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Students will use their Penn card to enter their room instead of brass key

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In a resolution passed by the Board of Trustees during a meeting on May 12, approximately $7.85 million has been allocated for the replacement of 6,000 brass key locks in residential buildings around the University with an electronic system. The college houses affected include Kings Court English, Stouffer, the Quadrangle, DuBois, Harrison, Harnwell and Rodin College Houses. Students will now swipe with their PennCards at the lobby and scan the card again at their suite, finally entering their unique four-digit code to access their rooms. This comes two years after a pilot test in Gregory College House. Although Gregory has had electronic locks for about 20 years, a new electronic lock mechanism was put into place two years ago after the original was found to have a security flaw, according to Director of Residential Services John Eckman. After the discovery of the flaw, a team was sent by Penn to Princeton University, to investigate its

Penn study finds traffic light labeling cuts calorie consumption

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I magine you a nd you r friends are ordering McDonalds on GrubHub and before you confirm your order, there is a red stop light signifying high calorie content next to your double bacon burger in the online cart. Would you keep it in your cart or switch it for a grilled chicken sandwich instead? The findings of a Penn study suggest that you might switch to a healthier option. When the researchers added color-coded or numeric calorie labels to online food ordering websites, the total calories ordered decreased by about 10 percent compared to menus featuring no calorie information. Lead author of the study and postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Health Incentives and Behavior at the Leonard Davis Institute, Eric

The College Board’s 6,000 member institutions — including Penn — are the only ones who can reasonably hold it accountable.”

VanEpps, said that the study is a very media-friendly topic due to the large interest in nutrition and healthy eating. “There has been attention to calorie labeling in Philadelphia due to the soda tax and then nationwide attention due to calorie labeling laws that are supposed to go into effect next year,” VanEpps said. “It is timely topic and we wanted to have something important to say that is relevant to policy.” By May 2017, the Affordable Care Act mandates that chain restaurants, movie theaters and vending machines must have calories marked on their food and drink items. Some states, including New York, have already started this process at restaurants. Traffic light labeling has SEE STUDY PAGE 5

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Phila. becomes first major city in country to enact soda tax

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Funds raised will go toward universal prekindergarten SYDNEY SCHAEDEL Editor-in-Chief

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The soda tax, signed by Mayor Jim Kinney on June 20, makes Philadelphia the second city in the country to enact such a law after Berkeley, California.

Mayor Kenney signed a soda tax into law on Monday, June 20, making Philadelphia the second city in the United States to instate such a measure after Berkeley, Calif. The tax, which actually goes beyond soda to tax teas, sports drinks, flavored waters, bottled coffees, energy drinks and other products — anything with added sugar, excluding milk and drinks that are more than 50 percent fruit or vegetables — goes into effect January 1,

2017. Philly.com reported that it will be levied on distributors, not consumers, but the cost will eventually trickle down to prices for customers. Qualifying drinks will be taxed 1.5 cents per ounce, so 18 cents on a typical 12-ounce can, or an extra dollar on a two-liter container. The $91 million per year the city expects to raise from the tax will go toward paying for universal prekindergarten for children in Philladelphia, as well as funding community schools and reinvesting in parks and recreation centers. These specific benefits are seen as major reasons the tax passed. SEE SODA TAX PAGE 3

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Penn Wellness gets $8,000 in funding from admin This marks the first year the student group is funded CHERRY ZHI Staff Reporter

Penn Wellness is set to receive $8,000 from the Vice Provost for University Life for the upcoming school year after not previously being allocated an annual budget. Part think tank and part umbrella organization, Penn Wellness works to improve the wellbeing of the student body by bringing together student communities and wellness groups while working alongside VPUL to advertise and promote mental health initiatives. Founded last semester by 2016 College graduate Ben Bolnick, the umbrella organization is comprised of almost 30 student constituent groups that work together on joint initiatives all while forming a platform for collaboration. On the Penn Wellness website, students can find a consolidated list of resources and services available to them as well as daily wellness programming around campus. In April on the day following Wharton junior Olivia Kong’s suicide, the Vice Provost for

University Life Valerie SwainCade McCoullum reached out to Undergraduate Assembly President and College senior Kat McKay and the Chair of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Gaurav Shukla to ask for input on how VPUL can better serve students’ mental health needs. McKay had previously served as UA treasurer and had also chaired the Funding Steering Assembly, an organization consisting of all the student-run funding boards at Penn. With this background in student group funding, she suggested requesting annual funding for Penn Wellness. “I had started working with Penn Wellness in the weeks after the [UA] election because improving our community’s access to wellness resources is an important part of the UA President’s role,” McKay said. “While I was considering what to suggest, I realized that Penn Wellness could serve as a funding board in addition to its other roles.” After speaking with Bolnick, who chaired Penn Wellness at the time and who agreed with her idea, she decided to request an annual benchmark amount of

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Penn Wellness, which encompasses over 30 student groups, did not have an annual budget, but this year requested an annual benchmark of $5,000.

$5,000, saying it “would put Penn Wellness on the higher end of student funding sources in terms of annual budget and seemed appropriate for their needs.” On April 14, McKay met with Dr. Cade who agreed with her proposal immediately. “I was really amazed at her response — she didn’t even

hesitate,” McKay said. “I think this shows how deeply she cares about the student community at Penn and how much she values student input.” Dr. Cade then raised the funding level to $8,000 annually, commenting that “[Penn Wellness’] work is critically important to the health and wellness of our

DNC announces journalism program for local middle, high school students Students will get chance to cover the convention MITCHELL CHAN Staff Reporter

Twenty-five Philadelphia students will be among the thousands of journalists expected to cover the Democratic National Convention this July. The 2016 DNC Host Committee announced a special local partnership last month that would enable five middle school students and four high school groups of five students each to cover the convention as members of a unique Youth News Team. The program will be run in partnership with the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement, local radio stations WHYY and KYW Newsradio and PSTV, the education broadcasting channel of the Philadelphia school district. The endeavor will be funded by The Philadelphia Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, according to the host committee’s press release. All participants are required to be residents of Philadelphia and attend Philadelphia schools. “This is a tremendous opportunity to witness history first hand and expose our students and teachers to the workings of international journalism and presidential politics,” School District of Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite said in a statement. Much of the day-to-day interaction with students will take place through the partner

