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Penn students head to attend and volunteer at the DNC JINAH KIM Staff Reporter

ext month, Philadelphia will host the Democratic National Convention — and some Penn students are helping make that happen. “I knew when I first heard that Philadelphia got the bid that I wanted to be involved in some way,” rising College junior Karissa Hand said. Since January, Hand has been working as a press intern for the Philadelphia 2016 Host Committee for the DNC, a nonprofit organization chaired by

former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. Hand took a class taught by Rendell in the fall of 2015, where he encouraged students who wanted to participate in the process to apply for an internship. “I’m definitely interested in public service in some capacity, and specifically political communication, so this internship fits in perfectly with that,” Hand said. While the host committee is not directly in charge of what actually happens

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during the convention, it developed programming and events around Philadelphia for the week leading up to and during the DNC. “One of our big events is Political Fest, which is going to be at the Constitution Center and a few other locations across the city with interactive displays and game shows and some prominent government officials and maybe some celebrities,” Hand said. “I’ll be helping out a lot staffing that and managing all

the other press volunteers. And making sure that the press gets the right information that they need about what’s going on.” While Hand is helping manage press relations for the DNC, rising College and Wharton junior Ben Gendelman will be part of the press corps, working with CBS News to cover the convention. “The position’s called news runner,” he said. “I’m going to be working with the production team organizing the

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Rising Engineering sophomore Rohan Shah believes that “business comes as a result of you solving a problem.” And that’s just what he’s doing with his startup, Slice Capital — Shah is seeking to make buying and selling shares in startups more accessible. “Slice Capital is a platform that allows anybody to buy and sell shares in the coolest, newest startups,” he said. “We’re looking to democratize the funding space so that the power is not only in the hands of venture capitalists and angels.” Shah feels that allowing people to invest in the startups they believe in creates a more intimate relationship than simply buying a product or a service. “By allowing people to invest in the startups, they’re personally invested in the long-term growth of the company,” he said. Shah started working on his idea in December 2014, and by the next summer, he and co-founder Krish Dholakiya began actually implementing their plan. At the time, they were only planning on allowing people to buy shares, but they’ve since expanded to allowing people to sell them as well. “It’s going to be like a full-on stock market,” Shah said. He thinks the company is going to be a “game changer” by giving people flexibility.

logistics of the event, where various people have to be, actually working with the news crew.” Gendelman hopes to go into broadcasting one day, and he said the position is an opportunity for him to experience a professional news production and to build up contacts within the industry. “One thing that the person who interviewed me mentioned was that when

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Sarma Melngailis, 1994 College and Wharton graduate, is awaiting trial for grand larceny, criminal tax fraud and violation of New York state labor regulations.

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When law enforcement arrested raw food restauranteur and 1994 College and Wharton graduate Sarma Melngailis, it was under the most ignominious of circumstances. The fugitive vegan, who disappeared after embezzling millions from her own business, had been caught because her accomplice had ordered a cheese pizza. Police caught up with Melngailis and her husband and alleged accomplice Anthony Stringis on May 12 while they were hiding in Sevierville, Tenn. The couple had been on the run

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since last July. She now awaits trial for grand larceny, criminal tax fraud and violation of New York state labor regulations after repeatedly failing to pay her employees. She faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. “These defendants are accused of repeatedly stealing from and lying to their loyal employees and to investors who poured money into their company,” Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson said in a statement. Melngailis, who graduated from Penn with an economics major in the College of Arts and Sciences and an accounting concentration in Wharton, opened Pure Food and Wine, an SEE MELNGAILIS PAGE 5

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Muslim holidays added to Phila. schools calendar Policy will go into effect in 2016-2017 school year LUCIEN WANG Copy Editor

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr., and Philadelphia School District Superintendent William Hite announced that two Muslim holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, will be added to the district’s official school calendar. “William Penn established Philadelphia as a city for religious freedom,” Jones said. “Today we continue our founder’s creed by the recognition of the Eids for our Islamic community.” Eid al-Fitr is celebrated after the month of Ramadan, and

Eid al-Adha is observed at the conclusion of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. These two holidays are considered to be the among the holiest in Islam. This policy will go into effect during the 2016-17 school year, with staff, students and parents being reminded about the policy on excused absences that allow students to observe holidays. “I’m honored and proud to announce that the School District fully intends to honor the Eid celebrations for the many Muslim students and staff [who] celebrate these holidays,” said Hite in a statement. In April, Philadelphia’s Mastery Charter Schools incorporated the same Muslim holidays in their academic calendar.

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Muslim holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha will be added to the official Philadelphia School District calendar for the 2016-17 school year.

The Philadelphia Eid Coalition has advised and challenged the city and its public schools to recognize the Muslim holidays since 2015. Jones also sponsored

a resolution, which the City Council unanimously approved in January, advocating for the the Muslim holidays to be added to the city and school calendars.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia metropolitan area is home to more than 200,000 Muslims, one of the highest concentrations of Muslims in the United States. These numbers equate to approximately 20 percent of Philadelphia public school students in grades K-12. Mayor Jim Kenney also announced that he is forming the Mayor’s Task Force on Cultural Inclusion, which will examine the possibility of adding the two Muslim holidays to the city’s calendar among other issues; these changes would have to be ultimately approved by the city labor unions, according to the city administration. “The task force will study and produce recommendations

regarding the expansion of religious observance days, the education of city management and employees to the religious sensitivities of their coworkers, how the courts and judicial system can better acknowledge religious days, and ways best disseminate information on religious holidays to the public including local businesses and employers,” a city spokesperson wrote. “In this election cycle of unprecedented anti-Muslim bigotry, Mayor Kenney and the City of Philadelphia are to be commended for not being intimidated by the fear-mongering voices of hate and division,” the Philadelphia Chapter Executive Director of Council on American-Islamic Relations Jacob Bender said.

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Wednesday was a busy day for beverages, with Pennsylvania dramatically loosening alcohol sales and Philadelphia looking to pass a soda tax. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted with an overwhelming majority on Tuesday for a bill that will make it easier to buy and sell beer, wine and liquor, according to NBC 10. Governor Tom Wolf signed it into law less than a day later on Wednesday, allowing grocery stores and other outlets to sell takeout wine and formalizing beer sales in convenience stores that have already begun as a result of lawsuits. Pennsylvania consumers can also have wine shipped directly to their homes by private wine wholesalers, and casinos can sell liquor 24 hours a day (in contrast to 19

hours before the law passed). State liquor stores will have greater f lexibility in their hours and pricing. Not everyone was in favor of the more lenient regulations. The head of the union that represents state liquor store clerks was vocally against the bill when a version of it passed in the Pennsylvania Senate in December. “We’re opposed to it and think it’s crazy that we would do this,” Wendell Young IV, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776, told NBC 10. Representatives, on the other hand, felt they were responding to public opinion. Rep. Lee James (R-Venago) said that the new legislation is “exactly what my constituents would like to see take place.” House Minority Leader Frank Dermody (D-Allegheny) told Philly.com that the law “dramatically improves consumer convenience, and it preserves the jobs.”

