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Ronald “Hopper” Hillegass was arrested in New Hampshire for assault and domestic violence JESSICA MCDOWELL AND DAN SPINELLI News Editors

PENN FOOD TRUCKS: the challenges of the business

Truck owners discuss legal and financial aspects of food truck business LUIS A. FERRE SADURNI Staff Reporter

On 40th and Locust streets Sadik Karakulak leans over the front window of his food truck and hands a fresh order of falafel to his third customer in the last ten minutes. He removes his gloves, checks his phone and returns to the front of the truck. “You were asking about my biggest challenge, right? For me, it’s managing my two businesses,” says the Turkish owner of Troy Food Truck, which serves Mediterranean food on

campus. Karakulak also manages a Mexican food cart at 38th and Spruce streets. For Karakulak, getting his two businesses off the ground was an even bigger challenge that entailed capital investments, countless permits and, most importantly, patience. Not anyone can pull up a truck and sell their cuisine at Penn. To be a mobile food vendor at University City, prospective food truck operators have to apply for a location permit through the Philadelphia government. Food truckers are put on a waiting list and are notified when designated spots open up around campus. That notification can take time. “I waited over two years for

this spot, but now the waiting list is even longer,” Karakulak says, who has been serving gyros and falafels to Penn students and faculty for almost four years now. Karakulak’s two year wait was well worth it since it guaranteed him one of only two spots on 40th Street between Spruce and Walnut streets. Once a food truck gets a location permit in University City, it can maintain its spot by paying an annual renewal fee. For Troy, that means paying a yearly $3,500 for its sought-after location. To avoid paying such a hefty fee, some owners decide to do business on food carts rather than food trucks. Food carts are usually smaller, cheaper to buy, pay lower fees for location

permits and are easily towed by a motorized vehicle. “I started with a food cart because it requires less money to start off. When you start you don’t have a lot to invest with. I started with this and am comfortable like this,” says Leo Saavedra, owner of Tacos Don Memo at 38th Street between Spruce and Locust streets. The limited amount of designated spots on campus coupled with a growing food truck industry has made the waiting list longer and more competitive. Saavedra explained how it took him only three months to get a location permit on 38th and Sansom streets seven years ago. SEE FOOD TRUCKS PAGE 5

Nearly two months after being arrested on domestic violence charges, potential incoming Wharton freshman Ronald “Hopper” Hillegass is set to stand trial. Hillegass, a senior at St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H., was detained last month by local police for allegedly burning his girlfriend’s leg with a hot lamp after a school dance in January. Hillegass, whose grandfather attended the Perelman School of Medicine, declined to comment on whether his offer of admission still stands since his arrest. Hopper did not speak to The Daily Pennsylvanian for this article at the behest of his attorneys. The complaint was originally reported to a school disciplinary committee, which asked Hillegass to leave school until “it could be sorted out,” said a relative of Hillegass’s — who works in communications at a Washington, D.C. firm . St. Paul’s deferred comment on Hillegass to this relative, who spoke on behalf of the family. Hillegass’ relative and a member of the heavyweight rowing team — who spoke with Myhr before his termination — both said that he was being recruited to row at Penn. In an interview on Wednesday, the relative and Andy Good, an attorney representing the Hillegass family, would not confirm whether Hopper is still being recruited. Associate Director of Athletic Communications Chas Dorman said he was not aware of the situation and that Penn Athletics has “calls into the admissions office.” Heavyweight Rowing Head Coach Greg Myhr, whose contract was not renewed this week, was unavailable for comment. Dorman cited an NCAA rule preventing coaches from speaking about student-athletes before their SEE HILLEGASS PAGE 3

Student accepted to all eight Ivies chooses University of Alabama Student’s decision calls Penn financial aid policies into question BRYN FERGUSON Staff Reporter

Every year, a handful of students achieve what seems impossible to many: acceptance into all eight Ivy League schools. While many of this year’s accepted students decided to attend one of the Ivy Leagues, one student chose elsewhere. Ronald Nelson, a high school senior from Texas, received national attention for declining all eight Ivy acceptances to instead attend the University of Alabama, citing financial reasons. Nelson received a full-ride scholarship to the University of Alabama — the financial aid he was offered from each Ivy League school meant his family would have had to take on debt. At Penn, the average financial aid package for incoming freshman is $44,843, with annual cost of attendance without aid at approximately $66,800. However, some students at Penn find the aid that they receive to be satisfactory. Rising College sophomore Annie Freeman’s entire cost of attending Penn is covered by the university. SEE ALABAMA PAGE 5

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Thousands mourn Beau Biden’s death President Obama was among those who eulogized the former Attorney General

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Thousands gathered at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Wilmington, Del. for the funeral of 1991 College graduate Joseph R. “Beau” Biden last Saturday. Biden, who was the former Attorney General of Delaware, died on May 30 after a long battle with brain cancer. “The reaction has been universal,” said Reverend Leo J. O’Donovan, President Emeritus of Georgetown University, who spoke at the service. “Whether you were a friend of Beau Biden’s or knew him only from the press, how sad. How very very sad.” The church had room only for

those personally invited by the Biden family. Guests included dozens of foreign dignitaries, several Senators and State Representatives, Bill and Hillary Clinton and the Obama family. Hundreds more gathered in local gymnasiums and cafeterias nearby, where the service was streamed on TV monitors. Four eulogies were delivered, including one from United States President Barack Obama. “Beau Biden was an original,” Obama said. He described the “cruel twist of fate,” — a 1972 car accident that killed Biden’s biological mother and little sister — that forced Biden to “ask God for broader shoulders.” Obama also joked that Biden took after his father, Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, following a career in politics and even choosing the same law school. “He even looked like Joe, though Joe would be

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the first to admit that Beau was an upgrade. Joe two-point-oh,” Obama joked. Obama acknowledged Biden’s political accomplishments as Attorney General, which included protecting women and children in Delaware from domestic violence and sexual assault. Biden ended his second term as Attorney General in January and had announced that he intended to run for Governor of the state. “He accomplished in 46 years what most of us couldn’t do in 146,” Obama said. “The world noticed, they felt it — his presence was felt. And isn’t that the whole point of our time here?” Obama’s 25-minute-long eulogy was followed by Biden’s half-sister and 2010 School of Social Policy and Practice graduate Ashley Biden. Ashley described her life as “a collage of memories and moments [of

I had come into the hospital in a state familiar to most Penn students, overwhelmed and overrun.