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organizations, with the host committee serving as a convener and advisor for the program as a whole. As a Philadelphia-based civic organization, the host committee wanted to connect DNC’s opportunities with as many aspects of the local community as possible. “We’re acting as matchmaker, pulling together a group of partners and supporters and working with them to come up with a youth journalism program,” host committee Communications Director Anna Adams-Sarthou said. “We want to make sure that the people who live here across all ages and sectors feel like they get a piece of the pie.” The program will run for two weeks from July 18 to July 29, with the first week dedicated to a hands-on journalism “boot camp” and the second week to actually covering the DNC. During the boot camp, students will receive training from industry professionals in every type of basic reporting skills, including interviewing, journalistic ethics, developing the angle of a story and audio and visual editing. “We are a hands-on workbased environment,” PSTV Station Manager Shelley Wolfe said. “Students come in on the first day and we have a little bit of conversation, but from that point forward, everything is being taught using equipment.” Wolfe added that the Youth News Team will have access to PSTV’s regular studio space, computers and recording devices throughout the two-week program. Students will be expected

to learn how to use and handle such equipment as if they were professional adult reporters. Many of the partner organizations training the students already have their own established programs for Philadelphia youth. PSTV, Wolfe notes, is largely student-driven and routinely broadcasts studentproduced content, while WHYY has held courses for high school students in its Philadelphia studio for many years, according to WHYY’s website. Meanwhile, the Rendell Center, led by Penn alumni Marjorie Rendell, a federal circuit judge, and Ed Rendell, former Pa. governor and chair of the 2016 DNC Host Committee, has made promoting youth in civics its mission. The organization holds the Lenfest Citizenship Challenge, an annual civics essay contest for 4th and 5th graders in the Philadelphia area. For the Rendell Center’s leaders, involving youth in the DNC was a natural choice. “We’ve found that their work is very sharp and their voice needs to be heard,” Rendell Center Executive Director Beth Specker said. “Sometimes we take for granted what a young student can do.” Specker added that the Rendell Center will be providing mostly content-related support to the student participants, such as ensuring students have the necessary background knowledge about American government to conduct informed, accurate reporting. Staff from the Rendell Center will work closely with

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students throughout the reporting process, but the students are free to take their reporting in whatever direction they like. Even though students will be closely supervised, few involved in the program doubt the selected students’ ability to produce quality, real-time political reporting. In addition to demonstrating interest in politics and journalism, students had to write a well-thought-out essay about a topic they were interested in potentially covering as part of their application. Chosen topics ranged from veterans’ education to water fountains in schools to transgender rights. “Civics isn’t just a textbook word from Government 101. You bring it to life for them and they understand and they see it,” Specker said. “When you see the power of that student voice really asking a hard question, I think it will be very profound.” Adams-Sarthou emphasized that students will have considerable autonomy and ultimate creative control over their work. The host committee and partner organizations will help in any way they can, but final responsibility — and credit — will belong to the students. In the long term, the host committee and its partners hope that participating in the Youth News Teams will encourage students, armed with basic skills, memories and contacts, to pursue futures in media and civic leadership. The 2016 DNC will take place July 25-28 at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia.

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be a $200 fee to replace the room lock if a student loses their key; the administration will meet with students on the Residential Services Advisory Board in order to determine the new fees for lock-outs and lost PennCards. According to Eckman, the new system promises to be more flexible, safer and cheaper for students. If a PennCard is misplaced, it can instantly be deactivated to prevent other users from entering rooms. If the card is left at home, the University may also issue a temporary card for the student to use while their PennCard is in transit. The entire campus will have to transition onto contactless chipbased PennCards — which are used by the SALTO locks — instead of the traditional magnetic strip-based cards. Approximately 90 percent of the campus is already using contactless chip cards, while the remaining 10 percent will be phased out as the cards expire and need to be renewed, according to Lea-Kruger. There is no firm timeline for the approved changes as of yet, although the administration will be meeting in the next few months to discuss these plans. The replacement locks will be funded from the routine housing budget, under Residential Services.

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usage of electronic locks in residential housing. Princeton had just transitioned from the traditional brass key lock system to an electronic one designed by SALTO Systems, which is the model now also installed in Gregory. According to Eckman, Director of Communications and External Relations Barbara Lea-Kruger and Senior Associate Director of Building Operations Derek Hunsberger, new electronic locks will be placed in front of each suite in the aforementioned residential colleges. In some rooms, personal locks will also be placed in front of each bedroom. Offices, housekeeping facilities and public spaces — such as lounges — located within college houses will all be secured with the new electronic lock system as well. The New College House, currently under construction and set to open in the fall of 2016, has already been upgraded to the more modern electronic lock system, and Hill College House, which has been under renovation since the 2016 Commencement ceremony, will also be upgraded. The new system will also require a review in fees with regard to lost PennCards, as there no longer will

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Wharton professor becomes chief economist of FCC Prof. will advise on important FCC proposals ALIZA OHNOUNA Staff Reporter

Beginning this July, Wharton professor Katja Seim will be Penn’s latest Washington, D.C. transplant. Seim, an associate professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, will join the Federal Communications Commission as the chief economist, a rotating position that is offered to a new academic every one or two years, she said. She will succeed the FCC’s Acting Chief Economist Jonathan Levy, a former professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin. Levy holds a Ph.D in economics from Yale, as does Seim. As the FCC’s chief economist, Seim will be responsible for offering advice on the economics of policy proposals the FCC is considering. Seim noted that the FCC’s

projects are multifaceted, and as such her input will be considered in the context of the legal and social issues specific to the FCC’s policies. One of the larger issues that the FCC is considering and that will require an economist’s expertise is consumer privacy, Seim said. This means that Seim will have to assess how consumers value different types of privacy measures the FCC adopts. This is an important part of the Commission’s work, especially after its recent approval of a subsidy of $9.25 per month to enable low-income households to connect to the internet in March 2016. Accompanying this subsidy’s approval was a proposal to restrict the amount of information broadband providers such as Comcast and Verizon could disclose to advertisers about their client’s Internet profiles without their clients’ consent.

