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More than 30 Penn students walked in the March to End Rape Culture on Saturday, joining protesters from across the city to draw attention to fighting sexual violence. The number of Penn students who attended the event increased by about 10 people from last year, said Isabella Auchus, College senior and chair of Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention. Led by ASAP, attendees walked from the Penn Women’s Center to Thomas Paine Plaza , where they joined up with hundreds of other Philadelphians who were holding up signs that said “Violence breeds on

silence” and “Sleeping next to you doesn’t equal consent.” Even though it was an overcast day with temperatures dropping to 60 degreesin the morning, the plaza was filled with students, adults and families writing up signs, dancing to music and sharing the food provided at the event. “It’s cold, and it’s a Saturday morning, but showing up shows that this topic matters to us,” College junior Sarah Figgatt said. Other attendees from Penn included College senior Syra OrtizBlanes , one of the students who distributed the OZ email f lyers around campus two weeks ago and College sophomore Abby McGuckin who helped to mobilize over 900 SEE RAPE CULTURE PAGE 2

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Penn sees significant increase in academic misconduct cases

What Penn’s No. 8 US News & World Report ranking means

Cases rose by 8.6 percent over the last academic year JENNA WANG Staff Reporter

A look at what goes into ranking Penn across various publications JULIA BELL Staff Reporter

Every year between Labor Day and the early decision deadline, a dizzying array of college ranking lists are released across the internet. Penn’s rankings fluctuate from year to year and across publications. However, Penn usually falls near the top, along with other Ivy League schools. But according to Dean of Admissions Eric Furda, rankings lists aren’t of utmost importance when picking a school. “We try to put to put a frame of context around it, but that message doesn’t always get across,” Furda said. “And it’s something we live our lives in, too, so we can’t say it doesn’t matter.” Furda said that the underlying information included in the rankings can help a prospective student, even if the rankings themselves don’t. “It’s one thing to say if you’re not on a list, ‘Oh, they don’t mean anything.’” Furda said. “You want to be on the list to be able to say, ‘Use it SEE MISCONDUCT PAGE 5

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One class where unauthorized collaboration is commonly reported is CIS 110, since students can easily copy code from their classmates.

Cases of academic misconduct across Penn increased 8.6 percent, from 185 to 201 cases, in the last academic year, according to the 2016 Report of the Office of Student Conduct. Director of the Office of Student Conduct Julie Lyzinski Nettleton

believes the increase was mostly due to OSC’s increased outreach efforts to academic departments rather than an actual increase in misconduct. “I don’t think there’s an increase in academic integrity violations that are happening,” she said. “I think what is happening is that there’s a stronger partnership between our office and the school and the faculty. There [are] more open lines of communication, and SEE MISCONDUCT PAGE 5

Queer religious groups respond to homophobic preachers The groups praised LGBTQ protesters for speaking out REBECCA TAN Staff Reporter

When two preachers came to campus to rail against “homo sex” on Sept. 15, they drew a swift counter-protest of more than a

hundred students wielding signs and pride flags. On that very same day, Penn’s Queer Christian Fellowship, which is sponsored by the Christian Association, happened to have a gathering planned. Students spent the gathering processing what had occurred on campus. “For too many of the students in

QCF, this rhetoric is nothing now,” Christian Association campus minister Rev. Megan LeCluyse said. “That does not change the fact that [such messages] are incredibly hurtful.” College senior Rashad Nimr , a member of Queer Muslims and Allies at Penn, agreed that what the preachers espoused represent

“a very common mentality in the U.S.” At Penn, which offers places for minority students to meet allies and other similarly-identifying students, it can be shocking to be “thrown back into reality,” Nimr said. There are three queer-religious SEE REACTIONS PAGE 3

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During the midday rush from Harnwell College House to David Rittenhouse Laboratory, it’s rare to see anyone stop to take a breath. But students who stop for just one minute at Stiteler Plaza on certain days can absorb an entire lecture. The 60-Second Lectures, which began in the summer of 1999, has highlighted the research of professors from 22 of the 26 departments in the School of Arts and Sciences. On certain Wednesdays, a professor gives a 60-second lecture at 11:55 a.m. about his or her research. The lecture series was originally held only during the summer, but was moved to the academic year in 2003, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Dennis DeTurck said. DeTurck, who has served as the moderator of the lecture series

since his appointment to dean in 2005, has given several lectures, but is also responsible for some key changes that have made the lectures more accessible to students. The lectures were originally held at noon. But when he realized that many students are in class at that time, DeTurck decided to move the lectures to 11:55 a.m. Recent online streaming of the lectures as well as uploads to YouTube has made these short lectures available to an even wider audience. For professors who are asked to give these lectures, however, finding how to say what you want to say can be challenging “When you finish writing what you want to say, you read [your mini-lecture] out loud and realize that it’s six-and-a-half minutes,” DeTurck said. Germanic language and literatures professor Simon Richter, who spoke last Wednesday on interpretations of the word “sustainability” across cultures, said it was harder to prepare for this

lecture than for a 20 or 40 minute talk. Even though the lectures are short, he had to choose the material carefully since it was then archived. For linguistics, computer science and psychology professor Charles Yang, that task is not as simple as it seems. “You don’t want to trivialize the subject matter, but at the same time you don’t want to go into detail,” said Yang, who spoke on Sept. 7 about how children learn to count. Yang compared the lecture to an elevator pitch, but also explained that the balance of information in the lecture was especially intricate. According to Yang, it is essential for lecturers to choose accessible topics to actively engage listeners, as opposed to choosing some esoteric part of research that some audience members may find unfamiliar. On the other hand, Fels Institute of Government Executive Director Nelson Lim said the preparation for 60-second lectures is no different than the preparation required

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Professors who have presented for the 60-Second Lectures reflect on the challenges of presenting their studies in the short-amount of alotted time.

