September 7, 2023

White nationalist scheduled to speak at Penn Carey Law class taught by Amy Wax

Jared Taylor’s scheduled return to Wax’s seminar comes as Penn remains silent on whether it will sanction Wax

JARED MITOVICH

Senior Reporter

A white nationalist will visit campus this semester to deliver a guest lecture in a course taught by University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School professor Amy Wax.

Wax invited Jared Taylor — editor of American Renaissance, a publication that the Southern Poverty Law Center calls a promoter of eugenics and pseudoscience — to speak at her Nov. 28 class of LAW 9560: “Conservative and Political Legal Thought,” according to a copy of the course syllabus obtained by The Daily Pennsylvanian. This will be at least Taylor’s second visit to campus after he spoke at the same class in fall 2021.

Taylor’s scheduled return to Wax’s seminar comes as Penn is yet to announce whether it will sanction Wax — three months after a faculty panel held disciplinary hearings and over 19 months since an investigation began. The University has alleged that Wax’s controversial conduct and claims have violated Penn’s behavioral standards, naming Wax’s invite of Taylor to her class as one such example.

Representatives from Penn Carey Law, Wax, and Taylor did not respond to requests for comment by publication. Previously, Wax declined to comment on the University’s disciplinary proceedings when approached outside her office earlier this year on April 17.

Penn Carey Law third year and Council of Student Representatives President Vinila Varghese said she was not surprised that Taylor was visiting campus — but she was surprised that Wax was able to invite him again.

“Probably because [Penn’s] investigation is still ongoing, she can do what she wants because she is a professor, and they have that freedom and discretion,” Varghese said. “I just think that there are some people you don’t invite into a school, and someone who is well known as a white nationalist is definitely someone I wouldn’t invite into a school.”

Taylor has previously stirred controversy at other university campuses, including a visit to Arizona State University last fall hosted by its College Republican United club. He has also visited Vanderbilt University, Northwestern University, and George Mason Law School.

“I have spent 25 years patiently establishing the factual and moral bases for discrimination,” Taylor

Students concerned by COVID-19 resurgence on campus

Penn urges precautionary measures while students say that existing resources, guidance have left them disappointed

BEN BINDAY Senior Reporter

Penn is encouraging precautionary measures against COVID-19 as students report a widespread increase in cases across campus. While Wellness at Penn no longer has public data on the campus's COVID-19 positivity rate, students told The Daily Pennsylvanian that they have noticed an increase in cases since the end of summer. All students that the DP spoke with reported knowing multiple contacts who had tested positive since returning to campus in August.

Some students said that Penn's existing resources and guidance has left them disappointed or unsure how to proceed after testing positive for COVID-19 during this latest surge, while others have felt secure with the information that has been shared by the University.

College senior Ellie McKeown, who is immunocompromised and recently tested positive for COVID-19, said she has been "failed" by Penn’s existing resources, which have "jeopardized" her safety and the safety of

those around her.

McKeown said the removal of Penn's testing center was a “huge policy failure" and called on the University to publicize COVID-19 information to prevent people from having to hunt for information — often with no success. She added that instating a temporary COVID19 testing center closer to campus would improve access.

"Just not testing doesn’t make COVID-19 go away," she said. "I shouldn’t have to choose between my education and my health. I especially shouldn’t have to hear the institution I attend debate whether my life is actually worth protecting as a disabled individual.”

McKeown said she consistently used masks since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and has been saving up tests since last semester. She said she has encountered a lack of testing availability, adding that many online links to resources direct to dead University web pages, and the walk to Student Health and Counseling’s

Penn First Plus suspends initiative that helped students afford course materials, alarming FGLI groups

Students said that the announcement of the initiative’s discontinuation — which came days before the fall semester began — will create financial challenges

JESSICA WU Staff Reporter

Penn suddenly suspended an initiative that helped hundreds of students afford their course materials, causing alarm among first-generation, low-income students.

In late August, Penn First Plus announced online that it had ended its Course Materials Access Code Initiative for the fall semester. The initiative — which arose during remote learning in the fall of 2020 as a partnership with Penn's undergraduate schools and financial aid office — provided free access codes for materials in "key gateway courses across a variety of fields." It grew to support approximately 350 students per semester, according to the announcement.

Three students with whom The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke said that, despite some issues, the access codes were a helpful resource. They said that the announcement of the initiative's discontinuation — which came days before the fall semester began — will create financial challenges.

College sophomore and Penn First Board Mentorship Chair Bill Chen said that the codes were particularly helpful when he was taking ECON 0100: "Introduction to Micro Economics" and other introductory courses.

“Without [the codes], it would have placed a financial burden on me to pay out of pocket, especially

Medical Care office is prohibitively difficult.

Both McKeown and College first year Kathleen Zhang said that when they called Student Health to inform them of positive COVID-19 test results and seek guidance, they were redirected to voicemail and did not receive a response until nearly a full day later.

"I just ended up going home to avoid any complications with my roommate," Zhang, who tested positive using a test from a friend, said.

In contrast, College first year Lucas Zhu said he was satisfied with the help he received from Penn. Zhu picked up a test from Student Health and Counseling’s Medical Care office at 3535 Market St. — only having to show his PennCard — and self-isolated at home in New Jersey.

“Penn was pretty helpful in letting me know what to

Penn Museum holds previously undisclosed remains of MOVE bombing victims, activists allege

Community organizers demand more transparency after new evidence was found

MOLLY COHEN Senior Reporter

Local community organizers said that they believe there is new evidence that the Penn Museum holds previously undisclosed remains of MOVE bombing victims.

Abdul-Aliy Muhammad, a local community activist, spoke at a press conference on Aug. 31 about claims of new evidence of the Penn Museum’s possession of additional remains of two victims of the MOVE bombing. The evidence comes from photos on an online photo-sharing site from a public event hosted in 2014.

A Penn Museum spokesperson wrote to The Daily Pennsylvanian that the museum “reunited all known MOVE remains with the Africa Family in

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Penn students are reporting an increase in COVID-19 cases across campus, matching similar trends in Philadelphia and nationwide.

Penn has made several changes to its undergraduate application that will be in effect for the upcoming 2023-2024 admissions season. Here are three of the biggest, and what they mean for applicants:

1. Alumni interviews will become “alumni conversations”

The first change was to alumni interviews — now called “alumni conversations” — which have historically been offered to applicants solely based on alumni availability.

"Each year Penn attempts to connect as many applicants as possible with alumni, depending on volunteer availability," the Penn Admissions website reads. "We foster these connections to provide an opportunity for you to learn about Penn through an alum’s experience, and for us to learn more about you as an individual."

Laurie Kopp Weingarten, the president and chief educational consultant at One-Stop College Counseling, said that the application now describes the conversations as “non-evaluative."

She notes that on the Penn Admissions website linked beneath the new policy on the Common Application, the conversations are still “strongly encouraged,” if a student is matched with an interviewer.

“To me, that is sending a strong signal that Penn wants the conversation," Weingarten said. "However, right on the application, it says you can opt out with absolutely no disadvantage."

She speculated that many students will opt out of the alumni conversations, but that due to the ambiguous wording of the policy, “more savvy applicants" will be afraid to.

All alumni conversations will be held virtually for this admissions cycle.

Brian Taylor, a managing director of the college counseling service Ivy Coach, said that the interview is “one of the least important parts of the

college admissions process,” and that the change is actually not very significant. Taylor described the interviews as a way to keep alumni involved in the admissions process, adding that they do not receive significant training nor are representatives of the admissions office.

“Nothing has changed with respect to Penn’s alumni interview process,” he said. “It's always been a conversation; it's never been really evaluative as they suggested.”

Still, Weingarten said that when she brought up the change at a meeting of the Wharton Club of New Jersey, “it was not a good reaction.”

“People were not happy,” she said, adding that many people in that group are "active Penn alumni" who are part of the interview program.

2. Removal of intended area of study question

The application no longer includes a question asking an applicant’s intended area of study for applicants to the College of Arts and Sciences, the Wharton School, and the School of Nursing.

. Applicants to the School of Engineering and Applied Science can indicate their intended major in the "Academics and Interests" section of the

supplemental essay, Penn Admissions wrote in an FAQ response.

While Penn no longer offers a drop-down for students to select their intended area, it is asking students to write a new school-specific essay.

Previously, instead of the school-specific essay, Penn had applicants to all four schools answer a single short-answer response about their academic interests. With the introduction of school-specific prompts, Penn Admissions has added links to provide applicants with more information on the College, Wharton, the Engineering School, and the Nursing School.

3. Question added about campus group involvement Penn has added a drop-down question that allows students to select from a list of campus groups that they are interested in joining if accepted.

"Penn is home to many resource centers and hubs designed to enrich student experiences and build community," the application reads. "You can learn more about these centers and other ways students find belonging at Penn by visiting this page."

The University did not add additional questions to the application that ask about a candidate’s background or experience with diversity in the face of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn affirmative action — which Taylor said the majority of top schools in the United States, such as Harvard University have chosen to do.

“That sort of question, regardless of the verbiage, is popping up on a lot of college supplements this year as a knee-jerk reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision,” he said.

Other changes to the Penn application questions in recent years include the introduction of the gratitude prompt to the supplemental essays in 2022.

Weingarten said that the nature of college admissions is constantly changing, citing emails she receives almost every day announcing changes to schools’ admissions processes and policies.