This proposal is pending approval by the end of 2016, and its probability of receiving approval was recently increased following a U.S. Court of Appeals decision on June 14, 2016 to uphold the rules that the FCC established last year forbidding internet providers from choosing the speed and availability at which certain websites and pages can be accessed. Providers can no longer “load” Amazon more quickly than lesser-known websites. The chief economist will also weigh in on the FCC’s ongoing push to foster more competition within the cable provider industry and to lower annual costs for cable subscribers. The annual rental fee for cable top boxes is steep for subscribers, and the commission is urging cable providers to develop applications that will allow subscribers to view content from multiple providers without the use of a top box.

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Katja Seim, associate professor of Business Economics and Public Policy in the Wharton School, will advise the Federal Communications Commission on the economics of policy proposals as the FCC’s new chief economist.

Seim added that the FCC is also interested in enabling cable subscribers to lease their top boxes from companies other than their

content providers, such as Comcast. The top box proposal was approved in a preliminary vote in February, and it is possible that the final vote

may take place this August, after Seim has assumed her new role. Seim expects to return to Wharton in the summer of 2017.

Penn alum and congressman convicted in rackeering case

Fattah awards $1.9 million in grants to Penn research

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end to the career of one of the region’s longest-serving members of Congress. In April’s Democratic primary, Fattah lost his bid for a 12th term to State Representative Dwight Evans. His current term ends

Jan. 2, 2017. In a statement released after his conviction, Fattah made no reference to leaving before his congressional term ends. “Today’s decision notwithstanding, it has been my privilege to serve the constituents of the Second Congressional District for over 20 years,” Fattah said. “While today’s outcome isn’t what we had hoped, I respect our nation’s judicial system. I want to thank the people of the Second Congressional District for the honor of serving them.” The jury convicted Fattah of all 23 charges. Four co-defendants were also convicted. Sentencing is set for Oct. 4, 2016, but he will remain free on bail. Fattah could face as long as 20 years behind bars on the bribery charge alone.

tax as a nanny-state measure designed to discourage sugarsaturated soft drinks. And he didn’t promise to earmark the proceeds for health programs.” The idea of funding education seems to have had a more universal appeal. “Philly’s school system is severely underfunded,” rising College junior Serena Gupta said. “[The proceeds from the tax are] such a fantastic resource.” One common critique of the tax is that it will disproportionately affect low-income individuals, since they tend to

drink more soda, but Gupta disagrees. “Water’s cheaper — that’s not really a valid argument,” she said. Sydney Maves, a rising junior at Bryn Mawr College working in Philadelphia over the summer, also thinks the benefits outweigh the cost. “People say it’s the lower class who are the ones buying the soda and it’s hurting them because it’s more expensive, but a lot of the money is going back into helping the kids who go to school in some of those neighborhoods,” she said.

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Chaka Fattah, U.S. Representative of West Philadelphia and a 1986 Fels Institute of Government graduate, was convicted on Tuesday, June 21 in a federal racketeering case. The verdict was announced after a four-week trial by a jury of nine women and three men. Fattah has been charged with bribery, racketeering, money laundering, bank fraud, mail and wire fraud and filing false statements as part of a yearslong criminal scheme that included Fattah lobbying for an appointment as an ambassador for one of his co-conspirators. The conviction marks a dark

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Traditionally, proponents of soda taxes tout health benefits, but a number of mayors have failed to pass similar measures with this line of reasoning, including Michael Bloomberg in New York and Michael Nutter in Philadelphia in 2010 and 2011. The New York Times reported that Kenney “took a different tack from that of politicians who have tried and failed to pass sugary-drink taxes. He didn’t talk about the

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U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah will award over $1.9 million in grants from the National Science Foundation to two projects at the University of Pennsylvania and one at Drexel University, according to a press release. The announcement came after Fattah, a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice and Science (which has jurisdiction over the NSF), announced a $510,000 grant from the NSF to Penn math professor Ron Donagi in May. Fattah, the Representative for Pennsylvania’s 2nd Congressional district — which includes West Philadelphia — has been at the center of a corruption scandal since his indictment in July 2015. He was found guilty in his corruption trial Tuesday, which centered on his misuse of funds to finance his unsuccessful 2007 mayoral campaign. The majority of the NSF funding will go to two projects at Penn in vastly differing fields. An $800,000 grant will fund research from associate professor of biology Dr. Marc F. Schmidt. He and several co-investigators will pursue a project that studies the evolution of neural circuitry in songbirds. Using female songbirds, they plan to study “a circuit that has always been assumed to be linked to song production [in male songbirds] and ask how it might be used in females to produce a very different behavior,“ said Dr. Schmidt. For Dr. Schmidt, this grant was essential to be able to continue his research. “I had been unsuccessful in getting federal funding for the last four years, and was surviving on ‘bridge’ funding that

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Haeberlin and Associate Professor of Computer Science and Masters Program Chair Dr. Boon Thau Loo, will pursue research in the area of networks function virtualization, an essential part of modern data centers. The project aims to “build a new infrastructure for NFV that can deliver missing properties” that had been absent or unavailable in earlier iterations of the technology, said Phan. The NSF grant was also essential to the continuation of her research, Phan said. While Phan has had access to grants from other agencies in the past, this funding will specifically finance this project, allowing Phan and her co-investigators to support the several Ph.D and master’s students who will be working on the four-year project.

