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Same-sex marriage Outgoing GSE dean brought plaintiffs request renewed focus on research pre-trial judgment The 23 plaintiffs, which include two Law School lecturers, filed suit against Pa. on July 9, 2013

BY COSETTE GASTELU Staff Writer Ten same-sex couples, one widow and two children seeking to overturn Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage asked a federal court on Monday to decide their lawsuit against the

state before it reaches trial in June.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Whitewood v. Wolf, include Law S chool lect u r er s Fer n a ndo Chang-Muy and Len Rieser,

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‘Mean Girls’ actor: If you don’t like what you study, drop out

DEAN LEGACY | Porter hired over 40 percent of current faculty

BY MELISSA LAWFORD Staff Writer

Andrew Porter, the outgoing dean of the Graduate School of Education, will leave behind a legacy of increased emphasis on research and innovation.

Porter, who will step down in December after serving as dean since 2007, made several changes during his tenure to faculty and the admissions process that have changed the culture of GSE. Porter’s initial strategy to encourage research — which had worked for him in past positions — was to “talk to people with talent, get them excited and help them find resources and support,” he said. He pushed for faculty to pursue research funding, but he “couldn’t get them interested.”

So he turned his focus to hiring new people who were. All of the five new professors Porter has hired in the last two years have submitted research proposals.

“We have not been as successful as I thought we would be,” Porter said in an interview in his office two weeks ago. “I would give myself a C,” he added, in terms of results from a push for research funding.

“But we’re going to do better,” he said. Porter expects GSE’s research

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Outgoing Graduate School of Education Dean Andrew Porter hired 40 percent of the school’s faculty, with an emphasis on research. GSE’s ranking also improved under Porter’s tenure. to expand in years to come as a result of the changes to the faculty.

Ed Boe, co-director at the Center for Research and Evaluation in Social Policy, identified Porter’s “most

important achievement” as “leav[ing] behind a more highly qualified faculty.” Porter observed that he has hired SEE PORTER PAGE 8

Congressman for Penn’s district talks Phila. youth retention, neuroscience

BY YING PAN Contributing Writer

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Actor Rajiv Surenda, who played Kevin G. in ‘Mean Girls,’ was hosted on campus yesterday by the Pan -Asian American Community House’s PEER program and collaborators.

Rajiv Surendra shared lessons from the most intensive, if ultimately fruitless, preparation he has done for a role

BY SONIA SIDHU Contributing Writer Next time you complain about how long your research is taking you, think about the 10 years that Rajiv Surendra spent researching a role that he didn’t even get.

Surendra, most known for playing Kevin G. in the 2004 modern classic “Mean Girls,” spent 10 years preparing for the lead role in “Life of Pi” because he identified with the protagonist, Pi, so strongly. The Pan-Asian American Community House’s Promoting Enriching Experiences and Relationships Mentoring Program, along with the International Affairs Association and the South Asia Society, brought Surendra to Penn.

Surendra, today a chalk calligrapher, opened by talking about acting in general and demonstrating different accents before

delving into the story of how he traveled around the world for 10 years to fully prepare for “Life of Pi”.

He star ted prepar ing si x months before the film was scheduled to be cast, after dropping out of school to prepare for the role. Because of changes in directors, the film was delayed for multiple years. During that time, Surendra traveled to India, held a job as a sheep sheerer, spent seven years teaching himself to swim and visited a man who survived on a life raft in the Caribbean for 76 days.

Out of the three weeks he spent in Pondicherry, a small town in southern India where “Life of Pi” takes place, Surendra’s most memorable experience was that of traveling with

SEE SURENDRA PAGE 5

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On Monday evening, Penn Democrats brought Democratic Congressman Chaka Fattah to campus to provide his insight on how he legislated amidst Washington’s political gridlock.

Fattah was the youngest person ever elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives — an election he won by 58 votes out of around 10,000 cast.

Fattah is currently serving in his

10th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the representative for Penn’s district and is a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee and the Chair of the Congressional Urban Caucus.

Fattah originally ran for Congress in 1991 but wasn’t elected until the 1994 election cycle. “The only problem was I got elected in the middle of a Republican landslide,” Fattah said.

For the first time in 40 years, majority control in the House transferred from Democrats to Republicans the year Fattah was first elected. “I got [to

Congress] in an inauspicious circumstance but nonetheless, I have been [here] for 10 terms,” he said.

Fattah had his early success in Congress as the architect of the nation’s largest and most successful college readiness and access program — Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. GEAR UP has received more than $4 billion in federal funding for middle and high school students.

“My number one priority is neuroSEE FATTAH PAGE 6

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Team EyeFly — composed of Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology students Bahram Banisadr, Markus Beissinger, Jeff Grimes, Michael Gromis, Alaric Qin and Anthony Terracciano — won the Y Prize Grand Finale last night and the $5,000 prize. EyeFly is an invention involving mounted cameras that would enable directors to capture action sequences and other aerial footage more economically.

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Pipeline Program brings biology to area schools Jell-O, Play-Doh used to model organs

BY JESSICA MCDOWELL Staff Writer

Some West Philadelphia high school students are using Jell-O and Play-Doh to learn how our bodies work.

College Junior Samantha Freedman currently works with the Pipeline Program through the Netter Center to connect with local high school students to get them interested in biolog y and medicine. The Netter Center is Penn’s biggest organization that sponsors community partnerships and tutoring programs to foster a greater relationship between Penn a n d We s t P h i l a d e l p h i a .

