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CAPS trains faculty, students to care for those around them

Kathy Change: Her legacy burns on

iCare’s Saturday workshop will educate and train faculty regarding mental health

“I’ve tried to do this several times before, And failed.

If this is the right thing to do, Heaven help me.

If not, Well, Never mind. I’ll be seeing you around.”

BY ALEX GETSOS Staff Writer Students and Counseling and Psychological Services staff alike are trying a new approach to helping people discuss and deal with mental health and mental illness. iCare, a new initiative by CAPS, is intended to integrate a variety of different approaches through eight-hour workshops to help further the mental health conversation on campus.

The workshops, one for students held in April and an upcoming one this Saturday for faculty, have many different components including, general education about the stigma surrounding mental illness, discussion of CAPS as a resource, a workshop on active listening, as well as extensive role play and mindfulness meditation. The day-long training is free and open to any student or faculty member.

Michael Accardo, co-chair of the CAPS Student Advisory board, explained that at April’s workshop, “we talked about campus

-Kathy Change, “A Note to Sympathetic Penn Students,” October 1996.

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FACES OF 2018

Making the journey from Tehran to Huntsman Hall

BY MIKE TONY Senior Staff Writer Kathy Change tried.

She tried loudly and visibly enough that almost everyone at Penn knew who she was. Day after day for a decade and a half, she made a scene on College Green. She danced nonstop for hours on end. She waved enormous homemade flags featuring political messages that warned of imminent economic collapse and nuclear holocaust. She screamed through a megaphone at students passing by.

She played the freak and felt the part too.

But the message wasn’t getting through. Penn students may have changed with each passing year, but their rejection of her didn’t. Change had only one hope left.

On Oct. 22, 1996 at 11:15 a.m., Change stood in front of the “Peace Symbol” sculpture, doused herself in gasoline and set herself on fire. As she ignited, a rope of fire shot up 10 feet into the air. Approximately 50 bystanders, including several students in nearby Van Pelt Library, looked on as Change began to dance. Penn Police Officer Bill Dailey ran towards the fire, not realizing a person was burning until he came closer. Dailey and a bystander covered Change in his patrol jacket and rolled her on the ground to smother the flames. She was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she was pronounced dead at 11:48 a.m. with burns over 100 percent of her body.

In a letter known as her “Final Statement,” Change wrote, “Primarily I want to get publicity in order to draw attention to my proposal for immediate social transformation. To do this I plan to end my own life. The attention of the media is only caught by acts of violence. My moral principles prevent me from doing harm to anyone else or their property, so I must perform this act of violence against myself.”

But for whom? A Penn community that routinely ignored her?

Then-freshman Ludmila Zamah had taken pamphlets from Change on Locust Walk in her first few weeks at Penn — the same semester Change killed herself — but that wasn’t the norm. More common was “the quintessential frat guy going up to her and mocking her movements and her performances and sort of giggling about it with his friends and walking off,” Zamah said.

“People would see her around doing the flag stuff all the time, day in and day out,” said West Philadelphian artist and musician Justin Duerr, who shared mutual friends with Change. “But people didn’t pay her too much mind.”

In death as in life, Change imposed herself on an unwelcoming audience. And yet, in death, her legacy burns brighter than it ever did before she set herself ablaze.

Change has inspired many works of art in the 18 years since her self-immolation. New York percussionist Kevin Norton released his multi-movement piece “Change Dance (Troubled Energy)” in 2002. Philadelphia artist Anthony Campuzano appropriated text from one of Change’s flyers for his 2004 “Portrait of Kathy Change” collage. New York multiinstrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey performed a jazz composition entitled “For Kathy Change” in 2011. Performing artist Soomi Kim is presently working on “Chang(e),” an original 70-minute hybrid dance theater work. And Anita King, Change’s best friend, founded Friends of Kathy Change, a group formed to commemorate her life. King also created

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Granola for a cause: Promoting health in West Phila.

BY ALISON ELLIOTT Contributing Writer

Courtesy of Amethys Kompani

Amethys is a multiligual high school senior in Tehran, Iran and future freshman in the Huntsman Program.

Amethys Kompani, the only incoming freshman from Iran, went to Dubai three times to take the SAT, because there was no SAT testing center in her country.

“Living in Iran is not exactly the easiest way of living,” said Kompani, who will enroll in the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business next fall. “I am glad that I went through it because it has shaped my personality and mindset so much. If I were to go back in time, I would choose the same path.”

Born in the United States, Kompani moved back to Iran when she was 20 days old. Kompani’s father is an engineer who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her mother studied in Iran, France and the United States. In Iran, she went to private, non-international middle school and high school in

Available to buy at Bridge Ca fe a nd R od in College House, Rebel bars may at first appear similar to any other granola bar. However, local c ompa ny R eb el Vent u r e’s uniquely nutritious granola bars have resulted from the collaboration of Penn underg raduates and alumni and Philadelphia high school students, in the hopes of creating job opportunities and promoting healthier diets.

2009 College graduate Jarr et t St ei n f i r st conceived the idea for Rebel bars inadvertently when tr ying to engage and make his students at George W. Pepper Middle School in Philadelphia care about nutrition. After his students agreed that their school ne e de d t o of fer he a lt h ier snacks for sale, Stein broke his students into two groups, which then competed to cre-

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THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN

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Algernong Allen is running for the Democratic primary state representative in Pennsylvania’s 188th District, which includes University City, West and Southwest Philadelphia.

Allen feels that he is deeply entrenched in the West Philadelphia community and thus has a pulse for peoples’ feelings about social, economic and legislative issues. He supports the decriminalization of marijuana, wants to expand urban farming initiatives and believes in marriage equality. He also believes that the best way to reform the Philadelphia school system is to increase funding and empower community members to be more involved in the system. Allen would like to engage with talented college students in West Philadelphia in order to improve Philadelphia as a whole.

Allen was raised in Southwest Philadelphia, and, after graduating Hampton University, he returned home and opened up a jazz club on Baltimore Avenue.

Allen’s jazz club Elena’s Soul burned down on Christmas Eve in 2012. Allen also has a weekly radio show called West Philly Connects on WPEB 88.1.

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Wolfe hopes his candidacy will raise awareness of a current charter that would revoke “resign to run,” where politicians have to resign their position to run for a different one.

Ernest Adkins is the only candidate running for the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania's 188th District.

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James Roebuck has been the state representative for the 188th District since 1985.

Pennsylvania House Representative Ed Neilson represents the Democratic party in the May City Council election.

Neilson was the deputy secretary of labor under former Governor Ed Rendell's administration. His priorities include job creation, providing for the elderly, public safety and improving education.

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Matthew Wolfe is a 1978 College graduate and the Republican The Daily Pennsylvanian compiled the positions of local candidates on several issues relevant to Penn students. candidate for the special election for City Council. Wolfe pursued his interest in politics during his time at Penn, and since then has started his own private law firm and serves as chairman of the Stand-up comedian and activist Nikki Allen Poe represents the Libertarian party in the upcoming election.

27th Republican Ward Committee. If Poe’s platform centers around decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana, claiming that it elected, Wolfe hopes to bring more jobs is both a waste of police resources and an outdated institution. to Philadelphia by lowering taxes and restructuring the tax system.

Poe participated in the Smoke Down Prohibition marijuana protest last year, where many gathered in front of the Liberty Bell to smoke marijuana as an act of civil disobedience. Along with other activists, Poe proposed a “We can’t spend more money than we decriminalization bill to Harrisburg which he believes will pass. have, and we can’t enact policies that decimate our tax base," he said.

Other elements of Poe’s platform include increasing police accountability by eliminating the “stop and frisk” "Because of our high tax rates and policy and by proposing that police officers wear cameras, and auditing the Philadelphia Parking Authority. irrational tax structure we have chased Poe was arrested in May 2013 for allegedly assaulting a federal officer. jobs, business, tax payers and residents out of the city."

“A lot of the things I’m running on are violations of our civil liberties,” Poe said. "It's not making anyone safer, it's hurting us."

Wolfe's platform also includes refocusing the city’s spending priorities He added making the transition from comedian to activist was seamless since he was already using comedy to the “core” — police and fire, keeping to point out the absurdity in things that were going on. the city clean, education, road maintenance and infrastructure.

“I’m trying to be an alternative to the democratic machine,” he added.

Roebuck feels that his long experience in Harrisburg is unique and positions himself to best understand West Philadelphia. One of his biggest issues is education reform, which he feels can be done best by creating a funding formula, putting more money into schools and increasing accountability for charter schools. He also believes in the decriminalization of marijuana and taxes on the gas industry and is a supporter of marriage equality.