“The more things change, the more things stay the same,” Taylor said describing changes to admissions practices. “People might talk a whole lot about the significant changes that are on this year's application, but in reality, not much has changed.”

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Penn’s changes to this year’s undergraduate application include alumni interviews becoming “alumni conversations” and a new question about campus group involvement.

do,” Zhu said. “I think Penn has been doing a fairly good -19job as they are currently following CDC guidelines when dealing with COVID-19, [and] I think they should continue to do what the CDC recommends when dealing with COVID-19.”

Rebecca Huxta, the director of public health at Wellness at Penn, wrote that Penn's public health team is continuing to support contract tracing efforts and keep the COVID-19 FAQ section on the website updated.

“Headlines concerning raising COVID-19 case counts understandably cause concern and worry,” Huxta wrote.

Wellness at Penn is also working with College Houses and Academic Services to provide and distribute rapid COVID-19 tests to all 13 college houses, she wrote.

The apparent resurgence in COVID-19 at Penn is concurrent with a similar surge nationwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hospital admissions attributed to COVID-19 have increased by 18.8% over the past week, although experts say this may be understating COVID-19 transmission levels in the United States.

"As more students returned to campus, we saw an increase in the number of positive COVID-19 test results being reported to our public health team; in a parallel fashion, PDPH has reported an increase in the number of positive cases in Philadelphia County," Director of Communications for Wellness at Penn Mary Kate Coghlan wrote in a statement to the DP.

An increase in upper respiratory infections is common around this time of year, Wellness at Penn's Medical Director of Student Health and Counseling Vanessa Stoloff wrote.

“We have means to minimize the spread of all respiratory infections within our reach: Wearing a mask, washing our hands, and coughing in our sleeve, all of which can reduce transmission,” Stoloff wrote.

The reported uptick comes after Penn closed its oncampus COVID-19 testing site and the Penn Cares website around May 12 upon the end of the public health emergency in the United States. The Penn Cares Testing Program was also suspended — eliminating Penn’s on-campus COVID19 testing site, related contact tracing measures, and the COVID-19 resource call center. College first year Natasha Kobelsky, who tested positive using two tests that she bought at CVS, was disappointed with the apparent lack of a requirement for her to report her positive test results.

"The information was not readily available and [it] took a lot of jumping from site to site and calls and redirects to get to where I needed to be and figure out what protocol I was supposed to follow," Kobelsky said.

Students are "starting to panic" and testing as word spreads of positive results, Nursing senior Joshua Lee said. The same day that he tested positive in the emergency room, so did three of his friends.

Outbreaks are also concentrated among some student groups, including the heavyweight rowing team, where College first year Finn Broder said several of his teammates tested positive. He said student-athletes are required to quarantine and abstain from competing until they take a heart exam.

Stoloff wrote that students who feel unwell and are seeking assistance can schedule an appointment with Student Health and Counseling through the Wellness Portal or by calling (215) 746-WELL.

AAUP-Penn calls on admin to remove antiunion websites in support of RA, graduate student efforts

AAUP-Penn’s executive committee drafted its letter after observing the uptick in anti-union messaging on campus

SOPHIA LEUNG Staff Reporter

Penn’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors requested a policy of neutrality and removal of anti-union messaging from University administrators in a June 8 letter.

The letter referenced six web pages published by the Office of the Provost with “Frequently Asked Questions About Unionization” and recommendations to faculty on permissible ways to communicate with graduate students about unionization. The letter was addressed to President Liz Magill, Provost John Jackson, and College Houses and Academic Services Senior Director for Housing Operations Lulu Kaliher.

AAUP-Penn President and History professor Amy Offner said in an interview with The Daily Pennsylvanian that the links have been forwarded by deans across the University encouraging faculty

to “pass along anti-union talking points to graduate students.” She said that AAUP-Penn’s executive committee decided to draft its letter after observing the uptick in anti-union messaging in response to unionization efforts by resident advisors and graduate students last spring.

Offner said that these are “standard features of anti-union campaigns that are designed by highpriced, anti-union law firms” — one of which is Cozen O’Connor, which AAUP-Penn said the University is currently working with in its “campaign against resident advisors.”

Penn’s “FAQs” page, for example, includes information about union elections, dues, and contracts to encourage graduate students to consider a “range of views.” According to AAUP-Penn’s letter, this language inaccurately depicts unions as third parties interfering with student-faculty and employer relationships.

“Varieties of perspectives already exist within the body of graduate workers themselves, and the goal of the union campaign is to have those conversations amongst ourselves,” College Ph.D. candidate and organizer for Graduate Employees

Together-University of Pennsylvania Sam Schirvar said.

The DP obtained the University administration’s email response to AAUP-Penn from June, which reiterated its stance that the websites are not intended to discourage workers from unionizing, but instead meant to provide students with as much information as possible to be able to make the decision for themselves.

A University spokesperson confirmed that the University received the letter.

Scott Williams, an OPEIU Local 153 union organizer and 2016 graduate of the Graduate School of Education, said that he supported AAUP-Penn’s request on behalf of RAs and GRAs unionizing at Penn.

“It has nothing to do with providing academic discourse,” Williams said. “We believe that Penn is

systematically opposing union organizing, which is a fundamental right that workers have been fighting for for centuries.”

To allow student workers to make the decision to unionize without employer influence, AAUP-Penn’s letter requested that the University implement a policy of neutrality by removing all messaging related to unions in order to allow workers full influence over their own decision to unionize or not.

“A policy of neutrality means that the employer stands back and lets workers make their own decision,” Offner said.

Offner and associate professor of English and Vice President of AAUP-Penn Emily Steinlight recently wrote a guest column in the DP advocating for faculty to disengage from the University’s antiunion campaigns.

“In past organizing drives at Penn, some deans simply have not transmitted anti-union communications and have declined to testify against graduate student workers before the NLRB,” they wrote in the column. “Some department chairs, graduate chairs, and faculty advisors have likewise made principled decisions not to serve as conduits for anti-union messages.”

Schirvar said that the University has been leveraging faculty as a vehicle for distributing this messaging, rather than communicating with graduate students directly.

“Because at the end of the day, it’s us who decide whether or not to form a union, and it’s up to [us to] decide what the priorities of that union should and shouldn’t be,” he said.

AAUP-Penn plans to hold several events over the course of the semester, which Offner said will keep members informed about anti-union messaging and how to avoid passing it on to their employees.

“We need to be talking amongst ourselves as faculty about how we maintain our own integrity, and how we prevent ourselves from being instrumentalized by anti-union law firms and an anti-union administration,” Offner said.

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Over 200 Penn graduate student workers rallied for union recognization in front of College Hall on April 26.

It’s recruiting season for clubs and pubs at Penn, and The Daily Pennsylvanian is looking for new reporters, columnists, photographers, analysts, and more. You know the drill — we’re excited to welcome enthusiastic DPers in the making, aiming to spend long production nights at 4015 Walnut St. with us and take on an unofficial journalism major. You can apply by filling out our interest form, which closes this Friday at 11:59 p.m.

Before you flip the page, I’d also like to address the more casual browsers of the DP, who probably haven’t attended our interest meetings these past two days (there’s an Open House this Thursday! There’s still time!), or those who only check out our newsletter a handful of times a month.

The DP is an army that is over 300 students strong, diverse in background and aspirations but above all dedicated to keeping students, faculty, and all of West Philadelphia in the know. Many of us entered Penn with no journalism experience, and all of us love what we do.

But we are nothing without the

(yes, you!)

engagement of our readers. In an age of shrinking attention spans and hundreds of publications publishing hundreds of articles a day, I am asking you to read this one, and maybe a few more on the site if you’ve got the time. It’s not that my writing is the best you could possibly be reading — though I’d like to think my three years at the DP have improved it considerably. Rather, it’s that what we publish at the DP is earnest content by students, for students. Our content is timely, Penn-oriented, and meant to spark conversation in a way that big-name publications aren’t.

Reading your campus newspaper has myriad benefits: It is an excellent form of civic engagement, it introduces you to perspectives and insights outside your “Penn Bubble,” and — frankly — there’s just a ton of fascinating articles, videos, digital art, and podcasts to peruse.

The DP is a comprehensive publication for the whole Penn community with a whole lot of heart (I’m sorry, Penn Today — you just don’t cut it). We report news stories with breakneck speed without

compromising the facts, and we provide insightful commentary on our athletics, academics, administration, and more. We offer advice, be it through arts and culture recommendations from 34th Street, or the recent Penn Bucket List and “Freshman 15” columns in our Opinion section. We make you laugh with Under the Button, Penn’s only intentionally satirical publication, and help you unwind with our crosswords.

None of what we publish is meant to be a one-way conversation: Though we lack a formal comment section on our articles, we want to spark discussion and debate around campus — whether in classrooms, at parties, or on social media.

So if you’ve ever disagreed with an opinion we’ve published — which, well, if you haven’t, you haven’t read enough opinion columns yet — then great! We welcome respectful disagreement and debate; it’s our bread and butter. We want to hear from you, as we are currently looking for new columnists and always looking for guest columns.

But if you’re not feeling like penning a

Penn Face’s ultimate foe: Sidechat

nameless, faceless accounts. It became available to Penn students in early 2022 and, since then, has become a popular yet controversial platform. When it comes to combating Penn Face, the anonymity that Sidchat provides has served as a positive force on campus.