Though the Pipeline P ro gram ty pically focuses on neurology and gastroenterology at Sayre High School, Freedman, who has been involved since her sophomore year, worked this semester to develop a pilot a program

focusing on cardiolog y at West High School.

Freedman’s new program is based off curriculum that the Netter Center had already developed, though she was the one to “make all the connections and bring it into another high school,” she said. Though this was only a pilot prog ram, and was therefore only three weeks long instead of the typical si x , “ it worke d wel l a nd we’re hoping to fully implement it either in the fall or the spring,” Freedman said.

T he P ip el i ne P r og r a m has been working with ninth and tenth g rade students at Sayre High School since 1998. In the fall, Penn underg raduates instr uct all students enrolled in biolog y at Say re High School in 45-minute lessons every week, conducting hands-on experiments like dissecting Jell- O molds of the brain.

In the spring, the program continues for select students who showed enthusiasm in

the fall. Those select students continue their studies af ter school w ith cur rent Penn Medical students, doctors and undergraduates at the Perelman School of Medicine, focusing especially on clinical treatments for diseases.

In the new cardiology program, 11th grade students learned about the heart and then used different colors of Play-Doh to mold the different valves of the heart and took their own pulses.

Using activities like this really gives students a better understanding of how things like strokes and heart attacks happen, knowledge they don’t otherwise have, F r eed m a n ex pl a i ned . “A lot of these kids have family members who have suffered f rom hea r t att ack s or strokes, but there really isn’t a lot of education about what those things mean,” she said.

“This isn’t quite a tutoring program, because the

information we’re teaching them is all new,” she added.

Dr. Sharon Lewis, director of the Pipeline Program , spoke to the personal connections fostered through the program. “Aside from teaching the curriculum, we tr y to foster relationships with the Penn undergraduate TAs and high school students so that they feel comfor table ask ing about college access or post high school education,” she said.

“I specifically love seeing the relationships f lour ish between the medical students, undergrads and high school students and seeing the high school student really gain confidence in themselves.”

E ven t houg h t he focus isn’t on improving in school, but rather on engaging and e x c it i n g s t u d e nt s a b o ut science, the students still absorb the mater ial. “My favorite part of working with students is when they ask questions. I was teaching

once about different parts of br a i n a nd v i sion , a nd one student started asking questions about how the eye work s a nd how the bra in processes images. It was such a great feeling because I knew that they were actually connecting with the material,” Freedman said.

College f reshma n Luc y Gao, who is one of the TAs for both the fall and spring programs, has also develop e d close r el at ionsh ips with the students. As a TA, Gao works closely with a few select students in discussion and lab groups, and is currently helping students develop their final projects.

“It’s such a great feeling when you’re tr y ing to explain something, and it’s just not going through, and then you come up with the perfect analogy and you can see the kids start to grasp the concept,” she said.

C o l l e ge j u n i o r R o b e r t Burgese, who is also a TA for the program, added that

the experience was just as fulfilling for him as for the students t hemselves. “I n t er m s o f my e x p er ienc e with the program, witnessing the transformations of many of my students has been most fulfilling. I enter every session with the hope that I can motivate at least one student to further explore something for which they feel passionate or even to provoke a new passion,” he said.

Though students from the program don’t often go onto medical school because of t he c h a l lenges a nd t i me commitments, many have still gone onto pursue careers i n hea lt hca re. “ We have a lot of students goi ng ont o Pha r maceut ic a l or Nursing careers, often through the Lincoln Technical Institute,” Freedman said.

A g raduation ceremony for students completing the spr i ng P ipel i ne P rog ra m will be held on April 24.

A high school summer spent beyond secondary education A West Philadelphia program connects students with internships

BY CLAIRE COHEN Deputy News Editor For Daijon Gibbs, a University City District summer program helped him discover an interest in psychology.

Gibbs, a senior at Mastery Charter School-Shoemaker Campus, is participating in his fourth year of the University City Summer Jobs Program. This initiative connects West Philadelphia high school students with summer internships and prepares them for secondary education

and their future careers.

“We’re trying to help students figure out the pathway to where they want to go,” West Philadelphia Skills Initiative Program Manager Sharon Thompsonowak said.

This year, the program is partnering with nine local employers to host one to six students for a six-week internship. These organizations include the Children’s Hospit a l of Philadelphia, Penn Law School, Drexel University and a local State Farm office.

Gib b s h a s i nt er ne d at three d if ferent organizations through the program: a communication improvement team, the National Bul-

letin of Medical Examiners and Drexel. While he doesn’t know where he’s working this summer, he’s excited to continue his professional development.

“The experience that I had taught me how to be able to socially interact not only with people my age but older people who have been in the workforce for 10, 20, 30-plus years,” Gibbs said. “Before the program I was very shy.”

Students work 12 hours a week at their internship, and are paid through a University City District grant.

When not working, the students will take part in UCD’s professional development workshops. Before they start

their internships, the students will attend a weeklong job readiness “boot camp.”

Students will also attend seminars on topics such as financial literacy and the importance of networking for two days a week during their internships. The experience also extends to visits to local colleges.

“Our program is a little bit unique because we focus on the professional development,” Thompsonowak said.

“We’re looking at effective career planning and networking.”

Of the almost 200 students that applied this year, UCD selected a cohort of 25 current high school seniors. The

application required that students submit a resume, report card and essay and go through multiple rounds of interviews.

Thompsonowak added that the multi-hurdle process to be accepted into the program allowed it to be “self-selecting,” so that only students who were willing to put in the work applied to the program.

