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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2019 VOL. CXXXV

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Class of 2023 sees slight dip in admitted students of color MANLU LIU News Editor

enn’s Class of 2023 has a record number of first-generation students to date but sees a slight dip compared with last year’s class in other areas of diversity. In March, 7.44% of 44,960 applicants were accepted — Penn’s lowest admissions rate yet. Fifteen percent of the students identify as first-generation. For the Class of 2022, 14.3% of students are the first in their families

to attend college. But the number of minority students in the class shrunk after a large increase the year before. For the Class of 2023, 51% of admitted U.S. students self-identify as students of color. The year prior, 53% of U.S. students identified as students of color, which was a 5.1% increase from the Class of 2021. There are 100 countries represented in the admitted class, with 14% of students hailing from foreign nations. Students in the Class of 2022 represented 104 countries, which was a significant increase from the 72 countries represented in admitted Class of

2021. This year, after that jump, the number of foreign countries represented slightly decreased. Members of the incoming class hail from all 50 states as well as Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. The states with the most representation in the incoming class include Pennsylvania, New York, California, New Jersey, Florida, and Texas. Unlike last year’s class, there are no students from Guam. This year’s class is composed from the highest yield rate and the lowest early decision and transfer admissions rates in Penn’s history. Seventy percent of admitted students accept-

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ed their spots at Penn, compared to 67.3% for the Class of 2022. Previous years’ yield rates hovered between 66% and 68%. The University admitted 1,279 students this year through Early Decision, just 18% of the applicant pool. The number of applicants, however, had stagnated after a 15% increase in the applicant pool the previous year. The students admitted through Early Decision hail from 48 foreign countries and 42 states as well as Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. Forty-eight percent identify as students of color, which is the same proportion as last year. Fifty-one percent identified as women,

dropping from 52% last cycle. Penn’s transfer acceptance rate dropped to a record low 5.9% this academic year, after wavering between 7% and 9% for the past five years.The University admitted 174 students out of a record-high 2,951 transfer applicants, with a yield rate of 66.7%. The Class of 2022 saw a similar yield of 67.3%. The school year opens with a record undergraduate financial aid budget of $247 million for the next academic year, which is a 4.5% increase from last year. The record allotted aid comes in light of a tuition increase that brings the total cost of attendance to $73,960.

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Where you can use Dining Dollars and PennCash Mark’s Café will be a selfcheckout market ASHLEY AHN Staff Reporter

There are plenty of places on campus where you can use your Dining Dollars and PennCash. Here are some of Penn’s markets and cafes that are close to the heart of campus and offer a wide variety of food and drink. Cafés Starting this fall, Mark’s Café, located in the basement of Van

Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, will serve as a “self-checkout micromarket.” After receiving student feedback, the café will offer vegetarian, gluten-free, and vegan food options along with various beverages, including coffee and tea. At two self-checkout kiosks, students can use Dining Dollars, PennCash, and credit and debit cards. The café operates during normal Van Pelt Library hours. Accenture Café, in the Towne Building in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, offers a large selection of La Colombe brewed beverages,

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Markets Gourmet Grocer, located in 1920 Commons, is Penn’s oncampus market. Gourmet Grocer sells local and popular brands, kosher food, gluten-free options, toiletries, and also has a meal bar where students can get cold and hot foods to-go. The market is open Monday through Sunday at varying hours. Located on the bottom floor of Houston Hall and a popular lunch and dinner spot, Houston Market features a variety of food options such as hand-rolled sushi, ramen bowls, pasta bar, grill station, salad bar, pizzas, gelato, pastries, and smoothies. Houston Market is open Monday through Sunday at varying hours.

Pret A Manger, which has stores around the globe, is located on the first floor of Huntsman Hall. While the main Pret is located on the main floor of Huntsman Hall, a smaller Pret can be found on the second floor in the MBA Café. The menu includes a variety of sandwiches as well as croissants, organic coffee, and teas. Pret is open Monday through Sunday at varying hours. McClelland Express, found in the center of the Quad, also sells retail items such as toiletries and groceries that can be purchased with Dining Dollars. McClelland is open Monday through Friday at different hours for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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A guide to Penn’s academic, cultural, and religious centers Student centers offer resources and host events DANIELLE CAPRIGLIONE Staff Reporter

Penn is home to various student centers where students, staff, and faculty can easily access resources and attend public events featuring high-profile figures. The centers offer a wide range of resources, including academic support, cultural programming, and religious guidance. Academic centers At the Perry World House, located at 3803 Locust Walk, students can engage with international affairs. Since its grand opening in 2016, PWH has held forums, student programs, and research focusing on global policy. World-renowned visitors include Joe Biden, Jeb Bush, Susan Rice, and H.R. McMaster. The Kelly Writers House, located in the McNeil building at 3718 Locust Walk, is a gathering place for writers of all kinds. Each semester, KWH hosts about 150 public programs and projects, including poetry readings, film screenings, lectures, and workshops. The Marks Family Writing Center provides students with writing guidance, feedback, and workshops on campus. Open to all students, the Writing Center is staffed by both faculty and

students. Cultural spaces Makuu: The Black Cultural Center, located in the basement of the ARCH building at 3601 Locust Walk, connects students to black culture and the African Diaspora. Makuu offers advising, programming support, and various resources such as leadership development and networking opportunities. The Center for Hispanic Excellence: La Casa Latina serves as a center for Latinx students as well as the Penn community at large. La Casa Latina, located in the ARCH basement, often collaborates with the student group Latinx Coalition to design programs that reflect the diversity of Latinx students at Penn. The Pan-Asian American Community House, also located in the ARCH basement, is a space dedicated to South Asian, East Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander cultures. PAACH works on cultural programming, community service, and with the Asian American Studies Program to host academic events. The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center, located at 3907 Spruce St., provides resources to the LGBTQ community such as a mentorship program, various workshops, and the Leslie Townsend Fund that supports students making a gender transition. The Penn Women’s Center, located at 3643 Locust Walk,

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Letter from the President | Class of 2023, don’t let fear get in your way

Advice is like an armpit: Everyone has one, and most of the time it stinks. As you begin your time at Penn, you'll certainly be bombarded with unsolicited advice from upperclassmen, professors,

and other people who most likely have no clue what they’re talking about. So, here’s some from me, a slightly jaded Penn senior who gets to write a letter in the newspaper.

JULIA SCHORR President SARAH FORTINSKY Executive Editor ALICE HEYEH Print Director BEN ZHAO Digital Director ISABELLA SIMONETTI Opinion Editor MADELEINE NGO Senior News Editor THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS Senior Sports Editor GILLIAN DIEBOLD Senior Design Editor ALICE HEYEH Design Editor JESS TAN Design Editor

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Julia Schorr, President of the 135th Board of the Daily Pennsylvanian, Inc.

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My advice shouldn’t be taken as gospel, it’s certainly not earthshattering, and may not even be applicable to you. But it’s what I wish I’d known as a freshman: Put yourself out there. Throughout high school I was introverted, and I still am to this day. I had a few close friends, but mostly buried myself in school work and my robotics team. So I was the pinnacle of cool. When I came to Penn, it was a culture shock. As my hallmates were getting ready to go out to the various parties during New Student Orientation, I stayed in my Quad single, homesick and scared of what lay ahead. I called my parents, worried that I wouldn’t make any friends in my new environment. They told me it would be alright, and that I should reach out to people who seemed nice in my hall. I took their advice and the next morning, despite being petrified,

asked three people on my hall if they wanted to get breakfast at Greek Lady together. We talked over omelettes and got to know one another. It would be nice if I could say that they all became my best friends and we’ve been inseparable ever since, but that wasn’t the case. Still, that experience of putting myself out there and it not being a complete disaster did give me the confidence to continue trying new things. You might not meet your best friends instantly, but it gets better as you break through the surface level conversations about where people are from, where they live on campus, and what they’re planning on majoring in (even though not everyone actually knows at this point). It was through trying something outside my comfort zone that I found the most formative community of my life — The Daily Pennsylvanian. While the DP may

not have the same impact on you, there’s probably something else at Penn that will. So try out for an a cappella group, even if you only sing in the shower. Or reach out to that professor who is slightly intimidating and ask if they want to go out to lunch. Or work out on the second floor of Pottruck even if you aren’t jacked. It may be scary, and you may get rejected or fail, but you’ll be glad you put yourself out there in the end. Take risks, try new things, and make the Penn community better. Penn is an overwhelming, confusing place that I’m still trying to figure out, but it’s a lot more enjoyable because I asked my hallmates to Greek Lady. JULIA SCHORR is a College senior from Westport, Conn. studying Fine Arts. Her email address is schorr@ thedp.com. She is the President of the 135th Board of The Daily Pennsylvanian, Inc.

New students, you’re about to get a lot of unsolicited advice. Don’t listen. THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN EDITORIAL BOARD

Somewhere in between when you received your acceptance letter and the trek to campus for move-in, you probably cultivated high expectations for your first year at Penn. You might have fantasized about newly gained freedom, attending parties, making friends from your hall, get-

all of the fraternities he rushed, he will tell you not to participate in recruitment. The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board might tell you that the way to make the most out of your Penn experience is to join the school newspaper. While that might be true, you are the one who is most ca-

This University is a big and complicated place, but remember that you have time to figure out how to make meaning of your time here.” ting dressed up in Penn gear for the homecoming game, and joining clubs. But freshman year is just as hard as it is exciting, and there are plenty of upperclassmen and professors that will give you unsolicited advice about how to make the most of your time here. Here’s ours: Ignore them. The advice that you’ll be bombarded with will inevitably be colored by the experience of the individual giving it. If a junior you’re talking to failed math their freshman year, they’ll tell you not to take MATH 104. If a senior you meet got cut from

a club that gives you purpose or meet a new best friend or take a class that changes how you view the world. Don’t let other people decide what your milestones at Penn should be. When you are unsure about something, take a minute and think on it. Try to determine what you want. This journey of self discovery does not need to take a straight line, either. Give yourself the flexibility to change course and try to avoid feeling like you have to hit the ground running and get

things right immediately. The feeling that others are outpacing you in just the first few weeks or months at Penn may make you feel compelled to join particular organizations or even transfer to Wharton. The truth is that almost no one ends up doing exactly what they thought they would during NSO, so don’t worry if it feels like everyone around you has it all figured out and you don’t. The wisdom of more experienced people can be valuable,

and you should take advantage of their knowledge, along with all the other resources at Penn. But let your Penn experience be framed by your choices, not halfhearted advice from people who don’t necessarily know you. Moving away from home and adjusting to college are stressinducing experiences, but freshman year is also an exciting time. You are about to embark on four years at an incredible university. Take advantage of that time, and make your own decisions.

pable of making decisions about your life. You will have to make a lot of choices during your first year at Penn: what classes to take, which clubs to join, who you want your friends to be. Take things at your own pace, and think critically about what the right decision is for you as you. Try not to get bogged down by other people’s ideas about Penn, and instead work on forming your own. This University is a big and complicated place, but remember that you have time to figure out how to make meaning of your time here. You might join

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Don’t leave your high school friends behind in college MORE WITH MORRISON | Having a friend outside of the Penn bubble is invaluable When I was first thrown into life as a freshman at Penn last year, I was struck with a nauseating mix of euphoria and anxiety. During New Student Orientation, it was easy to get swept up in a flood of new faces, names, and prospective majors as everyone scrambled to lock down friends, clubs, and classes. The experience is utterly overwhelming. What makes it even harder is how difficult it is to open up to new people. Enter: My friends from high school. I felt better after even just a half

hour conversation with a familiar face about the stress of moving in, making friends, and navigating a strange new campus. Finding a moment to stop and talk to someone who I didn’t need to provide my name and major to was incredibly refreshing, and made me feel less homesick and just a little bit more willing to meet some new people. Keeping in touch with my friends from back home helped keep me sane during my first semester at Penn, and proved to be an invaluable resource whenever I got over-