Penn Face is characterized by the fear that one will be viewed as less accomplished, adequate, or worthy for admitting their struggles. However, when we take away the identities associated with experiencing challenges or mental health setbacks, Penn Face collapses.

650-800 word guest column, we encourage you to at least start a conversation about something you’ve read. Ask your best friend what their thoughts are about it, bring it up in a lecture hall, or repost it to Sidechat, Reddit, or what-have-you.

In a time where free speech is a flashpoint on college campuses and polarization remains on the rise, we are committed to representing the Penn community’s diverse views and fostering conversation wherever and whenever possible.

Penn has stronger discourse when we all get involved — I implore you to join the DP, and, in the meantime, share an article you like with someone you know. Even the smallest conversations have the potential to grow into something big.

CAROLINE MAGDOLEN is the opinion editor for the 139th Daily Pennsylvanian Board. She is a College and Engineering senior studying environmental science and systems engineering from New York City. Her email is magdolen@sas.upenn.edu.

who are experiencing the same negative emotions. Whether you’re passively scrolling through the app or actively engaging with other anonymous users, it is not difficult to find voices of people who will candidly discuss their struggles.

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“[U]pvote if you’re not doing well at the moment, i’m (sic) trying to see something,” an anonymous Penn student posted on Sidechat. 563 other Penn students upvoted it.

It’s no surprise that Penn students are unhappy and incredibly good at hiding it. This is Penn Face, a phenomenon that occurs when students put up a facade to make their lives appear perfect. In reality, many are struggling and unable to admit it.

The prevalence of Penn Face is a component of the University’s larger mental health problem. With insufficient support from Wellness at Penn and a horrific pattern of suicides, Penn Face adds salt to a festering wound. Under the constant pressure to present an appearance of perfection, it is unsurprising to see students’ mental

health deteriorate during their time here.

The University recognizes the presence of Penn Face on campus. It has been selected as the topic of discussion in two College Dean’s Advisory Board panels, a Wharton fireside chat, and an Undergraduate Assembly website. Among students as well, Penn Face has been repeatedly identified as a part of our campus culture; we have been urged to acknowledge it, take it off, and rename it.

Despite the constant encouragement to purge Penn Face from University administration and students, very little has changed. Luckily, there is a different, less conventional solution.

Sidechat is an anonymous application that was designed for college students to communicate with one another through

The idea of anonymous apps combating mass mental health stigma is not confined to Penn’s campus. Platforms like Tethr, an anonymous app catered to men’s mental health, have been shown to provide a safety net for those who have trouble expressing themselves publicly. Unlike in-person mental health support groups, Tethr allows users to both give and receive emotional support without risking self disclosure. John Naslund, instructor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University, says that these networks “connect individuals with others facing similar challenges and offer commiseration within a safe, nonjudgmental virtual environment.”

Similar to men’s mental health, Penn Face is composed of the same unspoken stigma surrounding experiencing and expressing emotional setbacks. And like Tethr, Sidechat is a platform that removes identity altogether to form a space where conversations can be had openly.

At its very core, Sidechat demonstrates to students that, despite how unbothered their peers might seem in person, there are people sitting behind a phone screen

Admittedly, Sidechat has received its fair share of criticism, due to the anonymity it provides users. This anonymity leads to the online disinhibition effect, which occurs when individuals feel less restricted when communicating in cyberspaces, in comparison to real-life situations. Platforms like Sidechat have the potential to breed an environment where users can be unabashedly cruel and demeaning, an issue that has been pointed out at both Penn and other universities with their own versions of the app.

However, prior to Sidechat’s introduction to campus, unfiltered conversations about mental health were rare. With the app’s growing popularity, students now have a place where they can share negative experiences and emotions without having to disclose their name or face. They can have discussions with other students, offer and receive advice, and find a safe haven where identity does not exist.

After years of unsuccessful attempts to shut down Penn Face, it has become clear that face-to-face lectures and interventions are simply ineffective. Fortunately, with anonymous apps like Sidechat becoming increasingly present on campus, we may finally witness the downfall of Penn Face. SANGITHA AIYER is a College sophomore from Singapore. Her email is saiyer@sas.upenn.edu.

Penn must address the e-scooter epidemic on campus

GUEST COLUMN | Let’s facilitate a safe campus environment

Head to class on Locust Walk or any other sidewalk on Penn’s campus, and you can feel the wind from an electric scooter zooming past you. You may have noticed students carrying this two-wheeled vehicle up the stairs, placing them in lecture halls, or charging its electric motor in dorm spaces.

Due to their convenience, e-scooters are becoming increasingly popular across college campuses in the United States. For Penn students and athletes, it reduces the time it takes to get around campus. Given their increasing presence, Wellness at Penn and Penn’s Division of Public Safety should create new policies to better regulate the usage of these vehicles on campus.

E-scooters can travel up to 15 miles per hour. Consequently, there have been instances where e-scooter rides have gone wrong, resulting in visits to an emergency room. Injuries treated during these visits ranged from minor to severe with abrasions, lacerations, concussions, and intracranial hemorrhage. For a college student who is still undergoing development, experiencing any of those injuries is concerning because of the lifelong effects and impact on adulthood. The trauma associated with e-scooter accidents poses a serious public health concern and introduces the need for regulating e-scooter usage among college students.

There are very few studies investigating this issue, but a study published in JAMA Network Open exposes the scope of this issue among college students. They reviewed medical records at two urban emergency departments in Southern California. Of the 249 cases they reviewed, almost a quarter of e-scooter injuries applied to adolescents between the ages of 18

and 25, and of those injured, only 4.4% of riders reported wearing a helmet. Helmets save lives for bicycle riders, so helmets can help prevent injuries for e-scooter riders. Given these findings, Wellness at Penn and DPS should implement a helmet policy along with other e-scooter regulations.

It is also important that Penn administrators consider the current legality of riding e-scooters in the City of Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania state government, which influences policy-making in Philadelphia, has banned both public and private usage of e-scooters even among adult riders due to injury risk and traffic and congestion concerns. When I shared this with a couple of Penn professors, classmates, and friends, they were shocked. It has become normal to see an e-scooter on campus, which are all privately owned. Students who purchase escooters online are also probably not aware of this policy because there is no enforcement of this law in the city. However, it does explain why public e-scooter rental-sharing companies, like Bird and Lime, are not doing business in Philadelphia. As a result of this policy, there have been few incidents of e-scooter related injuries reported in major Pennsylvania cities, demonstrating how policies help protect the wellbeing of communities.

So, if Philadelphia is not regularly enforcing this ban and addressing private usage of e-scooters, what should Penn administrators do?

First, Penn administrators should consider the age of its students and how the risk of riding e-scooters is increased for them.

Second, Penn administrators should enforce the current daytime ban, prohibiting the use of e-scooters on campus from 8:30

a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays. Unfortunately, the current daytime ban, supplemented with educational approaches, is loosely recognized by students, so further awareness is needed.

Third, if Penn administrators decide to further regulate e-scooter usage on campus, they should consider their policy options. For example, in California, state policy allows adolescents over 16 years to rent an e-scooter if they have a driver’s permit, but they are required to wear a helmet while riding. Penn administrators may want to encourage helmet use among its students.

Meanwhile, administrators at Boston University, New York University, Columbia University, and some other universities decided to ban these vehicles. If Penn administrators do choose to implement a ban and enforce state law, they should consult

class boards and gather student input on how to implement it, and hopefully this improves compliance with the regulation.

It will be interesting to see how Penn administrators address this issue on campus and prevent injuries from escalating on campus. Whatever changes Penn makes to its e-scooter policies, it should involve students’ opinions to help with compliance with any current or future policy. In that way, Penn can maintain a safe campus environment and support the wellbeing of students.

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College administrators are increasingly banning e-scooters and other electric and motorized equipment on campuses due to safety concerns.

CLAIRE BAPTISTE is a Master of Public Health graduate student in the Perelman School of Medicine from Northern Virginia. Her email address is cbapt1@sas.upenn.edu.

Penn must provide immediate support to sexual assault survivors

GUEST COLUMN | After seeking help from Penn, it became clear that sexual assault resources are extremely lacking

Content warning: The following text describes sexual assault and can be disturbing and/or triggering for some readers.

I never thought that I would have to write this article. Sexual violence pervades Penn’s campus; one in four undergraduate women report unwanted sexual contact. However, I didn’t anticipate having to navigate the system until something happened to me. I didn’t think that I would have to rely on resources for sexual assault survivors. And I didn’t think that I would have to confront what turned out to be a bureaucratic nightmare.

I called Student Health Service the day after the incident. I trusted that a health care professional would be a safe, confidential resource, who could also address my concerns about billing and low appointment availability. I anxiously waited as the phone rang, telling myself that I would feel better once I talked to someone. When I reached the nurse on call, I clearly stated why I was calling. I explicitly said the words “sexual assault.”

But she didn’t acknowledge that.

Instead, she cut me off mid-sentence, instructing me to contact the billing department or my insurance company, neither of which I felt comfortable calling alone. I asked if she knew of organizations in Philadelphia that offered free health services, which I later discovered do exist — places such as the Philadelphia Sexual Assault Response Center and the Mazzoni Center. But she didn’t know that either of them existed. In that short call, I wasn’t directed to any mental health resource or any on-campus resource for that matter. I felt invalidated and unheard. I left the call sobbing and scared to call back.