The Summer Jobs P ro gram is linked to the renowned West Philadelphia Skills Initiative, which provides training for local residents and helps them find employment. In March, the Citizens Bank Foundation presented a $50,000 grant to the program.

“Basically we connect Philadelphia employers seeking talent and West Philadelphians seeking opportunity,” Thompsonowak said.

Students enjoyed both their internships and the program as a whole.

“I really enjoyed it and met a lot of good people and had a really good time with them,” said Nasrin Mani, a senior at Furness High School.

At her inter nship at ACHIEVEability last summer, Mani helped staff members find new donors to the nonprofit. This summer, she is excited to intern again through UCD’s program.

“I can’t wait for the next step,” she said.

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Residents plan to appeal decision for former 40th and Pine mansion Penn said it plans to move ‘toward construction’ at the site

BY JENNY LU Staff Writer The future of the Pennowned historical mansion at 400 S. 40th St. is still being contested after years of legal battles.

After Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Ellen Ceisler ruled on April 9 that the historic mansion on the corner of 40th and Pine streets could be demolished, the lawyer representing a group of neighborhood residents said they plan to appeal the ruling.

Paul Boni, who represents the Woodland Terrace Homeowners Association, said his client plans to appeal the case to Commonwealth Court, one of the two higher appellate courts in Pennsylvania.

Penn and the property’s developer, Equinox Properties, have been involved in a legal battle with neighborhood residents to gain permission to tear

down the mansion and build an apartment complex to serve as graduate student housing.

Penn’s Executive Director of Real Estate Ed Datz said in an emailed statement that, because the Court of Common Pleas “affirmed earlier decisions in support of development,” the University plans to move “towards construction,” and “no further action is anticipated by the City, Penn or the Developer.”

The mansion was designated a historical site in 1973, which means that special permission is required to demolish it. Penn bought the property in 2003.

In 2012, after many previous proposals, a plan to build a 122unit, five-story building to serve as additional student housing was approved by both the Philadelphia Historical Commission and the Zoning Board of Adjustment, which decides zoning appeals.

The Wood land Ter race Homeow ners A ssociation appealed that ruling on two fronts, Boni said. First, they believe Penn did not demonstrate the “financial hardship”

necessary to receive relief from the laws preventing demolition of a historical site.

The other front for appeal is that the proposed building violates zoning rules. Earlier this year, Judge Ceisler issued a split decision on this, send-

ing it back down to the Zoning Board of Adjustments for further hearings.

Boni said the Homeowners Association is open to further discussion and compromise on the size of the new addition, noting that the proposed build-

ing “is just so big and so dense.”

“We’re hoping to keep talking about it,” Boni said. “We all want what’s best for the neighborhood.”

From Penn’s side, Datz said the University “ha[s] and continue[s] to work on alterna-

tives in an attempt to address the concerns of the opposition group.”

“Penn and the Developer are committed to find[ing] a development solution that improves the corner of 40th & Pine,” he added.

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Opinion VOL. CXXX, NO. 57

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Editorial | Making strides in diversity THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN

I n the past couple of months, Penn has seen a slate of new faces filling upper-level administrative positions: New deans have been hired for the Wharton School (Geoffrey Garrett), the School of Social Policy & Practice (John Jackson), the Graduate School of Education (Pam Grossman) and the School of Nursing (Antonia Villarruel). With these appointments, the University had an opportunity to address a concern that students, faculty members and the community at large have brought up extensively throughout the past few years: diversity in Penn’s administration.

Last year, the conversation grew particularly heated after senior faculty in Penn’s department of Africana Stud-

on “What you will not learn on a free trip to Israel,” by Penn for Palestine (see thedp.com/opinion for the column)

— BigSticksWalkSoftly

The authors of this article do an excellent job of sharing their perspective and experience in a way that is persuasive but not vitriolic. So often, proponents of both sides of this debate are so angry and disparaging that they forget to try to educate before they criticize.

— well done

Question: Why doesn’t Penn for Palestine take the lead on an Ivy Plus Leadership Mission to the West Bank or to Gaza?

Answer: This group, like every other anti-Israel group, is focused more on delegitimizing Israel than it is on legitimizing Palestine.

— Yawn

When terrorist groups operating out of the Palestinian territories stop lobbing mortars and rockets at civilian targets in Israel, then we can have a legitimate discussion about achieving peace.

— David

No Israeli denies that the Palestinians have suffered, nor that none of it came as a result of Israeli forces, but that came as a result of the Arab leadership … Too bad they chose war over peace. If they cared for the land or for peace, they would have accepted the Partition Plan.

— thomas paine

ident Gutmann and other University leaders have held true to their promise with the recent hires. Two of the four recent hires are ethnic minorities; two are also female.

This marks a commendable

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We strive to increase the diversity of students, so why wouldn’t we do the same for the people who lead the student body and make the decisions that affect all of us?” es from the Board of Trustees Chair David Cohen, as well as Gutmann herself, who wrote that the University was “redoubling [their] efforts” at increasing diversity in the University administration.

We’re delighted that Pres-

step for a university that a Daily Pennsylvanian analysis last year found has the third least diverse administration in the Ivy League, after only Brown and Yale.

Many students may be wondering — and indeed,

many have wondered — why such hiring practices actually matter. We strive to increase the diversity of students, so why wouldn’t we do the same for the people who lead the student body and make the decisions that affect all of us?

More importantly, minorities in upper-level administrative positions in the University send a powerful message to minority students.