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summarized into short segments, Richter said, the classroom setting where people partake in extended discussions will never disappear. Other professors also agreed that even though the medium of the 60-second lecture allows for better access to information for the public, it will never take the place of people-to-people interactions that can only develop over time. “I don’t think that the close interactions with students in a small class setting can be replaced,” Yang said.

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ASAP member Julia Slater. “[Rape culture] is an issue on college campuses, but it’s important to remember that it’s not just an issue on college campuses,” Slater said. Also in attendance were seven brothers from Sigma Nu. Members of the fraternity had also previously attended ASAP’s event Take Back The Night. “Fighting against rape culture is something our fraternity feels very strongly about,” Sigma Nu President and Engineering junior William Archer said. “We’ve been looking for a way to make a more public stance about this, and we thought this march was a good way for us to support the people trying to make a change.” When the Penn delegation arrived at the plaza around 11:20 a.m., a man who had come to Penn’s campus last week to spread homophobic messages was preaching to attendees on their “sins.” Identifying himself as “Pastor Aden of South Philadelphia,” he held up a sign that said “homosexuals,” “fornicators” and “effeminates” would “Go to hell.” Attendees responded by blocking this man with their own signs and chanting “This is what rape culture looks like,” echoing the statements that were stamped on the OZ email flyers. Chair of Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault and College senior Sam Summer was among those who blocked Aden from view by standing in front of him. Summer, who said he has attended this event since his freshman year, said this was the first time that a protester had tried to disrupt the march. Around noon, Aden was escorted away, and organizers refocused attendees’ attention back to the event stage. A series of speakers shared their stories to rally the crowd, including poet Zahre Bell, who talked about the intersections of race and gender to loud applause. At 12:30 p.m., the crowd moved out of the plaza on to 15th Street, making a loop around Rittenhouse Square where shop owners and restaurant patrons raised their fists in solidarity. As marchers turned into Philadelphia’s Gayborhood, entire bars emptied out to join the chants of “My body, my choice.” Grace Palladino, a teacher at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, attended the march and said she recently discussed the OZ email flyer incident with her students. “That email worries me as a high school teacher,” Palladino said. “It worries me about recommending my female students apply to and work hard to be accepted at places like Penn when that’s the way that they are going to be welcomed.” She added, however, that she was happy with the way that students and the administration reacted and was pleased to see Penn students at the event.

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members of all-female groups to sign a joint statement against “all complicit in rape culture.” Ortiz-Blanes and McGuckin attended the march because they wanted to support ASAP and better acquaint themselves with the work of other groups on campus who have been campaigning to stop rape culture, they said. The two also wanted to show solidarity with the people of Philadelphia — a sentiment shared by College senior and

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How Penn Dining avoids food waste

The department reuses and composts food BOWMAN COOPER Staff Reporter

One in four Philadelphians are at risk for hunger, according to the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger, and Penn Dining says they are doing what they can to make sure that ratio goes down. “We have a really robust campaign in terms of food and waste,” Director of Business Services and Hospitality Services Pam Lampitt said. Penn Dining’s efforts to reduce food waste start at the source, with the way Bon Appétit buys ingredients and structures the menu. “They bring in food when they need it, how they need it, to produce the multitude of food on the campus,” Lampitt said. “With that being said, you know, there’s always times when there’s leftover food.” This leftover food is handled in two ways, Lampitt said, in compliance with Department of Health standards:

Food that sits out and can be touched must be thrown out, but food in a warming cabinet or on a serving line can be recovered. Leftover food that is recoverable is often used in recipes served the following day. Bon Appétit and Penn also have a partnership with a Philadelphia-based organization called Philabundance that helps them determine where they can donate leftover food. “We actually worked with Feeding America who in turn worked with identifying Philabundance as the ... organization that we could work with to identify a receiving agency,” Bon Appétit’s Resident District Manager Stephen Sca rdina sa id. “Feeding America actually has really strict guidelines in regard to how we handle the food, what can be donated or recovered, what cannot and how that food has to be handled, maintained and labeled.” Food that can be donated is sent to a shelter for women and children. Last year, 1920 Commons and Hill House

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Last year, 1920 Commons and Hill House donated over a thousand pounds of food each to combat hunger in Philadelphia.

both participated in the food recovery program. Commons donated about 1,400 pounds of food, and Hill sent over around 1,900 pounds, Scardina said. And Penn is working on a r ranging meetings with Philabundance to begin expanding the program to add Falk Dining Commons in Steinhardt Hall, in order to benefit people who are food insecure and keep kosher.

Beyond retrofitting or donating food, Penn Dining also composts through the “Watch Our Waste” campaign. Some food waste is sent to a company called Organic Diversion, which turns it into compost for the feeding of pigs. The unit also operates a separate program in the New College House to recover residual food.