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CITIZEN CAPOZZI | How to reconcile Donald Trump’s political success with his shocking political mistakes Is he a political genius or a buffoon? Ever since Penn alumnus Donald Trump entered the presidential race, I’ve vacillated on this question. Last summer, Trump was universally considered a dunce after he infamously descended the Trump Tower escalator before a paid crowd and lambasted Mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals. The media scoffed at him and routinely predicted his impending demise. Aside from his outlandish positions and lack of political experience, Trump was facing a talented GOP primary field that included 5 senators and 9 governors. Yet Trump defied all expectations and forced one Washington Post columnist to literally eat his words. He won 35 states and more primary votes than any other Republican in American history. He did this while spending one fourth of what Hillary Clinton spent in the less competitive Democratic Primary. And he won even as his Republican opponents spent over seventy-five million dollars on negative television ads against him. I was impressed. Even though I publicly opposed his most noteworthy policy positions, I no longer underestimated him. Indeed, I predicted he would defeat Hillary Clinton and become President, defying all the “experts.” I evaluated him to be a cunning,

Machiavellian politician. I assumed he would understand the national electorate. I assumed he would adjust his strategy and pivot to the general election. I might have been wrong. Trump not only didn’t adjust, he doubled down. While still promising to build a wall and deport millions of undocumented immigrants, he accused a federal judge,

deficit. Everyday, the media floods the airwaves with negative stories about Trump’s fundraising, lack of campaign infrastructure, and the open division within the Republican Party. Many reporters are gleefully mocking Trump, like when he tweeted a recent poll showing himself trailing Clinton by two points

Undeniably stubborn, Trump charges forward — or backward — as fast as he can when he thinks he’s right.” Gonzalo Curiel, of being incapable of adjudicating his case because he is “Mexican.” Of course, Judge Curiel was actually born in Indiana and was so tough on Mexico’s drug cartels that they tried to assassinate him. The media universally condemned Trump’s comments, but he insisted he was right. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan spoke for many voters when he called Trump’s attack “textbook” racism. But Trump persisted and suggested he’d feel the same way about a Muslim judge. And then Trump’s polling collapsed, as he transformed a 1 point lead over Clinton into a 6 point

In other words, Trump is a buffoon again. But is he? His meteoric rise should prevent us from reaching the summary judgment Trump stubbornly demanded from Judge Curiel. Trump accurately perceived that the Republican primary electorate felt angry and disenfranchised by political and financial elites. Undoubtedly, Trump has profoundly connected with millions of voters. Moreover, he has already convinced a lot of voters that didn’t previously like him to change their minds. In other words, the signs of genius are still there.

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But Trump’s genius might just explain his buffoonery. As Francis Bacon taught in Instauratio Magna, misguided genius only pushes one in the wrong direction faster. Undeniably stubborn, Trump charges forward – or backwards - as fast as he can when he thinks he’s right. He correctly identified strong voter opposition to immigration policies, and he quickly seized a polling lead in the GOP Primary. But then again, he thought he was right about Judge Gonzalez’s “Mexican” bias, and he rushed into a polling nosedive as most people – myself included – strongly disagreed with him. And Trump employed a Campaign Manager, Corey Lewandowski, who frequently advised him to trust his instincts, to never change. At least until Monday, when he said, “You’re fired.” I was surprised. Trump had consistently defended Lewandowski, even when he was accused of assaulting a reporter. But more significantly, Trump was finally acknowledged he was making mistakes. He finally acknowledged that changes were needed. The ability to change is a fundamental skill in politics. Machiavelli himself wrote in The Prince that a leader must be capable of changing course, of channeling the lion or the fox depending on the circumstances. Up until now, Trump hasn’t seemed to understand this concept. Perhaps

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Lewandowski’s firing represents a turning point. But is it too late? I don’t think so, but it’s certainly getting close to being so. While Hillary Clinton is disliked by 55 percent of voters, Trump’s unfavorability rating has climbed to around 70 percent. While Clinton is still dogged by an FBI criminal investigation, Trump is handicapping himself with a campaign team one ninth the size of Clinton’s and is being heavily outfundraised. Trump’s stubbornness has dug him into a nearly insurmountable hole. He can still win, but it won’t be easy. It’ll take a political genius. LOUIS CAPOZZI is a rising ﬁrst-year Penn Law student from Mechanicsburg, Pa. His email address is capozzil@sas.upenn.edu. “Citizen Capozzi” appears every other Thursday.

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The testing machine HOSTAGER’S TAKE | It’s time someone held the College Board accountable You saw their name looming at the bottom of each page of every AP test you ever took. You made tense visits to their website to learn your SAT scores, then you went searching for the credit card when you returned to their website to send your scores to each college to which you applied. By the time you graduated high school, their name was all over your inbox, your mailbox, and your bank statements. If you are a student at Penn, you are well acquainted with the College Board. The College Board is the organization that administers the SAT and Advanced Placement tests, and admission to Penn explicitly requires the former and strongly encourages the latter. The College Board describes itself as a “not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity.” Indeed, the College Board’s testing programs, in addition to free online collegeconnection resources like BigFuture and a number of professional development services for educators, facilitate better

higher-education opportunities for millions of students across the world. This cheery group, however, demands a closer examination. According to the College Board’s 2013 tax filings obtained through the Washington Post, the AP program has expenses of $248 million and revenue of $382 million. That’s a net profit of $134 million every year. Divide that by the roughly four million AP tests taken in 2014, and it looks as if the College Board makes an effective profit of over $32 on each AP test it administers, a 35% profit margin for its $92 tests. That’s enough to make any corporate executive drool. Similarly, the difference between revenue and expenses is around $44 million for the SAT program. Where does all of this extra money go? Some of it goes towards paying its executives. Former CEO Gaston Caperton came under fire during his tenure for his high salary. In 2012 his total compensation was $1.8 million. Current CEO David Coleman has taken a

significant pay cut—and he still makes $734,000. Why would the College Board charge so much for tests? Because it can. The College Board has an effective monopoly over tests for college credit (except

most colleges require SAT or ACT scores, and high achieving students often have no choice but to participate in AP to prove their worth. Every year the number of students taking AP tests increases,

The College Board’s 6,000 member institutions — including Penn — are the only ones who can reasonably hold it accountable.” for IB, which works very differently) and only has to compete with ACT for college entrance exams. There are no others positioned to undercut their price. AP tests will also always be cheaper than the college classes for which they award credit, so families can be told that they are saving money by taking lots of AP tests. And most lucratively,

to the point that it is an effective requirement for consideration at most competitive universities. If you declined to participate in protest, the only one who loses is you, big time. Turning a profit and paying executives well is not inherently bad, even for non-profits. The College Board offers fee waivers for low income students who

are unable to afford the testing fees, and the AP test is almost always cheaper than the college class for which it gives credit. Yet this is an excuse to burden students and their families with hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars in inflated testing fees. The College Board’s 6,000 member institutions — including Penn — are the only ones who can reasonably hold it accountable. Universities should push the College Board to explain where all of those testing profits go. They must also be careful not to let the College Board control the admissions process by relying too heavily on SAT and AP scores in admissions decisions. Intelligence is far too complex to fairly gauge with a multiple choice test, and most research shows only a weak correlation between SAT scores and college success. Perhaps we need to reconsider the value of SAT and AP tests altogether. Dartmouth stopped accepting AP credit in 2015, and a growing list of selective universities no longer require

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SAT or ACT scores for admission. At it’s best, the college admissions process is supposed to be about opportunity and options. The College Board’s testing machine, which cheats millions of families out of money and fails to predict success, undermines both of these goals. It doesn’t pass the test. JACK HOSTAGER is a rising College sophomore from Dubuque, Iowa. His email address is hostager@sas. upenn.edu. “Hostager’s Take” appears every other Thursday.