President Gutmann’s response pledging continued commitment to diversity at Penn was published on April 19, 2013. Almost exactly one year later, we’d like to commend Gutmann and the other University faculty for acting on this commitment in tangible ways — and invite the rest of the student body to do the same.

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Palestinians, just like anyone else, deserve peace, justice and their human/ civil rights. Not enough Americans and Canadians realize the suffering and narrative of Palestinians.

ies wrote a guest column in The Daily Pennsylvanian criticizing President Gutmann for failing to actually act out her commitment to diversity.

The column drew respons-

FRIEDOM OF SPEECH | To truly understand the Palestinian plight, we must look beyond Israel’s borders As an outspoken Zionist, my initial reaction to the Penn for Palestine piece last week was unadulterated anger. My instinct was to respond, as usual, by coming to Israel’s defense, highlighting the historical inconsistencies, factual inaccuracies and half-truths reported in the column.

I decided, however, to take a different approach.

Rather than debate Israel’s role in the plight of the Palestinians, it may be more insightful to understand the historical roles that other groups have played — namely, the United Nations, other Arab nations, H a m a s (t he go v e r n i n g party in Gaza), Palestinian Authority leadership (the governing body in Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank) and “pro-Palestinian” groups like Penn for Palestine.

T h e Un i t e d Na t i o n s : The Palestinian ref ugee problem is largely a consequence of a war waged by the Arabs against the newly established state of Israel in 1948. Whether refugees were forced out, moved to avoid the violence or were instructed to relocate by Arab leaders is a matter of historical debate. Rather than using the existing organization, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, to address refugee populations, the United Nations created the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.

The problem with UNRWA, however, is that it classifies all Palestinians

as “refugees,” who will continue to be considered as such until the creation of a Palestinian state within the borders of Israel. UNRWA also makes refugee status inheritable, growing the population of Palestinian refugees to five million today. By making it impossible for Palestinian refugees to integrate into their host country, UNRWA prolongs the refugee problem.

O t h e r A r a b Na t i o n s: Critics of Israel are often quick to condemn the lack of full citizenship rights for Palestinians living in the West Bank . W hile some Palestinians may not have full citizenship rights in Israel, they don’t elsewhere, either. At least 300,000 Palestinian refugees live in Lebanon without full citizenship rights in what the UN Human Rights Council has deemed “appalling social and economic conditions.” Why haven’t Israel’s neighboring Arab nations absorbed the refugees as citizens?

These nations don’t exactly support Palestinian statehood, either. From 1948 to 1967, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank were controlled

by Egypt and Jordan, respectively. In that period, neit her cou nt r y worked to establish a Palestinian state, but rather maintained control of the land for their own use.

Ha mas: Contra r y to PFP’s claim that Gaza is “occupied,” Israel unilaterally disengaged from Gaza in 2005, removing all Jewish settlers from the region.

Soon after this disengagement, however, the people of Gaza elected Hamas, an ALEXANDRA FRIEDMAN active terrorist organization whose explicitly stated goal is to destroy the state cent Israeli citizens.

“Pro-Palestinian” of Israel, to establish a govGroups: Another substantial ernment.

Since 2005, Hamas and its problem facing the Palesallies have fired over 8,000 tinian people are “pro-Palrockets into Israel. It should estinian” organizations, or come as no surprise to any- more accurately stated, the one that Israel, as a matter lack thereof. Despite their of self-defense, has isolated claim of being pro-Palestinitself from Gaza and made ian, these organizations do it increasingly difficult for nothing more than direct hatred toward Israel. They offer no voice of reason, nor do they propose realistic, achievable solutions.

Groups like PFP should be more aptly named “Penn Against Israel.” Until such organizations are willing to actually take a productive stance for the Palestinian people, rather than simply against Israel, their plight will only be protracted.

Israel has cer tainly Gazans to maintain their played a role in prolonging the Palestinian condition. campaign of violence.

Palestinian Leadership: To say that Israel and its In 2000, at Camp David, policies are the root cause President Bill Clinton al- of the problem, however, most negotiated a peace is historically inaccurate. treaty between the opposing The Palestinian people have sides of the conflict. Israeli been betrayed by their leadPrime Minister Ehud Barak ers, by their Arab neighbors, offered to withdraw from 97 by the United Nations and percent of the West Bank by their well-intentioned and all of the Gaza Strip, dis- but misguided supporters mantle Israeli settlements around the world. They have and establish a Palestinian been set up to fail. capital in East Jerusalem. Alexandra Friedman is a Despite these concessions, College junior from Atlanta, however, Palestinian Au- Ga., studying history. Email thority leader Yasser Ara- her at alfrie@sas.upenn. fat rejected the deal. Shortly edu or follow her @callme_ thereafter, Arafat inspired alfrie. the Second Intifada, specifically designed to kill inno-

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“While some Palestinians may not have full citizen rights in Israel, they don’t elsewhere, either.”

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Israel has certainly played a role in prolonging the Palestinian condition. To say that Israel and its policies are the root cause of the problem, however, is historically inaccurate.”

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TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014 PAGE 5

Decision expected after May 12 MARRIAGE from page 1 who have been a couple for over 30 years.

The goal of the lawsuit is to legalize same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania and have out-of-state marriages recognized by the Commonwealth, as the plaintiffs argue the current ban violates the U.S. Constitution.