Roebuck was born and raised in Philadelphia, graduated from Virginia Union University in 1966 and got a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1977. He serves as a member of the Historical and Museum Commission on the black history advisory committee, and is a member of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus.

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“This was the most engaging class I taught,” he said.

“I figured, if this is engaging kids in school, it should engage kids out of school.”

After the successful project, Stein and his students founded the company Rebel Ventures, where they continued to perfect their healthy granola bar recipe, which now consists solely of six i ng r e d ient s: r ol le d o at s , pumpkin seeds, dried cranber r ies, honey, cinnamon and salt. The project is run by the Urban Nutrition Initiative and is focused on creating empowering jobs for high school students.

“We really want students involved in every aspect of the business, f rom social

media to blogging to product testing,” Stein said. “That ownership factor is really important.”

In addition to providing Philadelphia students with empowering jobs, students working for Rebel Ventures learn a variety of life skills, with workshops on building resumes and creating fiveyear plans. Employees who struggle academically also attend tutoring from Penn students.

“I realized how hard it is to have a job. It’s helped me mature, it was life changing,” said Tif fany, a high school ju n ior a nd one of three business d irectors.

“Once you have a job you look at things differently.”

I n fact , R ebel bars are subsidized and sold for two dollars at locations such as Br idge Café, so that bars can be sold for a cheaper price of only fifty cents at schools in Philadelphia.

“At Penn, there are opportunities for healthy snacks everywhere. On 52nd Street, there a ren’t ,” Stein said.

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ing that healthy snack but we’re also making it affordable for people who otherwise wouldn’t have healthy snacks.”

To assist with the production of granola bars, Rebel Ventures has also employed Penn undergraduates.

Through programs such as the Wharton Social Impact Initiative and various Penn courses a nd independent studies, students assist in running multiple aspects of Rebel Ventures, including marketing, packaging and delivery. “ T he a na ly t ic a l f ra me works I learned at Wharton have helped me establish systems and processes here and teach them to the kids,” said W har ton junior Matthew DeGagne, Rebel’s chief operations officer. “In the same breath, you can’t really know what something is like until you actually try it out. Working here is really complementary to what we are learning in school.”

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“I rea l ly feel l i ke I a m making a difference,” Wharton senior A manda Langhorne, the chief marketing officer, said. “My main goal is that, regardless of whether we’ve made a granola bar or not, I want to know that I’ve left an impact on their lives.”

In the future, Rebel Ventures hopes to expand and spread the word about their business. The company faces obstacles as their major source of clients, Penn students, prepares to leave for the summer. A s a result , Stein and his coworkers are look ing into for ming new connections with Penn students and opportunities to ship Rebel Bars.

“It’s hard to downplay how critical Penn support is at this stage in our business,” Stein said.

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Opinion

THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN

VOL. CXXX, NO. 64

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The superiority of secular morality

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THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE | Why do we think religion is required for morality when godless morality may well serve us better?

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morality from?”

As an atheist, I get this question far more often than I should. More often than not, the phrase also carries the unsettling implication that were it not for the patient instruction of my religious neighbors and parents, I would surely slip into total moral skepticism and pursue hedonistic desires with no concern for the wellbeing of others.

To be clear, only a fringe few actually declare, “Atheists have no morals.” Rather, the claim is that atheists have no basis for morality and that credit for any moral actions performed by a non-believer must necessarily be given to the gods.

Religion has claimed a monopoly on morality for so long that we infidels are forced to explain ad nauseam why we

think murder is morally reprehensible. I am tired of conceding the moral high ground to religion by default. Today, I want to reverse that situation and show why secular moral systems are superior to their non-secular counterparts.

I do not mean that secular individuals generally behave better than religious individuals. I’m speaking strictly of systems of morality that claim unique access (usually via divine revelation) to an objective, transcendent and universal morality.

Such systems offer the illusion of moral certainty and the false comfort of simplicity. Consider the pronouncement “thou shalt not kill.” So simple and absolute — surely not something that could be debated as a valid moral precept, right?

Why then do we find it necessary in our society to distinguish between several degrees of murder and manslaughter?

What about the moral status of armed conflict, euthanasia,

self-defense, abortion or the death penalty? Suddenly the apparently simple moral truth cries out for exception and nu-

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Religious participants in secular moral systems have just as much to contribute to our understanding of right and wrong.” anced reconsideration.

In truth, morality is complex and difficult. We do ourselves no favors by clinging to blackand-white statements as religious systems are wont to do.

In contrast, secular moral systems are amenable to modification. As our moral knowledge grows, we are guaranteed to encounter new confounding scenarios which challenge our

moral assumptions. Secular systems readily incorporate new information, while history demonstrates religious moral systems tend to lag behind.

You’ve already thought of several examples I’m sure.

Secular systems also surpass revealed morality in the key issue of moral authority.

We realize as very young children that as answers go, “because I said so” is among the least satisfying our parents could offer. Yet in the case of morality, “because God says” or “because scripture says” is often claimed to be the final word on the subject. Moral authority should be internally accepted by those who are affected by it, not externally imposed by an entity that claims itself above reproach.

The last superiority of secular morality I’ll discuss is conflict resolution. When two parties are in moral conflict, how do we resolve those differences? Secular systems can attempt to work out disagree-

ments from a framework of shared axioms through rational argument. We can start from general principles like “life is generally preferable to death,” “pleasure is generally preferable to pain” and “helping is generally better than harming” and build from there.

On the other hand, authoritybased systems can only resolve conflicts by converting their opponent from one authority to another. Non-secular systems often claim to have unwitting secular adherents, but the infidel can have no say in debating the will of God without joining the flock.

Religion has been around for millennia discussing moral issues all along, so it would be asinine of me to say that religion has absolutely nothing to add to our knowledge of moral truths and values. But that’s the biggest of advantage of secular morality: Religious people can and do partake in it. Religious participants in secular moral systems have

COLLIN BOOTS just as much to contribute to our collective understanding of right and wrong.

As an example, I offer my favorite quote from John Wesley, the founder of Methodism: “Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can.

As long as ever you can.”

That’s one of the most beautiful and succinct summaries of a humanist ethic I’ve ever read. Wesley’s only error was thinking we needed God to follow it.

COLLIN BOOTS is a master’s student studying robotics from Redwood Falls, Minn. Email him at cboots@seas.upenn.edu or follow him @LotofTinyRobots.

Embracing awkward

SARA, STRUGGLING | Learning not to apologize for my struggles

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here are a lot of stupid questions that people ask a r ou nd g r adu ation time — stressful questions that make me feel like I’m in a post-graduation war zone. But there’s one question that I haven’t been asked yet, so I’m going to ask myself.

What has Penn meant to me?

And I don’t mean this in terms of trying to summarize my education or my undergraduate experience into a little sound bite. I don’t mean to begin a little speech I could give if I were a tour guide, whilst waving towards the Button and Van Pelt.

I mean: How has Penn changed me?

To answer this question, I imagine going in a time capsule and trying to ask myself how much I’ve changed, using

the hands-on tactics I learned in Psychology 001.

To be honest, freshman year me would probably not have a conversation with senior year me. She would probably just sort of stare, deer-in-theheadlights style. Freshman year me wasn’t particularly skilled at intrapersonal relationships, especially meeting new people.

It was during my freshman year that I remember having the lowest of low moments: eating alone in the Hill dining hall.

Everyone had warned me that it would happen. They told me it was unavoidable that I would end up eating alone. But they didn’t tell me how I would feel, like everyone was staring at me, like everyone was whispering about me. That I would feel so out of place and alone and hopelessly awkward.

I’m not claiming that over

my four years at Penn any of this has gone away. I trip over stones in Locust Walk and pretend that no one saw it.

I stutter at introductions and make way too many puns to be considered normal.

That isn’t what’s changed over my time at Penn.

Instead, I’ve learned to embrace awkward.

And when I say I’m awkward, I’m not fishing for compliments. I’m not insulting myself. I’m merely stating a fact. I am an awkward person.

Literally, my day is a catalogue of me struggling.

College has taught me to look at it this way: Really, who isn’t struggling? Maybe that perfect person you see, the one that has abs carved out of marble and those spirals of TV show hair like a Pantene Pro-V commercial. But let’s ignore those people. They get enough attention.

Embracing awkward is my way to being unapologetic about the person I am. I don’t allow other people to make me feel bad about myself on principle, so why would I give myself that power?

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Embracing awkward is my way to being unapologetic about the person I am.”

Freshman year of high school, freshman year at Penn, every new beginning I’ve always thought that I could stop being so awkward. That one day I’d wake up and just be a normal part of society.

But that day I sat alone in

the cafeteria, picking at my Fruit Loops and trying not to make eye contact, I began to realize that everyone feels awkward and out of place sometimes.

