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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2018 VOL. CXXXIV NO. 31

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Admitted students hail from 104 countries JULIE COLEMAN Staff Reporter

Class of 2022 is one of the most diverse classes yet, reflecting Penn’s trajectory toward a more diverse student body. This year’s incoming fresh-

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Students from 2,176 high schools and 104 countries make up the admitted class, whereas last year’s admitted students came from a total of 2,145 high schools and 72 countries. Despite the stricter visa restrictions and talk of

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OPINION | Coming out as a freshman

“Although college, particularly at the beginning, can be lonely and overwhelming, it also lends you the opportunity to embrace your identity.”

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SPORTS | Asking for Access

When Penn athletes petitioned the administration for better access to mental health resources, they came away frustrated by a lack of progress.

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A breakdown of a few of Penn’s key traditions Throwing toast and biting hats are among the traditions KIRA HOROWITZ Contributing Reporter

Penn has formed quite a few traditions after nearly three centuries of existence. From midnight screams to outdoor concerts, there are plenty of opportunities each year for students to get involved in the Penn community and celebrate with their peers.

Throwing Toast No alcohol, no problem. When Franklin Field banned alcohol in the 1970s, Penn students vowed to preserve their time-honored tradition of toasting and downing their drinks at the end of the third quarter of football games, a practice inspired by the playing of the song “Drink a Highball.”

Students opted for a literal interpretation of proposing a “toast to

dear old Penn” by throwing actual pieces of toast onto the field.

The tradition is still alive today, sometimes necessitating the use of a “toast zamboni” to remove the thousands of pieces of toast thrown onto the field.

Econ Scream At midnight on the night before the first Microeconomics midterm, hundreds of freshmen gather on the Lower Quad balcony to let out a cathartic scream.

Students enjoy loud music, dancing, and plenty of snacks as they transform their test-day jitters into a collective howl.

College junior Elena Hoffman explains what the Econ Scream means to a lot of students.

“For many students, the first ECON 001 midterm also happens to be their first college exam at Penn. I think the Econ Scream is a great way to remind other freshmen that they’re not going

through this alone.”

College sophomore Bryce Nguyen enjoyed participating in the tradition when he was a freshman.

“I loved Econ Scream because having a freshman event in the Quad was such a great experience, and it was nice to take a quick study break and just go right outside my dorm and relax for a few minutes.”

Glee Club Valentines Each Valentine’s Day, Penn Glee Club members split up into quartets and deliver singing valentines across campus. These musically-inclined students spread messages of friendship and love through performances of barber shop classics in between classes. All of the proceeds from last Valentine’s Day went toward funding free health screenings in medically-underserved communities in Philadelphia.

Spring Fling Celebrated since the 1970s, this annual music festival held near the end of spring features carnival attractions, lots of food, performances by student groups, and a nighttime concert.

Many view Fling as a time for Penn students to come together as a community and celebrate for the sake of celebrating.

CupcakKe, Sage the Gemini, JoJo, and headliner the AllAmerican Rejects performed at the concert this past spring.

Although Fling used to last two days and occur in the Quad, last year marked the first time that the festivities were shortened to one day and moved to Penn Park.

Some students were unhappy with this change. Wharton sophomore Gowtham Balaji felt that “Fling being moved [from the Quad] took the fun out of it being more compact and communal.”

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Juniors parade down Locust Walk wearing matching red t-shirts, brandishing canes, and biting into styrofoam hats for this rite of passage.

Hey Day Hey Day marks the official “moving up” in the class ranks from junior to senior. Juniors parade down Locust Walk wearing

matching red t-shirts, brandishing canes, and biting into styrofoam hats for this rite of passage, which has been celebrated since 1916.

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A review of the top stories to hit campus last semester Stories range from professor scandals to Spring Fling ZOE BRACCIA Contributing Reporter

As Penn opens its doors for another year and a new batch of incoming freshmen, here are some of the biggest stories from last semester.

Steve Wynn’s sexual misconduct allegations In February, a week after dozens accused Penn graduate Steve Wynn of sexual misconduct, Penn rescinded the former Penn Board of Trustees member’s honorary degree. This was the first time in over a century that Penn has rescinded an honorary degree. Bill Cosby’s honorary degree was rescinded as well.

After the signage was defaced, the University removed Wynn’s name from the common area outside Houston Hall. The plaza was named for Wynn in 1995 after he donated $7.5 million to Penn. It is now named “Penn Commons.”

Mental health at Penn Penn’s administration made concrete steps toward improving mental health and overall wellness after seven students died in 2017.

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After dozens accused Penn graduate Steve Wynn of sexual misconduct, Penn removed his name from the common area outside Houston Hall.

To streamline access to Penn’s resources, the Wellness website was launched in January as a response to the first Campus Conversation that took place in October 2017. Students gave mixed reviews to the initiative’s effectiveness; some praised the amount of information, while some said it was only a first “step in the right direction.”

In March, Penn Wellness held the University’s second Campus Conversation, which showed less student and administration participation than the first.

In April, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced in an email

that there would be a new position of Chief Wellness Officer who will oversee a new department called Student Wellness Services. Recently, the University announced that Benoit Dubé will occupy the position. Gutmann also outlined changes that will be implemented in Penn’s Counseling and Psychological Services come the fall, including increased capacity and accessibility.

The hiring process should be finalized this semester.

Professor Kurzban sexual misconduct allegations In April, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported on two alleged rela-

tionships that psychology professor Robert Kurzban had with female Penn undergraduate students under his direction in 2016 and 2017.

Kurzban, who was the director of Undergraduate Studies during both of these instances, was allegedly acting against official University policy by engaging in these activities.

On July 22, an email from Psychology Department Chair Sharon Thompson-Schill confirmed that Kurzban had resigned from Penn earlier in the month. ThompsonSchill stated that although Kurzban denies the allegations that he violated University policy, the publicity surrounding the incidents made it imperative that he leave the school.

The University accepted his resignation.

Earlier in the semester, Penn’s administration introduced changes to the policy on student-faculty relationships. As of March 27, all sexual relations between students and facul-

ty are prohibited. The former policy disallowed relations only when the professor was actively teaching the student.

Death of student Blaze Bernstein The campus mourned the death of College sophomore Blaze Bernstein, who was found dead in January, two weeks after he went missing while home in Orange County, California. OC officials arrested Sam Woodward, who knew Bernstein from high school and was reportedly a member of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division. The Bernstein family has visited Penn’s campus and has worked with people on campus who knew Bernstein, who was a talented writer, on the pre-med track at Penn, and who also had a great passion for cooking.

On Aug. 3, the OC Sheriff’s Department added a hate crime charge to the allegations against Woodward, stating that the prosecution

will try to illustrate that Woodward killed Bernstein because he was gay.

Woodward will appear in a pre-trial hearing on Aug. 22.

Spring Fling reformed The Social Planning and Events Committee condensed all Spring Fling festivities into a one-day event held in Penn Park, breaking a 45-year-old tradition of having Fling take place at least partly in the Quad. The main Fling concert was a “throwback show,” featuring JoJo and the All-American Rejects, which elicited mixed responses from students.

Twenty-three out of 41 student groups were accepted to perform, marking a significant reduction from the 44 student groups that were able to perform in 2017.

Three days before the concert, students who purchased public tickets were informed that they would “no longer be honored,” though full refunds were issued.

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OPINION Embrace the freedom of freshman year LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22, 2018 VOL. CXXXIV, NO. 31 134th Year of Publication DAVID AKST President REBECCA TAN Executive Editor CHRIS MURACCA Print Director JULIA SCHORR Digital Director HARRY TRUSTMAN Opinion Editor SARAH FORTINSKY Senior News Editor JONATHAN POLLACK Senior Sports Editor LUCY FERRY Senior Design Editor GILLIAN DIEBOLD Design Editor CHRISTINE LAM Design Editor

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ver the next few weeks, new students will receive truckloads of unsolicited advice. Some of it will be valuable and much of it will be useless, if not plain wrong. You’ll have to sort through the platitudes, to learn what to trust and what to eschew.

My advice is in the newspaper, though, so you might as well trust me blindly.

For many, college represents a radical departure from the soft yellow walls of adolescence. The choices facing you are incalculable, endless even, and sometimes their consequences can be far-reaching. In all likelihood you will have more academic, social, and professional freedom now than you ever had before.

The range of opportunities available to you cannot be overstated,

nor can the caliber of the people around you.

It is easy to understand the University of Pennsylvania as an institution so steeped in history, prestige, and endowmentdollars that its structures and systems are unassailable. It is easy to see professors as giants of academia, to be feared instead of approached as they stride through the halls. Some clubs appear so serious and closed-off that the thought of joining (or, God forbid, being rejected from) is entirely unappealing.

These illusions must be broken for you to thrive here. Through some combination of hard work and sheer luck — and it always is a combination, one way or another — you are in a position that only a tiny fraction of the people in the world will ever enjoy. To believe that you aren’t deserving,

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Join eight clubs and figure out your favorites later. Wear a muscle tee to the gym, even if you have small arms. They’ll get bigger.”

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Through some combination of hard work and sheer luck — and it always is a combination, one way or another — you are in a position that only a tiny fraction of the people in the world will ever enjoy.” or aren’t capable, of taking advantage of the incredible opportunities at this school is to waste the effort and good fortune that earned you a spot here.

Marketing materials and Convocation speeches often say things like, “Students from our university go on to change the world,” as if it is the education alone that empowers them to impact their surroundings. The degree can’t hurt, obviously, but the truth is that you already have the power to change the people around you, or Penn, or even the world.

Be ambitious. Take risks.

Start a petition for whatever the hell you want; if no one signs it, you’re no worse off than you were before. Sign up for 300-level classes just because

the syllabus sounds awesome, no matter what the difficulty rating is on Penn Course Review. Join eight clubs and figure out your favorites later. Wear a muscle tee to the gym, even if you have small arms. They’ll get bigger.

Of course, now that you’re in college, you’re responsible for your own actions. Gone are the rigid structures of high school and life at home. This newfound agency is daunting at first, but the rewards — for yourself and the people around you — can be immense.

Thousands and thousands of students have come through Penn’s doors and made it out the other side to have happy, successful lives, regardless of how badly they bombed their a cap-

DAVID AKST pella audition or how awkward their meeting was with an econ professor. Not all risks pan out, but memories of getting rejected from a party or being bored at the Penn Ikea Furniture Building Club’s first meeting will fade fast.

This is not to say that, after freshman year, it’s too late to try new things and take risks. However, the sooner you realize your potential, the more campus can benefit from your skills, talents, and passions.

One last piece of advice: The Compass thing is a myth. If you fail your midterms, it’s your fault (but you will be fine).

DAVID AKST is a College senior from Tivoli, N.Y. studying history.

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ROAD JESS TRAVELED | ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ proves the strength of communities of color

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t’s been around one year since I wrote one of my first opinion columns for The Daily Pennsylvanian, sitting in my summer housing in Philadelphia — an article titled, “Growing up (wanting to be) white.” Kevin Kwan, the author of “Crazy Rich Asians,” shared my article on his Facebook page soon after, and my whole world stopped for a moment: Kevin Kwan is real, his book is real, this movie with an all-Asian cast is happening, and he shared my article.

One year later, I find myself in a vastly different place. This summer, I had the opportunity to intern for a studio in Los Angeles, my first extended time so far away from home and the east coast. Thrown into a new environment, learning about something as volatile as the entertainment industry — it was nerve-wracking, but also extremely enlightening.

Amid administrative duties and 9-to5 job exhaustion, I watched some of the best movies of my life, all the while waiting for the movie I’d been waiting a year for.

