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CAPS to station clinician in Huntsman The service will only be offered to Wharton students CLAIRE SLINEY Staff Reporter
Access to care from Penn’s Counseling and Psychological Services just got easier for Wharton undergraduate and graduate students. Starting Nov. 6, CAPS will station a part-time clinician in Huntsman Hall in a new plan to improve mental health for Wharton students. Non-Wharton students will not be permitted access to the CAPS representative — licensed social worker and psychotherapist Courtney Hutchison — who was hired for this position. CAPS Deputy Executive Director Meeta Kumar said that nonWharton students will not necessarily be banned from Hutchison’s office, but that the position is not intended to serve students outside of Wharton. There is no protocol in place if non-Wharton students were to show up to her seeking care. Kumar said Hutchison would likely help students get the care they need, but would not help them herself. “[Non-Wharton students who go to Hutchison] will be met and assessed and triaged appropriately,” Kumar said. “Next steps will
be determined based on what their needs are.” This is the first time that undergraduate students will be able to seek CAPS care directly within their school, but there are no current plans to implement this embedded program in any other undergraduate schools, Kumar said. The model follows the philosophy of bringing care to students by stationing CAPS within their respective schools, rather than expecting the student to travel to CAPS. Hutchison will be available in office G94 on the Locust side of Huntsman Hall between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, according to information provided by Wharton Associate Director of Media Relations Caroline Pennartz. Appointments with Hutchison for brief interventions or consultations will be offered both on a walk-in basis and by scheduling in advance via email. The program was created by administrators and CAPS clinicians over the past two years, Director of Student Life in the Wharton Undergraduate Division Lee Kramer said. He added that the program is in its pilot phase until May 1 with hours of availability and types of
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Penn graduates win seats in the House Alumni won in Pa., N.J., Ind., and Ga.
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The voter turnout on Penn’s campus for the Nov. 6 elections was higher than in any midterm election in the past 12 years, with numbers comparable to those from the 2016 presidential election. According to election judges stationed at the six on-campus polls, a total of 2,762 ballots were cast on Penn’s campus. This number is more than double the 1,113 voters who turned out to the 2014 midterms. Penn is not alone —voter turnout is up at polls across the country. Early Wednesday, Nate Cohn of The New York Times estimated that there were around 114 million votes cast in the House, exceeding the 83 million voters that participated in 2014. On Tuesday, many locations on campus saw high turnout. Houston Hall was the most popular voting location on campus, with 864 votes reported. Arch on Locust Walk reported 589 cast ballots, Harrison reported 358, Harnwell reported 295, and Vance Hall reported 292, of which one was
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This year showed historically high turnout for Penn at the polls. After the polls had closed, students gathered at various locations, including bars and dorm lounges, to monitor the results of the midterm elections.
Penn President Amy Gutmann. There were no final numbers at Iron Gate Theatre as polls closed, and election officials said this was a result of voters submitting incomplete ballots. Around 364 total votes were estimated based on numbers for the senatorial race. The last time students voted on campus in a general election was
the 2016 presidential election, which propelled 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump to the White House. Two years ago, 1,037 voted at Houston Hall, 620 at Arch, 518 at Vance Hall, 433 at Harnwell, 356 at Harrison, and 676 at Penn Rehab, in the precinct which utilized Iron Gate Theatre on Tuesday.
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Penn students on campus watched with anticipation as election results showed the Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives and Republicans holding on to the Senate. Across the country, former Quakers running for office had plenty of reason to celebrate. In Pennsylvania, Penn alumni Mary Scanlon, Conor Lamb, and Matt Cartwright, all Democrats, won their respective races. Lamb, who graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences in 2006 and from Penn Law School in 2009, won the U.S. House of Representatives seat for Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District. The Hill called the race just before 10 p.m. Lamb beat out three-term incumbent Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-Pa.) for the seat winning 56 percent of the vote. Lamb ran in what was formerly Pennsylvania’s 12th
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Gutmann and Pritchett join students in voting After around 20 seconds behind the curtain, Penn President Amy Gutmann stepped out of the Vance Hall booth on Tuesday evening to claps and cheers from a small following of students and staff members. “I want this to show how seriously we take our right to vote,” Gutmann said. “The implications are very, very clear. Young people’s voices need to be heard.” On Nov. 6, Penn saw recordbreaking turnout at the polls, and both Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett cast their votes. Gutmann, who is registered to
President Barack Obama and Representative and Penn alumnus Conor Lamb (D-Pa.). Clad in a gray suit, he added that the sporadic showers did not temper his enthusiasm to vote because he was “used to voting in the rain.” Gutmann exited the building before heading to Harnwell College House to join Pritchett at the Penn Leads the Vote Election Day Party in the rooftop lounge. Both Pritchett and Gutmann donned gray Penn Leads the Vote t-shirts at the party to pose for pictures with students. Gutmann urged students who had yet to vote to do so before the polls close for the day. For his part, Pritchett said he would be heading home to watch the midterm results with his wife — a tradition for the couple.
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Penn hosts its third ‘Campus Conversation’ Panelists discussed how to cope with national tragedies TARA O’BRIEN Contributing Reporter
A panel of University of Pennsylvania students and administrators gathered in Houston Hall Monday evening to discuss how to foster wellness in an atmosphere of pain, hate, and fear. Entitled “Hate and its Aftermath: How to Preserve One’s Wellness in Challenging Times,” the conversation featured Penn Hillel Rabbi Joshua Bolton, University Chaplain Reverend Charles Howard, LGBT Center Director Erin Cross, Penn Wellness co-chair and Engineering junior Yasmina Al Ghadban, Undergraduate Assembly President and College senior Michael Krone, and Graduate and Professional Student Assembly
President and Sociology Ph.D. candidate Haley Pilgrim. Around 50 students, most of them members of student wellness groups, attended the event. The conversation revolved around the ways in which the panelists were coping with a series of recent tragedies occurring across the United States. On Oct. 24, two African American shoppers were killed in a supermarket in Kentucky, acts which were initially investigated as hate crimes. Just days later, a Pennsylvania man massacred 11 people in a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Even more recently in Tallahassee, FL. a man with a history of misogynistic social media posts and a record of sexual assault killed two women in a yoga studio. “I was always aware of a systemic racism, sexism, and other hate, but it wasn’t the people around me all the time,” Howard said. “Today,
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Around 50 students, most of them members of student wellness groups, attended the evening event in Houston Hall on Nov. 5.
we see it in politicians and musicians, and there is something doubly brutal about that.”
Pilgrim added, “The hardest thing is to have sacred space disrupted.”
While discussing their shock at hearing about these events, the panelists agreed that a good way to cope is to surround oneself with supportive people. Cross explained the importance in having discussions about difficult subjects on a continual basis. “We need to be having these conversations not just when there is a massacre, but when preachers start off the school year yelling at almost everybody unless you are a straight, white, cisgender male,” Cross said. This Campus Conversation occurred a week after Penn held a vigil and memorial to the victims of the synagogue shooting. “I don’t want to go back to normal. I don’t want to pretend what happened in Pittsburgh was just another statistic of American violence,” Bolton said. “I don’t want to be numb.”