I’ve accepted awkward. I’ve embraced it.

I’ve embraced that when I walk at graduation in my cap and gown, I’m not going to look like Elle Woods in the end sequence of “Legally Blonde.”

I’m going to look like myself, in a creased and cheap cap and gown I bought at the bookstore that’s about five inches too long and fraying at the edges.

Maybe that’s what it’s all about: accepting things the way they are.

A few weeks ago, I went for an informational interview in New York City at my dream job. After slogging to SoHo in my interview heels — and after I earned my first interview blisters — I decided to

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SARA SCHONFELD treat myself to a lunch at my favorite Chinese restaurant. I went up to the hostess, looked her in the eye and said, “Table for one, please.”

And then I sat by myself and enjoyed the best plate of sesame chicken I’ve ever had. Even though I was eating alone, I took my time. I relished every bite. The music was great, the food was excellent and the company wasn’t so bad either.

SARA SCHONFELD is a College senior studying English from Philadelphia. Email her at s.schonfeldthedp@gmail.com or follow her @SaraSchon.

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The road was made SENIOR COLUMN BY ERNEST OWENS

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ike most of my high school literature, I re member reading something profound from some old prestigious white man. This time it was Robert Frost.

He spoke of t wo roads ( S P OI L E R A L E R T : t h e road not taken and the one most people took) and while many tried to convince me that those were the only two directions in life … I disagreed.

There was a third road, and the four years I have spent at Penn allowed me to discover it. It was the road that was made.

From freshman year till now, I have been fortunate and ever so pleased to be given the chance to inspire, enlighten, humor and, more often than not, piss off my fellow peers. But I wouldn’t have preferred it otherwise.

After a failed attempt at being a typical pre-law undergrad at a very pre-professional university, I decided there had to be another way.

WQHS Radio was that gateway, and as I went on the air speaking my mind and telling my truth, someone told me something I would never forget.

It was a Penn alum and former The Daily Pennsylvanian columnist, Cornelius Range, a 2012 College graduate, who told me: “If you write about the things you talk about, you would do some amazing things.”

And so I did. My first major gig was being a weekly columnist for the DP. For three semesters and 36 columns, I talked about student government hazing, my swiping thousands of people into dining halls (to which some of you are still not over, sorry), affirmative action and everything pertaining to campus life that you could possibly imagine.

The Ernest Opinion was a column about my way of weighing in on issues of relevance to the Penn community. And your opinions, whether supportive or the most malicious of all time, were motivating.

Because for the first time in my life I realized how powerful words were and how much of an impact one person could make in the lives of others.

Since my departure from collegiate journalism, my he a r t for t he gen r e has shaped the way I express larger issues. The DP gave me the opportunity to have a voice to an audience of thousands. Today, that voice is shared around the world.

During my junior year at Penn, I forged a friendship

and mentorship with a woman whose last name you all probably see daily on your Facebook newsfeed: Huffington. Yes, Arianna Huffington is a mentor of mine and gave me the opportunity of a lifetime over a year ago by giving me a personal account to blog whenever I like for The Huffington Post.

Over 40 published posts later, I am still remembering a piece of advice she told me when I first met her at Penn.

“Never grow a thick skin for people or things, always be permeable.” Thick skin, as she described it, would always block you from taking in the good when trying to protect yourself against the bad. Being permeable allows you to take in the good while letting the negativity flow in and out and not stay pent up against you like thick skin would allow.

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There is not just the road not taken and the one everyone takes, but also the one you should make for yourself.”

I may not ever be into dermatolog y as much as her, but the metaphor made me realize how I plan to forever live my life: fearlessly.

With a permeable sense of being, I do not have a fear of the unknown, rejections and possible failures because those things will come and go. As Quakers, we oftentimes let ourselves be our own walls, blocking us from taking the road we are destined to make.

For in my life, I have realized that everything is not black-and-white. There is a gray. Everything at Penn is not just bad or good, but can sometimes be in-between.

And there is not just the road not taken and the one everyone takes, but also the one you should make for yourself.

Because life has numerous paths, and we should be damn tired of having our destinations be so narrow that we limit ourselves by trying to fit in.

If there is anything anyone can learn from my journey, it is that I preferred making my own way regardless of the pressures to conform.

ERNEST OWENS is a College senior studying communications.

His email address is owense@ sas.upenn.edu.

SIYUAN CAO is a College senior from Bronx, N.Y. Her emaill address caos@sas.upenn.edu.

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On drinking hemlock

THE QUAKING POINT | When it comes to studying the humanities, you’ve Goethe stick to your guns

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he f o l l o w i n g is an unapologetic defense of my liberal arts education.

This is the most publicity my philosophy career will likely ever receive; with two weeks left as an undergraduate, I feel compelled to speak the truth.

When I was young — young enough to feed peanuts to a VCR because “it looked hungry” — I had a pretty ambitious take on the way things were. Life was about asking questions and looking for solutions.

The world and all its contents were a large and exciting puzzle.

It was around that time that I first heard about philosophy, which, I thought, must be the study of dental hygiene. As I got older, I realized that “flossophy” might be slightly more interesting, albeit less practical.

By the time college applications rolled in, I had concluded that studying the Big Questions would be a wise way through the traditional liberal arts education.

The public has been distrustful of philosophers since the dawn of Western civilization. Socrates was put on trial for heresy against the state, during which he delivered his famous Apology for philosophical thought. Socrates had it easy, though — all he had to do was drink hemlock. He never had to explain himself to a room full of Whartonites. At least the Athenians had cultural

taste.

As for modern times, it would appear that the unempirical has come under attack across American campuses. Philosophy majors are the butt of many a joke about fast food employment. Sadly, even Thought Catalog published an attack on the humanities that was as pitiful as it was bombastic. (To the haters: Make sure you know how to spell Immanuel Kant’s name before throwing him under the bus.)

when I stumbled across an essay by Heidegger called “What is a Thing?” I Kant even.

No — as a Penn student, the most valuable thing that being a philosophy and history major has taught me isn’t abstract reasoning, close analysis or being well-read, but shameless conviction. It’s about figuring out what you’re interested in and standing up for it, even in the face of ridicule from your peers and the reproach of your

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Naysayers spend their lives in fear of idols; we’re the ones who smash them. Everyone uses their intellect like a hammer, smashing away at their hobbies and trades to craft something meaningful. We’re in the business of building better hammers.”

To be honest, they might have a point. Physics and math majors are prime for logical reasoning. You can get access to the big questions in business ethics — even if that is an oxymoron.

If you want a college experience full of meaning and personal fulfillment, be a nurse (apparently they’re not bad at writing, either).

Even I think philosophy is a bit ridiculous. There is a public perception (read: resentment) of philosophy as being needlessly impractical, and it’s hard to blame them. I knew I was fighting a losing battle

parents. The barbarians are still at the gates, but these days, they’ve traded satchels for suits and spears for business cards.

And all jokes aside, the humanities really are valuable in their own respect.

Science can teach you how to bring back the dinosaurs; the humanities can teach you why that might not be a great idea. Having a soul doesn’t hurt, either.

The most valuable aspect of philosophy is questioning everything. The ridicule of our peers only fuels our intellectual anger. Be it arguing vehemently in

JONATHAN IWRY class or debating the meaning of art on College Green, humanities teach the value of asking good questions.

Those glossy college brochures actually managed to get something right.

We don’t owe the finance majors an explanation, least of all an apology. The jokes are getting old.

Stop judging us by your standards — the value we create isn’t liquef iable.

Naysayers spend their lives in fear of idols; we’re the ones who smash them. Everyone uses their intellect like a hammer, smashing away at their hobbies and trades to craft something meaningful. We’re in the business of building better hammers.

My thesis advisor once told me that according to Wittgenstein, good philosophy is about riding a bicycle as slowly as possible without falling over. The work of the humanities is both a skill and an art, and there is indeed a place for it on the modern college campus. Doing it well, however, requires persistence and resolve — not to mention good balance.

JONATHAN IWRY is a College senior studying philosophy from Bethesda, Md. His last name is pronounced “eevree.” His email address is joniwry@gmail.com.

Moving beyond recommendations and dinner table taboos GUEST COLUMN BY PRISM AND THE POLITICAL COALITION

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el ig io n a nd p ol it ics a r e two topics that you a r e n’ t s u p posed to speak about at the dinner table, but at a university like Penn, student groups shouldn’t be confined by dining-room etiquette. I nstead , the Penn we all read about in brochures is one that cares about intellectual debate and the full expression of its student groups.

As the leaders of Prog rams in R elig ion, Interfaith and Spirituality Matters and the Penn Political Coalition, our constituent groups have long struggled with expressing themselves on campus. As a non-religiously affiliated university, we walk a fine line on funding religious and spiritual expression.