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The biggest thing I learned, and perhaps the simplest? Money is truly the beating heart of every industry, and the film industry, one of the most impactful branches of media representation, is no different. Studios make films to turn a profit, to keep surviving. Why don’t we have people of color represented on the big screen? Because, simply, big studios don’t want to risk losing money

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ hitting No. 1 at the box office means one thing, loud and clear: There is a space for our stories, and people want to hear them.

to do the right thing.

I remember being nervous for the opening of “Crazy Rich Asians,” wondering if people would pay money to see a bunch of Asians on screen. I remember sitting at an early screening a week before the official release date, sinking into the plush theater chair and praying every ticket be bought. I’ve never cared much about box office numbers or dollar signs, but in that moment, I realized a good number could dictate everything — if more Asian films in the future would be greenlit, if we could see more faces that looked like mine across the screen.

Fast forward to now, and the movie is a triumph — raking in $35 million over a five-day opening, exceeding critical expectations and being called a “watershed moment” by Asian Americans across the country.

I was swept away by how my

community could rally together and fill those seats. Wealthy Asian influencers literally bought out theaters to support the movie; the hashtag #GoldOpen was created to anticipate the opening. Asian people across the country came out and showed unadulterated support. I was impressed by how many non-Asians I saw in the theaters, and speechless at how Asian stories could matter at the box office too. ”Crazy Rich Asians” hitting No. 1 at the box office means one thing, loud and clear: There is a space for our stories, and people want to hear them. There is a space for Asians to be represented and heard, and that’s the main space of the theater: the center of attention. We spoke with our wallets this weekend, and the white majority of Hollywood and the country better be listening now, too, if money is what it takes.

While “Crazy Rich Asians” represents a historical turn in representation for Asian Americans in Hollywood, I do not pretend this movie has no flaws, or that it perfectly represents all Asian experiences. The movie itself is a far cry from my own experiences growing up as a middleclass Asian American, or a fair representation of Asians that do not fit in the East Asian identity. Singaporean politics and racism is also its own beast that the movie does not attempt to battle or address.

However, the fact that this movie exists, even with just the purpose to entertain as a romantic comedy and showcase an extremely talented cast

JESSICA LI that happens to be Asian, is a feat in and of itself. The fact that people will support a movie like this and make it a reality is a huge, crazy rich success.

As consumers and students at Penn, the fight for media representation doesn’t stop here. If you’re an artist of color, keep working at your craft, keep acting, singing, dancing, writing, creating art. Financially, we can all support smaller content creators of color, support our friends’ creative endeavors, consume the diverse movies and shows and music that we want to exist: The $15 ticket we pay at the theater can go so many ways, and help so many voices be heard. Money matters, if we use it to strengthen our communities and our visibility.

After all, while the movie ticket was $15, the feeling I got when I heard the opening tunes of an old Chinese song my own parents could recognize: priceless.

JESSICA LI is a College junior from Livingston, N.J., studying English and psychology. Her email address is jesli@sas.upenn.edu.

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Coming out as a Penn freshman SIMONETTI SAYS | Penn is the perfect place to explore your sexuality

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his summer, I told another girl that I liked her for the first time.

I’ll call her Amanda. I was teaching creative writing at a summer camp in the Catskill Mountains, and Amanda and I worked in the same cabin of 14-year-old girls. We grew close quickly. I confided in her about my childhood with details I’d never shared before, rehashing some difficult memories. She spoke to me about music she listened to, her family life back in Scotland, and how she moved schools multiple time to avoid bullies.

Finding a person you connect with that extends beyond friendship is universal, but crushing on someone of the same sex can be tricky. The default in most settings is straight. When I like a girl, I

I’ve known I’m queer for a long time. Still, I just came out at the beginning of my freshman year. Although college, particularly at the beginning, can be lonely and overwhelming, it also lends you the opportunity to embrace your identity.

Starting Penn allowed me to gain distance from the toxic environment that was my high school, as well as many of my insecurities that were born at home. Don’t get me wrong, I was terrified to be in a new city, with few friends, navigating a rigorous academic environment. But having to function as an adult for the first time allowed me to start to understand who I am.

Being honest about my sexuality was liberating, however, the months that followed have brought their fair share of chal-

My advice to freshmen is to use your time at Penn to let go of the idea that you need to be or act a certain way to please others.” have to find out if she is interested in women too, whereas if I have feelings for a guy, it’s almost always assumed that he likes women.

lenges. A lot of the time, my identity makes me feel like I’m inconveniencing others or making things awkward. I don’t want my female friends

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to worry that I have crushes on them. I also don’t want them to feel uncomfortable when I talk about girls. I wouldn’t dream of approaching another woman at a frat party unless I already knew she was queer, and I don’t always feel confident in my own skin. In fact, most of the time I don’t.

My feelings for Amanda built up throughout the summer. I knew she liked girls too, but interpreting if she thought of me in that way was nearly impossible. Girls who are friends hold hands, sleep in the same bed, and change in front of each other. The lines are always blurred.

But one night in Amanda’s room, I told her. She practically

forced it out of me, because I was so embarrassed. We spoke

didn’t pan out, because our relationship became complicated

I wouldn’t dream of approaching another woman at a frat party unless I already knew she was queer, and I don’t always feel confident in my own skin. In fact, most of the time I don’t.” for a while about translating romantic experiences we’d had with men to what we felt for each other. Ultimately, things

and confusing. But it was important.

Regardless of your sexuality, Penn can be a scary place. The

decadence of the social scene is intimidating. Sometimes there is too much wealth, substanceabuse, and academic pressure in one place to fathom. But my advice to freshmen is to use your time at Penn to let go of the idea that you need to be or act a certain way to please others.

Although my romantic relationship with Amanda didn’t work out, it was my first experience being honest about my feelings for another girl. Not to mention, we’re still good friends.

When I got to Penn, I received a lot of unsolicited advice. A lot of people described freshman year as fun and inconsequential; some told me I needed to start applying for internships immediately. While accepting myself is still a work in progress, my time at college has been the first step.

ISABELL A SIMONE T TI is a College sophomore from New York studying English. Her email address is simonetti@thedp.com.

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Elon Musk: uniquely driven entrepreneur or just another Wharton grad?

GUEST COLUMN BY LEILA ASHTARYEH

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lon Musk, the founder and CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, is among the most notable Penn alumni; yet with publicity, inevitably comes scrutiny. Recent events have brought Musk’s character into question, highlighting specific personality traits that are often associated with the most suc-

cessful entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurs like Musk tend to have unique personalities that correlate to higher levels of creativity, energy, risk tolerance, and impulsivity.

While Musk’s innovations have greatly contributed to an evolving society, some claim that he has flown too close to the sun.

Entrepreneurs like Musk

don’t like to lose, and it is no secret that the Tesla, Inc. stock has been spiraling downward in 2018. March 2018 was the second-worst month for Tesla shares in its history as the stock price fell 22.4 percent compared with a 2.69 percent decline in the S&P 500 during the same period. The recall of 123,000 Model S vehicles and the company’s inability to reach production goals for Model 3 has plagued Tesla’s value.

In a rash Twitter post by Musk on Aug. 7, he declared that he was ready to take Tesla private.

Tesla’s board members have been urging Musk to control his tweets but have yet to be successful. Still, they provide us interesting insight into the mind of a Wharton grad.

Musk’s compulGILLIAN DIEBOLD | DESIGN EDITOR

sive desire for grand success impacts his ability to remain composed in certain situations.

This past month, when a Thai soccer team was trapped in a cave for 18 days, Musk was

dophelia.

Like many Penn students, Musk is hyper-competitive and accustomed to winning. When faced with a loss, we tend to impulsively take matters into

Like many Penn students, Musk is hyper-competitive and accustomed to winning. When faced with a loss, we tend to impulsively take matters into our own hands in an attempt to recover.” determined to save the boys using his “kid-sized submarine.”

When that didn’t happen — but everyone was still rescued — Musk accused one of the actual heroes of being a “pedo.” He let his robust confidence get the best of him by pouting and making false accusations of pe-

our own hands in an attempt to recover, just as Musk did with his most recent Twitter escapade.

Regardless of individual personality type, virtually no Penn student has been unaffected by our campus’ competitive atmosphere. Most people come

to Penn having been the top of their class and consistently praised for their accomplishments. Connecting with your first Penn acquaintance on LinkedIn is the first step of a four-year journey where your own accomplishments are valued based on comparison with others’.

Maybe Elon Musk’s impulsivity, over-confidence, and questionable decision-making can be attributed to the notorious Wharton culture. Despite being one of the most accomplished Penn alumni, having revolutionized space rockets, electric cars, and batteries, Musk’s Twitter feed has given us insight into his dangerous ego. Check out @elonmusk for his latest posts on “short shorts coming soon to Tesla merch.”

LEILA ASHTARYEH is a Wharton sophomore from Toronto. Her email address is leilaash@wharton. upenn.edu

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Five Penn professors you should get to know They’ve earned reputations that extend beyond Penn JULIE COLEMAN Staff Reporter

Penn is home to some of the greatest scholars in academia, many of whom publish research on a wide range of topics. Some professors have also earned reputations that extend beyond their academic work.

Here are some of the most wellknown professors, both on and off campus.

Adam Grant Adam Grant is the youngest Wharton professor to receive tenure, and his research focuses on success and motivation in the workplace.

He has ranked as Wharton’s toprated professor for five years, one of the world’s 25 most influential management thinkers, and was one of Fortune’s 40 under 40 in 2016.

Grant has written three New York Times bestselling books, including “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives our Success,” “Originals,” and “Option B,” which he coauthored with technology executive Sheryl Sandberg.

Grant is also a well-known critic of Penn’s “hypercompetitive” atmosphere. In 2016, he wrote an op-ed in the New York Times arguing against forced curves, which create a “toxic” classroom atmosphere and discourage collaboration among students. However, his class, “MGMT 238: Organizational Behavior,” which examines individuals, interpersonal, and group effectiveness at work, is notoriously difficult to get into, with over 250 applicants vying for 70 slots.

Grant earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan.

Joe Biden Former Vice President Joe Biden has served as the Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor since February of 2017. He also leads the Penn Biden Center for Diplo-

macy and Global Engagement in Washington D.C., which officially opened Feb. 8 of this year. The center’s area of focus are diplomacy, national security, and foreign policy.

Biden is not expected to teach any formal courses, and the exact nature of his role at the school remains unclear. Biden’s numerous visits to campus, however, elicit great excitement from students, and his lectures are consistently sold out. Last year, Biden gave talks about grief, immigration, and research. He has been spotted around campus at Penn Law School and at Huntsman Hall.

Biden represented Delaware in the Senate for 36 years before becoming the 47th vice president in 2008. His son Beau, who died in 2015 from brain cancer, is a 1991 College graduate. The elder Biden received an undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware and attended law school at Syracuse University.

Angela Duckworth Angela Duckworth has been a psychology professor at Penn since 2007. Her work focuses on noncognitive predictors of achievement, most recently the impact of self-control on academic achievement. Duckworth, who received a MacArthur “genius grant” in 2013, is known for having coined the term “grit,” which describes character traits such as self-control and perseverance that enable success. Her 2016 book, “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,” was a New York Times bestseller.

Duckworth has served as an advisor to the White House, the World Bank, the National Basketball Association, several NFL teams, and Fortune 500 CEOs. She is the founder and CEO of Character Lab, a nonprofit that aims to help middle and high school teachers cultivate character in students. She is also the co-director of the Penn-Wharton Behavior Change for Good Initiative.

Duckworth received an undergraduate degree in neurobiology from Harvard and earned a master’s

degree in neuroscience from the University of Oxford. She completed her Ph.D. in psychology at Penn.

Amy Wax Amy Wax, a tenured law professor at Penn, joined the department in 2001. She primarily teaches courses related to family, economics, and public law. Wax, who is known for her controversial op-eds, most recently came under fire from fellow law professors, Penn alumni, and students for divisive comments on race and free speech. Wax was barred from teaching a mandatory first-year course after saying she’s never seen a black student graduate in the top quarter of the class.