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Perelman Center for Jewish Life breaks ground

Jon Huntsman Jr. speaks at the center’s dediciation AMANDA GEISER Staff Reporter

The Ronald O. Perelman Center for Jewish Life celebrated its dedication on June 16, with 1987 College graduate and former Utah Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. as the event’s keynote speaker. The Perelman Center is part of Lubavitch House at Penn, which opened in 1980 to serve as the University’s Chabad house. Chabad on Campus is an international organization devoted to educating Jewish youth. It is rooted in the teachings of the Chabad movement, which originated in the 1700s and emphasizes the inner significance and intellectual study of Judaism. The renovation started in 2005, when Lubavitch House acquired the property adjacent to its existing location at 4032 Spruce Street. This expansion tripled

the amount of usable space in the house, allowing 150 students to take part in dinners on Friday nights and holidays and 100 students to attend synagogue. A member of Penn’s Board of Trustees and the son of Jon Huntsman Sr. (for whom Huntsman Hall was named), Huntsman maintains close ties to Judaism and Chabad, though he himself was raised Mormon. “I have met representatives from around the world,” Huntsman Jr. said. “When I was posted running the United States embassy in Beijing, my best friend in Beijing was Amos, the ambassador from Israel. And my first request of him was, ‘Where can I find Chabad?’” The newly renovated center, located at 4032-34 Spruce Street, houses a synagogue, library, Beis Midrash (a Jewish learning center), eight studio apartments for students as well as one threebedroom apartment, lounge areas, Kosher dining and offices for the Jewish Women’s Resource

Center and the Healthy Living Task Force. The $5 million revamp was made possible by 1964 Wharton graduate and 1966 MBA graduate Ronald O. Perelman, a member of the same Perelman family whose name is pervasive throughout Penn’s campus. Perelman Quadrangle, the Perelman School of Medicine and Claudia Cohen Hall are among the family’s namesakes. In a statement read by Ephraim Levin, one of the directors of Lubavitch House at Penn, Perelman wrote, “I am so proud that it [the center] will serve as a place at Penn where Jews of all backgrounds can worship, explore and celebrate their heritage in a warm and welcoming environment.” Though Chabad is associated with Orthodox Judaism, its slogan is “Where every Jew is family.” “This represents the best of community,” Huntsman said. “Our young men and young

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The renovation of the Perelman Center for Jewish Life began in 2005 and will be part of the Lubavitch House at Penn. It celebrated its dedication on June 16 with 1987 College graduate Jon M. Huntsman Jr.

women are going to come into the Perelman Center for Jewish Life with different attitudes, different temperaments, different beliefs, different views of the

world. And they’re all going to be looking for hope and inspiration.” University Chaplain Chaz Howard, who also spoke at the

Study shows fraternity brothers don’t respond to peer-mediated alcohol education Interventions have limited success on consumption BOWMAN COOPER Staff Reporter

With fraternity parties come red Solo cups, which are not likely to be filled with innocent ice water. Drinking at college parties may seem a normal, typically harmless behavior. But when some take the fun too far, they could become the subjects of intervention by friends and family. But new research suggests interventions may not be as effective when directed toward fraternity members. It is no secret that alcohol is ubiquitous at college parties; in fact, according to a study conducted at the University of Rhode Island, around 40 percent of college students participate in “heavy episodic drinking.” According to the same study, “both gender and Greek involvement significantly predicted increases in alcohol use and problems over the first 2 years of college,” but ”[m]ale gender and involvement in the Greek system were associated with greater alcohol use and problems prior to college.” If fraternity and sorority members are more likely to abuse alcohol, they could also be more likely to be targets for intervention. And as mentioned earlier, these interventions are not likely to be successful, according to a study

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recently published in the American Psychological Association’s Health Psychology journal. This study, which features research spanning from 1987 to 2014, found that “interventions targeting fraternity or sorority members were not successful in reducing alcohol consumption and related problems relative to controls; however, participants in these interventions did reduce the quantity consumed on specific occasions and the frequency of drinking days from pre- to post-test.” Researchers concluded that the effectiveness of interventions toward those involved in Greek life are limited when it comes to reducing alcohol abuse behaviors. The majority of the nearly 20 years of research was focused on fraternities, with only a few studies on sorority members. Only 18 percent of participants studied were women, which made it difficult for

the researchers to apply their findings to sororities, according to an article published in the Washington Post. Even so, the study’s results led the researchers to conclude that “more robust interventions” are necessary to reduce alcohol consumption among members of Greek organizations. Theodore Caputi, a rising College and Wharton senior, is a member of Penn Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisors, an organization that aims to reduce harm related to drug and alcohol use among the student body through student-centric programs. He agrees that substance abuse is a significant problem on college campuses. “Among colleges it’s a tremendous health burden,” he said. “Probably the most significant health problem for college students.” He believes the most effective solutions for alcohol abuse include an

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understanding of something called social norm theory, which says that a person’s perception of a behavior depends on how they think their peers view it. “If your friends are more accepting of drinking you’re more likely to drink more,” he said. Caputi does not believe Penn DAPA’s mission is to stop drinking entirely — he just wants to help students do so more safely. “Our motivation is not to get people to stop drinking,” he said. “We try to find ways for students to make their own decisions regarding drugs and alcohol so that they can do it in a way that they can be safe about their own use”

event, said, “We need more of this. We need more of the sweet spirit of joy, the spirit of love, that you all bring to our campus and to our world.”