Beau] — Beau was a constant presence in my life.” Ashley described memories of visiting her older brother while he was a student at Penn “even though the most unpopular thing to do was invite your 8-year-old kid sister to spend the night in your college apartment.” “I hung around Beau-y so much that his friends nicknamed me ‘flea’,” she laughed. Though Ashley described many of her own memories of her bond with her brother, including taking him to his chemotherapy appointments, she remembered most his relationship with his brother, Hunter. “Hunter was the wind beneath Beau’s wings,” she said. Immediately following Ashley, Hunter gave the final eulogy. In his SEE FUNERAL PAGE 2

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Annenberg’s FactCheck.org monitors politicians Website creates articles examining falsehoods in political statements LAVI BEN DOR Staff Reporter

As candidates continue to enter the 2016 presidential election and spar with each other over issues ranging from same-sex marriage to tax reform, one Penn-founded website is doing its best to help voters know whether or not what the politicians are saying is actually true. FactCheck.org, a website started out of Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center in 2003, features news articles pointing out the inaccurate, exaggerated and misleading claims that politicians make. Over the years, its articles have been cited or reprinted in publications such as The New York Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer, and its staffers have appeared on TV shows and radio channels across the country. The site has acquired a reputation as one of the most prominent fact-checking publications in the U.S., winning six Webby Awards for Best Political Blog/Website from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences as well as eight People’s Voice Webbys, as voted on by the public. It was recently honored with one of each award at a ceremony on May 18. FactCheck.org’s director Eugene Kiely said that Annenberg director Kathleen Hall Jamieson founded the organization along with journalist Brooks Jackson, who became its first director, as a way to expand on the fact-checking work that Jackson had previously done for CNN. “It’s a combination of using the best practices of journalism and academia to produce these pieces,” Kiely said. Over the years, the organization

has expanded, partially because of grants from groups such as the Annenberg Foundation and donations from the site’s supporters. Now, the website includes features such as a page where staffers answer user questions, a quiz testing viewers’ knowledge of the truth behind current events in politics and SciCheck, which points out inaccuracies in politicians’ science-based claims. Much of the work done each day at FactCheck.org’s offices involves reviewing material. Once they identify the elections or issues in Congress on which they plan to focus, FactCheck.org’s staffers spend hours examining political television ads and legislators’ appearances on talk shows or reading transcripts of their latest speeches and remarks to identify any claims that don’t hold up. They then research the topic of the erroneous remarks and write articles dissecting and correcting the statements. “Basically, our motto is ‘follow the money’ — wherever the money is being spent on TV ads is where we’re going to be [researching],” Kiely said. “We become very familiar with each of the candidates and the claims and the statements they’re making, so over a period of time we have fully vetted them.” Now that the 2016 election season is approaching, presidential candidates will soon ramp up their press appearances and TV ads in advance of the primary debates, which kick off in August. Kiely said that he expects FactCheck. org’s workload to grow as the campaign cycle progresses, noting that he hopes to forge partnerships with media outlets to increase the visibility of the content that the site will produce. “We’re still going to be doing what we do, which is fact-checking debates, fact-checking convention speeches, fact-checking TV ads, trying to make connections with

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FactCheck.org started in 2003 as the first site of its kind. Now, nearly 67 fact-checking sites exist across the world.

media outlets so they can use our stuff,” he said. “Being a nonprofit, part of our mission is to spread information far and wide, so our copyright policy is ‘steal our stuff’ — we want organizations out there to use our stuff. We’re just focused on doing what we do, but even better.” FactCheck.org has taken advantage of its Penn connection by offering yearlong fellowships to undergraduates at Penn since 2010. Selected students undergo training in June and work full time during the summer, continuing for 10-15 hours a week through the school year. The fellows review transcripts of politicians’ interviews, answer emails and write, fact-check and conduct research for articles. “Hopefully one of the things they take away is being better citizens and more critical thinkers in terms of how they consume information from politicians. One of the things that all of us need to do is think critically about the statement that is made and not bring our individual biases to these [statements],” Kiely said. “I hope they come out of this thinking like journalists, thinking in a way that is more critical of all politicians, not just ones they may be sympathetic to.” Rising College senior Alex Nacht finished his fellowship with

FactCheck.org in May. He said he applied because of his interest in politics and knowledge of the organization’s reputation and enjoyed his year working for the website. “It was a really great experience. I wrote a lot of articles — I was treated just like a regular staffer,” Nacht said. “There were times where I’d just be on my own, and I’d look at a campaign ad or a speech that was made and do all the research and then I’d get to write the article, too. That was a lot of fun, getting to do an article start to finish — discovering a falsehood or misstatement and taking it all the way through to the publication.” Rising College sophomore Rebecca Heilweil will take part in the fellowship this year, which she got involved with because she wanted to research public policy without feeling obligated to support a specific political view. She said that she believes that FactCheck.org has benefited many by shedding light on the lies that politicians tell. “I think it’s helped, at least to some extent, keep lawmakers and politicians honest. I think it’s definitely served to inform other news and academic sources. Going forward, I see FactCheck helping inform more citizens and reaching more online platforms and serving as an honest, bipartisan source of

information,” Heilweil said. Kiely said that he believes the website’s impact can be seen in the rise of similar organizations all around the world inspired by FactCheck.org. “When this was started in 2003, it was the only regular fact-checking site, not only in the U.S., but in the world. Now there are upwards of 67 of them in the world, and a lot of these were started with [the help of] Brooks Jackson, and now people still come to me and ask for help [on] how to start this up,” he said. “We started in 2003, and in 2007 [Fact Checker at] the Washington Post and PolitiFact started up — these are kind of like ‘the big three’ of U.S. fact-checking. Others in other countries saw that this was working and it then spread not only in the rest of the country but also around the world,” Kiely added. “It’s been a tremendous movement, because the whole idea of fact-checking is to hold politicians accountable for what they say and to inform voters so they aren’t manipulated by false and misleading claims, so I think the extent that it’s been duplicated and replicated in so many places around the world just speaks volumes to what [FactCheck.org’s founders] started here.”

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speech, he described his first memory as lying in a hospital bed at age three — a reference to the same car accident that took the lives of their mother and sister, with Beau standing over him, holding his hand and saying “I love you, I love you.” “In the 42 years since, he never stopped holding my hand. Throughout his career, he held so many hands,” Hunter said. “Beau’s was the hand that was reaching for yours before you even had to ask,” he said. “He held so many hands in his life. My only claim to my brother is that he held mine first,” Hunter continued. “I held his hand as he took his last breath and I know that I was loved and I know that his hand will never leave mine.” After Hunter’s eulogy, lead singer of Coldplay Chris Martin performed “‘Till Kingdom Come” and Archbishop Emerit us of Wash i ng ton Cardinal Theodore McCarrick delivered the final commendation. Following the service, Biden was laid to rest at his family’s home parish in Greenville, Del. in the same graveyard as his mother and sister.