Wax worked in the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice during the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations and has argued 15 cases before the United States Supreme Court. Her most recent book is titled “Race, Wrongs and Remedies: Group Justice in the 21st Century.”

Wax received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and attended both Harvard Medical School and Columbia Law School.

Carl June Carl June has been a tenured professor at the Perelman School of Medicine since 1999 and was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2018. His research focuses on treating cancer and HIV. June is known for developing a groundbreaking cancer treatment using T-cells to treat childhood lymphoma. The technique was approved by the FDA in August 2017 and is the first of its kind in the U.S. It uses genetically altered immune cells from the patient to fight cancer.

June serves as the Richard W. Vague Professor of Immunotherapy and is the director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapy and the Park Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Penn.

He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and, after serving as a naval officer, attended Baylor College of Medicine.

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A freshman’s guide to mental health resources Resources include CAPS and Penn Benjamins AMY LIU Deputy News Editor

Before arriving to campus, it’s likely that incoming freshmen have already heard of the notion of Penn Face, the “work hard, play hard” mantra, and maybe even the hypercompetitive club recruitment processes. While many of these phenomena do exist on campus, there are also many steps the University and student groups have taken to improve mental wellness and to offer additional resources for students in need of support.

The primary source of University support for students’ mental health is Counseling and Psychological Services, which offers a variety of services including individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, and psychological testing. Just this semester, CAPS has implemented nighttime calls so that clinicians are directly available by phone outside of normal CAPS’ operating hours.

CAPS also offers targeted programs for students of different identities who may have unique mental health needs. Dr. Yuhong He, CAPS’ international student specialist, offers counseling in Mandarin, while other clinicians also offer counseling in Spanish.

In fall 2016, CAPS initiated “Body Love,” a series of monthly workshops for students who identify as women of color to discuss body image.

For some, however, going to CAPS on 3624 Market St. might be a far walk, and other issues such as extended wait times have historically served as deterrents.

CAPS’ Deputy Executive Director Meeta Kumar said this issue stems largely from an increased demand for treatment among students. Students have also reported longer wait times for those who request therapists with specific back-

grounds, such as socioeconomic status and race.

CAPS is not intended to give long-term treatment, though, and varying messages to patients at the start of their treatments have prompted frustration among those who say they were not aware CAPS was generally a short-term facility and were unexpectedly referred out of CAPS. “If you’re looking for specialty and long-term help, we can definitely help you with that,” Kumar said. “We are very well in touch with our Philadelphia partners.

I want [new students] to know there’s a whole network here.”

If you’re looking for more informal treatment, you can find peerto-peer support by checking in with student-led wellness groups. College sophomore Siraj Qureshi said student-led groups can offer a more genuine environment.

“Based on what I’ve heard from friends, CAPS is the most helpful, but CAPS is first and foremost a Penn organization,” Qureshi said.

“Yes, they’re there to help you, but at the end of the day they have Penn’s interest in mind. That’s totally understandable, but something to keep in mind for new students.”

Penn Benjamins, the University’s only in-person peer counseling organization, is open in Harnwell College House and the Chaplain’s Office Sunday through Thursday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Its website provides short biographies of counselors on duty each night.

“The main purpose of Penn Benjamins is to provide a student who knows what it is like to be a Penn student but also has training and the ability to listen to your problems and help you solve them,” Penn Benjamins’ former Director of External Affairs and 2018 Wharton graduate Phil Isom said. “We’ve all been through those issues personally.”

Another student-led support group on campus is Reach-A-Peer

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Helpline, which is on call at the number 215-573-2727 every night from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. and by text 24 hours a day. Other groups include Active Minds, which leads various initiatives to initiate campus conversations on mental health, and Project HEAL, a support group for those who have gone through eating disorders.

Mental health discussion permeates elsewhere at Penn, as well.

Various outlets, including the Penn Women’s Center, the LGBT Center, and cultural houses such as the Pan Asian American Community House act as support systems for students.

After two campus conversations surrounding mental health in October and April, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced in an email in April that Penn will institute the position of a Chief Wellness Officer. In late July, the University announced Psychiatry professor Benoit Dubé will serve in this role.

Dubé will oversee “Student Wellness Services,” a new department at Penn that will encompass CAPS, the Student Health Service, and the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives.

A comprehensive list of resources can be found at Penn’s wellness portal, which was unveiled this past January and organizes the topic of wellness into eight categories: emotional, physical, mental, social, sexual, spiritual, financial, and occupational.

“You hear people say college gives [you] the best years of your life and that you’ll form lifelong friends; it sets the bar high and you think it all needs to start happening right away,” Penn Wellness co-chair and College senior Serena Vargulick said. “Coming in as high-achieving students, you need to make sure that you don’t spread yourself too thin. You need to recognize that the path you take is very much your own, and doesn’t need to be compared to whatever anyone else is doing.”

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Calling all podcast enthusiasts! DP Podcasts is looking for new hosts, writers, and editors. Join this burgeoning department as we attempt to expand the breadth and depth of our current podcast offerings.

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New social event policies take effect this NSO These guidelines were officially codified March 2018 AVNI KATARIA Staff Reporter

For many freshmen in the Class of 2022, the highlight of New Student Orientation will be the flurry of social events available on campus. But over the past year, there have been several changes both to the policies and to the culture of the social scene at Penn. These changes stem from the recommendations put forth by the Task Force on a Safe and Responsible Campus Community, which have resulted in student backlash.

In the fall of 2017, Penn’s reconvened Task Force introduced a new set of alcohol and drug guidelines after a 2016 sexually suggestive email was sent to a group of freshman women by off-campus fraternity OZ. These new regulations, which were officially implemented in the spring, also saw a simultaneous spike in the number of events that were shut down. Registered parties from fall 2016 to fall 2017 have also increased by 53 percent.

Proper registration includes hiring University-sanctioned bartenders for $25 per hour and security guards for $32.50 per hour. The regulations also included the introduction of graduate student, staff member, and Penn-affiliated event observers who patrol late night events for $35 per hour.

These new guidelines, which were officially codified in March 2018, include a limit of four drinks per person at any social event, the prohibition of kegs at student-run events, no distribution of alcohol past 1 a.m., and an outright ban on drinking games and competitions.

These changes prompted a wave of student criticism that the University is “encroaching on student liberties” and making social events

more expensive, especially for nonGreek extracurricular groups that cannot afford the costs required to comply with University standards.

Over 2,500 Penn students signed an online petition, created in September 2017, titled “The Ability to Have a Social Life at Penn” in an effort to convince the University to overturn the new regulations.

Over the past year, Penn students say that the fraternity-dominated party scene at Penn has already begun to change, and this year’s NSO will likely feel the effects.

College sophomore Christina Li said the new policies have “made people want to be on campus less” when going out because they’re “surrounded by security.” Li added that in her experience, the Task Force has been especially quick to shut down on-campus “day parties,” which has increased the number of students who attend “downtowns,” or parties held at venues off campus. These events often cost more both for those hosting the events and for those attending.

“Downtowns are a lot fancier and upscale,” Li said, adding that unlike the often “messy” frat parties, downtown parties can be “classy” and “a lot of fun.” She said that the pictures taken by professional photographers at downtowns are often posted online, as students feel it is necessary to appear “sceney.”

But Wharton sophomore and Sigma Nu fraternity member Timothy Chung said that downtowns, which are usually only open to students over 18 with drinks available for students over 21, also have drawbacks. As opposed to the typically free frat parties, downtowns cost money to enter, money for drinks, and money for an Uber.

“I started going to more downtowns and there comes a cost, all the Ubers and entrance fees add up,” Chung said.

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Li echoed these sentiments, saying, “I definitely feel like people are spending a lot more money on parties now than the initial start.”

Yet, while regulations may be moving parties off campus, the party scene at Penn has retained its reputation for having a vibrant party scene.

“That’s what Penn is really known for, being the Social Ivy,” Chung said. “I don’t think the Task Force has changed that in a sense, it’s just kind of evolved it a little bit.”

Sobhit Arora, a sophomore at Brown University, said the first week of college at Brown is not dominated by organized parties for freshmen like it is at Penn.

“You just kind of hang out with the friends you’ve made initially,” Arora said, adding that getting into

parties at Brown initially involves knowing one person in a frat or program house who can allow you to enter. “Frat parties are thing, but I don’t think they’re done at the scale they are at other colleges like Penn.”

While a culture of “downtowns” exists on Brown’s campus, Arora said off-campus venues are ticketed in order to raise money for groups or charities, which also takes place at Penn but is certainly not the focus of the events themselves.

For the incoming class of 2022, Chung stressed the importance of finding the right group to head out with.

“College kids will party and NSO is a perfect encapsulation of that,” Chung said. “It’s NSO, just have fun and be careful, but enjoy.”

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I’m really inexperienced in the bedroom - I’ve had sex, but I can count the times with one hand. Because of this, I get so nervous whenever I’m hooking up with someone that I call it off. What can/ should I do to help me calm my nerves when the next time rolls around? —Female, 2019, heterosexual but “bicurious” No one is born brimming with sexual confidence. Even though it may seem like there are people among us who just ooze sex — the Rihannas of the world — we all had to start somewh ere, and that somewhere was not so sexy.

As with most things, sexual comfortability is a painstaking skill built with time and experience. It’s a beaming ray of clarity discovered only after many extremely awkward encounters, lots of “does this feel okay?” and maybe even a few blocked numbers.

The way to conquer your fear is to move at your own speed. You don’t have to rush yourself into a latex bodysuit and leather harness to gain confidence (unless you want to, that could also be a good time). Find someone you’re comfortable with, go at your pace, ensure that you’re enjoying what’s happening, and don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Everyone has made them — in fact, I have a suspicion that the most sexually confident people have probably had the most sexually awkward or nervous experiences in the past.

I wish I could teach you an ancient calming breathing technique, or tell you to count down from some magic number in your head, but that’s not how it works.

While these meditative practices might be helpful for just generally calming yourself down in different situations, sexual confidence is a journey that all of us are on — whether we can count all of our partners on one hand or can’t even count them all.

Personally, I didn’t gain full confidence in my sexual skin until I was 19. Before that, I would fall into a repetitive cycle: guy likes me, I lead guy on, guy wants sex, I stall and flake, no more guy!

I’d had sex a few times, but they were Crisco–covered nightmares that made me question if I could even handle sex as a gay man. However, once I realized I was a horrified hamster trapped in my own self-imposed wheel of erotic fear, I decided to change. I wanted to have substantial sex — fun, memorable, “feels so good being bad” sex.

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hurling yourself into sloppy, rushed sex with a random person might not calm your nerves in the way you expect.

While some people may discover they enjoy such casual circumstances, others could find that they’re even more insecure after something so spontaneous.

In my case, an attractive man we’ll call David had been patiently languishing in the no–man’s–land of my Instagram DMs for some time. I decided to respond (a month late) and we set a date and place to casually meet. In order to be as comfortable as possible with him in bed, I figured a platonic hangout would let me gauge our chemistry first. And it worked! We took a long walk filled with meaningful conversation about our pastimes, friends, and ambitions. When I returned home that night, I felt ready. David was about to catch it — full–on Bella Hadid “homeboy is gonna like...get it.”

Prefacing our later sexual encounter with this initial platonic one not only made me more comfortable, but it also made me more interested and added a build-up of tension — very sexy. Whether or not this platonic hangout takes place on a separate day (as in my case) or just in the hours leading up to sex, this separate activity is essential as it allows each of you a level of basic familiarity with one another.

For the next meeting, David and I planned to watch a movie at his apartment. I remember not being able to stop my hands from trembling while I waited at his door. I knew he was the right person, but all of my old experiences flashed through my head on a sick reel. I plugged my earbuds in and played The Weeknd on full-blast, drowning out the nagging

voices of insecurity.

