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Over a number of tumultuous months, University officials have overhauled the structure and leadership of Penn’s Fels Institute of Government, prompting swift criticism and calls for increased transparency from students and alumni.

The Fels Institute offers a number of programs including a Full-Time Master of Public Administration program, which prepares about 30 students each year for careers in public policy and public service, and an Executive MPA program, which is geared toward professionals with full-time jobs.

In December 2017, students and alumni received a newsletter mentioning that admissions for the 2018-2019 academic year had been halted due to the Fels Faculty committee’s recommendation for “significant modifications to the future Full-Time MPA program.”

The message prompted widespread backlash including the presentation of a letter co-signed by more than 140 alumni to Penn administrators calling for increased transparency in the

After 20 years with Career Services, Barbara Hewitt will lead the department from this semester, replacing longtime director Patricia Rose, who retired this summer.

One of Hewitt’s goals will be to focus on collaboration between different undergraduate schools and also across campus. Hewitt said that she plans on conducting a “holistic review” of Career Services to create a plan for the department moving forward.

Hewitt joined Career Services as a career counselor in 1988 for students in the College of Arts and Sciences, earning a doctorate in higher education administration from the Graduate School of Education in 2002. She was promoted to senior associate director, overseeing placements for Wharton undergraduates. She also helped supervise the on-campus recruiting program for students in the role.

Hewitt confirmed that her previous position as senior associate director for Wharton undergraduates has been filled by David Ross, who was previously associate director. However, the

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On Aug. 27, the Class of 2022 gathered on College Green for Convocation. President Amy Gutmann, along with the a capella groups Penn Glee Club and The Quaker Notes, officially welcomed the new freshman class.

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Newly renovated Houston Market will open its doors today Changes include new cuisines and seating

Houston Market has introduced a section called the Market Café, which will sell a range of desserts as well as cheese and meat platters. It will also include other new food vendors like a Mongolian grill, which will allow diners to create their own bowls with vegetables and a choice of protein.

area has been rearranged so that it’s a place students want to hang out.”

Another addition is the introduction of kiosks. Students will be able to place orders at the kiosks and find a seat before going back to a platform to pick up their food, said Director of Business and Hospitality Services Pam Lampitt.

College junior Ila Sethi said she is excited to see what the renovation and new technology brings.

“The lines at Houston were always pretty long,” Sethi said.

“Having new technology can definitely make it more quick and on the go.”

Houston Market will also now be open later, until 10 p.m. on weekdays.

The renovations at Houston join other recent updates to food options on campus, including Franklin’s Table at 34th and Walnut streets, &Pizza on 39th and Walnut streets, and SolBol at 38th and Spruce streets.

with vegetables and a choice of shrimp, beef, or chicken.

Old favorites, such as the

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After a $15.15 million renovation, Houston Market is reopening this Tuesday. Changes have been made to the food vendors and seating area, but campus favorites, such as the sushi bowl station and the pasta bar, remain.

Houston Market’s construction was officially completed Aug. 19, but the building was not open to students until the first day of classes on Aug. 28.

The new menu will offer breakfast food as well as treats such as gelato.

Houston Market has also introduced a section called the Market Café, which will sell a range of desserts as well as cheese and meat platters, said Barbara Lea-Kruger, the spokesperson for Penn’s Business Services.

Other new food vendors include a Mongolian grill called Ginger Spruce, which will allow diners to create their own bowls

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Houston Grill, will remain in operation. Lea-Kruger added that the Japanese Bento stall,

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popular for its sushi bowls, will see a larger seating space and a wider menu.

“People are gonna see a dynamic change in the space,” Lea-Kruger said. “The seating

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Kong lawsuit filed against Penn advances

The projected pre-trial conference date was set YONI GUTENMACHER Deputy News Editor

A lawsuit filed against the University related to the death of former student Olivia Kong saw its first major development this summer, when the plaintiff and defense legal teams agreed upon several projected dates for the case.

Former Wharton junior Olivia Kong died by suicide in April 2016, and her parents took legal action against Penn this April, when they filed a suit alleging that Kong and those close to her informed the University on nine separate occasions that Kong was having suicidal thoughts.

The lawsuit claims the school did not take the suitable steps to prevent her death.

At the case management conference on July 16, the judge met with both parties in the case

and set the projected settlement conference date for Feb. 3, 2020, the projected pre-trial conference date to April 6, 2020, and the projected trial date to May 4, 2020, according to public court documents.

Kong’s parents, Xianguo Kong and Zhao Lin, are being represented by Carol Nelson Shepherd of Feldman Shepherd law firm of Philadelphia.

At a case management conference, which typically occurs within several months after a lawsuit filing, the judge meets with both legal parties to make the first attempts to settle the case and, if that is not successful, proceeds to select dates for further court proceedings.

There is typically a long wait between the filing of the lawsuit and the actual trial dates, providing ample time for the parties either to settle the case or to prepare for the trial, Shepherd said.

“For a case in Philadelphia County, it normally takes two

years from the time you file the complaint until the case is resolved, one way or another,” Shepherd added.

Despite the projected trial date, legal experts indicate that most cases end up being settled, avoiding the trial altogether. Executive Director of the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association Brian Van Brunt, who previously served as the director of counseling at several universities, said lawsuits against universities in cases similar to the Kong lawsuit typically end in settlements.

At the time the lawsuit was filed, Penn spokesperson Stephen MacCarthy said in an emailed statement the University does not comment on pending litigation.

Before this case, there had been two previous lawsuits filed by parents against Penn alleging that the University acted negligently leading up to a student’s suicide.

In 2015, Penn was sued by Sujata Singh, the mother of former Nursing student Arya Singh, who died by suicide in 2013.

Her complaint, which listed Amazon as a defendant, referred to alleged “unsympathetic, hostile and at times vindictive” actions on the part of members of the Penn administration toward Singh. The case was settled two years later.

Former College junior and track star Timothy Hamlett died

The lawsuit was dismissed in December 2017.

Fourteen Penn students are confirmed to have died by suicide since 2013.

At a press conference in April, Shepherd said Kong had visited Student Health Services, had two extensive conversations with the counselor on the emergency phone line at Counseling and Psychological Services, and spoke with several other officials, about her considering

an email to Wharton students, which included her name but described the death as an “accident.”

Backlash from the student body prompted the administration to work more directly with students involved in the postvention process of a student’s death.

While Shepherd stressed settlements are likely to occur in similar cases to Kong’s, she did not comment on the likelihood for this case to result in a

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suicide.

Kong’s death prompted criticism among members of the Penn community about the way the University reported her death — first in an email from the President’s office, which did not include Kong’s name, but which was sent to all undergraduate students; second in

settlement.