Over the next two days, I called Penn Violence Prevention several times during business hours, but nobody picked up the phone. I tried the Penn Women’s Center, but I was told that confidential resources weren’t available due to staffing issues. The student at the front desk was sympathetic, but the only advice

she gave was to keep calling.

It’s mentally taxing to make a call in the first place; nobody should be sent to voicemail or left without help. Penn has a responsibility to employ enough trained staff to meet students’ needs. The lack of response made me feel stuck. Powerless. As if help was unattainable. Someone else in my position may have stopped trying.

In the meantime, a friend of mine found out about PSARC. We called an Uber to the Center with our own money and on our own time. I spent a few hours there due to the wait, and showed up late to a class in which I was scheduled for a final presentation, one that the professor still expected me to give. Most students don’t have the time and money to make a trip to North Philadelphia on their own. Nobody should have to deal with that stress. I shouldn’t have had to risk my class attendance and academic performance for a forensic rape exam. I rushed back to campus sleep-deprived, in immense pain, and re-traumatized. Prioritizing my medical needs and meeting the 72 hour window for a rape exam was incredibly difficult with no help from the school.

Penn must do a better job at helping survivors who need immediate support. Penn should make information about PSARC and how to get there easily accessible to students. Student Intervention Services can help students navigate academic and work commitments, but researching all of these resources separately imposes a barrier on students in crisis. It’s imperative for the University to streamline information so that survivors can get the help they need.

I was later able to reach staff at the LGBT Center and Special Services, but it took over a month to reach the Title IX office. By that time, the perpetrator had graduated. I expressed concerns from the start about reaching their office, but due to miscommunication between departments, they didn’t schedule a meeting until it was too late. Regardless of what my options were, I could no longer file a complaint. It was never

clearly communicated to me that a complaint must be filed before graduation for Penn to have jurisdiction.

A degree can be revoked decades later for a violation of academic integrity; it was a surprise to me that the same standard did not hold for sexual misconduct. My options were taken away from me unknowingly. And all because I was under the false impression that staff had contacted the Title IX office on my behalf.

I shouldn’t have had to take so much initiative in the wake of a traumatic event that I had barely processed. I contacted separate departments for medical, mental, and legal support. It was more challenging than it should have been to figure out who to contact, understand what kind of help they offered, and find the words to call — all while I was a working student. My initial interaction with SHS was almost enough to turn me away from seeking help. A nurse at Penn should be trained to approach what is unfortunately a common form of violence on campus. It took a while to determine where to call next, as I jumped from webpage to webpage, confused

Why we should have a mandatory CIS class at Penn

GUEST COLUMN | Addressing the advent of artificial intelligence

algorithms are used to model and predict voting patterns, data analytics is being used to decode public sentiment, and simulations are offering insights into policy impact. Similarly, in English literature, computer science has transformed textual analysis through intricate pattern recognition in authorship. Computer science is used almost everywhere — be it at NASA or your neighborhood grocer.

So, it was even easier for me to figure out that the presence and use of computers would only be amplified manifold in the real world outside of college. Thankfully, this realization dawned on me early enough, helping me appreciate CIS as a subject that is beyond useful in its omnipresence, especially in today’s digital, AI-driven age. Clearly, Penn ought to design a simplified introductory CIS course that every incoming first years can relate to as a beginner and enjoy learning in, irrespective of their chosen major. More importantly, Penn should do all the incoming first-year students a favor by making this simplified CIS beginners’ class a general education requirement.

appreciate the endless possibilities of computing and coding in any and every subject of their choice. With a simplified CIS class, students will have a strong springboard into computer science, leading to greater ease in grasping more complex topics like artificial intelligence and machine learning. This type of class may even inspire some students to pursue CIS as a minor or major.

In addition to a phenomenal increase in computer science major offerings at universities nationwide, there is a large increase in the number of non-majors taking computing courses. This highlights the obvious fact that computer science is not bound to a single discipline but is of the utmost importance to students majoring in a variety of disciplines – something that many are unaware of.

about hours, confidentiality, and types of support that centers at Penn offered. The lack of organization overwhelmed me. As I was writing this article, what I found to be the most helpful guide for on-campus resources took 45 minutes to find. The Penn Police number is posted in almost every hallway in residence halls on campus — what about other resources? The University must make those numbers known. And even if these numbers are made accessible, it’s unacceptable that those lines may not be staffed due to lack of support by Penn.

Survivors already have very little power over what kinds of consequences their perpetrators face. Penn should at least pick up the phone.

FARAH SAYED is a 2023 College graduate in psychology, now working as a research coordinator at the Annenberg School for Communication. Her email is fsayed@sas. upenn.edu.

The College’s Quantitative Data Analysis, Wharton’s Science and Technology, and Nursing’s Reasoning, Systems, and Relationships requirements are meant for students to take classes that can help them become tech-savvy in their chosen domains.

Prior to Penn, I had never studied computers. I came into my first computer and information science lecture feeling intimidated. However, I enjoyed it and every lecture thereafter. My entry into the world of computer science, albeit late, made learning a seemingly scary subject that much more exciting and mentally enriching. Having used computers at the very basic levels thus far, CIS opened new vistas because now I started thinking about and understanding how things work at the hardware, software, and logical levels — things I was previously impervious to until I initiated my CIS journey at Penn.

I soon realized the widespread application of computerization across the interdisciplinary landscape of Penn. I witnessed and now understand the influence of computational methods in political science, where

CIS has had a pivotal role even in fields as esoteric as art and history, in which machine learning models are helping to differentiate between different art periods, authenticate art pieces, or assist in the restoration of historical artifacts. In the realm of anthropology and sociology, social network analysis is being leveraged to elucidate the complexity of human relationships and social phenomena. Even in the areas of environmental science, the power of data modeling is enhancing our capacity to understand and mitigate climate change.

Thanks to these explorations, I grasped the all-pervasive, transformative potential of computer science, which fueled my enthusiasm for and motivated me to choose CIS as my second major, in addition to bioengineering.

Students can learn and experience the wide variety of CIS applications; they can brainstorm about and

All the elephants in the room

Students use computers, software, search engines like Google, and make use of AI technologies like Chat-GPT on almost a daily basis. Tech tracks our every move and is becoming increasingly prevalent in our lives. Without us realizing and at times without our consent, information about our personal preferences is constantly being collected. Educating students about modern tech through a simplified beginner CIS course can build their awareness about the benefits and possible pitfalls of such technologies. Tech-aware students understand how and why data is collected, who uses it, and the risks associated with its misuse. Such awareness will protect them from possibly becoming victims of technological abuse and empower them to make the best use of technology throughout their careers.

Knowledge of computer science also provides internship and job applicants with an edge, as recruiters want incoming talent to be tech-savvy and equipped with modern computer technology skills. A lack of knowledge in modern computing is, ultimately, a professional disadvantage.

COMMON SENSE | The state of the GOP primaries following the first Republican debate

Lexi: Welcome back to campus! I started my year off tabling for College Republicans at the SAC Fair, where countless budding Wharton finance bros asked if we could get Vivek Ramaswamy to come speak! Seems like he really made a splash at the Republican Primary Debate last month.

Vinay: It’s good to be back, Lexi. A splash is definitely an understatement. Personally, I found myself irritated every time he interrupted informed veteran policy makers to virtue signal hyper-right populist talking points, but alas! And, for the record, many analysts on both sides more or less shared that sentiment. He definitely speaks to a very specific demographic that … shall we say, predominates on Penn’s campus.

Lexi: One man’s veteran policymaker is another man’s deep state insider, Vinay!

Vinay: Touché.

Lexi: To the rest of your point … his performance did highlight a stark contrast between the likes of Mike Pence and Nikki Haley who had a breadth of political experience and knowledge in their arsenal, making Ramaswamy appear somewhat lacking on the issues. That being said, his popularity among the Donald Trump base, certainly challenges status quo perceptions of “MAGA.”

Vinay: It’s not at all surprising that the MAGA base loves him given that at certain points in the debate he felt more like a Trump apologist — or, better yet, cheerleader — than a serious candidate in his own right. Coupled with his obvious inexperience (see Haley obliterating him over his foreign policy proposals on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), the debate morphed into cheap political theater when he was involved.

Lexi: A non-white candidate speaking that rhetoric definitely changes the tone though. As a brief aside, I think that his popularity speaks to growing pro-meritocracy sentiments in immigrant populations, which is

building an interesting voter coalition. I wonder what the strategy is behind his relatively indistinguishable persona to that of Trump. Trump has even gone so far as to celebrate his performance since the debate.

Vinay: Race is definitely playing an interesting role here and, without getting too into the weeds, I think maybe some of his more out-there rhetoric like “the climate change agenda is a hoax” and “the nuclear family is the greatest form of governance known to mankind” is a gross overcompensation for the fact he doesn’t fit the mold of the typical white, Christian Republican candidate.

Lexi: That’s fair. Surely, this is indicative of Ramaswamy’s understanding of the base he is fighting for. That said, I think he is less of a deviation from the traditional conservative values he is purporting than Trump. I am interested in the candidates who have continued separating themselves from the populists by emphasizing their commitment to living out their conservatism, notably Pence.