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whelmed. NSO is the lawless first chapter of everyone’s Penn experience. In between being on your own for the first time, the endless barrage of introductions, and the glut of parties every night, it’s very easy to lose sight of your identity. While of course it’s natural and healthy to reinvent yourself at college, you also don’t want to completely change yourself just to be more appealing to other people. The best way to check-in and take inventory of that is to talk with your old crowd from high school. They can serve as a great tool for orienting yourself at Penn. One of the best pieces of advice an upperclassman ever gave me was that you know you’ve found good people at Penn if you can see them being friends with your people from back home. College will change you, but on a fundamental level you will always be you. If the friends you make at Penn are radically different from your lifelong friends back home, you might want to consider if you’re genuinely being you, or just putting up a front to try and make people like you. Of course, it takes time to find your people at Penn, and for many that’s a journey that can last for months or beyond freshman year. In

the meantime, while you’re trying to find your place at Penn, you can always take solace in speaking with your home friends, who are almost certainly grappling with the same challenges that you are and would love to hear how you’re doing. And on that point: Although you’re certainly going to have a lot on your plate with adapting to college life, you won’t know if your friends at other schools are struggling or not unless you reach out and ask them. Friendship is a two way street, and if you expect your old friends to support you and be involved in your life long term, you need to do the same for them. A text or phone call from you out of the blue could be just the thing to brighten their day, and then they’re more likely to return the favor for you when you’ve hit a rough patch at school. This is not to say that you should devote all of your time to your old friends to the detriment of making new ones. Although it’s good and comforting to stay in touch, Penn will ultimately not feel like home until you find a person or a group of people on campus who you can count on to have your back. Starting college is a daunting experience, but it is especially so at

JAMES MORRISON Penn. The “work hard, play hard” culture of this university is not very healthy and it is not very easy to get used to. Carving out friendships and a sense of home in the midst of that can be incredibly challenging. Having someone who is outside of the Penn bubble to vent to is invaluable, and will help keep you sane throughout all the crazy shenanigans that you’ll get into at this school. In spite of this campus’ sometimes toxic culture, you will almost certainly make lifelong friends here. Just make sure that you don’t forget the lifelong friends that you already have. JAMES MORRISON is a College junior from from Pipersville, P.A. studying English. His email address is jmorr2@ sas.upenn.edu.

Stop talking about the freshman fifteen THE OXFORD C’MON | There’s so much more to a first year’s experience than their weight I was nervous about a lot of things the summer before my first year at Penn: moving to a new city, making new friends, finding a job, paying my own bills. Most of all, I was worried about whether or not I would gain the infamous freshman fifteen. Everything else I listed sounds infinitely more important than a few extra pounds.

But in my head, gaining weight seemed the scariest one of all. Perhaps I’m not a perfectly indicative example of all incoming first years (who is?) due to my previous disordered eating practices, but I was an eighteen year old girl wanting to make the most of my college experience, and susceptible to the social pressures of thinking

College can be a very busy whirlwind, where time for proper exercise can be cast to the sidelines as homework and extracurriculars take center stage.”

I needed to look a certain way in order to reap maximum benefits. But here’s the thing about bodies, college, and growing older: They all involve change. It is completely unrealistic to expect someone’s weight to remain the same their entire adult life, and putting pressure on yourself to not gain any weight during your first year of college distracts you from the more important aspects of college, like learning. So let’s just stop talking about it. Increased stress from being in a new environment, trying to manage your first semester of classes, and being away from home, many for the first time, can spike cortisol levels (cortisol is often referred to as

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Why do we have to caution incoming first years against the freshman fifteen when we could be using that time and energy to talk to them about things that are actually important to know in college?” “the stress hormone”). Cortisol stimulates fat and carbohydrate metabolism for fast energy, and stimulates insulin release and maintenance of blood sugar levels. Additionally, college can be a very busy whirlwind, where time for proper exercise can be cast to the sidelines as homework and extracurriculars take center stage. There are many more reasons people caution incoming first years about this seemingly inevitable weight gain — lots of beer and greasy dining hall food being of top concern. While I’m not advocating for unhealthy diets consisting only of dining hall waffles and Natty Lights, I am in no position to judge anyone else’s eating choices. In fact, no one is in any position to judge anyone else’s eating habits, and constantly bringing up the freshman fifteen in media outlets or in well-intentioned conversation with your parents or teachers cultivates in young people the concept that gaining weight is always a negative thing. I wasted so much time and mental energy counting calories, obsessing over food labels, and letting the fear of gaining weight control how often I’d go out with friends, that I ended up lacking some of the social

connections I feared I’d lose if I were to gain weight. On days where I felt I had eaten too much, or looked particularly bloated, I would forgo a fun dinner with friends or attending a party because I was worried other people would judge me in the same way I was judging myself. I thought my relationship with people would work in the inverse. That is, I thought the smaller I got, the more people would want to see me, because there was less of me to see. The cyclical nature of disordered eating can be depleting, and when you’re adjusting to the new stress of tough college classes, it’s an extra barrier between yourself and your full potential. I know that sounds incredibly corny, but it’s my truth. My struggles with food run deeper than a fear of the freshman fifteen but they were exacerbated by what I felt was a constant pressure to avoid said weight gain. People in dining halls constantly bemoan the unhealthy options, flinging the phrase around casually, and deepening its pervasive effect on those susceptible to or already struggling with disordered eating. I propose we give up talking about it entirely. I did gain weight my freshman year of college. Which

SOPHIA DUROSE scared me to no end. But I also gained energy and an appreciation for the fact that I am in a privileged enough position to break bread with friends at a nice dinner that I can both afford and enjoy. Maybe I gained ten pounds, or fifteen, or twenty. I don’t know because I avoid scales and and am coming to the realization that the number on a scale does not directly correlate with how happy I can be. But instead of focusing on the weight I gained, I want to focus on the knowledge I gained, the friends I gained, the perspective I gained. Why do we have to caution incoming first years against the freshman fifteen when we could be using that time and energy to talk to them about things that are actually important to know in collegesuch as always peeing after sex, always sending a follow up ‘thank you’ email after a job interview, or using cold, not warm, water to get blood out of clothing? This is the last time I will reference the freshman fifteen. Who is with me? SOPHIA DUROSE is a College junior from Orlando, Fla. studying English. Her email is sdurose@sas.upenn. edu.

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What you need to know about Greek life at Penn About 25% of students are involved in Greek life MADDY STROHM Staff Reporter

While some freshmen may be eager to join Greek life, the formal recruitment process for most sororities and fraternities doesn’t start until after winter

break. But incoming Penn students can prepare for recruitment season by brushing up on these facts. Penn has 48 fraternities and sororities, which are part of three larger groups — the Panhellenic Council, the Interfraternity Council, and the Intercultural Greek Council. About 25% of Penn students are involved in

Greek life. To be eligible for rush, students must be full-time undergraduates with a minimum 2.5 GPA and four completed course units. The Panhellenic Council Panhel is made up of eight women’s sororities and fraternities. Each chapter has about 175 members, according to Penn’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority

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most popular option — consists of several rounds where prospective new members visit each of the chapter houses and are matched with specific chapters through a mutual selection process. Each interested student initially visits all eight chapter houses and submits a list of preferences. Prospective members are then matched to a smaller set of chapters for the next round of recruitment, and this process continues for several rounds as students and chapters narrow down their choices. The week ends with a final Bid Day, where new members receive a bid from one of the chapters. The Interfraternity Council The IFC is made up of 27

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chapters, including 25 men’s fraternities and two co-ed fraternities. Each fraternity has about 51 members, according to the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. While upperclassmen can join IFC fraternities through an informal process in the fall, freshmen are only eligible to participate in formal recruitment in the spring. Prospective new members must also sign up for recruitment on Campus Director, but they do not need to pay a registration fee. Last year, interested students had to register for recruitment by Jan. 23, according to the OFSL website. At the beginning of the spring semester, open recruitment events are held at various IFC chapter houses, where interested students can visit and learn about the organizations. Students leave their

contact information and are later contacted by individual chapters with invitations for closed recruitment. During closed recruitment, potential new members participate in events such as restaurant visits, ice skating, or game nights. Closed recruitment ends with Bid Night, when students learn which fraternities have given them an invitation to join. Unlike Panhel, the IFC allows students to get multiple offers from fraternities, but they must choose only one to join. The Intercultural Greek Council The IGC is made up of 13 cultural sororities and fraternities. With about 175 members across all 13 chapters, it is smaller than IFC and Panhel — both have more chapters and about 1,400 total members. Many IGC

members say they appreciate the intimate atmosphere. “It’s smaller, and you know the people you’re involved with,” 2017 College graduate Carol Quezada Olivo said of multicultural Greek life. While at Penn, Olivo was a member of Sigma Lambda Upsilon / Señoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc. Each IGC chapter has its own recruitment process. In January, the council holds its annual Meet the Greeks event to help interested students meet the various chapters and learn about how to apply. While chapters conduct recruitment throughout the academic year, freshmen are only eligible to apply beginning in their second semester, according to the OFSL website. Greek Life Facts There are 32 official chapter

houses on Penn’s campus, which are largely occupied by sophomores. In September 2018, Penn announced a new policy that will require all sophomores to live in college houses starting in 2021, prompting concerns about the future of Greek housing. Fraternities and sororities also come at a cost. For new IFC members, chapter dues range from $325 to $1,200 each semester. For new Panhel members, dues range from $575 to $931 each semester. Dues are lowered for returning members, ranging from $200 to $1,000 each semester for IFC members and $250-$709 each semester for Panhel members. Penn also charges a $45.50 semesterly fee for members of Greek organizations in all three councils. According to the OFSL website, the fee is used to provide

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WHO’S WHO @ PENN

Amy Gutmann is the eighth president of the University, serving in her position since 2004. In 2016, the Board of Trustees announced Gutmann’s contract had been extended another six years, which would make her Penn’s longest-serving president. Under her leadership, the financial aid budget for undergraduate students has increased by 155 percent, doubling the number of students from low-income and first-generation families. But undergraduate tuition has also continued to rise annually, with the total cost of attendance exceeding $70,000 for the first time last year. Gutmann is currently the third-highest paid university president in the nation and the second highest-earning president in the Ivy League, with an annual salary of $3.9 million in 2016. The majority of her time is devoted to fundraising: Gutmann conducted two major campaigns to raise money for Penn, with the first exceeding its goal of $3.5 billion.

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Provost Wendell Pritchett

Vice Provost for University Life Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum

Wendell Pritchett took the reigns as Penn’s Provost in July 2017, becoming the first black provost in Penn’s history. Before becoming provost, Pritchett served as the Presidential Professor of Law and Education at Penn Law School and the Graduate School of Education, and was later an interim dean at Penn Law. He has also served as co-chair of former President Barack Obama’s Urban Policy Task Force. Pritchett has also been at the forefront of the University’s effort to combat sexual assault on campus.

Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum has served as Vice Provost for University Life since 1995. In this role, she oversees 400 staff members and a budget of $50 million. McCoullum has made an effort to combat sexual harassment: she serves as the chair of the Task Force on a Safe and Responsible Campus Community, which was created after students protested rape culture at Penn in 2017. She oversees many departments that directly affect student life, including Career Services and the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.

Dean of the College Paul D. Sniegowski A professor of evolutionary biology, Paul D. Sniegowski has taught at Penn for more than 20 years. Soon after assuming his role as the College dean in fall 2017, Sniegowski created a Snapchat account — sniegowskisnaps — to relate to the students he represents. He also hosts weekly “Snacks with Sniegowski” in the Provost Tower in the Quad, where students can spend time and eat snacks while getting to know the dean.

Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett assumed his position in 2014. Garrett has served as the dean of business schools at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales, and he also taught political science at Stanford University, Yale University, and the University of Oxford. In June 2019, Penn announced that Garrett will be leaving Wharton at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year to serve as dean at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.

Dean of Admissions Eric Furda Most familiar to incoming freshmen is Admissions Dean Eric Furda. Spotted at a party in downtown Philadelphia in the spring of 2017, Furda is known for his ability to connect to the student body. A graduate of Penn in 1987, Furda served as executive director of undergraduate admissions at Columbia University before moving to his current position in 2008. As Dean of Admissions, Furda runs a blog called “Page217,” which gives advice regarding college applications to prospective students and families.

Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar

Nursing Dean Antonia Villarruel

In 2015, Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar replaced Eduardo Glandt, who had served in the position for 17 years. Since then, Kumar, who is known for his work and research on drones and robots, has helped to develop the Pennovation Center — a 58,000 square foot business incubator and laboratory just off of Penn’s campus. Kumar is the author of more than 400 papers and 20 books on autonomous robotics and biologically-inspired algorithms for collective behavior.

Antonia Villarruel has served as dean of Penn’s School of Nursing since 2014. In her position, she has helped Penn Nursing maintain a top spot among nursing schools worldwide. She has also participated in efforts to reduce maternal mortality in Haiti through her work as director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Nursing and Midwifery Leadership at Penn Nursing. An alumna of the school, Villarruel also worked at the University of Michigan School of Nursing.

Penn’s administration has seen a host of position turnovers in recent months. Here are the profiles of some new administrators on campus this fall.

Director of the Penn Women’s Center Sherisse Laud-Hammond Sherisse Laud-Hammond replaces longtime Women’s Center director Felicity “Litty” Paxton, who left the position in August 2018 to become associate dean for undergraduate studies at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication. Laud-Hammond, who assumed her role this past January, is a 2005 graduate of Penn’s School of Social Policy and Practice and a former associate admissions director for SP2. At the Women’s Center, she has expressed her desire to promote inclusivity and create an environment that accepts students’ identities.

Executive Director of the Weingarten Learning Resources Center Jane Holahan Jane Holahan joined Penn this summer to lead the Weingarten Center, which consists of the Office of Learning Resources, the Office of Student Disabilities Services, and the Tutoring Center. She is replacing Myrna Cohen, who led Weingarten since it was established in 2004. Holahan first became interested in education after serving in the Peace Corps. Before coming to Penn, she led the Academic Resource Center at Georgetown University for over 20 years.

Vice Dean and Director of the Wharton Undergraduate Division Diana Robertson Diana Robertson was named the new vice dean of Wharton undergraduate programs on May 22, replacing current vice dean Lori Rosenkopf. Since 2007, Robertson has been a professor of legal studies and business ethics at Wharton, earning seven teaching awards. Robertson’s research focuses on business ethics and corporate social responsibility, incorporating ideas from psychology, sociology, neuroscience, and organizational behavior. In 2014, Robertson encouraged members of the Undergraduate Assembly to support University divestment from tobacco companies, a proposal the Board of Trustees rejected without a vote.

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Finance, consulting, tech top graduates’ career choices Many 2018 Penn graudates now work in these industries GORDON HO Staff Reporter

It’s been a year since the Class of 2018 graduated, and many are settling into the workforce. Here is a look at their employment statistics, according to the Career Services Office. Consulting, finance, and technology have consistently been ranked as the top three industries for Penn graduates throughout the past eight years of Career Services reports. While students pursuing finance decreased over the years, the share of students working in the technology sector has doubled since 2011, jumping from 7% to 14%. The percentage of graduates employed in consulting remained relatively steady over the years,

fluctuating within a 16 to 20 percent range. Compared with numbers from 2017, the amount of students hired by Google and Microsoft both decreased. Employment, however, has increased steadily over the years at Google for Penn grads. In 2014, 14 students were employed. In 2018, 22 were hired. Career Services did not report the number of students hired by Amazon and IBM for 2018, and Barbara Hewitt, executive director of Career Services, said it is likely because both companies did not hire more than 12 students, the minimum number to stay on Penn’s Top Employers list. In years for which there is data, both companies have been hiring more Penn graduates since 2011. While the number of Penn graduates employed by both companies was only in single-digits in 2011, the number rose to about 20 in 2017.

Hewitt said the numbers employed by different companies can fluctuate from year to year, but employment across industries remains relatively stable. The preliminary Career Services report for the Class of 2018 in the College of Arts and Sciences indicated that the average salary was $63,889. Among some of the top employers of the Class of 2018 are Boston Consulting Group and Walmart’s eCommerce department, hiring 16 and 20 graduated seniors, respectively. Within the finance sector, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs were the top employers, respectively hiring 12, 11, and eight graduated seniors. Among the four undergraduate schools, Engineering students SEE CAREERS PAGE 11

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history. Nursing students similarly saw an increase in their salaries. In 2017, the average salary was $63,986. In 2018, it was $69,692, an almost 9% increase and the highest in history.

Wharton students saw almost no change in average salary this year ($80,354) compared with 2017 ($80,566). For Wharton students, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and McKinsey & Company were the

top employers, respectively hiring 20, 18, and 18 graduated seniors. Hiring timelines can differ between different industries, Hewitt said. While the finance industry hires early and many seniors get their return offers after their junior

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You have the power to decide what the campus conversation ought to be. Outside of Penn, columnists are some of the most revered members of the media industry. They typically have years of experience as experts in their own fields or have grown to be expert reporters. Here, as an undergraduate, students have the unique privilege of having their voices heard without prior journalism experience. At The Daily Pennsylvanian, we are looking for creative, passionate, and hard-working writers to pen columns for Penn's independent student-led news organization. We are also looking for talented artists to create funny and poignant cartoons.

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UNDER THE BUTTON Under the Button is Penn’s daily source for humor and satire. Our writing staff works around the clock to report on the stories that other media organizations wouldn’t dare touch (due to editorial standards) and our video/media staff works to capture the true Penn experience through the lens of a camera that we stole from the DP. We are looking for talented writers, videographers, graphic designers, social media editors, and all-around funny people! Join us!

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Penn employs top academics and professors who are experts in a range of fields, including politics, literature, and business. Here are some of the most well-known Penn professors, whose reputations extend beyond the classroom. Jeb Bush Former Florida governor Jeb Bush joined former Vice President Joe Biden — who is now seeking the 2020 Democratic

presidential bid — as Penn’s second Presidential Professor of Practice last year. While Bush does not teach classes, he visits Penn’s campus once or twice a month to participate in classes, lectures, and other major events. He is affiliated with the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, located in the Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics. Bush was governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007, and he was known for implementing education reform. He was also a presidential candidate in 2016 and is the younger brother of former President George W. Bush.

Buzz Bissinger Bu z z Bissi nge r is a n acclaimed author and PulitzerPrize-winning journalist. A 1976 College graduate, Bissinger and his colleagues at The Philadelphia Inquirer won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for an investigative story on the city’s court system. Bissinger is best known for his New York Times numberone bestseller, “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicles the impact of a high school football team on a small town in Texas. A film version of the book was made and released in 2004, the SEE PROFESSORS PAGE 15

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success of which led to a fiveseason NBC television series as well. At Penn, Bissinger teaches a fall course called “Advanced Nonfiction Writing,” which requires an application with a writing sample. Bissinger and his wife Lisa Smith also hold an annual writer’s residency at their home in Oregon every spring break. He was a 2014 Kelly Writers House Fellow. Dorothy Roberts Dorothy Roberts, a joint professor in Penn Law School and the departments of Africana Studies and Sociology, joined Penn’s faculty in 2012 after 14 years of teaching at Northwestern University. Her scholarship focuses on race, gender, and law. More specifically, Roberts studies how bioethics, health, and social justice factors affect women, children, and black people.

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Roberts has authored more than 100 articles and book chapters and was a co-editor of six books. Her books include “Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twentyfirst Century” and “Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare.” In 2016, she was named a Woman Inspiring Change by Harvard Law for her work championing women’s reproductive rights. Roberts is the founding director of the Penn Program on Race, Science & Society, which promotes an interdisciplinary approach to studying the role of race in science, research, and biotechnological innovations. Her courses include “Critical Race Theory” and “Current Controversies in Child Welfare Policy.” Adam Grant Management and Psychology professor Adam Grant is one of Wharton’s highest-rated professors. Grant has been

recognized as one of the world’s top ten most influential management thinkers, as well as as one of Fortune’s ‘40 Under 40’ in 2016. Grant, an organizational psychologist, studies workplace culture and motivation. He is the author of three bestselling books and has delivered keynote speeches for companies such as Google, the National Basketball Association, and the World Economic Forum. In 2016, Grant authored a New York Times op-ed arguing that forced curves create an unnecessarily hyper-competitive culture, which he said is especially prevalent at Penn. But students vying to get into Grant’s class, “MGMT 238: Organizational Behavior,” have to face a competitive application process: 250 students applied for 70 spots in 2017. In an email sent to students not admitted to the course, Grant said the application process, which involves open-ended writing prompts, is designed “to create a class with

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69th Street: Friends with Benefits Can there really be no strings attached when it comes down to your bestie? Ryan McLaughlin In the world of modern dating, it seems like there are a plethora of ways to be involved with someone romantically without committing to a relationship: you can hook up exclusively, have a cuddle buddy, or have a friend with benefits. While many sexual interactions have the possibility of becoming something more, the friends with benefits status remains unique in the world of romance because the relationship doesn’t become anything more than just friends. Well, ideally, it doesn’t. One of the main problems that comes with having a friend with benefits is that there is an attempt to

remove one of the biggest aspects to sex: romance. Emotions are pushed aside, hardly considered in this type of relationship. I’ve seen some friends with benefits relationships play out, and every time they have ended with someone getting hurt due to emotional vulnerability. One of my closest friends from home started her first year of college with a boyfriend, as she has always been someone who craves a constant closeness and intimate relationships. While she was adjusting to the college lifestyle, she began to get to know a guy who she ended up connecting with really well. After things

with her boyfriend ended a week into school, my friend and her new guy friend started hanging out even more. One night, they hooked up. My friend, always craving relationships, started to see this guy as a possible new flame, but her desires were stopped short when he brought up the idea of friends with benefits. He “really liked hanging out with her,” but the idea of being exclusive and taking their friendship to any sort of new level scared him. My friend tried to go with it, but she was heartbroken. Every time he asked to hang out, she didn’t know

if they would be studying and grabbing a meal, or ripping each other’s’ clothes off in her dorm room. Her emotions got to the best of her, and next thing she knew she began to stop spending time with her friend to the point where she wouldn’t even say hi to him so that she could protect herself and her emotions. I’m not saying this is how every friends with benefit agreement ends up, but one of the common themes to most failed friends with benefits scenarios is emotional involvement. No matter how long you are friends with someone, friendships change once you hook up with them. You

see each other in a more vulnerable setting. The minute someone falls for the other, the whole agreement is thrown away. The person seeking more will most likely be let down, and the person who didn’t want to take the relationship to the next level has lost the whole friendship. So if you’re thinking about asking someone to be your friend with

benefits, make sure you and your friend really prepare yourself and set guidelines. If either of you tend to get emotionally attached to partners easily, realize that you may be better off protecting yourselves and your friendship by just remaining friends because at the end of the day, no hookup is worth leaving your friend in the dust.

you.” The implication there, of course, is that Woody will be okay without her, too. Another animation feat from Pixar, then, is that you can visibly feel Woody exhale—all the pressures lifted— and let go. Nothing was ever going to top the memorable, emotional smorgasbord that is Toy Story 3. But while it might have been the perfect narrative ending, life can seldom be so perfect. Critics say Toy Story 3 signifies the arrival of adulthood, but we don’t stop growing just because we are adults. Toy Story 4 prepares the kids (and us) for that. It prepares us for letting go, whether it’s parents letting go of their children, or the kids moving to a new city and starting a new life. In

some ways, Woody reflects both of these journeys. He learns to live for himself instead of someone else, and he leaves his friend—no matter how much he loves them, and how many stories they share—in order to grow. In many ways, Toy Story 4 is about letting go. It shows us how to let go of the failures that hold us back, like Duke Caboom hilariously did in the finale. With both the protagonist and the “villain” moving on from what they expected of their lives, Toy Story 4 also tells us that we can let go of that perfect image in our heads and still have a great life. Finally, it tells us that letting go of your friends—which is not the same as letting go of your friendships—is not abandonment, it’s growing up.