This was the third Campus Conversation held at Penn. The first was held in the wake of multiple student deaths and the second was a student-led event kicking off a Mental Wellness Week in spring. The panel was followed by roundtable discussions moderated by Penn Franklins, Penn Benjamins, and other peer wellness groups. President of Penn Reflect and Wharton junior Noah Sinclair attended the event as a student facilitator for discussion groups. He said he was really excited to hear the panelists’ different perspectives. “There are a lot of people who are affected by a lot of the things that are happening right now, but not a lot of people talk about it, or know how to talk about it,” he added. “In my opinion, there is no right way to do that, but people really appreciated the space and time to just reflect on it.”
Penn professors encourage students to vote in midterm elections Profs offered extra credit to students who voted OLIVIA CHENG Contributing Reporter
Four years ago, only 19.8 percent of Penn’s eligible students exercised their right to vote in the midterm elections. This year, a handful of professors took steps to encourage students to head to the polls. Computer and Information Science professor Chris Callison-Burch scheduled an exam for his class at noon on Election Day. Callison-Burch is offering extra credit to any student who votes before the test, or — for students who are ineligible to vote — takes a friend to the polls. “I think it’s important for everyone, no matter what
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their position is, to encourage people to be active citizens,” Callison-Burch said. “Whether it’s the students I see outside Franklin’s Table encouraging people to vote or the people who go door-to-door on campus reminding people to vote. People should use whatever tools are at their disposal, so this is one that I could use. And if I could encourage a class of 100 people to go and vote, then I’ll do it.”
Anthropology professor Morgan Hoke is implementing a similar policy to that of CallisonBurch. Any student who showed that they were either registered to vote, had voted, or helped someone else vote would receive extra credit. Hoke even gave extra credit to a student who is an RA and had sent an email to residents with information about voter registration. “There’s a lot of concern
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that this younger segment of the population feels disempowered, doesn’t really feel invested in the democratic process, doesn’t really feel like voting matters,” Hoke said. “This is a way to, I think, make it matter on a smaller scale, that maybe we’ll just hopefully help a little.” Both professors expressed support for University-wide accommodations for voting. “I think the University should
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ARCH election judge and 1998 Penn doctorate and 2008 Liberal and Professional Studies graduate Daniel Flaumenhaft has volunteered at elections on campus for over 10 years, and he said this was the highest non-presidential turnout he’s ever seen. “It’s not just way, way higher than is normal for a non-presidential year. This would be really good for a presidential year,” Flaumenhaft said. “It’s obvious that this is an election people are excited about and really care about.” Incumbent Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) romped to a lopsided victory against opponent Lou Barletta (R-Pa.). In Vance Hall, Casey received 275 votes to Barletta’s 15. In Harnwell, Casey received 269 and Barletta received 22. In Harrison, Casey received 325, and Barletta received 26. Incumbent Governor Tom Wolf (D-Pa.) also easily won re-election
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over Republican challenger Scott Wagner, boosted by a similar margin of victory to Casey. Wolf won 269 to 15 in Vance, 266 to 24 in Harnwell, and 325 to 26 in Har-
rison. In the last contested race, between Representative Dwight Evans (D-Pa.) and Republican Bryan Leib for the 3rd District seat, Dem-
place. “I would prefer that they come to class, if possible,” Sanchez said. “But I know that undergrads have tearfully busy schedules.” Sanchez expressed support for Penn making Election Day a University holiday — a designation which Columbia University currently uses — “so that college students wouldn’t have to make the choice between missing class and missing their chance to vote.” Above all, Sanchez emphasized the importance of the election on Nov. 6. “I hope that all of the students will be able to find another time to vote, but they can catch up on the information that they miss from missing one class,” Sanchez said. “Nothing can make up for people not voting.”
President and College senior Richard Murphy said that throughout the night he gradually came to terms with the Democratic overturn in the House. “Coming from a Penn perspective, seeing what I am seeing, there is a lot of anger from the left and anger does drive votes,” Murphy said. “It looks like the blue wave is real.” The increased turnout this year was also clear when comparing the gubernatorial races of the 2014 midterm to the 2018 midterm, according to numbers provided by the Philadelphia City Commissioner to Penn Democrats President and Wharton junior Dylan Milligan. In Tuesday’s race, 1,888 more votes were cast overall. Harrison had 228 more votes, Harnwell had 201 more votes, Vance had 130 more votes, Houston had 614 more votes, Arch had 459 more votes, and the location for Iron Gate Theatre’s precinct had 256 more votes. Penn’s increased turnout comes on the heels of Penn Leads the
Vote’s efforts, a student-run, nonpartisan group that aimed to boost the University’s low voting rates. The group hosted an Election Day celebration on the Harnwell Rooftop Lounge for the last three hours of open polls which attracted hundreds of students and Penn leaders Provost Wendell Pritchett and Gutmann. At Pennsylvania, in particular, the sizable wins of incumbents Casey and Wolf were notable for the Democrats particularly after the surprising Republican victories in 2016, Penn Political Science professor Daniel Hopkins said. Penn writer in residence and national political columnist at WHYY News Dick Polman noted that Pennsylvania state made “a strong contribution” to the diversity in the new Congress by sending four Democratic women to the House. Staff reporters Avni Kataria and James Meadows and contributing reporters Ashley Ahn and Olivia Cheng contributed reporting.
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service subject to change based on student response. Similar to the feedback CAPS gathers in standard counseling sessions, Kumar said Hutchison will also collect basic data on the satisfaction and utilization of the program to inform possible changes. Kumar also anticipated CAPS would send a survey to the Wharton student body to gather feedback on the program. Kramer added Hutchison specifically will be a good fit for Wharton given her history of working with MBAs to facilitate workshops. “She understands the perspective of a business school student,” Kramer said. “She may have some tips on how to de-stress during [on-campus recruiting] or how to manage OCR with academics and co-curriculars.” CAPS began experimenting with the embedded model in 2015 as a way to make CAPS care more accessible to students. After finding some success, CAPS hired four staff members in February 2017 to directly serve four graduate schools — the School of Veterinary Medicine, the School of Dental Medicine, the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Penn Law School.
ocrats again emerged victorious by wide margins. Evans took 274 to 15 in Vance, 269 to 24 in Harnwell, and 322 to 33 in Harrison. College Republicans interim
do everything that it can to help encourage students to participate in the democratic process,” Hoke explained. For College freshman Adriana Purcell, who said she had a midterm scheduled on Election Day morning, the fact that her professor would not be making accommodations in light of the midterms made sense. “I don’t really think that the University has to do much more because students are so on top of everything that I feel like we really know our civic duty,” Purcell said. Melissa Sanchez, professor of English, Comparative Literature, and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, excused Election Day absences for students who show proof that they voted, like an “I Voted” sticker or a selfie in front of a polling
He underwent surgery to remove cancerous moles ALI S MOHAMMAD Contributing Reporter
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Wharton students will no longer have to travel to CAPS’ central location on Market Street for consultations with clinicians.