Closer to home, a City Council committee voted on Wednesday to approve a new tax on sugary drinks and diet sodas. The funds that the tax raise will go to expand pre-K, fund community schools and overhaul parks, libraries and recreation centers, Philly.com reported. If legislators approve the tax on Thursday for it to officially become a law, a tax rate of 1.5 cents per ounce will be levied on soda. The original proposition was 3 cents per ounce, but the new number was established with the caveat that diet soda would be included. The projected revenue of the tax is $91 million a year. As with the loosened alcohol restrictions, the new tax hasn’t been welcomed by all. The soda industry spent nearly $3 million to kill the tax, Philly. com reported. Former Mayor of Philadelphia Michael Nutter tried twice to push a soda tax through to law and was defeated both times.

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This summer, rising College sophomore Daniel Blackey and 2016 College graduate William Dossett will each embark on a unique study abroad experience through the Critical Language Scholarship program. After two days of orientation in Washington, D.C., Dossett will travel to Tangier, Morocco and Blackey to Xi’an, China. Through this intensive program, both CLS award winners will put their language skills to the test. Blackey, an intended linguistics major, has studied Chinese since high school. He has previous study abroad experience through the Confucius Institute at the University of Minnesota in Shanghai. Through this program, he spent four weeks intensively studying the language and culture and two weeks living with a host family. Through his previous study abroad experience, Blackey described that the host family experience allowed him to utilize his language skills. “It was really cool to see how much I had learned right away, because from the moment I walked into my host family’s house I had to speak in Chinese the whole time,”

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On Wednesday, Governor Tom Wolf signed a bill to loosen alcohol laws, allowing wine sales at grocery stores, among other changes. On the same day, a 1.5 cents per ounce soda tax passed in committee in Philadelphia.

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“If people put, say, two thousand dollars into this pseudo stock market, they’re not going to want their two thousand dollars stuck in the system for five to seven years until the company exits, right?” he said. “We’re trying to make the capital as accessible as possible.” Shah predicts his company will continue to grow and change, to even allow people to invest in already successful startups. “My vision is having ... a market where people can buy

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Dossett hopes to work on his Arabic and improve his language skills. He also added that “being able to speak Arabic and understand the culture is essential to trying to build American engagement on a security level and on a diplomatic level.” This summer, he hopes to gain a greater perspective on the Middle East, after his previous study abroad experience in Jordan. He hopes to travel and visit sites such as Rabat and Casablanca. Blackey, meanwhile, looks forward to spending the summer in Xi’an, as it is a more traditionally Chinese city with less of a Western influence. Studying linguistics and computer science, he wants his future work to connect back to China and perhaps hopes to live there as well.

not just startups that they may not have heard of, but maybe the newest, coolest startups that they use on a day-to-day basis, like Uber or Lyft or Airbnb,” he said. He also acknowledged the risk of investing, and his desire to make it more accessible for most people. He thinks one way to achieve this accessibility is by allowing people to purchase index funds, or to disperse their money among shares of multiple companies. “Startups are inherently risky,” Shah noted. “If you invest in a bunch of companies at once,

there’s a much higher chance of one of them doing well, and there’s a much higher chance of your investment being profitable.” In light of his experience in creating a startup, Shah also had advice for other aspiring entrepreneurs, suggesting that success in business is often born from necessity, not just a desire to start a business. “If you’re looking into getting into entrepreneurship just for the sake of getting into entrepreneurship, then it’s probably not a path that you want to go down,” Shah said.

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Abramson Cancer Center co-hosts cycling fundraiser Aims to provide funding for cancer researchers CLAIRE SCHMIDT Staff Reporter

Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center has teamed up this year with the Breakthrough Bike Challenge, an annual bike ride to support cancer research based in the Philadelphia area. The organization, established in 2014 by several Philadelphia residents and avid bike riders, aims to combine a desire for an increase in cancer research and a love for bike riding. The organization has long strived to emulate the Pan-Mass Challenge, an annual bike ride and fundraiser in Massachusetts that benefits the Harvard-affiliated Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

The BBC aims specifically to provide funding for researchers and doctors who may not have access to funding from the National Institutes of Health and gives 100 percent of funds raised directly to researchers and physicians. Christopher Hall, a founder of the BBC, said that they hoped to “support young investigators who have not yet qualified for a large NIH grant.” In providing funds to younger or newer researchers in the field, Hall noted that they “hope to jump start promising ideas.” This year, however, the BBC has begun a partnership with Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center. Dr. Jennifer Pinto-Martin, a fellow founder of the BBC and chair of the Department of

Biobehavioral Health Sciences at Penn’s School of Nursing, said that the organization met with Dr. Chi Van Dang, the director of the Abramson Cancer Center, in September of last year to discuss the the BBC and its goals for the future. The BBC and its annual ride had already attracted riders and supporters from the Penn and Philadelphia community alike, soliciting significant donations in its first several years of fundraising. The event initially included one ride, but has expanded in years past to 12, 25 and 50-mile options to accommodate the growing amount of participants and volunteers. The 2016 BBC will be held on June 19 on the Daniel Boone Homestead in Berks County, Pa. In their initial meetings, Dr.

Pinto-Martin noted that the ACC was attracted to the BBC’s homegrown, grassroots nature, as well as its commitment to donating 100 percent of funds raised to research. Rather than using a significant portion of the funds to cover administrative costs, as has been done in other rides such as the Pan-Mass Challenge, the founders of the BBC felt it was important to donate all funds raised directly to research, instead relying on themselves and sponsors to cover the cost of the ride. The partnership, still in its first year, has led to significant growth. Hall noted that given the nature of an official partnership with Penn, soliciting sponsors for the event has been made much easier. That, along with

Admin clarifies graduation policies Revision allows fewer students to be penalized CHERRY ZHI Staff Reporter

The University announced that the Graduation Honors and Dean’s List policies would be revised so that students who violate Penn’s academic integrity, student conduct or sexual violence codes would be ineligible for academic honors. The revision, however, actually allows “more students to not be penalized” when they violate Penn’s academic integrity code, according to Director of the Office of Student Conduct Julie Lyzinski Nettleton. In early May, Provost Vincent Price and Vice Provost for Education Beth Winklestein announced that violations of the Code of Academic Integrity, the Code of Student Conduct or the Sexual Violence, Relationship Violence and Stalking Policy resulting in sanctions of probation, suspension or expulsion will be part of a student’s permanent record and thus reportable outside Penn. In addition, students will be ineligible for graduation Latin honors and Dean’s List citations regardless of their GPA standing. Nettleton explained that these policy revisions are not something new that the University is adopting nor a new way to penalize students. In the 1990s, the Council of Undergraduate Deans decided that the reportage standard would be different for violations of the Code of Academic Integrity versus the Code of Student Conduct. Any violations of the Code of Academic Integrity would go on a student’s permanent record and thus be reportable outside of the University whereas only violations sanctioned with a probation or higher for the Code of Student Conduct would be on a student’s permanent record and reportable outside Penn. In 2014, the Office of Student Conduct along with the Provost’s Office, the Council of Undergraduate Deans and various other bodies decided to align the Code

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The change in Graduation Honors and Dean’s List policies will results in penalties for violations of the Code of Academic Integrity, the Code Student Conduct and the Sexual Violence, Relationship Violence and Stalking Policy.