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In this familiar sequel, Pixar trades a traditional villain for the pitfalls of adulthood. Jessica Bao Since Disney announced Toy Story 4 in 2014, the responses have ranged from excitement to nervousness to rejection. 2010’s Toy Story 3 wrapped up the trilogy perfectly and was then viewed as the end of the iconic series. So, how can the story of Woody and the gang continue? With the release of Toy Story 4 last month, our questions are finally answered. Do we need a Toy Story 4? Not necessarily. With that said, it’s an overall good movie, meant for both the adults who grew up with the toys and a new generation of children. Although the movie struggles to find fresh narrative beats that the previous three films hadn’t done, it explores new areas—and does so in a way that’s relatable for the entire audience. The film opens with familiar territory. A flashback sees the toys coming together to rescue a toy car stuck in a ditch during a rainstorm. The simple sequence brings the audience back into the world of Toy Story and reminds us of why we feel for these toys—their sincerity, helplessness, and sense of community in a world so much bigger than them. However, from there, the film feels almost too familiar. As Bonnie—the toys’ home after Toy Story 3—heads into kindergarten, Woody’s anxiety at becoming old and obsolete feels, well, old. He had gone through similar internal conflicts before, like in every other Toy Story movie. The refusal of Bonnie’s new creation—Forky, made out of trash—to accept that he is a toy also feels like a slightly different take on Buzz Lightyear’s arc from Toy Story 1.

Thankfully, after a funny montage of Woody trying to keep Forky from the trash he so desires—relatable to many of us with nihilistic humor on campus—Toy Story 4 smartly delves into some new inventions. Forky’s identity struggle, the focus of all the initial marketing responses, turns out to end with the movie’s first half. Through Woody’s genuine belief in his own purpose as a toy, Forky became convinced that he can be one too. It’s a testament to Tom Hanks’s voice–acting that, no matter how much we hear Woody talk about his love for being a toy, we always believe him. Here, the film also adds some amazing new characters. The long– lost Bo Peep returns as a badass, driving around in a beaten-up toy raccoon with her loyal sheep and a tiny sidekick. She has a tapedup arm—unlimited by a porcelain body—and gets rightfully angry when Woody ignores her instructions and causes all their plans to go awry. Bo Peep is capable and independent, but not too hardened or cynical. For all the little girls and boys out there, she’s the perfect heroine to look up to. Other highlights include the plush toys Ducky and Bunny, voiced by Keegan–Michael Key and Jordan Peele, who are hilariously off–key. Duke Caboom—a stuntman toy abandoned because he didn’t live up to advertisements—also brings a much–needed, playful update to the trope of abandoned–toy sob stories in the series. The movie’s smartest invention, though, is its villain, the doll Gabby Gabby, with huge, dead eyes and

a group of voiceless ventriloquist dummies for minions. In the film’s central conflict, Gabby kidnaps Forky in order to get Woody’s voice box—hers being defective. Although Woody works with Bo and the others to get him back, they fail, and Gabby convinces a dejected Woody to give up his voice box. In a speech that is both menacing and sincere—like all great villains do—she explains that all she wants is a chance at the same thing that Woody has: a child to love and a child who loves her. But because she’s the villain, we don’t quite trust her. But the film does something great here—and fitting for what’s ultimately a children’s movie. Finally in perfect condition, Gabby is rejected by the girl she’s loved from afar—one who not only plays the teatime that she was made for but also looks exactly like her. She’s her perfect kid, but not really. And instead of becoming bitter or angry, Gabby becomes just as dejected as Woody. With Gabby’s perfect facade and careful hope all broken, she’s no longer the creepy villain, but someone as scared as everyone else. In past Toy Story films, the threats have been a mix of children and toys. The former range from cruel to oblivious, and the latter are made bitter by neglect or abandonment. But in Toy Story 4, Gabby’s rejection is framed simply as what is—one of the many times when reality doesn’t match up with the perfect picture we’ve painted in our minds. And that’s the true danger that Toy Story 4 warns us against, adults and children alike. Sometimes, there are no true villains in real life, no one

to antagonize or fight against. And as much as you can strive for something—even through questionable actions—it may never happen. Toy Story 4 gives Gabby a happy ending, as she goes on to help a girl lost at the carnival—fulfilling the purpose Woody so passionately advocates for. Woody, in turn, comes to his own reckoning with this purpose: to stay with Bonnie, who seems to no longer need him but remains the familiar option; or to go with Bo, leave behind his old friends, and live as a “lost” but free toy—a prospect he once thought pitiful. The final push came from Buzz, his long–time friend. “She’ll be okay without you,” he tells Woody. “Bonnie will be okay without

Hot Restaurants That Opened Up While You Were Gone Hit up these new restaurants this upcoming semester and embrace the hype while it lasts. Karin Hananel Summer 2019 has proven itself to be an explosive time for the Philly restaurant scene. The long–awaited K’Far Cafe has opened, along with a bunch of new neighborhood spots, from the Gayborhood to Fishtown to South Philadelphia. With everything from brunch, to Thai, to pizza that’s been dubbed “The World’s Best” by Bon Appétit, you have a lot of catching up to do once you’re back on campus. Here’s where to start.

Don Barriga If you’re craving tacos, Don Barriga is the place to go for. Located on 45th and Spruce in the old Rx The Farmacy building, this family– owned and operated taco joint opened back in June and has been getting rave reviews from critics and locals alike. They have all the Mexican classics, including amazing (and rare) lamb barbacoa and different types of enchiladas. Along with their beloved savory dishes, they have a good selection of sweet dishes like flan and fresas con crema.

Kalaya Another place that opened up in June, Kalaya is a Thai BYOB located in the residential neighborhood of Bella Vista in South Philly. While it’s not the kind of place that’ll host you for a 20–person BYO, it’s classy, casual, and authentic—which means no pad thai. From their fish cakes to their yum nua ma kua poa (beef salad), nearly everything is infused with classic Thai flavors and spice, aside from their Thai tea—which will help you cool down after an amazing, spicy meal.

Alimentari Located on the second floor of Di Bruno Bros. in Rittenhouse, this all–day cafe and bar serves up drinks, sandwiches, and Roman– style pizza. It’s the perfect place to get a quick and chilled–out bite after a day of shopping or strolling near Rittenhouse Square. Better still, you can get your grocery shopping done on the first floor. Winkel If you’re over going to Green Eggs in the Gayborhood for brunch, check out this new brunch spot

in the same area. Winkel, which means “little shop” in Dutch, serves up Dutch breakfast foods in a BYOB setting. With six different kinds of omelets along with french toast, shakshuka, and uitsmijters (the Dutch version of the Croque Monsieur), the selection looks great and is a welcome change–up from Green Eggs’ brunch monopoly on the Gayborhood. Pizzeria Beddia The long–awaited Pizzeria Beddia is here, and while they showed up on the scene towards the

end of spring semester, it’s worth giving them a visit now that they’ve been in business a couple months. With what’s known as the best pizza in America, you can’t go wrong. Whether you’re trekking out to the other side of the city or staying close, new restaurants have popped up all over the city and are worth the visit for any foodies coming back to campus. Whether it’s breakfast, lunch, or dinner, you’ll have options for any time and any mood.

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Seven acronyms every Penn freshman needs to know SAMMY GORDON Staff Writer

1. HPV HPV, or human papillomavirus, is the most common sexually transmitted disease, or STD. While usually harmless and easy to deal with, some instances of HPV can lead to genital warts or cancer. Students at Penn have reported contracting HPV simply by being in the vicinity of members of the Sprint Football team, and 95% of students living in the Quad have HPV. 2. MDMA Commonly known as Ecstasy or Molly, this drug’s effects last up to six hours—the perfect duration for your next music festival or mutli-stage computer science exam. MDMA, or methylenedioxy m ethamphetamine, is known to induce a feeling of euphoria and heighten the senses

of the user. Adverse side effects include nausea, involuntary teeth chattering, and depression. Pick up your MDMA prescription at CAPS or SHS. 3. LSD LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide, is commonly referred to as acid, and induces powerful effects of delusion. Penn students love taking LSD with their coffee in the morning, and CAPS recently stopped prescribing it due to a lack of bioavailability. It is known to induce nausea and sweating, so be sure to carry your Pedialyte with you after you pop one of these bad boys. 4. MFL The Market-Frankford Line, or MFL for short, is the most advanced subway line in the world. This feat of engineering travels 300 miles per hour (MPH) across the city of Philadelphia. It can get you from City Hall to 40th street

in under thirty seconds. Another interesting fact: while on the MFL, federal and Pennsylvania state laws do not apply, so you can literally get away with anything. It is also a great way to get to Whole Foods, and an ethical alternative to using Uber or Lyft. 5. HFM HFM stands for Hand Foot Mouth disease. It is an extremely prevalent illness here at Penn, with our student body accounting for 80% of all active HFM cases worldwide. Get it by putting your hand on any surface within a one mile radius of Penn’s campus. 6. LGBT LGBT, or Let’s Get Blackout Together, is one of the most commonly used acronyms at Penn. You’ll frequently hear students say, “Let’s go do some studying at the LGBT center.” This is just a fun way of saying, “Do you guys want to go out tonight?”

7. IRS The IRS, or Internal Revenue Service, is commonly referred to as “the most annoying thing” or “literally the devil” by certain Penn students. It is the number one cause of Penn students going to prison, and it handles the Government's collection of taxes. At Penn, especially in our business program called Wharton, students do not like to give their money away (unless it goes directly back into Wharton, which is Penn’s business school). So a lot of us get caught in sticky situations in which we owe the Federal Government money, but we do not want to give them money. This is where the IRS comes in: They keep us in check, and are a ton of fun to be around. So when you see them running down Locust or smashing a GSR window, be sure to give them a wave.

Oops! Professor Forgets that Students Are People, Too JAMES MORRISON Staff Writer

Professor Alex Shannon loves teaching. Sort of. She would much rather devote all of her time and energies into perfecting her research on the growth patterns of various mosses growing in the Southern hemisphere, particularly Tillandsia usneoides. But of course she loves the kids, too. “I live for the moments when I hold office hours and absolutely no one shows up,” beams the professor, pride for her service positively radiating from her smiling features. “And I particularly love it when I get to fail the little shit who always talks over me when I’m reaching the climax of my lectures on lipid synthesis.” But unfortunately for the professor, however much she loves teaching, sometimes she just can’t help but forget that her students are human beings just like her. “It’s so easy to forget that students are living, breathing human beings who have their own sets of responsibilities and prerogatives,” confesses Shannon. “It’s honestly much more convenient for me to not even bother with learning names, especially since the most I

ever interact with them is when I input their test scores into Canvas.” As Shannon is also fond of noting, she has no issue with assigning homework at any time of the night, especially if she plans to make the due date imminent. “Ooh,” chuckles Shannon happily, “I just get such a kick out of assigning homework at the last possible minute, especially if it’s right before the start of finals week and everyone’s stressed out of their minds.” When students do come to Shannon’s office hours, they inevitably come with tears streaming down their faces. “Yeah, so what if you failed the last midterm just because the test materials weren’t included in my lectures?” scoffs Shannon. “Walking into my class you should have a comprehensive understanding of minute topics within my field which have taken me personally decades to fully understand.” Professor Shannon is happy to report that she currently enjoys an overall rating of 1.2 on Penn Course Review, and “is optimistic that in the coming semesters [she]’ll be able to bring her average up to the 1.25 range.”