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been used before on packaged foods in the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe. There have also been other studies done in the United States that used some form traffic light labeling to measure nutrition, according to VanEpps. The study is the first to show “traffic-light” calorie labeling — a green light indicates low calorie content, yellow indicates medium calorie content and red indicates high calorie content. The traffic light labeling of calorie content had a strong impact on individuals who scored poorly on a test of math ability. Calorie labeling also had a stronger impact among obese participants than among non-obese

participants. Findings from the study add to t he continuous research from the team examining calorie labeling’s impact in different meal ordering settings at the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics at the Perelman School of Medicine. “One of the biggest contributions this study makes is that recognizing that labeling calories can be effective and it helps to make a push for more research to be done on calorie labeling,” VanEpps said. VanEpps and his team will continue to do research on food decisions a nd healthy eating to find different avenues and different interventions to help people make better and healthier decisions.

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Meet the Penn startup kicking Wall Street to the curb | BY ALIX STEERMAN Unlike his peers, engineering student Rohan Shah is not waiting around for a job at Apple or an internship at Google to start making an impact on the tech scene. With news of an upcoming regulatory change in the Jobs Act, Shah decided to pursue his “strong interest in finance and tech startup spaces,” and created Slice Capital. Prior to May 16, investors with a net worth of less than $1 million could not have invested in startups, nor any other large scale corporations and businesses. With the SEC approval of Title III of the Jobs Act, non-accrediteds were finally allowed to be involved in equity crowdfunding. This change provided Slice Capital with the ability to allow unaccredited investors to finally get skin in the game. For those of us that aren’t as well-versed in the world of venture capitalism, this means that people who previously participated in crowdfunding for product are now able to hold stock as well. With his company, Shah created an equity crowdfunding platform that enables smaller investors to fund startups with a more affordable investment minimum — completely eradicating Wall Street from the investment process. Now, average individuals are able to buy and sell shares of internally vetted startups by simply downloading the Slice Capital app on their

The feeling Is-rael | BY EMILY SCHWARTZ

It’s another summer after a completed school year at Penn. Several months earlier you’ve been presented with several options for how to spend your warm weather months — summer classes, prestigious internship, or an all-expenses paid trip to Israel. Being the overachiever that you are, you choose all three, head over to Birthright’s website, pick a flight, and sign yourself up. As the trip gets closer, you seek advice from friends, family and of course, Street for four of Birthrights most essential mustdos.

1. Pack copious amounts of srat apparel Afraid of getting your face burnt by the early morning sun on your Masada hike? Slap on a baseball tee with your Greek letters emblazoned on the front brighter than the sky’s beams. Headed on a dark underground tunnel adventure in Jerusalem? Grab a tank with your favorite sorority pun written in neon on the back to help guide those in line behind you. Packing srat apparel is crucial to make sure you can be identified by the other Birthright groups you’ll inevitably run into, and wearing

symbols that Israelis won’t recognize will only help build up your edgy American reputation.

2. Gram the shit out of every minute The number one rule of Birthright? Pics or it didn’t happen. What Birthright trip is complete without photos of you and your gal pals frolicking in the Dead Sea, posing in front of the Western Wall, or owning the elevated surfaces in Tel Aviv? Not instagramming each day of your Birthright trip is an insult and a crime to the captions just begging to be posted. Riding camels in the desert was practically meant for #HumpDay and the beloved camel emoji. The ten days of Birthright are really your only opportunity to use a Hebrew keyboard. Yes, taking photos to document your experience and preserve your memories is a good idea, but posting each of those photos on Insta for the rest of the world to see is even better. 3. Flirt with an Israeli soldier Did you even go on Birthright if you didn’t have a four-day love affair with a handsome Israeli soldier? Everyone knows that boys look better in uniform, and

the olive skin and toned biceps certainly don’t hurt. Yes, the language barrier might be big enough to keep you from speaking, but one look into those helmet-shielded eyes will be enough to melt that worry away. It’s a win-win — he’ll get to say he made out with an American, and you’ll finally have come as close as possible to finding your own Kostas.

4. Eat your way through Let’s be real. Birthright is equally about the food escapades as it is about religious discovery and all that jazz. Any drink from Aroma puts Starbucks to shame. A falafel pita from any market you encounter just makes American hummus feel bad. The flaky Israeli chocolate melts in your mouth and kicks Hershey’s ass by a landslide. Don’t even get us started on the pop rock bars, or we think we might truly explode. At the end of the day, Birthright is a chance to travel cheaply and learn a thing or two about another country and about yourself. Birthright is what you make it, but with Street’s help, we think we just might make it a little bit better.

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smartphones. With help from Slice Capital, “investing in new trends is right at your doorstep.” Although a Philly based startup, Rohan Shah started the app with co-Founder Krish Dholakiya who attends University of Colorado Boulder. The Slice team also includes Penn students Aayush Sangrahjka, Anand Prabhu, Christian Butts and Nihar Sheth. As a powerful mix of both Wharton and Engineering students, these guys are redefining investing.

If all of us can get our acts together and start making power moves (aka starting successful companies while simultaneously completing Freshman year), maybe we can be the investors or even the startups that Slice Capital is working with. But hey, nothing has ever been wrong with a little procrastination here and there... Be sure to check out Slice Capital online at http://www.slice. capital and keep up with what your fellow classmates are up to.

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JONESES In February, Penn announced a 3.9 percent tuition increase for the 2016-2017 academic year. The new total cost of attendance: $66,000.

much money your parents make. However, my carefree attitude towards money would be just that: a charade. Since coming to Penn last year, finances have been a

financial aid award letter in the mail; I had received no aid.