“Most complex cases don’t settle until all cards are on the table,” Shepherd said. “Then, the parties — both the plaintiff and the defendant — know that if they don’t make some effort to resolve the case voluntarily, then they are going to have a trial.”

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restructuring process. Rogers Smith, the associate dean for the Social Sciences at the time, responded indicating that administrators would accept alumni input in the program’s redesign.

College Dean Steven Fluharty abruptly announced the program changes in May, incurring even more criticism from the Fels community.

In addition to moving the institute back under the administrative control of the College of Liberal and Professional Studies, three administrative positions within the Fels program saw changes. The Executive Director Nelson Lim was ousted from his role and the Director of Admissions and Graduate Studies Josh Power and the Administrative Assistant Ilene Ford accepted new roles in LPS. Fluharty indicated that political science professors Matthew Levendusky and John Lapinski would take over as the new Fels faculty directors for the full-time and executive MPA programs respectively.

In a June 1 email to administrators, Fels students cited a number of concerns with the planned changes, describing the elimination of the leadership roles as “shocking and damaging to the community we know and love.”

Power declined to comment.

Lim and Ford did not respond to request for comment. LPS Vice Dean Nora Lewis told The Daily Pennsylvanian that the University does not “comment on personnel issues” concerning the staffing changes.

Members of the Fels community also voiced substantial concern about Fluharty’s announcement that the program redesign aims to “broaden the involvement of the School’s standing faculty more extensively in Fels teaching, in combination with the accomplished practitioners who bring realworld experience and insights” to the program.

Many current and former students cite the pro-

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gram’s focus on practical curricula as uniquely suitable to prepping graduates for careers in public administration.

“I think a lot of the alums were a little bothered or worried by the tenured faculty [plan] because I think one thing the program did so well was pull in really experienced people doing day-to-day work and have them teach classes,” 2017 Fels graduate and Congressional Correspondent for National Public Radio Scott Detrow said.

2018 Fels graduate Francisco Garcia, who is now the director of business development for the City of Philadelphia, echoed Detrow’s sentiment, describing the typical Fels practitioner as “an expert in the field, but he’s never going to spend time at the University trying to publish a textbook or you know publish scholarly papers.”

“You can’t have that practical everyday experience if that person were just an everyday professor,” he added.

In a June 8 email addressing the concerns of Fels students, Levendusky and Lapinski indicated that their goal was not to replace practitioners with standing faculty.

In addition to the personnel changes, Levendusky confirmed that future full-time MPA students will take part in a restructured program which will last 12 months instead of the current two-year academic schedule, noting the “opportunity costs” for students in attending a longer program.

While Detrow said shortening the program could be beneficial for students, Christopher Patusky, a 2001 Fels graduate and former executive director of Fels, said he was concerned

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that condensing the full-time curriculum could cut into its benefits.

Levendusky emphasized that the restructuring would not affect current students and noted that the Executive program “is not changing at all.”

“We’re always looking to hear from other people, so we can design the strongest program that we can,” Levendusky said.

Eight months after the University’s initial announcement about the program’s restructuring — a process which Levendusky had said was in the works for more than a year — students and alumni are sill pressuring the University for increased transparency in the process.

For Patusky, who has donated roughly $40,000 to Fels over the past eight years and is currently withholding money to the program, administrators have not facilitated adequate communication about the matter.

“I know that there’s been increased communication, but I would say that I haven’t seen any significant attempt at dialogue with the alumni,” Patusky said.

In June, Brian Majewski, a second-year Executive MPA student, and other students met with Levendusky and Smith to ask questions, noting that while the administrators “did a pretty good job of trying to hear us out” they “didn’t have a lot of answers to our questions.”

“I think it’s very sad that at this time in our country’s history that Penn would choose to diminish its investment in public administration given what our country is going through,” Majewski said.

2/28/2018 Alumni deliver a letter to the administration requesting more transparency and representation in the decision-making process.

Alumni are informed that Fels will be suspending admissions for the full-time MPA program.

3/1/2018 Dean Rogers responds to the letter assuring alumni that they will play a role in the restructuring of the program.

4/20/2018 Alumni meet with Dean Roger Smith.

5/22/2018 Later on

5/22/2018 Dean Steven J. Fluharty emails alumni and students informing them Fels will be housed within the College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS)" and Professor Matthew Levendusky has been chosen as the new Faculty Director.

6/8/2018 Professors Levendusky and Lapinski respond to both students and alumni via email.

Executive Director Nelson Lim's position is eliminated. The remaining Fels staff are offered other roles within the University.

6/1/2018 Fels students collectively write a letter to Fels and LPS administrators, demanding a meeting with the new directors and an explanation for the staffing changes.

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OPINION Better bonds, stronger community GUEST COLUMN BY AMY GUTMANN

TUESDAY AUGUST 28, 2018 VOL. CXXXIV, NO. 33 134th Year of Publication DAVID AKST President REBECCA TAN Executive Editor CHRIS MURACCA Print Director JULIA SCHORR Digital Director HARRY TRUSTMAN Opinion Editor

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enn summers are a whir of camps, conferences, and construction. Yet that flurry of activity cannot compare to the energy and excitement that come in the fall when everyone returns to campus. It’s good to have you back and to welcome you to another exciting year at Penn!

Over the summer, we were delighted to announce the appointment of Penn’s first-ever chief wellness officer. Benoit

has earned accolades from his colleagues and the devotion of generations of Penn medical students for his work championing inclusivity, balance, and wellness at Penn Medicine. In 2011, he received a Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence.

Speaking with Dubé, I have been impressed with his understanding of the need to enable faster access to care for more students, and his deep commitment to promoting a genuine

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… in many ways, it is sophomore year that sows the seeds of future satisfaction and success.”

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Dubé will direct wellness initiatives across the University and lead a newly integrated division of Student Wellness Services that will address all facets of physical and emotional health for our students.

As we searched for the first director of this kind among our peer institutions in the Ivy League, we knew we had to find an exceptionally caring, creative, and enterprising leader.

Dubé fits the need ideally. A member of the Penn community since he arrived to serve as a resident and then chief resident in psychiatry in 1997, he

culture of wellness across campus. Welcome Dr. Dubé!

Another aspect of creating a more welcoming and healthy environment on the Penn campus premieres this fall and will continue to expand and evolve in the semesters ahead.

For some time now, we have been looking at how we can build a deeper sense of belonging, increase connections, improve decision-making, and promote engagement that enhances the academic experience among our second-year undergraduates.