As a non-profit, the university is limited in the extent to which it can fund and allow political expression on campus. We understand these concerns, but we strongly believe that the University can do more to foster open discussion of all identities and affiliations on campus.

With this in mind, we were quite happy with the recommendations given to the administration by two of its University Council committees: the Committee on Diversity and Equity and the Committee on Campus and Community Life. But we worry about the speed or drive that the administration will actu-

ally bring to making these recommendations more than just reports submitted at the end of the year.

First, the Committee on

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We’re now asking the administration to take the step beyond committees and follow up on these recommendations.”

Diversity and Equity discussed the fact that most faith groups get no funding outside of a funding source est abl ished by PR ISM called the Faith Fund. This f und covers more than 42 groups but only has $10,000. In the past year we received requests that amounted to $65,000 for our $10,000 fund. Because of this, we were quite happy to hear that one of the recommendations that the Committee on Diversity and Equity made was to “increase the yearly allocation to the Faith Fund from $10,000 to $40,000 to ensure that the diversity of faith communities on campus … is adequately supported.”

This suggested level of funding would ensure that groups that focus on discussions of faith, spirituality and religion, as well as

those dedicated to debates about religiosity, could be funded in a way that would allow students to truly express their diverse affiliations as well as alleviate our groups’ dependencies on a lter native f und ing sources.

Second, the Committee on Campus and Community Life discussed political discourse on campus and support for local and national civic engagement.

PoCo and our constituent groups run into numerous issues regarding rules, sometimes interpreted inconsistently, that prohibit partisan activities from being supported by university funds or resources.

Given this, political groups receive substantially less funding than many other groups on campus, and vastly less than similar groups at peer institutions, usually only being given the cost to print flyers and nothing more. Because of this, the costs of bringing some of the brightest and best talent and speakers to campus are prohibitive.

To make up for this, PoCo established our Synergy Committee, but for the nineteen groups on campus, there is only $7,500 available. This needs to be expanded upon, as the committee recommended.

Additionally, many rules are attached, including the fact that anything funded must be non-campaign, pr oh ibit i ng mo st c a n didates from coming to campus. Furthermore, we

agree with the committee that “defining banned political activity instead of permitted activity may have a chilling ef fect” rather than expanding discourse on campus, a goal of President Gutmann and other administrators.

As stated before, we’re quite pleased w ith the work that the two University Council committees have done and the recommendations they’ve made.

Beyond that, we’re thankful. But we do have strong concerns that the follow-up on these recommendations may not happen, as these a r e r e c o m me nd at io n s and not administrative action. This is not something unique to our two groups, as many students have been disappointed by what is often seen as minimal follow up from the administration on promises they make to students.

We’re writing this column because of that fear.

We strongly believe in the work that our boards, our constituents and these two committees have done in increasing expression on campus, but we’re now asking the administration to take the step beyond committees and follow up on these recommendations in order to make Penn a bit more like the brochures.

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by Anthony Cruz and Varun Anand, and Shira Papir and Josh Chilcote, respectively.

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Nap spaces, political bullies discussed by U. council The University Council discussed a variety of topics wednesday

BY FOLA ONIFADE Staff Writer On Wednesday afternoon, the University Council met for its last meeting of the spring semester to discuss committee reports and focus issues for the upcoming year. The University’s Committee on Committees also presented suggestions for the improvement of the various committees.

The four committees that presented included the Committee on Campus and Community Life, the Committee on Diversity and Equity, the Committee on Facilities and the Committee on Academic Affairs. Each of the committees put forth recommendations based on their meetings and research conducted.

University administration will take into account all recommendations and take the summer to deliberate how to best implement various ideas raised.

Committee on Facilities Among other things, the Committee on Facilities recommended that the University look into providing adequate spaces that support the diverse needs

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Change’s admirers view her brand of activism as authentic CHANGE from page 1 ever go away.

KathyChange.org, a website featurShortly thereafter, Kathy found her ing some of her writings. mother dead when she tried to wake “I do see her in the tradition of her up the morning after they had a martyrdom,” said Adam Corsonfight. Only a well of tears in the hollow Finnerty, the director of development by the bridge of her mother’s nose reat Van Pelt Library at the time of mained to show Kathy that Gertrude Change’s death. “Like Norman Morhad been hurting as badly as she rison, like Medgar Evers, like Viola had. Her mother’s death was ruled a Liuzzo, like Jesus.” suicide by overdose of barbiturates.

“What she was saying in her maKathy felt responsible for the rest of nia or in her kookiness or in her her life, and Gerwritings, all of what trude had sucshe was saying kind ceeded where of came true,” Kim her daughter had said. “Talking about “flubbed.” the economy, the cor“ She d id it ruption of capitalism, She was saying it s u c c e s s f u l l y, all these things, it just so I t houg ht , seems they really was not really a true ‘Boy, she really have come to affect democracy that showed me up,” the state of the world we have, that each Ch a nge s a id . today.” “ But I d id n’t A t t he r o ot o f election is between have to answer Change’s cause was the lesser of two evils. to anybody after t he T r a n s f o r m a I think Kathy Change that.” tion Party, an afThe next few filiation she created was relevant to the yea rs were a advocating a comAmerican dream. whirlwind. Kathy munity-based direct — Ludmila Zamah, f lunked out of democracy and a Penn graduate, former Mills College in cooperative barter member of Friends of Oakland, Calif., economy. The dollar Kathy Change the only school was dying, Change t h at h a d a c insisted to anyone cepted her, after who’d listen, and the five months. For economic status quo another six months, she lived with in America was about to follow. her grandparents and went back to “She was pointing out ills in our school at NYU thanks to connections society before her time like the ecothrough her parents. Later, she met nomic collapse in 2008,” Zamah said.

Frank Chin in Chinatown.

“She was predicting something like Considered one of the pioneers that was going to happen.” of Asian-American theater, Chin Most people aware of Change’s founded the Asian American Thepolitical message also knew that ater Workshop in 1973. Kathy was it anticipated Occupy Wall Street attracted to what she perceived to be perfectly.

Chin’s radicalism, and the two struck “You could almost look at it as like up a relationship. a precursor to that,” Duerr said. “But “Eventually I said, ‘Why don’t you I bet if you asked a lot of people who marry me?’ Change remembered. were involved in that who she was, a “He said, ‘Hmmm ... all right.’” lot of them wouldn’t have a clue about And so in 1971, he did, taking her. I feel like Kathy was kind of into Change back to San Francisco with that thing like, ‘We’ll just go into the him. Change participated in the banks, we’ll just be like partying.’

Asian American Theater Workshop It seemed like a cool way to resolve during their marriage, and in 1976 that stuff.” she published “The Iron MoonhuntPlenty of left-leaning Americans er,” a children’s book. would think a lot of Change’s political That same year, though, her marideas were cool. She left the Philariage ended and Kathy sank into delphia branch of the Green Party in despair again. The failure of her mar1989 after it refused to include legalriage resulted in another suicide atization of marijuana in its platform, tempt, this time with pills and a fifth even though nearly all of its members of Canadian whiskey. privately favored legalization. She criticized U.S. antiprotectionist free trade policies enabling job outsourcing. She denounced President Bill The College Green Clinton for enforcing unreasonable dancer No Fly Zones in Iraq and warned that a United States-instigated war with y the fall of 1978, Kathleen Iraq was imminent.

Chang needed change so Desperate or not, Change’s enmuch she became it. She gagement with the issues was constarted going by Kathy Change to crete. After all, if you knew there was reflect her newfound belief that she a peace activist who foresaw the 2003 was going to change the world. After U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, predicted stays in New York and Berkeley, variations of the economic collapse Change moved to Philadelphia in of 2008, refused to back down from 1981. advocating marijuana legalization “The late ’80s and early ’90s in and touted environmentalism, you West Philly, outside the jeweled wouldn’t call her crazy. strongbox of Penn, was full of folks What is crazy is how quickly the like Kathy,” said Joseph Shahadi, memory of a woman burning herChange’s former neighbor who went self to death in the middle of an Ivy on to earn a Ph.D. in performance League campus has faded. studies at NYU in 2011 and write The Transformation Party that the essay “Burn: The Radical DisChange desperately tried to publicize appearance of Kathy Change” for no longer exists. Precious few curThe Drama Review the same year. rent Penn students and faculty know “Artists and activists lived in the who she was. She self-immolated dilapidated old Victorians and warewith one final hope of inspiring rehouse squats. We went to hardcore form, but the site of her fiery exit imshows, shopped at the co-op, ate mediately reverted back to a sphere cheap Ethiopian food and went to of leisure. For one day, the ultimate the same half-dozen bars.” sacrifice for a new democracy. For Sure, Change never fit in at Penn. the next 18 years, frisbee for fun.