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groups on campus: Queer Christian Fellowship, Queer Muslims and Allies at Penn and J-Bagel, a student group for Jewish students identifying as LGBTQAI. Of these, representatives of both QCF and QMAP have commended Penn students for their reaction to the two preachers “A lot of people walking past those preachers might have felt victimized and unsafe,” Co-Founder of QMAP and 2016 College graduate Shan Choudhri said . “The way that students responded is a reassuring display to those who might have felt victimized.” Choudhri added that he never saw a protest critical of homophobia to this scale when he was at Penn. Both Nimr and Choudhri also said that when people like “Brother Ross” and “Pastor Aden” come onto campus, they reinforce the idea that religion cannot be a safe space for LGBTQ students while further polarizing the queer community against the religious community. In light of what happened, it is important for religious

groups to be more outspoken about their acceptance of LGBTQ students, they said. President of the Penn Catholic Students’ Association and Nursing junior Alaina Hall agreed. She called upon more religious groups to speak out against instances of injustice. “Those preachers were using religion as a platform for their homophobia, so it’s important for religious groups to come out and say that’s not what we represent and that’s wrong,” Hall said. She added that all LGBTQ Catholics were welcome to join PCSA. Col lege ju n ior Jen n i fer Saouaf, also an executive member of QCF, said the organization has experienced some students still seem to believe that they have to choose between their sexual and religious identities. While she found the messages of those two preachers to be “deeply shocking,” she hopes it does not alienate queer students from exploring their faith. To students who are both religious and identify as LGTBQ, she had the following message: “There exist other people like you, in the world and at Penn. You don’t have to choose between being one or the other.”

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During my interview for the “monk class,” Religious Studies 356: Living Deliberately: Monks, Saints, and the Contemplative Life, professor Justin McDaniel posed the following scenario: Someone in the world hates you. You don’t know who they are, or maybe you do. You didn’t necessarily do anything to them — they just hate you. Why do they hate you? I was disallowed from asking clarifying questions in response. Being the creative (read: wise-ass) that I am, I made sure to elicit clarifications in other ways — raised eyebrows, cocked head, upward intonations at the end of a “statement.” These questions are just as much about my interpretations of them, my immediate associations as to what exactly is being asked, as they are about my answers. Eventually, I stopped deflecting. “They are annoyed that I think I know things — that I think I can really understand, that I can really empathize.” For me, I think, that person who hated me was … me.

Professor McDaniel chuckled and said I have a “healthy self-contempt.” Like his father used to say to him. On the first day of class, professor McDaniel brought up this “healthy self-contempt” again. We’re always acting, he said, and, ever the Buddhist, he refuted all notions of authenticity and the self. You’re constantly performing, he said, the trick is always to be aware of it. Finding your true self — as is the common misconception of the class — is far from the point. But if that’s what other people think — and, if that’s what you want other people to think — then let it be. You won’t like what you become aware of, he said. Especially not what you learn about yourself. You won’t get what you came here for, if you did come here for something specific. This isn’t a chance for you to embark on those passion projects — write some plays, paint a masterpiece, become an expert calligrapher. These are mere distractions. That’s why

you’re not allowed to read anything beyond what’s been assigned to you, use the internet, or spend more than $80 per week. Why did I first want to take the monk class, back

the monk class now? I don’t know. I have no idea what’s going to happen. That’s precisely the appeal. In a world of on-campusrecruiting and constant preprofessionalism, it’s surpris-

Why do I want to take the monk class now? I don’t know. I have no idea what’s going to happen. That’s precisely the appeal.” when I first heard about it in freshman year? It would be a fantastic way to get the cheekbones I’ve always wanted; I’ll be able to read the shit I definitely should have read by now (Ulysses, anyone?); I’ll finally have time to write and be super introspective and know my true self and I’m totes contemplative and everyone will think I’m badass and wise. Why do I want to take

ing that a course like this can continue to generate so much interest. In a world of gaming the system and “maximizing your time” to be ultimately productive with the least amount of effort — and only, of course, so that saved effort can go on and be used on other endeavors to … make you more successful? And maybe that is because of the complete opposition the course represents to this Penn status-quo.

At the same time, it confers a sort of status upon you — mostly admiration, even from professors and administrators, surprisingly, that you’re willing to potentially “sacrifice” future prospects to … dive into the unknown? I do know that I’ll be absent from this real-world/ Penn bubble for quite some time — but I also know that I’ll return. Not everyone will be so understanding of the time I’ve spent more off the grid. So I’m making up for lost time — now. I’ve put myself out there much more than I ever have before. Perhaps that is the greatest motivation of all — to know that all of these “distractions” will be taken away very soon. So I’m indulging my every whim: My social media usage has skyrocketed (I sincerely apologize here to all my Snapchat friends); I’ve acted in two stage productions and a short film; I’m opinion columning; I’m racking up those bylines now and I’m working my tail off to get far, far ahead in all of my classes and jobs and applications before the restrictions

ASHLEY STINNETT on speaking and technology start. For now, I’ve felt a little less self-contempt because of my extreme productivity — or really, my maximal indulgence in all distractions ever. The self-contempt is still there — loving distractions pre-restriction period definitely isn’t why anyone should take the course — but I’m not ruminating over what should be. Maybe this is what healthy self-contempt is. ASHLE Y STINNET T is a College senior from Levittown, N.Y., studying English and Linguistics. Her email address is stashley@sas.upenn.edu. “Just Monking Around” usually appears every other Monday.