Freshman year is marked by the excitement of move-in and

all things new. Our juniors and seniors have rich traditions and growing expectations about the place they are making for themselves in the world. Yet, in many ways, it is sophomore year that sows the seeds of future satisfaction and success. This is a time when making good decisions is key.

It is no surprise then that one strong recommendation from the Task Force on a Safe and Responsible Campus Community was that we explore how we could better promote the second-year/sophomore experience. The Task Force identified unique needs of sophomores related to academics and research, co‐curricular opportunities, social standing and community, housing choices, personal finances, budgeting, and pre‐ professional exploration. It

It’s good to have you back and to welcome you to another exciting year at Penn!” also recommended we develop a comprehensive two‐year College House program that will enable students to take full advantage of the educational and social opportunities on campus as both first‐ and second‐year students.

The first of these increased efforts to make sophomore year a more vital year will start at the Welcome Back picnic for sophomores and juniors on Aug. 28. We will follow up soon after with Sophomore Day on

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Sept. 14, during which we will celebrate the class and the offices that serve them. In addition, we are partnering with the Sophomore Class Board to plan a spring event for our students in their second year to celebrate the milestone of making it “halfway there” to graduation. Ideas are welcome! Contact the Class Board if you would like to be involved in planning a new Penn tradition.

We will be announcing new initiatives and programs specifically aimed at enhancing the sophomore experience as the semester progresses. Stay tuned.

We also encourage everyone — no matter what your year — to engage in the midterm election season and register to vote. Penn Leads The Vote will once again be running registration and information drives on campus in advance of the Nov. 6 election, so be sure to get involved.

Welcome to another exciting year at Penn!

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Response to ‘Huntsman Hall to change hours to improve campus wellness’

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espite having never pulled an all-nighter and rarely being awake past 12 a.m. on a weeknight, I am no better off in terms of my mental health than any other Penn student. Closing Huntsman Hall earlier won’t do anything to change student study habits other than relocate them.

Regardless of what time Huntsman closes, we are under the same pressure and have the same workload. Now

LETTER TO THE EDITOR BY LEILA ASHTARYEH there are just fewer resources.

If students want to stay up all night, losing access to $10,000 of group study rooms in one of the nicest buildings on campus won’t stop them. If any building should be open 24 hours a day, it should be Huntsman.

You can do everything there — from printers and whiteboards to microwaves and my favorite water bottle fountains, Huntsman has everything I could ever need. Not to mention, it is one of the most conveniently

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located buildings on campus, being close to most dorms and off-campus housing. Packing up all of my things and moving to Van Pelt Library at 2 a.m. is simply an annoyance and will encourage me to stay up later because I need to trek all the way to the other side of Locust Walk.

Some people will argue that VP resources are equally valuable and the need to “pull an all-nighter” is just the result of

ing much for my ability to stay awake, and I’d much rather work all night than not be able to submit an assignment. As such, Huntsman is one of the most coveted late-night study spots for all Penn students.

Following the announcement, a number of students have also commented on the positive mental health culture at Princeton University. They claim that this is a result of a four-class norm and building

Regardless of what time Huntsman closes, we are under the same pressure and have the same workload.”

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poor time management. While this is true to some extent, students at every university do it, and it’s going to happen no matter what time a building closes. Unfortunately, the dark basement of VP is not do-

closures at midnight or earlier.

I’d take all of this with a grain of salt because the grass is always greener on the other side.

All of the downfalls of Penn will seem better somewhere else … until you get there

and experience it for yourself.

Comparing our mental health culture and resources to other schools isn’t the answer. Every school has its own unique culture and student body that it needs to accommodate and support. We are not Princeton and we shouldn’t be trying to emulate exactly what they’ve done to cultivate this seemingly “positive” mental health culture.

Penn students are nothing if not opinionated — reactions to the latest news of Huntsman Hall closing at 2 a.m. are no different. Ever since the announcement, there have been numerous comments about the change, including a petition to revert back to the old operating hours. I think that the sheer number of negative reactions since the announcement is enough to show administration that this decision should be reverted.

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

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Don’t boo. Vote.

SPENCER’S SPACE | Making sure you maximize your impact on the 2018 midterm elections

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hether you’re an incoming freshman navigating Penn’s campus for the first time or an upperclassman looking forward to reconnecting with friends, you’re more focused on sorting out your fall semester and settling into West Philadelphia than the upcoming elections. But with three months to go until the Nov. 6 midterm elections, each and every American citizen should take a moment to make sure their voter registration is in order.

If you’re not registered in the Philadelphia area, you should be sure to arrange for an absentee ballot to be sent to wherever you’ll be in late October/early November. This is of course particularly important for any of you headed overseas this fall.

Most states provide ample time

routine for every U.S. citizen of voting age, it is no secret that American voter participation in midterms, primaries and local elections — not to mention presidential contests — is stunningly low. In fact, with an average of 55.7 percent, the United States lags behind most developed countries in voter turnout, especially Belgium, Sweden, and Denmark where well over 80 percent of voters consistently cast their ballots.

Cumbersome registration processes and inconvenient voting are partially to blame for America’s dismal turnout. The fact that “other democracies typically hold elections on the weekend or declare election day a national holiday” whereas US elections are always held on a workday, makes voting a burden for many people, particularly poorer workers who cannot take

Why leave the choice of who makes and enforces the laws that govern your world up to other people?” for all this, but deadlines do vary with some states like Tennessee and Washington requiring receipt of your registration by their fast-approaching Oct. 6 cutoffs. You can check your state’s requirements or refer to the official United States government site.

While confirming registration status, arranging for absentee balloting, and voting itself should be instinctive and

time off to vote. Whatever your political persuasion, you should find this trend disturbing. As a result of our voting apathy our political system has often been hijacked by individuals who generally have the most extreme views, a reality profoundly present on both sides of the political spectrum.

While there are factors that an individual state cannot directly influence, like when a na-

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tional election is held, states do have control over some aspects of voter regulations. For example, Minnesota and 14 other states have instituted same day voter registration. As a result of this policy, or at least partially so, “nearly three-quarters of eligible Minnesota residents [cast] a ballot on average over the past four general election cycles, the highest voter turnout rate of any state in the nation”. In stark contrast, in West Virginia where “a conflicting work or school schedule was the most commonly cited reason for not voting … only 52.9% of the electorate” voted “in the four most recent presidential elections.”

So what can we do to help counter low turnouts and our own apathy? In addition to confirming your registration, researching candidates, and being sure to vote, you may want to determine where your vote would have the most impact.