But to a great extent, that was the Nevertheless, Change’s admirers point. If you want to crash the Ivory have continued to keep her memory Tower, it helps to have a little bit of alive through many different forms color. of art and media, revealing how preThe first time Zamah saw her, carious her legacy is — and how vital.

Change was dancing dressed com‘It was so wretched’ pletely in black, with a pointed cone Kathy Change was born Kathabove her head to signify that she leen Chang in Springfield, Ohio, in was a missile protesting nuclear 1950. Her family moved to the Bronx proliferation. Sometimes she’d carwhen she was 2. She grew up feelry a dollar sign around to warn of ing “stared at, giggled at” for being imminent financial crisis. Often, Chinese. Her father, Sheldon Chang, she’d don large bird wings and a was an engineer who also served as mask along with spangled panties a professor at the State University of and high heels. On other days, she’d New York at Stony Brook before retirdress up in a costume that she siming in 1980. Her mother, Gertrude, ply called “Satan’s dick.” was a writer.

And yet, in the long run, she was “I grew up a really lonely girl,” easily ignored.

Change said on the WQHS Penn “I’m not aware of her actively student radio show “PennTalk” in trying to have a conversation with November 1995. people,” said Brendan McGeever, Kathy’s parents divorced when a WQHS Penn student radio DJ she was in her early teens. Gertrude who interviewed Change on his and her precocious daughter fought every night.

“PennTalk” show in November 1995.

“It was so wretched, so I thought, “That was just not her. It’s unlikely ‘Well, I’m just going to go kill myself,’” that there were very many students Change said. besides myself that actually talked But as she remembered nearly to her because she wouldn’t open three decades later, she “flubbed it,” up that way.” only slicing out the tendons in her McGeever interrupted one of her wrists instead. Neither her scars nor dances on College Green to invite her reputation for hysterics would her on his show.

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Spreading Change Now, though, the sun is setting Fortunately, McGeever recorded Hippie-like” is how Zamah and College Green is empty. All his shows because he was sure no describes the older crowds at that remains are the cards bobbing one would hear them otherwise. the Friends of Kathy Change in the wind. Each card has a word He held onto the recording of his meetings she attended at the written on it in marker. A yellow episode with Change and gave it to group’s weekly meetings at 38th card featuring the word “crazy” Kim, the performance artist, after Street and Lancaster Avenue. Zasways on its string next to another she reached out to him for her themah was the only student who atyellow card with the word “univerater work on Change. tended the meetings. Eventually, sal.” Just a few feet from where she “If anybody is at all interested having to walk nine blocks there killed herself, what very well might in talking to me, I would welcome and back, just beyond the edge of be Change’s legacy is on display — it,” Change said on “PennTalk.” “I where Penn Transit’s vans would the universal at odds with the crazy, would love to meet people. I love for go, took its toll. So did the group’s a thoughtful piece of performance people to talk to me. Anybody!” lack of direction. art fighting to be seen. Its words “I just remember feeling like it are there for a new class of Penn wasn’t terribly organized,” Zamah students to see, but no one’s looking.

The fire that Penn said. “So I just stopped going.”

So is this Kathy Change’s legacy? forgot Like Zamah, Justin Duerr reA few spreading the message and mains attracted to the power of nobody else looking? t some point in the last year Change’s message.

“I personally don’t think she was of her life, Change decided Duerr obtained a video copy of successful in what she wanted to do to go out with a smolder.

Change’s 1991 play “The Transforas an artist — that’s what drove the Philadelphia police inspectors mation” and uploaded it to YouTube whole thing,” said Jonny Meister, in full in February 2012. Now, almost would later deduce that she had who interviewed Change and seva quarter-century later, Soomi Kim been experimenting with different eral other activists participating in is looking to do a Kathy Change accelerants on various cuts of meat, a nude protest at Penn on his WXPN performance of her own. eventually deciding on gasoline bemorning radio show. “I’m sure there Kim first heard of Change in 2011. cause alcohol did not burn hot or were people that remember her suiquickly enough.

Having performed dance theater cide. But if you didn’t know her, it’s The morning of her death, she pieces on female martyr figures just one more awful tragedy.” delivered packets of her writings, inbefore, she started researching Three Penn students have comcluding a seven-page letter explainChange and, as a fellow Asianmitted suicide this academic year ing why she was choosing to end her American performance artist, inalone. Penn continues to be an ultralife, to The Daily Pennsylvanian and stantly felt a connection. competitive, pre-professional instiWXPN, along with six Penn stu“The thing that is really personal tution, not at all the countercultural dents and two local residents with for me and about Kathy is that she hotbed for social revolutionaries whom she had previously discussed lost her mother at a very tender that Change reveled in at Mills and her beliefs. age through suicide. She was abanNYU, however briefly. Penn may “There was certainly no wake-up doned and left alone. That’s like the have hardened Kathy Change, but call or anything like that,” McGeevbiggest ‘fuck you’ in life to have your Kathy Change didn’t soften Penn. er said about the campus’s reaction parent do that,” Kim said. “To me, Beyond Penn, Duerr estimates to her suicide. that’s the biggest source of pain. that just five people still actively A week after her death, approxiWhen I was 12, I lost my mother — share Change’s writings and other mately 70 people attended a meshe died in a car accident. So I think materials. morial held at Bodek Lounge in there’s a larger connection for me in “It would be a shame if her story Houston Hall. The service was orgaterms of exploring what happens to went away,” McGeever said. nized by the Office of the Chaplain in the human spirit.”

Once she transformed herself cooperation with Change’s friends.

Kim’s development of “Chang(e)” from Kathleen Chang to Kathy But most of the audience conwas set up to be a three-year proChange, her life was nonstop persisted of Change’s friends, with only cess and will premiere as a fullformance. Her body and mind were a few students attending. length production at HERE Arts constantly on display to challenge Nevertheless, Zamah remained Center in SoHo in the fall of 2015. the status quo. But it’s telling that interested in what Change had to One of what resonated most say, enough to join Friends of Kathy Kim’s first with Zamah, McGeevChange during the spring semester steps toward er, Kim and Duerr, of her freshman year. putting on a even more than the “Although self-immolation is kind show was content of Change’s of a shocking form of protest, I didn’t reaching out ideas, was the convicreally understand it,” Zamah said. to McGeevtion behind them.

Her life I don’t think “But to me, anyone who is so paser, who she “You can argue the immediately had sionate about their causes to pronoticed had success or failure of the impact that she test them in that way, I just kind of been quoted what she was trying to wanted to understand it more.” in a Daily do, but you can’t argue wanted, but there’s Corson-Finnerty, the former Van Pennsylvathe dedication behind something still there Pelt director of development, undernian stor y it,” Duerr said. “And I to be admired in stood perfectly. In 1964, a 20-yearon Change a think the success part old Corson-Finnerty saw the 1955 month after of it comes from the what she was trying documentary film “Night and Fog,” her death. dedication.” to say and do. which highlights torture, scientific McGeever “Her life I don’t think “experiments,” prostitution and gave K im immediately had the — Soomi Kim, executions throughout two Nazi the recordimpact that she wantPerforming artist, workconcentration camps. ing from ed,” Kim said. “But ing on a theater work “My reaction was not, ‘Those Cha nge’s there’s something still about Change Germans were evil, and we were “PennTalk” there to be admired in justified in killing them,’’’ Corsonepisode and what she was trying to Finnerty said. “My reaction was, even played say and do.”

‘We did that — we humans — and himself Her cause may have this is absolutely horrible.’” interviewing Change (portrayed died with her, but the indelible imThen, as an undergraduate at

by Kim) in four early showings of age of Change creatively demanding Penn, Corson-Finnerty learned “Chang(e)” in January and Februtransformation remains. about the history behind the United ary 2013.

Change’s legacy remains preStates’ treatment of Native Ameri“I just want people to know who carious because it hinges on her few cans, lynching and slavery. she was and that her life had meanmost dedicated admirers continu“And I watched the war in Vieting,” Kim said. ing to share and discuss her works. nam turn into an act of evil by my But “Chang(e)” wouldn’t have But although it takes two to pass people — my tribe — my elected been possible without a community something on, it only takes one to government,” Corson-Finnerty said. of friends and fans of Change bestart the process, whether it be Du“And my protests and those of other yond McGeever who hooked her up err’s “Iron Moonhunter” scans or students seemed futile against the with archival materials and people McGeever’s “PennTalk” recording. juggernaut.” close to Change. Duerr’s friend Eric Apathy kills legacy, and fortunately But what could a Penn student Chocolates lived with Change at the for Change’s legacy and those who possibly do to gain attention for his Killtime — a communal warehouse choose to hold a stake in it, apathy is marginalized beliefs? of West Philadelphia artists at 3854 what she spent her entire life fight“I started thinking about throwing against.