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‘Penn Clubs’ website launches The site aims to combat competitive club culture FELIX LI Staff Reporter

To combat competitive club culture, Penn Labs is working with student government to launch a new website that will list club selectivity and consolidate club information. The website, called “Penn Clubs,” will launch at the beginning of the fall semester and will be ready for use at the Student Activities Fair on Aug. 29. Students will be able to filter clubs by type of application, such as whether they require interviews or are open to all who wish to join, said Engineering junior Arun Kirubarajan, who leads the Penn Labs team designing the website. Club descriptions on the website will also include qualitative information on the number of applicants. The website will also feature a comprehensive listing of all groups recognized by the Student Activities Council, as well as details about each club and tools for searching, filtering, and saving clubs of interest. Members of the Undergraduate Assembly hope the website will help democratize an often-competitive club application process. Wharton junior and UA Wharton representative John Casey, who first envisioned the project, said he was motivated to increase transparency in club recruitment because of his own experiences as a freshman. “There’s no comprehensive catalog that you can get basic information about a club, or know how to get involved, besides the SAC fair, which I think can be overwhelming,” Casey said. “We want to really provide people with the ability to know all their options, and also to see what differentiates what club from another.” Casey was joined by College senior and SAC Vice Chair Elena Hoffman, who said she helped convince SAC to send out a mandatory survey to all University

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clubs to collect information for the website's database. “[SAC is] committed to making the student organization experience as enjoyable and non-stressful as possible, and we think a database like this will be helpful to students who are overwhelmed,” Hoffman said. “We can use our funding abilities to ensure that [the clubs] follow along with what this [Penn Clubs] project is trying to accomplish.” Penn Clubs is an ongoing project from Penn Labs, the student-run organization that has created products like Penn Mobile and Penn Course Review. “Something that’s very important to us is just trying to make information about the various clubs very easily accessible for students,” Penn Labs team member and Engineering sophomore Armaan Tobaccowalla said. “When you’re interested in 234 clubs, then you’re constantly running around all over the place. And it’s very easy to miss out on things.” Kirubarajan said the initial version of Penn Clubs will let students access information about clubs, save clubs they are interested in to a personal list, and filter the database by type, size, level of competitiveness, and time commitment. Penn Labs plans to continue updating the website with new club information and is planning a full product launch for later this semester. In future versions, they hope to

launch a "common application" that will allow students to apply to multiple clubs through a single application. “I’m hoping that this would ease the stress of writing a lot of essays and doing a bunch of interviews for a lot of different clubs,” Penn Labs team member and Engineering junior Eva Killenberg said. Currently, the only comprehensive listing of student organizations is Groups Online at Penn. Engineering sophomore Chelsea Cao said the Groups Online website is not up to date and "doesn’t seem to be very good" or useful. “There isn’t much information out there about clubs that you’re not already a part of,” Cao said. “I think [Penn Clubs] is going to be really useful. Especially as there are so many organizations on campus, there isn’t really one unified way to organize them all.” Kirubarajan said Penn Labs, the UA, and student organizations themselves plan to advertise Penn Clubs to students. Their goal is to get each new student to visit the site at least once. “[We] want to democratize access to clubs, and specifically [allow] for people who aren’t already in the club scene to get information about clubs that they might be interested in,” Kirubarajan said. "The aim of this is just to reduce the toxic mess that comes with recruiting for competitive clubs.”

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Penn has formed quite a few traditions in its nearly three centuries of existence. From midnight screams to outdoor concerts, there are plenty of opportunities each year for students to get involved in the Penn community and celebrate with their peers. Throwing Toast No alcohol, no problem. When Franklin Field banned alcohol in the 1970s, Penn students vowed to preserve their time-honored tradition of toasting and downing their drinks at the end of the third quarter of football games, a practice inspired by the song “Drink a Highball.” Students opted for a literal interpretation of proposing a “toast to dear old Penn” by throwing actual pieces of toast onto the field. The tradition is still alive today, sometimes necessitating the use of a “toast zamboni” to remove the thousands of pieces of toast thrown onto the field. Econ Scream At midnight on the night before the first ECON 001 midterm, hundreds of freshmen gather on the Lower Quad balcony to let out a cathartic scream. Students enjoy loud music, dancing, and plenty of snacks as they transform their test-day jitters into a collective howl. College senior Elena Hoffman said the Econ Scream is meaningful to a lot of students. “For many students, the first ECON 001 midterm also happens to be their first college

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exam at Penn. I think the Econ Scream is a great way to remind other freshmen that they’re not going through this alone.” College sophomore Bryce Nguyen enjoyed participating in the tradition when he was a freshman. “I loved Econ Scream because having a freshman event in the Quad was such a great experience, and it was nice to take a quick study break and just go right outside my dorm and relax for a few minutes,” he said. Glee Club Valentines Each Valentine’s Day, Penn Glee Club members split up into quartets and deliver singing valentines across campus. These musically inclined students spread messages of friendship and love through performances of barber shop classics between classes. All of the proceeds from last Valentine’s Day went toward funding free health screenings in medically underserved communities in Philadelphia. Spring Fling Celebrated since the 1970s, this annual music festival held near the end of spring features

carnival attractions, lots of food, performances by student groups, and a nighttime concert. Many view Fling as a time for Penn students to come together as a community and celebrate for the sake of celebrating. R&B singer Miguel and rapper J.I.D performed at the concert this past spring. Some students protested Miguel’s performance because of a 2017 sexual assault allegation against the singer. Student leaders on the Social Planning and Events Committee, however, defended their position, saying they were unaware of the allegation when they booked Miguel. Although Fling used to last two days and occur in the Quad, in 2018 the festivities were shortened to one day and moved to Penn Park. Some students were unhappy with this change. Wharton junior Gowtham Balaji said, “Fling being moved [from the Quad] took the fun out of it being more compact and communal.” Hey Day Hey Day marks the official SEE TRADITIONS PAGE 21

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“moving-up” in class ranks from junior to senior. Juniors parade down Locust Walk wearing matching red T-shirts, brandishing canes, and biting into styrofoam hats for this rite of passage, which has been celebrated since 1916. U-Night Last spring, the Class Board of 2021 launched U-Night, Penn’s newest tradition, to bring the sophomore class together. Sophomores received free t-shirts and lanterns and participated in a ceremony where they were asked to turn on the lanterns for symbolic m ilestones, such as meeting a professor they look up to or joining a student group that pushed them outside their comfort zone. Over 1,000 sophomores attended the inaugural event, surpassing Class Board 2021’s expectations. “It’s a really cute tradition, [and] it’s fun that we get to be part of the first class to do it,” current College junior Kelli Jackson said. “I think seeing the [questions] where everyone’s [lantern] was lit up was pretty cool.”

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Four Penn buildings currently under construction The projects are set to be completed by 2021 AMANDA O’BRIEN Staff Reporter

Throughout their time at Penn, the students in the Class of 2023 will experience a constantly changing ca mpus. New fresh men will witness a barrage of new buildings and renovations of popular campus spaces. The cur rent lineup of projects includes two new Wharton buildings, a Penn Medicine facility, and a new residence hall. Wharton Academic Research Building The Wharton Academic Research Building is set to finish construction by the summer of 2020. The new building, which will serve as a hub for Wharton on 37th and Spruce streets, will house additional research centers, conference

rooms, classrooms, and study rooms. The five-story building will be connected to Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, another Wharton building, and will include a new electrical substation, enclosed loading dock, and bicycle rack. The project, which initially requested $60 million for construction, will now cost about $87.65 million. Tangen Hall The second Wharton facility to be completed is Tangen Hall, which is expected to be finished in the fall of 2020. The seven-story project will cost about $46.5 million and house staff from the Wharton Small Business Development and Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship programs. The building, located at the intersection of 40th and Sansom streets, will have spaces to promote st ud ent-le d p r oje ct s and collaboration between W ha r ton, t he School of Engineering

and Applied Science, and the Weitzman School of Design. Construction began in May 2019. New College House West Located on 40th and Walnut streets, New College House West will cost $163 million, a record-breaking figure for Penn. The building will house 450 students and will be open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Construction began in December 2018 and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2021. By the time the building opens, the new housing policy requiring sophomores to live on campus will be put in place. Penn Medicine Pavilion The

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finished. The Quad renovation will also mark the beginning of a series of dorm renovations across campus. The Penn Museum is expected to complete its Coxe Harrison renovation by this fall. There will be renovations to the first two floors of the Harrison wing and additions to the three floors of the Coxe wing. Accessibility and restroom accommodations will be updated as well under the project’s $21.9 million budget. I n Aug ust , t he R i nge squash courts will also have finished their renovations, which include an increase in the number of squash rooms with two new ex h ibition courts, a hall of fame, and improvements to spectator seating for matches. The renovations have a budget of $18.7 million.

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Seasons come and go, but Franklin Field has stood the test of time. 125 years to be exact. Over the past 125 years, Franklin Field has hosted a series of important games and events, cementing it as one of the most iconic features of Penn's campus. Before the construction of Franklin Field, student-athletes would play on an open space located behind College Hall, the same area where the Quad is currently. In 1892, when the University needed a site to build the quad, its

administrators applied for vacant city land east of campus for a new athletic field. This vacant land was located at the intersection of 33rd and Spruce Streets, and with the help of alumni, the stadium was built by architects Frank Miles Day and Brother Charles Klauder. The overall cost of the construction was $100,000, which is the equivalent of about $3 million in today’s money. Franklin Field, named after Benjamin Franklin, first opened on April 20, 1895, with the inaugural running of the Penn Relays. The chairman of Penn’s track committee at the time, Frank B. Ellis, was looking for an event to mark the dedication of the school’s new stadium. The Penn Relays are the oldest

and largest track and field meet in the United States. The relays bring competitors of all ages and talents to the historic stadium, and past attendees of the event include Usain Bolt and other Olympic athletes. The prominent east coast teams that attended the first running included Harvard, Rutgers, Swarthmore, Cornell, Columbia, Lafayette and Lehigh. Yale and Princeton did not accept Penn’s invitation to attend. In addition to the college teams, local high school teams such as Germantown Academy, William Penn Charter, and Haverford Grammar School also sent teams. In its first 20 years, Franklin Field saw very few changes. In 1922, the stadium was renovated into a larger structure with more modern features like concrete

The best Penn Athletics teams of all time: 1897 Penn football The Red and Blue recorded an undefeated 15-win year JACKSON JOFFE Associate Sports Editor

Though often overshadowed by today’s football powerhouses, Penn has one of the most decorated football programs in history. Since 1876, the Quakers have won seven national championships, tallied 837 wins, and fielded 18 members of the College Football Hall of Fame. Teams coached by Jerry Berndt, Al Bagnoli, and currently Ray Priore have strung together 15 conference championships within the last 40 years. But if you’re looking to find the most dominant Penn football team, you’d have to travel back to the 19th century. The 1897 Penn Quakers were, until recently, the last college

football team to go 15-0, and they still are one of only three teams to win 15 or more games in a single season. American football was strikingly different in its origins. Field goals were worth five points, and touchdowns were worth just four. Teams sometimes had different rules, too. Yale and Princeton alternated titles up until the 1890s, when Penn burst onto the scene. Led by coach George H. Woodruff, a law student, the Quakers posted a 124-15-2 record from 1892 to 1901 and won three national championships. Woodruff’s most dominant season, though, was the 1897 campaign. This team featured College Football Hall-of-Famer John Outland on the offensive and defensive lines, where he was named an AllAmerican. The Outland Trophy, given to the nation’s top interior

lineman, is named in his honor. The Quakers also fielded Truxton “T.T.” Hare, who would go on to be a four-time All-American and an Olympic Silver Medalist. In the first week of the season, the Quakers beat Bucknell 17-0, Franklin & Marshall 33-0, and Washington & Jefferson 18-4. The Pennsylvanian, as The Daily Pennsylvanian was called at the time, reported that “the Varsity team defeated the Franklin and Marshall eleven 33-0, on Saturday afternoon, in thirtyfive minutes actual playing.” The Quakers then proceeded to rattle off eight straight shutout wins, outscoring opponents 281-0. Their winning streak included dominant wins over SEE 1897 PAGE 25