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Penn researchers hope to find new Earth-like planets Scientists use new Minerva-Red telescope to gather evidence VAMSEE MUPPARAPU Staff Reporter

Penn researchers are coming close to finding the next Earth. Astronomy assistant professor Cullen Blake and graduate student David Sliski have joined a group astronomers across the nation that produce an array of low-cost telescopes. These astronomers hope to discover planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. As Penn representatives, Blake and Sliski join a group of astronomers from various

universities across the country to make up the Minerva project , a project that operates five robotic telescopes. Blake and Sliski’s telescope, the Minerva-Red, was recently installed at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in Amado, Arizona. Their focus on MinervaRed, is a specific aspect of the entire project. Blake described the two as “sister projects that share some resources.” “Our specific goal here is to try to find planets orbiting the near stars to the sun,” Blake added. Near stars are smaller, cooler stars that radiate infrared light, which cannot be studied well with conventional telescopes. He said that if you figuratively boxed

the sun, there would be “many dozens” of these near stars captured in the box. The Minerva-Red marks a change in focus in the search for Earth-like planets, as historically astronomers have searched for these planets around stars similar to the Sun in our solar system. This different approach that Blake and Sliski have taken is not only more productive, but also cheaper. “Professor Blake had this very brilliant idea of how to use mostly off-the-shelf components to build an instrument to do this very high precision work and to try to find Earth-like planets around these smaller stars,” said Sliski. He added that little time was

needed to build the Minerva-Red and get it started on searching for planets. “Usually, you have an idea, you apply for money, you test a lot of things out and you potentially stall and then you test it out for a while longer before you get [science] and that process can take 5-10 years,” Sliski said. “I was hired in October and we already have the telescope up on the mountain and we hope to have the instrument [that measures the telescopes’ readings] there in September.” Both Blake and Sliski are optimistic of finding the next Earth through Minerva-Red and future research. Although no definitive twin planet has been found,

similar planets to Earth seem to be more common than previously thought. Blake mentioned that statistics point “towards a general picture that planets are very, very common”. “The idea is that we are just reaching the tip of this iceberg and realizing that it’s much bigger,” he added. “These little stars do have tons of planets that are like Earth, and by like Earth, I mean planets that are predominantly made of rock, as opposed to gas.” Both Blake and Sliksi believe that most people would share their enthusiasm in finding the next Earth. Such an

accomplishment, they believe, would interest anyone, regardless of their attitude towards telescope and other space-related missions. “The feedback we get from the general public is fantastic,” Blake said. “It’s because I think people can relate to a planet, something we live on. We learned about the planets in elementary school. We study facts about these planets.” “If our telescope, regardless of its cost — in this case it’s very inexpensive in comparison to other things — [achieved] the simple feat of discovering a world that could harbor life like ours, [anybody] would be excited about [it],” added Sliski.

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recruitment is officially confirmed by the University. Immediately following the incident, Hillegass proactively contacted both the Penn Admissions Office and the rowing coach, the relative said. Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said that the Admissions Office is “aware of the situation and the ongoing legal process,” but did not comment on whether Penn had reconsidered Hillegass’ admission. Neither Penn Athletics nor the Admissions Office would comment on whether Penn has a standard procedure for dealing with incidents where admitted students face legal charges. He was charged with four Class A misdemeanors, including simple assault and domestic violence. He has since been released on $6,000 bail. A trial date is expected to be set for sometime

in early August, according to a family member of the accuser. The Hillegass family relative and Good would likewise not identify Hopper’s enrollment status or reveal any details of his correspondence with Penn. After the initial complaint was filed to the school disciplinary board, the school turned over the case to the Concord Police Department, the relative said. According to New Hampshire court documents, the police arrested Hillegass in April. He did not participate as an active member of his high school rowing team this year, and did not attend school for most of the spring semester, the relative said. Meanwhile, the accuser — whose name was not released because she is still a minor — filed a restraining order against Hillegass, which went into effect on April 8. The order mandated a 300-feet distance between Hillegass and the accuser, which was

later decreased to 100-feet. Hillegass maintains that the incident was accidental and he never intended to hurt her. A family member of the accuser, however, stated that the police have reason to believe Hillegass hurt the accuser intentionally. While the family member refused to comment further, citing the need to protect the ongoing legal process, he emphasized that the local police have brought the charges against Hillegass, not the accuser. At Hillegass’ bail hearing in May, the Concord Monitor — a New Hampshire newspaper — reported that the accuser’s father described backlash in the school due to the accusations brought against Hillegass. “He said the fallout from her coming forward has been nearly as traumatic as the assault itself,” the Monitor reported. Hillegass’ relative disputes this characterization, instead suggesting that the accuser had

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“psychological issues” that “are unfortunately going to have to come to light” at trial. A source, who identified himself only as another parent at St. Paul’s, disagreed, saying that “the girl is really lovely” and has shown no signs of mental health issues. The Hillegass family relative admitted that HOPPER Hopper has HILLEGASS had bouts of illness while Courtesy of Concord NH at scho ol. Police He said that Department Hopper had two concussions while at St. Paul’s, including a brain bleed while he was a freshman. News Editor Caroline Simon contributed reporting to this article.

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t had been four days since my mental breakdown — the last three spent in the psychiatric ward of Pennsylvania Hospital — and I’d since begun to grow restless. I had come into the hospital in a state familiar to most Penn students, overwhelmed and overrun. I checked myself into the hospital on April 1, desperate. But, over the next few days, I became lucid enough to remember the growing mountain of intricacies and realities of my life that waited for me on the outside. We were out on the last smoke break of the day. Ratko*, a young Bulgarian man, turned to Connor*, the youngest patient and by far the most heavily medicated. “Connor, you want to try your first cigarette?” Connor raised his eyes out of his usual haze and smiled sleepily. “No, thank you. I beat cancer once already. No reason to go through that again.” Of our particular ward, one-third of the patients, including me, were Penn students. In recent years, the

ifty years ago, after a long and sometimes bloody struggle waged by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activists around the country, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. Put simply, this act prohibited racial discrimination in voting on both a state and federal level. By passing new regulations on election administration and specifically banning measures such as literacy tests that were used for decades to keep minority populations from registering and casting ballots, the act allowed for the mass enfranchisement of an embattled black population in the American South. It has, as the Department of Justice notes, “been called the single most effective piece of civil rights legislation ever passed by Congress.” Two years ago, the Supreme Court struck down the core provisions of that act by a 5-to-4 vote. Because, as Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority decision, “Our country has changed.”

An admission of guilt TESTING: ONE, TWO | Observations from the psych ward

Penn community has been pushing toward reform regarding the treatment of mental illness, both bureaucratically within Counseling and Psychological Services and socially among students. We have seen agendas written up, sensitivity training initiated and we’ve been urged to learn and relearn that it is okay to not be okay. But even so, at Pennsylvania Hospital, I found it difficult to reach out to my peers. It was us Ivy-Leaguers that pushed most for the return of our smartphones, complained most frequently about the work we were missing, and often, were the most evasive when it came to our mental state. One young woman rarely left her room to participate in the scheduled group environments while one young man convinced his parents that his institutionalization had been a misunderstanding, leading to his premature release after just two days. But, most of all, no one excluding Connor ever asked what it was that brought me to the hospital. I do not believe this to be a coincidence.