When we reached his bedroom, I refused to sit on the bed with him until at least two hours passed. Yes, this was weird on my behalf, but I wanted to take baby steps. I knew if I rushed myself into it, I would back out and consequently ghost him, which he didn’t deserve. Yet, he was calm, patient, and willing to move at my pace.

After some time passed, I joined him in bed, letting the sexual tension build until it was explosive.

Once we started, I was still nervous, and he could tell. I was so nervous that I overcompensated by moving too quickly and aggressively. David gripped my waist, looked me in the eye, and told me to calm down. I hadn’t realized it at the time, but I was being so rough because I was afraid to be intimate — I wasn’t feeling totally confident. However, he took the time to subtly guide my body and before I knew it, I was doing it! I was actually having really fun sex that didn’t make me want to lock myself in a room alone for three days! My body felt synced with his, so much so that I wasn’t even thinking at all anymore.

The point is, it just started to click. Sex is supposed to feel good, that’s why we do it, right? Eventually, once you get over that initial bout of flailing nervousness, you will settle into that good feeling of pleasure, and the fears will melt away. Confidence is what happens when you set yourself up for success before you even get to the bedroom, and then conquer those first few moments of nerve–wracking hurdles.

It’s all about unlocking new, exciting realms of your identity at an optimal pace — and hopefully having some fun while doing it!

When Camille skates, she’s skating against the wishes of her mother. She’s also skating despite the expectations of the community. It’s a single–parent dynamic that straddles both cultures and generations; it’s a sport crowded by boys. This is the premise of “Skate Kitchen,” director Crystal Moselle’s new film. The teenage Camille, played by the very cool Rachelle Vinberg, is skating against type. As far as she knows, the only place where other girls skate is online.

The film draws a lot of similarities to Moselle’s debut, “The Wolfpack,” which follows the lives of the six Angulo brothers who find strength and solace in movies, despite being forcibly isolated in their family’s apartment for most of their young lives.

“Skate Kitchen,” released Aug. 10 and playing starting Aug. 17 at the Ritz at the Bourse in Philadelphia, contains similar ingredients. Trade in a locked apartment for the glass ceiling, six riveting brothers for an equally riveting girl gang, and the freedom of film for the freedom of a flip trick. While not a documentary, “Skate Kitchen” co–opts elements of the genre for tonal effect.

When a collective she follows on Instagram announces a girl’s skate, Camille crosses into the Big Apple to take matters into her own hands. On the ramps at LES Park ride the Skate Kitchen — there’s ballsy Kurt (Nina Moran), motherly Janay (Ardelia ‘Dede’ Lovelace), and the rest of the girl gang, all colorful and complex in their own right. There’s also Devon — an aloof, amateur photographer who catches Camille’s eye, and who sends more than one shockwave through her social circle. It’s a story about finding identity, finding home away from home, and the strength of female relationships.

The Skate Kitchen is a real group, founded by Vinberg and Moran, who first reached out to each other through in the Youtube comment section.

The group’s members dabble in fashion, videography, and — in this case — acting. They’re also much more open to skat-

A scene from SKATE KITCHEN, a Magnolia Pictures release.

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ing with guys than their film counterparts are. In a TEDx Talk given by Moran last December (aptly titled “Girls Belong In The (Skate) Kitchen”), Moran describes the overwhelming feedback and thank you’s she’s received from young girls around the world.

Many characters are based on versions of the actors themselves: On screen, Kurt is as unfiltered and gay as Moran is in real life; Devon, played by Jaden Smith, is kind of an ass (we’ll let you decipher that one yourself). Vinberg and Camille share the same passion for the board, the same wardrobe, and similar life experiences.

The opening scene where Camille gets credit–carded (aka when the edge of the board swipes, er, slices one’s genitals) mirrors Vinberg’s unfortunate history of getting credit–carded, twice. Even the reactions to the injury are drawn right from reality: The boys at the park assume the blood waterfalling down Camille’s thighs is her period.

The documentary–esque style depicts misogyny as routine, unscripted — sexism pervades side conversations, fans full–out fights. Girl skaters aren’t taken seriously. Camille gets her vagina cleaved and the boys diagnose it as “that time of month.”

Skate culture itself is so claustrophobically male that collectives like Skate Kitchen are founded so girls have the opportunity to skate with, you know, other girls. Most striking is a conversation the squad has on the subway: One girl recounts blacking

out, then waking up realizing she’d been raped. The others chime in with parallel stories.

At times, the movie gets lost in itself: In overly intense close– ups, rambling monologues, “Skate Kitchen” unfocuses. The observatory style that once lent unforced insight now lazes at the periphery. Casual conversations slant banal, and Moselle borrows a lot from a documentary’s structure: an up — the film feels authentic, a manufactured story that doesn’t feel manufactured; a down — documentaries are sometimes, well, a bit boring.

For the most part, “Skate Kitchen” shines, especially in montages where Camille skates.

Frustration is evident with each stumble, anger with each jolt of the board. Camille skitters on concrete when she first meets the girls — she’s nervous. Her board soars when she’s with a crush. And her thrill, her lust for life, is in each outstretched limb, each kick, push, and cruise.

The girls in Skate Kitchen are fierce, funny, and they take no shit. They smoke weed from halved bananas and play with fidget spinners. When they inevitably screw things up, they own it. They refuse to define themselves by the men in their lives. They have each others’ back. Their flawed efforts are refreshing, believable — and perfectly soundtracked by Princess Nokia. Jaden Smith, who lends star power to the cast, is likeable enough — but the real star of the film is undoubtedly Skate Kitchen.

Rachelle Vinberg, Ajani Russell, Nina Moran, Dede Lovelace, and Alexander Cooper in “Skate Kitchen,” a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.

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Penn administration agrees: life begins at first donation Controversial, but not surprising SETH FEIN Finance Guru

Taking an uncommon stance in the debate over when a developing embryo is considered a living being, the Penn administration officially stated Monday that one is considered alive following a donation to the University of $50 or more.

“We believe in the inherent value of human life, which begins at a unique time for each individual, specifically upon a contribution to our endowment,” the administration said in an email to the University student body.

This proposed start to the

life of a person is later than even the most liberal of estimates, including that of The Wharton School, which states that children can be considered alive upon the completion of their first case competition.

According to the full definition presented in the announcement, a single donation is not sufficient for eternal recognition of personhood — one must “renew” their living status every five years through a repeat contribution or risk being downgraded.

The administration hopes that its stance will encourage students to donate earlier on in their academic and subsequent professional careers, as the basic recognition of life

comes with perks such as priority registration for classes, nicer on-campus accommodations, and the ability to earn a degree from the University.

“We want to make sure our living students come first,” the email stated.

Detailed in the full plan, however, is the tier system through which recognition of life will be granted. First time donors of $50 to $500 will only be recognized as “unicellular.” The University will regard donors in this tier as deserving of food, shelter, and minimal attention. The next level of donors — those who contribute between $500 and $5,000 — will be recognized as at least a collection of cells with potential for some intelli-

gent thought; therefore, these donors will be permitted to speak in class and have minor roles in Penn organizations.

Finally, the highest tier of donors who contribute $5,000 or more will be granted “bipedal” recognition by the school, and will be permitted to walk on two legs around campus.

Despite approval from the Board of Trustees, some students are pushing back against the plan. College sophomore Isaac Paul, whose Penn InTouch profile identifies him as “viable for life,” believes that the University’s position is unjust. “Fifty dollars seems a little steep,” he said. “I would prefer to be alive after at least $20, maybe $25.”

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This year’s New Student Orientation will offer a firstof-its-kind program about what to do when your father gets charged with serious white-collar crimes during your time at Penn.

The “Daddy Issues: Legal Trouble in the Penn Bubble” seminar will be mandatory for all students whose family names are attached to cam-

pus buildings.

Lorena Landyk is the 2018 NSO coordinator.

“We’ve seen a larger number of Penn students’ fathers get charged with serious crimes recently,” Landyk said. “We expect more than 1,700 students in the Class of 2022 to have a parent face legal scrutiny for white-collar crimes during their undergraduate years.”

The seminar is designed to reflect the range of crimes Penn dads are brought up on. “The seminar will be applicable to the children of

health care fraudsters, insider traders, money launderers, pyramid schemers, and even presidents facing impeachment,” Landyk said.

The seminar will cover arranging transportation from campus to jail, being written about in The Daily Pennsylvanian, and hearing your father’s case discussed as an example in business ethics courses.

Wharton senior Trey Watson was in his sophomore year when his father was arrested for dumping industrial chemicals in an estuary. “It

was just such an ordeal and it really distracted from my studies,” Trey said. “Just because my dad caused the extinction of rare herons and egrets doesn’t mean I deserved all of that stress.”

Trey believes the seminar will help other students who might face that situation.

“I know some students in the Class of 2022 from the boarding school water polo circuit who will definitely be dealing with this problem in the near future,” Watson said. “I think it will be helpful.”

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Class of 2022 will see host of new buildings Power of Penn Campaign will finance some buildings SARAH KIM Contributing Reporter

Penn’s campus always appears to be buzzing with construction, and many more new buildings are already underway. From the time the new freshman class steps on campus for the first time as students this fall through the end of their senior year in 2022, the campus will look significantly different. Here are some of the ongoing projects that the new freshmen can expect to see: Wharton Academic Research Building In a few years, Huntsman Hall will no longer be the only central hub of Wharton students. The new Wharton Academic Research Building — which started construction this spring and is slated to be finished by the summer of 2020 — will provide more classrooms, group study rooms, research centers and shared conference rooms.

Located on 37th and Spruce Streets, the new building will be connected to the south side of Steinberg HallDietrich Hall.

Additional plans for the exterior of the five-story, triangle-shaped structure include a redesigned loading dock, a small open-air plaza and a bicycle rack for student and faculty use. While the Wharton School initially requested $60 million for the project, it has been granted $75 million to complete construction.

This new building will join a host of other existing Wharton facilities, including Huntsman Hall, Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall and Vanice Hall.

New College House West Penn has added yet another dorm to its portfolio of housing facilities. New College House West, a 13-story residential building for undergraduates, is designed to allow more Penn students into the College House System. The recordbreaking $163 million construction project is scheduled to be open to students by Fall 2021.

NCHW will feature typical suites with four bedrooms and a small kitchenette. The layout mirrors the interior of New College House, who was designed by the same architect that will be designing NCHW – Bohlin Cywinski

Jackson architects.

The new dorm will be constructed on 40th and Walnut Streets, where the high rise field is currently located. Its location has ignited criticism from some students, who said that the new building would take away one of the few remaining green spaces on campus.

Hospital Pavillion Penn Medicine is rapidly expanding, with the construction of a new Hospital Pavilion at the Henry A. Jordan Medical Education Center as its latest ambitious project.

The $1.5 billion project is Philadelphia’s most “ambitious health care building project,” according to Penn Medicine, and is slated to be completed by 2021.

The new pavilion primarily will house inpatient care for heart and vascular medicine and surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, as well as the Abramson Cancer Center and a new emergency department.

The new health pavilion will be designed to adapt for future changes in healthcare technology, like allowing the hospital’s 500 private patient rooms to be converted to different kinds of units, for instance. The new center will also

allow doctors to use new surgical techniques and imaging technologies in caring for their patients.

Venture Lab As part of the “Power of Penn” fundraising campaign – the largest one yet in Penn’s history – will finance the creation of Venture Lab, a new student entrepreneurship center to be located on 40th and Sansom Streets.

Unlike the Pennovation Center, which serves as an entrepreneurship center from a “corporate-type” lens for companies and investors, the new building will engage all Penn students and is meant to serve as a “launch pad” for spurring student startups.