While some states try to dis-

Depending on your state of permanent residence — and your politics — you may get a kick out of helping ‘flip’ a seat this fall.” courage out-of-state college students from voting in-state, officially, out-of-state students have legal dual residency, so the choice of where to vote is yours.

This means that you can explore whether you’d prefer to vote at your permanent residence, which is likely where you lived before college, or here in Philadelphia. If you do plan to vote here, Penn’s own website provides you with everything you need: http://ccat.sas. upenn.edu/vote/.

Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey is strongly favored over the Republican challenger, Lou Bar-

letta, in the upcoming senatorial contest, so Pennsylvania may not be the best use of your vote.

If you are politically keen, you should check out the 33 of the Senate’s 100 seats that are being contested this November, and see if your vote could provide you with more “impact satisfaction” in your home state.

Depending on your state of permanent residence — and your politics — you may get a kick out of helping “flip” a seat this fall.

Personally, in the 2016 Election, I registered to vote in Arizona where I have residency,

and the impact of my voice as a Democrat is substantially more important than in New York, which, due to the Electoral College, almost always swings left.

If you are not a U.S. citizen, but merely a concerned resident, you can still get involved by canvassing, donating to political causes (but not actual candidates unless you have a green card) close to your heart, and always writing to representatives.

Even if you are not technically a citizen, policies decided by elected officials still impact and affect your daily life.

Bottom line, whatever your level of political interest and no matter how demanding your academic, extracurricular, and social life may feel, it is important that you take a moment to focus on the upcoming election.

While it may feel like individual voices are not heard, why leave the choice of who makes and enforces the laws that govern your world up to other people?

It’s easy to grouse about the election the morning after, but as former President Barack Obama said, “Don’t boo. Vote.”

S P E N C E R S WA N S O N i s a College sophomore from London, studying philosophy, politics, and economics. His email address is sswanson@sas.upenn.edu.

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he media does an expert job of pumping out archetypes of romantic stories where the coupling of two strangers results in the completion of both — even when this coupling is just a summer fling.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting what happens in summer to stay in summer, nor should you feel bad about having a fling (at any time of the year); however, I’m not of the belief that they’re the cathartic and revealing whirlwinds that rom-

THE OXFORD C’MON | Create yourself instead of finding yourself coms and novels build them up to be. Using a summer romance as the vessel into which you pour yourself doesn’t give you any insight about your natural form.

If your quest is to discover your natural folds and shapes, a summer fling might not be the best way to do it. When a season of self-discovery is what you’re after, being alone may be the least convoluted path towards said discovery (or rediscovery).

As someone who spent the last year slipping my feet into the well-worn footprints of previous

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students, my fear of social repercussions from failed attempts at relationships stunted my interpersonal growth. While I was quick to jive with the freshman experience of finding someone you liked at a party, sharing a kiss, and never exchanging more than spit, I was terrified of seeing these people in the light of day, knowing words that other

The grooves of a summer fling are far deeper and newer than the weathered paths existing at Penn, but they are slippery slopes just the same. When the bitter backlash of high school-like chatter began to follow me around this summer, a hole opened up in the pit of my stomach, and I knew that my dirty laundry was flapping in the wind for all to see in

… in order to truly grasp the whole picture of yourself, be alone for awhile.” people put into your mouth don’t taste appealing.

The consequences that follow any relationship like a shadow kept me from forging my own path. On the other hand, a summer spent in the small bubble of a secluded valley, where I knew consequences were temporary, didn’t aid my personal discovery either.

the form of a dehumanizing list of triumphs for an immature and commoditizing competition of conquests, of which my name was tacked on the end.

While this is unimportant to my personal realization, it adds another layer of betrayal to the onioning reasons of why relationships don’t always illuminate what you’re hoping for.

Relationships can act like black lights, illuminating pieces of yourself that are always present, but not always capable of being seen. We rely so heavily on other people to turn on those black lights, forgetting that we ourselves also have this power.

I’m no expert at relationships and I often joke that I should have an anti-advice relationship column, but I have experience attempting to connect with people in both temporary and permanent social spheres.

Fumbling through a summer fling, where I am the first to admit that I had no idea what I was doing, proved to me that relying on someone else to explain my actions led me no closer to selfrealization than my (unsuccessful) attempts at Penn. Even after shedding the worry of seeing these people every day on Locust that clung to me like a second skin, I found myself scratching my head and wondering who I was when standing alone.

Previously, I assumed the overarching concept of consequences looming like Big Brother was a contributing culprit.

I thought that the freeness of a

summer fling could extricate the hidden piece of me that I just couldn’t dig out while stuck in a permanent living situation. That line of reasoning left me feeling emptier than before.

Realizing that finding out who I am in a relationship is a personal and individual journey was like finally seeing the other half of an optical illusion. What comes to mind is the picture where you can see either a rabbit or a duck depending on how you focus your gaze. Before this summer, I was forcing myself to bounce off of other people in situations, refracting my reactions through their replies, instead of just looking inwards for a genuine response.

A summer fling may allow you to see one side of the illusion that is romance, but in order to truly grasp the whole picture of yourself, be alone for awhile.

Learn and create yourself, instead of finding yourself in other people.

SOPHIA DUROSE is a College sophomore from Orlando, Fla. studying English. Her email is sdurose@sas.upenn.edu.

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Penn will offer its first completely online degree The Master of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT) program will be available online for graduate-level students as of spring 2019. The program is the first completely online degree that Penn has ever offered.

The online MCIT program acts as an online version of the on-campus MCIT degree that the School of Engineering and Applied Science has offered since 2001. Courses in the online program will be broken into short videos that are seven to 10 minutes long and include corresponding assessments. This for-

which offers an online Master of Science in Computer Science for $1,265 per credit.

The online MCIT co-Directors Chris Murphy and Sampath Kannan — a professor and associate professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science, respectively — said they are hoping the new program will make Penn’s computer science courses accessible to more graduate-level students.

“MCIT is hugely popular, yet we are unable to meet the demands of the many qualified students we cannot accept because of research constraints for an on-campus degree, like availability of lecture rooms of sufficient size, advising loads, and access to TAs, etc.,” Kannan said. “That limits us from admitting all of the

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“We have made it our mission to allow this access to be broadened to people who are qualified but have life or economic constraints that prevent them from relocating to Philadelphia, quitting their jobs, and taking time off from work. So we see this [online degree] as a great way for us to take this very popular and in-demand program to lots of qualified people,” he continued.

Murphy and Kannan say there are several challenges they face in conducting online courses.

“One of the biggest questions we faced with this online program was, ‘How do we create a supportive and inclusive community of students online like we have on campus?’” Murphy said.

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In recent years, computer science has become increasingly popular on college campuses.