The culture at Penn as I understand it — despite making great progress regarding mental health — lends itself

timid. His legs quaked under the new muscles granted by the growth spurts and the steroids. And his hair grew

It was us Ivy-Leaguers that pushed most for the return of our smartphones, complained most frequently about the work we were missing, and often, were the most evasive when it came to our mental state.” to an understanding of recovery that may prioritize keeping up in class over stability in health. Connor approached his recovery differently. He knew what it meant to heal, the patience it required. Connor had spent the last few years valiantly battling and defeating leukemia. The cocktail of chemotherapy, steroids and various others drugs had aged him. Though only 16 years old, he towered over all of us. His gait, however, was

only in thin patches of brown and ghostly white as if scarred from where the specter of death had leaned on him. He came to the psychiatric ward after a bad combination of drugs that resulted in a severe psychotic episode. But he reflected upon it all with grace. For Connor, talking about mental illness was neither an admission of guilt nor an expression of taboo. His laxness and his ingenuousness in discussion emanated from a natural place, the

details of his illness slipping out of his mouth alongside anecdotes describing his first time reaching second base and over simplified, kiddish rants about why it was of the utmost importance that, finally, we just legalize “smoking the herb.” But, all the same, mental illness was normalized in his vernacular, his time in the hospital a necessary step to recovery. Work and life would have to wait for him. I do not wish to condemn my collegiate peers, nor do I wish to attempt to surmise any motive behind their characters — whether their disposition came of crossed wires, medically-unblocked channels or simple upbringing. Nevertheless, I cannot deny that it was among those with whom I shared an alma mater that I felt most severely a sense of alienation and an anxious need to understate the severity of my mental illness in an effort to return to work. Regarding the culture change at Penn, progress is being made. However, we must strive — idyllic as it is — to not

DAVID MARCHINO simply recognize or admit mental illness, but accept it as part of us. *Names have been changed to protect patients’ identities.

DAVID MARCHINO is a rising College senior from Philadelphia studying English. His email address is dmarchi@sas.upenn. edu.

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GIRL, INTERRUPTING | The ongoing fight for the Voting Act of 1965 There is a mythology of progress, of constant forward movement, that we subscribe to when it comes to social issues. We talk about women’s rights, gay rights, civil rights, as a linear progression of victories. Here we won the right to vote. The right to own property. The right to attend the same schools. The right to marry. The right to fair wages. The right to fight in the military. The right to privacy. We are more equal today than yesterday. Tomorrow we’ll be more equal still. It’s a pretty narrative, a hopeful narrative and in many ways a true narrative. Victories have been won out of struggle. Rights have been earned. Conditions have improved. Given a time machine and an opportunity to live in any period in history, I would never choose to return to a period before the 19th Amendment, the Equal Pay Act or Roe v. Wade, to name just a few. There’s no doubt that our generation has a lot to be thankful for. But the fight for equal rights does not always move forward. Too

often, the fight circles back around to the same battles that we have marched and bled for in the past. In my lifetime I have had to argue for rights for women that my mother, my grandmother and my greatgrandmother fought for in earlier years: legal abortions, access to birth control and equal pay for equal work. No piece of legislation or Supreme Court decision has been able to put

black president thousands have once again marched against governmental prejudice and indifference, protesting the largely unpunished police shootings of unarmed black men in cities from Ferguson to Los Angeles, from New York to Baltimore. Under that president we have come to understand in new ways how far from post-racial America really is. When the protests first broke out

There is a mythology of progress, of constant for ward movement, that we subscribe to when it comes to social issues. We talk about women’s rights, gay rights, civil rights, as a linear progression of victories.” those issues to rest. Civil rights are no different. Seven years ago, many hailed the election of the country’s first black president as the beginning of a post-racial America. But under that

last August, photos circulated around the internet showing scenes from Ferguson side by side with stills from 1960s marches and rallies. The similarities are striking, and heartbreaking. Fifty years has not erased

the last vestiges of racial prejudice from our country’s administration, as we hoped in November 2008; it has not even changed the picture of that prejudice. “Our country has changed,” Chief Justice Roberts wrote, so much so that we no longer need the protection of the Voting Rights Act. But it hasn’t changed much, as evidenced by the flood of new voting restrictions that lawmakers have passed in 22 ANNIKA NEKLASON states since 2010, many of which — including the 2013 Texas Voter ID law that Hillary Clinton has recently requires sacrifice, suffering, and and vocally protested — have raised struggle; the tireless exertions and concerns of racial discrimination and passionate concern of dedicated disenfranchisement. For more than a individuals.” This time, as voting restrictions year, before its own Voter ID law was ruled unconstitutional, Pennsylvania once again threaten to stifle minority voices, Dr. King is not here to was among those states. Dr. King spoke of hope for sacrifice, to suffer and to struggle for a better, more equal future; he justice. But we are. And we should. proclaimed that the moral arc of the universe would ultimately bend ANNIKA NEKLASON is a rising toward justice. He also cautioned College junior from Santa Cruz, that “human progress is neither Calif., studying English. Her email automatic nor inevitable,” that address is neklason@sas.upenn. “every step toward the goal of justice edu.

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Wharton MBA’s startup wins competitions Company places sustainable farms on the roofs of supermarkets LAVI BEN DOR Staff Reporter

Although many Penn graduate students head into the workforce when they finish their studies, not many immediately start working full time as the CEO of their own company after graduation. 2015 Wharton MBA graduate Julia Kurnik, however, achieved that feat, starting her post-graduation life by working full time on the startup that she founded in May 2014. Kurnik’s company, FOCUS Foods Inc., won top prizes in April in the Carnegie Mellon University Summit New Venture Competition and in the social enterprise track of the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition, receiving over $130,000 in prizes, according to a press release. “To me, it was something I’d been spending so much time on for the previous year that it was humbling but also thrilling to have this affirmation that yes, your work is going well and validating that your concept is one that other people can buy into,” Kurnik said. “Without those awards, I may not have been able to [work full time on the company], so that was exciting and reassuring that I knew I could dedicate myself

to the company full time when I graduated.” FOCUS Foods Inc. is a public benefit corporation — a forprofit organization dedicated to social enterprise. The company hopes to create greenhouses that use waste from fish to create nutrients for vegetable plants, which then use up the converted waste and clean the water for the fish, creating a “completely sustainable system,” Kurnik said. These farms will be installed on the roofs of supermarkets, so that the vegetables can be harvested and put on sale in the stores below in a matter of hours. Kurnik said that this allows the farms to significantly cut down on the greenhouse gases created by traditional farming and transportation of vegetables, as well as on the water and land required for it. According to Kurnik, another significant impact that the farms have is health-related; the systems minimize the vitamin loss that usually occurs when vegetables take time to travel from farms to stores, which helps to combat obesity. “Even if people are not buying any more vegetables than they are today, they’ll be replacing the ones they buy now with much higher quality ones, which will give them the micronutrients that they need to fight obesity,” she said. “We’re hoping the community will engage with our farm and buy more healthy fruits and vegetables [than they do now],

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but even if they don’t, we do think there is a health benefit.” FOCUS Foods will launch a pilot farm on the ShopRite of Parkside in Philadelphia, which is operated by Brown’s Super Stores. The store is building an addition this summer and will specially reinforce its roof to support the weight of the farm. Kurnik hopes to start installing the farm in the fall. Kurnik said that her company chose to work with this store because of the CEO of Brown’s Super Stores’ dedication to bettering his community and because reinforcing a new roof would be easier than working with an existing roof. “What we would hope is that with our 10,000 square foot pilot up and running, we’ll be able to prove that this is working, and spread throughout Philadelphia, but then also grow beyond Philadelphia,” Kurnik said. “With each additional farm, our profit and our social impact mission are tied hand in hand — we’re growing, but that means we’re having a greater environmental impact, because that means we’re now growing healthier foods in a completely sustainable manner, and I would love to see that effect grow worldwide.” Kurnik’s classmate and fellow 2015 Wharton MBA graduate Ben Shaffer said that he is impressed by how effectively she has managed to turn her idea for the company into a reality. “I think what she has

that there wasn’t a distinct definition for food trucks and carts. Instead, they were grouped into the city’s antiquated definition of a “street vendor,” which includes “wagons,” “handcarts” and “hawkers” among other archaic descriptions. This all changed on May 5 when Mayor Nutter signed Bill 150056 into law, which defined food trucks and carts as “mobile food vendors.”