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stands. Three years later in 1925, the upper deck was added to increase the stadium’s capacity to 24,000 people. In 2004, SprinTurf and an electronic scoreboard and video board were added to help modernize the stadium. Currently, the stadium is going through another renovation to restore the lower east and upper south seating areas. In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his acceptance speech after being renominated for a second term as the Democratic representative for President at Franklin Field. Annually, Franklin Field is the site of Penn commencement. For a period of 13 years, from 1958-1970, the Philadelphia Eagles played at Franklin Field. Franklin Field was the first NFL stadium

to use artificial turf. The annual Army-Navy game was also played at Franklin Field for 18 years between 1899 and 1935. Franklin Field has been the setting of many firsts. It was the first stadium in the country to have a scoreboard. In 1922, the stadium was the site of the first football radio broadcast, and in 1929, it was the home of the first commercial football telecast. The stadium also hosted the NFL Championship Game in 1960. From 1895 to 1924, there are records of Penn baseball playing their home games at Franklin Field. The field was the site of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship in 1973 and 1992, and the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship in May 2007.

The stadium usually opens around 6 a.m. and closes at 10 p.m. daily. On a slow day, Franklin Field is in operation for about 12 hours and is used by many teams ranging from varsity to intramural. The stadium even has a presence in the media. In the 2000 film “Unbreakable,” Bruce Willis plays a security guard at the field. In 2006, the movie “Invincible” was filmed at Franklin Field, which served as a stand in for the demolished Veterans Stadium. To date, Franklin Field is the oldest college stadium in the country and is the current home of Penn Football, Sprint Football, Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse and Track and Field. A version of this story was originally published on Aug. 3.

Penn football’s long history calling Franklin Field home The Quakers have played 1,393 games in 143 years JACKSON JOFFE Associate Sports Editor

The year was 1876. Ulysses S. Grant was President, Alexander Graham Bell had just invented the telephone, and the Penn Quakers fielded their first organized football team — laying the foundation of one of the most historic football programs in college football history. Over the past 143 years, Penn football has had no shortage of accolades. They have won seven national championships and 18 Ivy League titles, while sending 63 players to the NFL. They have played 1,393 games — the most in college football history. Make no mistake, though; Penn football came from humble beginnings. The program’s inaugural season didn’t go well; Princeton, lured to play by Penn’s offer of $50 to cover travel expenses, defeated Penn six goals to zero in a 90 minute game. Penn football wouldn’t post a winning record until 1883. Fortunes started to change for the Quakers when they made George H. Woodruff head coach in 1892. In his first year coaching the Red and Blue, Woodruff led the Quakers to a 15-1 record and helped the Quakers defeat Princeton for the first time in program history. In 1895, 125 years ago this year, Franklin Field was constructed and became the new home of Penn football. Before they played at Franklin

Field, the Quakers played at the site where the Quad is now. Woodruff, who was studying at Penn Law, went on to post a 124-15-2 record in his ten years at Penn, leading the Quakers to three national championships. As coach, Woodruff introduced new plays such as “guards-back” formation, the “delayed pass,” and “flying interference.” In the Quakers first season at Franklin Field, Woodruff led the Quakers to a 14-0 record. His best season came three years later in 1897, when he led Penn to a perfect 15-0 record. Though Woodruff retired from football, Carl “Cap” Williams picked up right where Woodruff left off. Williams defeated Harvard in 1905. The Crimson, frustrated at losing, denounced Penn’s use of Wharton students instead of athletes studying arts and sciences. Harvard refused to face Penn again on the gridiron until 1927, following the opening of Harvard’s own business school. During his time at Penn, Williams led the Quakers to two national championships while college football continued to develop its rules. After reforms by the IAAUS, which would later be renamed the NCAA, the forward pass was legalized and mass momentum plays were banned, which had caused an alarming amount of deaths until that point. Sol Metzger took over as head coach in 1908, and the Quakers won another national championship with the efforts of All-American senior

Bill Hollenback and All-American tight end Hunter Scarlett. In 1912, the Quakers completed one of the program’s most memorable comebacks against Michigan. Penn, trailing 21-0 against Michigan at the half, received a wake-up call when trainer Mike Murphy, dying of tuberculosis, donned a uniform to “show these boys how to fight.” Penn proceeded to finish the game on a 27-0 run en route to victory. Louis Young led the Red and Blue to their most recent college football championship in 1924, though George Munger came close in the Quakers’ undefeated 1947 season. Led by three All-Americans, future hall-of-famers George Savitsky, Anthony Menisi, and Chuck Bednarik, Penn finished 7-0-1 in 1947, winning the Lambert Trophy as the best team in the East and reaching No. 7 in the AP poll. In 1954, Penn joined the Ivy League football conference, and they captured their first Ivy League championship in 1959. The Red and Blue were led by coach Steve Sebo; 1959 marked Sebo’s only winning season as the coach of the Quakers. 23 years later, Penn reclaimed the top spot of Ancient Eight football. After going 1-9 in his first season with the Quakers and being ranked as the third worst team in the nation, Jerry Berndt won four straight Ivy League championships between 1982 and 1985. His most decisive game as a coach came in 1982, when Penn held off SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 25

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Penn’s lesser-known football team proud to share Franklin Field SPRINT FB | The Quakers called several fields home JACOB WESSELS Associate Sports Editor

In the fall, Saturday afternoons at Franklin Field belong to Penn football. On Fridays, a different football team takes the field at the historic venue. Penn sprint football has been a Franklin Field staple since the team's inaugural season in 1931. The popularization of lightweight football, now called sprint football, was born out of a 1930s movement spearheaded by then Penn President Dr. Thomas Sovereign Gates, which he described as “Football for All." Just one portion of his attempt to overhaul the increasingly professionalized nature of collegiate athletics known as the Gates Plan, he sought to expand what had begun with a few oneoff games between Harvard and Yale 150-Pound players into a recognized sport: sprint football. The 1931 season, considered to be a trial by the University, saw the Quakers play four games, including a matchup against Yale that would be the first sprint football game played at Franklin Field. While the crowd of approximately 2,000 was a far cry from the 70,000 who would come to see Penn’s varsity football team play, they were treated to a 7-0 victory over the Elis. After defeating Princeton in the first football matchup of any type between the rivals in nearly 50 years, the Quakers would claim the first-ever, albeit unofficial, 150-Pound Championship. The next major step for the program would come in 1934, when Penn became one of the charter members of the Intercollegiate 150-Pound Football League alongside Yale, Rutgers, Lafayette and Princeton. Known today as the Collegiate Sprint Football League, Penn is the only charter member that still fields a team. The

Quakers would participate in the League's inaugural game, traveling to Princeton's Palmer Field and claiming a 19-6 victory. As the team continued to grow in popularity, the program still had some challenges making a permanent home at Penn. While the team did play the majority of their home games at Franklin Field, a combination of weather, field conditions and scheduling conflicts forced the team to play a number of important games at Murphy Field, the current location of Meiklejohn Stadium, or River Field, which is in downtown Philadelphia. One such occasion saw the 1940 team celebrate the University's bicentennial by claiming the league title at River Field. Before 1970, constant change in the league structure and rules, as well changes in head coach staffing, threatened the stability of Penn sprint football. However, Penn solved some of these issues in 1970 with the hiring of coach Bill Wagner. Wagner is currently preparing for his 50th season at the helm of the sprint football team, and as he has blossomed into a University legend, the sprint football program has established itself as a mainstay within Penn Athletics. One of the most important developments of the Wagner era has been the movement of home games to Friday nights to allow the team to play every home game at Franklin Field. “Playing all of our games on Friday nights has made it really special for us,” Wagner said. “When they decided to get rid of the grass and put the astroturf down, that allowed it to become a multipurpose facility open to more sports, which made it good for us.” Although this doesn’t mean sprint football has complete control over how the facility is used. “There isn’t really any conflict there,” Wagner said. “[The football team] has first right to the field, and we have to respect that.”

However, Wagner credits the cooperation between Penn's two football teams as being crucial to his program's success. “During Bagnoli’s reign he began allowing us to use their practice and workout equipment for our practices on Franklin Field, that has been very nice for us,” Wagner said. Over his 49 years at the helm, Wagner has had plenty of iconic moments at Franklin Field. However, none are more memorable to him than the 1996 season. With the Quakers on the doorstep of their first title in 55 years, the team took Franklin Field needing to beat Army for just the second time in the 40game series between the two teams. In a thrilling game, where the Quakers managed to keep the score close despite being dramatically out-gained by the Cadets, senior kicker Dan Malasky scored a game-winning 19-yard field goal in overtime, allowing Wagner to take home his first league championship for the Quakers. “We lined up underneath the scoreboard for our team picture after the game,” Wagner said. “My dad, who never missed a game, is in the middle of the pack with all the players, suddenly he opened up his shirt and it said ‘Beat Army’ on it ... that moment always brings tears to my eyes.” From the very creation of the sport to some of its most iconic moments, Franklin Field has played a pivotal role in the history and expansion of not just the sprint football program at Penn, but the national sport it has become today. As Wagner prepares for yet another season in charge, he hopes to make a few more memories at the famed field. “We open up at home against Army on [September] 13th,” Wagner said. “So we will be christening Franklin Field for that 125-year anniversary.” A version of this story was originally published on Aug. 17.

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Coach Bill Wagner is currently preparing for his 50th season at the helm of the Penn sprint football. Despite fierce competiton from Army and Navy, the Quakers last claimed a CSFL Championship in 2016.

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Penn sprint football’s Friday night home games allow the Red and Blue to compete in the historic Franklin Field, along with football, men’s and women’s lacrosse, cross country, and track and field.

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Franklin Field has been the home of Penn track and the Penn Relays for over a century The field opened in 1895 with the first Penn Relays JESS MIXON Associate Sports Editor

Though adapted for different use over the years, Franklin Field always has been and always will be about one thing: track and field. Built in 1895 and inaugurated by the first Penn Relays, known at the time as the Penn Carnival, the site has undergone countless transformations as the Relays have grown into an increasingly prominent event in the world of track and field. The first Relays would see Penn and Harvard face off, with the Crimson ultimately stealing the first ever championship title in the 4x440-yard relay. From the first year, with only nine events, the Relays rapidly expanded into an international affair, when only 19 years later, a team from Oxford traveled to the United States by boat to compete and ultimately win the 1914 four-mile relay. The rapid expansion didn’t stop there. The Relays quickly became a pitstop on the path to greatness for many running hall-of-famers. A particularly significant moment in Franklin Field history occurred in 1936 in the months leading up to the famous Olympic games in Berlin. Jesse Owens represented Ohio State at the Penn Relays, winning three separate events. Later that year, he would win four Olympic gold medals, a now famous moment of protest in Nazi Germany. Roger Bannister, the famous British mile runner, ran the Ben Franklin Mile at the Penn Relays in 1951 with a record time of

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Famous athletes who have run at the Penn Relays over the past 125 years at Franklin Field include Wilma Rudolph, Bob Beamon, Edwin Moses, Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Marion Jones.