At Penn alone, the number of computer science majors in the School of Engineering and Applied Science has tripled within the last 10 years, from 250 majors in 2007 to 800 majors in 2017 across the undergraduate student body.

The number of CIS majors across universities nationwide has also more than doubled since 2011 and more than tripled since 2006, according to the Computing Research Association.

The early admissions deadline for the MCIT Online is Sept. 6.

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include ensuring students complete assignments without direct classroom interaction, as well as the challenge of evaluating student performance for a grade.

“Each thing we do on campus we have to find the absolute best equivalent for it online,” Kannan said.

Engineering sophomore Grace Chong, who serves on the executive board of the student organization Computer Science Society, said the online MCIT program is a positive step for the University.

“Computer science is definitely a field that one can master without necessarily being in a classroom,” Chong said. “Computer science is a ‘learn by doing’ subject, and as long as you have the resources and you’re always challenging yourself with new projects, you can pick up the subject.”

Murphy said the on-campus

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Against the backdrop of the #MeToo movement, scandals at higher education institutions over the past year have led to resignations that have left students and faculty in the lurch.

At Penn, longtime psychology professor Robert Kurzban resigned in July after allegations of two separate romantic relationships with students were reported by The Daily

Pennsylvanian. The alleged relationships were both consensual, but occurred under his purview as an instructor and advisor, which is in apparent violation of University policy.

In early January, Columbia University photography professor Thomas Roma faced five allegations of sexual harassment, most of which occurred in the 1990s. One of the women, actress Mozhan Marnò, was 18 years old when she filed a written complaint about Roma to Columbia in 2000. A panel convened to investigate the situation and determined both

parties were consenting, and Roma continued to work at Columbia. After these allegations surfaced, Roma resigned from Columbia on Jan. 4.

After more than 18 people, including staff and students, accused Harvard University professor of government Jorge I. Domínguez of sexual misconduct, Harvard put the professor on leave. Dominguez resigned in early March immediately following the university’s decision.

In late May, former University of Southern California President C.L. Max Nikias stepped down following allegations that George Tyndall, a campus gynecologist, engaged in sexual assault and mistreatment directed mostly at female patients. Over 300 people from USC came forward — most of them Tyndall’s patients — with sexual abuse and mistreatment allegations that date back to the 1990s. There was an uproar on campus, the LA Times reported, and calls for Nikias to step down.

In August 2017, a lawsuit accused the University of Northern Alabama of covering up an alleged assault by professor David Dickerson against an unnamed student. The alleged sexual misconduct took place on a field trip in 2015. Following the lawsuit, Dickerson was placed on administrative leave.

In January 2018, however, Dickerson filed a $7 million claim against the university, alleging that UNA denied him due process according to his contract by stripping him of his position.

In January, University of Arizona football coach Rich Rodriguez was fired after an allegation of sexual harassment.

Rodriguez had been employed by the university for six seasons.

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mat is opposed to the 80-minute lectures typical of some of the on-campus Engineering classes in the graduate school.

The new program will be available to graduate students with or without a coding background at a total cost of $2,500 per course. The required curriculum includes six core classes and four electives. With the additional fees of $130, the total cost of the program adds up to $26,300.

The cost of the standard, on-campus MCIT program is just over $6,500 per course.

Penn’s online program costs are steeper than those at peer institutions, such as Columbia University, which offers an online Master of Science in Computer Science for $2,018 per credit hour, and Drexel University,

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versity prior to joining the Penn community. In the intervening years, she spent her professional life working in career centers at Dickinson, Shippensburg, and the College of Wooster.

Hewitt said that her previous work in Career Services helps provide her with perspective of the needs of Penn students. She added that she was looking forward to working with “the entire population of students,” not just Wharton undergraduates as the executive director.

“I think the more things that we can do collaboratively with others on campus, the better that will be for everyone,” she said, adding that she hopes to create joint programs with other groups and centers on campus.

Those who have worked with Hewitt in Career Services talk of her natural leadership skills and of the positive response news of her appointment prompted.

“The office felt not just hugely

supportive but almost relieved,” Associate Director for College undergraduates Anne Marie Dickinson said of when the office learned that Hewitt would be taking over the executive director role rather than someone hired from outside.

“I’m really excited to see how [Hewitt] continues to lead and what new initiatives she brings to Career Services,” Dickinson said.

Career Services staff members generally agreed that Hewitt has been a longtime leader in the office and that they are excited for her to take on the new role.

“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Barbara Hewitt in a collaborative capacity for the 12 years that I’ve been with Career Services,” Senior Associate Director for College undergraduates Claire Klieger said.

“She’s a joy to work with.

She’s someone who’s a real team player and is always very inclusive and eager to find ways to collaborate with different teams across schools,” she added.

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“Barb has always been a strong leader in our office, where people feel confident and comfortable going to her,” Dickinson said.

Hewitt, too, said she is excited about the future of the department.

“I think we have a really good staff in place in terms of people that have a lot of experience and are really excited and energized by working with students and providing the services that we do,” she said. “So I feel really good about going into this new year with people that are really committed to the office.”

Hewitt confirmed that her previous position as senior associate director for Wharton undergraduates has been filled by David Ross, who was previously associate director. However, the position of associate director for Wharton undergraduates remains vacant on the Career Services

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website.

“We’re hoping to get that position filled as soon as possible,” Hewitt said. “We’re hoping to get that posted this week.”

She added that Career Services would also have a temporary worker assisting the Wharton undergraduate advising team for a few days each week. Additionally, staff members have been designated to oversee on-campus recruiting.

“It’s a real privilege I think to get to work with those students, to help them think about how they want to go out and make an impact on the world,” she said. “I feel really honored to be able to have this opportunity.”

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After a $15.15 million renovation, Houston Market has re-opened. Changes have been made to the food vendors and seating area, but campus favorites, such as the sushi bowl station, will still remain.

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Justin Watson sheds light on transition from Penn to NFL The former star receiver is fighting for an NFL roster spot THEODOROS PAPAZEKOS Sports Editor

Former Penn wide receiver and current NFL rookie Justin Watson is now halfway through his first professional preseason. Amid a fierce competition for the last one or two receiver spots on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers roster and fresh off his first NFL touchdown two Saturdays ago, Watson took some time to chat with The Daily Pennsylvanian in an exclusive interview.

The following transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity. This interview was conducted before the Buccaneers’ game against the Detroit Lions this past Friday.

Theodoros Papazekos, The DP: So just to start off, are there any overall reflections so far on your first preseason and the very beginning of your NFL career?