The suit was initially filed on July 9, 2013 by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, volunteer counsel from the law firm

Hangley A ronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller and Penn Law professor Seth K reimer following the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in United States v. Windsor, which overturned the Defense of Marriage Act. Both the plaintif fs and the Commonwealth have agreed that the trial for the case — which was previously scheduled to begin in June — is not necessar y, according to an ACLU press r ele ase , si nce t he Commonwealth said it would not “call experts to counter the plaintiffs’ argument.”

“We have put together a record that answers every question and every objection that ever y opponent has raised in any court in t he Un ited St ates,” sa id

Mark Aronchick, a 1971 College graduate and attorney representing the plaintiffs.

The ruling in the lawsuit is ex pected to come any time after May 12, as all remaining documents must be filed by that date. “[Same-sex marriage] is the most significant civil rights issue in the country today, and this is one of the most important cases advancing that issue,” Aronchick added. “ We are ver y enthusiastic about the case ... and are looking forward to the day that justice prevails.”

A law yer for the defend a nt s , S e c r et a r y of t he Pennsylvania Department of Health Michael Wolf and Secretary of Revenue Dan Meuser, was unavailable for comment as of press time.

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Fattah began the initiative effort to highlight the role of this important area of science because he understood that neuroscience and brain diseases could affect every American family.

When Fattah was asked what he would do to move Philadelphia forward economically, he said he has “a little different accent” in approaching the problem.

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“As a native Philadelphian, I’ve grown up in Congressman Fattah’s district and now I attend college in that same district, so tonight’s event meant a lot to me,” Wharton junior Amiyr Jackson, the president of Penn Democrats, said. “I believe it is important to fulfill your civic duties and taking the time to engage in dialogue with

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April 20, 1994: There’s a new principal in town Just over 20 years ago, Penn got itself a new principal.

While a consultative committee for the reappointment of current Provost Vincent Price is currently soliciting submissions, on Apr il 20, 1994, then-Penn President Judith Rodin announced that Stanley Chodorow would become Penn’s next provost.

When Rodin named Chodorow as provost, she praised his “zeal for academic excellence,” calling him a “great partner” who possessed both the drive and energy to excel, according to Daily Pennsylvanian archives.

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Dean criticized for handling of 2012 scandal PORTER from page 1 40 percent of GSEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current faculty. Boe said the changes will have a long-lasting impact because faculty have â&#x20AC;&#x153;a more enduring academic lifeâ&#x20AC;? than administrators.

Porter has also made efforts to support research amongst existing faculty in the school, particularly in terms of technical support for grant funding, Marybeth Gasman, director of the Center for Minority Serving Institutions, said in an email.

Porter hired a professional editor to facilitate grantwriting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a â&#x20AC;&#x153;really valuableâ&#x20AC;? addition, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Stanton Wortham said.

Porter has â&#x20AC;&#x153;really pushedâ&#x20AC;? for writing grants and publishing, adjunct professor Herbert Turner said. The consequent â&#x20AC;&#x153;streng thening of the research agendaâ&#x20AC;? has led GSE along a â&#x20AC;&#x153;path of growth,â&#x20AC;? he added.

GSE has opened three new research centers in the last year, including Gasmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Minority Serving Institution Center and professor Shaun Harperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education.

Porter does have â&#x20AC;&#x153;one big thingâ&#x20AC;? which he regrets during his tenure, however.

In 2012, it was made public that former GSE Vice Dean Doug Lynch had made false claims about possessing a doctoral degree he hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet completed. Porter became

aware of this on March 2, 2012, but did not initially remove Lynch from his position until a Philadelphia Inquirer article brought the issue to significant attention on April 26, 2012.

Many people were dissatisfied with the handling of the situation. One faculty member was concerned that â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Porterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] version of what academic integrity means seems to differ from a lot of the faculty,â&#x20AC;? according to a Daily Pennsylvanian article at the time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mistake was that I thought it was forgivable,â&#x20AC;? said Porter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Well, OK, your job doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t require you to have this degree, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take back your pay and make it all right. ... I should have known that at a university [lying about a degree] is the kiss of death.â&#x20AC;? After the controversy gained substantial attention, Lynch resigned.

Several faculty members declined to comment at all on Porterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time as dean for this article, and others declined to comment on the Lynch controversy. But on the whole, the majority of GSE faculty interviewed seemed not to consider the issue as having a long-standing impact.

It was â&#x20AC;&#x153;basically a hiccup,â&#x20AC;? said Joni Finney, practice professor and director of Institute for Research on Higher Education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of things were indiscreet,â&#x20AC;? she added, but she emphasized â&#x20AC;&#x153;the importance of judging the legacy overall.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am in no way happy about the way it happened on all fronts,â&#x20AC;? said professor Susan Yoon, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily want to put it on Andy.â&#x20AC;? It was â&#x20AC;&#x153;an unfortunate event that could have been handled differently, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re

not privy to all variables,â&#x20AC;? she explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Andy learned from it.â&#x20AC;?

Ultimately, Porter said the Lynch controversy was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a big event for a short time.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it had any influence on my deanship,â&#x20AC;? said Porter, explaining that the standards he hoped to achieve have been met.

Porter repeatedly emphasized setting standards for the school. During his seven years as dean, the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ranking has risen from 11th to 7th place in the U.S. News and World Report graduate school rankings. Alongside the rankings, faculty have noted an increase in the quality of students attending the school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every year the students just get better,â&#x20AC;? said Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Lois MacNamera.