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However, two years ago when he decided to apply for his current spot, he was on the waiting list for over a year and a half. As if investing in a food cart or truck, and waiting years on a location permit isn’t enough, mobile food vendors have to wade through a bureaucracy of city license applications before starting business. A Unit Plan Review, a Food Safety Certification, a Commercial Activity License and a Vendor Motor Vehicle License are just some of the many licenses that vendors have to apply and pay for before starting their businesses. This process involves going to multiple city offices, waiting months for responses and paying hundreds of dollars in fees. “It’s definitely a costly endeavor. Your truck has to pass inspection, your registration, your insurance. None of this is cheap. There are a lot of costs that go into this before you sell a single entree ,” President of the Philly Mobile Food Association Rob Mitchell said. The PMFA has been at the forefront of some recent triumphs for the food truck industry in City Council. One frustrating obstacle for any reform to take place was the fact

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accomplished with FOCUS Foods is extraordinary. To me, what is incredible is the way she has quickly come up with a concept and gotten to a viable product,” Shaffer said. “She has shown people the promise [of] her prototype system and early partners, rather than just telling people it will be great.” Kurnik said that she went into the Wharton MBA program planning to create a company and was pleasantly surprised to find that “the resources [Wharton has] put into entrepreneurship really show that that’s one of the growing areas that they care a lot about.” She encourages students hoping to start their own companies to take advantage of the wealth of opportunities they have at Penn. “Being in school is a wonderful time to start a company, because you do have a safety net. You also have a great support system, because you have a lot of resources people are willing to give you as a student that you wouldn’t be able to get otherwise,” Kurnik said. “Penn has so many resources, both at Penn and if you’re asking outside people for help, being a student at such a great school, people are just willing to sit down and talk to you and give you their time. I think that’s unique to being a student, and people should take full [advantage] of that to learn everything they can.”

“The most important part of this law is that it validated us. By giving us our own definition, it recognized us as a legitimate thriving industry in the city,” Mitchell said, who worked with the City Council to get the bill passed. The bill didn’t stop at a technical definition. It also made changes to the city’s restrictive zone permit regulations. The ordinance now allows mobile

“I think that Penn’s financial aid program is great, I don’t have to pay for anything, which is great, because we really couldn’t afford to,” Freeman said. The opposite of Nelson’s situation, Freeman said that her safety school, the University of Colorado, offered her less than half the financial aid that she received from Penn. Freeman speculated that Nelson may have not been offered as much aid as he would have needed to comfortably attend because his parents’ income may not have been low enough. “I have heard from some people that Penn financial aid is only good when you’re on the lower end of income, and that if you are in the middle they don’t give enough,” she said. Freeman also wondered if Penn’s calculations of a student’s financial aid accurately factor in how far a family’s money has to stretch. “Even though we have a low income, we live in an area with very low cost of living, and my household is only me and my aunt,” Freeman said. “We have plenty of money for where we live and for the fact that I have no siblings around, and she has no spouse.” Freeman added that although some families have a higher income than her own, they may be in no better position to afford a Penn education. “I can understand that some families that might even make triple what we make actually are about in the same situation, because they live in an area with higher cost of living, and have several children. But I

food vendors to legally operate in private lots. This update is a significant win for the industry, given that food trucks are prohibited on virtually any street in Center City and food carts are only permitted on some sidewalks. Operating in privately owned lots provides an opportunity for vendors to gain access to the more restricted areas of the city by setting up contracts with property owners.

The new ordinance might provide a channel for prospective food trucks to bypass the long waiting list for a location permit in University City by dealing directly with lot owners in the surrounding areas. For now, however, Karakulak and Saavedra are more focused on getting by the slow summer months at Penn. Both indicated that their sales dramatically decrease by more than 50 percent

don’t know if Penn factors those elements in as much as they should when determining financial aid,” she said. Rising Wharton sophomore Jessica Lipponen also spoke positively of the financial aid package she receives, but agreed with Freeman that the packages may not always be enough. “If you don’t have a lot of money then it works out because you get a lot of financial aid, but I know a lot of people similar to [Ronald Nelson],” Lipponen said. “They get into Ivies and then they can’t afford to go … there is a difference between what you think you need versus what Penn thinks you need.” Brian Taylor, director of The Ivy Coach, a New York-based college consulting firm, said that, despite Nelson’s financial situation, he believes the decision to attend the University of Alabama was a mistake. [University of Alabama] has a good football program, but they don’t have the resources that these Ivy League colleges have, they don’t have the connections,” Taylor said. “Look at the median salaries for students five years out of college and ten years out of college at Ivy League colleges and look at the equivalent statistics for the University of Alabama, and you won’t find equivalent data.” Ivy Coach did not counsel Nelson throughout the admissions process. Another high school student, Alexander Roman, was also accepted to and turned down all of the Ivy Leagues. Roman chose to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology, not for financial reasons, but as he wanted to pursue science and technology, he told Business Insider.

while the University is not in session. It’s an expected loss that they account for and more than make up for with sales during the academic year. The Troy Food Truck owner is not worried. “Business slows down so I’ll probably go on vacation, too. We know these times are slow so it gives me time to relax a bit,” he says before returning to the back of his truck to serve another customer.

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SUMMER MUST SEES BY HALLIE BROOKMAN Looks like summer time is going to be filled with adaptations, sequels, blockbusters and indies you should all be pumped for.

ENTOURAGE

Ari Gold now runs a studio and Vince wants to direct. The movie picks up where the hit TV series left off. In addition to seeing what goes on behind the scenes of Tinseltown’s movie industry — yacht parties, private jets, and Hollywood glamour on the red carpet — make sure to watch out for cameos of some Hollywood A-Listers such as Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Alba and Kelsey Grammer. As one of the recent posters says, ”Dream Large. Live Larger.” In Theaters Now

MAGIC MIKE XXL

With the release of its most recent trailer, it’s clear what the movie is going to entail as it goes on to show some of what it calls “the best parts of the movie” — shirtless Channing Tatum. At a fake screening of the film, Channing goes undercover as a marketing executive interviewing Magic Mike fans and telling them the screening would be in 3D. When the lights go out, strippers in the audience dance their way to the screen while Channing, still undercover, gives an audience member a lap dance before unmasking and revealing himself to everyone. Get ready for some kickass dancing and lots of skin. In Theaters July 1

SPY

Melissa McCarthy stole someone’s identity two years ago in “Identity Thief,” but now she is going undercover for the CIA to save the world. With a great cast that includes Jude Law and Rose Byrne, this movie is likely to make you laugh the entire time, leaving you with a sore stomach by the end. In Theaters Now