Justin Watson: You know, I’m really trying to stay present and just focus on each day. I think I’ll look back maybe at the end of my rookie year, but right now I’m just stay-

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strong in the second [half] when we regroup,” coach Nicole Van Dyke said. “But, you know, the second half has worked out well for us.”

Penn’s back four limited the Mountaineers to just one shot in the first half, and it forced the only save junior goalkeeper Kitty Qu needed in the shutout.

The action really didn’t start until the second half, when the Quakers exploded for 21 shots and five goals, the most scored since a 2016 matchup against Cornell.

It was senior forward Sasha Stephens who opened the scoring with a blistering run down the right sideline, beating the defender on the dribble and the keeper with the shot. Her speed gave both Mount St. Mary’s and Army fits as they struggled to contain her runs in behind the back four.

Senior midfielder Allie Trzaska had two assists in the opener, supplying the initial ball for Stephen’s goal and finding midfielder Paige Howard at the far post for Penn’s second tally. Howard finished with two goals and an assist to lead the team in scoring.

In her first game in a Penn uniform, sophomore transfer Breukelen Woodard tallied a goal and an

ing in the moment, each day trying to improve. I’ve been happy with some of the positive things that have happened, but always trying to improve and correct those correctable mistakes.

DP: There’s been a lot written about how much you’re staying after practice and working with Jameis [Winston] and some of the other quarterbacks. How much of that is expected for a rookie and how much of that is truly extra?

JW: I think for me it’s something that’s just been instilled in me from my time at Penn. It was always, ‘If you can still run, stay after practice and get some extra routes [in],’ and extra reps always help. At Penn one of our sayings was always ‘One More.’ One more rep, one more lifting session, one more route with the quarterback. So for me, I’ve just tried to embody that my first couple weeks down here and get to work with our starting quarterback. And he ended up throwing me a touchdown in our last preseason game, so I think there’s definitely a correlation there.

DP: The Bucs probably lead the league in Ivy Leaguers with [Harvard’s Cameron] Brate and [Ryan]

Fitzpatrick. How much of a connection is there, are those guys helping teach you up?

JW: Yeah, it’s been great getting to work with those guys, and it’s been really positive having teammates with similar backgrounds and that have been through the same process that I’m going through coming out of the Ivy League. So they’ve been a ton of help. I played against their school so it’s a little bit of a friendly rivalry, and it’s been really helpful so far.

DP: Have there been any veterans specifically that have helped you out in your first few weeks?

JW: One guy is Chris Godwin.

He’s a second-year receiver out of Penn State, and I think we’re a similar body size, and he’s a receiver also so same position. I think I’m going through a similar experience that he had last year. I’m going to be a receiver that’s going to be handed a lot of run blocking responsibilities, and I’m going to have a big role on special teams, and that’s something he did a really good job of last year, so he’s been helping me just catch up to speed on that stuff — and as far as mindset, bringing that hardhat mentality in the run game and

assist while steadying the midfield for the Quakers. The former South Carolina player followed up that performance by playing the full 90 minutes against Army. While she didn’t appear on the stat sheet, her performance defensively and in possession helped the Quakers stabilize the midfield after a slow start against the Black Knights.

In her fourth year at the helm, Van Dyke feels she finally has a veteran presence in the starting lineup. With her first recruits now seniors, the entire lineup is composed of players who were meant to be in her system and understand her mentality.

She credits that veteran leadership with the strong start and the goal scoring boom. While Penn managed only 10 goals in 16 games last season, their total is now six after just 180 minutes played.

“I don’t think, really, anything has changed,” Van Dyke said. “It’s just that the team has gotten better.

We’re just better this year.”

The veteran presence has certainly made itself known through two games. With senior Camillia Nwokedi anchoring the back four and Trzaska, Stephens, and Sands among others in attack, the team’s best players are no longer developing prospects.

Trzaska in particular provided a calming veteran presence in mid-

field. It was her distribution that set up the majority of Penn’s chances, particularly her link up play with Sands and Stephens down the right side.

Sands however, created the most dangerous Penn chances. In the first half, her turning effort blazed just wide, but her penchant for finding and creating time and space in dangerous areas caused havoc for the Black Knights. It was a similar scenario that led to the penalty.

After receiving a cross at the far edge of the box, Sands managed to beat the defender and create some space inside the penalty area. The Army defender had no options — either allow Sands a free shot on net or attempt a risky last-ditch tackle.

Ultimately, the tackle was mistimed, and Sands converted the ensuing penalty.

“She’s obviously been a starter and she’s now coming off the bench, and she’s taken that role on in the last two games with a super positive energy,” Van Dyke said. “She’s been tremendous off the bench.”

Sands credited an atmosphere of excitement around the team for the fast start two games in. If the Quakers can continue to find the back of the net, and the veteran presence continues to be a stabilizing force, that excitement might just grow into something bigger.

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on special teams.

DP: Yeah so that special teams work — there’s been a lot written about that as well. What units are you on and have you been getting first-team reps?

JW: I’m on all four: punt, punt return, kick off, and kick return.

Yeah, I’ve started at least three of them in each of the first two preseason games. So yeah, it’s something that’s going to be a huge part of my rookie year. It’s something I didn’t do a lot of at Penn, so I spend a lot of time after practice also doing special teams work and in the meeting rooms with our Special Teams Coordinator just breaking down the film and seeing different looks.

So yeah, its been going well so far, I think I had an assisted tackle last week that I don’t think I got credit for on kickoff, so it’s something I’m having a lot of fun with and something that’s going to be really important for me.

DP: In terms of that transition from Penn, what has the adjustment process been like in terms of learning the playbook and stuff like that?

JW: I think the Penn staff did a really good job of preparing me for all this. As far as the work ethic and the style of play, what we were coached at Penn is exactly what coaches in the NFL want. As far as the playbook, I’ve seen a lot of carryover to our NFL playbook and been able to pick it up pretty quickly, because at Penn they taught us not only what we’re doing but the purpose behind it as well.

DP: You had the unfortunate injury earlier in the spring. Have you felt like you’ve been able to make up for that lost time?

JW: Yeah, you always wish you had that time back but obviously you can’t. So what I tried to do is take advantage of being able to get in the weight room a little more and get into my playbook a little bit

more. And since then, just trying to make up for lost reps, grabbing a couple reps extra at practice, and after with Jameis, and making up for some of those reps we missed in the spring.

DP: You always see rookies especially talk about a ‘Welcome to the NFL’ moment. Do you think you’ve had yours yet?

