Women MBAs up 3 percent

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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
online at dailypennsylvanian.com
Women MBAs up 3 percent
it’s hip to be
see
BY OLIVIA JUNG
Staff Writer
Since women hold the title of
CEO at renowned companies
like Yahoo!, PepsiCo and Sunoco, it should be no surprise that
the percentage of female MBAs
at the Wharton School has been
inside
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Wharton
Harvard
steadily increasing.
According to Director of MBA
Admissions and Financial Aid
ONLINE
An interactive graphic on
female MBA students at
dailypennsylvanian.com
U. Chicago Kellogg
J.J. Cutler, the latest class to
enter the program — the class
of 2011 — is an unprecedented
40-percent female, up from
36-percent female last year and
37 percent for the class of 2009.
Just a few years earlier, the
class of 2005 was only 33-percent female.
This number is especially
SEE MBA PAGE 7
One man tackles lasting ‘taboo’
PERSEPOLIS:
Celebrating
free
libraries
with a
story in
comics
Michael Feldman
explores his own selfimage issues in a oneman performance
BY WILLIAM KORCHEK
Contributing Writer
>> PAGE 3
‘Arts and the city’ to
celebrate Penn this year
OPINION | Provost Vincent Price writes about
Penn’s ‘Arts and the City’ year, set to celebrate
Penn’s rich cultural heritage . >> PAGE 6
De-stress in space with a
new technology
NEWS | The Reaction Self-Test, or RST, is a threeminute test performed at least four times a day
designed to monitor astronauts’ emotional and
physical reaction levels. >> PAGE 3
long tie
ends in
second
overtime
M. SOCCER |
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goal in the 16th
minute forced
a 90-minute tie,
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In focusing his one-man show
solely on male as opposed to female body and image issues,
writer and director Michael
Feldman illuminates a subject
that is often regarded as “taboo.”
“MuscleBound,” Feldman’s
one-man act, explores male
self-image concerns — eating
disorders, self-esteem conditions and muscle dysmorphia
— through a series of live vignettes spliced with film footage. Feldman performed last
night in Houston Hall’s Class of
‘49 Auditorium.
Feldman, who performs for
colleges across the country,
said his objective is to “bring
awareness” of image issues that
he believes affect many men,
but are hardly articulated.
“It’s a very important issue
that rarely gets talked about,”
said Steve McCann, University
wellness coordinator.
Or ig i na l ly, Feld ma n explained, he created the show
with the idea of including both
male and female characters.
However, he realized that disorders targeting women are
discussed frequently, while
male image issues receive little
coverage.
Muscle dysmorphia, for ex-
Ori Pleban/DP Senior Photographer
SEE MUSCLEBOUND PAGE 3
Writer and director Michael Feldman performs his one-man show, “MuscleBound,” in Houston Hall’s Class of ‘49 Auditorium.
The show explores male self-image concerns, like eating disorders, self-esteem conditions and muscle dysmorphia.
In ‘riskier’ locations, opportunities to learn
global zero chapter launch
Attend the launch of Global Zero, an
international initiative to eliminate nuclear
weapons.
houston hall, 7 p.m. Today
Study abroad participants approach cultural
and safety concerns with common sense
ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES FAIR
Come find out all about engineering activities
and how you can get involved in the various
organizations.
LEVINE LOBBY, 12 p.m. TOMORROW
BY ABBY JOHNSTON
Senior Staff Writer
While studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain last spring, College senior Madeline Kronovet
was not particularly surprised
to find herself being mugged at
4 a.m. on her way home from an
evening out with friends.
When an old man tried to
grab her satchel, despite the
fact that it was strapped across
her chest, she simply grabbed
it back.
Muggings and pick-pocketings
were daily occurrences in Barcelona, explained Krovonet, a
former Daily Pennsylvanian
reporter. She and the other students in her program saw them
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‘‘
Female MBA Students
Percent of MBA students
who are female
HIGHER ED |
Increase represents
national trend for
top business schools
We didn’t need to use our
imaginations; those stacks of folders
looked like a forest’s ghost.”
Critical Writing Program director Valerie
Ross, on writing portfolios. >> PAGE 4
happen on subways and streets
all over the city. The director
of their program warned that
at least a few of the students
would be robbed and expressed
disinterest in hearing details of
the muggings if and when they
occurred.
“The funny thing was my parents didn’t want me to go to
Argentina [where I initially
wanted to study],” said Kronovet, “because they were worried that it would be unsafe.”
***
In the 2008-2009 academic
year, Penn sent 592 undergrad-
ONLINE
An interactive graph with
study abroad data at
uate students into 41 countries
through 93 different studyabroad programs. Students
could be found on every continent except for Antarctica.
Of these countries, Spain
certainly does not seem to be
the most risky choice. Yet many
Penn students name occurrences like the attempted muggings
Kronovet experienced — not
being targeted as Americans
or caught in eruptions from international tensions — among
the greatest potential risks of
their study abroad locations.
