dynamic, tactically focused type of flying that is only accessible in military aviation. DP: When did you join? MG: I was a part of the Penn NROTC program from 2004 to 2008 and earned my commission upon graduating. Soon after, I reported to Naval Air Station Pensacola for aviation preflight training. DP: What do you think is the most likely cause of the disappearance? MG: I would say that in all honesty, my personal theories are no better or worse than anyone else in the aviation industry. Accident investigations take months if not years to determine causality. While more information is certainly emerging, the truth is that speculating about accident causality at this point in the search is just that, speculation. Myself and most other folks involved in the search are focused on doing our best to help provide information so that the professionals can unravel the myster y, and hopefully bring some measure of closure to the families and friends of the victims of
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MH370. DP: How surprised are you that the search has gone as long as it has with no discovery? MG: I think the entire aviation world is surprised by many parts of this story. The truth is that this search is unprecedented in scope and this event is certainly extremely unusual and baffling. The lack of debris in likely search areas is certainly frustrating, but the position of the search area, the depth of the ocean and sheer challenge of searching such a large area so far from land is remarkable. DP: Can you go through the logistics of how you go about searching for Flight 370 on the P-8 Poseidon? MG: For the last several weeks, our squadron Patrol Squadron 16 (VP-16) has been flying daily search missions from Perth International. Each event is roughly eight to nine hours long. The transit to the search area takes roughly three hours each way with approximately three hours of search operations. When on-station, several search aircraft are each assigned a sector where we fly ladder patterns to methodically sanitize an operating area. While we primarily focus on detecting debris visually, we also utilize radar and multi-spectral imaging to detect objects in the water. Radar can pick up metal objects in the water while our electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR) turret can be used to view objects in the water. DP: What does a typical day involve for you on the search? It’s been reported that the air crew there is often working 15-hour days. Is that true? MG: The tr uth is that search area is remote, and
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poses challenges for aircrew involved in the search. The P-8A is blessed with relatively high transit speeds, but other assets involved in the search do not reach the search area as quickly. The distance from the Australian coast is extreme. To put it in perspective, imagine flying from the East Coast or Western Europe to the middle of the Atlantic, searching, and then returning home. That’s the reality of what we’re facing. While the P-8A is a bit quicker, we’re still working 12-hour days at a minimum and crews from other nations are working even longer. The professionalism and dedication of all the military and civilian flight crews, support personnel, and maintenance professionals have been impressive and humbling. DP: How much area is the P-8 Poseidon covering in the search?
MG: The area covered by the jet varies each day depending on tasking provided by the Rescue Coordination Center (RCC). On an average day during the last week, our crews are flying ladder searches with three to five nautical miles spacing covering a flight distance of 750-900 nautical miles. Again, these numbers vary and are by no means definite. DP: What are you seeing in your search? MG: Operations during the last several days have yielded relatively few objects in the water. The current search area is not near any shipping lanes or close to ocean currents that cause trash and debris to come together. As a result, the water is quite clean and we haven’t seen much.
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Pros could be in the cards for Nardella M. TENNIS from page 16 brother. “Every day, you have someone pushing you in practice and someone your same age going through the same exact stuff tennis-wise.� However, he and his brother weren’t always competing. Last year, they both decided to forego competing in the state singles tournament, in which Matt would have been favored to win, and teamed up in the doubles competition. They took the state championship, dropping just one set along the way. Behind the scenes of all this is what one might expect to see with a prodigy: endless practice. Every day before high school, Nardella would get up early in the morning and go hit at a local club. The club wasn’t exactly open that early, but his coach oversaw the club. After school, he was right back there. “It’s just a lot of commitment,� Nardella said. “Every weekend you’re more or less favored to win, so you kind of have to take on that role and want to win.� Nardella gradually started to pop up on tennis coaches’ radars outside of the Manlius area. And a couple summers ago, he popped up on Penn coach David Geatz’s radar
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as well. Geatz was impressed that Nardella had worked his way up from a small town onto a national stage — and also liked that Nardella was left-handed. “He was a real competitive kid,� Geatz remembers thinking. “I don’t know, I just thought he was going to end up being really good.� While coming from Manlius helped impress Geatz, growing up there also motivated Nardella to attend a college somewhere more urban. Penn fit the bill, and the rest is history — or at least most of the first season is. When he arrived on campus in the fall, Nardella says he realized “he couldn’t compete with everyone,� but by the time winter break ended, he was right where Geatz had env isioned hi m this year: among Penn’s top four singles slots, where he’s accumulated a total of 11 wins, more than anyone else on the squad. “I thought he’d have a winning record no matter where we put him,� Geatz said. What exactly his future holds depends on whom you ask. Nardella hopes to win an Iv y League Championship and go deep in NCAAs, but he doesn’t think he sees himself in the competitive tennis world after college. Geatz, on the other hand, says he could be. “He has a chance to be great,� Geatz said. “If it’s important to him ... he could make a career out of going out and playing doubles on the [professional] tour.�
BASEBALL| Eight runs in the second inning are more than enough vs. USciences BY COREY HENRY Staff Writer