Vinay: Maybe we’re all so used to Trump that it’s hard to see his rhetoric as anything other than authentic, and everyone else looks like a cheap imitation in comparison. But to your point, I did find Pence’s performance interesting in that he stood in pretty stark contrast to Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis. I think all the Jesus references were a bit much, although maybe that resonated with some …

Lexi: Politics is all about knowing your audience, Vinay! Speaking as the resident believer in this column, it’s certainly a refreshing contrast to both the populist right — and left — which often read very out of touch with the 27% of Americans who are regular churchgoers (and the broader 65% who identify as Christian). Even so, I tend to lean on the side that the politicization of religion in the United States can be very problematic to the health of religion — but that is a separate conversation entirely.

Vinay: All of Pence’s God talk might have landed with some voters, but his commentary on Jan. 6 certainly didn’t with the Trump-loyalist crowd. And the other candidates definitely took note of that, since none were quick to jump to his defense except for Chris Christie, the self-proclaimed Trump antagonist.

Lexi: I was pretty pleased by the conversation around Jan. 6, honestly. I was glad that Pence’s presence (and his comments) forced the rest of the candidates on the stage to wrestle with the issue. It’s absolutely vital that they rebuke Trump, and support Pence’s actions on the day to explain to the electorate why they are better suited for the presidency, particularly when they are fighting his overwhelming primary support.

Vinay: Agreed, but none of them were willing to take that stand. Even DeSantis ended up looking like a Trump groupie by the end of the exchange. Only Asa Hutchinson was willing to say he wouldn’t support a Trump candidacy if he was a convicted criminal, which is why I appreciated what (admittedly little) he had to say on the subject. Everyone else lacked a certain conviction which was a bit concerning: DeSantis made a look around the stage before he raised his hand!

Lexi: You and I will likely disagree about this, but I am more sympathetic to what (I assume) is the opinion of establishment types like Haley and Tim Scott that the prosecutorial antagonizing of presidents, a culture which has persisted since the Nixon era, has more damning effects on our culture than a pardoning. Nevertheless, I think it’s indisputable that they distinguished themselves from “Trump groupies” in other ways.

Vinay: I’m glad you brought up Haley because she had an absolutely phenomenal performance. I think she toed the line between moderatism and conservatism perfectly, and that shows her promise as a general election candidate. But her hesitancy to fully lean into the rhetoric that plays to the base makes me question whether she has

Based on my personal interactions and experiences, CIS is perceived to be extremely difficult and time-consuming at Penn (supplemented by difficulty and workload levels above 3.0 out of 4.0 on Penn Course Review). Since it is so taxing and not mandatory, many students tend to opt for other subject courses. The campus buzz amplifies the feeling that tackling CIS during your first year can be a daunting task, especially for the uninitiated. Although a majority of students realize they ought to take CIS, many end up giving it a cold shoulder, put off by the long waitlists and non-availability of CIS classes for nonmajors. The lack of awareness about the subject and perceived relative difficulty of a CIS class, coupled with the dissuading effects of nay-saying peers and upperclassmen, tilts many a first year’s decision away from CIS. The tragedy is that those who need a beginner CIS class the most are the ones who turn away from such a wonderful subject.

Clearly, Penn needs to come up with a CIS course that has simplicity as its core value, designed to introduce first years to the excitement of the digital world. I strongly suggest that Penn make such a CIS course a gen-ed requirement so that every incoming student benefits therefrom. This will ensure that it is all smooth sailing for them all, right from the very start of their working careers.

SUHANI PATEL is an Engineering sophomore studying bioengineering and computer science from Vadodara, India. Her email is psuhani7@seas.upenn.edu.

what it takes to make it out of the primaries. That said, she put on a masterclass in balancing practical policy with sharp wit and received a well-deserved bump in the polls for it.

Lexi: Yes … I recall our texts during the debate; I think this is the most endeared I’ve seen you be toward a Republican (even more so than you tolerate me!) Haley did have a spectacular showing. She got to debut her experience, class, and just basic literacy on the issues. There was a headline following the debate that I think summarized the situation beautifully, “Nikki Haley claimed the spotlight among crowd of ‘screaming men.’”

Vinay: To that point, her pivot from her largely uninspiring tenure as South Carolina governor to her performance on the debate stage was just phenomenal. She is frankly the only Republican candidate who doesn’t make me feel a sense of impending existential dread at their possible election. However, her showing really highlighted some of the more lackluster ones, especially DeSantis’.

Lexi: To say you feel “existential dread” about the compassionate, school-choice-obsessed, South Carolina senator, Scott, being president is liberal alarmism if I’ve ever seen it, Vinay.

Vinay: Well, let’s just focus on serious candidates for now, Lexi. Read the rest at thedp.com.

VINAY KHOSLA is a College junior studying english and political science from Baltimore, Md. His email is vkhosla@sas.upenn.edu.

LEXI BOCCUZZI is a College senior studying philosophy, politics, and economics from Stamford, Conn. Her email is boccuzzi@ thedp.com.

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A packed lecture hall for a computer and information science course.

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After closing for renovations over the summer, 1920 Commons reopened with extended dining hall weekend hours, a new hot chicken bar in Gourmet Grocer, and a range of building updates.

Commons opened for the start of New Student Orientation with improvements and upgrades to the dining hall, Gourmet Grocer, and Starbucks on the ground floor. The renovation work included roof patching, ramp top replacement in the loading dock, new grease traps, new flooring, and replacement of many of the ceiling tiles, light fixtures, and equipment, Penn Business Services Director of

Communications and External Relations Barbara Lea-Kruger wrote in an email to The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Other changes included painting the interior walls and hand railings and reorganizing the serving stations to offer more variety and convenience, Lea-Kruger wrote.

Plans for renovations to address building infrastructure concerns were already underway before the Philadelphia Office of Food Protection found the dining hall to be noncompliant with the Philadelphia Health Code after inspections.

In addition to changes in the building and layout of the dining hall, Penn Dining implemented changes to the dining experience after receiving student feedback. For example, Commons is now open for continuous service from brunch to dinner on weekends. The dining hall also now offers a variety of fruits for students to add to their water during the weekend brunch service, a new station that highlights ethnic cuisines from around the world called “Near and Far,” and made-to-order smash burgers.

During warmer months, Lea-Kruger wrote that the water stations will offer tea with a variety of spices to choose from. This week, “Near and Far” served a Mediterranean assortment, while the new hot chicken bar in Gourmet Grocer will offer rotisserie chicken and two sides paid for with Dining Dollars, a meal swipe, or cash or credit. A new espresso machine was also introduced to Starbucks in 1920 Commons.

Steven Green, director of residential dining for Bon Appétit,

‘Send Silence Packing’ returns to Penn

Community members were invited to browse through racks of backpacks that included stories of loss and hope

GABRIEL STEINBERG Staff Reporter

The Send Silence Packing traveling exhibit returned to Penn’s campus, raising awareness for suicide prevention and motivating students to become advocates for mental health.

The exhibit, which was held Tuesday, encouraged community members to “send silence packing” — a message that advocates for active listening, caring for one another, and destigmatizing the discussion of mental health on college campuses and beyond. The exhibit also served as a reminder that Penn’s campus has a variety of resources focusing on mental health education ranging from University-run networks of support, like Wellness at Penn or student-led clubs, like Active Minds and CogWell.

As students, faculty, and community members passed by College Green, they were invited to browse through racks of backpacks that included “stories of loss” as well as “stories of hope” on the subject of mental illness and suicide.

This year’s exhibit featured more collaborative and engaging experiences as part of the exhibit. Next to the backpacks on display, a makeshift theater showcased the story behind the backpacks in an audio and visual way. The personal aspect of stories surrounding mental health struggle is what makes CogWell Program Director Melissa Rice fond of this event. She shared her personal connection to mental health awareness, telling

The Daily Pennsylvanian that “stories start conversations.”

“A friend noticed signs [of struggles with mental health] and just asked me a question I’d never heard before. Are you okay? I’m here for you, please talk to me, I’m never going to judge you,” Rice said.

CogWell President and College junior Carly Spandorfer said it was important for Penn to hold events like Send Silence Packing at Penn.

“People often feel like they can’t even talk about their struggles. There’s stigma around it,” Spandorfer said.

“Sometimes you have to push your mental health to the side to get work done [and] to get the best internship.”

Active Minds President and College senior Milan Chand explained that the mere presence of the exhibit on campus made a difference.

Chand said that, in addition to the large banner that read “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay,” volunteers from a dozen clubs on campus would hand out small cards.

“Just inviting people to take a step back … to look at these cards that said ‘you are enough,’ ‘you matter,’ or ‘you’re loved,’ and I think that really got people excited to think someone gave them this,” Chand said.

Ephraim Levin, an advisor for CogWell, Penn chaplain, and a rabbi in the Lubavitch House at Penn, found the event a positive way to educate students on mental health and seek resources.

“It’s a unique, larger event that shows the staff administration and student groups with a very strong, positive message that Penn is here and aware of the issues … that people feel that they are being supported … and finding what they need,” Levin said.

Chand said that participants were encouraged to close the emotional experience on a high note by placing a post-it note on the “hope wall.”

Penn offers many mental health-related resources for students. Wellness at Penn’s Student Health and Counseling offers extensive counseling options and its care training teaches attendees to recognize mental health issues. Active Minds seeks to eliminate the campus stigma surrounding mental health issues and CogWell promotes active listening by having workshops with a variety of on-campus groups.