of Academic Integrity violation parameters with the threshold established for the Code of Student Conduct so that if a student only receives an academic warning or a reprimand, nothing goes onto the permanent record and the student is still eligible for graduation honors and Dean’s List distinction. Meanwhile, receiving a sanction of probation or higher would result in a citation on a student’s permanent record and loss of academic honors. “It makes it so that lower level violations of the Code of Academic Integrity keep an educational only component,” Nettleton said. “The University is saying that we acknowledge that this is your first time, it’s a lower level violation and we want you to step back, think about your actions and change how you’re going to approach your academic career moving forward.” In the 2014-2015 academic year, there were 28 warnings and 46 reprimands for violating the Code of Academic Integrity. Under the revised policy, these students will not suffer the more

serious consequences. While the Sexual Violence, Relationship Violence and Stalking Policy does not fall under the Office of Student Conduct and is instead handled by the Office of the Sexual Violence Investigative Officer, the policy revisions make it so that any violations resulting in sanctions of probation or higher for any of the University’s three codes will be reportable outside Penn and will result in loss of academic honors. A student that receives a warning or reprimand for violating the sexual conduct code, therefore, will continue to receive academic honors and the violations will not be reportable outside Penn. “It’s really a philosophical shift in terms of viewing the conduct process as part of the educational experience,” Nettleton said. “If a student moves forward by

changing their behavior, they get to preserve what they’ve worked hard towards. Personally I think it’s great … we believe that there are natural consequences for one’s actions and our primary goal is that consequences engage students in a learning experience which I think is at the heart of this shift in these policies.”

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the work and support of Caitlin Crowe and Kara Bradley of the ACC’s development office, have been “manna from heaven” in organizing and growing this year’s ride. In collaborating with the Development team, the BBC has been able to “establish a nice group of corporate sponsors,” and thus “the fundraising has expanded considerably,” added Dr. Pinto-Martin. The organization has set a fundraising goal of $250,000, more than twice what the organization raised last year, and Dr. Pinto-Martin said that the organization is well on its way to achieving the goal. Beyond fundraising support, having guidance from Penn on how to organize the funds raised has helped streamline

the process of distributing donations for research. "[It is] critical to have Penn’s input on how best to distribute the funds,” Hall said. “We’ve adopted a system by which young researchers apply for funds, and then subject matter experts rank the various proposals.” Doing so ensures that donations go to the best ideas and proposals put forth by up-andcoming researchers. The BBC board and its volunteers aim to grow the ride in the years moving forward, getting more riders involved and increasing their fundraising goals to better support researchers and physicians at the ACC. “We anticipate great things for the the BBC,” Pinto-Martin said.

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they’re putting up the camera angle, I’m going to be the one sitting in the desk — I thought that was pretty neat,” he said, adding that his dream is to work as a news anchor or latenight host. “There’s going to be obviously some tedious parts of it, but a lot of it’s going to be around the production angle.” Other students will be at the DNC as participants, engaging with and exploring the convention itself. Rising College sophomore Ari Goldfine will be attending the convention as part of a communications class called “Conventions, Debates and Campaigns” taught by an Annenberg School professor David Eisenhower. After attending the class, students will use their experiences as a springboard for assignments this fall. For many, the draw of the class is the chance to have access to events inside the DNC. “That’s why I was interested in the class from the get-go,” Goldfine said. She serves on the board of Penn Democrats and is actively involved in politics on campus. “It’s a huge gathering of people

in Democratic politics and it would be a crazy opportunity to see everyone speak and a very historic moment.” Some students interested in global politics will have another chance to participate in the convention: The Penn Diplomacy and Policy Council is partnering with the Yale-based think tank European Horizons to send five to eight students to the DNC. PennDPC is currently in the process of selecting a delegation among the pool of applicants. “The people who applied to us are going to be representing both [PennDPC] and the European Horizons think tank,” rising Wharton junior and PennDPC President Robert Dowling said. While the exact details of the partnership have not been worked out, the students will likely be able to engage extensively with the convention, having the chance to meet foreign dignitaries and attend discussions or speeches. “From what we understand so far — again, everything is still in the works — they’re going to have full access passes, they’re going to be fully engaged in the discussion,” Dowling said. “It’ll be everything except voting.”

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CITIZEN CAPOZZI | How Gary Johnson and the Libertarian Party could shake up the 2016 presidential election 2016 will be a busy year for libertarians. While only 11 percent of Americans identify as ideological libertarians, they could make or break the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. This is not role that libertarian voters desired. On the one hand, Trump’s GOP favors harsh measures against illegal immigration, opposes free trade, and supports entitlement programs. Yet, from a libertarian perspective, Clinton represents the worst combination of leftist positions. Like most Democrats, she supports entitlement programs, higher taxes, and increased federal regulations. However, unlike many Democrats, she is a foreign policy hawk who supported interventions in Iraq, Libya, and Syria. In other words, a win for either Clinton or Trump is bad news for libertarians. But this year, voters will have a third choice: Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson. A former governor of New Mexico, Johnson supports free trade, gay marriage, abortion rights, and more immigration. He also opposes higher taxes, the Department of Education, and an interventionist foreign policy. In 2012, Johnson’s platform only earned him 1 percent of the

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than for Trump. The most recent Fox News Poll shows Johnson siphoning just as many Democrats from Clinton as Republicans from their presumptive nominee. When the last Quinnipiac poll included Johnson, Clinton’s lead over Trump dropped from four to two points. If Johnson performs as polls currently predict, Clinton will face two serious problems. First, Johnson will draw votes from “Never Trump” voters who might have otherwise have supported Clinton. Second, Johnson could perform well with young voters, a crucial demographic for Clinton. Currently, Johnson performs best — near 20 percent — in polls with voters under the age of 35. As the Democratic Primary sputters to an anticlimactic win for Clinton, many of Bernie Sanders’ supporters are bitter and disgruntled. According to the most recent YouGov poll, 61 percent of Sanders voters have an unfavorable opinion of Clinton, while 15 percent say they will vote for Trump. Even more alarming for Clinton, 30 percent of Sanders voters say they will consider a third party candidate or not vote. This is where Johnson might come into play. In the Democratic Primary, Sanders won

around 80 percent of voters under thirty. If Johnson converts his popularity with young people into support from Sanders voters, he will likely hurt Clinton more than Trump. But will Johnson perform well enough to do this, or will his support fade? Politically, “lowercase-‘l’” libertarians are divided and not fully behind the Libertarian Party. Some prominent libertarians like Rand Paul are hesitantly backing Trump, while his father Ron Paul, is not currently backing anyone, and Johnson could certainly use their support. To be a legitimate candidate, Johnson will need to raise enough money to afford advertisements and raise his name recognition. Last week, he took a step in the right direction when Chris Rufer, a tomato tycoon, pledged to donate a million dollars to a pro-Johnson super-PAC. Needless to say, however, Johnson will need more cash than that. Further, Johnson will need to make it onto the presidential debate stage, like Ross Perot did in 1992. To accomplish this, Johnson will need to earn 15 percent in at least five national polls. He’s not there yet, but a few generous donors can probably get him there.

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If Johnson makes the debate stage in 2016, he will be a gamechanger this fall. And who knows? Maybe the Libertarian Party will capture momentum and challenge the two-party system in the coming years. Or perhaps libertarians will hold their noses and choose between Trump and Clinton, selecting the less of two evils. One thing is certain: libertarians will make a lot of noise in 2016. If they have their way, freedom will ring. LOUIS CAPOZZI is a rising first-year Penn Law student from Mechanicsburg, Pa. His email address is capozzil@sas.upenn.edu. “Citizen Capozzi” appears every other Thursday.