JW: You know, I don’t think I’ve had one specific play yet. It’s just been a cool first two preseason games. I don’t think there’s been one play that’s been like overwhelming. I don’t think the speed is that much different than what I played at in college. I think it’s just every play you’re going against the best in the world, and there’s no easy opponents anymore, there’s no easy matchups. Every time you’re bringing your best against someone else’s best.

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Men’s lacrosse rule changes are gamechangers even thinking about attacking the goal. Without a standardized shot clock, there was no incentive to do so, as possessions were so valuable.

Now, a team will no longer be able to dominate possession with the superior face-off player throughout the entire contest.

Before the proposed rule change, referees had to institute a 30-second shot clock whenever they felt the offense was stalling or holding onto the ball too long.

Among the many issues with this method of tempo control was its overall subjectivity.

It was nearly impossible for the officials to remain consistent with their calls throughout the game. Oftentimes, from the onset, teams were given more time to set up their offense. However, in the final minutes of a close contest, the referees might call for a shot clock just seconds into a possession in order to prevent the winning team from running out the clock. Essentially, the officials were placed into an impossible position.

However, the burden of no official shot clock affected fans as well.

Just as end-of-game fouling halts the pace of college basketball, the possession game within the actual game proved detrimental to college lacrosse. For a sport that aimed to brand itself as the “Fastest Game on Two Feet,� the pace of play could of-

BREVIN FLEISCHER

It’s finally happening.

After months — even years — of speculation, debate, and controversy, the NCAA is implementing a standardized 60-second shot clock for men’s lacrosse.

Penn head coach Mike Murphy met with the eight other members of the NCAA Rules Committee earlier this month to authorize the changes. In September, those changes are expected to be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Committee, bringing a much needed change to college lacrosse.

The new rule will give possessing teams 20 seconds to carry the ball from the defensive zone to the offensive half. Once across that midline, a 60-second shot clock will automatically start.

To satisfy that shot clock, the attacking team must score, hit the post on a shot, or hit the goalie with a shot.

The result should be a faster, cleaner game.

In the past, the team that won the face-off could and often would carry the ball into the offensive zone and pass it around the perimeter for minutes before

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Penn men’s lacrosse coach Mike Murphy was part of the committee that decided to institute new rules, including implementing a shot clock and the dive shot, to NCAA men’s lacrosse games.

ten be sluggish.

Instead of driving toward the net in transition situations, teams would often pull the ball out, substitute in their offensive personnel, and then only attack the goal after tossing it around the perimeter.

The arbitrarily enforced shot clock did little to dissuade teams from operating so slowly, as offenses could even use phony shots wide of the goal to keep the officials from putting the timer on.

With the new 60-second clock, the disincentive to shoot will be removed, the magnitude of each face-off will be lessened, and the pace of play will increase drastically.

While the shot clock rules headline the committee’s work, other changes were proposed as well.

For one, the committee decided to re-implement the dive shot. Once again, players are authorized to leave their feet and dive head-first across the crease

to score. Formerly, if the attacking player left his feet on his own volition and landed in the crease, he was called for a violation, but now, such a move is once again encouraged.

At the Major League Lacrosse level, the dive is legal, allowing the league to showcase the athleticism and creativity of its athletes.

Although it creates great highlights, it often leads to collisions between the attacker and goalie.

Because of the shot’s proximity,

the goalie has almost no chance to save the shot without making contact with the diver, thus creating dangerous situations.

Additionally, the committee proposed to reduce the substitution box from 20 yards to 10 yards. By doing so, the committee keeps with its theme of amping the sport’s excitement. A smaller box will hopefully lead to more transition opportunities and again, a faster pace of play.

It is entirely possible that it will take multiple seasons for these new rules to produce the desired effects. None of the current crop of players have ever played with these conditions, and, at the high school level, there has never been a shot clock at all. Even the coaches, while teaching their players, will have to learn on the fly, as their old playbooks may not work in this new era.

While the offenses figure out this new landscape, defenses might flex their muscles in 2019.

Between zone formations and advanced slide packages, defenses are well equipped to stop the offenses for only 60 seconds at a time. But eventually, that pendulum should swing. Offenses should become more precise, the ball should move faster, and optimal lacrosse might finally be played.

BREVIN FLEISCHER is a College junior from Albany, N.Y. He can be reached at dpsports@thedp.com.

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Penn women’s basketball recently completed an 11-day trip to Spain and France, with stops in Madrid, Toledo, Valencia, Barcelona, and Paris. Between the sightseeing and traveling were three games, in which the Quakers went 2-1.

After flying into Madrid and taking a day to settle in, the Red and Blue squared off in the first game against Club Baloncesto Alcobendas, in which they fell 70-60. But the Quakers bounced back and fin-

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As the days of summer wind down, it’s common for Penn students to take vacations before returning to school — and one group of Quakers just took one that they’ll remember for a long time.

ished the trip stronger, drubbing the Barcelona All-Stars 91-35 before taking the finale against Bretigny Select 91-47 outside of Paris.

That quick rebound was something the coaching staff took note of. “Overall, in some areas I was very pleased, and some areas we have a lot of work to do,� coach Mike McLaughlin said. “But the growth, from the first day to the very end, was very good. We finished strong, we finished against

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Sophomore guard Katie Kinum led Penn women’s basketball in scoring during the team’s 11-day trip in France and Spain.

“I really liked France, I really liked Paris,� Kinum said. “I love the food, steak is one of my favorite foods, crepes, you can’t really go wrong. I just think it was really cool, we’ve always seen pictures of the Eiffel Tower, to see it in person, to see it light up.�

In Paris, they took sightseeing to the next level by turning it into an Amazing Race style competition.

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Sophomore guard Katie Kinum and senior forward Princess Aghayere were the two standout players on the trip. Kinum was the leading scorer, averaging 20.3 points per game, including a 32-point outburst in the final matchup. As the team looks to replace a pair of starting guards in 2018 graduates Anna Ross and Lauren Whitlatch, Kinum’s strong performance was a sign of good things to come. “I thought Katie Kinum took the best step of anyone ‌ I thought she was terrific, particularly the last game. She was making shots, she was positioning herself on the floor to get open in the right spots, which she struggled with a year ago,â€?

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As for Aghayere, she finished second on the team in scoring with 16 points per game. Much like Kinum, Aghayere is looking at increased minutes due to the graduation of Michelle Nwokedi, and McLaughlin liked what he saw from her on the trip. “Maturity, I think there’s that sense that there’s no one in her way, there’s nothing that she hasn’t heard that she’s going to hear again,� he said. “She’s taking everything now, and she looks like a more mature, complete player.�

But for the majority of the trip, basketball took a back seat to experiencing the culture and bonding as a team. In each city they visited, the Quakers made sure to take in the scenery, enjoy the local cuisine, and explore.