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When I was in high school, eating disorders were coming into their own as a public health menace. We had a lot of fun watching videos on the subject in health class. We learned, shockingly, that eating disorders are bad. We even heard testimonies from those who had recovered and seen the errors of their ways, or maybe they were child actors reading lines to the same effect. In short, you were a fool to get involved with eating disorders. At the end of the unit, we had a quiz where we matched the symptoms to the disease: Eating too much is binge eating disorder, eating too much and vomiting is bulimia nervosa and not eating enough is anorexia nervosa. It was an easy A, and that was good because you didn’t want to spread yourself too thin with AP credits. Yet, I somehow doubted that this was the best approach toward ad-

dressing eating disorders. Based on the trajectory of this story, you’ll be unsurprised to know that there are online communities which portray eating disorders in a positive way. So called “pro-ana” sites provide a space for people to discuss their condition. Members report feeling persecuted or misunderstood by those outside the community, which creates a sense of belonging and acceptance within. There is a considerable mythologizing of anorexia, and many report they are better for having it. Predictably, groupthink on these sites exacerbates the severity of users’ disorders. Frequent users tend to have longer recovery times and a greater likelihood to relapse after treatment. It’s a shame to think that the programs aimed at preventing eating disorders by haranguing high school students are likely the same ones pushing them to seek these spaces.

The problem with these programs arises from their monolithic approach. When a source presents only the

Pennsylvanian this semester, the front-page article reports that all freshmen describe NSO as “fun” and/or

In an effort to prove that NSO is ‘fun’ and/or ‘exciting,’ this article only serves to alienate students who don’t share that opinion.” “right” opinion, when it doesn’t foster inclusion in a space meant for everyone, those who don’t feel represented withdraw. Unfortunately, those with the best intentions can be guilty of so-called “after school special syndrome.” Our approach to New Student Orientation is also guilty in this regard. In the first issue of The Daily

“exciting.” This piece struck me as a misrepresentation of the Penn community as a whole, so I conducted my own survey — with a larger sample size than the DP’s. Here, I found that while positive views of NSO are the majority, there is a significant minority with opinions to the contrary. I wonder what we have to gain by representing our

community in this manner except to reinforce an idea that most already have. In an effort to prove that NSO is “fun” and/or “exciting,” this piece only serves to alienate students who don’t share that opinion. Nearly a month into the school year, this article might feel like it occurred in the distant past. Of course, this piece is just the most blatant example in a worrying trend. The more we choose to reinforce the idea that everyone thinks — or ought to think — the same way, the more we push diverse students out of the public space. In this same publication, we talk a lot about “Penn Face,” the idea that students project an outward appearance of happiness and satisfaction when their real feelings are to the contrary. Of course, we are overwhelmingly against it. Yet, how does this align with the message we are sending to incoming freshmen in arti-

HARRISON GLICKLICH cles like the one above, and is it any surprise that students are withdrawing from the public sphere when it actively works to exclude them? With all the losses our community has suffered and all the ones that have yet to occur, it’s important to let people know that they are not alone. I’d rather read an article titled “NSO sucks, here’s why.” HARRISON GLICKLICH is a College senior from Millburn, N.J., studying biochemistry. His email address is hgli@sas. upenn.edu “Good Luck” usually appears every other Monday.

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schools are more willing to be part of the conversation and submit cases to us when it’s appropriate.” Among undergraduates, total academic misconduct remained essentially unchanged from last year to this year, with an increase of just two cases from last year’s report. However, specific categories within the academic misconduct category experienced sharp increases. Instances of “unauthorized collaboration” more than doubled from 67 cases in 2014-2015 to 105 in 2015-2016, and instances of “unfair advantage” almost tripled from 7 to 20 cases. Lyzinski Nettelton defined “unfair advantage” as “anytime a student has access to something other students don’t,” such as a falsified doctor’s note to get extra time to write an essay. Unfair advantage cases, she said, also usually involved cases of groups of students, which would exaggerate the frequency of the cases happening in a report. “I don’t think unfair advantage is happening more frequently — it’s more like the cases might have a few more people in them,” she said. “It’s not an uncommon thing.” As for instances of unauthorized collaboration, which saw a substantial increase, Lyzinski Nettleton said a small handful of classes were responsible for “the majority of these cases” each year. “Different classes have different policies around collaboration,” she said. “Some of those classes are challenging for students, and navigating how to work with each other can take an extra step on the student’s part to really understand what the policies are.” One prime example of such a class at Penn is CIS 110, the introductory computer science class at the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Arvind Bhusnurmath, a

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lecturer at SEAS who has taught CIS 110, said students are often reported to the OSC because they do not properly read and understand the course’s policies on coding collaboration. “Our policies state very clearly that you can’t share code,” Bhusnurmath said. “There might be this conception among students that we send way too many cases, but we don’t feel that’s actually happening. We feel that the number of cases would be reduced dramatically if students just followed that policy.” Even glancing briefly at a classmate’s homework code, or asking to see “a little piece” of it, Bhusnurmath explained, could be dangerous for students to do. At the introductory level, where students don’t tend to know much about coding, they may end up implicitly copying what they saw from their classmates and getting in trouble later. In computer science, copying shows up very easily. The Office of Student Conduct deals with most instances of academic integrity by imposing “academic sanctions,” Lyzinski Nettleton said, like having the student write an essay explaining why they cheated and what they learned from the ordeal. The majority of students that the OSC sees for first-time violations in academic misconduct do not come back a second time. “In most cases, I think students are not deliberately trying to copy,” Bhusnurmath said. “They’re trying to be within the policy in whatever way they think is within the policy, but they might usually be stepping over the lines.” Lyzinski Nettleton agreed, emphasizing that students be proactive and clearly understand policies before diving into a class. “If you have questions about what the policies mean, talk to the professor,” she said. “It’s always better to ask for clarification than to realize in the aftermath that what you did might have stepped over the line.”