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vote, which was the Libertarian Party’s best election result nevertheless. But there are reasons to think he can do better in 2016. In a three-way matchup with Trump and Clinton, polls have shown Johnson earning anywhere from 4 percent to 11 percent of the national presidential vote. If Johnson ends up performing in this range in November, watch out for strange results in states with libertarian tendencies like Colorado, Maine, New Mexico, Nevada, and New Hampshire. Undoubtedly, part of Johnson’s support comes from Republicans disillusioned with Trump. Indeed, Johnson explicitly appealed to these conservatives when he chose the former GOP governor of Massachusetts, William Weld, as his running mate. Some prominent Republicans, including Senator Ben Sasse, an outspoken Trump critic, and Mary Matalin, a prominent conservative pundit, are openly considering supporting Johnson. As the media frequently does when they convert their personal dislike of Trump into skewed analysis, they are taking Johnson’s polling potential and predicting trouble for Trump in November. But Johnson could actually cause more trouble for Clinton

GUEST COLUMN | Over 16 million more cracks in the glass ceiling History has been made. For the first time, a major political party has nominated a woman to be their standard bearer for the Presidency of the United States. That woman is Hillary Rodham Clinton. After a hard fought primary campaign with tens of millions of votes cast, Secretary Clinton has emerged as the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party. That last, highest, hardest glass ceiling in our society is only months away from finally shattering. We at Penn for Hillary are extraordinarily proud of the many months spent organizing, knocking on doors, making phone calls, and advocating on behalf of Hillary Clinton, culminating with a convincing win in the Pennsylvania primary and strong showing of support on Penn’s campus. The enthusiasm and tenacity of Secretary Clinton’s supporters on campus has been infectious and refreshing in what can be a cynical

environment. But our work is just beginning. We want to commend our friends at Penn for Bernie for being great partners in catalyzing campus political discourse and registering hundreds of new voters. However, the time to unite

one of the most qualified public servants in the history of the republic has HER right hand raised on the steps of the U.S. Capitol come January 20, 2017. We are one step closer to witnessing the torch of leadership of the Democratic Party pass from

The time to unite our party has arrived. If we don’t unite, we risk, as Senator Lindsey Graham put it, electing a ‘race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot’ by the name of Donald Trump.” our party has arrived. If we don’t unite, we risk, as Senator Lindsey Graham put it, electing a “racebaiting, xenophobic, religious bigot” by the name of Donald Trump. We hope to work with Penn for Bernie, Penn Democrats, Independents, and thoughtful Republicans to ensure that

the first African-American president to the first woman president. And yes, the symbolism matters. Parents and grandparents can say to their daughters and granddaughters that, yes, you really can be whatever you want to be. That is a monumental step towards empowering women and girls to pursue a life in public

service. Even after twenty-five years of sustained attacks on her competence, Hillary Clinton has emerged as the Democratic Party’s nominee because she has been, and always will be, a fighter. As president she will fight for economic equality while reinvigorating the great American entrepreneurial spirit. She will fight to ensure that all Americans, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or socioeconomic background have a shot at the American dream. She will fight to protect our environment, keep our standing in the world strong, keep our shores safe, and try, as she says, to “make a America whole again”. That’s the America we hope to leave for our children and grandchildren. Eight years ago, in her concession speech to then Senator Barack Obama, Senator Hillary Clinton detailed to thousands gathered in Washington D.C. why

she chose to run for president. She explained, “I entered this race because I have an oldfashioned conviction that public service is about helping people solve their problems and live their dreams. I’ve had every opportunity and blessing in my own life, and I want the same for all Americans. And until that day comes, you’ll always find me on the front lines of democracy, fighting for the future.” We at Penn for Hillary are proud to stand next to Secretary Clinton, her team, and her millions of supporters on the frontlines of democracy. We are proud supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton. We are proud Democrats. And most importantly, we are proud Americans. Let’s continue the fight. SAM JACOBELLIS is Co-President of Penn for Hillary. He is a rising College senior from studying political science. His email address is saiac@sas. upenn.edu.

7 habits of people who survive election season HOSTAGER’S TAKE | Powerful lessons for good citizenship In a race for the White House that has been anything but presidential, you do not have to look far for reasons to be disgusted. There are Donald Trump’s vile attacks against everyone from Megyn Kelly to Pope Francis. There is the perceived unfairness of the Democratic Party’s nominating process. And of course, there is the barrage of emails, phone calls, and TV ads that are ominously beginning to saturate our lives. No matter who you support or what issues matter to you, there is no shortage of things to be mad about in 2016. In recent conversations I have had with friends, neighbors, and coworkers at Penn as well as back here in Iowa, it has struck me how negative people are already beginning to feel about this election. But here’s the thing: election season is just only beginning to heat up. There are still more than five months until Election Day. The race shows no signs of changing tone, and since both candidates have unfavorable ratings higher than any other presidential candidate in modern history, the stage is

set for an especially negative campaign season. So while the two campaigns tweak their strategies to win in November, perhaps we all need our own strategy to endure this race until the bitter end. My proposed strategy has seven points, adopted from Stephen Covey’s bestselling book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It follows like this: Be proactive. Too many people have a reactive relationship with politics. They react angrily when someone takes a position they don’t like and retreat behind perceived powerlessness when given the opportunity to voice their concerns. Frustration and disenfranchisement become self-fulfilling prophesies. We, however, are proactive. We recognize that we cannot change the tone of the race or the policies that the candidates propose overnight, but we can decide how we respond to them. Most importantly, we always vote, even if we are not entirely satisfied with the candidate of our choice. Begin with the end in mind. Decide right now how you want

this election to have affected you once it is over. If you want it to make you angry and bitter, it will. If instead you want to take it as an opportunity to learn about the electoral process and explore the issues you care about, it will make you a more

Think Win-Win. Ok, this might be a stretch. At the very least, find a way to think positively. If you are value-driven, you can approach this by studying the governments of other world powers to understand how lucky we are to live in a

In a race for the White House that has been anything but presidential, you do not have to look far for reasons to be disgusted.” engaged and better informed citizen. Put First Things First. Understand that the outcome of this election is indeed important, but do not inflate it to cosmic proportions. Do not let it consume your every thought, and under no circumstances should it negatively affect your relationships, even if your vehemently disagree with your best friend or neighbor.

democracy. If you are more practically-minded, you might consider keeping an “electionday countdown calendar” so you can visualize how much time is left before the election and perhaps build anticipation for the big day. Seek first to understand, then to be understood. When discussing politics, don’t interrupt and talk over the other person. Learn to practice empathetic

listening, which Covey describes as “listening with the intent to understand, both intellectually and emotionally.” Ask probing questions, and when it is your turn to be understood, be respectful and look honestly for points on which you agree. Synergize. The best way to be empowered by this election is to find other people that care about the same issues as you and organize to make your voice heard. If you are not ready to synergize yourself, be nice to the people who are synergizing. When you receive a phone call or a knock on your door from a campaign volunteer, treat the person at the other end of the line as a fellow human being who is simply seeking to share their perspective and empower you in the political process. (At the very least, do not shout “If you call again, I’m going to come through the line and choke you,” as one particularly disaffected gentleman said to me the other day.) Sharpen the Saw. Continually evaluate how well you are implementing this strategy in your life. Take time to reflect on your relationship with this election

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and be in tune with how it is affecting you physically and emotionally. Again, always look for ways to rescript this election in a positive light. Is this strategy hopelessly naive? Probably. Nonetheless, we must find a way to make it through to November in a more constructive way. We may not be able to control the election, but we can control how miserable we make ourselves over it. JACK HOSTAGER is a rising College sophomore from Dubuque, Iowa. His email address is hostager@sas. upenn.edu. “Hostager’s Take” appears every other Thursday.