Lancaster Ave. — and distributed ing myself in front of a munitions “I would say above all she was some of Change’s writings and matrain,” Corson-Finnerty said. very critical of apathy, playing along terials to him. Duerr also obtained Then on Nov. 2, 1965, Norman with business as usual,” Zamah a copy of “The Iron Moonhunter” Morrison, a Quaker pacifist, burned said. “That’s what she was trying from San Francisco via interlibrary himself to death at the Pentagon, to draw attention to.” loan, scanning the pages for Kim. at a spot estimated to be 40 to 100 “She wasn’t just addressing “I was glad I was able to act as feet from the window of Secretary Americans, or rich countries, or the like a catalyst for that,” Duerr said. of Defense Robert S. McNamara.

West,” Corson-Finnerty said. “She “I’m just trying to get information “He did what I had been thinking was addressing the human condiout there.” about,” Corson-Finnerty said. “I tion, at all times and everywhere.”

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BY YUEQI YANG Staff Writer (Franklin book 9 On Wednesday, the Wharton Communication Program announced the winner of Wharton’s Writing for Work Challenge, an online writing competition for Wharton undergraduates.

Wharton senior Nikita Anand won best writer. Wharton and Engineering senior Maximilian Lamb and Wharton sophomore Allison Millner won awards for giving the best “reviews” or feedback to other writers.

There are two components in the competition — a networking email and a persuasive memo.

For the persuasive memo, participants chose a prompt, such as convincing people to invest in a company, or convincing a reader to choose one bank over another as an underwriter in a deal.

“It’s really a nice challenge, because you are able to personalize what you want to write about as it pertains to you,” Anand said. “I am going into investment banking … [and] I wrote … an email to my superior as to which bank might be a better partner for [a] certain deal.”

When signing up for the competition, Anand and other participants indicated the industry that interested them.

They paired up with secondyear MBA student mentors who were familiar with that industry.

Adamah Cole, a judge for the competition and a teaching assistant in Wharton MBA communication classes pointed out that the style of writing differs by industry.

The average length of emails he got from education nonprofits would be three paragraphs long, whereas emails from clients in the business industry usually include “no more than two paragraphs, each [comprised of] max three

sentences,” said Cole, who is a second-year graduate student pursuing a dual degree at Wharton and the Lauder Institute.

The winners mentioned that, despite their heavily quantitative course load, they have always loved writing and have had writing experience outside of class.

Lamb, the best reviewer, has worked as a writing tutor at the Writing Center for two and a half years. He also wrote a blog two years ago in the summer.

“Ever since high school, I [have] loved writing a lot,” Lamb said. “But I don’t necessary get the opportunity to do it that much outside of class.”

Anand contributed to the Wharton spotlight blog on Wharton Spike, where students book GSRs and learn about news and events. She also gained a lot of writing experience as a longtime Management 100 TA. Writing was also important

in her previous investment banking internship. “Everybody thinks that you are going to be using Excel, but you probably use way more PowerPoint than you use Excel,” Anand said. “It is a lot about trying to convey things as efficiently as possible.

“Being able to have a quick turnaround time, which is to craft emails, is really important,” she added. “You really don’t want to answer followup questions all the time … to cover up your past mistakes or ambiguity. ” Cole was very impressed with the level of the participants’ writing. “There wasn’t a large difference for the most part between the level of writing I can expect from the MBA [students] and from the undergraduates,” said Cole. “The biggest difference is understanding the real-world business perspectives that they will get in the next two to three years.”

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“A lot of people deal with serious mental health issues and ... the workshop aimed to [help] when someone comes up to you and says they need help,” Accardo added.

He said that an integral part of the April workshop was the active-listening portion, where students learned how to properly check in with ot hers, u nderst a nd what they’re saying and appropriately respond.

“I can’t imagine how much greater the Penn community would function as a whole if everyone had an idea of [active listening] or how it functioned because the conversations become so much more beneficial to everyone involved,” Accardo said.

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a compilation of skills that CAPS has previously taught and deemed “critically important,” said Meeta Kumar, the director for outreach and intervention services at CAPS. “This is an intensive immersion connecting a lot of basic to advanced k nowledge around college mental health,” Kumar said. “It’s basically a composite of different training that we’ve used in the past to train faculty, staff, students and leaders.”

Kumar added that the program is primarily intended for educating Penn students and staff.

“We want to educate people a bit more, make them knowledgeable about ... [the] signs and sy mptoms of nor mal stress, distress and crisis,” Kumar said.

Accardo also explained how the workshop taught students how to handle talking to a friend who has mental issues by responding to exactly what they’re saying, “instead of trying to solve their problems or enforce your own experience on theirs.”

“Everybody’s different and everyone’s problems are different — it can be hurtful if you tell them exactly what they need to do,” Accardo

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The workshop is intended to educate and give people more familiarity with situations that may arise when dealing with mental health, Kumar said. Role-play scenarios at the workshop included calling Penn Police, contacting CAPS for a consultation or talking to a friend who may be suicidal.

“The role-play scenarios were intended for using the tools we just learned with each other — you could jump in and be the person responding or the person dealing with something,” Accardo said.

“We’d pause if someone got stuck and ask the group what they’d say here. We sat down to re-evaluate and see what was said and how the person felt about it.”

Accardo said that some of the most helpful parts were the feedback from others, as well as the time to discuss one’s personal mental health.

“People who are always hearing [others’] problems are pretty worn down ... because they’re constantly worrying about if others are okay or getting better,” Accardo said. “All those worries can escalate unless you know how to take care of yourself.”

With an attendance of approximately 50 people during the April session as well as positive feedback from students, Kumar explained that CAPS hopes to organize more training sessions in future years.

“It was nice to walk [students] through these steps and get to a place where they felt so much more comfortable doing them,” Kumar said. “We don’t want people to feel like they have to come out feeling super confident or perfect, but just a little more comfortable.”

Ultimately, Kumar and Accardo stressed that the event is intended to properly equip students to help those around them.

“It’s tak ing the step to help someone who might be stressed by reducing their isolation and making them knowledgeable about their resources and seeking help,” Kumar said.

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Several Computer Science and Networked and Social Systems courses held their showcase of student projects. The ten participating groups were from NETS 150, CIS 191, CIS 350 and CIS 399.

“This is the first time we’re doing a demo focused on software apps,” Chris Murphy, a computer and information science professor, said.

Swapneel Sheth, a lecturer from the CIS Department, got the inspiration from a recent conference he attended at Harvard University. He wanted to provide his students with a chance to present their projects at the end of the semester as a way to let them “know that there’s something at the end,” he said.

Some of the apps will continue to be developed in the fall semester and will be put into use by clients.

The Daily Pennsylvanian took a look at several of the apps presented at the demo.

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This app addresses the tedious process students have to go through to check messages from Student Health Service and to make appointments. Mainly because the medical database SHS uses requires a high level of security, it was difficult to access the website on a smartphone. The app provides appointments for all the categories originally provided on the website and ensures security by automatically logging out and asking for reauthorization when the app opens again.

SHS DEFIBRILLATOR FINDER This app is an AED locator with instructions to cope with medical emergencies. It allows students to contact Penn police to report urgent situations. It also gives detailed guidance to help users find the nearest AED. In addition, Penn Police and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services can easily check the maintenance of all the AEDs on campus, as the app shows the status of each AED. Managers of the buildings where AEDs are located can edit and update information, which is then sent to app subscribers via email.

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Kompani speaks arabic, persian, french FACES from page 1 Tehran, where “everything [was] in Persian.”

Kompani said her traditional Iranian education she received from school and the wester n ideas she gained f rom her pa rents of fered c omp et i ng p er sp e c t ive s . “ Throughout my entire childhood and high school, I had to balance what I was heard at school and what I was taught at home,” Kompani said. “I think about any issues both ways and judge for myself in the end.”

“The material they teach you in school is probably a little biased towards religion and a certain type of thinking,” Kompani added.

“People usually do not develop independent points of views.

“My family is more openminded. It has the western value, which in Iran, was not that common,” she continued. “[We are] opened to spirituality and universality.” To visit ashrams and different types of religions, Kompani travelled with her family to India six times.

She also traveled “back and forth” between Iran and the United States every summer and celebrated Persian New Year with her family.

Growing up in the complex

political environment in Iran also compelled Kompani to “ask a lot of questions” to get the answer that she “[needs] and [deserves].”

I n her p er son a l st at e ment, Kompani w rote about witnessing the Green Movement during the 2009 Iranian presidential election as a 12-year-old child.