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How an app can help you avoid voting lines on Election Day

Hack4Impact helped develop the program HARI KUMAR Contributing Reporter

A Penn Engineering club is focused on making its mark on this year’s presidential election. The non-profit group Hack4Impact provides innovative technical solutions to modern-day problems other non-profit organizations face. In the past, they’ve worked to improve the distribution of food at Reading Terminal Market and the services for a local civil rights organization. But now that Hack4Impact has grown in size and presence in the greater Philadelphia area, the club’s leaders have chosen to expand their services across the country. The group recently partnered

with the TrustTheVote Project, a Bay Area-based non-profit, on a service called BusyBooth. Wharton and Engineering junior Krishna Bharathala said the project’s mission is to crowd-source waiting times at polling stations on Election Day, in order to minimize the time each voter must wait. The app helps voters avoid long lines by distributing them effectively across multiple polling booths. The app uses real-time data from polling locations to determine when voter traffic is highest. BusyBooth also includes a social media component so that people can send out short messages to the community when the waiting lines are too long. The group hopes their app will incentivize more voters to participate in the general election this November. Since Hack4Impact is working with a company from San

Engineering junior Yoni Nachmany said. Internal leaders of the Hack4Impact proudly noted that they received recognition from the mayor of Philadelphia for their work on the project. The group is now searching for other projects they can work on as they proceed to finalize and implement BusyBooth in this year’s

presidential election. Engineering junior Kasra Koushan said he joined Hack4Impact for a “great and tight-knit group of people who are working on meaningful projects.” “We’re a very strong community of students … who want to make apps, make friends and make an impact,” Nachmany concluded.

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of the game, came late in the second quarter as the Quakers put a halt on Army’s longest drive of the game. Despite methodically moving 79 yards down the field, the Black Knights stalled at Penn’s 6-yard line, and ultimately the Quakers forced a turnover on downs. Immediately following, the Red and Blue padded their lead with a perfectly placed 85-yard bomb from McCurdy to junior wideout Andrew Sutton, making the score 14-3. “He came up, he lined up one-onone on me,” Sutton said. “I knew I could beat him, he got complacent and I burned him over the top and took it to the house.” Aside from lengthening Penn’s lead, that touchdown pass had extra significance for the Quakers and McCurdy especially. With that pass, McCurdy became the program’s alltime passing yards leader, besting Todd Busler’s record. “It means a lot to me. I came here and I wasn’t sure I would even

THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN | THEDP.COM play football in college and all of a sudden I was presented with an incredible opportunity here in sprint,” McCurdy said. “The teammates I’ve had here over the years, the fortune I’ve had to start for four years and even have a chance to compete for that record, is all just an indication of the pieces around me.” Everyone knows that’s a team award, you don’t get passing yards without guys on the other end and guys blocking up front.” Despite a few long passes, Penn’s offense was mostly stifled by Army in the second half, which put the pressure on the defense to hold the lead. The defense responded with big play after big play just when Penn needed them the most to stymie the Army attack and limit them to just two field goals in the half. In the fourth quarter alone, the Quakers came up with three interceptions — albeit one was fumbled away on the same play — and forced two turnovers on downs, all of which came on their own half of the field. “Our defense played their butts

off, they really did,” Wagner said. “They must have been on the field for 75 plays. I don’t know what the stats on the tackles were, but the interception, the breakups by [senior captain and safety] Rob Diorio, [sophomore safety] Tom Console had some big hits.” The game came down to the last drive, when Army got the ball back with under a minute to play deep in their own territory. The Black Knights were able to move the ball into Quakers’ territory, but a last second heave as time expired was intercepted by junior linebacker Quinn Karam, sealing the victory and sending the Penn bench into a frenzy. Taking down a service academy in week two is huge for the Quakers, and puts them a position to succeed and control their own fate moving forward. “This is the first time that we’ve sort of been in control of our own destiny,” Sutton said. “So we just have to take it week by week and win each and every one.”

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Quakers fall in Ivy opener in crushing five-set fashion VOLLEYBALL | Princeton

surge overcomes Penn COREY HENRY Sports Reporter

Penn volleyball brought in the fall season with a late fall of their own against a resilient Princeton squad on Saturday night at the Palestra. After battling back to force a decisive fifth set in their Ivy opener, the Tigers (7-3, 1-0 Ivy) took control late en route to a victory over the Quakers. The Red and Blue (5-8, 0-1) drew first blood by taking a close first set by the score of 25-21 despite posting a slightly lower hitting percentage than the Tigers. In an effort to climb back into the game, the defending Ivy League co-champs began to take a much more aggressive approach at the net. Freshman Maggie O’Connell and senior Brittany Ptak formed a powerful duo that gave the Quaker defense trouble all night. “Their slide was really good,” junior libero Michelle Pereira