Prestige and quality are a â&#x20AC;&#x153;chicken and eggâ&#x20AC;? phenomenon, said Executive Director of Academic Innovation Bobbi Kurshan. In addition to the rankings increase, changes Porter made have helped attract students to the school â&#x20AC;&#x201D; GSE typically sees between 500 and 600 applications per year for 18 spots and has a yield rate of 75 percent.

Porter increased doctorate student support from three to four years and added summer financial aid. He took â&#x20AC;&#x153;a riskâ&#x20AC;? that â&#x20AC;&#x153;could have had big financial consequences,â&#x20AC;? said Wortham, but it has paid off.

Porter also removed the application fee and introduced an opportunity for faculty and prospective students to meet. Every February, about 40 of the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top Ph.D. applicants to GSE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; roughly double the number of spaces available â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are in-

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vited for a fully funded visit to Penn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It enables us to get to know them and them to get to know us,â&#x20AC;? Porter said.

The weekend has â&#x20AC;&#x153;made a world of difference,â&#x20AC;? Yoon said. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way â&#x20AC;&#x153;to understand who youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking at really.â&#x20AC;?

Another defining feature of Porterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy is the reconceptualization of Penn GSEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree programs, Boe said.

Porter assisted the facultyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clarification of the differences between the perceptions of Ph.D.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which focus on research â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Ed.D.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which emphasize practice.

Before, the Ed.D. â&#x20AC;&#x153;was like a second-class Ph.D.,â&#x20AC;? Porter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Second-class doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even belong at Penn.â&#x20AC;?

Under Porterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deanship, the faculty reworked the curriculum to reaffirm the different skills each degree provides. Penn GSE is now â&#x20AC;&#x153;the only place that offers both degrees with a clear distinction,â&#x20AC;? Porter said.

Conceptualizing the roles of these degrees in this way is something â&#x20AC;&#x153;no previous dean had ever been able to pull off,â&#x20AC;? Boe said. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something which sets GSE apart, as the distinction is â&#x20AC;&#x153;not generally clear in other schools,â&#x20AC;? he added.

One key factor many faculty and staff agree on is the innovation Porter has brought to GSE. There are many â&#x20AC;&#x153;cutting edgeâ&#x20AC;? new programs, said MacNamera, such as the Chief Learning Officer doctoral program.

Porter has created a â&#x20AC;&#x153;climate ripe with optimism and growth,â&#x20AC;? said Annie McKee, a senior fellow and director of GSEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chief Learning Officer program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[He has brought] all the things we need to be able to keep changing.â&#x20AC;?

According to Surendra, both of these experiences helped him learn more about loss than about Piâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character, even though he did not realize it until a year after he failed to be cast in the role.

The filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s producers selected a local Tamil boy for the role instead.

At the end of his t a l k , Surendra encouraged students to ask themselves what they want to do in life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the hardest things to do in this life is figuring out what you want. That is something that people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask themselves enough. You just say ... â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I need to be OK,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, what does OK mean?â&#x20AC;?

Surendra wants students to realize whether what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working toward will actually add meaning to their lives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re studying, drop out of school and work at McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can go after everything you want in this world but if you fall flat on your face, the most important thing you need to learn how to do is to pick yourself up, brush yourself off and to be strong and to move on,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And that is something that Western society doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t teach you.â&#x20AC;?

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On the way back from the village, the police stopped their car and told them to take a man to the hospital in town. The manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand had been crushed by a car and he was bleeding badly, but Sivan told Surendra to not touch the man because he was of a lower caste. With help from Surendraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homemade tourniquet, doctors were able to save the manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand.

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THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014 PAGE 9

THE BUZZ: ROUNDTABLE

Which Penn team is in the best position for a deep run?

BY DP SPORTS EDITORS From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ The Ivy seasons are beginning to wind down for most spring sports, and there are many Penn teams hanging around at or near the top of their respective standings.

But which squad is best positioned to make a run at the Ivy title — or perhaps even NCA A tournament glory?

Our sports editors discuss: Sports Editor Ian Wenik: I’m not a betting man, but if I was, I would have my money on Penn men’s lacrosse to make a deep run in the fourteam Ivy tournament — and possibly even beyond. The No. 8 Quakers have won four Ivy contests in a row since that humiliating 17-9 loss to then-No. 4 Cornell on March 22nd. This is a team that has the third-best RPI in the nation and should be solidly in the NCAA tournament field regardless of what happens the rest of the way.

And in the tournament, I think the Red and Blue have a tremendous shot at making a deep run, considering all of the adversity they’ve handled so far. Look at the fourth-quarter comebacks against Denver, Villanova and Harvard from earlier in the season. Look at the attack that boasts five different double-digit goal scorers. The Quakers are legit.

Spor ts Editor R iley Steele: It’s hard to disagree with the success of Mike Murphy’s team of late. The Quakers are an excellent team on a nice four-game run, but the team will go up against some stiff competition in the Ivy League tournament.

Instead, I look at a team that has been dominant on the diamond of late, Penn baseball. Yes, the Red and Blue split two games with Princeton over the weekend to fall back into a tie with Columbia atop the Lou Gehrig Division. But as Penn prepares for a virtual division championship series against the Lions this weekend, the Quakers can take solace in the fact that they have all the intangibles to beat Columbia and move on to postseason play.

Penn’s pitching staff is one of the best in the Ivy League as juniors Connor Cuff and Ronnie Glenn have locked down opponents all season long. W h i le t he Q ua ker s struggled at the plate against the Tigers, bats like senior Rick Brebner and juniors Jeff McGarry and Austin Bossart can’t be kept quiet for long.