This change follows the recent announcement that Huntsman Hall will close at 2 a.m. as part of an effort by Wharton to improve student wellness. This semester, Huntsman Hall also opened a new Mindfulness Space in the second floor Quiet Study Lounge. Last spring, the Undergraduate Assembly gauged interest in potentially utilizing the embedded model for undergraduate students in on-campus buildings. The group administered a survey to gauge student interest, and initial responses showed that students think the location of CAPS at 3624 Market St. is a barrier for
students with busy schedules who do not have the time to walk that far from campus. Kumar stressed that the new Wharton embedded model is not a replacement for CAPS, but rather “a CAPS extension into Huntsman Hall to just provide more access points for students. “CAPS is really the central office here that has the larger capacity to support an array of student mental health needs,” she added. Following this year’s pilot phase, the formal implementation of the Wharton embedded model will occur at the beginning of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Jon Huntsman Jr. disclosed that he has been diagnosed with stage I skin cancer in an interview with Deseret News published last week. “It’s just stage I,” Huntsman Jr. told Deseret News in an interview. “So we’ll probably get it taken care of, and we’ll be fine.” The current United States ambassador to Russia and a former Governor of Utah, Huntsman Jr. received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Penn in 1987. He is also the son of Jon Huntsman Sr., who died of cancer earlier this year and whose name adorns both Wharton’s Huntsman Hall and the dualdegree Huntsman Program. Huntsman Jr. was diagnosed
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Current U.S. ambassador to Russia and former Governor of Utah Jon Huntsman Jr, annuonced his diagnosis on Nov. 1.
with melanoma by the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Utah during the summer, but only publicly revealed the diagnosis on Nov. 1. According to Deseret News, he was unsure how the information would have been used by Russian state media, due to the constant Russian propaganda that has targeted him.
The relationship between United States and Russia has been under stress as a result of questions over Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Huntsman Jr. told Deseret he underwent surgery to remove the cancerous moles but will continue to have regular check ups for the disease.
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OPINION PENN REACTS TO THE 2018 MIDTERM ELECTIONS
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Midterm results are as underwhelming as both parties’ agendas SNAKE PIT MEMOS | I’m still waiting for a coherent platform from either party
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he day after President Trump took the Oath of Office in front of a crowd of either 200 or 2 million people — the truth got lost somewhere along the way — I boarded a crowded bus to Washington to march amid the surge of pink hats. Trekking through the capital, I pretended to know exactly what I was marching for, to assemble a list of policy goals or at least some elegant notion of feminism as a rallying cry. But since I never actually had to draft a concrete ideology, it was enough just to ride the wave of fear and anger that engulfed our country. And it really was anger that surrounded me. An inflatable plastic dummy bearing our rookie president’s face passed through the crowd in front of the Trump International Hotel. I remember wondering who this crude message was for. No one in the crowd that day seemed ready to write a love letter to
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It would be easy to credit Trump’s tweets for every tactful or tactless exercise in misdirection. But these distractions are sown by all sides, and finger-pointing is not unique to one party.” the president, so what were they trying to prove? Even a protest with the inclusive name “Women’s March” was partially split into groups with competing agendas. Clustered along the National Mall, Planned Parenthood protesters chanted very different cries from the strictly anti-Trump crowd. At the height of feminist
popped onto the screen after the pulsing countdown of the clock. The cable news reporting of the midterm election felt a bit like New Year’s Eve, a sports game, and anything but a judgement on the fate of democracy. Hopes of finding clarity from the red or blue on the TV screen were desperately misplaced, as no triumphant victory or tragic
defeat emerged for either party, no matter how Trump tries to spin the race as a “tremendous success.” Instead, an unsatisfactory split – Democrats hold the House, Republicans hold the Senate. Anger isn’t enough. Anger needs a direction. How could Democrats expect to gather the force of the proffered “blue wave” when they can’t agree on the right course of action for our country? This confused jumble of agendas comes from more than one source. For one, both Democrats and Republicans persistently misjudge what Americans want. Both parties assumed that immigration was the only issue that Latino voters cared about, relegating a diverse group of people to a single issue. Despite Trump’s hardline stance on immigration, he did better than expected with Latino voters.
Democrats insisted that their party take aggressively liberal stances on social issues, completely alienating anti-abortion voters. Republicans underestimated how much Americans relied on accessible health care, fumbling their attempts to undo Obamacare. Again and again, partisan policy contradicted popular interests. In the months after Trump took office, I waited for a cohesive, unified message to emerge from any side of the aisle. Certainly, I didn’t expect everyone to come together, but it seemed reasonable to expect a targeted rallying cry by the halfway point of Trump’s presidential term. At times, it almost felt like that could happen. Overwhelming evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election seemed like a surefire way to confront a common enemy. The #MeToo Movement was a
tidal wave cry for the accountability of men in power. And yet, things always fell apart before a resolution could be reached. And without a resolution, how could anyone expect action? Nothing demonstrated this failure of both parties to connect more than the Kavanaugh hearings. With inhuman certainty, one side knew their truth, and it was infused with ideological arrogance: this man is falsely accused, he is completely deserving of an appointment to the Supreme Court, he is under vicious attack by liberal radicals. So too, the other side knew their truth: this man is a liar and a predator, his appointment means the refusal of justice for victims of sexual assault. Party platforms are constantly revised, partisan agendas are restated, attack-ad campaigns reimagined into projections of paranoia. The only constant over the last two years in politics has been distraction. It would be easy to credit Trump’s tweets for every tactful or tactless exercise in misdirection. But these distractions are sown by all sides, and finger-pointing is not unique to one party. JULIA MITCHELL is a College and Whar ton freshman from Yardley, Pa. studying international relations. Her email address is jcmitch@wharton.upenn.edu.
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DOUBLE TAKE | Republicans’ newfound focus on social issues is a hit with rural voters
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he 2018 midterm elections have been showered with an unprecedented amount of attention and speculation. Yet, despite this burning anticipation, the results of the election yielded an outcome predicted by most pundits when the midterms first arose on the public’s radar a couple months ago: a Democratic victory in the House and a Republican victory in the Senate. Democrats do have some reason for celebration. A divided Congress means friction against the president’s policies and a check against some of his particularly controversial ideas. Yet, the loss of a chance for a Democratic Senate majority spells trouble for the party looking into future elections. Amid shifting party lines, it has become glaringly evident that Democrats need to change their strategy for a chance at a 2020 presidency win and a politically congruent Congress. Democrats have already shown that they have no issue convincing a majority of Americans of their platform; they have won the popular election for the presidency every time except once since 2000. Yet, as the public has seen time and time again, political control does not mean securing an outright numerical majority among Americans, but a majority in political structures that emphasize the voices of rural and working class America (i.e. the Electoral College or, in the case of these midterms, the Senate). Thus, a Democratic win in
the House and a loss in the Senate shows that they have made no progress in chipping away at this voting bloc of rural and working class Americans that propelled Trump into the presidency. For Democrats to make any developments in breaking down this coalition to give them a chance at a successful 2020 election cycle, it’s important to realize the political shifts underlying the outcome of this election. For these races, candidates found themselves navigating the maze of running as a Democrat in Trump territory or a Republican in suburban districts. Therefore, Democrats, guided by Pelosi’s suggestion, chose to focus their campaigns mainly on health care, shedding a light on some Republicans’ decisions to remove coverage for pre-existing conditions. Republicans on the other hand leaned heavily on the Kavanaugh hearings and immigration; Trump made the caravan a central issue days before the election and Republicans never failed to highlight incumbent Democrats’ votes against Kavanaugh.