During the movement, protesters who supported the independent reformist candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi demanded to remove thenincumbent President Mahmoud A h mad i nejad f r om office. Obser vers said the protest was the largest since the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979.

“I saw my country in this hardship, and I saw all these divisions, people with different point of views [and] not being satisf ied w ith what they have,” she said. “I was analyzing the situation ... my country, my life, my future.

I saw myself kind of responsible for doing this and doing something.”

At home, K ompa n i has a busy schedule bet ween schoolwork and extracurricular activities. She complemented her “math and physics” track in high school with a range of afterschool classes in languages, music and sports. She was also on her high school’s basketball team and once played the role of a crazy woman in a theater show. “ Throug hout my hig h school, I have classes outside of school seven days a week, somet i mes t w ice a d ay,”

Kompani said. She used to dance, play the piano, learn French and English from private tutors and go horseback riding on weekends. She also speaks Arabic in addition to Persian.

“I was taking tennis from 9 to 11 p.m. because that was the only time available in my schedule,” she added.

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Columbia baseball coach Brett Boretti

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While Penn baseball is in a one-game playoff for its first Gehrig Division title in seven years, the Quakers will need to get through last year’s Ivy champions, the Columbia Lions. The Lions are led by coach Brett Boretti. Boretti has been a part of three Gehrig Division titles while at Columbia and has won two Ivy League titles. Furthermore, his 2013 squad won the first NCAA Touranment game in program history.

Bor ret ti rece ntly spoke with the Daily Pennsylvanian about the upcoming playoff this weekend.

The Daily Pennsylvanian: With this one-game playoff, your team is turning to senior pitcher Dav id Speer.

How important is it to have an experienced pitcher on the mound who had success against Penn last weekend?

Brett Boretti: Dave’s been [the number one] guy for us the last couple years and he’s a veteran. It’s a new game. He had a good outing last week but it’s a new game so we’ll have to do the best job we can. Penn has a good lineup; they proved that over the weekend. We’ve got our work cut out.

DP: Last year in the postseason, you had some “allhands on deck� situations

Greskoff will be key for Quakers BASEBALL from page 20 zone [against him].�

After setting the bar high w ith his remark able command and consistency over t he cou rse of t he season,

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BB: It’s definitely all hands on deck. We don’t play another game for another week.

We’ve got plenty of time for the guys together.

DP: Despite being a freshman, Will Savage has had a big role in the No. 2 spot in the lineup. What can you say his impact has been?

BB: Will has worked hard.

He’s somebody that has continued to progress throughout the season. He’s a very good athlete. He’s got tremendous upside with the future ahead of him but the biggest thing is that he’s been able to keep his head on all year and stay within himself.

He’s done a great job competing every time he’s been in the lineup.

DP: With the presumed starters [David] Speer and Penn junior Connor Cuff, both guys have been pitching in seven inning parts of doubleheaders this year. How different will the nine-inning playoff be for those two?

BB: I t h i n k for bot h of them, that’s why we play a good nonconference schedule — to prepare for that situation. And I don’t think it really makes a difference for either of them. They’re gonna give their best effort and give each of their teams as much as they can.

DP: You r tea m entered d iv i sion pl ay dow n t h r ee games to Penn but went on a 15-game win streak. How were you able to harness that momentum and roll through Cor nell and P rinceton, among others?

BB: It’s a credit to our guys and their mental toughness as far as taking it one game at a time goes and finding ways to put good games together. We didn’t talk a whole lot about the win streak as it was going on. It was something we reflected on after it was done. In baseball, you try to have a short memory with the games that you play. You take out from the games what you can correct and do better and move on to the next task.

It says a lot about our guys to be able to do that one game at a time.

DP: What were your takeaways from this last weekend against Penn with it being a roller coaster of a series?

BB: It’s two evenly matched teams. As I said, I think Penn has had a very good year and Johnny Yurkow has done an awesome job there. Their veterans have taken a lot of motivation from what coach [Yurkow] and his staff are doing. They’ve got a really good offense and they’re playing really good baseball, so it’s gonna be a good game. It’s going to be a good setting, this Ivy League playoff atmosphere. It should be a fun day.

Cuff’s performance against the Lions last weekend was one of his weakest, despite g iv ing up just t wo ear ned runs. “I’m expecting Connor to bounce back,� Yurkow said. “He’s pitched in a lot of big games and he’s a competitive kid.�

To the righty’s credit, Columbia (23 -17, 15 - 5) l i kely would n’t have jumped out to an early 5-0 lead if not for several Penn fielding errors.

It’s t hose sma l l t h i ngs, as Yurkow has stressed often this year, that seasons can come down to when the teams competing are so evenly matched, as Penn and Columbia have displayed.

And while runs likely will be hard to come by on Saturday, the Gehrig Division foes will likely look to either small ball or a hot bat to produce offense.

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Penn w ill rely on Leah A llen and A lex is Sargent — a duo of freshman powerhouse hitters — to get runs on the scoreboard against the Big Green. This season, right fielder Allen and des-

Gus Craig, who had nine hits and si x R BI last weekend against the Quakers.

With his team leading .488 slugging percentage, Craig packs a punch at the bottom of the Lions’ order, and possesses power that can break games open. “He was a real pain in the neck all weekend,� Yurkow said. “He put a lot of balls in play and found some holes.

Hopefully we can keep him contained a bit better this

weekend.�

On the Penn side, sophomore Matt Greskof f had a breakout weekend with a pair of huge RBI doubles — his first two of the season — and will look to extend that success on Saturday.

T he Paol i, Pa. nat ive, a lefty, did not face the southpaw Speer last Friday, but it’s l i kely t hat he w i l l get some hacks this time around.

With those hot hitters in mind, it should be noted that

onc e one o f t he se t e a m s takes a lead, they hold on to it. Neither Penn nor Columbia gave up a lead greater than one run this past weekend.

St i l l , rega r d less of who steps up in the batter’s box or which pitcher has the upper hand on Friday, only one thing matters: A win sends the victor to the Ivy League Championship Series, while a d e f e at s e nd s t he lo s e r home.

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Allen leads the team with a .384 batting average and 13 home r uns. Sargent is not far behind, with a .314 batting average and 9 home r uns. In last week’s fourgame series against South Division foe Columbia, Sargent collected seven hits in nine at bats.

While this pair of freshme n h a s c e r t a i n l y b e e n one of the main reasons for the Quakers’ 13 conference wins, everyone on the roster contributed to Penn’s third consecutive South Division title. “It’s been a team effort,�

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Huge NCAA implications for Penn M. LACROSSE from page 20 a seventh straight win since Penn’s loss to the Big Red on March 22.

“It’s appropriate maybe or ironic [to play Cornell], and certainly is motivating,” coach Mike Murphy said. “But for us to do what we want to do we need to win two games.”

While the Big Red have been on a slide since crushing the Quakers — they’ve split their six games in that time period — Penn has been dominant throughout its six-game winning streak.

Clearly, the Quakers are not the same squad they were a month ago.

“Our stick skills are getting better,” Hupfeldt said. “Our transitions are better, we always like to push the ball and we have two-way middies which most teams don’t do, so that definitely helps us get up and down and a lot of teams can’t really run with us which gives us an edge.”

“I think you can demonstrate that we are playing better in a lot of areas,” Murphy added. “Defensively we’ve improved, offensively in the past two weeks we’ve been better and facing off we are better.”

The Red and Blue have been able to combine all their strengths into each game the past few weeks. The highlight may have been in Penn’s biggest offensive showing of the year last weekend, when the Quakers netted 17 goals against St. John’s to close out the regular season.

“We gained confidence in our offense,” Murphy said. “We

learned how to play against a very good attack unit, which we hadn’t done in a while, at least not to the extent St. John’s has so it was enlightening with some new pieces and others were reminders of things we need to sure up.”

This weekend’s outcomes will have big implications both on the Quakers’ seed in the NCAA Tournament and whether or not they will be fortunate enough to play their first tournament game at Franklin Field.

But there are no guarantees in the Ancient Eight — anything can happen, and no one would be surprised.

“Anyone can beat anyone in any given week,” Hupfeldt said.

“It doesn’t matter what their record or our record is coming into the game.

“Anyone in Division I lacrosse can beat anyone and we have to keep that in our minds and stay humble.”

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One week after breaking the four-minute mile barrier at the Penn Relays last weekend, sophomore Thomas Awad will attempt to pick up a number of key wins at outdoor Ivy Heptagonal Championships.

TRACK & FIELD | Quakers have one final tuneup meet before Ivy Championships

year’s Penn Relays.