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at Penn. $30 at Copa for margs with friends. BYOs every weekend. Downtowns and parties where students drop hundreds of dollars in a single night without

“…at 21 years old I will graduate $60,000 in debt. ” I am fortunate to have hailed from an upper-middle class family and have been afforded many privileges due to my financial circumstances. Growing up, I was able to travel, study overseas, and focus on academics and extracurriculars rather than working to help support my family. If I wanted, I could try to blend in with many of my classmates for whom money is of no object. I’ve played the charade before: mentioning my family’s house on the Cape or my small boarding school in New Zealand when I began to feel out of place at a school whose social hierarchy is largely dictated by where you are from and how

consistent and significant source of stress, because at 21 years old I will graduate $60,000 in debt. My parents were hesitant about sending me to Penn. Tuition was outrageously high, and I had the opportunity to attend other universities for free. But Penn was my dream school, and it boasted a “no loan” policy and generous financial aid. I was certain that between outside scholarships and financial aid, I would be able to make up the difference between the $40,000 a year my parents were willing to put towards my education and the total cost of attendance. This dream was quickly shot down when I received my first

I do my best to make my financial situation work. I saved enough money from my high school job to pay for books and day-to-day expenses. I make payments on my student loans throughout the year. I am cognizant about my spending. This year, I began working as a student-athlete tutor on top of my already jam-packed schedule. I knew college would be expensive, so I carefully budgeted for the cost of tuition, housing, food, and expenses. I even set aside some “fun” money. However, I quickly learned my “fun” budget would fall laughably short at helping me navigate the incredibly frivolous spending culture

batting an eyelash. Once, bored in the back of a lecture hall in Huntsman, I counted the Cartier bracelets dangling off the wrists of several of my peers and felt incredibly out of place with the realization that my classmates were literally wearing my college tuition as an accessory.

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Few students at Penn openly admit to the “broke college kid” stereotype that is considered the norm at many other universities. However, according to Student Registration and Financial Services, 32 percent of Penn students take out loans, with

When Penn’s “no loan” policy doesn’t hold up | BY LEIGH ANN EISENHAUER an average debt of $18,900. Although almost a third of students at Penn graduate with debt, the subject of debt remains taboo. Instead, students like myself silently struggle with the burden of debt while simultaneously attempting to keep up with the Joneses. The paradox is that although you may see them downtown at an upscale venue or having a carefree brunch with friends, the threat of impending student loans may still be a constant stressor influencing almost all of their financial decisions.

Personally, I am grateful for the opportunity to attend Penn and for parents who are willing to invest so much in my education. Despite my student loans, I don’t regret choosing Penn. Managing debt at a school so obsessed with money helps students develop personal finance acumen that proves incredibly useful in adulthood. As Ben Franklin once said, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” An investment in tickets to that random downtown in February? Not so much.

“Few students at Penn openly admit to the ‘broke college kid’ stereotype that is considered the norm at many other universities.”

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Teams can learn from defeat; come back strong

W. SOCCER mix for the title by then, as the Tigers likely will be, then it should be a high-stakes match worth watching. Last seasonâ€™s conference play was slightly disappointing for Van Dykeâ€™s team, which let in only five goals in seven games, yet scored just three. â€œLast year was a whole lot of learning our players, and establishing a style of play,â€? Van Dyke said. â€œNow weâ€™re able to focus a little bit more on finetuning playersâ€™ roles. Weâ€™ll need to create more chances in the final third. Thatâ€™s our goal â€” being more patient in front of goal.â€? The team routinely outshot opponents in 2015, but the chances were never quite perfect â€” somewhat rushed,

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building exercises as the weekendâ€™s true highlights. While not participating in lacrosse practices or scrimmages, the junior players engaged in activities ranging from scavenger hunts to listening to guest speaker Tina Sloan Green, President of the Black Women in Sport Foundation and Temple womenâ€™s lacrosse coaching icon. â€œIt was such a great day for the young girls, because they were able to meet more beginners from different areas who are also learning the wonderful game of lacrosse,â€? Penn

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their results. After their heart-breaking loss in penalties to Japan at the 2011 Womenâ€™s World Cup, the US team went on a tear, winning the Olympic gold the next year in London before exacting their revenge last summer by cruising to their third World Cup victory over their 2011 opponent. The sting of losing the match stayed in the back of the minds of each player as they marched towards the World Cup last summer. Every win and loss along the way helped keep the team focused on the task ahead: take back the World Cup. The U.S. team isnâ€™t the only team that will need to use these teams as inspiration. Pennâ€™s own womenâ€™s squash team will try to exorcise their own demons in this upcoming season. The heartbreaking 5-4 loss to Harvard in the national championship will sit in the minds of each player as they try to win their first Howe Cup since 2001. Head coach Jack Wyant has come close, making the finals three times since he became

womenâ€™s lacrosse head coach Karin Corbett said in a Penn Athletics release. In attendance from Corbettâ€™s team were six representatives, including recent graduates Brooke Kiley and Iris Williamson, rising juniors Caroline Cummings and Mo Leitner, and rising sophomore Katy Junior. On the menâ€™s side was head coach Mike Murphy, who led a contingent of ten rising sophomores and juniors. The Red and Blue athletes were well familiar with their Young Quaker counterparts, as the two groups had been collaborating on a weekly basis throughout the school year,

head coach of the team, but has never quite been able to end the drought. Each year the team retools to be better than the last in the hope of finally breaking through. The path to success is never easy. At times, it can seem like that day will never come, but trusting that youâ€™re moving in the right direction is the only encouragement you may have. Along the way, there will be many road bumps, but each one provides an opportunity to learn and improve so that each successive lump becomes easier to soldier through. Someday down the line, the U.S. national team will once again find itself lined up alongside the likes of Messi and Argentina. With the sting of defeat and the motivation to move past previous failures, the team will someday reap the permanent benefits of success.

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After a fifth-placed finish to the Ivy League season in 2015, despite a defence ranked 19th in the country, the womenâ€™s soccer team will be hoping to do better with their schedule this season around.

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according to Murphy. â€œI think the middle-school kids benefit immensely from the exposure to each other and to our institution,â€? Murphy said. â€œAnd I feel our Penn players benefit from the interaction and the role of host and mentor as well.â€? It is this mutualistic focus on character building that serves as the mission of the Young Quakers Community Athletics Program, highlighting the power of sport and how easily it lends itself to civic engagement. With lacrosse especially, a sport that has long been played by a select and privileged few, it is all the more meaningful to see it shared with a wider audience.

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good job â€” 19th in the country â€” and that had not only to do with our press, but we were able to limit the time of possession that our opponents had the ball,â€? Van Dyke said. â€œWeâ€™re gonna try to take a little bit more risks this season in order to create more chances and score more goals.â€? By sending more numbers forward in possession, taking risks to create chances, and trusting their rock-solid defense, the womenâ€™s soccer team could have quite the successful season as Van Dyke completes the construction of her new system. Fans will have to wait until Aug. 28 to get their first glimpse of the teamâ€™s progress. Over the course of the season, many will hope those results come in time for a better finish in Ivy play.