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This led to an unusual trend of Republicans winning their races mainly due to their stances on social issues while Democrats won their races mainly because of their stances on economic policy. This is a complete shift
and Republicans were the party of economic policy — economic deregulation and increased military spending. Therefore, Trump’s coalition has stayed with his party due to cultural and social issues. This is
It has become glaringly evident that Democrats need to change their strategy for a chance at a 2020 presidency win and a politically congruent Congress.” from where party lines were only eight years ago, when Democrats were the party of progressive social issues — LGBTQ rights, decriminalization of marijuana, and a path toward citizenship for undocumented immigrants —
important to understand because in the midterm campaigns, Democrats were mainly complacent regarding the popularity of their social policies. When the president blatantly made unsubstantiated claims that Middle Eastern-
ers or criminals were parts of the caravan, few Democrats saw it worthwhile to meet the president and his party head-on, instead opting to emphasize their popular stances on health care and pre-existing conditions. Or when he made public his plans to create a legal definition of gender, a unified response from the Democratic Party was glaringly missing. If Democrats are to win over Trump’s rural, working-class coalition — which will be essential for a successful 2020 outcome — they must take concrete stances on these social issues that helped Trump win in 2016 and helped Republicans keep the Senate in the midterms. Incorporeal ideas on paths to citizenship or deferring to health care will no longer do. Democrats must make their own hard-lined stances on social policies and meet the president in his political arena of wedge issues and othering to solidify a chance of future political success. SIREESH RAMESH is a College freshman from Alpharetta, Ga. His email address is sireeshr@sas. upenn.edu.
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am not the biggest partier. Growing up, I never went to any school dances, and only after my friends relentlessly pestered me, I agreed to go to senior year prom. I didn’t have anything against parties; I was simply uninterested. However, my interest began to grow after I committed to Penn, widely known as the “Social Ivy” and one of the best party schools in the country. I started telling my friends, “Catch me at the parties,” genuinely thinking that I’d soon be sending them Snapchats of me in dark basements holding red Solo cups. New Student Orientation rolled around and freshmen hopped from frat house to frat house, partying until sunrise. However, I had quite an unconventional NSO experience. My parents were with me for almost the entirety of the week, and knowing that the next time I’d see them wouldn’t be for an-
CHRISTY’S CORNER | If you’re looking for me this weekend, you won’t find me at a frat house one frat party before classes started. Then, I started hearing from my friends that their party experiences had been far from positive. They bemoaned how the parties they went to were held in hot, humid basements, where everyone got pushed up against each other with their bodily fluids grossly coalescing. Floors were sticky and ceilings leaked. They were pressured into drinking alcohol, taking shots after beer pong or whatnot. Parties getting “busted” by the police, while jarring at first, was par for the course. I started to question myself: Why was I so interested in going to a party? After all, I am disinterested in drinking, disgusted by humid basements and sticky floors, and distressed by crowded, loud spaces. It doesn’t help that I just happen to be the worst dancer ever. One specific memory of my terrible dancing is forever etched in my memory.
Not partying doesn’t mean that I don’t know how to have a good time or that I waste my nights cooped up in my room.” other three months, I dedicated almost all my time to be with them. By the end of the week, I was feeling intense FOMO, the fear of missing out, and I made it a top priority to go to at least
During the Toga Party, an NSO event, my friends and I had struggled our way into a room crowded with people and reverberating with loud music. After a minute or two of awkward
Response to Sophia DuRose’s ‘Increasing Hillel’s security’
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ear Sophia, On Monday The Daily Pennsylvanian published your article, “Increasing Hillel’s security doesn’t decrease my fear of gun violence.” In the subhead, you state “gun control is a concrete way to prevent future tragedies.” Later in your article, you advocate for “stricter gun control.” However, you offer no examples of when “stricter gun control” has proven to “prevent tragedies.” Without any substantiating evidence, your argument for stricter gun control is likely based on emotions. While emotions are powerful motivators, legislating based off temporary motivators (emotions) will not lead to long-term solutions. In terms of how “stricter gun control” will allow you to safely practice your religion free of gun violence, consider cities with heavy gun control like Chicago and Los Angeles. Both, in fact, have some of the highest gun violence rates in the United States. Decreased police presence (decreased security) in certain areas of these cities has also given rise to this violence. If increasing Hillel security does not decrease your fear of gun violence, what does? The FBI reports on statistics like violent (and nonviolent) crime rates. Violent crime rates in areas with higher gun ownership are markedly lower. In 2016, homicides in big cities were reported at 11.3 per 100,000 and the suburban rate was 3.2. That year, individual firearm ownership in big cities was reported at 18 percent and in rural areas at 39 percent. That is almost double the gun ownership with less than a third as many homicides. In Kennesaw, Ga., where about 30,000 Americans live, there is a law requiring all physically and mentally able heads of households to own firearms. In the past six years, that town has had one murder and a violent crime rate of below 2 percent. “The better and more difficult solution is to abolish the threat at the
nexus of this fear.” Is your policy suggestion abolishing the Second Amendment? If so, do you have evidence that abolishing the Second would prevent future gun crimes? Have you looked at Australia where there was a mandatory government buyback that did not cause a decrease in gun violence? Abolishing the Second in the name of safety poses myriad problems. If we were to abolish one Amendment in the name of safety, what would stop us from abolishing another in the name of safety? As you can imagine, that leads us down a very slippery slope. By abolishing Amendments (by taking away rights) in the name of safety, safety is put at a higher value than rights. This principle could extend to everyday normalities like driving a car or buying cleaning chemicals at the store. Both are seemingly harmless tasks to anyone. However, operating a car poses a potential threat to the safety of others. Similarly, there’s no guarantee someone won’t use the cleaning chemicals to make a bomb or something of the sort. If you gave up one right, why not give up another? Would you personally be willing to give up your right to drive a car or buy household cleaners in the name of someone’s safety? Similarly, would any law abiding citizen willingly give up the Second in the name of someone’s safety? If we abolish the Second, that puts every other amendment on the chopping block. What if, one day, someone doesn’t like sound of your voice because it makes them feel unsafe? Would you willingly give up the First Amendment for someone else’s safety? I think you know the answer. Very respectfully, A N D R E W L A N G A L I S i s an Engineering senior from Rowayton, Conn., studying chemical and biomolecular engineering. His email address is langalis@seas. upenn.edu.
CHRISTY QIU doesn’t encompass the process of creating a genuine connection. Though parties might be hot spots for mass socializing, don’t expect them to be sites for cultivating sincere friendships. Not partying doesn’t mean that I don’t know how to have a good time or that I waste my nights cooped up in my room. It shouldn’t label me as a “Debbie Downer” or a “goody-twoshoes.” I just don’t see the appeal. I would much rather sit down with a friend, one-onone, and discuss interesting and important matters rather than be in an environment of superficiality where my voice can’t even be heard. I’m not responsible for partying just because I’m in the so-called best party school of the Ivy League. With each day, I feel less and less susceptible to FOMO because the fact is, I don’t think I’m missing out on anything. I’m building strong relationships that go beyond the walls of a frat house.