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said. “They had two big hitters that don’t care if they make errors.” The next two sets were all Princeton as they compiled a hitting percentage above .400 in consecutive sets. With no answer from the Quakers, the Tigers won the next two sets by double digits and put Penn on the brink of defeat. With the situation looking bleak for her team, Penn coach Kerry Carr challenged her team to find a way to get back into the game. The team responded emphatically in the fourth set. “We answered them in set four,” Carr said. “That was one of the best, best sets I’ve seen them play all year.” After forcing the fifth set, Princeton was able to recapture that same offensive firepower that gave Penn trouble in the second and third sets. After taking an early lead, the Tigers never looked back before finally putting the Quakers away, 15-5. The experience of Princeton proved to be the difference in the match as Penn struggled to answer when the Tigers went on their runs. Despite the loss, the

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Junior libero Michelle Pereira posted yet another exceptional game, notching 22 digs. However, it was not enough to beat Princeton.

team sees plenty of positives to take away moving forward in Ivy play. “We’re right there with them, but sustainability with such a young team is up and down,” Carr added. “I have no doubt next time we see them we’ll be able to sustain what we need to.” Starting the Ancient Eight slate in the hole may not be the ideal start, but the Red and Blue aren’t quite ready to throw in the towel on their season. “Four teams lost today,” Pereira said. “One loss at the beginning of the season doesn’t really mean much to us.” On a team devoid of seniors, some of the younger players have been forced to step up such as freshman outside hitter Caroline Furrer. Putting up double-double with 13 kills and 19 digs, Furrer was a key component of Penn’s near upset of Princeton. “I was really proud with how everyone came together and supported each other tonight,” Furrer added. “That’s one great thing about Penn: everyone contributes to our success.” In addition to the strong underclass contributions, juniors such as Pereira have stepped up to provide leadership to their younger peers. Penn’s starting libero continued to anchor the defense, leading the way with 22 digs while also contributing a couple service aces along the way. “We’re not missing leadership at all,” Carr added. “We have a lot of positivity and shoutouts after every practice and game which we’ve never really had before.” Looking ahead, both players and coaches alike are ready to tackle the next step in their development this season. “We’re very excited,” Furrer said. “We learned our new limits today and we’re ready to execute those more often.”

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Red and Blue drop first Ivy League game against Harvard

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penalty is lone goal MICHAEL GROSS Contributing Reporter

Penn women’s soccer dropped its Ivy League opener against Harvard on Saturday, as a controversial foul call in the 29th minute proved to be the difference in the Quakers’ 1-0 loss. This win now makes it four in a row for Harvard as they improved to 6-3-0 overall (1-0 Ivy), while Penn fell to 4-2-1 (0-1), snapping its five-game unbeaten streak. “Our motto this entire season has been we can only control what we can control,” Penn coach Nicole Van Dyke said after the game. “We controlled how we responded and we controlled how we prepared for this game, and I felt that there were moments in the second half where we dictated the tempo.” The Red and Blue did outshoot the Crimson, 9-3, in the second half but were unable to convert, as the match marked their second consecutive game without reaching the back of the net. Penn’s best chance to score came 10 minutes into the second half, when sophomore Sasha Stephens sent a shot at the top of the box that Harvard goalkeeper Lizzie Durack pushed over the crossbar, one of three saves for her on the day. Saturday’s loss was just the second time Penn has lost at home in Ivy League play in its last 20 games, dating back to the 2010 season. Both losses came at the hands of Harvard, as the Crimson edged the Quakers 3-0 back in 2014. The visitors took the lead in the 29th minute when senior forward Margaret Purce slotted home a controversial penalty. That penalty kick also marked the first time Penn has trailed in its last six matches, as the Quakers

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Penn women’s soccer fell 1-0 to Harvard on Saturday, but the scoreline could have been wider without freshman keeper Kitty Qu.

were 4-0-1 in their previous five games heading in. “It is definitely nice to play with a lead, as we have been for a lot of this season,” freshman goalkeeper Kitty Qu said. “But, as coach always tells us, we can only control certain parts of the game, and as a goalie, you have to keep that in mind and have a short memory.” Heading into the match against the Crimson, Qu, who has played the majority of this young season in the net, sported a 0.49 goalsagainst average, which ranks 24th nationally in that category. “Kitty is great, she is calm, and she has shown everyone that she can come and make big saves,” Van Dyke said. “A keeper doesn’t have to make saves all game, they have to make those one or two special ones, and she has shown that she can do that, even if today didn’t go our way.” Qu, along with some of her teammates, was unhappy with the foul call that proved to be the turning point in the game. “I think it was an unfair call, and I think a lot of my teammates feel the same way,” said the goalkeeper. “But, [Purce] did her job, and I didn’t do mine.” Freshmen have played a significant role in the Quakers’ early success this season, as Penn has

had the last two Ivy League Rookies of the Week — midfielder Emily Sands won it on Sept. 12, followed by Qu this past Monday. “Being a freshman, it is definitely a big adjustment to the collegiate level,” Qu said. “It’s a faster pace and more physical than high school. But it has been a learning experience and there is definitely a lot more to learn.” Coming off a year with offensive struggles, scoring only 19 goals in the 2015 campaign, the Quakers already have 12 goals just seven games into the 2016 season. But, in their past two games, the Red and Blue have had trouble turning their shots into goals. “[The Crimson] are supposed to be one of the best teams in the conference, so today we showed that we are also one of the best teams in the conference,” Van Dyke said. “We just have to keep doing what we are doing, working hard and playing our game, and the goals and the wins will come.” The Quakers look to get back on track this Friday, as they continue Ivy League play on the road against Cornell. “I’m not too worried about not scoring today, it was a big game,” Van Dyke said. “They had one or two good looks and so did we, that’s soccer.”