After two consecutive seasons losing to Columbia for the Gehrig Division crown, Penn baseball is hoping to learn from their defeats.

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in Van Dykeâ€™s opinion. But despite outshooting their opposition, the Quakers endured three nil-nil draws from seven Ivy League matches. Those three â€˜nil-nillersâ€™ were emblematic of their season, in which they finished fifth despite recording just a single win. A rock solid defense, which ranked 19th in all of NCAA Division I in goals conceded for the season, could not provide the platform for a high-calibre attack needed to win games. It often takes coaches a year to settle into a new program, because it takes time for the players to get to know the system and also for the coaches to get to know the players. Van Dyke acknowledged this when reflecting on her first year in charge. â€œDefensively, we did a very

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s the old saying goes, â€œpain is temporary.â€? After the USAâ€™s crushing 4-0 loss to Argentina in the Copa America semifinals, questions will swirl about the future of the team heading into World Cup qualifiers. With a pre-tournament goal of making the semifinals, most fans would be content with achieving their goal and nothing else. But when national pride is on the line, some fans possess an insatiable desire for success that can only be appeased with major hardware. In some cases, just achieving oneâ€™s goals can be viewed as a failure if thereâ€™s no credible progress towards surpassing the previous benchmarks. After such a crushing loss, the road ahead for the teams seems quite daunting. The future should hold plenty of success along with its fair share of failure, but the true merit of the team will be determined in how they move on after falling short. Just miles from Americaâ€™s final group stage match against Paraguay, one Ivy League school has exemplified the way to parlay failures into future progress. After losing in a one-game playoff to Columbia for the Gehrig Division crown in 2014, it would have been easy for Penn baseball to feel content with their turnaround in their first season under head coach John Yurkow. The Quakers came into the 2015 season with their sights set on reversing their result. The Lions once again prevailed in a playoff, but the Red and Blue showed that they will continue to fight despite the adversity. The same example has played out with Penn softballâ€™s continued fight with Dartmouth over the Ivy League South Division crown. Heading into their next stage of play, the US national team will have to find a way to stay positive if they want to finally become a contender at major tournaments. Their female counterparts showed perfectly what the menâ€™s side needs to do to improve on

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For the third year in a row, Penn played host to the Urban Youth Lacrosse Jamboree, an annual celebration of community partnerships through sports competition. Behind the event was the Young Quakers Community Athletics program, an after-school initiative spearheaded by the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships and Penn Athletics. Founded in early 2015 — but with roots going back to 2012 — the program has sought to pair up Penn athletes with West Philadelphia elementary and middle schools through mentoring and free access to Penn athletic resources. The Urban Youth Lacrosse Jamboree is the partnership’s yearly capstone event, which provides West Philadelphia lacrosse teams with an opportunity to showcase the progress they have made through working with Penn’s men’s and women’s lacrosse teams during the course of the year. Over the weekend of June 4th and 5th, junior lacrosse teams not only from the local area, but also New York City’s Harlem Lacrosse and Boston’s Metro Lacrosse teams, took part in the weekend’s on and off-field activities. In addition to a lacrosse clinic run by the Red and Blue lacrosse teams, the programs ran scrimmages for the youth teams over the two days. Competition, however, is not the only focus put forth by the Urban Youth Lacrosse Jamboree’s organizers and participants, many of which cited the mentorship opportunities and sportsmanship

WILL SNOW Sports Editor

Dan Leibovitz, a member of Penn’s class of 1996 and assistant coach for the men’s basketball team from 2010-2012, has just been named the Southeastern Conference’s Associate Commissioner for Basketball. The SEC is commonly accepted to be one of the best athletic conferences in the country, along with the likes of the Big Ten, PAC-12, and the Atlantic Coast Conference, where Leibovitz is currently the primary men’s basketball administrator. “The SEC made a great call hiring Dan Leibovitz,” Jay Bilas of ESPN said. “Dan has extensive basketball experience, from the coaching box on up, and he has studied the game from every vantage point. He is very smart and thoroughly examines every issue before making an informed judgment. Dan is a difference maker.” The move is a far cry from the humble start to Leibovitz’s career after graduating from Penn. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College in 1996, and then a Master’s in Sports Management from Temple in 1998, where he also began assistant coaching for the Owls under Hall of Fame coach John Chaney. But when Chaney left the program in 2006, Leibovitz was given trial by fire as the acting manager for Temple in their final games of the season. The Owls lost to Akron in the first round of the NIT in overtime. The following year, he set out to make his

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Quakers announce schedule, prepare for 2016 season W. SOCCER | Season to

begin vs. Terps August 28 WILL SNOW Sports Editor

The women’s soccer program just released their schedule for the 2016 season, but you’d be forgiven if you thought they posted the wrong one. This season’s list of fixtures looks remarkably similar to last season’s, head coach Nicole Van Dyke’s first in charge of the Red and Blue. And while the reasons for that are mainly contractual and logistical, there are a few new faces on slate for the Quakers that should give a fresh look to the season, though in the comfort of mostly familiar foes. The team’s first match of the year will be against Maryland, who they haven’t played since the 20th century, on Aug. 28. The Terps may not be a Big Ten powerhouse, but in a competitive conference, even a mid-level team like Maryland can be

extremely dangerous against non-conference opposition. One game to watch out for will be the Quakers’ final game before Ancient Eight play begins in September. A University City duel against Drexel on Sept. 18 should be a very entertaining clash. When the neighbors and local rivals last met in 2013, Penn won 1-0 in a double-overtime thriller. The rematch of that game will set the Red and Blue off to their Ivy League schedule, which begins with a tough fixture at home to Harvard on Sept. 24. Of the 15 games to be played this season, eight will occur on Rhodes Field in Penn Park, giving the Quakers a slight home field advantage for the season. Their first three games will be at home, but four of their last five will be played out on the road in a tough series of away matches. The team will finish the regular season with a potential title-decider at Princeton on Nov. 5. If Penn can find itself in the SEE W. SOCCER PAGE 7

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