“It is point blank open to all students at the University of Pennsylvania, seven days a week for most of the day to provide resources and support,” said Chair of the Power of Penn Campaign Bob Levy. “It is intended to promote entrepreneurship and innovation which are not Wharton or Engineering only.”

The construction end date has not yet been released.

Other schedule renovations Though it has not yet been named, a new science research building will be constructed on the south side of 32nd and Walnut Streets. The facility, financed by the Power of Penn fundraising campaign, will primarily serve as a hub

for energy science research initiatives, bringing in physical scientists and engineers.

The Graduate School of Education is also expanding. Also sponsored by the Power of Penn Campaign, the current building will undergo renovations and see the addition of a brand new student pavilion. 25,000 square-feet will be added to the existing edifice, merging with the neighboring Stiteler Hall and receiving an additional two-story building.

Additionally, the campaign will finance a new indoor training facility behind the Hollenback Center and Penn Dental’s Schattner Pavilion.

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Within the U.S., the admitted freshman students hail from all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam, though a great majority come from Pennsylvania, New York, California, New Jersey, Florida, and Texas.

According to a statement released to The Daily Pennsylvanian, 53 percent of U.S. citizens in the admitted class self-identity as students of color, marking a 5.1 percent increase from last year’s 47.9 percent.

One in every seven admitted students is the first in their family to attend college, which is a dramatic increase from the one in every eight first-generation students admitted last year, Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said.

College freshman Anna Fighera said she knew Penn’s campus was fairly diverse before applying.

“Coming from one of the most diverse cities in the world, I’d feel uncomfortable in a homogenous student body,” said Fighera, who grew up in New York City.

College freshman Jadel Contreras, who comes from Allentown, Pa., also said that Penn’s diversity influenced his decision to attend.

“I know Penn is all about exposing students to a global society, and that really pushed me to apply,” he said.

Making Penn more accessible to first-generation, low-income students is a stated goal of Penn President Amy Gutmann. Since her time

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at the helm of the University began, Gutmann has increased the financial aid budget for undergraduate students by 155 percent, which was one of her many accomplishments that the Penn Board of Trustees cited in an email announcing the extension of her contract to 2022.

Just this March, the Board of Trustees increased the financial aid budget by 5.25 percent, from $224 million in the 2017-2018 school year to $237 million in the 20182019 school year. Tuition and the estimated cost of attendance, however, have continued to rise at Penn, with this year’s cost of attendance exceeding $70,000 per student for the first time.

Among the admitted class, 465 students are affiliated with community-based organizations, including the National College Advising Corps, EducationUSA, and the National Hispanic Institute — more

than double the 225 students accepted last year.

This diverse group of admitted students — a total of 2,445 freshmen — was selected in the most competitive admissions cycle in Penn’s history. Only 3,731 out of 44,482 applicants were accepted, setting a record-low acceptance rate of 8.39 percent.

The decrease in acceptance rate was coupled with an increase in the applicant pool, which was up by about 4,000 students since the 2016-2017 admissions cycle. The Early Decision acceptance rate also reached a new low of 18.5 percent this year, having been 22 percent in 2016 and 23.2 percent in 2015.

Data for the enrolled class will not be released until mid-September, said Peter Javian, manager of operations for the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis, which is tasked with releasing the data.

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Where Penn’s most famous alumni lived on campus Alumni lived both close to campus and farther away

University. (Later, in 1992, Penn conferred on her an honorary doctor of laws.) While Bergen was here, she lived in the U of P Women’s Residence, now known as Hill, according to the student directory from 1965.

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From leaders in the technology industry to high-ranking members in the Department of Justice, Penn alumni hold prominent leadership positions across the country. While many of Penn’s best-known graduates lived around Locust Walk when they were students, others, like Jon Huntsman Jr., lived some 10 blocks away. After some investigation, The Daily Pennsylvanian presents a quick guide to where some of Penn’s most celebrated alumni took refuge while they were on campus: Tiffany Trump: The youngest daughter of President Donald Trump, Trump graduated from the College in 2016 and lived in The Radian, according to multiple sources in her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta.

Ivanka Trump: The oldest daughter of President Donald Trump and current advisor to the President, Trump transferred to Wharton from Georgetown University in 2002 and graduated in 2004. She lived in The Left Bank, a luxury loft apartment building on 31st and Walnut.

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Athletes want greater access to mental health resources DAN SPINELLI Senior Reporter

In the last five years, two members of Penn track and field, Madison Holleran and Timothy Hamlett, have died by suicide — events that spawned dozens of national headlines and in Holleran’s case, a recent New York Times bestselling book.

Despite these high-profile tragedies, the University has not introduced any substantial reforms to the way athletes receive and request mental health care, either from Counseling and Psychological Services or through Penn Athletics, according to more than half a dozen athletes who spoke with The Daily Pennsylvanian.

The vast majority of athletes see

staffers from CAPS at introductory team meetings, where counselors regularly make an appearance.

Over the past four years, Penn Athletics has extended that relationship with CAPS through I CARE training, a workshop that helps peers understand and respond to signs of mental illness. Since I CARE was introduced, more than 100 coaches, administrators, and staffers within the Athletics Department have received it, according to Associate Athletic Director Matt Valenti.

Outside of these scheduled events, most athletes complete a mental health questionnaire or survey as part of their regularly scheduled physical. They also have the ability to schedule appointments with Dr. Joel Fish, a nationallyrenowned sports psychologist who serves as a consultant for Penn Athletics.

These initiatives, current and former athletes said, have spread

awareness for CAPS among athletes and ensured coaches are more sensitive to noticing signs of mental illness, but fail to target the main problem impeding athletes from seeking treatment: accessibility.

This past fall, one student leader came up with a proposal to target that very problem.

• • • Senior fencer Ashley Marcus has lobbied administrators before to produce change, having successfully pushed Penn last year to become the first Ivy League athletic program to join the “It’s On Us” pledge against sexual violence, a campaign started by the Obama administration.

She became passionate about reforming the way athletes access mental health resources after a meeting last October with fellow members of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, which convenes representatives across Penn’s

Justin Watson picked by Bucs in fifth round of NFL Draft

33 varsity teams. Before arriving at a set policy recommendation, Marcus decided to create a survey to solicit feedback directly from athletes on the type of mental health resources and counseling they need.

With the help of Marian Reiff, an assessment specialist with CAPS, Marcus created a Qualtrics survey that aimed to uncover obstacles for athletes to obtain treatment. Two respondents from each sport filled out the survey on behalf of their teammates and Marcus said the results, while specific in desire and need to each particular team, were unanimous in their call for a deep change in the ways athletes accessed mental health resources at Penn.

“It’s not a question of, ‘Do we know about it?’ It’s a question of, ‘How can we access it?’” Marcus said.

Using the survey as an internal

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The best of all-time is on to the big leagues.

Penn football star wide receiver Justin Watson has been drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the seventh pick in the fifth round (144th overall) of the NFL Draft.

Despite not being invited to the NFL Combine, Watson garnered a lot of attention before the draft with a stellar pro day and strong showing at the Senior Bowl. Experts praised both his work ethic and skills as a wideout, and some had projected him being picked as early as the fourth round.

“When they first called, it started to hit me, and I started tearing up and getting emotional,” Watson told Penn Athletics. “And I think after getting off the phone with them, it still felt kind of surreal — still feels like a dream right now, but I’m just soaking in every moment.”

Watson is the first Penn player to be drafted since offensive lineman Jeff Hatch was taken in the third round in 2002.

He joins four other former Quakers on active NFL rosters, all of whom have graduated in the past five years: quarterback Alek Torg-

WICHITA, Kan. — They hung around for a while, but in the end, it wasn’t enough.

No. 16 seed Penn men’s basketball fell to No. 1 Kansas 76-60 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Quakers gave the Jayhawks all they could handle, but the talent and athleticism of Kansas, especially that of senior guard Devonte’ Graham, pushed them ahead for good.

Graham, the Big 12 Player of

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ersen of the Arizona Cardinals, linebacker Brandon Copeland of the New York Jets, center Greg Van Roten of the Carolina Panthers, and tight end Ryan O’Malley of the New York Giants.

“I try to tell so many guys, we got guys that can play. And moving forward, having gone around and played in the East-West Bowl and the Shrine Bowl, I know there are guys that are graduating next year [from Penn] that can play in the NFL,” Watson said. “So I just wanna show that you can come Penn, get a great degree, and get drafted.”

The Bridgeville, Pa. native leaves Penn as inarguably the most decorated wide receiver in program history.

He graduates with a bevy of school records to his name: most career receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, and all-purpose yards, as well as the single-season records

for receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns.

His senior season was perhaps his most impressive. Watson finished the year with 14 receiving touchdowns, a new program record, and caught at least one touchdown pass in all 10 games, become the only Ivy League player ever to do so.

He also became the only Ivy receiver to ever catch a pass in all 40 career games.

Watson joins a Buccaneers team, which, despite finishing 5-11 a season ago, has a franchise quarterback in Jameis Winston and an elite reciever in Mike Evans. Behind Evans is a veteran presence in DeSean Jackson and a young slot receiver in Adam Humphries, SEE WATSON PAGE 25

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tion where they wait us out.”

• • • In interviews with Marcus and other athletes and administrators, a picture emerges of Penn’s sluggish policy formation process, where not all sides have access to the same information and a yearly turnover of graduating seniors makes consistent lobbying from students almost impossible.

After organizing their schedules around practices, weightlifting sessions, team meetings, classes, and travel, athletes barely have time to make it to CAPS before the main Market Street office closes, Marcus said. On Mondays and Fridays, CAPS closes at 5 p.m. For the remaining weekdays, CAPS stays open until 7 p.m.

Athletes who responded to Marcus’ survey overwhelmingly said that the best time for them to schedSEE MENTAL HEALTH PAGE 24

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mandate to act, Marcus developed a proposal with Valenti that she ultimately presented to her other SAAC members: CAPS would allot one of the five therapists it plans to hire this year to work strictly out of a Penn Athletics building, ideally in a space shared with other staffers like nutritionists and compliance officers that studentathletes have reason to frequently visit. As part of the proposal, Penn Athletics would hire an additional therapist out of its own budget.

If the proposal passed, it would have been one of the most significant steps Penn has publicly taken to expand mental health counseling for athletes in recent memory.

Instead, Marcus says she has been given no indication whether her proposal is even still being considered and, given her impending graduation in May, considers the idea all but dead.

“I don’t want this to be a situa-

the Year, proved why he’s considered one of the best players in the nation. He took over towards the end of the first half, pouring in 15 of his 29 points in a seven-minute span. He beat the Quakers from everywhere on the floor, attacking the basket with quickness and ferocity, spotting up from three, and getting to the foul line.

“Just trying to be aggressive,” Graham said about his run at the end of the half. “One of the assistant coaches told me I needed to attack more off the ball screen, because they weren’t hedging it, they were just bluffing and falling back, so he told me I can get to the paint.”

The game started off as well as

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Sophomore forward AJ Brodeur had a near double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds in the Tournament loss to No. 1 Kansas.

Penn coach Steve Donahue could have imagined. In the first 12 minutes, the Quakers built a 21-11 lead behind some of the best defense they’ve played all year. The Red and Blue refused to give the Jayhawks any easy looks and forced them to take contested shots from well behind the three-point arc.

But that’s when the Jayhawks woke up.

“We were just trying to realize that as a good team as they are, to take that punch that they’re gonna give us. They’re gonna go on a run inevitably. What we were focusing on was how we were gonna handle that,” sophomore forward AJ Brodeur said.

Led by Graham, Kansas stormed back and closed the half on a 22-5 run. The entire tide of the game seemed to change, as the Jayhawks started playing with the confidence one would expect from one of the top teams in the country.

Meanwhile, the Quakers started to miss opportunities and turn the ball over.