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swaying to music I had never listened to before, all I could think was, “When can I leave? Please get me out of here.” I ended up not going to any frat parties during NSO, and I still have yet to try one. When people at Penn and friends from home ask how I like college parties, and I tell them I haven’t gone to any, they are in utter shock. “You’re in college! How’s that possible? How do you spend your Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights?” These remarks made me wonder whether there was something wrong with me. I wanted to be able to have a good time mingling with my classmates outside the confines of a lecture hall. I wanted to be able to post pictures of me at parties on so-
cial media. I wanted to be cool like everyone else who partied. However, I’ve come to the opinion that partying is no indicator of how “cool” a person is. Popular culture has glorified the “Animal House” college party scene, establishing it as an essential element of the college experience. Especially at a school like Penn with such a strong party scene, it’s easy for people to think that their weekends should feature at least one excursion to Greek row. I understand why some students might like the idea of loosening up after a long week of work by getting ready with friends and going to a lively party. My idea of loosening up is just different. It might involve going to a special movie screen-
ing, getting comfort food with a couple close friends, laughing over the silliest Youtube videos, or chatting the night away. It might even just be spending the night alone, cozied up in bed and binging a feel-good TV show. The key to a night well-spent, in my experience, is quality. That is, spending quality time with quality people. At parties, quality is difficult to work with, and quantity is revered. The loudness of music drowns any conversation one might try to have. Maybe the next day, a party-goer can walk down Locust Walk and be able to say “hi” to five new people. But simply introducing oneself and dancing with other people for a couple minutes at a party
CHRISTY QIU is a College freshman from Arcadia, Calif. studying architecture. Her email address is christyq@sas.upenn.edu.
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Penn tuned into the 2018 midterm election results The election was the biggest in recent memory
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After a day of historically high turnout at the polls, Penn students gathered at bars, fraternity houses, and dorm lounges to monitor the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections. The atmosphere across campus changed as various races were called throughout the night, but as the early morning approached, it grew clear that the Democrats had taken control of the U.S. House of Representatives while the Republican party had secured a majority in the U.S. Senate. At the Sigma Nu fraternity chapter house on 3819 Walnut St., where Penn Democrats held its watch party, students celebrated early wins for the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania. Penn Dems Communications Director and College senior Jack Weisman said Sen. Bob Casey’s (D-Pa.) re-election reflects the changing attitudes of voters in the state. “It really shows that voters in Pennsylvania that narrowly went for Trump in 2016 are not happy with what’s been going on in the Trump Administration,” Weisman said. “They don’t like the corruption, they
don’t like the attempts to take away their health care, they don’t like the attempts to lower taxes on the rich, and this is a rebuke to Trump from the voters of Pennsylvania.” The atmosphere at Smokey Joe’s bar, the site of the Penn College Republicans’ watch party, was tense early in the night, but quickly turned celebratory when students realized that the Republican party had retained control of the Senate. College Republicans interim President and College senior Richard Murphy said he was quietly confident throughout the night that the GOP would retain the Senate, but gradually came to terms with a victory for the Democrats in the House. “Coming from a Penn perspective, seeing what I am seeing, there is a lot of anger from the left and anger does drive votes,” Murphy said. “It looks like the blue wave is real.” Voting turnout in this year’s historic election broke records on campus, and in watch parties on Tuesday night, it was clear that there were several races that struck a nerve with political groups — Republican, Democratic, and non-partisan — across campus. One of those was the heated race for re-election of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who has faced a strong challenge from Democrat Beto O’Rourke. When the race was called
at approximately 10:30 p.m., students at various watch parties responded with a mix of cheers and boos. Over two dozen student Republicans, donning red sweaters, ReaganBush ’84 shirts, and Trump buttons watched FOX News at Smokes’ as the results came in. Donning a denim jacket and a two Trump buttons, College senior Christian Petrillo, joined the room in a raucous cheers as College Republicans burst into loud applause at the prospect of Cruz’s re-election. “Gosh, if we lost Texas that would have been bad for morale,” Petrillo said. “But I have to say that Beto ran a fantastic campaign.” With about 40 students filling the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity house living room for the Government and Politics Association party, reactions to victories from both parties were generally subtle, but the atmosphere was shattered as Cruz’s victory in the closely contested Senate race prompted a resounding boo from the audience. Initial results spelled bad news for Republicans in Pennsylvania, with major Democratic wins in the governor’s race, Senate race, and Penn’s House district. Incumbent Democrats Sen. Bob Casey and Gov. Tom Wolf were declared winners in two major Pennsylvania races minutes after polls closed
at 8 p.m. Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Pa.) was re-elected to the House, serving still as representative for Penn’s campus. Previously the representative for the second district, Evans will now represent Penn in the third district, as his constituency switched districts. Casey won his third term against Republican challenger and Congressman Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania’s current 11th District. The race has attracted the attention of President Donald Trump, who campaigned for Barletta, and of former President Barack Obama, who came to Philadelphia in September to campaign for Casey. Barletta has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011 and has been a staunch supporter of Trump’s agenda. At the Penn Dems watch party, cheers were mostly heard from the roughly 40 students intently watching CNN’s election coverage, especially as both the races of Casey and Wolf
were called. After CNN declared Penn grads Mary Gay Scanlon and Conor Lamb victorious around 9:45 p.m., the loudest cheer of the night erupted from the Penn Dems watch party. The International Affairs Association, a non-partisan organization, gathered for a watch party at the Radian. The crowd of around 30 reacted negatively at around 11:00 p.m. when CNN declared Florida’s gubernatorial race in favor of Republican Ron DeSantis, with several attendees groaning at the announcement. Earlier in the evening, Murphy said he remained “cautiously optimistic” the GOP would be able to retain the Senate. “We’ll see how it plays out,” he said on which way the House would turn. However, Murphy was also quick to dismiss the idea that the results would be overwhelmingly blue. For the past couple weeks, he has been canvassing for Brian Fitzpatrick, a
Republican candidate for Pennsylvania’s contentious 1st District, and said he interacted with many Pennsylvanians who were planning on voting Republican. Projections were fluctuating throughout the evening, but Republicans saw their chance of winning back the House at three-in-seven just before 9 p.m. Before Election Day, FiveThirtyEight reported a one-ineight chance of Republicans taking the House. In the final week before the election Penn Dems canvassed in Pennsylvania’s 1st District for Democrat Scott Wallace, as well as motivated student voters throughout campus. “People just need the extra push to vote, so it’s important to have people on the front lines,” Penn Dems member and College freshman Shaila Lothe said. Staff reporter Chris Doyle and contributing reporters Grant Bianco, Conor Murray and Jennifer Lee contributed reporting.