4:08.3. He would go on to become the first man to run a sub-four minute mile. Other famous athletes who have run at the Relays include Wilma Rudolph, Bob Beamon, Edwin Moses, Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Marion Jones. Most recently, Usain Bolt ran the 4x100-relay for Jamaica in 2010 as part of the USA vs. the World event, which was added in 2000 to expand the meet’s international presence. Although there has been a significant presence from male competitors since the meet’s inception, the women would not race at Franklin Field until much later. In 1962, on the 68th iteration of the meet, an event for women was finally added. The inaugural event was the 100-yard dash, and only nine women were invited to compete. Among them was Willye

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White, a hall of fame female athlete who competed and medaled in every Olympics from 1956 to 1972. White won the event, clocking 10.9 seconds to cement the gold medal standard of women competitors at the Relays. Shortly thereafter, in 1967, Franklin Field finally abandoned the use of cinder, mud, and dust, installing the $200,000 synthetic track that is used today. The newly installed track would continue to be graced by competitors who go on to live extraordinary lives beyond athletics. Among them are Buzz Aldrin, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Luke Wilson, and even Bernie Sanders. Franklin Field has seen 125 years of an event that stands for more than just athletics. The spirit of the Relays has become ingrained in people’s lives here

in Philadelphia, and beyond. John Haines, a class of ‘56 Penn graduate, won the 100yard dash in 1956 and held the all time record of 9.6 seconds for three years before it was broken in 1959. The Penn relays made such a profound impact on his life that after finding great success as an athlete for eight years, he transitioned to officiating, a role he has had with the meet for 53 years now. He recalls experiencing over 60 years of Relays at Franklin Field. “I’ve seen great baton passes, I’ve seen lousy ones. I’ve seen people drop them. It’s been a huge part of my life, and if it wasn’t I wouldn’t keep officiating. It becomes a part of you.” A version of this story was originally published on Aug. 16.

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future Ivy League rivals Brown and Dartmouth (the Ivy League was not created until 1954). Their 40-0 win over Brown on Oct. 30 would have been bigger, but the second half was called when “it was impossible on account of darkness for the spectators to distinguish the men or for the men to see the ball at a greater distance than 10 or 12 yards,” per The Pennsylvanian. At this point, Penn was easily undefeated, having outscored its opponents 402-4 over the course of 11 games. Still, the Red and Blue had their toughest games ahead of them. On Nov. 6, they toppled the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, a now-defunct university that would feature football legend Jim Thorpe in the early 20th century. The game was the Quakers’ closest to date, with Penn coming out victorious by a score of 20-10. Penn dismantled Wesleyan the following week, but Harvard and Cornell stood in its path for a perfect season. Against the

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a late-game Harvard comeback to clinch their second Ivy League title. Ed Zubrow continued the Quakers’ dominance on the gridiron, winning two Ancient Eight championships in three years. In 1992, the Quakers landed Al Bagnoli as head coach. In just his second year at Penn, Bagnoli led the Red and Blue to an undefeated Ivy League championship. This season marked the beginning of a 22-year run as head coach that saw the Quakers win nine Ivy League championships. During Bagnoli’s tenure, he went 148-80 and sent eight players to the NFL. After Bagnoli retired in 2014, longtime assistant coach Ray Priore was elevated to head coach, and he led the Quakers to back-to-back Ivy League championships in his first two seasons. Some of Priore’s

Crimson, the Red and Blue trailed 6-0 at halftime, but they came back thanks to a trick play. During the week, the Quakers practiced a fake field goal while reporters watched on. Out of halftime, Harvard was expecting a fake field goal, but Penn kicker Jack Minds drilled a field goal to give the Quakers life in the second half. A galvanized Red and Blue squad rolled the Crimson in the second half and finished with a 15-6 win. All Penn needed now was a home victory over Cornell to finish its undefeated season. The game was scoreless throughout, but at the final whistle, Penn muscled its way into the end zone to finish off a 4-0 win and a perfect 15-0 season. They outscored their opponents 463-20 on the season, and the 1897 season marked the third national championship in four years for the Red and Blue. Penn football was a true powerhouse in the 1890s. Even with Alabama and Clemson’s recurring appearances in the College Football Playoff, these teams could only wish to match the Quakers’ level of dominance. A version of this story was originally published on May 27.

notable wins include a stunning victory over Harvard in 2015 that saw the Quakers end the Crimson’s 22-game conference winning streak. Just one year later, Penn beat Harvard again thanks to some late-game heroics from senior quarterback Alek Torgerson. Fifty dollars was a hefty sum in 1876, but it’s safe to say that the Quakers got a nice return on their investment. Franklin Field has been the location of many important moments for Penn football, and it’s safe to say that the program has helped establish the stadium as a such a renowned site. In 143 years, Penn football has had plenty of nail-biters, produced legendary NFL athletes, and become one of the most decorated college football programs of alltime. A version of this story was originally published on Aug. 8.

Five Penn Athletics events to look forward to this school year Sprint football will host CSFL title game in early November DP SPORTS EDITORS

There are plenty of big moments in Penn Athletics history, from the undefeated football team of 1897 to the upset of No. 17 Villanova at the Palestra a year ago. This year brings a fresh slate of big games to Penn’s campus — here are five dates Penn sports fans should circle on their calendars this academic year. Nov. 8 — Collegiate Sprint Football League Championship Game While this is the only entry on this list that Penn is not guaranteed to participate in, it is also the only national championship to be hosted on campus. Coinciding with the 125th anniversary of Franklin Field’s opening, the CSFL’s championship game will come to Penn. The game, featuring the winners of the five-team North and South divisions, will give Penn a chance to win its sixth sprint football title on home turf. The Quakers last won the title three years ago in 2016, and advanced to the inaugural CSFL championship game the following year. While Penn did not win the South division to advance to the final last season, the Red and Blue are expected to be in the running again this season. Fans in attendance on Nov. 8 are likely to see a game featuring either the hosting Quakers or a battle between perennial powers Army and Navy. Nov. 23 — Football vs. Princeton Franklin Field will play host to the annual Penn-Princeton football game on Nov. 23, and the Quakers will be out for revenge. The last time the Red and Blue hosted their closest rivals, Penn escaped in a 41-38 Homecoming thriller after a late field goal miss from the Tigers. The score would not be as close one year later, however, as the New Jersey side dominated in a 42-14 victory to close out a perfect 10-0 season. Key to Penn’s success will be

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The Penn Relays, held every year in late April, see thousands of track and field fans from all across the world descend on Franklin Field for three days of competition. Among the most vocal are fans from the Caribbean, who travel in groups to support atheletes from their countries in races such as the famous USA vs. the World Relays.

strong play from senior running back Karekin Brooks, as well as slowing down Princeton’s explosive offense. If history is any indication, Franklin Field will be packed for the famous bi-annual “Puck Frinceton” showdown between the two foes. Homecoming against Cornell might be two weeks prior, but Penn-Princeton will be the game to watch come November. Jan. 11 — Women’s basketball vs. Princeton The Red and Blue’s first Ivy League game of the season will come at the Palestra on Jan. 11, and it won’t be an easy one. Princeton has defeated the Quakers five out of six times over the past two seasons, with two of those losses taking place in the Ivy League Tournament final. With the presence of junior center Eleah Parker and several other key contributors from last year’s Ivy title-winning team, Penn will have a fighting chance in any contest. However, the loss of se-

niors Ashley Russell and Princess Aghayere, along with the difficulty of stopping Princeton star Bella Alarie, will make the first home game of 2020 a major challenge for the Red and Blue. Jan. 31 — Men’s basketball vs. Harvard On Jan. 31, the Quakers will welcome Harvard to the Palestra for the team’s first home game of the Ivy weekend slate. After playing Big 5 rivals Saint Joseph’s and Temple the two previous Saturdays, the Red and Blue should be sharp for potentially the biggest game of the season. Last year, the Crimson defeated the Red and Blue in a heartbreaking overtime loss before picking up two more wins over the Quakers, one of which came in the Ivy League Tournament. To beat Harvard this season, Penn will need to overcome a team that will be even stronger with the return of injured senior forward Seth Towns. The Red and Blue, however, will return a star of their own in senior

guard Ryan Betley, making this matchup an important indicator of which team could win the Ivy title in March. Apr. 23-25 — Penn Relays For three days in late April, Franklin Field becomes electric with the excitement of the Penn Relays. Crowds come from all over the globe, particularly the Caribbean, to cheer on their hometown favorites of all ages as they compete with the world’s best in track and field events. The famed USA vs. the World Relays are always a highlight, with Olympians often racing for their countries for all to see. The Relays include races for elementary-age runners up to senior citizens, offering a wide range of athletes to support. Penn’s athletes also get to compete in front of their home crowd, competing for glory in a number of events. At last year’s event, Penn’s distance medley relay team smashed its competition with a time of 10:59.44 to become the first Ivy League women’s team to

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Junior center Eleah Parker and the rest of Penn women’s basketball will face a tough Ivy League opener against Princeton on Jan. 11.

win a Championship of America relay at the event. For track and field fans and Penn students alike,

the Penn Relays provide three days of nonstop action you won’t want to miss.

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Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2019 schedule includes two new nonconference opponents FOOTBALL | Red and Blue kick off the year at Delaware ZACK ROVNER Associate Sports Editor

Exactly one month until kickoff. The Daily Pennsylvanian has confirmed Penn football's schedule for the 2019 season, and the team's season opener is circled on the calendars of many players who seek to avenge a disappointing end to 2018. After losing two consecutive Ivy League games to conclude the 2018 season, the Quakers now have their eyes set on the next objective â&#x20AC;&#x201D; starting the season strong in a nonconference matchup against Delaware. The Quakers will kick off their season with a Sep. 21 visit to the Blue Hens, opening on the road for the first time in four years. The remaining non-Ivy games for the Quakers will be against Lafayette and Sacred Heart. This is the Quakers' first time playing Lafayette since 2013. Last season, the Leopards finished with a 3-7

record, which included a 29-point blowout loss to Sacred Heart to start their season. As for their game against the Pioneers, the Red and Blue will look to replicate the heroics of last year's contest, when they utilized a late-game comeback to win, 31-27. Sacred Heart tied for first place in the Northeast Conference last season with a record of 7-4. On Oct. 4, the Red and Blue will compete at Franklin Field for the first time all season. That game will also be the Ivy League opener for Penn, as the team faces off against Dartmouth. The Quakers have won just one game of their last five against the Big Green. The Nov. 2 home game against Brown marks Family Weekend, and Homecoming will be one week later when the Red and Blue face Cornell on Nov. 9. Continuing with the precedent set last year by the Ivy League to have rivalry games conclude the season, the Quakers will play Princeton at home on Nov. 23. The Tigers dominated the Ancient Eight last season, finishing with a 7-0 League record and defeating

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Penn by a score of 42-14. The DP had confirmed the opponents, locations, and weekends of the matchups in February, but the date of the Dartmouth game

has sinced been moved up a day to accomodate the Ivy League's national television deal. The Quakers are looking to build off a tie for fourth place in

the Ivy League last season. After losing their only two first team All-Ivy selections this offseason, the team has a difficult task ahead. For now, the Quakers and fans can

simply mark their calendars for what many hope will be the start of a run at the Ivy League title. A version of this story was originally published on Feb. 18.