“Credit to [Graham], but he realized what was going on in the game, he has a great feel for the game,” senior guard Darnell Foreman said. “He got our guys in rotations, he was able to finish at the rim.”

Still, Penn went into the halfSEE M. HOOPS PAGE 25

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Penn women’s track and field dominates Outdoor Heps Quakers follow indoor win by taking outdoor title WILL DiGRANDE Associate Sports Editor

Two days. 15 champions. 319 points.

Penn track and field dominated on its home field on the weekend of May 5th, claiming first place in the women’s competition and second place in the men’s competition of the 2018 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championship.

After two days of competition, the women scored a program-record 177 points behind 10 individual champions, and the men claimed a clear second place with 142 points behind five event winners.

The women added this outdoor win to their indoor victory earlier in the season, and the team swept both editions of the Heps for the first time since 1988.

Among the big winners of the weekend was distance superstar Abby Hong. In her final Ivy Heps, the senior swept both the 5,000-meter and 10,000m races, always in the leading pack before separating for the wins. After not placing at the Heps in her first three years, Hong swept both the indoor and outdoor championships this season to finish on top.

Taking second in both events

was freshman Danielle Orie, who kept pace with Hong in each race to claim two silvers. Orie won a battle of the twins in the 5k, as her sister Gabrielle, running for Cornell, kept close to the two Quakers before faltering near the end to finish third.

The Red and Blue’s 4x800m team of Gina Alm, Mikayla Schneider, Rachel Stremme and Nia Akins continued its domination with its winning time of 8:40.93, Penn’s first-ever outdoor win in the event. Sophomores Akins and Schneider also came up big in the 800m race, sweeping the top two spots for 18 more team points. Also on the track, freshman phenom Uche Nwogwugwu broke a school record with her time of 52.41 to claim victory in the women’s 400m.

The Quakers were equally as dominant in the jumping and throwing events, carried by winning performances from a trio of juniors and a pair of rookies.

Freshman Ashley Anumba, voted most outstanding female field performer afterwards, demolished the school discus record with her mark of 55m even to win the event. Fellow freshman Brooke Cope won the javelin throw with her distance of 47.16m, beating the nearest competitor by nearly two meters.

Junior Anna Peyton Malizia

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Freshman Ashley Anumba had an unforgettable Heps. The rookie smashed the school record in the discus with a throw of 55.00 meters and was voted Most Outstanding Female Field Performer.

claimed Penn’s first Heps title in the women’s high jump since 1994, clearing a height of 1.76m.

In the hammer, junior Rachel Lee Wilson threw 57.43m to take home first place. Penn’s record holder in the pole vault, Molly Minnig, was out with a stress fracture, but the Red and Blue finished on top anyway courtesy of junior Nicole Macco’s clearance of 4.01m.

Penn women could not stop winning the whole weekend, re-

ceiving points from all but five of the 22 events and outscoring second-place Harvard by an incredible gap of 63 points.

But the women weren’t the only stars this weekend. The men also showed out well among talented competition, securing a clear second place with five champions of their own.

The Red and Blue took home a pair of wins in jumps, as senior Mike Monroe took first place in the high jump and sophomore

Sean Clarke pole vaulted his way to victory. Monroe’s mark of 2.11m was enough to for his second Heps victory in four years, and Clarke claimed his first Heps win with his height of 5.36m.

The Penn men continued their good form on the track, making history all weekend. Sophomore twins Will and Colin Daly took first and second in the 3,000m steeplechase, handing Penn its fifth consecutive win in the event.

Sophomore Anthony Okolo

gave the Quakers their first win in the 400m hurdles since 2003, surprising the home crowd with his personal best time of 51.79.

His victory was followed by junior Calvary Rogers with a firstplace showing in the 200m, whose time of 21.11 was good enough for his fourth Heps title (second outdoor). Freshman Marvin Morgan was right behind Roagers all day, setting a personal best 10.56 for fourth in the 100m and coming fifth in the 200m.

The team’s efforts were good for 142 points, 36 behind winners Princeton at 178 but far above Cornell in third with 81. Like the women, the men scored in 17 of the 22 events and had 30 athletes pick up team points.

All in all, the Red and Blue came ready to compete this weekend and it showed. 15 champions combined with first and secondplace finishes is the best outdoor showing the Quakers have put together in many years.

Both teams will look to carry the positive momentum into next weekend’s ECAC Championships and then on to the NCAA East Region Preliminaries in the coming weeks.

Let’s see if they can keep up the dominance.

A version of this story was originally published on May 7, 2018.

Ivy title gives men’s basketball, Foreman legend status THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS

Glory.

It isn’t a feeling you get often.

Penn men’s basketball won the Ivy League Tournament, securing a ticket to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 11 years. And it was glorious.

The Palestra crowd — overwhelmingly in support of the “away” team — erupted with each Penn bucket. I have no idea how the science of this works, but you could literally feel the ghosts of the Cathedral come to life in the game’s final moments.

Old-timers always wonder what it would be like if these walls could talk. Today, they did.

Those same old-timers drone about how sacrilegious the mere idea of an Ivy Tournament is.

Enough of that. Today, the Quak-

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ule CAPS appointments was in the late evening, often past 7 p.m.

“Their hours are not very conducive to an athletic schedule,” Marcus said.

In response to similar complaints from graduate students, who tend to also keep highly irregular schedules, CAPS embedded four counselors inside the Penn Law School, Perelman School of Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, and School of Veterinary Medicine for six-to-10 hours a week. A year after that model took off, 17 percent of graduate students used CAPS’ services, a 5 percent increase. (Student usage of CAPS as a whole increased by just 5 percent from 2007 to 2016.)

Marcus believes the same impact could happen within Penn Athletics if CAPS were willing to relocate just one staffer.

“If we have psychologists housed in the athletic department, then it becomes easier to access them. They’re ingrained in the culture of Penn Athletics,” she said.

“And they become a familiar face around athletes.”

She said the issue received wide support from other SAAC representatives, all of whom received the survey.

“The consensus that I got from the women’s rowing team is that people were very, very excited about the idea of getting both a specific CAPS representative for Athletics and also having one on site,” said senior Regina Salmons, a co-captain of the women’s rowing team who solicited feedback from her teammates to complete Marcus’ survey.

ers added enough history to the building to last a lifetime.

“This was incredible … I’ve never experienced anything like that in my coaching career. It was just so much fun. I took a moment a couple of times and thought, ‘I can’t believe I’m in this. This is incredible — this environment, this high-level play, it was just amazing,” coach Steve Donahue said.

As amazing as the paranormal activity was, the physical activity on the court matched it every bit.

It all started with Darnell Foreman. When Penn went down by 13 early in the first half, it was Foreman who had an answer. The senior scored 19 points on seven field goal attempts, missing only one shot in the entire half. Foreman’s performance spawned a 24-0 Penn run that eventually won the Quakers the game.

Foreman supplied one of the big, legendary moments as a part of that run. Down by one, in the dying moments of the first half, Foreman drilled an NBA-range

three-pointer to beat the buzzer while being double-teamed. His reaction was to sprint down the runway to the locker room Bo Jackson style.

The senior guard is the most knowledgeable of the history of the program among the current crop of Quakers. He has waited four years to be a part of a winning team, and when it finally came together, he knew exactly what to do.

In a recreation of one of the Palestra’s most iconic moments, Mike Jordan sitting on the hoop after the victory, Foreman climbed onto the rim and waved the liberated net over his head.

“Especially being a guard, you look at the past history of guards that played, the great guards — the Ibby Jaabers, the Jerome Allens, even going back to ‘Booney’ Salters — you want to be those guys,” Foreman said. “You want to be on the wall, you want to be in the Palestra, you want to be in the new atrium. You want to have that history, and now, the team has it.

“I wanted to be like Mike Jordan.

You walk in the gym every day, and you walk past Mike Jordan and other guys who have done that. You just think to yourself like, ‘Man, I want that opportunity’. I just took advantage of it.”

The jubilation of the moment is not lost on anyone affiliated with these Quakers. They’ve worked too hard not to enjoy this moment.

During the post-game festivities, and at the press conference, Foreman could be seen cradling the Ivy League trophy in his arms. He didn’t stop caressing his newest friend until he left it for his coach — but was later seen leaving the Palestra and walking down Walnut with it firmly in tow.

At one point during the postgame press conference Foreman interrupted his teammates with an important question of his own.

“Hey, don’t that sound good?”

He asked. “Ivy League Champions.

Say it again. Say it one more time.

Ivy Champions.”

“I honestly thought — I didn’t

Despite CAPS receiving an additional $860,000 in funding between 2014 and 2016, officials have had to keep up with increasing student demand from all sectors of the University. Most of that funding has been directed toward hiring new staffers in an attempt to offset one of CAPS’ most persistent problems: long wait times for new arrivals.

CAPS Director of Outreach and Prevention Meeta Kumar acknowledged in January that the average wait time for appointments is seven to 10 days. In 2016, CAPS Director Bill Alexander said the office serves about 20 percent of the undergraduate population each year, an amount that has only increased.

In September alone, CAPS held 1,000 more sessions than it had the year before during that timespan.

As a byproduct of CAPS’ expansion, its office on Market Street — despite offering 25 percent more space than the division’s previous office — will no longer be able to host all necessary staffers. In an interview with the DP in February, Kumar said of the space, “We are pretty maxed out.”

• • • From the beginning of November to late January, Alexander and other administrators from the Division of the Vice Provost for University Life met with Marcus and other SAAC representatives to discuss her proposal and the relationship between Penn Athletics and CAPS more generally.

As Marcus began collecting information for her survey, she held two meetings at CAPS, including one with Alexander and Max King, the associate vice provost for Health and Academic Services. Alexander and King later spoke to all

SAAC representatives on Jan. 31 with Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum, the vice provost for University Life, for over an hour in Huntsman Hall.

At the meeting, SAAC representatives reiterated Marcus’ call for a CAPS representative within a Penn Athletics building with the justification that for athletes, “accessibility is often a priority over privacy,” according to a copy of the meeting minutes provided to the DP.

dations from students, faculty, and staff that we have received over the last few months as well.”

Alexander, also in an emailed statement, said, “There [is] much more we need to learn about the needs of athletic students.”

He added, “There are still unanswered questions: What is the need? How will the need be addressed by the CAPS on site? What is the optimal time for CAPS staff on site? Is the proposed position

“In no way were they ever Really acknowledging our points or agreeing with us.”

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Marcus and Salmons said the administrators were dismissive of the idea of shifting a counselor to an Athletics building despite CAPS’ own problems with finding enough space for its staffers in the main office.

“It felt like they were giving excuses for why Penn Athletics doesn’t need these resources that we’re asking for,” Marcus said.

• • • When asked about the meeting and Marcus’ proposal in general, Cade replied in an emailed statement, “The Athletics Department is considering this proposal with our support. We won’t know more about this suggestion until the summer for the next academic year as we evaluate this idea with a number of additional, excellent recommen-

within the mission and scope of practice of CAPS vs Student affairs? Who will fund the athletic department placement? Will the Provost office approve hiring additional staff to support this position?”

The issues Alexander raised are indicative of the difficulty in establishing any stable working relationship across two disparate wings of the University. Despite both technically reporting up to Provost Wendell Pritchett, CAPS and Penn Athletics operate in practice under entirely separate chains of command.

At Cornell University, the wellness and athletics divisions have forged a stronger working relationship, largely due to Cornell’s Counseling and Psychological Services

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In a move that emulated legendary Penn guards like Mike Jordan, captain Darnell Foreman climbed on the rim to celebrate his victory.

think we could do it,” Donahue said.

This moment will not be forgotten for a long, long time. It will be up on the walls in the museum-like hallways of the Cathedral before long.

“This team is going to be remembered as the team that stopped the drought,” Foreman said.

Stopped. That means there’s

more to come.

program being integrated with the university’s other primary care providers.