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the only national race that pit two incumbents against each other. Lamb shot to fame in March after winning a special elections race in Pennsylvania’s 18th District. In the lead-up to that race, President Donald Trump made two appearances in the district, deriding Lamb as “Lamb the sham” and endorsing Lamb’s opponent. Philly.com called Scanlon’s race just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday, declaring that the 1984 Penn Law graduate had won a seat in the House of Representatives for Pennsylvania’s new 5th District. Scanlon won 65 percent of the vote compared to Pearl Kim’s (R) 35 percent, giving her a decisive victory in the only Pennsylvania race between two female candidates. Scanlon won her Democratic primary election in May, beating out 2014 Penn Medicine
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graduate Molly Sheehan. In an interview with The Daily Pennsylvanian in September, Scanlon said it was her first year at Penn that inspired her passion for helping the less fortunate in society. Currently, her political priorities include making college more affordable, decriminalizing marijuana, and rolling back the tax breaks implemented under the Trump administration. 1986 Law School graduate Matthew Cartwright also won his bid for a fourth term as a representative in the state’s new 8th District.
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The incumbent congressman received 55 percent of the vote, while John Chrin (R) was left with 45 percent, the New York Times reported. Cartwright previously served on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the Natural Resources Committee. In 2013, Cartwright was sworn into his position after a 25-year career at a Scranton law firm. 1997 College graduate Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) also won his House election in New Jersey’s 5th District. Gottheimer’s race was
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called just before 11 p.m. He won 55 percent of the votes, beating out rival John McCann’s 44 percent. McCann, a fellow Penn alumnus, graduated from the Fels Institute of Government in 1995. In addition to his Penn degree, Gottheimer holds a law degree from Harvard Law School and attended Oxford University through the Thorn Fellowship. To win his seat in 2016, Gottheimer beat seventerm incumbent Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) and has since been appointed as the co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus.
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In Maryland, 1985 Wharton MBA graduate David Trone (D-Md.) won his House race in the state’s 6th District. The New York Times reported Trone garnered 58 percent of the votes, as compared to the 39 percent of the votes cast for his opponent, Amie Hoeber (R). As a co-owner of a national liquor store chain, Trone became one of the wealthiest members of Congress, according to The Washington Post. Trone invested nearly $16 million in his own race, even more than he spent two years ago in a
failed attempt to join Congress. 2004 Wharton graduate Trey Hollingsworth was one of the few Penn alumni running on the Republican ticket. Hollingsworth won Indiana’s 9th Congressional District, with 59 percent of the votes, beating out Democrat Liz Watson’s 41 percent. Hollingsworth, who took office in 2017 at age 33, is currently one of Congress’ youngest members. He moved to Indiana a year before running for Congress in 2017 and described himself as a “businessman by trade” to the Indianapolis Star. At Penn, Hollingsworth concentrated in both legal studies and business ethics and real estate. In the south, 1969 Wharton MBA David Scott (D-Ga.) won his House seat in Georgia’s 13th Congressional District. He won with 76 percent of the votes, beating competitor David Callahan (R) who had 24 percent of the votes.
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Trio earn first team All-Ivy nods W. SOCCER | Nwokedi wins Ivy Defensive award MICHAEL LANDAU Associate Sports Editor
Penn women’s soccer had one of its most successful seasons in recent memory this year, and now its players are receiving some recognition. Six Quakers have been awarded All-Ivy League honors for their performances in the team’s 13-2-1 season that included a share of the conference crown. Senior defender Camillia Nwokedi was named Defensive Player of the Year, while junior goalkeeper Kitty Qu and junior forward Emily Sands earned first team All-Ivy distinction. In addition, senior midfielder Allie Trzaska was honored for the fourth consecutive year with her inclusion on the second team, and senior forward Sasha Stephens and junior midfielder Megan Lloyd were given honorable mentions. The awards are no surprise for the Red and Blue, who dominated Ivy League competition for much of the season before falling to Princeton in the season finale. Nwokedi, who became the first Quaker to win Defensive Player of the Year since 2013, contributed heavily to a back
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Senior defender Camillia Nwokedi anchored the Ivy League’s best back line this season, which allowed just five goals in 16 games.
line that only allowed five goals in 16 games. Penn’s first team performers were also integral to the Quakers’ success this year. Qu helped the team record an impressive 12 shutouts and Sands proved clutch time after time with seven game-winning goals.
Trzaska, the team’s creative force, finished the season with seven assists. The senior was the creator behind many of Penn’s goals. The Quakers were historically good this season, and these awards have etched that success in the record books.
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effort, wanted to have a great year, and it’s just probably not going to happen,” coach Steve Donahue said. “The only silver lining on this — it’s the first game of the year. He doesn’t lose a year of eligibility.” “We always can rally. You know we’re a family. I can’t mention it enough — we’re big on family,” senior guard Antonio Woods said. “When one of our brothers goes down, we have to pick each other up, next guy steps up.” In his absence, several players stepped up for the Quakers. For most of the first half, it was freshman forward Michael Wang who served as the three-point specialist. In his first collegiate game, Wang knocked down four treys and amassed 14 points, all of which came in the first half. “We’ve seen signs of it, but you never know when the lights are on exactly what he’s going to do,” Donahue said about Wang. After leading for much of the first 20 minutes, though, the Quakers saw their lead slip away. A series of fouls allowed the Patriots to push ahead and finish the half leading 37-33. The Patriots continued that strong run of play in the
Penn looks to qualify for NCAA Championships XC | Mid-Atlantic Regionals could be Penn’s last meet KAMRAN ELAHI Contributing Reporter
This Friday, Penn cross country will be looking to bounce back from its performance at the Ivy Heptagonal Championships and continue in the direction the team had been heading in before Heps as it travels to State College, Pa. for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals. In 2017, both Red and Blue teams finished in sixth place. At this year’s meet, the Quakers will have plenty of opportunities to exact revenge against teams they lost to last season, such as Penn State and Villanova on the men’s side and Pittsburgh and Princeton for the women. Of the seven runners who competed for the men’s team at Regionals last year, four are returning this season. This will give the veterans an opportunity to test their progress since 2017, while also giving the underclassmen, who have been leading the way this season, a chance to prove themselves in a high-stakes meet. On the women’s side, five runners from last year’s seven return to
the course. The time between Heps and Regionals may have given the Quakers a boost, as several of the women have been plagued by injuries this season that have prevented the team from reaching 100 percent fitness. “We ran this course before, so we can go in with confidence” junior Nia Atkins said. “We know how we did at different points and we know what we need to improve upon for this time.” The men’s squad has faced a series of ups and downs this season, with a gradual progression as the competition increased. In their two championship meets this season, the Quakers performed well, coming in seventh of 21 teams at the Penn State National Open, and subsequently fell just short of their third-place finish at Heps in 2017 by taking fourth. In light of the injury troubles the women’s squad has faced, several underclassmen have stepped up to lead the team. In the last three meets, sophomore Danielle Orie has finished in the team’s top three after starting the season injured and was the Red and Blue’s top runner at Heps. Veteran members of the team may also finally be back to a state where they can support the
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018 second half, stretching the lead to nine points. But the Quakers slowly began chipping away, with their comeback led by junior forward AJ Brodeur, who finished the game with a team-high 19 points. A layup from junior guard Devon Goodman brought the score within one with eight minutes left. That’s when senior guard Antonio Woods took over. He spent the first 13 minutes of the half on the bench with four fouls, but once he checked back in, he scored at will. In a two minute stretch, he scored eight straight points for the Quakers, all of which came while attacking the rim. Even so, the Patriots kept pace. “We rested him to the eight [minute timeout], that was our plan when you have four fouls. I love that he had the initiative to come in, and I think he felt that we needed something,” Donahue said about Woods. The Quakers finally struck through with 2:17 left to play. A defensive stand, followed by a layup from Brodeur, gave the Quakers the lead for the first time since before the end of the first half. At that point, the game bounced back and forth. George Mason’s Otis Livingston II made a jump shot, and the Patriots added a bucket on a free throw. How-
ever, Woods once again came through to tie the game with just over a minute left. And that’s when Penn’s defense went into lockdown mode. The Quakers forced two consecutive misses, and Brodeur made one key free throw to put Penn up for good. Penn had plenty of chances to put the game away, but Woods and Brodeur combined to go 1 for 6 from the line in the final minute. An offensive rebound off a missed free throw gave the Quakers an extra chance to ice the game, but they came up empty at the line once again. “I feel like it was first game jitters,” Woods said. “[It was] a great atmosphere, we just kind of took our mind off it.” With just six seconds left, the Patriots had their last chance. They grabbed the ball off of Woods’ last miss and moved the ball quickly up the court, but the last-second shot came up short. The resiliency of the Quakers was on full display tonight. Ten different players scored a bucket, and the team refused to quit even when confronted with injuries and foul trouble. The team’s perseverance will be especially important as the team moves on without one of its best players.