July 2021.”

“The Museum has fully cooperated with all prior independent investigations and is committed to reviewing any new evidence pertaining to the MOVE remains should it emerge,” the spokesperson wrote.

Ramona Africa, the sole adult survivor still alive from the MOVE bombing, said at the press conference that she cannot trust the Penn Museum.

“They have abused those remains, they have refused to give us those remains, the bones,” Africa said, demanding the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a journalist who covered the MOVE bombing and faces a life in prison after previously being on death row.

Following the press conference, Muhammad entered the museum — demanding more information about the extent of the remains.

“Where are the remains of Delisha Africa?”

Muhammad said on a megaphone as they walked through the museum exhibits.

Penn Police and representatives from the Philadelphia Police Department’s Civil Affairs Unit were on the scene. Muhammad remained in the museum for several hours and left after being told that the museum’s director would meet with them next week, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“The Penn Museum temporarily closed earlier today following the press conference,” the museum spokesperson wrote. The Division of Public Safety did not respond to the DP’s request for comment.

“University leaders met with the individuals who were at the Museum today and will investigate the information they provided to the fullest extent,” the Penn Museum spokesperson wrote.

In 1985, the Philadelphia Police Department dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia house occupied by MOVE, a Black liberation group. The explosion killed 11 people, including five children, and left more than 250 citizens homeless.

At the press conference, Muhammad specifically called out Janet Monge’s involvement with the remains. Alan Mann, a now-retired professor who received the remains from the city in the 1980s after the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office asked for assistance in identifying them, studied the remains with Monge, the curator of the Penn Museum’s physical anthropology section, Billy Penn previously reported.

Monge, a Penn anthropologist, previously sued Penn and other parties over criticism she received about her oversight of the remains. Muhammad was named as a co-defendant in Monge’s lawsuit in connection with their 2021 op-ed for the Inquirer. Monge was demoted from her position as associate curator,

wrote in a blog post on his website American Renaissance.

which she claims was due to defamation of her reputation by media outlets.

Monge did not respond to the DP’s request for comment by time of publication. Monge’s lawyer told the Inquirer that the activists’ allegations were “nothing new” and declined to comment further.

According to Muhammad, Monge can be seen displaying the remains in the 2014 photos.

“Janet Monge can be observed speaking to tour attendees within the new Physical Anthropology Lab at the museum,” Muhammad said at the press conference, adding that the photos have “handwritten tags that read MOVE on the table,” and the remains match previous descriptions of the victims.

Muhammad identified the remains as belonging to Katricia Dotson and Delisha Africa, two victims of the MOVE bombing.

Previously, remains were seen in a now-removed Coursera video in an online Princeton University course series titled “Real Bones: Adventures in Forensic Anthropology,” in which Monge and an undergraduate student examine the remains and attempt to determine the age of the bones. However, Muhammad said that new additional remains have been identified in the recently discovered photos from 2014.

“Now we have a set of three photos that show that in addition to the remains of Katricia in the Coursera video, Janet had other remains identified as Delisha Africa, all of which she displayed to the public at the Penn Museum in 2014,” Muhammad said.

Penn Museum previously issued two apologies for having remains of MOVE bombing victims in April 2021. The museum first apologized to members of MOVE and the University community for its possession of the remains of two children killed in the 1985 MOVE bombing.

The museum said it was working on a resolution to return the remains to the Africa family. Following a nationwide uproar, Penn issued a second apology, adding that the University was committed to a “respectful, consultative resolution” with the goal of reuniting the remains with the Africa family.

At the press conference, Muhammad insisted that museum staff members continue to mislead the public about the status of remains.

“There are still remains unaccounted for, and photo evidence that these remains were in her possession and at the Penn Museum,” Muhammad said. “Something must be done to ensure that Janet Africa has the precious remains of Delisha returned to her, and that Lionell Dotson can put to rest all of the remains of his sister Katricia.”

since you are not able to do well in your classes or complete your work if you don’t have access to those materials," Chen, who is also a photographer at the DP, said.

FGLI Dean's Advisory Board Co-Liaison and College junior Lex Gilbert said she was surprised that students received no warning ahead of the end of the initiative.

"We budget for stuff because we don’t always just have money to buy anything, anytime that we want,” Gilbert said.

In the announcement, P1P said that the Access Code Initiative was a helpful resource throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but it had decided to pursue “more cultural change and data as they relate to course materials in the curriculum.”

Elaborating on this cultural change, P1P Executive Director Marc Lo said that he hopes to “normalize transparency” when it comes to letting students know what material they will actually use in classes as early as possible. He added that having this information allows students and the Office of Financial Aid to make informed decisions about their resources.

For the current semester, P1P has encouraged faculty to list their courses in the Penn Bookstore to help the University's financial aid office collect a more accurate estimate of the cost of educational supplies for students going forward. Lo said that this includes physical books, electronic books, homework platforms, and any required software. Here, Lo said that the goal is to create a more accurate cost estimate for Penn administration and students.

P1P also wrote in the announcement that the existence of free access codes for certain courses had too much influence on a student’s course selection, and there was too much variety in required materials across different sections of the same course for materials to continue to be provided to students for free.

"Students should feel as though they have adequate financial support to select the courses that align with their intellectual curiosity and major requirements," Lo said. "That is our ultimate goal, and we will continue to partner with the schools,

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students, and other campus partners to help ensure that is the case."

College junior and FGLI DAB Treasurer Kimi

Li said she also benefited from the free codes, although Li said there were issues. For example, she said students were limited to receiving access codes for only two classes each semester, and many students did not know about the access code initiative at all.

Li added that FGLI DAB met with Penn President Liz Magill in October 2022 about expanding the Access Code Initiative.

“Now that [the access codes] are being discontinued, I think that’s even more alarming," Li said.

"I think this is really disheartening to the FGLI community for a school that’s supposed to meet 100% of financial need."

Despite the announcement on P1P’s website, students told the DP that they are still looking for a more specific reason as to why the Access Code Initiative was discontinued.

In its announcement, P1P said it is also working on adding more course reserves to Penn Libraries and providing more financial wellness information on course material costs. In addition to this, Lo said that he encourages the academic community to shift toward less expensive course material options.

In place of the Access Code Initiative, P1P said that students should expect an aid refund that would support their course material expenses. For students who do not qualify for an aid refund, P1P wrote in its announcement that work-study awards and Expected Family Contributions can also be used to cover course material expenses.

Student groups, such as the Penn First Board and FGLI DAB, plan to discuss how to support the FGLI community following the discontinuation of course material access code at their first meetings of the semester.

“Penn has committed to increasing acceptances for FGLI students," Gilbert said. "Those numbers have risen, but has the support for FGLI students been proportional to the amount of FGLI students that are now here on campus? No, I think there’s still a lot of disparity."

During those 25 years, Taylor has alleged that there is a genetic inferiority between white people and people of color. In other recent blog posts, Taylor complimented a statue that described former Confederate President Jefferson Davis as the “knightliest of the knightly race,” accused Hispanic civil rights leader César Chávez of exploiting his Latino heritage for convenience, and called the Confederate cemetery the “nicest place” in Selma, Ala., a city that he said Black people should be “embarrassed” by.

In June 2021, former Penn Carey Law Dean Ted Ruger wrote that Wax’s invitation to Taylor “crosses the line of what is acceptable in a University environment where principles of non-discrimination apply,” in a document where he asked the University to impose a “major sanction” on Wax.

“Although faculty members have broad discretion in their teaching and academic pursuits, Taylor’s explicit racism, hate-speech, and white supremacy contravenes the University’s express policies and mission, and his white supremacist ideology has been associated closely with those perpetrating violence towards minorities in this country and others,” Ruger wrote in the report to Penn’s faculty senate chair.

Southern Poverty Law Center writes that his site has published speakers promoting eugenics.

In a July 30 appearance on the podcast “The White Papers,” Taylor claimed that there are innate disparities in trust between European and African or Latin

American societies, contributing to white societies faring better. He called the idea of “white privilege” and “systemic racism” a “preposterous conspiracy theory.”

Professors have the academic freedom to bring in speakers that they believe are relevant to the course — even though their beliefs may be controversial or offensive, according to Zachary Greenberg, a senior program officer at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a free speech organization.

“The right to bring in speakers to speak to classes, that is the center of academic freedom, and it provides no exceptions to speech that may be provoking or offensive,” he said.

Moreover, members of the University community are protected from “official reprisal” for hosting “controversial speakers and events,” according to Penn’s interpretative guidelines for its open expression policy.

“The unpopularity of a speech’s content or viewpoint is not a reason to suppress speech,” the guidelines read. “Objectors may not have a ‘heckler’s veto’ over speech with which they disagree.”

Wax alleged in a filing earlier this year that Penn Carey Law consented to her request for permission for Taylor to speak in her seminar in 2021 and that the school reimbursed the lunch at White Dog Café where Taylor spoke with students.

“I do not know what he could bring that would be productive, informative, or for the greater common good,” Varghese said. “At the end of the day, what he may bring is spewing out hateful rhetoric or giving data and statistics that are just not supported.”

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The Send Silence Packing Exhibit, held on College Green on Sept. 5, aimed to raise awareness for suicide prevention.