“At some point or another, I’ve talked to coaches in every [sport],” said Gregory Eells, the director of Cornell’s CAPS. “We have some eating disorder therapists who will work with them if a coach has a gymnast who has some eating issues or body image issues. We’ll do some trainings on some of those issues, as well.”

Because Cornell’s CAPS is integrated with Cornell Health as a whole, Eells has a strong working relationship with the trainers and medical staffers who primarily work with athletes. Penn has physicians, nutritionists, strength and conditioning coaches, and trainers on staff, but CAPS is run separately. The only psychologist affiliated with Penn Athletics is Fish, who is on staff as a consultant, not a primary care provider.

What relationship Penn Athletics and CAPS will develop in the years ahead has yet to be seen.

In Athletics’ strategic plan for 2017-2022, mental wellness efforts are mentioned just once: “The Division is committed to becoming more involved in campus wellness initiatives by forging partnerships with the Office of the Vice Provost for University Life.”

Matt Valenti, the associate athletic director who helped Marcus develop the proposal, said in a statement on behalf of the department: “Our staff incorporated feedback from Ashley and her peers on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in creating the Penn Athletics proposal that was submitted to VPUL. That proposal is currently under consideration, along with

recommendations from a number of other schools and centers on campus, and we look forward to receiving feedback in the coming months.”

No students interviewed for this piece believed Penn Athletics had the budgetary space to hire two full-time counselors. CAPS, whose budget has already been stretched to its limit year after year, might not hold Athletics’ proposal as a priority among competing concerns from across the University.

The answer to whether Marcus’ idea will ever see the light of day may be intertwined ultimately with the question Alexander raised: Who will fund it?

• • • Administrators did not delve into any of these concerns during their meeting with SAAC representatives. In fact, students said the two sides were unable to even reach a central point of agreement about the need for such an arrangement.

“At no point during the meeting we had was CAPS receptive in any ways to anything that we said,” Salmons said. “In no way were they ever really acknowledging our points or agreeing with us.”

She left the meeting frustrated with Cade and Alexander’s suggestions that CAPS just needed to brand itself better to athletes and was especially annoyed at an administrator’s idea for CAPS to give away merchandise at SAAC’s beginning-of-the-year event.

“It’s not an advertising issue,” she said.

“Handing out pencils at our annual picnic is not going to solve everyone’s problems.”

A version of this story was originally published on March 11, 2018.

THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS is a College junior from Pittsburgh, Pa., and is a sports editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian. He can be reached at papazekos@thedp.com.

A version of this story was originally published on April 11, 2018.

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Penn’s Sedky caps perfect season with national championship W. SQUASH | Reeham Sedky survives tense final WILL SNOW Senior Sports Reporter

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It took her three years, but she finally got the championship she wanted.

Penn women’s squash star Reeham Sedky won the CSA Individual National Championship on March 4, completing a perfect season in which she dropped just two games in 20 matches. To win the championship, Sedky, a junior, defeated Harvard’s Georgina Kennedy — a rematch of last year’s final — in a 3-1 contest that was heated and testy throughout.

It didn’t take long for the tournament’s top-seeded Sedky to assert her mark on the match. With her trademark hammer blows and long-winded rallies, Sedky flew out of the gates to run up a 7-1 lead on Kennedy in the first game. By the time Harvard’s star woman from England had recovered, the game was almost out of reach. Sedky finished strong with an 11-5 win in the first game.

Kennedy came out stronger in the second to take a quick 6-1 lead, leaving Sedky frustrated as she didn’t get the calls she wanted from the referee. Playing angry, the Seattle native pulled the game back to 9-7, but her comeback fell short and she lost just her second game of the entire season, 11-8.

If the game seemed tense then, it was only about to get worse.

Neither player scored a point in the first three minutes of the third game. Two long rallies and a pair of lets — each of which one player angrily contested — meant that the game prolonged as tensions flared.

Kennedy was furious at Sedky’s playing style, which rides a fine line between playing the space effectively and interfering with her opponent, denying full access to

the ball. With Sedky up 7-3, the referee issued her a warning that she would be penalized for continuing to ride that line.

“Her swing and her movement is a little bit unorthodox,” coach Jack Wyant explained, “and if you have a referee that goes by the letter of the law, then she can get herself into trouble. And that’s what she was doing today.”

Perhaps unsettled, she fell victim to a quick surge from Kennedy, holding onto a slim 8-7 lead as each player fought for the crucial third game. On the next point, however, Kennedy took a tumble after bumping into Sedky, appearing to roll her ankle in the process. Sedky used it as a turning point to take the next three points and finish the game, up 2-1 and 11 points away from a national championship.

The fourth and final game saw tensions rise high above the center court. Sedky and Kennedy traded points — and barbs — throughout much of the game, until Sedky appeared on the verge of victory after winning five of six points to move up to 9-5. Once again, however, the referee stepped in. Three straight strokes to Kennedy, after ruling Sedky was denying her access to the ball, pulled the game back into contention at 9-8.

The following play was piece of vintage Sedky play. She played the space of the court after settling into the rally, sending Kennedy flying all over the floor. Kennedy, who made some great saves to stay in the point, ultimately crashed into the wall several hits in a row, leaving her unable to recover for one final save. Sedky took the point and the game to 10-8, leaving her one winner away from a championship.

When she forced an error out of Kennedy on the ensuing play, she became Penn squash’s first individual national championship since 1996 — the year before she was born.

“What she did to win the match was allow her opponent access [to

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Top-seeded Reeham Sedky finally came out on top after falling just short in two previous CSA Individual National Championships.

the ball],” Wyant said. “That actually is to her benefit. When the rallies go longer, it’s better for her, because no one can keep up with her pace. There’s probably 10 people in the whole world who can keep up with her pace.”

“I’m extremely happy for Reeham,” Wyant continued. “She has worked so hard — not just her three years here, but her entire life. She has scratched and clawed for everything she’s ever accomplished, and I’m overjoyed for her. I’m indebted to her for everything she’s done.”

The road to the final wasn’t easy for Sedky. In the semis, she faced another one of Harvard’s finest and her oldest rival, Sabrina Sobhy. As with their previous meeting this season, the decade-long foes duked it out, but Sedky came out on top after just three games.

In the previous round, Sedky had to face her teammate and captain, Melissa Alves. The two had a lighthearted match, featuring a pair of instances in which Alves was gifted a point by the referee, but disagreed with the call and so denied the reward. Their friendly rivalry was

also over after just three games.

Sedky wasn’t the only member of Penn squash to walk away with some hardware on the day. Women’s sophomore Lindsay Stanley won the consolation bracket for her draw, while men’s sophomore David Yacobucci made it to the final of the Molloy North Division draw and finished runner-up after falling in five games.

Men’s senior James Watson also made it to the consolation final of his bracket, though he lost in four games. Senior Marie Stephan’s women’s consolation final appearance rounded out the Quakers’ representation in championship finals for the weekend.

The tournament concluded every player’s season — but for one. Sedky will continue on for one more week to compete at the US Squash National Championships.

A version of this story was originally published on March 4, 2018.

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time break down just 33-26, very much within striking distance.

The floor opened up a bit in the second half, leading to a faster, higher scoring contest. And while the Quakers kept pace with the Jayhawks for most of the half, they were never able to string together a run long enough to put them back in the lead.

Penn’s best effort came in a quick two-minute run that started around the 14:30 mark. Junior guard Antonio Woods started Penn off with a three, then senior guard Caleb Wood knocked one down from deep on the next possession. After another defensive stop, Brodeur made a floater to bring Penn within five, causing Kansas coach Bill Self to call a timeout.

Out of the break, Graham stopped the bleeding with a tough layup over Brodeur. After that, a few key Quaker misses over the following minutes gave Kansas breathing room for the rest of the game.

Perhaps the biggest factor down the stretch was free throws.

Penn, notoriously a poor freethrow shooting team, struggled mightily from the charity stripe, going just 4 for 12 in the second half.

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who will be a free agent at the end of this season. At 6-foot-3, Watson has become the second-tallest receiver for the Buccaneers, only two inches shorter than Evans. “[When the phone] said Tampa, Florida on it, I just rushed with emotion ... the GM [Jason Licht] said, ‘in two picks, we’re gonna make you a Tampa Bay Buc, how does that sound?’ and I was just so excited,” Watson said. “It was the place I wanted to play in from the beginning; I love the receivers coach [Skylar Fulton], I love the offensive coordinator [Todd Monken], and it’s gonna be a great place for me.”

Watson will likely compete for a roster spot from the outset, and figures to be a special teams player

“I do think foul shots were a big part of this, and this is unfortunate, it was part of our DNA this year, we were able to overcome it,” coach Steve Donahue said. “But if we’re gonna beat a team like Kansas, in this environment, you just gotta make them.”

Meanwhile, the Jayhawks abandoned their usual strategy of pouring in threes and instead attacked the Quakers down low.

They were rewarded with 14 free throws, which they made at a rate of 85.7 percent.

Penn kept at it though, keeping the Kansas lead under double digits until there were just about six minutes left in the game. But a deep three from Graham, followed by an alley-oop to junior guard Lagerald Vick, put the game out of reach for good.

While the Jayhawks are headed to the next round, Penn’s season is done. And while it may not have ended with the result the Quakers were looking for, they can keep their heads up.

“I couldn’t be more proud of my guys and how we played,” Donahue said. “We did everything that I would hope.

“It was a great college basketball game.”

A version of this story was originally published on March 15, 2018.

and battle for a spot on offense as a receiver in four- and five-wide sets. Coincidentally, if Watson makes the roster, he will be teammates with fellow Ivy League products in starting tight end and 2014 Harvard graduate Cameron Brate and backup quarterback and 2005 Harvard graduate Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Watson still has plenty of work left to make the opening day roster. But as a fifth-round pick, his NFL dream is in great shape.

“You might not know me yet, but I’m a worker,” Watson said when asked for his message to Buccaneers fans. “I’ve worked every day to get here, and I promise I’ll keep working once I get down to Tampa.”

A version of this story was originally published on April 28, 2018.

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Red and Blue best in the city for first time in four years

for the first time since 2014-2015 and only the second in team history. The Quakers will share the title with Villanova, who they took down in a thrilling game last week.

Junior guard Ashley Russell paced the way for the Quakers (105, 3-1 Big 5) with a career-high 19 points, including the first seven of the game. In typical fashion, the Braintree, Mass. native was flying all over the court, and she filled

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This one’s for the history books.

In the final Big 5 matchup of the season, Penn women’s basketball took down Temple, 74-59, to earn a share of the Big 5 title

out the rest of the stat sheet with a career-best nine rebounds, four assists, a block and a steal. “Just ball movement, especially with having such an eye on Eleah [Parker] and Michelle [Nwokedi] down low, that kind of opens up our perimeter a lot,� said Russell when asked about the key to her success.

But even with Russell having a great individual game, the story of the contest was the full team effort. Especially in the first half, all five players on the floor played cohesively on both sides of the ball.

On offense, the Red and Blue had one of their best passing games of the season. As a team, they raked up 20 assists, but the numbers don’t do it justice. Eight different Quakers recorded an assist, and the team did an excellent job of making the extra pass to find an open look.

And on defense, the big number was 16: turnovers committed by the Owls. Penn’s defense smothered Temple (9-10, 2-2), coming up with big stops seemingly at will to quell any attempt at a comeback. “They turned the ball over in it,� McLaughlin said of his team’s 2-2-1 zone. “They did make a couple shots, they did spread us wide, but they did turn it over, and I thought that was a reason to stay in it.�

Another big reason for the defensive dominance was yet another strong game down low from freshman star Eleah Parker. The rookie had three blocks, two of which she emphatically swatted

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Point guard and captain Anna Ross played 31 minutes and led the team in assists in a comfortable win over the Owls.