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we didnâ€™t really need to get up for it,â€? Penn coach Colleen Fink said. â€œWeâ€™ve just been talking a lot about the battleground conditions in Ivy League play, because it is so tight in our league in my opinion. Since there is no Ivy League playoff, all of these games become even more critical. You need to be prepared to battle and be prepared to work hard.â€? The teamâ€™s high pressure strategy would continue for the Quakers into the beginning of their next match on Sunday against the second No. 1-ranked opponent of the year for Penn in Syracuse (8-1). The team played previously top-ranked UNC earlier in the season. The first half of the game was fairly balanced between the two sides, with the Red and Blue controlling possession in the first 10 minutes of the game. Junior forward Alexa Hoover was especially disruptive, allowing the Quakers to create some chances around the arc and forcing the Syracuse defense to turnover over the ball often. Syracuseâ€™s only goal in the first half came from their first shot of the game, a wicked backhander that snuck just under the

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DAVID FIGURELLI Sports Reporter

Penn field hockey took a trip to the Empire State this past weekend to take on Ivy rival Cornell and No. 1 Syracuse in what was one of the toughest weekends on their schedule. They came back with some good news and some not so good news. The positive was an Ivy League win. The not-so-positive part was a harsh defeat at the hands of the nationâ€™s No. 1 program. The Quakers (5-2, 1-0 Ivy) first took on the Big Red (5-3, 0-1) on Friday in Ithaca, opening their Ivy season with a critical 1-0 win. Junior Rachel Huangâ€™s goal in the ninth minute of play was the sole difference maker for the Red and Blue, who were spurred by strong defense. Junior goalie Liz Mata made seven saves in her third shutout of the season. â€œObviously our players knew the significance of that game, so

bar, giving Mata virtually no chance to save it. Other than that, the first half was fairly balanced. The story took a turn for the worse in the second half. The Orange outshot the Quakers, 18-3, and earned eight penalty corners compared to just one in the first half. Mata and the defense were able to keep the score within one for a while until finally Syracuse broke through for their second goal with 15 minutes left in the match. The Orange would go on to score two more in the final minutes of the game, putting a Red and Blue comeback out of question. â€œWe had a really good understanding of the way Syracuse played through watching film, so I think the team felt really comfortable going into the game and I think they knew what to expect,â€? Fink said. â€œI think we had Syracuse very frustrated in the first half for the most part. â€œUnfortunately in the second half, when they got their second goal, I think some thoughts of doubt maybe crept in to the mindset of our girls, and thatâ€™s something we really need to work on. We need to know that we are a top-20 caliber team, and that

giving up four goals is never going to be okay at this point. We should be beyond that, whether weâ€™re playing the best team in the country or the worst team in the country.â€? Despite giving up four goals in the game, no one could argue that Liz Mata was anything short of great for the Quakers this weekend. After earning the seven-save shutout against Cornell in the first game of the weekend, Mata was able to keep the Quakers in the game against Syracuse for almost the entire second half, making a total of 13 saves â€” nearly doubling her career high. â€œI think that the confidence that the team and the coaches have in me is a big part in that,â€? Mata said after the Syracuse game. â€œ90 percent of the game for me and for a lot of goalies is mental, so I feel like having the ability to come in prepared and knowing that Iâ€™ve put in the work has really allowed to get into a good game-ready mindset. Getting that close overtime win over Fairfield wasreally helpful, but knowing that we, as a team, are putting work right now is really setting us up for success.

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and scored a touchdown. Torgersen fumbled once again just three plays into the next drive, but was bailed out when Fordham quarterback Kevin Anderson was picked off in the end zone by Penn sophomore Mason Williams. The resulting drive for the Red and Blue was more successful â€” excellent rushing from Solomon brought the Quakers all the way down to Fordhamâ€™s one-yard line. However, in yet another frustrating mistake, the Quakers were hit with a delayof-game penalty when wide receiver Adam Strouss â€” playing quarterback in a wildcat formation â€” was unable to get the snap off in time. â€œWe were trying to check the play. We lost sight of the clock,â€? Priore said. â€œThat was more on the coaches than it was on the players. It had nothing to do with them.â€? Penn, backed up to the sixyard line, was forced to settle for a Jimmy Gammill field goal to make it 24-10 at the break. Penn played better, especially

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on defense, in the second half. Starting with a goal-line stand just before intermission, the Red and Blue held tough, allowing just one more touchdown. By then, though, the damage had largely been done â€” most of it by Fordham running back Chase Edmonds. The junior accounted for four touchdowns on 203 total yards, an encore performance to his identical four-TD showing against the Quakers a season ago. The Red and Blue were further hampered by an uncharacteristically pedestrian performance by star wideout Justin Watson. After going off for 148 total yards and two touchdowns a week ago, the junior was held to just three catches for 33 yards. â€œWith all offenses, you have to take what they give you. They were out there trying to double Justin,â€? Priore said of his teamâ€™s aerial struggles. â€œWe had to answer with the running game.â€? And that answer came in the form of Solomon. The junior was both the teamâ€™s leading rusher and receiver, picking up 93 yards on the ground while

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the box,” the Quaker right back promptly scored a goal eerily similar to the first one, finishing off another scramble in front of net with a Penn goal. The Drexel frustrations which had begun to boil over in the McGlynn-Wancowicz tussle continued five minutes later as Jameson Detweiler was booked for another hard foul on Wancowicz. In the 86th minute, freshman and Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Week Sam Hefter finished the scoring by heading home a Brandon Bartel free kick. It was Bartel’s second assist of the night. “I think we’ve gotten better each game. I think we’re learning that the next step is all effort... just putting in the effort and time [in practice],” Neumann said. And this time, they got the result.