Penn’s dual-sport athletes face unique challenges but rare rewards

Scott Dochat and Gavin Griswold are two Quakers devoting their time to multiple teams

CALEB CRAIN Sports Editor

For most athletes, being able to play one sport at an NCAA Division I level takes years of training and commitment. To compete in two, balancing completely separate seasons and training regimens, takes a whole new level. Nevertheless, for a pair of Quakers — rising junior Scott Dochat and rising sophomore Gavin Griswold — it's all worth it.

Dochat is a defensive lineman on the football team, and competes primarily in the hammer throw with track and field, where he competed in the NCAA Regionals a few months ago. Griswold spent his fall with the sprint football team, tallying 41 tackles as a linebacker, before shifting his attention to lacrosse for the spring season. Both athletes originally intended to don the Red and Blue for just one team.

Dochat was initially recruited to Penn for track: He had received interest from other schools,

including Brown, Stanford, and UVA, but COVID-19-related travel difficulties made Penn one of the only schools he could visit. But once he came to West Philadelphia, Penn "just seemed like the right fit," he said. Following his senior season of football — which was played in the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic — he chose to pursue that sport collegiately as well.

"It got to the point where I just didn't want to give it up," Dochat said. "So I reached out to [Defensive Coordinator Bob] Benson, and he told me I could come and walk onto the football team."

Griswold initially wanted to play lacrosse in college. While he had been a linebacker in high school, he believed his size made the prospect of playing DI football unrealistic. But once he found out about sprint football — which Penn is still one of less than a dozen schools to offer — he was hooked.

A look back on Ron DeSantis’s time as an Ivy League athlete

DeSantis was captain of the Yale baseball team in 2001 before becoming a prominent Republican presidential candidate

CARNATHAN

WALKER

Deputy Sports Editor

Long before Ron DeSantis was a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, he was an Ivy League student athlete, donning Yale blue as captain of the Bulldogs’ baseball team. Let’s take a look back at DeSantis’s time in the Ancient Eight, including how the Bulldogs fared against Penn during his career.

After a youth career that included a trip to the Little League World Series, DeSantis joined the Bulldogs in 1998 as an outfielder. He saw immediate action in Yale’s lineup, racking up 39 hits over the course of 41 games during his freshman season. DeSantis did most of his damage at the plate that year, helping Yale to a winning record in the Ivy League that included a two-game sweep of Penn.

“I've always been a pretty good hitter and found it pretty natural," DeSantis told the Tampa Bay Times in 2001. "As an outfielder, you basically need to just cover your territory. That's different from playing the infield."

Over the course of his sophomore and junior seasons in 1999 and 2000, the current Florida governor’s production improved, but the Bulldogs as a team began to struggle.

DeSantis collected 77 hits during years two and three with the Bulldogs, and notched an impressive on-base percentage of .380. Arguably his best college season came during his junior year, when he set career highs in hits with 44, home runs at five, and with 28 RBIs.

However, the Bulldogs became cellar dwellers of the Ivy League, bottoming out with a 3-17 conference record in 2000. The Quakers defeated the Bulldogs in four out of their six matchups across the two years, including a sweep in the latter season.

DeSantis was selected as captain during his senior season in 2001, a decision voted on by his teammates. John Stupor, the winningest coach in Bulldogs history, coached DeSantis

during his entire collegiate career, and praised him for his leadership qualities.

“Being voted by your peers says a lot of what they think of you," Stupor said in 2001. "[DeSantis] has never been afraid of hard work, and being captain is a big deal. It is time demanding and involves leading off-season workouts, disciplining within the ranks and attending some social functions.”

With DeSantis at the helm, the Bulldogs took a small step forward, but still finished last in the Ivy League with just six conference victories. Though DeSantis led the team in hits and set a new personal best in batting average with .336, he could not replicate the overall potency of his junior campaign. In DeSantis’s final matchups against the Quakers, the Red and Blue stomped the Bulldogs, winning both games with a combined margin of 26-2.

DeSantis was a productive player and lauded leader, though Yale baseball as a whole struggled during his four years. He finished his career with 156 hits and a batting average of .313, but an Ivy League record of just 27-53, including a 4-6 clip against Penn. Nonetheless, DeSantis’s teammates held him in the highest esteem.

“He’s a great captain,” DeSantis’s teammate Kyle Cousin told the Yale Daily News in 2001. “He helps everybody out. He is a true leader on and off the field.”

After graduating from Yale, DeSantis worked as a history teacher and baseball coach in Georgia for one year before attending Harvard Law School and being commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy. Those experiences eventually led to his successful political career and current presidential candidacy. But for one of the nation’s most well-known politicians, it all began on an Ivy League baseball diamond.

After deciding to focus on the gridiron, Griswold admitted that he had somewhat abandoned his lacrosse aspirations. However, last year, he decided to email lacrosse coach Mike Murphy to explore the possibility of walking onto the team in the spring. After a few tryouts, Griswold made the roster, and spent the season practicing and competing with the lacrosse team.

To compete in multiple sports in college poses difficulties. The NCAA mandates a two-week dead period between when one season ends and when an athlete can join organized activities for a different team. Beyond that, athletes must face the reality that one team's offseason program must be forgone in order to be with another team. In Griswold's case, he was exempt from sprint football's weight room and spring practice

responsibilities because of his commitment to lacrosse, according to sprint football coach Jerry McConnell. But McConnell also stated that of the few team events that he wanted the whole team to participate in, Griswold was there.

While competing in every sport at a high level requires a strength, speed, and power, different sports emphasize different muscle groups and skills, which dual-sport athletes must learn to manage.

For example, in the hammer throw, lower body strength is key, with upper body being secondary, according to assistant coach for throws Fletcher Brooks. But in Dochat's case, "Because he's a football kid and I know that come the fall he's going to have to push three hundred pounders off of him, I do tend to give him a little bit more upper-body [exercise] that I traditionally do a hammer thrower," Brooks said. Beyond that, he acknowledged that the fall offseason is a crucial time to improve form and get in practice reps of throwing.

But there are benefits to the cross-training mandated by competing in two sports. Griswold noted that both football and lacrosse focus plenty of training on running and lifting, so there is a certain amount of balance between two sports.

Murphy echoed some of those sentiments, saying that Griswold playing football was not physically detrimental, and that he was in "pretty good shape" coming into the season. Furthermore, Murphy added that both sports share certain similarities, like "the physicality piece and the preparation piece with film and scouting reports and things like that."

For McConnell, this is the first time he's worked with a dual-sport athlete, but he said he was "very happy" for Griswold and noted that, "If anybody else came and said to me 'Hey, I want to play lacrosse,' I would tell them to do it."

But both Murphy and Brooks both have experience in this area. Griswold is only the latest Quaker to compete in both football and lacrosse within the same year. Many only do it for one year, including some who decide to play lacrosse their senior spring after their football careers end, but Murphy is "always open to that idea."

Brooks doesn't see multi-sport athletes as much now that he's with the Red and Blue, and he said that they are slowly becoming "a thing of the past." But in previous posts at Division III schools such as Williams College and MIT, it was more common for athletes to play two — or even three — sports. Despite many of the challenges that dual-sport athletes face in terms of performance, he still believes in them.

"I was a football thrower in college, my brother was, [and] my sister did three sports in college," Brooks said. "So I do believe [in] having that opportunity, and if a place like the University of Pennsylvania can afford you that and you're getting the most out of both, and you're enjoying it, then why not? I've never tried to talk them out of it."

To hear the athletes themselves say it, they wouldn't have it any other way.

"[In high school] I had put all my time into recruiting for track, and it so happened that when I came here, I was able to play football, and I'm forever grateful for that," Dochat said.

"It was a busy year trying to balance academics, lacrosse, and sprint football, but it was a great first year with so many memories and I'm so glad I made the decision to do both," Griswold added. “It was definitely a unique college experience … but it was great [and I'm] looking forward to doing it again next year."

Rising junior Scott Dochat (left) competes in the hammer throw at the Big 5 track meet in April 2022, and now-sophomore Gavin Griswold (right) at last season’s lacrosse game against Dartmouth.

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Ron DeSantis spent his collegiate sports career with Yale baseball.

Track and field alumna Nia Akins finishes sixth in 800m at 2023 World Championships

The middle-distance runner set multiple Quaker records before her graduation in 2020

Last month in Budapest, Hungary, former Penn track and field star Nia Akins placed sixth in the 2023 World Athletics Championship in the 800-meter distance. In the race, Akins ran a personal-best of 1:57.73, and finished under two seconds behind winner Mary Moraa of Kenya — whose time was 1:56.03.

Akins reached the finals in the event after winning her heat with a time of 1:59.19, and then finishing second in her semifinal at 1:58.61, behind only Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson, who finished with the silver medal.

Prior to the World Championship, Akins had been enjoying a very successful season on the track. At the National Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, held in Eugene, Ore. in July, she won the 800m event with a final time of 1:59.09. But even before this summer, Akins was no stranger to success, having already been an incredible standout during her time in Red and Blue. Upon her graduation in 2020, she held eight individual and group program records, including in both the indoor and outdoor 800m events. Akins' indoor time of 2:00.71 also remains the second-fastest mark in NCAA history.

One of her most impressive meets came during the 2019 Penn Relays, where Akins was ultimately named College Athlete of the Meet and became the first Penn woman to ever win that award. She propelled Penn's team in the Distance Medley Relay, winning the Championship of America award in the event and breaking the program record by more than nine seconds.