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Student athletes’ GPAs below school average Athlete GPA is 3.25 versus school-wide’s 3.439 MITCHELL CHAN Staff Reporter

Varsity student-athletes at Penn have a lower average GPA than their non-athlete counterparts, according to a year-end report by Penn Athletics Director Grace Calhoun. Calhoun said that the overall divisional GPA of student-athletes across all four undergraduate schools was 3.25, according to the University Council Committee of Academic and Related Affairs’ 2015-2016 report released March 30. By comparison, the average GPA across all undergraduates was 3.439, according to 2013-2014 statistics from the Office

of Fraternity and Sorority Life. The average GPA of Penn’s fraternities and sororities during 2013-2014, meanwhile, was 3.415. Despite mentioning that Penn athletes are “academically among the top 10 percent in the country,” the committee called for a more comprehensive examination of academic performance by Penn student-athletes in its report. The committee originally met with administrators from Penn Athletics to discuss the department’s efforts to promote a culture of respect and safety in student athletic participation, but ended up focusing a large part of the meeting on how Penn Athletics analyzes student athletes’ GPAs and other academic statistics. However, the committee felt that the average GPA for all

student-athletes was not in itself sufficient to monitor athletic participation and academic performance. Among other suggestions, the committee asked for student-athlete GPA data to be broken down by school and compared with similar data over longer periods of time. “These numbers made no reference to the distribution of students across the four schools (SAS, Wharton, Engineering and Nursing) nor to the distribution of grades in these schools,” the report said. “Interpretation of the numbers would be easier if the GPAs are presented as a histogram or a confidence interval for the mean is provided.” Calhoun said that the College of Arts and Sciences had the highest percentage of undergraduate academic pursuits among

Concern over Phila. water tests Outdated methods could allow high lead levels CHARLOTTE LARACY News Editor

The national debate about lead contamination in water supplies has flooded into Philadelphia. Some experts have accused the Philadelphia Water Department of having water testing methods that are “worse than Flint.” According to an investigation done by The Guardian, Philadelphia has used water testing “cheats” that potentially conceal dangerous levels of lead by instructing testers to “pre-flush” water pipes before testing for lead content, remove aerators from spouts before running water and running water slowly while testing. There are 33 other cities in the investigation including Chicago, Boston, Detroit and Milwaukee. The Environmental Protection Agency has warned of using these practices because it could

portray lead levels to be lower than they really are. In lieu of these findings, the water department is facing a class action lawsuit and a lead-testing campaign started by citizens concerned about their water quality. The Hagens Berman Law Firm announced the lawsuit against Philadelphia based on the city’s outdated test practices. According to a statement by Steve Berman, managing partner of Hagens Berman, studies show that the construction that is being done in Philadelphia creates the perfect storm for corrosion of the city’s lead pipes. “Yet the city has decided to conceal this growing health hazard from its own citizens,” Berman said. “To add insult to injury, the city of Philadelphia has actively concealed this issue by rigging its lead-testing procedures.” A group of private citizens has also launched the Philly Unleaded Project, which hopes to acquire more precise information

about lead levels in the city’s tap water compared to what is currently required by law. The group also hopes city residents will do independent home tests. Two Philadelphia City Council members, including 1998 Penn College of General Studies graduate Helen Gym, revealed a package of bills in a new effort to increase lead safety in schools. If passed by City Council, the bills would require monitoring drinking water for lead and would mandate that daycare facilities be certified as lead safe before they are granted a license to operate. “If you want to panic, there are things to panic about and it’s not this,” said Gary Burlingame, director of the water department’s Bureau of Laboratory Services. “Are the testing methods outdated? Yes. Could Flint happen here? No, it couldn’t.” The Philadelphia Water Department’s website states that it has evidence of the fact that the city’s water quality meets “all state and federal standards.”

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student-athletes at Penn, with 64 percent of Penn student-athletes coming from the College, more than from any other undergraduate division. Several members of the committee noted that this data can be skewed heavily by the size of each undergraduate school, which Calhoun acknowledged. The report also stated that Penn student-athletes are bound by the same policies governing academic performance that apply to all other undergraduate students. When University Council committees make recommendations regarding specific issues, those recommendations are discussed through an internal consultation process that involves Penn President Amy Gutmann, Provost Vincent Price and other representatives from administration and the

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upscale raw food restaurant in New York City’s Gramercy Park neighborhood, in the summer of 2004, 10 years after graduating from Penn. The restaurant was a financial and critical success, featured twice on New York Magazine’s “Top 100 Restaurants,” according to Pure Food and Wine’s website. Alec Baldwin reportedly met his wife there, according to the New York Post. The business, now headquartered in Brooklyn as One Lucky Duck, has since expanded to include a second restaurant, two juice bars and a line of organic snacks, cosmetics and home products sold online. Investigators at the Brooklyn district attorney’s office believe that the business began to fall apart around 2013, when she became involved with her current husband Anthony Stringis. Beginning in January 2014, Melngailis and Stringis collectively withdrew over $1.6 million from her company’s bank accounts, much of which was spent

Faculty Senate, Provost’s Office Executive Director Leo Charney said in an email. While no specific policy changes have been publicly released by Penn Athletics, institutional standards and methods for monitoring student-athletes’ academic progress change over time based on what specific measurements are needed at a given moment, Senior Associate Athletic Director for Compliance and Student Athlete Affairs Sherryta Freeman said. Freeman emphasized that all student-athletes are without exception students first and athletes second. In addition to the usual academic standards that apply to all Penn undergraduates, student-athletes are required to meet additional, rigorous academic and participation standards stipulated

on specialty watches, hotels and casinos in New York and Europe, the attorney’s office said in a May 12 press release. Melngailis subsequently failed to pay her employees five times in 2014, and her company closed temporarily after workers left. The restaurant reopened in April 2015 after Melngailis raised $844,000 from investors, some of which she used to pay back private debts that she and Stringis had incurred. “She’s the vegan Bernie Madoff,” Benjamin Dictor, an attorney representing some of Melngailis’ former employees told the New York Post last month. Prosecutors believe that the couple continued to withdraw hundreds of thousands of dollars from the company’s accounts in order to pay back personal debts, including nearly $325,000 owed to various Connecticut casinos. Within months, Melngailis failed again to pay her employees. By the time the couple disappeared from New York in July, she owed over $40,000 to 89 employees, according to information released by the attorney’s office.

by Penn Athletics as a condition for intercollegiate athletic involvement. “The work never ends, and we can’t throw away a night of sleep or skip a practice to get the extra few points,” College sophomore and track and field runner Gina Alm said. “At Penn, someone is always working harder than you, and that’s especially true if you’re an athlete.” The Committee on Academic and Related Affairs did note in its report that Penn student-athletes rank academically among the top 10 percent nationally. Penn studentathletes also have a 96 percent graduation rate, according to the report. “Getting good, or good enough, grades is totally doable because we are forced to make time to do things sufficiently well,” Alm said.