With all those tools on display, I think the Quakers have a chance to make waves against Columbia later this week, and then against Yale in the Ivy League championship series.

Senior Sports Editor Steven Tydings: Are we going

Christina Prudencio/Senior Staff Photographer

Penn softball currently sits atop the South division in the Ivy League standings, due in no small part to the efforts of junior outfielder Sydney Turchin. Starting in all 29 games that she’s played in, Turchin’s .330 batting average is second best on the team, while her eight doubles top the roster. to ignore Penn softball? The Quakers have firm control over the Ivy South division, holding a three-game lead in the loss column over Columbia and Cornell. You can say whatever you want about experience and the Quakers’ plethora of freshmen, but

those freshman players have been some of the biggest contributors to Penn’s success.

Freshman outfielder Leah Allen has been a force to be reckoned with in the middle of the lineup, while Alexis Sargent has contributed both in the pitcher’s circle and at

the plate.

And that isn’t even mentioning the key contributions of juniors Sydney Turchin in the outfield and Alexis Borden on the mound. The Red and Blue do have a tough challenge awaiting them if they make the Iv y League

Barcia was HS teammate of Meg Markham W. LACROSSE from page 10

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Freshman attack Sarah Barcia is just the latest offensive sparkplug in a long history of strong recruiting classes for coach Karin Brower Corbett. The freshman has managed seven goals on the season, good for seventh best on the team, including a season-high three in an early season game against Harvard.

Red and Blue on four-game win streak M. LACROSSE from page 10 ing 18 scores by other squads.

Three Down: Towson’s troubles: While Penn has dominated its opponents in the fourth quarter of games, the Tigers have struggled both at the beginnings and ends of contests this season. Though Towson has outscored its opponents by four goals in the middle periods of games, the Tigers are minus-16 in goal differential in the first and fourth quarters combined.

Of fensive struggles: Granted, while the Tigers goal differential numbers look bleak, the blame doesn’t rest solely on Towson’s defense.

In fact, the Tigers have one of the 25 best scoring defenses in the country. However, Towson has struggled on the offensive end, scoring only 20 goals over its past four contests, and other than Mabus’ hat trick against Drexel, the Tigers were only able to score four goals against their CAA rival.

The Tigers and Pennsylvania: If the Quakers can’t be motivated by their recent four-game winning streak, at least they can take solace in the fact that they play for a Keystone State school. After starting the season with a respectable 8-3 mark, Towson has dropped its last two contests to Pennsylvania squads.

The Tigers fell to both thenNo. 19 Penn State and Drexel at home over the course of the past two weekends. Will the third time be the charm for Towson on Tuesday? Penn coach Mike Murphy and company hope not.

get in her head, Barcia and the coaching staff saw the game as an opportunity to improve.

“She’s someone that’s very coachable, one thi ng that stood out was when we played Rutgers, she had four quicksticks right into the goalie’s stick,” Corbett said.

“Then the next game we had, she had three quickst ick s t h at wer e p er fect , exactly where we said. She really tries to work on the things we talk about, and she lear ns f rom each practice and each game.”

Coaching such as that is exactly what it will take to help Barcia and the rest of her f r e sh m a n c l a ss f u l ly adapt to the speed of the college game. However, just as important for these young players is the influence that the upperclassman leadership has been able to provide in easing the transition to college.

“The leadership is great this year,” Barcia said. “Tory Bensen on attack has really taken me under her wing and taught me everything I need to know moving forward.”

championship series once again, as Harvard and Dartmouth are a combined 28-1 in Ivy play. But anything can happen in a three-game series and the Quakers have a very solid chance to make it back to the NCAA tournament.

For Barcia, it was one of those upperclassmen that helped lead her to Penn.

While in high school, Barcia was teammates with junior defender Meg Markham at Manhasset. Barcia twice served as her team’s captain and led her team to the New York state quarterfinals during her senior year. “[ Mark ham] totally persuaded me in ever y single way,” Barcia said. “When I came here on my first visit, I knew this was where I wanted to be.”

As the year winds its way down, this is exactly where the Quakers will want Barcia to be. The f reshman adds just one more weapon to an impressive arsenal of offensive weapons for Penn, led

by Bensen and sophomores L ely De Si mone a nd Ni na Corcoran.

In the seasons to come, Barcia and the rest of her class will be looked upon to bolster a perennial champion. But until then, the focus is clearly on the present team and the season at hand.

“Definitely the team chemistry and the coaching,” Barcia said, when asked what ma kes t he t e a m d ist i nct .

“K a r i n [Corbett], Mel issa [Lehman] and Kerri [Whitaker] are a great coaching staff, I learn something new every day. The team chemistry is unreal.

“This year is really something special.”

Christina Prudencio/Senior Staff Photographer

Junior Matt McMahon has been a stellar of part of a strong Penn defense. The junior is 17th in the nation in the nation in caused turnovers while picking up 17 ground balls on the year. McMahon started all 13 games last year on defense and has started all 10 games this year on a Penn back line that is 20th nationally in scoring defense.

Sports

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014

JEFF MCGARRY

CONNOR CUFF

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QUAKERS

RICK BREBNER

LIONS

WITH FOUR IVY GAMES LEFT, TWO TEAMS HAVE A SHOT AT THE GEHRIG DIVISION CROWN, THE COLUMBIA LIONS AND THE PENN QUAKERS. HOW DO THE TWO SQUADS MATCH UP? LET’S TAKE A LOOK.

