March 26, 2018

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MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018 VOL. CXXXIV NO. 20

THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

FOUNDED 1885

PHILADELPHIA

MARCHES.

SON NGUYEN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Thousands joined the nation to protest gun violence MANLU LIU, KAITLYN BOYLE, JULIE COLEMAN, UROOBA ABID Staff Reporters

At Philadelphia’s “March for Our Lives” event on March 24, thousands of students, teachers, and other Philadelphia residents packed the march route, carrying painted signs and chanting slogans against gun violence. Saturday’s march — with the strongest showing in Washington D.C. — was a part of the “March

for Our Lives” movement, which started on Feb. 14 following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. Across the world, there were 800 marches planned for this one day. Along with two high school students, College senior Jana Korn organized Philadelphia’s march. “We have a gun violence problem here — it’s not just about mass shootings — it’s about the kids in North Philly that experience it here,” Korn told The Daily Pennsylvanian. “Philly needs to stand up and have a voice on its own as well.” From before 9 a.m., crowds stood

Trump invited to 50th reunion celebration in May Former classmates expect that their peer won’t show AVNI KATARIA, MAX COHEN, LUCY CURTIS Staff Reporters

This May will mark 50 years since President Donald Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania — a credential he rarely fails to mention. However, as fellow alumni book airplanes and hotels in preparation for the 50th-year reunion, it’s unclear if their most famous classmate will join them back on campus.

Recent presidents have a proud tradition of attending and hosting their school reunions while in office. In 1982, Ronald Reagan delivered the commencement speech at his alma mater, Eureka College, to commemorate his 50th reunion. In 1994, Bill Clinton attended his high school’s 30th reunion celebration in Arkansas. And in 2003, George W. Bush invited his fellow members of the Yale Class of 1968 to celebrate their 35th reunion at the White House SEE TRUMP PAGE 8

outside Independence Hall before marching through Old City to Columbus Boulevard, where politicians and students gave speeches. The march ended around 11 a.m. but protestors stayed, continuing to chant slogans such as, “Hey Hey Ho Ho NRA has got to go,” and, “No justice, no peace, no guns in our streets.” Wharton freshman Robbie Tromberg — who graduated last year from Marjory Stoneman Douglas, where the Parkland shooting took place — was among the thousands of marchers, wearing one of his old high school hoodies.

Tromberg said he knows of only one other Stoneman Douglas graduate currently attending Penn. He added he knows many former high school classmates who flew to the march in D.C. and many family and friends marching in Parkland. “It was definitely a much bigger crowd than I expected,” Tromberg said. “I’m sure it’s nothing compared to the march in D.C., but just seeing everybody with all of their signs, everybody shouting and walking together, it really felt like a strong community.” One of the Philadelphia marchers was Philadelphia resident Shakira

Fagan, who walked behind the lifesized painting she carried of her late son, Irell Williams. Fagan said that her son was 17 years old when he was killed last summer because of “senseless gun violence.” The back of the canvas was covered with messages for Williams from family and friends. A picture of her son as a young child holding a football, basketball, and baseball glove was taped over some of the condolences. Few protestors chanted about political parties or figures. However, many of the signs and slogans called out the National Rifle Asso-

ciation. Clad in a purple winter jacket and a Finding Nemo hat, a young girl, who appeared to be about 7 years old, stood behind her sister in a stroller and hoisted up a sign depicting that children need lightsabers not guns. Another elementary-school-aged girl was perched upon a relative’s shoulders, carrying a neon yellow sign that said “Choose me over a gun!” Amid the marchers, volunteers in neon green shirts waved clipboards SEE MARCH PAGE 3

U. bans faculty from dating undergrads All sexual relations will be prohibited after March 27 REBECCA TAN Executive Editor

Penn is taking a more stringent stance against consensual sexual relations between faculty and students in a significant policy change that will go into effect March 27. The new policy states that all sexual relations between a faculty member and an undergraduate student will be prohibited. This marks a considerable shift from the University’s previous policy, which stated that sexual relations between teachers and students were only prohibited “during the period of the teacher-student relationship.” For the first time in the Uni-

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MONA LEE | NEWS PHOTO EDITOR

versity’s history, there will be a blanket ban on all sexual relations between current faculty members and undergraduate students, regardless of whether the faculty member directly

oversees the student. This new policy, as laid out in the Faculty Handbook, also applies to “all academic advisors and program directors, including those based in the

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College Houses and other University-owned or administered housing.” This update in policy does not extend to graduate students. While the University still “strongly discourages” sexual relations between graduate students and faculty members, it is not “categorically prohibited.” Rather, in keeping with the previous policy, sexual relations will only be prohibited “during the period of the faculty-student relationship.” Provost Wendell Pritchett laid out the changes to this policy in a presentation delivered to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee earlier this month. His announcement marked the first time since 1995 that this SEE POLICY PAGE 2

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