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Senior Alec Neumann recorded his first career hat trick in just 17 minutes in Penn men’s soccer’s 5-0 win over Drexel on Saturday.

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In order for Penn to have a shot at the College Sprint Football League title, it had to beat one of the service academies, something the team hasn’t done since 2010. And just two games into their season, they’ve done just that. After coming so close a year ago, the Quakers (2-0) pulled off the upset to knock off Army (1-1) on Friday night for the first time since 2008 by the score of 14-9. “It feels incredible [to finally beat either Army or Navy],” senior captain and starting quarterback Mike McCurdy said. “We knew, first year coming in, you hear all of the older guys say that you’ve got to beat a service academy, and I’ve not been able to do it my first three years. So to come out in my fourth year and in the first opportunity be able to do it for this team, for this program, for Wags, for all the seniors who’ve stuck around with me all four years, it means a lot.” The squad, which lost a 16-13 double-overtime heartbreaker last

It took them seven games, but Penn men’s soccer finally got it done in regulation Saturday. Emphatically. After getting their first win of the season against La Salle in double overtime last week, the Quakers were looking to put their recent stretch of overtime battles behind them as they welcomed Drexel to Rhodes Field on a perfect night for soccer. When the dust settled, the result was picture perfect for the Quakers. Senior Alec Neumann had a hat trick by halftime and the Red and Blue never looked back, adding goals from Sam Wancowicz and Sam Hefter in a commanding 5-0 blowout of the Dragons. The sheer amount of goals was a departure from the previous six games this year, during which the Quakers (2-1-4) managed only a total of seven goals. As Penn coach Rudy Fuller put it, “I don’t think we were shooting any

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season to Army, overcame the Black Knights with a “bend, don’t break” style of defense that yielded only three field goals. The Red and Blue set the tone for the game early, forcing a threeand-out for Army on the opening drive and countering with 40-yard TD pass from McCurdy to sophomore wide out Aidan Kelly, their second connection of 25-plus yards on the drive. “It kind of lets everyone know, ‘Hey, we can play with these guys,’ because the academies come out and really lay it on you right

with the fumbles and the pick,” Penn coach Ray Priore said. “It really put our defense’s back to the wall.” Those miscues — all by senior quarterback Alek Torgersen — killed three separate early Quaker drives. After Penn looked sharp on its first drive, a 72-yard romp capped off by a Tre Solomon run, the next three possessions all ended in failure. Torgersen first threw an interception to Fordham senior George Dawson, which the linebacker returned all the way down to the Penn 10-yard line. The Rams (2-1) proceeded to kick a field goal to go up, 17-7. Penn got the ball back and managed to advance only four yards before Torgersen coughed up a fumble. Fordham took over

from the get-go,” Penn coach Bill Wagner said about the quick start. “They don’t stop, they keep the pressure on, no huddle, conditioning, a lot of depth and by doing that we set the tone that we can play with these guys.” The defense stood tall in the first half, letting up only a field goal as time expired in the first quarter, despite the fact that the Black Knights had several long drives deep into Penn’s territory. The key moment, and perhaps even the turning point SEE SPRINT FB PAGE 8

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differently. You just have nights like this where you take your chances. And we were due.” Penn (1-5-2) most certainly was due for some offensive production; they entered the game as the Ivy League leaders in shots, but third worst in goals per game. That changed on Saturday in a big way. “All five were good team goals. ... I think that what we really harped on this week was winning the box: being first, being aggressive ... and I think that paid off tonight,” Neumann said. It paid off handsomely for Neumann, whose hat trick came in a span of 17 minutes in the first half. He seemed to be in the right place at the right time all game, finding the ball with space in the box early and often. His positioning was key on his first goal, which was less about him finding the ball and more the ball finding him. Either way, he pounced on the opportunity when the ball squirted out of a mad scramble in front of goal in the 23rd minute. He didn’t have to wait long to get a second — under two minutes — when a scintillating run by freshman Dami Omitaomu ended with an assist for him and

a second goal for Neumann. Omitaomu is the one of five players — and the only freshman — to have started all seven games. “It’s a great feeling,” he said. “Clicking with the team, trying to get goals, trying to help the team win. ... It’s really boosted my confidence. It’s a good feeling.” The third came on from a great piece of midfield play from the Quakers. After forcing a turnover at midfield, sophomore Gideon Metrikin played a tantalizing through ball to — guess who — Alec Neumann, who stepped around the last defender and applied the finish. The second half followed much of the same script on the score sheet, but the game took a bit of a nasty turn for a sequence or two. A series of hard tackles and dangerous challenges between Drexel’s Colin McGlynn and Penn junior Sam Wancowicz led to a yellow card for the Drexel midfielder. Much to the consternation of the Drexel players and fans, the referee saw nothing wrong with Wancowitz’s role in the play. Continuing the theme of “winning SEE M. SOCCER PAGE 11