Akins — who grew up in San Diego and attended Rancho Bernardo — also made a mark on the conference and national stage during her collegiate career. In both the 2019 indoor and 2019 outdoor seasons, she was a national runner-up in the 800m, leading her to receive the first-team

All-America honors in both disciplines. In 2018, Akins also received an honorable mention to the first-team All-American in the outdoor 800m events. Akins also won nine events at Ivy League Heptagonal Championships during her time as a Quaker, including five in the indoor season and four in the outdoor season.

Unfortunately, Akins' senior outdoor season was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. But after her graduation, she moved to Seattle and signed with the Brooks Beasts Track Club. At the time, Akins said that

her signing with that club represented a natural next step toward pursuing her goals.

"I knew in the back of my mind that this was a place I felt really strongly about, even back in the fall," Akins told The Daily Pennsylvanian in 2020. "Running is a pretty simple sport — it’s just having the next level of training partners, the next level of resources, the next level of coaching. There are some new components that I know will work together nicely with what I’ve been doing."

At the time, Akins was preparing for the

2020 Tokyo Olympics, but did not qualify after placing ninth in the 800m at the United States Olympic Trials in June 2021. But in the 2022 season, Akins made her return to Franklin Field two years after she last competed in the Red and Blue. At the Penn Relays, Akins finished third in the 600-meter race, competing against other elite athletes such as Ajeé Wilson and Athing Mu.

Now, with just under a year until the 2024 Paris Olympics, Akins is likely in a good spot to race on the biggest stage in global track and field.

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Penn alumna Nia Akins competes in the 600-meter race at the 2022 Penn Relays.

FALL SPORTS CHECK IN

Two weeks in: How has Penn fared?

ALEXIS GARCIA Sports Editor

Despite a heat wave rolling through Philadelphia, a cold spell has struck most Penn sports. The 2023 fall season is now underway, yet there hasn’t been much success so far. But most teams are only a week or two into their seasons, so don’t lose confidence just yet. Here’s how Quaker teams have fared through their first weeks.

Men’s Soccer

Trouble finding the back of the net sums up how the first two games of the season fared for Penn men’s soccer. Starting off their 2023 campaign on the road, the Quakers failed to pick up a victory on their Labor Day weekend trip to the Empire State, falling short against both Fordham and Hofstra.

Against the Rams, junior forward Stas Korzeniowski picked up right where he left off. After a red-hot 2022 where he notched 11 goals and seven assists en route to winning Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year, Korzeniowski opened the scoring for the Red and Blue in 2023 with a strike in the 23rd minute. Yet this goal remained the Quakers’ sole goal of the game — and season — as Penn fell 2-1 to the Rams and 1-0 to the Pride a few days later.

Women’s Soccer

Recording Penn Athletics’ first victory this fall sports season, Penn women’s soccer has so far jumped out to a strong 2-0 overall record. Senior midfielder Lauren Teuschl and junior forward Isobel Glass welcomed American and Delaware to Penn Park, each scoring winners in one of Penn’s first two games. Extraordinary efforts by senior goalkeeper Laurence Gladu kept each match to 1-0.

But low scoring games stopped working in the Quakers’ favor, as the team dropped its next two matches — each with a 1-0 final score. Next up, Penn women’s soccer takes on Lafayette at Penn Park. With an untainted home record to protect, the team may need to knock in more than one goal if it hopes to get back above .500.

Field Hockey

Most Penn teams consider its non-conference slate to start the season as a learning period. Not Penn field hockey. Opening the season with an ACC crossover, the Quakers’ abilities were immediately put to the test,

Max Martz announces medical retirement from men’s basketball, ending Quaker career

The forward/guard played three seasons at Penn, started 27 games for the Quakers last year

WALKER CARNATHAN

Deputy Sports Editor

Following a summer of great roster turnover, Penn men’s basketball will be forced to move forward without another longtime contributor.

Senior forward Max Martz, an All-Ivy honorable mention last season, announced Aug. 31 that he would be taking a medical retirement, placing him out for the 202324 season and ending his competitive basketball career.

Martz emphasized the pain that came with the decision, and said it is one he came to after significant deliberation.

“This was a difficult decision, one that I have wrestled with since the conclusion of last season,” Martz said in his announcement. “Ultimately, after talking with family and friends I have decided that a medical retirement is the best course of action for me and especially for my body … I will miss being on the court with these guys this season,

but I look forward to cheering them on.”

The Quakers will miss Martz just as much as he will miss them. He averaged 10.8 points per game last season, and shot 41.2% from three. From marksmanship on the perimeter to smoothness in the post, Martz provided offense for the Red and Blue in all forms.

Penn now returns just two starters from last year’s Ivy League tournament team, and just one of its top three scorers. The program also recently welcomed a class of several new recruits, who will have ample opportunity to earn playing time with so many Quaker mainstays gone.

Martz’s retirement reinforces the fact that Penn’s team will look very different in 2024, but for now, the focus is on the departure of a program leader who has made his mark on and off the court.

going toe-to-toe with reigning national champion No. 1 North Carolina and No. 9 Louisville over the long weekend.

The nationally ranked opponents proved too big of competitors, though, as Penn was unable to turn up a victory in either game, falling 4-0 to the Tar Heels and 2-1 to the Cardinals. Both losses can be credited to limited offensive chances for the Red and Blue, with the team only tallying six shots across both matches.

Still looking to pick up its first win of the season, the team continues its four-game season-opening homestand, hosting Georgetown and Drexel this upcoming weekend.

Volleyball

Penn volleyball’s 2022 season was riddled with defeat. So far, 2023 isn’t faring much differently.

Making the trip out to Houston for the Molly Howard-Gerwig Memorial Tournament, the Quakers couldn’t even secure a singular set win, dropping each match to Houston Christian, UT Rio Grande Valley, and Arkansas State by a score of 3-0.

As the tournament went on, one can argue that improvements were made. The set scores grew tighter in number and the team put up tougher battles. But the improvements didn’t arrive soon enough, and the team will need more of a push before turning its season around.

Cross Country

Both the men’s and women’s cross country squads put on a show on Friday by securing top individual finishes at the Lehigh Invitational. Junior Dylan Throop led the way on the men’s side, crossing the finish line first with a flat 18-minute time in the 6k. Junior Luke Johnson and sophomore Sahil Dodda followed closely behind in seventh and eighth place. Collectively, the men’s efforts secured them second place with 37 points.

Snagging first place with 15 points, the women’s squad also had eight of the top 10 finishes. Coming in first was senior Maeve Stiles with a 20:32.6 time. Senior Liv Morganti, junior Katie Pou, sophomore Kyra Compton, and senior Fabianna Szorenyi followed suit to sweep the top five spots. The Quakers won’t hit the gravel again until Sept. 15 for the Main Line Invitational, but it’s clear they’ve got a big enough spark to keep them shining.

Carnathan | Penn sports, slow starts, and saving seasons

WALKER CARNATHAN

Deputy Sports Editor

For every sports team, one of the most important games of the season is the opener. Mantras of “starting strong” and “gaining momentum” populate locker room speeches across the nation, and few games can match the energy attached to the first game.

But for Penn sports, the start of the season has not gone according to plan. Teams that compete in head-to-head fashion — men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey, and volleyball — are a combined 2-9 to start the season, including 0-2 starts for field hockey and men’s soccer, the latter of which was nationally ranked heading into the season. For all the focus that goes into starting on the right foot, the results have not materialized for Penn.

It goes without saying that such a start is not ideal for the Quakers — but in my opinion, it is hardly consequential. For all the date-circling, the season opener is just another game. And for all the anticipation, a bad first week does not make a bad team.

In 2018, the Philadelphia Eagles entered the season as the reigning Super Bowl champions following their first title in franchise history. But the Birds dropped three of their first five games, putting them on the outside looking in as the playoff race began. What resulted was a stretch of five wins in the final six games of the regular season (fueled by the return of Nick Foles, the team’s Super Bowl hero), a playoff appearance, and a one-possession loss against the NFC’s top-seeded New Orleans Saints.

While the Quakers may not have any Super Bowl MVPs coming to save the day, the best version of each individual team has still yet to appear. Men’s soccer’s offense — which led the Ivy League in scoring goals a season ago — has been dormant off the bat, managing just one goal over two games. Field hockey, which showed the ability to keep up with the best in the nation in 2022, fell to No. 1 North Carolina and No. 9 Louisville by a combined margin of 6-1.

All this to say that the best is yet to come for the Red and Blue. It is easy to see the zeroes in the win column and hit the panic button, but defining the whole by such a small sample would be a mistake. When the season eventually draws to a close, these slow starts will be remembered as nothing more than wins and losses.

Additionally, a rocky beginning often provides teams with an inflection point. For the Penn sports slow to start, there are likely better days on the horizon. But in the search to determine what kind of team they truly are, it’s now or never.

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Former forward/guard Max Martz during last season’s game against Dartmouth on Feb 25.

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Now-junior Janae Stewart at last season’s matchup against Lehigh on Sept. 4, 2022.

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Then-senior Nick Faries competes at the Haverford Invitational on Oct. 21, 2022.

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Now-senior Jo Armstrong sets the ball in a match against Temple on Sept. 17, 2022.