“They allegedly gambled away the money or spent it lavishly while leaving everyone else in the lurch,” Thompson said in a statement. Shortly after her arrest, Melngailis told the New York Post that she was not angry at her husband, whose attorney has since accused Melngailis of being the mastermind of the entire thing. “I worked hard, this was my passion,” Melngailis said. “This was all I ever wanted. Why would I throw it up in flames? Talk to my friends. They will tell you this is not me.” At press time, Melngailis’ QuakerNet profile still listed “partner and president” of One Lucky Duck as her occupation. Her New York restaurant’s Yelp page says that it is closed permanently. Prosecutors added that Melngailis’ business owes an additional $409,987.56 in unpaid sales taxes to the state of New York spanning most of the time she was involved with Stringis from January 2014 to July 2015. Currently no trial date has been finalized for Melngailis or her husband.

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Life as a third-culture kid | ALIYA CHAUDHRY As I was getting ready to go home this summer, I made a mental checklist of what to do during my layover in London Heathrow Airport. I could picture the airport– I knew where everything was, every detail mapped out. Heathrow has become a consistent part of my breaks and my semester, and a layover there has become as familiar and routine to me as buying books at the start of the semester. I feel more at home in an airport than I do in most cities. There is no one place I can really call home – I’m more at home with the concept of traveling or being between houses I’m what has been termed a Third-Culture Kid: a person who has grown up in multiple countries, and in a culture or cultures different from those of my parents. I have a Pakistani passport, was born in the United Kingdom, spent a good chunk of my childhood in New York City, and for the last ten years, my family has been based in Nairobi, Kenya, which is where I will be spending half of my summer. Nairobi has a large international, expatriate community, and it’s a bubble I grew up in. The community is always in flux as people come and go and the city itself has changed so much in the past ten years

we’ve been here. Each time I visit it’s as if a new mall has sprung up, or old shopping centers have been renovated or my old school added new buildings. It’s a very different Nairobi than the one I moved to

Home has less to do with where you are than who you’re with. Moving frequently and not having many constants strengthened my attachments to the things that didn’t change. It made me closer to my family.

“I feel more at home in an airport than I do in most cities.” in fourth grade. I’m more than a little envious of my friends in college, who go home and spend most of their breaks catching up with friends from high school. Growing up in an expat community, we had friends moving away each year. Three of my closest friends moved away the summer after we graduated high school, and I haven’t physically seen any of them since. Since I went to an international school, most of the students were not from Kenya, and would go to their home countries for the summer, or would spend their summers traveling. Apart from the fact that my friend’s families now live in other countries, my friends also attend university in different countries around the world, making our schedules less likely to sync up. So meeting up with old friends isn’t always that easy.

Summer in the city means a chance to check out Philadelphia’s vibrant art scene — and not just the gallery you walk past on your way into Fisher Fine Arts. This week, Street explored the Tiffany Mosaic — a 15-by-49 foot, hand-blown glass mural. The mosaic, titled, “The Dream Garden,” shows a beautifully ornate landscape filled with an abundance of flora and backed by true purple mountain majesties. While the mural sits in the Curtis Center, across from Washington Square, “Dream Garden” was almost bought by a casino tycoon when it went on sale in 1988. Fortunately, public outcry halted the sale. The mosaic is now owned by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, thanks to the help of other cultural Philadelphia institutions, including our very own University of Pennsylvania. (I’m grateful that I can

I missed my family the most when I went to college – more than I missed any physical aspects of the places I grew up in. So now that I’m back, I am thrilled to be able to spend time with my family. I get to annoy my sister in person, go out for lunch with my parents and go grocery shopping with my mom, which is something I actually enjoy now. It’s nice to be with them while they’re just living their normal lives. There are things about Nairobi I took for granted that I began to miss while at college, like the weather, the scenery, and the restaurants, movie theaters and other places I used to go. Sometimes I feel like I’m more of a tourist, and even though I know I’ll never fully be a local, visiting has made me appreciate Nairobi as both a vacation destination and a home, or at least somewhere between the two.

only imagine what this piece would look like in the Wynn Las Vegas. The ding of slot machines, the smell of cigarette smoke and the eyesore of cargo shorts gathering around the mural … No thank you.) There is no doubt that every detail was meticulously thought out. Each light is set perfectly, bouncing off the different 260 colors of 100,000 favrile glass pieces that make up the mural. Pictures barely capture the mural’s almost ethereal glow. (If only a makeup company could sell a highlighter that could make me glow like this.) Even the surrounding details bolster the dreamlike nature of the mural. The waterfall in the right foreground comes alive as the sound of water trickles in the fountain pool at the base of the mural. The light in the room coming from the large glass doors and windows that face the mural changes the

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atmosphere of the room as the day goes on. To see it, enter the Curtis Center from the 6th Street side. (The best part about it is that it’s free!) Hours for the Curtis Center are Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The main lobby of the building is also beautiful with a large, modern fountain, but it is currently under construction. If you know of the mural’s existence or even if you even stumble upon the mural by accident, it’s amazing to admire up close. So, whether you stop by to look at it for a few moments or even a few hours on the benches (it’s thankfully air-conditioned inside), the mural never fails to instill a sense of wonder in the viewer. And when you walk out of the building, you’ll feel like you’re waking up from a dream.

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I spent my freshman year consumed by FOMO — I went to all the downtowns, dirty rush events and date nights I could. It seemed normal, even expected, to go out four nights a week, especially since everyone around me was doing it. If I wasn’t stumbling home on a Tuesday or sleeping through an alarm on a Friday, I felt that I was somehow experiencing college incorrectly. Although I was constantly surrounded by people, I found freshman year incredibly lonely. Second semester hit, and my

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discontent reached an all time high with the notorious process of sorority “open” rush. My closest friends from first semester became strangers. On top of this, I was feeling the affects of Seasonal Affective Disorder. The Penn Bubble was closing in, suffocating me.

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I felt conflicted by everything in my life. When I went home for the weekend, I stalked my friend’s Instagram and Facebook and felt left out of the incredible parties that I

“I’ve learned to do my own thing, and, more importantly, learned what ‘my own thing’ is.”

was missing. But when I would hop on Amtrak to come back to school, I wished I didn’t have to return. By junior year, I had moved into my own apartment at 40th and Spruce with Stella, my little white maltese dog, as a roommate. It was the best decision I’d made so far. Now, I’m finally comfortable telling people that I like Penn. The past three years have been hard — really hard — but somehow, I’ve made it through. I stopped using the practiced response (“It’s amazing!”) that I had given to high school friends and family, people who had huge expectations for me that I was constantly struggled to live up to. I started giving them my real answer: “I hated my first two years here because I felt like I was drowning in a black pit of eternal loneliness, but hey, now I’m good!” That’s because I’ve learned to do my own thing, and, more importantly, learned what “my own thing” is. With a healthy amount

of perspective, a bunch of new friends, and a whole lot of 8 am Flywheel classes, I think I’ve mastered the key to my (almost) sanity. I stay home more often, instead of forcing myself to go to out just

doing what my freshman year peer advisor told me to do — leaving the Penn Bubble. Say hello to the newest resident of 23rd and Walnut. My friends have all had a similar

Moving downtown has a bunch of practical benefits — it’s closer to 30th Street Station for the summer internship that I snagged in Conshohocken, it’s an 8-minute walk from my beloved

“I might as well do what makes me happy.” because everyone else is. I have a pet I have to come back to approximately every three hours. No longer can I go to a friend’s for a pregame and then hit up Smokes’ until closing time—I have to take the dog out . And I spend my Hungover Sundays braving the cold, walking Stella around the block.