For the first time since 1922, the Red and Blue won three individual titles at the Relays, with freshman Noel Jancewicz winning in the heptathlon, senior Maalik Reynolds in the high jump and sophomore Thomas Awad in the mile.

For middle-distance coach Robin Martin , the victories were especially satisfying given the backgrounds of Penn’s three star athletes.

“They’re all great stories,” he said. “It was Noel’s first multi in college. Maalik has been the face of the program for some time now ... and for [Awad] to really burst through on that stage is a great story.”

At the Relays, the stars unquestionably carried the day for the Quakers, but the achievement also signals another step in the right direction for Penn’s program as a whole.

“We’ve always known what we’re capable of, but I think this was a time that the world can point to like, ‘Oh wow, Penn’s coming,’” Martin said.

With the postseason fast approaching, the Quakers now have an opportunity to im-

prove on the accomplishments they’ve made throughout the 2013-14 season.

Their first big opportunity will come two weekends from now, when the Red and Blue travel to New Haven, Conn., for

BY COLIN HENDERSON the outdoor Heptagonal chamSports Editor-elect pionships, a meet that serves as the Ivy League’s championship All good things must come meet. to an end.

“The league has come so far The last week has been inthat even someone like Tommy credible for Penn track and Awad or Maalik still have really field. Not only did the Quakers stiff competition of their own host the 120th running of the league,” Martin said. prestigious Penn Relays, but This year, both Penn’s men’s they exceeded all reasonable and women’s teams finished expectations in competition at second-to-last at the indoor the meet.

Heptagonals. But given their But now that the Penn Reprogress throughout the outlays are in the past and with the door season, the Quakers will Heptagonal championships only definitely be looking to make two weeks away, it’s time for the more noise at the outdoor program to move forward. events.

Still, that seems to be easier “I think outdoors we can defisaid than done. After all, how nitely make a big jump,” Awad can a program in the midst of said. “Also getting a bunch of its most successful competitive guys to go to Nationals ... is a big run in recent memory prepare thing for us.” to move further into uncharted But with the meet over a territory?

To be able to answer that week away, specific goals for question properly, it is imporathletes like Awad are still a bit tant to understand what the unclear.

Quakers accomplished at this “I don’t really know what I’m running yet,” Awad said.

“Whatever [coach Steve Dolan] decides, I’ll be ready for.”

In the meantime, the Quakers will have to settle for competing in this weekend’s “Elite Meet” at Princeton, Penn’s final tune-up before Heptagonals.

This weekend’s meet in Princeton will give several Penn athletes one last chance to make the final lineup for Heptagonals.

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“It feels like tournament time, you’re on the road and you got another game to prepare for — it’s a different experience.”

First will be Friday’s game against fourth-seeded Harvard, who Penn beat earlier this year, 9-4. This matchup promises to be more contested, though, as a lot has c h a nge d si nc e t he e a r l y March meeting between the two teams.

“It was ver y early in the season and they have a lot of younger players who have gained a lot of experience as the season has gone on,” Corbett said. “So I think they’re a completely different team.”

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Another challenge for the Quakers will be getting past Harvard goalie Kelly Weis, who boasts the conference’s second best save percentage at .467, only behind Penn junior Lucy Ferguson at .473.

Senior midf ield Tor y Bensen has been on fire as of late for the Red and Blue, with 14 goals over the last three games. She led the team with a career-high 32 goals this year, and will spearhead the effort to unlock the Crimson’s defense.

“One thing we really have to do is be patient with our shooting, we have to set ourselves up some really great looks and finish on our shots,” Bensen said. “But we’re not really trying to do anything too different than usual, we’re just trying to come in confident, move the ball a lot and hopefully get some points on the board.”

The stakes are high: win once, and an at-large bid to the NCAAs is likely. Win twice, and you’re in automatically.

“I’ve been really happy with my play recently, but more than anything I’m really confident in my teammates’ play,” Bensen said. “We all feed off of each other, and that’s what allows people to have breakout games.”

For Penn women’s lacrosse to continue asserting its recent Ivy League dominance, another complete team effort might be all it takes.

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BY LAINE HIGGINS Staff Writer Dartmouth 29-16, 18-2 Ivy Doubleheader Saturday, 1 p.m.

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Come May 3, Penn softball is hoping for a little deja vu.

For t he t hi rd yea r i n a row, the Quakers (18-20-1, 13-6-1 Ivy) will take on Dartmouth in the Ivy League Championship series in Hanover, N.H. The teams have split their last two meetings in the championship ser ies, w ith Dar tmouth (29 -16, 18-2) taking the crown in 2012 and Penn coming out on top in 2013.

While the Red and Blue’s upperclassmen on the team know what it is like to face the Big Green in such a high-stakes situation, they make up less than half the roster.

Dartmouth, on the other hand, has 10 returnees out of 16 players.

The teams last met a month ago on Dartmouth’s campus, with Penn dropping both games in the doubleheader by margins of 3-2 and 12-1.

As of late the Quakers have been sliding. Penn had dropped its last two games against Columbia and Villanova. Despite the lack of momentum, coach Leslie King is optimistic.

“This group has really pulled together since Harvard/Dartmouth weekend when we went into our divisional play,” she said. “We’ve played hard for each other.”

Junior pitcher A lexis Borden will likely be the rock steadying Penn’s championship hopes. Borden has the third-lowest earned run average in the Ancient Eight at 1.91, not to mention two years of experience of high-stakes play against the Big Green.

Although the Red and Blue have not been tallying wins heading into the Cha mpionship Ser ies, Borden has been on fire. In the se-

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In last weekend’s series opener against the Lions, junior righty Connor Cuff faltered against Columbia’s potent offense. Cuff gave up five runs in the first three innings of play, yet only two of the runs were earned as the defense behind him committed several fielding errors. If the Quakers are going to move on to the Ivy League Championship Series, it will need a strong performance from Cuff on Saturday.

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Columbia 23-17, 15-5 Ivy Saturday, 1 p.m.

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BY SEAMUS POWERS Staff Writer This Saturday, Penn baseball will have one final chance to knock off defending Ivy League Champion Columbia and return to the postseason for the first time since

2007.

After splitting their last series of the reg ular season w ith the Lions last weekend, the Quakers (24-16, 15-5 Ivy) will host the onega me playof f bet ween the t wo squads because of a tiebreaker.

The clubs competed in both lopsided a nd tight contests when

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The lefty Speer had the better outing in the Lions’ 6-0 victory in the series opener, giving up just five hits and striking out seven in a complete game win. “[S p e er ’s] a g r e at pit c her,” coach John Yurkow said. “He’s got two different breaking balls he can throw for strikes, so he can mix you up pretty good. You have to be very disciplined in the strike

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Red and Blue seek revenge against Cornell in Ivy tourney M. LACROSSE | Since losing to Big Red on March 22, Quakers have won six straight games

BY KARL BAGHERZADEH Senior Staff Writer

Move along, regular season. It’s playoffs time.

After winning a record eighth consecutive Ivy League title, the No. 15 Penn women’s lacrosse team has now set its sights on defending its 2013 Ivy League Tournament title and securing a bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

This year’s edition of the Ancient Eight tournament will take place in Princeton, N.J. — the first time the Quakers will not host the tournament since its inception in 2010.

they did battle last weekend, as Friday’s doubleheader produced split scores of 6-0 and 12-4, while Saturday featured 3-2 and 5-2 ballgames.

But indicators point at a tight, low-scoring affair this weekend at Meiklejohn Stadium.

The playoff will feature Penn’s Connor Cuff (5-2, 1.34 ERA) and Columbia’s David Speer (5-2, 2.29 ERA) on the hill, as two of the Ivy League’s most brilliant pitchers will face off for the second time

As juniors trek down Locust Walk wearing hats and holding canes on Thursday and final exams loom large within the next few weeks, Penn men’s lacrosse has something more significant on its mind.

This weekend, the third-seed No. 10 Quakers (9-3, 4-2 Ivy) head up to Cambridge, Mass., to compete in the Ivy League tournament against second-seed No. 11 Cornell (11-3, 5-1) on Friday.

If the Red and Blue win their first game, they will then go on to the championship game against the winner of the Harvard-Yale matchup on Sunday.

“Our goal is to win it all,” junior attack Chris Hupfeldt said. “Not to play one game or just to compete but to win and we are going to bring 100 percent.”

If recent history tells us anything, things aren’t looking up for the Quakers. Penn’s last loss this season was to the Big Red and it was an ugly one, one in which the Red and Blue’s defense allowed 17 goals.

“They definitely embarrassed us at home, which we actually have pictures of up in our locker room,” Hupfeldt said. “We don’t forget about that and we definitely feel like we owe them one.”

A win on Friday would mean not only revenge on Cornell but also

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