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No. 4 — Penn women’s lacrosse Since arriving at Penn at the start of the 21st century, coach Karin Corbett has gradually built the Quakers into a powerhouse. Though the program’s peak came in the late 2000s, with three straight Final Four appearances from 2007 to 2009, it’s hard to be too disappointed with where the team has been since. Penn has won at least a share of 11 of the past 12 Ivy titles, and the Quakers have made 12 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, the fifth-longest active streak in the nation. 2010 Tewaaraton Award finalist Ali DeLuca and all-time Ivy League assists leader Nina Corcoran have perhaps been the biggest faces of Penn’s rise to the nation’s top tier. Still, with the likes of Gabby Rosenzweig, Erin Barry, and Zoe Bilodeau still in the program, the Red and Blue’s reign over the Ivy League looks primed to continue.

No. 3 — Princeton field hockey As far as traditional team sports go within the Ivy League, it simply doesn’t get better than Princeton field hockey. The Tigers have come away with the outright Ivy title nine times in 10 years, with the only miss coming after an overtime loss to the eventual champion in 2016. As for thriving on the national stage, Princeton has 30 of the league’s 32 alltime NCAA Tournament wins, including all 17 that have come in the past 10 years. The team’s

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run to the NCAA title in 2012, capped off by a 3-2 win over UNC, stands as the conference’s only national championship ever in the sport. It should come as no surprise that three players from that title-winning squad went on to play in the 2016 Olympics: Kathleen Sharkey and sisters Katie and Julia Reinprecht.

No. 2 — Cornell wrestling Most other teams listed here have won almost every recent league championship, and have been at or near the top of the league every season. But with Cornell wrestling, there is no “almost” or “near.” The Big Red are the only Ivy team in any sport to have won all of the past 10 conference titles. In fact, Cornell’s streak goes all the way back to 2003, with 16 straight outright Ivy championships and 83 straight Ivy dual

meets. But perhaps the most impressive part of their run of dominance is that the Big Red have averaged one individual national champion per season in the past decade. Even though the team national title has eluded the Big Red, Cornell did come in second place in both 2010 and 2011.

No. 1 — Harvard women’s squash There are two words that speak louder than any others: national championship. So when a team has done that in seven of the past 10 seasons, it’s hard not to reward it with the top spot. Ironically, the Crimson have more national titles over the past decade than Ivy titles, which speaks equally to the strength of the Ivy League in the sport and to the way Harvard annually raises its game in the postseason. In the

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tive season’s national championship match. As for individual talent, the Crimson also have plenty to spare, led by 2015 graduate Amanda Sobhy and

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Including the back of the net.

That’s how Army women’s soccer must have felt in the 62nd minute when Penn junior Emily Sands’ consistent pressure won her a penalty kick.

She scored, and the Quakers secured the 1-0 victory a half hour later.

Penn (2-0) opened their weekend — and their season — with a dominant 5-0 win over Mount St. Mary’s (0-3) on Friday night. That win followed a similar script to the Army (3-1-1) game: an evenly matched and defensive first half, followed by a second half Penn goal to break open the game.

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Which Ivy League team was the best over the last decade?

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Last week, we broke down which Ivy League universities had the top overall athletic programs over the past 10 years.

But while a couple of schools, namely Princeton and Harvard, separated themselves from the pack, our first article still left another question on the table: Even if we know which schools were the best, which specific teams stood out as elite?

There are several Ivy League sports teams that have been the definition of the word “dynasty” in recent years. Yet as strong as some of these programs have been, only one can be the best of the best, as we break down the top contenders below.

No. 10 — Columbia men’s tennis Columbia men’s tennis is the school’s only team with more than five Ivy titles in the past decade. This squad has undoubtedly been the league’s juggernaut in its sport; the Lions have finished in the league’s top-two every year besides a fluky sixth-place showing in 2011. But the Lions’ dominance is not at all restricted to the Ancient Eight.

Columbia owns seven of the conference’s 12 wins in NCAA Tournament play over the past 10 years, having won multiple matches in three separate postseasons.

No. 9 — Princeton men’s outdoor track and field No. 8 — Princeton men’s indoor track and field Grouped together for obvious reasons, Princeton’s pair of men’s track and field teams have been a complete model of consistency. Neither team has finished below second place in

the past 10 years, but it’s the indoor team’s seven championships that just barely edges the outdoor team’s total of six.

Both teams are even with one national championship to their names; then-senior Donn Cabral won the outdoor steeplechase event in 2012, while the indoor distance medley relay team brought home the crown in 2013. Cabral has stood out as the Tigers’ top recent alumnus in the sport, placing in eighth in the steeplechase in both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.

No. 7 — Yale volleyball Ivy League volleyball has had a solid amount of parity over the past 10 years, with four different Ivy teams winning at least one championship in that time. But even with that caveat, the one constant has been Yale at or near the top every year. The Bulldogs’ most dominant stretch came from 2011 to 2014, when Class of 2015 graduates Maddie Rudnick and four-time first team All-Ivy pick Mollie Rogers led Yale to four consecutive Ivy titles and NCAA Tournament appearances. Despite the pair’s success, though, Yale’s most impressive feat may have been the fall of 2008, when the Elis topped Ohio in a five-set thriller to become one of only two Ivies to win an NCAA game in the past decade.

No. 6 — Princeton men’s swimming Princeton men’s swimming’s average finish of 1.90 is already stellar, but it could have been even better. The Tigers were suspended from completing its 2016-17 season due to a scandal regarding derogatory comments made privately about the school’s women’s swimming and diving team, causing them to finish in last. In the nine seasons that the Tigers did complete, their average finish was a stellar 1.22, with seven outright

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Ivy titles and two second-place finishes. Though Princeton’s reign atop the league has been impressive, it remains to be seen whether the Tigers will be able to resume the success they had prior to the suspension.

No. 5 — Princeton women’s basketball

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Despite Penn women’s basketball surge to prominence under Mike McLaughlin the past few years, Princeton stands out as the league’s best team by far. In the midst of the Tigers’ six outright Ivy titles came a particularly legendary season in 2015, when Princeton fin-

ished the regular season 30-0 and reached as high as No. 13 in the AP poll. But even with all of that success, they were controversially given a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament, which remains as the worst seed for any unbeaten men’s or women’s Division I

team since 1998. Even with the poor draw, though, the 2015 Tigers became only the second Ivy women’s team to ever win a March Madness game. More recently, 2018 graduate Leslie Robinson became the third SEE BEST TEAMS PAGE 11

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