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This summer I decided to make another unique decision. I officially moved downtown on June 1st. No, I’m not shacking up at Recess full time. I’m finally

reaction to my move. They berated me about how much I would hate crossing Walnut Street Bridge in the snow to get to class and how they wouldn’t see me anymore. My friend in the apartment below me was initially so frustrated with my decision that I pondered whether to stick it out one more year in “The Nest.” Everyone said I would miss out on the true experience of senior year — but it’s my senior year, and who’s to say what that is supposed to look like?

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Flywheel class, and Trader Joe’s is nearby. My apartment building even has a pet-friendly community (you’re welcome, Stella!). But one thing I have learned from my days off this year is that getting off of campus is a good thing. My FOMO is gone, and I’m taking solace in the fact that I won’t have to fall asleep to the sounds of the frat house next to my old place blasting music for the third time that week. Sure, class may be a little bit more of a hike, but I only have two (!!!) semesters left in college — I might as well do what makes me happy.

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Club team tests itself against local heavyweights batter Quakers at CRC WILL SNOW Sports Editor

The team may just be a club, but Penn rugby played in front of perhaps the biggest audience all year long of any Quaker sports team last weekend. Penn rugby competed in the Philadelphia Division of the Collegiate Rugby Championship, and several hours of the weekend-long tournament were broadcast on NBC Sports, and even NBC in the middle of the day. As for the crowd itself, over 27,000 people showed up to the Talen Energy Stadium just outside of Philadelphia on Saturday and Sunday to watch teams from all over the country play in

the seven-a-side, action-packed matches. Unfortunately for the Quakers, they lost all four of their matches in the tournament, but they got off to a bright start. Pitted against rivals Villanova for their first game early Saturday afternoon, the game was tight throughout. The teams were tied at 14 near the end of the game, but a late try from the Wildcats ensured them a dramatic 19-14 victory over the men in Red and Blue. â€œWe had a competitive game against â€˜Nova at the beginning [of the tournament], and lost a really close match. I think that, to be honest, threw the team off a little bit the rest of the weekend,â€? rugby coach Nic Clapinson said. Indeed, the Quakers failed to put up much resistance in their other two matches of group play. Part

of that might have had to do with the fact that their next opponents were eventual-champions of the Philadelphia Division, University of Delaware, but regardless, they were thrashed, 29-0. The final match of the demoralized teamâ€™s group play was another one-sided contest, finishing 33-0 against Rowan. The results may seem lopsided against Penn, but Clapinson seemed to think it was an indication of the rising quality of teams in the tournament. â€œItâ€™s definitely not a social level tournament â€” even at the qualifier level now,â€? he said. The quality of the tournament has undoubtedly risen in recent years, as the United States prepares to enter a sevens team into the Olympics, which is holding the event for the first time since 1924.

Many of the players for the best teams at the Talen Energy Stadium last weekend are vying for spots on the national teamâ€™s roster that will compete in Rio. On Sunday, the Quakers had a chance to set things right by at least going out with a fifth-placed finish by winning their consolation match against West Chester, but again, the side lost a nail-biter, 17-12. â€œNow at least we have that marker to improve from going forward in the next couple of seasons,â€? Clapinson said of their sixth-placed finish. Regardless of results, the team, the school, and the sport certainly got high levels of exposure by being aired live on national television. With 27,000 in attendance, and hundreds of thousands of viewers at home, the club team can walk away with a sense of pride

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Arsenalâ€™s Joel Campbell and Sporting CPâ€™s Bryan Ruiz. The Costa Rican team made headlines at the 2014 World Cup by shocking pretty much everyone and advancing to the quarterfinals, a place usually reserved for much more prestigious sides. Many people called the tournament run a fluke, and after the United Statesâ€™ 4-0 annihilation of the Central American squad this Tuesday, it sure seems that way. The last team in the group, Paraguay, is the foe for this weekendâ€™s ultimately important match. The Paraguayans do not boast any big-name superstars like the other teams in the group, but they have a solid core of young talent, with 11 of the teamâ€™s 23 competitors under the age of 25. After drawing their opener against Costa Rica, Los GuaranĂes were in desperate need of a result against Colombia, but failed to do so, falling 2-1 on Tuesday despite scoring the Goal of the Tournament thus far, a 30 yard screamer from VĂctor Ayala. What does this all mean for the United States? After two of the three group games have been played, the Americans sit on three points, with Colombia already through to the quarterfinals on six points and both other teams with just a single point. The scenario seems pretty clear â€“ earn at least a draw against Paraguay, and The Stars and Stripes are most likely into the quarterfinals as group runnersup alongside the Colombians.

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were one of the most improved and thatâ€™s a point of pride for me and the athletes,â€? lightweight rowing head coach Colin Farrell said. Not in action for Penn this year was the Frosh Eight, which last year finished third overall for Pennâ€™s first IRA medal since 2006, according to Penn Athletics, and was an important reason behind the Red and Blueâ€™s placing. On the lightweight side, the Quakers placed fourth overall in the Varsity Lightweight Eight, marking the first time since 1996-1997 the school made

back-to-back appearances in the grand final. With a time of 6:00.30, the Red and Blue came in less than two seconds behind third-place Princeton, just missing a medal. Still, fourth place is Pennâ€™s best finish since 2005. Columbia and Yale took first and second, respectively, in the grand final after Penn finished less than a second behind Yale in its heat. â€œWe came into the IRA ranked fifth and we were looking to beat that also knowing the rest of the league is only going to improve between the Sprints and the IRA as well,â€? Farrell said. The lightweight four without coxswain finished second in its heat and then fourth in grand

in,â€? Clapinson said. â€œYou know, Penn wonâ€™t find itself on NBC [again] anytime soon.â€?

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member of the Universityâ€™s Title IX Compliance Committee. â€œAlanna clearly has the passion, energy and vision needed to direct Hopkins athletics,â€? Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels said in the press release. â€œHer experience at Penn working with an outstanding university and its motivated, high-achieving student-athletes will serve her extremely well as the leader of the Johns Hopkins Department of Athletics and Recreation.â€? Shanahan will become just the fourth person to hold the position since 1950, and the first woman in its history. While the current Director of Athletics, Tom Calder, is stepping down on July 1, Shanahan will begin her new job on July 18, according to a Johns Hopkins press release.

the classroom or in DRIA â€” and the experiences we shared are some of my most memorable.â€? Penn Athletics has released no comment on the process to replace Shanahan, who personally oversaw both the menâ€™s and womenâ€™s lacrosse and basketball programs in addition to the football team, but in the interim the four senior administrators who reported to her will likely handle the responsibilities. The recipient of a masterâ€™s and a doctoral degree from Penn was a key figure in the schoolâ€™s â€œMaking Historyâ€? campaign that raised $124 million for athletics and recreation. She also was the Senior Womenâ€™s Administrator at Penn as well as a

Pennâ€™s menâ€™s club rugby team competed in the Collegiate Rugby Championship last weekend. The event took place at the Talen Energy Stadium and was broadcast on NBC.