The best Penn Athletics teams of all time: 2007 Penn womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer The Quakers only lost to Brown in Ivy League play TEIA ROSS Sports Reporter

In 2007, Penn womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer made its mark on Ivy League soccer history after winning the conference title outright. This was only the second time the Red and Blue had claimed the championship, the first being in 2001 in a three-way split with Dartmouth and Princeton. 2007 was Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s year and Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s year only, as the team went 6-1-0 in League play and 13-4-1 overall. Just

one year previously, the Quakers had finished seventh in the league with a record of 1-4-2. The teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lone Ivy loss would come at the hands of Brown in a double-overtime away match in Providence, ending the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sixgame winning streak. That season, the Bears would go on to tie for sixth place among the Ancient Eight. After the Brown defeat, Penn went on to edge past both Princeton and Harvard in one-goal games before heading to the postseason. The Red and Blueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season would come to a disappointing end soon after, however, as the team fell to James Madison by a 2-0 score in the first round of the NCAA

Tournament. Penn scored nine goals in League play that year and only allowed four. Helping pave the way was then-freshman midfielder Sarah Friedman, who would finish her career as a senior with 30 assists, good for the sixth-most in the Ivy League. Her first year as a collegiate athlete, Friedman was named honorable mention All-Ivy. Accompanying Friedman in the honorable mention category was junior defender Eileen Larkin. Sophomore forward Jessica Fuccello was unanimously selected first team All-Ivy, and was joined by junior midfielder Natalie Capuano. Fuccello also was named Ivy

League Player of the Week three times in the 2007 season, the most of any player that year. She led Penn and the conference in goals and points, with 11 and 26, respectively. It was only fitting then that it was Fuccello who clinched the first outright Ivy League title in Penn history with her game-winning goal against Harvard. While her junior year was sidetracked by a series of injuries, Fuccello again stood out in her final season with the Red and Blue, tying the school record for most goals in a season record with 16. Penn finished third in the Ivy League that year. Rookie of the Week honors were awarded to defender Kaitlin

Campbell and forward Kristin Kaiser, who had three goals on the season. The 2007 team was coached by Darren Ambrose, assisted by Pete Pososki. 2007 would be Ambroseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s peak in the middle of his career at Penn. Beginning his tenure in 2000 and leaving Penn for Vanderbilt in 2014, Ambrose would see his Quakers team at its best in 2007. Pososki left his position on the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team to coach the Penn men in 2011. Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2010 team might also have a claim to the title of â&#x20AC;&#x153;greatest Penn womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer team of all time,â&#x20AC;? with another outright Ivy championship and NCAA appearance. In 2010, however, the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ivy

record was 4-1-2, leaving the 2010 team as runner-up. The success of the 2007 team was nearly matched by the 2018 Penn womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer team. Their conference record of 5-1-1 and an overall 13-2-1 record was one Princeton game away from matching the success from 11 years before. In the last game of the 2018 season, the Quakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; potential bid for the NCAA tournament was snatched by the Tigers, in a narrow 1-0 loss. Next year, perhaps, history could be made again. For now, however, the 2007 team stands alone at the top. A version of this story was originally published on May 12.

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The best Penn Athletics teams of all time: 1988 Penn field hockey The team holds the record for most wins in a season TYIRA BUNCHE Associate Sports Editor

With great chemistry, talent and skill, Penn’s 1988 field hockey team became the most successful field hockey team in Penn history. After a down season in 1987, where the program went 7-8-1 overall, the 1988 team rebounded with a season that would be in the Penn record books for decades and cement them as the best all-time. The Quakers would end their season with a 14-3-1 record, which still stands as the most wins in a single season in program history. The Quakers’ 5-1 Ivy League record earned them a share of the Ivy League title with Dartmouth, which in turn guaranteed them an NCAA Tournament berth. Ranked No. 4 in the nation, the Red and Blue advanced to the semifinals, the furthest tournament run in program history. This tournament appearance was particularly special because the semifinals and final were hosted at Penn’s own Franklin Field. “We were also super excited because it’s your home field, you do have your home locker room, you’re used to everything

in Franklin Field, and it’s your home base as far as fans are concerned,” said Donna Mulhern Woodruff, a junior on the 1988 team. After a bye in the first round, the Quakers faced their in-state rival Penn State in the second round of the tournament. After playing three overtime periods at Franklin Field, the Red and Blue defeated the Nittany Lions by a score of 2-1. While this matchup was a major event for the Philadelphia media, it was also special for the team. Players from both sides were from Philadelphia and the surrounding areas, so they were playing against friends and high school teammates. “We did fairly well against Penn State, and I think they were a little annoyed by that,” Woodruff laughed. “It’s always great if you have a good rivalry, going back and forth, to come out on the winning end. I know they weren’t too pleased with us.” In 1988, Woodruff was one of six Penn players named first team All-Ivy, tying a program record for most in a single season to earn the status. Among the six was senior Nicky Hitchens, who was honored as one of the Ivy League Players of the Year. Woodruff was also named to the 1988 All-Tournament team.

The Quakers clearly had the talent that season to take them to the next level, but the main thing that made this team successful was their chemistry. They were more than just teammates; they were a family. The team had a large group of juniors, who had been able to grow together as players for two years before the 1988 season. That group was highlighted by Woodruff, Ellen Vagelos Masseur, and Carrie Vesley Horrigan. The team also spent a lot of time together in the summer before the 1988 season on a team trip to the Netherlands. The week-long trip allowed the team to play against great competition, but more importantly, it helped the team bond. “It was just a lot of really good people that all appreciated the opportunity we had at an Ivy League institution, but also we wanted to be very good in the sport we were playing,” Woodruff said. While it’s more of a rarity now, many players on the team played both field hockey and lacrosse at Penn, including Woodruff, Hitchens, and Horrigan. This year, only freshman Madison Jiranek plays on both teams. This meant that many of the players competed together year-round, allowing the team to grow closer. “It can’t hurt that you’re with

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In 1988, Penn field hockey put together a historically impressive season, posting a program record 14-31 year. The Quakers were ranked No. 4 in the country and advanced to the NCAA Tournament semifinals.

the same people, same focus, same schedules for that amount of time, and certainly getting to know our coaches,” Woodruff said. The late Anne Sage was the longtime coach of both the field hockey and women’s lacrosse teams, and was honored by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association as Coach of the Year in 1988. While she was an ex-

tremely talented coach with a great mind for the game of field hockey, her presence was felt strongly in the athletics program as a whole. “The beautiful thing is that Sage was just herself, and she let everybody around her be themselves,” Woodruff said. “She really brought out the best in each of us without making us all be the same. That was cer-

tainly her strength, she believed in our teams, but she also believed in women’s athletics.” The best teams are the ones that have not only athletic skills, but a great connection between their players. Penn’s 1988 field hockey team combined them both to have the best season in program history. A version of this story was originally published on May 9.

The best Penn Athletics teams of all time: 1971 cross country After winning the Ivy League, Penn placed third in NCAAs JESS MIXON Associate Sports Editor

In 1971, Penn cross country reached a level of success that the team has since only dreamed of. They placed third in the NCAAs after winning the Ivy League, with the best finish in program history. Since 1971, the men’s cross country team has only won the conference two other times: once in 1973 and again in 2016. The 1971 team was home to some of the Quakers’ alltime greats in cross country. Most notable was the undeniable presence of then-freshman Dave Merrick, who would graduate with the class of 1976, and then-senior and captain Karl Thornton. Thornton saw such success with Penn cross country that he would go on to coach the team

from 1979 to 1981. Under his reign, the team never prospered as it had when he was an athlete, perhaps due to the absence of talent from runners such as himself and Merrick. In 1969, the Red and Blue attended their first cross country national championship, hosted in the Bronx, N.Y. at the Van Cortlandt Park. They placed eighth. The next year, the team would return to Williamsburg, Va., but only were able to accomplish a 22nd place finish on Kingsmill Course. After attending the NCAAs for two years, the Quakers returned to Van Cortlandt park in 1971, led by Thornton. Propelled by the momentum of an Ivy Championship under its belt, the team looked to achieve a new level of success than they had seen in the previous two years. To this day, Penn’s 1971 Ivy League Championship finish is the best in program history, aided by Merrick’s first place finish in the 6K with a time of 24:31.8. He

would go on to sweep the Ivy League two more times, in 1973 and 1975. November of 1971 saw the greatest-ever showing for Penn cross country, as seven Quakers qualified and ultimately competed on the six-m ile course in New York. Two years later, Merrick would go on to achieve the all-time program best individual finish, coming in ninth overall. In 1971, Merrick sprinted into a dominant position on the national level, finishing in 18th place overall as a mere freshman. He was closely followed by two teammates in the top 50: then-junior Robert Childs and then-senior Julio Piazza. Similar to his teammate and captain Thornton, who finished 81st, Piazza would go on to coach track later in life. After graduating, he became the head coach of cross country at Lafayette College, a role he fulfilled for 27 years, leading the team to many national titles during his tenure.

The best Penn teams of all time: 1995 Penn baseball Six different Quakers were named first team All-Ivy KRISSY KOWALSKI Sports Reporter

1995. The year Michael Jordan came back to the NBA out of retirement, the NHL’s New Jersey Devils won their first Stanley Cup, Cal Ripken Jr. broke the record for most consecutive games played in the MLB, and the year of the most notable Penn baseball team to date. That year, the Quakers went 23-18 overall and 13-5 in the Ivy League, which was good enough to earn them first overall in the Gehrig Division and in the Ivy League outright, the team’s most recent Ancient Eight title. Penn was also able to record a program secondbest 21 complete games. The Quakers performed well enough to earn a berth in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Although they were eliminated in two games in a double-elimination format, their season was still successful. Six Penn players were named first team All-Ivy, and three others were named to the

second team. Senior pitcher Ed Haughey was named Ivy League Pitcher of the Year and led the League in wins and earned run average at 5 and 1.29, respectively. Graduating from the Engineering School in 1995, Haughey has since been inducted into the Penn Baseball Hall of Fame. The 1995 edition relied upon its defense and pitching to help win games. In the 41 games that were played that year, the Quakers only allowed their opponents to reach double-digits in runs six times. They were able to stymie many good teams along the way, including a No. 10 Auburn team that was only able to score two runs against the Red and Blue. Dan Galles finished his senior season with an ERA of 2.26, good enough for 30th in the nation for pitchers with at least 50 innings. Galles graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences in 1995 and is also a member of the Penn Baseball Hall of Fame. On the offensive side, the team was very powerful at the plate. Nationally, the Quakers came in seventh in triples, averaging 0.57 a game. Programwise, the Quakers finished

third best in hits with 452 and second best in at bats with 1,452. Much of the Red and Blue’s success came from junior Mike Shannon, who finished the 1995 season with a batting average of .407, 31st in the nation. Shannon was also tied for second best in program history with five triples, third best in at bats with 172, second best with 70 hits, third best in runs batted in with 47, and third best with 107 total bases. A 1996 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, Shannon went on to play in the pros, as he was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1997. He was also inducted into the Penn Baseball Hall of Fame.m Another notable player on the offensive side of the ball was Michael Green, who during his senior season was 11th in the nation, only striking out 28.5% of the time. Graduating from Wharton in 1995, Green is also a member of the Penn Baseball Hall of Fame. Other editions of Penn baseball have come close in terms of meeting its success, but the 1995 team remains Penn’s best of all time. A version of this story was originally published on July 18.

Although the early years of attending the National Championships for cross country were unique because of Penn’s ability to send many athletes, the 1971 team boasts strong performances by a large number of runners. Though the Quakers would send seven athletes to the NCAAs four other times in the the years surrounding 1971, the team never had as many athletes in the top 100 again.

The overlap of such incredible athletes on a team is unique, and Merrick and Thornton’s impact on the program is still felt today. Thornton is one of five athletes in program history to be named first team All-Ivy two years in a row. Similarly impressive, Merrick was one of three athletes in all-time program history to be named an All-American in cross country,

and even more notably received the honor twice: once in 1971 and again in 1975. The 1971 team saw an incredibly deep and talented squad with a clear passion for cross country. Combined, the talent of many individuals made for a season that saw a level of success the team has not seen since. A version of this story was originally published on May 23.

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