IRRATIONAL MAN

Some are calling Woody Allen’s latest film one of the best movies to be premiered at Cannes. Starring Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix, this movie tells the story of what happens when a professor begins to have an affair with one of his students. In Theaters July 17

JURASSIC WORLD

It’s been 14 years, and director Steven Spielberg has returned with his fourth installment of the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World. After a new attraction at the theme park backfires, the genetically engineered dinosaur will keep audience members on the edge of their seats as visitors in the park run for their lives. In Theaters June 12

TRAINWRECK

“Monogamy isn’t realistic.” Amy Schumer and Bill Hader star in this upcoming comedy that tells the story of what happens when the promiscuous girl, who was raised to believe that monogamy isn’t realistic, meets the right guy and begins to fall in love with him too. Producer Judd Apatow is known for some of our favorites: “Bridesmaids,” “Superbad,” “Knocked Up “ and “The 40 Year Old Virgin.” It looks like “Trainwreck” could soon be added to that list too. In Theaters July 17

SOUTHPAW ME, EARL AND THE DYING GIRL

Having won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year, “Me, Earl and the Dying Girl” tells the story of what happens when a high school senior, Greg (Thomas Mann), is forced to befriend Rachel (Olivia Cooke) who has just been diagnosed with leukemia. For those who are looking to switch gears from the big summer blockbusters to art house, independent films, make sure to check this one out too. In Theaters June 12

TED 2

Ted is now married and he wants a child. Our favorite teddy bear returns to the screens and learns that if he and his wife want to have a baby, he has to prove that he is a real person. “Ted 2” is expected to be another raunchy comedy that will leave you in tears, and we all want to #legalizeted. In theaters June 26

BY FRANCES PATERNO With summer just starting, we know there are ofﬁce romances and awkward hometown tinder hookups waiting just around the corner. But since Street has your best interests at heart, we thought it might be helpful to give you a head start on dating for once you’re back on Locust. To shed some knowledge, here’s a guide to love in the time of f**k buddies. This way when you head back to University City in the fall, you’ll know exactly where to go online to ﬁnd that special Quaker.

Harvey Weinstein has already vowed that Jake Gyllenhaal will get an Oscar nomination for his performance in this boxing drama. The film tells the story of what happens when the life of Billy Hope (Gyllenhaal), reigning World Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion, begins to unravel after his wife (Rachel McAdams) accidentally gets killed. According to Weinstein, while the film had been selected for Cannes, it couldn’t remain in competition since Gyllenhaal was a member of the jury. In Theaters July 24

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION Tom Cruise is back starring in another installment of Mission Impossible. In its fifth installment, Ethan (Cruise) and his team take on their most impossible mission as they are committed to terminating the IMF. He says this might be their last one, so he wants to make it count. In Theaters July 31

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WHAT I LEARNED AT THE

2015 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL BY CAROLINE MARQUES I remember my first time. I was in awe; sweat dripping down my face on a spring day and all. It was brief, hot and then it was over. I was 14. My middle school professor briefly gestured at the building, Cannes’ Grand Théâtre Lumière muttering something about movies. It wasn’t the festival, but a red carpet was on display for tourists to trample. Already, there was something special about it. My second time at Cannes, I was older, wiser. To the security guards, my badge was practically meaningless. But the novelty of it all — the parties, the pictures, the people — stunned me. I was barely legal, running around with my partner in crime, when I got kicked out of that very theatre (and then later snuck back in for the Cronenberg premiere) and missed my flight home. By then, I knew it was a sunny place for shady people and that you can’t BYOB premieres (no exceptions). I came prepared for 2015. Here are the key things Street learned at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival to spare you some embarrassment and pain.

THE HUSTLE IS WORSE THAN HOLLYWOOD

Who are you? Who do you know? Everybody wants something from somebody all the time. That’s what happens when you grab half of the film industry, a bunch of young aspiring artists, tourists and businesspeople and throw them together in a small town on the French Riviera. The hustle is unavoidable – it’s everywhere. At a party, it’s the veteran European playboys hailing from Paris, London, and sometimes Rome. At a hotel, it’s the 50-year old man at the bar that wrote a “touching yet daring” screenplay he wants you to take a look at upstairs. At the press office terrace, it’s a trembling, stressed-out journalist shaking out an empty pack of Marlboro Golds on their pink plastic press card. In line, it’s f**king everybody.

THE TOWN IS UNACCOMMODATING AS HELL

Is it charming? Of course. There’s a port and sunshine — but you better come prepared. It’s France, so forget the existence of a CVS or a 24-hour grocery store. That’s what you expect — you’re ready for that. But can you know what awaits you at Cannes? No you can’t. You can’t eat between the hours of two and seven. You can’t get a cab. Forget getting an Über to the airport. You will inevitably miss your flight and be stuck in the airport for six hours, nursing the worst hangover of your life, as the workers go on strike with vuvuzelas. Forget fighting with the coked-out waitress charging you for the gin and tonic you didn’t order: you will get thrown out of the club. It’s a small town. If you get with a certain British producer one night, know that you will run into that person every day, three times per day for the rest of your trip. And forget not going home with the strangers whistling at you from their car, they’ll roll down their windows and spit at you.

THE LOCALS HATE IT WITH A PASSION

The bus driver, the panini maker, the bar owner — everyone. They find the tourists imposing and obnoxious, the celebrities demanding and impossible and the fans annoying and drunk. An Austrian local explained to me outside a bar that the festival is nothing more than “ten days that are crap for everybody that lives here. It’s just tourists who want to look around, and not pay. It’s not that interesting.” So despite the Porsches and Teslas that line the streets in front of the Chanel, Dior and Armani shops, the influx of tourism does not seem to have a large effect on the town as a whole.

THE SECURITY GUARDS ARE FRENCH ASSHOLES

When Street went to Sundance this January, it was hard to order a coffee or full-strength beer. At Cannes, it’s difficult to get into a movie, even with the right badge. This is due to the army of beige suits that will make your daily life a living hell. They will send you in the wrong direction, frisk you a little too closely, kindly escort you out of the building, and then laugh, saying that “you could maybe get in, that is, if you worked for a better magazine.”

WOMEN ARE STILL NOT REPRESENTED

The film industry is known for its extreme lack of female representation. Cannes, unfortunately, is no exception. While some women showcased their work, they did not bring home awards in the main competition with the exception of best actress. The reason this discussion even reached a global level this week in the press was not because of women in film, but because of complaints made due to the festival’s premiere “heels-only” unwritten rule. The international festival has a long way to go to place men and women on the same level and care about more than the latter’s hair and makeup.

IT’S EVERYTHING YOU EVER IMAGINED IT TO BE … AND MORE

Everything you hear — it’s all true. Some hotels boast suites for 40k a night and more than 800 kilos of lobster to go with their 15,000 bottles of champagne for the week. People do buy party invitations to the galas and balls on the Cannes black market, and clubs do hire girls from European capitals to stay in a villa on the one condition that they go to their club every night. A club does make you stand in line for 30 minutes, seemingly let you in, and then push you onto the street if they don’t think you’re wealthy enough. A slew of escorts walk in and out of the best hotels every morning, as others beg on the street and others beg for tickets. Penn kids do it all. But watching it all — it’s the crème de la crème of entertainment, and Street was lucky enough to be a part of it.