However, it makes sense to also try to win the game because a win coupled with a Colombia loss to Costa Rica would see the Americans top the group and earn an easier opponent for their quarterfinal match. Of course, thereâ€™s also the dreaded possibility that the U.S. could lose against Paraguay, tumbling out of the tournament as the first host nation to fail to advance from the group stage at the Copa America. This would spell disaster for the U.S.A.â€™s reputation in the soccer world. First and foremost, it is worth pointing out that the U.S. is the first nonSouth American host of this tournament. Ever. Many people were unhappy when it was announced that America would host the famous competition, and bowing out of the tournament before the knockout rounds would only add more fuel to that fire. Secondly, hosting a tournament can do wonders for a sportâ€™s national popularity. Soccer has struggled to get a strong foothold in the U.S.A. for decades, but the last few World Cups paired with an ever-improving Major League Soccer have boosted interest in the sport dramatically. What was once the rest of the worldâ€™s sport and Americaâ€™s hobby is quickly becoming quite the opposite. When the 1994 World Cup was hosted in the U.S.A., the buzz was so massive surrounding the event that the total attendance of 3.6 million that year still remains the largest in World Cup history, even after the tournament expanded in

having competed. â€œThere isnâ€™t any bigger-level athletic event that any Penn team plays

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CLUB SPORT, VARSITY LEVEL

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Penn rugby had the opportunity to play in front of hundreds of thousands at the Collegiate Rugby Championship last weekend.

1998. If the Americans were to lose on Saturday and end their Copa America run prematurely, they would be missing out on the exponentially increasing support and attention they receive with each win and each round they advance. Thirdly, and perhaps the most glaring, failing to advance on Saturday would signify a step back for the U.S. team. When former Germany boss Jurgen K linsmann was appointed manager of the USMNT back in 2011, optimism reigned supreme that he would be the man to take America from an average team to a good, if not great one. Now, five years later, some people are calling for his head. After reaching an impressive world ranking in 2014 (13th in the world), the U.S. has been in steady decline, if not freefall. The teamâ€™s fourth-place finish at the 2015 Gold Cup was the worst since 1985. An unimpressive 0-0 draw against Trinidad & Tobago and a 2-0 loss to Guatemala in World Cup qualifying spelled true disappointment. And these all happened just in the last year. While other games might have more glory at stake, do not be mistaken. If the United States wants to justify their host bid, support soccer growth in the U.S., and get back to winning ways, this Saturdayâ€™s match in Philadelphia against Paraguay is a chance they canâ€™t afford to miss. JACOB SNYDER is an Engineering sophomore from Clarksville, Md., and is an associate sports editor at The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.

final with a time of 6:30.830, three seconds behind third-place Harvard. Also, the lightweight four with coxswain came in third in the petite final with a 6:55.900 time for a ninth overall finish. â€œThe guys in all three boats all raced really hard and really well,â€? Farrell told Penn Athletics. â€œIn every boat we were better than last year and thatâ€™s a big achievement â€“ all the work we put in this year was productive and the team is going in the right direction. At the same time, for any athlete, fourth place in unsatisfying and we definitely want to improve upon what we did today when we return next year.â€?

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THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016

MOVING ON Deputy AD Alanna Shanahan named Director of Athletics at Johns Hopkins after nearly 25 years at Penn WILL SNOW Sports Editor

onday morning, Penn Athletics announced that Deputy Athletic Director Alanna Shanahan has been named as the new Director of Athletics and Recreation at Johns Hopkins University. She will leave following nearly a quarter of a century with the Quakers — after graduating from the College in 1996, Shanahan took a position in Penn Athletics, where she has remained for the last 21 years — including four years as the Deputy AD. Johns Hopkins competes in NCAA Division III in 22 of its 24 sports, but its men’s and women’s lacrosse programs are national powerhouses in the Big Ten conference of D-I, with the men in particular having won nine NCAA championships. The position is a good fit for Shanahan, according to Penn athletic director Grace Calhoun. “Johns Hopkins has hired a first-class athletics administrator in Alanna Shanahan,” Calhoun said in a press release Monday. “She is one of the very best and

most talented colleagues with whom I have had the pleasure to work. Alanna’s dedication and service to Penn have been truly extraordinary and she will be sorely missed. That said, I am elated for Alanna and the Johns Hopkins Athletic Department.” As a student at Penn, Shanahan was a member of the lacrosse team and was named captain her senior year, winning the team’s MVP award in the process. After graduation in 1996, she served as an assistant coach on the team for three years until she was appointed interim head coach in 1999. Today, Shanahan sits on the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship Committee. “Penn and [the Department of Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics] have been an integral part of my life since the fall of my freshman year in 1992,” Shanahan said in the press release. “Both have challenged, nurtured and engaged me for over two decades. The people I met — whether on the lacrosse field, in SEE SHANAHAN PAGE 7

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U.S. Soccer’s next game is its biggest one in years JACOB SNYDER

he stage is set in Philadelphia. The United States Men’s National Team has played in some pretty important and memorable games in recent history, notably including the last game of

the group stage at the 2010 World Cup, which featured a famous last-minute winner from Landon Donovan to send the Americans through to the knockout rounds. However, this Saturday’s Copa America Centenario contest against Paraguay at Lincoln Financial Field will be the most important since that remarkable day in Summer 2010. As the host nation of this summer’s special edition of the Copa America (to celebrate

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the tournament’s centennial), the Yanks were placed in Pot 1, the best pot to be in for the group stage draw. However, the USMNT drew arguably the most difficult team from each of the remaining three pots, rounding out the group with Colombia, Costa Rica, and Paraguay. Colombia is a world-renowned power when it comes to soccer, ranked 3rd in the latest FIFA Rankings and starring gifted players such as Real Madrid’s James Rodriguez, Juventus’s Juan Cuadrado, and A.C. Milan’s Carlos Bacca, among others. Los Cafeteros limped into 2016 having only won just one of their last seven games, but this calendar year they’ve turned it around, looking the dominant side we know them to be. It’s really no surprise that the United States lost their opening match to the Colombians, given their stature. Costa Rica is a more peculiar case. Ranked 23rd in the world, Los Ticos technically have a better ranking than the United States does (31st). They feature talented players like SEE SNYDER PAGE 7

Quakers end seasons with high place at IRAs ROWING | Lightweights

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JACOB ADLER Associate Sports Editor

Penn men’s heavyweight and lightweight rowing competed at the IRA National Championship Regatta on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. this past weekend and performed admirably, but the lightweights stole the spotlight with a fourthplace finish. All four of the heavyweight boats placed between 11th and 14th in their respective fields, with the Varsity Eight, Second Varsity Eight and Varsity Four making their petite finals. The Varsity Eight claimed 11th-place for the second consecutive year with a 5:58.280 time, and joining them at 11th was the Varsity Four, which clocked in at 6:51.260 in the petite final. The finish for the Varsity Eight was in line with their ranking — they were No. 11 in the most recent USRowing Collegiate Poll — although they finished ninth at the EARC Sprints in their last competition before the IRA

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Penn rowing finally concluded their different seasons admirably at the IRAs, including a 4th-placed finish for the lightweight team.

Regatta on May 15. The Second Varsity Eight finished 12th overall despite finishing sixth out of six in the petite final, and the Third Varsity graded out at 14th after a second-place finish in the third final. In last year’s IRA Regatta, Penn finished 10th

for overall team performance and won the Clayton Chapman Trophy for largest improvement in team standings from the previous year’s regatta. “If you compare us to any team in the last year I think we SEE ROWING PAGE 7