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Junior Nia Akins has been sidelined with injuries this season, but she will look to lead the Quakers in the Mid-Atlantic Regionals.
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Penn seals Swiss watch partnership AXIA Time deal comes a week after Macquarie deal DANNY CHIARODIT Associate Sports Editor
Another corporate sponsorship deal has been finalized by Penn Athletics. On Nov. 5, the department announced a new partnership with AXIA Time, a maker of Swiss watches. Penn alumnus and Penn Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee John Kanaras founded AXIA Time this year and has quickly become partners with all eight schools in the Ivy League. This agreement with Penn came just under a week after the University struck a deal with Macquarie Investment Management, which put the corporation’s name on the Palestra court. AXIA Time will be giving away a watch at select Penn home athletic events throughout the year. The company will have its first giveaway at the Palestra on Friday night during Penn men’s basketball’s home opener against Rice. The next day, another AXIA timepiece will be gifted to a fan at Penn football’s homecoming matchup, now called Homecoming: Presented by AXIA Time, against Harvard. Furthermore, during some of Penn’s home conference games, the Palestra will have an AXIA
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Additionally, Penn enters this contest with a bit of momentum, winning its previous two games versus Brown and Cornell. Junior running back Karekin Brooks promises to be a key player on Saturday, as he has racked up 861 yards and eight scores on the ground already this season. Under center, both sophomore Ryan Glover and junior Nick Robinson have taken snaps in the last two games, with Glover starting in both contests. As if this matchup itself, combined with the excitement of Senior Day and Homecoming, was not enough, the Quakers will be taking part in a team tradition – the Harvard haircuts.
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Penn Athletics Director Dr. M. Grace Calhoun announced a new corporate partnership on Monday with AXIA Time, founded by a Penn graduate.
Time table, where fans can try on watches from the University Timepieces collections and enter for a chance to win one of their own. The company’s website states that, “AXIA Time was born out of our founder’s love of watches and his alma mater,� while going on to say that Kanaras always wanted to make a “quality and stylish mechanical watch branded to his alma mater.� The University Timepieces
collections include the Sofia Collection and the Kairos Collection, both of which feature either the name or logo of an Ivy League school. With this agreement, Penn Athletics kills two birds with one stone: it profits from the branding opportunity and forges a strong connection with a school alumnus, one that the department hopes will last for a long time.
The Harvard haircuts are the absurd, crazy cuts that every player gets ahead of each season’s matchup against the Crimson. “It’s just one of those things, it’s tradition, it’s been around since I’ve been here,� senior left tackle and captain Tommy Dennis said. “It’s a fun thing that we do, and it gets the freshmen involved and everything. It’s something that’s been here before I have, and we’re gonna continue it, and it’s just another one of those things that adds to the Penn legacy and tradition.� This annual tradition is clearly a fun one, but the players have to be careful when they go to the barber shop. “People have interviews and stuff, so we’ve kind of been pushing it to the end of the week,� Dennis said.
“So I’m getting mine tonight. I know a bunch of the seniors have been doing interviews and stuff like that, so we’re trying to get it over that weekend gap. But I know a bunch of the freshmen have some hair dying. That’s a big freshman thing, dying your hair, because you don’t realize how long it takes to get out.� Despite this light-hearted endeavor by the players, they will be all business come Saturday afternoon, especially because they have the opportunity to inch closer to the top spot in the conference. The team is currently in third place behind Dartmouth and Princeton and has a slim chance of emerging as the Ivy champion when it’s all said and done. So while looking good will be important on Saturday, playing well will be the top priority.