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IL veBlackWomen For the romantics who think the Wilcaf barista who remembered your name is totally in love with you when really he is just a nice guy who remembers everybody’s name.

For the student activists whose desire to abolish systematized racism. (P.S. Sorry Phi Delt, the only inflated things on here are your egos)

Are there Christians at Penn? Let a homie know. #Catholicandlooking

We’re fairly sure that this was just a startup in the Wharton Business Plan Competition.

Can we just focus on how upsetting it is that this site exists?

FARMERS ONLY For the engineers who are weirdly into heavy machinery and deﬁnitely into bondage.

For that Oz guy who’s deﬁnitely not an asshole but just wants to explore his Pan-Asian foot fetish.

For the actual poor kids just trying to flirt a little and not have to meet someone in a sweaty mosh pit on Bankers-slick surfaces.

All enrolled students.

Finally, old faithful. For the dfmo enthusiasts and surprise grinders alike, may you never stop making everyone wildly uncomfort able.

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kind of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ah-haâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; moments where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wow, this is a pretty special place,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what made it an easy decision in the end. There were so many things that was just awesome to be there. If I had to pick one, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d probably be the Palestra. DP: Looking at your time at FDU and at your stats, it seems you excel beyond the arc, which fits quite well into coach Donahueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s system. How would you describe yourself as a player, particularly beyond just threepoint shooting? MM: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always felt Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been a guy who just plays the right way and does whatever it takes to win. A lot of people, they just

label me as just a shooter, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my role. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to do whatever it takes to win, whether thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the little things, if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being a good passer, if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being a good teammate, always staying ready and always doing whatever coach asks ... Without those guys, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m nothing. DP: Your career high point total came against now-rival Princeton. Does it make you excited to face the Tigers twice a year moving forward and how much have you been ingrained so far in Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rivalry with Princeton and its other traditions? MM: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny. I actually didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even, and I hope this doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sound too bad, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even really know that Princeton and Penn was such a rivalry until I got to the Palestra and they

have a tally of all the games. I think the tally was Penn has 120-something wins and Princeton had like something around 102. That was the first time I was like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wow. This is a big deal.â&#x20AC;? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much history and they go way back with all the games. Usually they would decide the Ivy League championship. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if it says anything that my career high is against them. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny how it worked out. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a good team and rivalry games are always tough, whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in high school and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always ready for your rivalry games. I think it will be just like that at Penn-Princeton. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be certainly jacked up and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just got to be ready to go all the time.

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The biggest storyline of Penn footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season will be when the Quakers travel to New York to play Columbia, whose team is now led by Al Bagnoli, who led Penn to nine Ivy League Championships. >> PAGE 8

mid-October, Al Bagnoli will do something he has never done before in his coaching career: Play a game against the Quakers. Bagnoli, of course, coached the Red and Blue for 23 seasons,

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leadership among the football, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer and menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball programs throughout 2014-15. Although the pairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contracts recently expired â&#x20AC;&#x201D; making coaching changes relatively straightforward at this point in time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; neither rowing squad was short on success this year. In its last meet of the season, Laneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rowing crew posted its best performance at the Ivy League Championships ever, finishing in sixth place with 36 points. The Quakers performed significantly better than Dartmouth and Columbia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who finished tied for last with 19 points â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and were a mere five points away from Cornellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fifth-place total. In addition to qualifying five boats for the Grand Finals at

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goes out on his own,â&#x20AC;? coach Geatz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nicolas wants to be a pro and will put in the time to do so.â&#x20AC;? After De Alwisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; injury and Podestaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mysterious disappearance, Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season began to crumble. The Quakers lost all seven Ivy League matchups to end the season 14-10. Though a stark improvement from their 7-14 record from 2014, it was a major disappointment given their tremendous start to 2015. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To give it some perspective, six of the eight Ivy league teams were in the top 75 at one point,â&#x20AC;? rising sophomore Josh Pompan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard especially when playing the Ivies, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only three weeks of the year, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

from 1992 until his retirement in 2014. Except he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t retire. After a few short months in an administrative role in Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletic department, the ninetime Ivy champio n abruptly left Philadelphia for the head coaching position in Upper Manhattan. Bagnoli will take

over a program in shambles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Lions havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t won a game in over two years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the program is unlikely to be much good for at least a few more years. With that in mind, the Quakers will surely be looking to serve their old boss a healthy dose of remorse.

Ivies this season, Penn finished first in its tri-meet with Saint Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and George Washington in March. The season-ending performance against the Ancient Eight may have given some reason to expect even more from the Red and Blue next year. On the other side, Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heavyweights also kicked their season off in style. In their first three regattas, the Quakers finished first twice and second behind No. 2 California in the San Diego Crew Classic in late March. After finishing ninth at the Eastern Sprints Championships, the Red and Blue saved what might have been their best performance of the year for last. At the IRA National Championships Regatta on May 29, Penn claimed its first medal at the event since 2006, as the freshman boat finished third in the Grand Final.

In total, the Quakers racked up 115 points at the Championships, a total good enough for 11th in the nation. Penn improved by 57 points over its finish in 2014, a feat that earned the squad the regattaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clayton Chapman Trophy for biggest improvement between meets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best thing I can say about our overall performance â&#x20AC;Ś is that each of our boats had their best performance of the regatta in their final race,â&#x20AC;? Myhr said after the Championships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This has been a very positive season overall for the team and to see it end with tangible results is exciting for everyone involved.â&#x20AC;? Still, despite the performances at Ivies for the women and the IRA Championships for the heavyweights, neither were sufficient to allow Myhr and Lane to retain their positions with Penn rowing.

think it represented our entire season, especially with every [other team] at full strength.â&#x20AC;? Despite the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggles down the stretch, the Quakers look primed for an improvement next season. Leading the way will be captain De Alwis, who looks to be fully healthy for his senior campaign. The Quakers should also get a boost from next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recruiting class, which has the potential to be one of the strongest in school history. The Class of 2019 includes two five-star recruits in Kyle Mautner of Greenwich, CT and John Karlawish of Raleigh, NC. According to a panel of over 20 college tennis experts, Penn has the No. 21 best class nationwide. Coach Geatz is thrilled with the cast of players entering the

program this coming fall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kyle Mautner is going to be an immediate impact player. I think he is the best player coming into the Ivy League. Karlawish is a great competitor. Our other recruit was the number one player out of Russia in the 16 and under age division and could be a real dark horse. If heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s half as good as I hope, we could be absolutely loaded next year.â&#x20AC;? Pompan is already excited for next spring. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have some really good guys coming in, which will be really great,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Should be a really competitive year and we will have a very deep team and continue to build on what we had this year.â&#x20AC;? So, for Penn menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis, 2015 was not a season to forget, but rather a lesson learned.

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Sophomore guard Matt MacDonald chose to transfer from Fairleigh Dickinson and is heading to Penn. He will join Penn basketball on the court in 2016-17 after sitting out one year.