COLUMBIA

PENN 22-14

OVERALL RECORD

21-15

13-3

IVY RECORD

13-3

7-3

LAST 10 GAMES

10-0

2-6

RECORD IN ONE-RUN GAMES

4-4

3.63

TEAM ERA

3.74

.280

TEAM BATTING AVE.

.268

32

HOME RUNS

13

CONNOR CUFF (1.13)

ERA LEADER

GEORGE

DAN GAUTIERI (50)

STRIKEOUTS LEADERS

DAN GAUTIERI (50)

JEFF MCGARRY (.333)

BATTING AVE. LEADER

JEFF MCGARRY (.333)

RICK BREBNER (.566)

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE LEADER

RICK BREBNER (.566) Graphic by Jenny Lu

THE BUZZ: THREE UP, THREE DOWN

Quakers head to Towson for nonconference tuneup

BY RILEY STEELE

From The Daily Pennsylvanian’s sports blog, THE BUZZ Exactly one month ago, Penn men’s lacrosse had its worst defensive outing of the season, allowing 17 goals in an eight-goal defeat at the hands of then-No. 4 Cornell. At the time, it was hard to believe that the Quakers would be able to salvage their season. No. 8 Penn hasn’t lost a game since then, and the Red and Blue are heading

to the Ivy League Tournament.

Before that, however, the Quakers (7-3) will finish their regular season with two nonconference games. We take a look at who’s up and who’s down entering Penn’s contest against Towson (8-5) on Tuesday.

Three Up: Penn’s defense: If one wants to identify a particular reason why the Red and Blue have excelled since March 22, their defensive prowess is likely the best answer. Since the Big Red’s onslaught of goals last

month, Penn has limited its four opponents to a combined 23 goals, an average of 5.75 per game. Not only is defender Matt McMahon 17th in the nation in caused turnovers, but the Quakers also rank in the top 20 nationally in scoring defense. The Tigers’ offense is in deep trouble if Penn continues this trend.

Justin Mabus: Junior midfield Justin Mabus was a definite bright spot for the Tigers over the weekend. The Yorktown Heights, N.Y. native notched his first career hat trick on Saturday against Drexel,

and is now Towson’s sixth-highest scorer. Mabus’ three goals nearly doubled his season total, as the veteran entered the contest with only four goals on the year.

Quakers in the fourth quarter: Based on the Red and Blue’s 10 games this season, it’s almost as if the Quakers — like wine — get better over time. Penn has outscored its opponents by 12 goals in the fourth quarter of games in 2014, scoring 30 times while only allow-

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Fifth 2018 recruit signs on for men’s basketball 6-foot-8 forward Dan Dwyer brings Penn’s 2014-2015 roster to fifteen players

BY STEVEN TYDINGS Senior Sports Editor The Class of 2018 keeps getting larger for Penn basketball.

Fenwick High School (Ill.) senior power forward Dan Dwyer committed to join the Red and Blue next season, becoming the fifth member of Penn’s next recruiting class.

The 6-foot-8 Dwyer is the tallest player and third forward in Penn’s Class of 2018, joining 6-foot-7 Mike Auger and 6-foot-6 Sam Jones. Antonio Woods and Darnell Foreman — who committed to Penn last week — make up the two guards in the group.

Dwyer received an offer from the Quakers in late March. He has been described as a solid pick-and-pop forward, with a strong mid-range jumper. The high school senior

received interest from other Ivy League schools as well as some Patriot League programs, but ultimately chose Penn.

Dwyer and Fenwick found success in 2013-14 under new coach Rick Malnati, with Dwyer progressing as a forward in the post.

There is already a Fenwick connection for Penn basketball, as junior Kathleen Roche, a starting guard for Penn women’s basketball, is an alumna of Dwyer’s high school.

D w yer ’s com m it ment br i ngs Penn’s roster next year to 15 athletes, including freshman forward Dave Winfield Jr., who did not play last season. The Quakers went into last year with 20 players on their roster before players left the program for assorted reasons.

After keeping every player from the 2012-13 season on the roster for 2013-14, the Quakers lost eight players from this year’s roster, five due Carolyn Lim/Senior Staff Photographer to graduation, while three players received their release from the pro- In what has been a rather tumultuous offseason, Penn coach Jerome Allen brings in another recruit gram after Penn’s 8-20 campaign. in Dan Dwyer. Dwyer, from Fenwick High school in Illinois, is the third forward in the Class of 2018.

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Freshman provides spark for Penn W. LACROSSE | Attack Sarah Barcia is just another part of the Quakers’ sustained dominance

BY HOLDEN MCGINNIS Associate Sports Editor Like all sports dynasties, Penn women’s l ac r osse subsi st s on strong freshman classes year after year.

As the Quakers hunt for a share of their eighth consecutive Iv y League title, freshman attack Sarah Barcia should help to provide a spark on the offensive side as one of the strongest offensive weapons in her class.

“Sarah creates a lot of movement for us,” coach Karin Brower Corbett said. “She has good awareness of how to create space for herself and not turn the ball over. She’s come up with some big games for us.”

On a team with strong upperclassman leadership, Barcia has found a prominent offensive role as a freshman. Barcia is seventh on the team with a class-leading seven goals and has started three of the Quakers’ 12 contests.

The freshman started out the season strong, scoring on her first collegiate shot against Delaware in Penn’s first game of the season.

T wo games later, Barcia would struggle to score against Rutgers despite getting three shots on goal.

But instead of letting the game

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