US vs. USciences The rain only delayed the inevitable. After having its game put off by one day due to heavy downpour, Penn baseball continued its hot streak by crushing Division II USciences, 16-1. With the win, the Quakers (20 -12) captured their 18th win in 21 games. “The team has bought in to what the coaching staff is trying to do here,� coach John Yurkow said. “And the results have shown.� The Red and Blue got involved in the scoring early and often. After a second-inning double by sophomore Mike Vilardo, Devils’ pitcher Michael Janas walked four straight batters to give Penn its first two runs without a ball in play. The Quakers went on to score eight runs in the bottom of the second inning off only four hits thanks to the walks. “I think we got out to a good start,� Yurkow said. “We got a few good swings with runners in scoring position.� The Devils (5-26) would respond in the next half inning, scoring a run off second baseman Derek DeMaria’s sacrifice fly. This however proved
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Sophomore second baseman Michael Vilardo had himself a day, going 3-for-4 at the plate with three doubles and three runs scored. Vilardo is now second on the team with a .322 batting average, two points better than his .320 average in 2013. to be their only significant offensive production on the day. The Red and Blue continued their offensive onslaught, bringing in three more runs in the bottom of the third with RBIs from Austin Bossart, Jeff McGarry and Rick Brebner. Cooler heads prevailed for the Devils as the pitching trio of Dylan Mengel, T.J. Maiorino and Mark Gervasi was able to stifle the Quakers’ bats for only three hits and two runs from the third to the seventh innings. Penn’s pitching staff was potent, combining to allow only five hits and one run. Freshman pitcher Jack Hartman picked up his fourth victory of the season with three
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W. LACROSSE | Penn falls into first-place tie with Princeton following disheartening loss BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS Associate Sports Editor
At Princeton Ten shots on goal. Thirteen turnovers. That’s the recipe for a loss no matter who you’re playing. On Wednesday night, offensive miscues and an inability to take advantage of short-range shots doomed Penn women’s lacrosse Wednesday night against Princeton in a 9-5 loss. “Unfortunately, uncharacteristic of this year, we had a lot of turnovers,” coach Karin Brower Corbett said. “In the beginning of the game, we were winning the draw, and then we’d turn it over. It’s just sloppy, sloppy passes, getting trapped, that sort of thing.” The Quakers (7-4, 3-1 Ivy) came into the game leading the Ivy League with the Tigers (9-4, 5-1) trailing by a game. The loss pushed Penn back into a first-place tie in the loss column with Princeton as the regular season winds its way down. The Tigers came out strong to start the game, using a five-goal run to jump ahead to a 5-1 lead after Penn sophomore midfield Catherine Dickinson scored the opening goal of the game. The Quakers would spend the rest of the game struggling to catch up. “That [deficit] was tough — it made us rush a couple shots,” Dickinson said. “Obviously we wanted to get back in the game, but things just didn’t go our way.” The second half appeared to be a different story early on as the Red and Blue came roaring out of the gate to the tune of two early goals, one
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Though he doesn’t see himself playing professionally after college, freshman Matt Nardella has played well enough in his debut campaign to make coach David Geatz entertain the idea. Nardella has quickly found a niche for himself as a part of Penn’s top doubles pairing, partnering up with veteran Nikola Kocovic.
M. TENNIS | The sky is the limit for the ultracompetitive former fivestar recruit BY STEVEN JAFFE Senior Staff Writer If you ask Matt Nardella, he’ll tell you, he hates to lose. That translates onto the court
for Penn men’s tennis. Over spring break, Nardella, a freshman, found himself in a duel with UC Irvine’s Rafael Dividian. And although he was winning, he didn’t feel too well. Having played much of the winter indoors in the chilly Northeastern corridor, he was suffering from the California heat. But Nardella managed to close out the match ... and immediately
threw up after match point. For the second time that day. *** Before arriving at Penn as a five-star recruit, Nardella made quite a splash in his hometown of Manlius, N.Y., just outside of Syracuse. During his time at Christian Brothers Academy, he amassed an unblemished record. Last year, while ranked No. 1 in the state, he dropped just one of
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SOFTBALL | Fourthinning miscues allow next-door neighbor Drexel to build big lead and hold BY TODD COSTA Staff Writer
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vs. Drexel Crosstown rivals always have a bit of extra edge, but Penn softball fell victim to an even closer foe. The Quakers were looking to extend their winning streak to three games after a big series against Cornell last weekend, but couldn’t put it together against next-door neighbor Drexel and lost, 6-2. The story of the game was the Dragons (16-17) putting together a string of big hits that would eventually put the game out of reach for Penn (12-16), even though the Red and Blue fought hard to keep it close. “[Drexel] had made some good adjustments, put the ball in play and made things happen,” assistant coach Alisha Prystowski said. The Quakers came into the game after scoring 27 runs in their four previous contests, and they looked to keep the offensive fireworks going against a Drexel pitching staff that had allowed a combined 18 runners to cross the plate in its last three contests.
132 games he played in Section III matches. But while Nardella was often a mismatch for his local opponents, he did have some competition nearby: His twin brother, Colin, who’s now a member of Lehigh’s program, also went undefeated at Christian Brothers. “It helped my game,” Nardella said of growing up with his
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Freshman pitcher Courtney Cuzick was saddled with the loss after Wednesday’s game with Drexel, her fourth of the year. Cuzick surrendered four earned runs on four hits over the course of two innings, though she struck out three batters. But the teams reversed roles in this one. “We didn’t make enough adjustments at the plate,” Prystowski
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There is a new fourth member of the class of 2018 for Penn basketball. Pitman High School (N.J.) senior guard Darnell Foreman committed to Penn basketball, joining forward Mike Auger, small forward Sam Jones and guard Antonio Woods in the Quakers’ class of 2018. Foreman is a 6-foot-0 guard and was named South Jersey Times Player of the Year for 2013-14. According to City of Basketball Love, Foreman is a skilled combo guard, which fits well into Penn’s three-guard system. Foreman averaged 17.4 points and 4.5 assists per game last year in guiding Pitman to the Group 1 State Championship in New Jersey. Massanutten Military (Va.) center Ryan Singer was originally also part of Penn’s class of 2018, but decommitted on March 26, reopening his recruitment. Penn now has nine underclassmen returning from last year’s squad and four members of its upcoming freshman class joining the roster. Current freshman Dave Winfield Jr. is also expected to return to the roster after dealing with injuries in 2013-14.
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