Penn men’s basketball had perhaps the most eventful season opener in recent memory at George Mason. The Quakers survived substantial adversity and eked out a 7271 win. Here are three takeaways from the first game of the season. Who will replace Betley? After junior guard Ryan Betley’s season ended in the first five minutes, coach Steve Donahue instituted a deeper rotation at guard than anticipated. No one player can fill in for Betley’s minutes or scoring, so expect Donahue to lean on a platoon of young players and veterans as the season progresses. Some combination of sophomore Eddie Scott and seniors Tyler Hamilton and Jackson Donahue is likely to step up in Betley’s absence. Senior Antonio Woods will have to pick up the scoring, as he did in a two-minute stretch in the second half when he scored eight points. At point guard, junior Devon Goodman, senior Jake Silpe, and freshman Bryce Washington figure to cycle in. Expect Donahue to use all of these players in some
capacity over the next few games as he tries to sort through the various lineups he could lean on. Of those on this list, Woods will play the most minutes and likely have a larger role in scoring, while Goodman and Washington figure to play the most at point guard. At the other guard position, Jackson Donahue will probably function as a sharpshooter, with Scott and Hamilton playing as slasher and defensive types. After seeing how well he shot at George Mason, it would also not be ridiculous to see Betley replaced by freshman forward Michael Wang in a three-big lineup. Wang can do no wrong on offense Wang was highly touted as the best player in the Steve Donahue era before he ever stepped onto the court. Once he did, in the Red and Blue Scrimmage, Wang impressed with his size, range, and scoring ability. He used those skills to put on a clinic in the first half against George Mason, but not in the way you’d expect from a forward — from the three-point line. Wang made 4 of 5 triples and tacked on another bucket for a total of 14 points in the first half. He didn’t do much in the second half, but a big man shooting that well from distance is incredibly notable. By the end of the half, the
Patriots were guarding Wang tightly at the three-point line, giving the other forwards, especially junior forward AJ Brodeur, more space to operate. Wang still has room for improvement, particularly on defense, but the freshman’s shooting could prove important in the absence of Betley. Free throws continue to be an issue The Quakers are not at their best at the charity stripe. That was true last season as well — Penn shot under 66 percent from the free throw line, the worst mark in the Ancient Eight. In one game so far this season, the Red and Blue made just 6 of 18 free throws. In a one-point game, that’s a huge problem. Games are often decided at the stripe, and that was almost true on Tuesday as well. Brodeur and Woods combined to go 1 for 6 in the last 20 seconds of the game, giving the Patriots two chances to win the game. The Quaker defense held strong and George Mason missed their shots, but Penn was lucky to win after failing to close out the game on its own terms. “I feel like it was first game jitters,� Woods said. “You know, great atmosphere, we just kind of took our mind off it. But you know we’ll be back — I promise you we’ll hit those.�
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Penn field hockey’s season may be over, but the accolades are just coming in. Five field hockey players were named to All-Ivy teams on Tuesday, two of which were first team selections. Junior forward Alexa Schneck earned a first team AllIvy selection after leading the team in almost every offensive
in goals with eight and first in game winners with four. She was joined on the first team by senior defender Paige Meily, who scored her first career goal this season against Drexel. As a defender, much of Meily’s production came off the stat sheet, but she does deserve credit for the six shutouts the Quakers pitched this season. Senior Sofia Palacios was the lone Penn player named to the second team. Palacios started the season on the sideline due to injury, but started in 13 straight
son. Two Quakers made the honorable mention list: sophomore midfielder Erin Kelly and junior goalkeeper Ava Rosati. Kelly started every game, scored three goals, and assisted on two others. Rosati lead the League in Ivy shutouts with four, allowing just 1.60 goals per game and saving .689 percent of shots she faced. The Quakers finished in third place in the Ivy League for the third year in a row, after Saturday’s loss to No. 5 Princeton.
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FOOTBALL | Quakers carry momentum after a strong second half against Cornell DANNY CHIARODIT Associate Sports Editor
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(6-2, 2-3 Ivy) 12 p.m. Franklin Field
crutch and large brace on his right leg. On Wednesday, Betley announced on Twitter that the injury was a ruptured patellar tendon that would require surgery and keep him out for the remainder of the season. “It’s not good. It’s just a hard part of this game. He puts [in] so much
Goodbyes are always difficult, especially when it means saying goodbye to a place like Franklin Field. On Nov. 10, Penn football (6-2, 3-2 Ivy) will be playing its final home game of the year, marking the last time the senior players compete in front of the crowd at The Frank. Senior Day is not only an important one for the seniors themselves, but also for the rest of their Penn football family. “It’s always been special. It’s been now 32 years of watching freshmen walk on Franklin Field as a first time experience, and have their last experience here [as seniors],” coach Ray Priore said. “It’s special; the kids have worked hard. Those kids will be feeling a little different playing in their last [home] game.” Adding to the excitement is the fact that this weekend is Homecoming for the Red and Blue. On the opposing sideline, trying to spoil Penn’s big day, will be Harvard (4-4, 2-3), which comes into this matchup after an impressive 52-18 win against Columbia last weekend. The Crimson are in the middle of the pack in the Ivy League standings, but they played tough against both Dartmouth and Princeton, losing to each in a one possession game. Sophomore running back Aaron Shampklin has been a breakout player this year for Harvard. The Southern California product leads the Ivy League in rushing with 916 yards and has added nine touchdowns. “He’s a talented young man,” Priore said. “He’s one of a lot of talented young players that they have on their team at running back, wide receiver, quarterback. All over the place, they’ve got some talented kids – kids that we know about, that we recruited back in the day.” That the Crimson have a talented squad is nothing new. But something that cannot be denied is that the Quakers have had their number in recent years. The Red and Blue are 3-0 against Harvard in the Priore era, with two of those wins coming when the Crimson were ranked in the top 25 in the FCS.
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Penn star Betley suffers seasonending injury in season opener JONATHAN POLLACK Senior Sports Editor
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PENN GEORGE MASON
Basketball season is back, and it didn’t take long for there to be a lot of drama. In a thrilling season opener that came down to the final seconds, Penn men’s basketball took down George Mason, 72-71. Even with the win, the biggest story of the night, however, was an injury to junior guard Ryan Betley.
Just five minutes into the first half, Betley went down awkwardly on the baseline. His teammates immediately signaled for medical staff to come over, and he remained on the ground for several minutes. He was eventually helped off the court by teammates. He returned to the bench in the middle of the second half with a
Fresh faces should feature heavily in Quakers’ season-opener at Siena
W. HOOPS | Team will travel from NY to No. 1 Notre Dame
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SIENA (0-0)
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2 p.m. Loudonville, N.Y.
A shot at redemption. Last season, Penn women’s basketball finished second in the Ivy League with an 11-3 conference record, but fell to Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament championship game. In their first game of the season against Siena, the Red and Blue will look to build off of this disappointing finish. “It’s our first competition, and everybody is really excited,” sophomore center Eleah Parker said. “I think we’ll play really well. We’ve worked really hard to compete this weekend and this season.” Last season, Siena finished No. 3 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference with a 17-14 overall record and an 11-7 conference record. In their final exhibition game of the off-season, Siena easily defeated Franklin Pierce, 76-51. The opening game will include many new faces on the Quakers’ squad, including three new members of the starting lineup. After the graduation of four seniors, including three starters, Penn’s team this year is significantly younger. “Once the younger players get some of the jitters out in the first
game, I think they’ll adjust quickly,” Parker said. “A couple of [freshmen] will have big roles. Some will have a big responsibility.” The Quakers are welcoming this challenge and are ready to get more involved. Notably, the team expects rookies Mia Lakstigala, Meg Hair, and Kennedy Suttle to be in the mix. “I’m not going to be reserved with [the freshmen]. I’m going to play them,” coach Mike McLaughlin said. With such a young team, many underclassmen will be asked to step up as leaders. A leader on the court, Parker will look to build off of an impressive freshman campaign during which she led all Ivy League freshmen in points per game and received second team All-Ivy honors. McLaughlin expects the team to lean on Parker, senior guard Ashley Russell, and junior guard Kendall Grasela early on in the season for leadership. “We’re going to see what we are. We’re going to be in some tough spots, and that is going to be the test of exactly who is going to step up,” McLaughlin said.
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Penn women’s basketball will open its season on the road with two games in two very different locations and scenarios. First, the Quakers will visit MAAC foe Siena, before traveling to South Bend, Ind. to meet with No. 1 Notre Dame, the defending national champion.
Facing two road games in just three days, the opening weekend for the Quakers will be mentally and physically taxing, traveling to both
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upstate New York and South Bend, Ind. “It’s exciting, but it’s new to a lot of them. We’re going to approach it
by taking care of Penn,” McLaughlin said. “We’re going to separate them both and take them one at a time. We want to simplify things
and keep it slow for them.” The first step for the Quakers will be to take care of Siena on Saturday afternoon.
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