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Penn basketball took in its first transfer in years, recruiting sophomore guard Matt MacDonald from Fairleigh Dickinson. MacDonald spoke with The Daily Pennsylvanian about the transfer process, why he chose Penn and what he will do during his year of ineligibility. The interview has been edited for brevity. Daily Pennsylvanian: When did you decide and what factors made you transfer away from FDU? Matt McDonald: I didn’t decide to transfer until … I believe it was the first week of April. First or second week of April. The main reason I decided to transfer is that it just wasn’t a fit for me, FDU. There were a lot of different factors but ultimately it just wasn’t a fit. I enjoyed my time there and I wish them the best but it just felt I could be a better fit somewhere else. DP: After deciding to transfer, you begin the recruiting process all over again. Can you take us through the transfer process, how that starts out, how you communicate with different schools and everything that goes along with that? MM: So you get your release. Once you get your release, schools can contact you once they have your release. So, you know, there were some schools who called FDU, got my release and from that point on they were able to contact me directly. DP: What were you looking for in a school this time around? I’m guessing it was different from the last search considering you had a few options in Division I. MM: Yeah, right. I wouldn’t say I was looking for anything specific. I was obviously looking for a school that would be a good blend of academics as well as basketball and a great campus feel to it, a great college experience. In the end, I felt that Penn had too much, it had too much for me to turn down. DP: What was your visit to Penn like? Can you take us through that? MM: I visited as soon as I finished up school at FDU. Me and my mom went down and we visited for about two days and it was your regular official visit. All the coaches were there and they were around for the whole two days. Being on campus gave me a good feel. DP: Was there one moment, whether it is going through different parts of campus, the first time going to the Palestra or one of your moments with the coaches, that really stands out to you that really defined the visit to Penn? MM: There were a lot of those SEE McDONALD PAGE 7

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De Alwis began to suffer knee pain and could not play on the trip. An MRI scan back at Penn revealed everyone’s fear: a torn meniscus and an early end to De Alwis’ season. The biggest story line of the team’s season emerged in the weeks following spring break. Podesta, a top 100 recruit and Penn’s best player, had started his season unbeaten, with a 8-0 record in the No. 1 singles position. However, after dropping his first two Ancient Eight contests, the freshman disappeared from the program. Coach Geatz believes Podesta’s departure had to do with his dreams of playing professional tennis. “I don’t know for sure, but he thinks his pro opportunities are better if he

Mark your calendars — Here are four must-see matchups of the fall 2015 season: Women’s Soccer vs. Princeton: Nov. 7 Last season, both the Tigers and Quakers were the definition of average in Ivy play, as both squads notched identical 3-3-1 conference records. Penn got the best of their foes from New Jersey in 2014, notching a 3-2 victory at Princeton. This year, the scene will shift to University City, where rookie coach Nicole Van Dyke and a reloaded Quaker squad will attempt to defend their home turf against their archrivals. Penn’s Juliana Provini and Princeton’s Tyler Lussi — each squad’s leading scorer from a season ago — will both be back in 2015. Men’s Soccer vs. Princeton: Nov. 7 After the women get done battling on the pitch, be sure to stick around and watch the men’s teams go it. The Tigers had a decidedly better 2014 campaign — they shared the Ivy title at 5-1-1 while the Red and Blue sputtered to a 2-3-2 finish. However, the two teams went down to the wire in their head-to-head matchup, with Princeton pulling out a narrow 3-2 victory. Then-sophomore forward Alec Neumann scored each of Penn’s goals that day, and he will be back to avenge that loss in 2015. Joining him will be a massive eight-man freshman class, which was ranked no. 12 nationally and dubbed the most impressive in the Ivy League per CollegeSoccerNews.com. Field Hockey vs. Princeton: Nov. 7 Princeton’s history of dominance when it comes to field hockey is downright comical: The Tigers have won 19 of the last 20 Ivy League championships, including the last 10 in a row. Last year, Princeton clinched its title by taking down the Quakers 4-3 in a back-and forth battle on the last day of the season. This year, the reloaded and vengeful Red and Blue will have the honor of hosting the final game of the season, a matchup that could very well determine 2015’s Ivy champion. In case you didn’t notice, homecoming Saturday in University City will be absolutely crazy this year. Football at Columbia: Oct. 17 You could probably have guessed this one would make the list. In

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Rising senior and team captain Vim De Alwis missed part of the season due to a torn meniscus. He hopes to lead the squad to championship contention next year.

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The story of the Penn men’s tennis 2015 season is not one that can be told simply by looking at the team’s final record. Within a four-month stretch, fans saw Penn tennis get off to arguably the greatest start in program history before finishing with an Ivy League campaign that saw no wins and a depleted roster. The Red and Blue began their 2015 campaign by winning 12 of their first 15 matches. On Feb. 1 in State College, they upset No. 16 Penn State 5-2, one of the program’s most impressive wins

in recent memory. The win moved the Quakers up to No. 39 in the national rankings, the highest in program history. Led by the star duo of freshman Nicolas Podesta and junior captain Vim De Alwis and backed by a core of young, talented players, Penn appeared to be in a position to contend for an Ivy League title and an NCAA Tournament berth. However, during the team’s spring break trip out west, everything began to take a turn for the worse. The trip saw the Quakers drop winnable matches to New Mexico State and UT Arlington and move out of the top 60 nationally. Most alarming, though, were the absences of the team’s top players, Podesta and De Alwis. Podesta, according to coach David Geatz, came down with a virus and did not travel with the team.

Men, women’s rowing coaches out

ROWING | Despite winning men’s heavyweight squad for six Al Bagnoli’s decision to retire —

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Penn Athletics announced that men’s heavyweight rowing coach Greg Myhr would not return for the 2015-2016 season after nine years as head coach.

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Less than a month after the end of Penn’s spring season, Penn Athletics has announced that women’s rowing coach Mike Lane and men’s heavyweight rowing coach Greg Myhr will not return in 2015-16. Despite marked success from each squad in 2015, Athletic Director Grace Calhoun has elected not to renew the pair of coaches’ contracts. The duo spent nearly two decades combined with the Red and Blue, as Lane served as the women’s boss for nine seasons — after three as an assistant — while Myhr coached the ONLINE AT THEDP.COM

years. “I want to thank Greg and Mike for their service to Penn,” Calhoun said in a statement on Monday. “At this time, we have decided that it is in the best interest of these programs to go in new directions as we look to advance at the Ivy League and national levels.” According to Penn Athletics, the administration will immediately begin a national search for Myhr and Lane’s replacements. After taking over the University’s athletic administration last July, Calhoun’s decision represents the fifth and sixth coaching changes, respectively, in her short tenure as athletic director. Although former football coach

and the naming of former defensive coordinator Ray Priore as Bagnoli’s successor — occurred before she arrived at Penn, Calhoun has been active in leaving her imprint on the Red and Blue’s coaching landscape. It is the second consecutive summer in which Calhoun has orchestrated a coaching change. Less than three weeks after officially taking over for former Athletic Director Steve Bilsky last July, she hired Alex Tirapelle to lead the school’s wrestling program. The Quakers sent five wrestlers to the NCAA Championships in Tirapelle’s first season in charge. Prior to Myhr and Lane’s firings, Calhoun also oversaw transitions in SEE ROWING PAGE 7