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Guard Ashley Russell’s career night included new personal-highs in both points (19) and rebounds (9), helping the Quakers to a 74-59 win over Temple and a share of a Big 5 title.

away, and continued to make her presence known.

While the seniors had already experienced a Big 5 title during their freshman season, no one else on the team has seen the team win this title. And with it being just the second time in school history that the Quakers have finished in first, there’s plenty of reason to rejoice.

“I want them to celebrate,�

McLaughlin said. “Anytime we do something successful I want them to celebrate, that’s what they were trying to do.�

And celebrate they did. The team could be heard cheering in the locker room from the court, and everyone was smiling as they left the arena.

But the celebration cannot last long. The Quakers have one more game before they return to Ivy play. But after they take on Gywnedd Mercy on Sunday, all eyes are on the Ancient Eight.

A version of this story was originally published on January 24, 2018.

Upset: Penn men’s lacrosse comes back to stun No. 1 Duke

Quakers score four straight to overcome 9-6 deficit

Biggest win in program history?

Check.

Penn men’s lacrosse’s victory over No. 1 Duke on February 24, a 10-9 thriller in which the Quakers scored the last four goals of the game, checked all the boxes.

An evenly played first quarter saw the teams exchange goals.

Duke led 2-1 for much of the frame, but Penn’s Adam Goldner

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tied the game up with 14 seconds left, the first of two late-quarter goals scored by the Quakers (21) that would come back to haunt Duke.

The second quarter belonged to the Blue Devils (4-1), who opened up a 6-2 lead with five minutes left to play until halftime. The game looked like it would be similar to Penn’s 13-6 defeat at No. 3 Maryland on Feb-

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they are not waiting until 28 seconds left in the game to call it, they are going to use it earlier on,� coach Murphy said of his thoughts during the final huddle. “They were working with the same people and plays they had been all game long, so we just reminded our guys of the fundamentals that worked earlier, and thankfully it worked that last possession.�

Work it did — Duke lost the ball and was unable to come up with a real shot attempt at the end.

It is a momentous occasion for Penn men’s lacrosse, but it is still early February, and there are a lot of games left to be played, including a full Ivy League slate that is always a challenge. So where do Penn’s early season results leave the team? “I don’t know — I’m wondering the same thing,� said coach Murphy. “I think it is too early [to judge].�

Penn’s next game will come against Penn State, which upset last year’s Quakers after the team had scored a similar upset win over No. 6 Virginia.

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Still, Penn was saving the best for last. Chris Santangelo again dominated the faceoff X in the final quarter, winning 6 of 8 attempts. Penn outshot Duke 16-3, and had its lowest turnover count in any quarter with only two.

Duke did lead 9-6 with 9:21 to go, but from there on out, it was all Penn. In a span of 4:21, the Quakers scored four goals to take a 10-9 lead over the No. 1 team in the country. McGeary sparked the comeback with a goal at the 8:21 mark, before Reilly Hupfeldt narrowed the lead to one with 7:24 remaining.

After a few minutes of Penn ripping shot after shot to no avail, Simon Mathias scored the gametying goal with 3:07 to play.

The game was tied up and the crowd at Franklin Field was roaring — momentum was clearly and fully on Penn’s side. Merely seven seconds later, at the 3:00 mark, McGeary completed his hat-trick — and eventually the monumental upset — with the game-winning goal. “It was an awesome faceoff play,� McGeary said of the final goal. “Santangelo won it right to [Connor] Keating for the fast break, he put it right in my ear, I shot it, and it went in.�

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With six seconds left in the half, Goldner created end-of-theperiod magic again with a goal to bring the score to 7-4 heading into halftime. Though Duke was winning at the break, there was one huge positive for the Quakers — faceoff man Chris Santangelo had went 5 for 7 in the second period on faceoffs, and his continued success would be the x-factor in the game. “Chris Santangelo winning faceoffs was big because we had not won the faceoff battle in our last two games,� said coach Murphy. “For us to be able to get a stop or two, score, and get the ball back is very important.�

The third quarter only saw one combined goal from both teams, which was Goldner’s third one of the game, but it was obvious the Quakers looked better than they had in the first half. After being outshot 22-11 in the first half, Penn outshot Duke 8-7 in the third quarter. “We just talked about not beating ourselves,� said senior Kevin McGeary. “In the first half we had a lot of turnovers; we were giving them extra possessions despite winning faceoffs. In the second half we managed to limit those turnovers and won a ton of faceoffs, effectively keeping the ball out of Duke’s hands.�

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Meet Mark Jackson, the Ivy League’s tallest man

M. HOOPS | 7-foot-3 center back after Mormon Misson THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS Sports Editor

Unlike some high-profile athletes at other Division I schools, Penn athletes are almost never stopped for selfies on campus. At least, not until walking skyscraper Mark Jackson showed up.

“I basically can’t go out without people staring at me,” Jackson said.

“I get asked for pictures at least once a day. It happens all the time. The number of photos of me out there … so many.”

Unlike those photo-magnets at a Duke or UCLA, Jackson’s apparent fame has nothing to do with anything he’s done on the court. After all, the basketball season won’t start for another few days. Jackson isn’t recognized on Locust Walk – he’s gawked at.

It turns out that the insanely tall guy you stared at the other day saw you looking, and for the record, he wants you to know that he’s 7-foot-3.

While Jackson’s height gets him his relative fame, it’s not even the most notable thing about the freshman. Jackson has had perhaps the most interesting path to Penn of any student-athlete. It was also the longest.

Jackson committed to Penn in his senior year of high school all the way back in 2015. From the start of the

recruitment process, coach Donahue and his recruit had an understanding – Jackson would commit and apply to Penn in 2015, but defer attendance until 2017. In the meantime, the Salt Lake City native would go to Paris for his Mormon Mission.

Both Donahue and Jackson suggested that the two-year gap would be beneficial for Jackson. Instead of getting a raw teenager just growing into his 7-foot frame, Penn would get a stronger, more mature 21-yearold.

“I just kind of knew that was something I wanted to do,” Jackson said. “[The coaches] were very ok with that, they thought it would give me more time for my body to develop.”

Over the last two years, Jackson has indeed grown. When he left high school for Paris two and a half years ago, the giant was about thirty pounds lighter.

Jackson would say that the more important growth for him has been spiritual. To hear Jackson tell it, the point of the trip is to learn how to serve others less fortunate that yourself. In Paris, this meant visiting with refugees fleeing from wars in Syria and elsewhere, growing closer to God, and more immediately, learning French.

“Basically, we’re volunteers for our church. We work with people that are interested in learning more about Mormons, what we are and what we do. We do a lot of service,” Jackson said. “It’s pretty crazy just

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being over there and meeting people.

When I went over, I didn’t speak French. I just like went over and kind of learned the language and learned what it’s like to live in France.

“We just did service the entire day. When you are 100 percent focused on other people, it’s pretty eye opening; it teaches you a lot about what’s important in life. Working with refugees, just seeing how hard their lives have been, just to see all the difficulties they went through

… it makes you think about how blessed you are.”

Life as a missionary is a huge departure from what most on Penn’s campus are used to. The Mormon church imposes a strict set of rules and regulations that govern everything from the schedule Missionaries must follow, to the music they listen to and their internet access.

The goal of these rules is to preserve the focus on service and eliminate personal distractions, but it also lim-

its the amount of time Jackson could spend preparing for his college basketball career.

“Basically, we had an hour every morning to work out. I would do pushups, sit-ups, go run, stuff like that.” Jackson said. “In the last four months, I was put in a place near a basketball court. Every morning we’d wake up at like six and take a bus to the basketball court. I’d work out, go home, shower, prepare really quickly for the day and then go out

and be doing things.”

Jackson is one of the only D-I athletes that hasn’t played their sport competitively for the last two years.

He admits that after playing only a few games of pickup ball against French kids he called “not great,” his feel for the game is rusty.

“Coming back and trying to get back in the swing of things has been frustrating. I’m not where I was at before in terms of tendencies and being able to know what to do quickly.”

Donahue suggested that it might be a while before the freshman reacclimates enough to see time on the court.

“He’s probably got to gain another 30 pounds of strength,” Donahue said. “If he can become a well-conditioned kid with all those other attributes … It could happen in six months, a year, a year and a half, two years — I think it’s going to happen,” Donahue said.

If Donahue is right, Penn basketball fans will be looking at a 24-year-old 7-foot-3 giant, with the strength and ability to match.

Even if it takes Jackson a few years to shake off the rust and fill out his frame, the potential is there for Ivy League domination.

Maybe in a few years, people will be asking for autographs, not just selfies.

A version of this story was originally published on November 8, 2017.

Former coach Jerome Allen accused of accepting bribes while at Penn

M. HOOPS | Team faces potential NCAA sanctions

By the time Morris Esformes got to campus in the fall of 2015, Allen had already been fired following three straight sub-.500 seasons, and current coach Steve Donahue had taken charge of the program. Penn Athletics’ website does not list Esformes as ever appearing on the men’s basketball roster. Morris, then a 6-foot guard, would likely have played point guard for the Quakers.

The alleged bribery is the lat-

THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS Sports Editor

Jerome Allen, one of the biggest stars in Penn men’s basketball history and the Quakers’ head coach from 2009 to 2015, allegedly accepted bribes while coaching at Penn, according to a Bloomberg report.

In a federal indictment filed July 19 in an alleged Medicare fraud case, Philip Esformes, a businessman based in Miami, Fla. bribed an anonymous coach, labeled “Coach 2” in the document, in order to aid his son’s chances of gaining admission to a Philadelphia university. Bloomberg reported that a “person familiar with the matter” identified “Coach 2” as Allen, and the university as Penn.

According to Bloomberg, Allen fits the description of the coach in question.

Between cash payments and paid trips to Miami, including a flight in his private jet, Esformes allegedly gave Allen more than $74,000, according to the indictment. Esformes is charged with health care fraud, money laundering, conspiracy, and bribery. Allen, now a coach with the NBA’s Boston Celtics, is not charged with a crime.

Esformes’ son, Morris Esformes, a Wharton rising senior, was admitted to Penn in 2015 as a part of Allen’s last recruiting class. The alleged bribe was aimed

est in a series of accusations and arrests related to corruption in NCAA recruitment. This allegation is unique, however, because it involves bribing a coach, while the majority of NCAA scandals have consisted of schools or coaches bribing athletes to join their programs.

Most recently, in September 2017, the Justice Department charged 10 people in connection to several fraud and corruption

schemes. The investigation uncovered a widespread system of bribes given to top high school basketball recruits by apparel companies and coaches.

The accusations against Allen are separate from the NCAA probe. Penn men’s basketball declined to comment to The Daily Pennsylvanian on the situation.

A version of this story was originally published on July 20, 2018.

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Now with the NBA’s Boston Celtics, former Penn men’s basketball coach Jerome Allen was accused of accepting bribes in order to recruit a player.

at helping his son gain admittance to Penn through a recruited player designation, according to the report.

The bribes allegedly began in 2013, when Philip Esformes paid for “Coach 2” to come to Miami for a recruiting visit to watch Morris Esformes play. Over the next two years, the elder Esformes wired the coach over $50,000 in cash through an account in the name of a nursing home administrator, the indictment alleges.

The indictment alleges that Morris Esformes would not have been recruited as a basketball player if not for the bribes. However, Esformes’ defense attorney

and 1985 College graduate Howard Srebnick, told the Miami Herald that “[Morris] scored more than 150 points higher on his SAT than I did, and I cannot dribble a basketball with either hand, much less sink a three-point shot.”

Srebnick also told the Herald that Philip Esformes hired Allen when his son was a sophomore in high school to help him improve his game, “as many parents do when their kids show athletic promise.”

Prosecutors say that Philip Esformes’ case is the biggest instance of health care fraud in United States history. His lawyers have repeatedly denied accusations.

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