Still, rather than feeling threatened, they report experiencing
personal comfort, enjoyment
and growth.
Many participants say misinformation and cultural stigma
may cause countries to be considered “high-risk” when their
realities often don’t align with
dangerous perceptions.
“I don’t feel that Morocco is a
‘high-risk’ place,” wrote College
junior Yuval Orr in an e-mail.
“It is simply an unknown entity back in the States … and as
such may appear to be riskier
than other study-abroad destinations.”
College junior J. Elliott Thomasson noted the media’s role
in shaping how people perceive
his study abroad choice.
“Israel seems pretty high
risk because it is in the news
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Yesterday’s article about the new award to recognize efforts to advance women faculty (“$5K
awards efforts to advance women,” DP, 9/23/2009) incorrectly stated that the Oct. 1 lunch
workshop “Beyond Tenure: What’s Next?” is a a Faculty Women’s Forum venture. It is being
underwritten by the Trustees’ Council of Penn Women. It is also the second venture of its kind,
not the first. The article also misstated that the award from the Provost’s Office and TCPW is
one of the two highest offered by the University. It is actually one of the two highest offered by the
Provost’s Office. Finally, Melanie Katzman intended to convey that the award approaches the
issue of female faculty tenure by building on existing efforts rather than focusing on a deficit.
Yesterday’s daily digit on Page 1 incorrectly stated that the goal of Penn’s Making History
campaign is $2.5 million. It is $3.5 billion.
Monday’s artice about the Penn libraries (“Penn libraries now available on line,” DP, 9/21/2009)
incorrectly stated that the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Imaging has raised
$700,000 of funding to digitize The Daily Pennsylvanian archives. It has raised $150,000 of a total
$700,000 that is needed.
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Ultra-Violet Quizzo
HOUSTON HALL, Saturday 8 p.m.
Mix community service with a night
of friendly trivia this weekend at Sigma
Kappa’s Ultra-Violet Quizzo night.
Sigma Kappa has assembled a
group of teams going head to head
this Saturday at Houston Hall’s Hall
of Flags at 8 p.m. The event will raise
money for Alzheimer’s Disease.
The teams are competing for various
prizes, including a free semester worth
of Chipotle, a free Spring Break trip, a
free Kaplan Course for the MCAT or
LSAT and three hundred dollars in
cash, among others. Local Philadelphia businesses are also supporting
Sigma Kappa’s cause by offering gift
cards as prizes to Douglas, Qdoba and
many more stores around campus.
Jaclyn Chen, a sophomore in Wharton, explained, “The local Philadelphia community [has] been incredibly
generous with their support and the
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HEATHER LOVE AT KWH
Stop by to hear professor Love
on the descriptive turn in
literature and sociology.
KELLY WRITERS HOUSE, 6 p.m.
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prizes. I hope the Penn student body
will come out Saturday night to support the cause and give back.”
If the competition is not enough entertainment, you can even try your
luck at a raffle, which is open to everyone. Performance groups Mask and
Wig and Off The Beat will also be making appearances.
Hypnotist Tom DeLuca
IRVINE AUDITORIUM, 8 p.m.
Come out this weekend to harness
the power of the imagination with the
hypnotist, Tom DeLuca.
On Friday night at 8 p.m., the Sophomore Class Board will host DeLuca
in his annual visit to Irvine Auditorium. DeLuca, who is known for his
spontaneity and imaginative performances, has been entertaining Penn
students for the past ten years.
According to the Sophomore Class
President and Wharton sophomore
Jibran Khan, “DeLuca is always a big
Courtesy of Tom DeLuca
hit. Everyone loves the show.”
DeLuca is best known for his presentation and hypnosis — and
“Corporate Hypnosis” — which is “Power Napping for Less Stress”
a comedic mixture of a corporate workshop.
‘KEDMA’ INFO SESSION
Come learn about Kedma,
Penn’s journal on Jewish
thought and culture.
STEINHARDT HALL, 6:30 p.m.
EII READING SERIES
Explore the changing
interpretations of Edward II
with Margreta de Grazia.
KELLY WRITERS HOUSE, 7 p.m.
FIESTA UTZ
Join the Guatemala Health
Initiative to fundraise for the
new Hospitalito Atitlan.
HARNWELL SKY LOUNGE, 8 p.m.
TOMORROW
HYPNOTIST: TOM DELUCA
IRVINE AUDITORIUM, 8 p.m.
THE ROTUNDA TURNS 10
Celebrate the Rotunda’s 10th
birthday with music, poetry and
a silent art auction.
THE ROTUNDA, 7 p.m.
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Friday, September 25th
Africans During World War II
Cold War on African Freedom
Saturday, September 26th
Challenges of Independence
Africa and the Future of the World
Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf • Molefi Kete Asante
Ambassador Charles Stith • Eve Troutt Powell
Kwame Botwe-Asamoah • John Morrow
Akil Khalfani • Donna Jackson • Tukufu Zuberi
Cheikh Babou • Fareeda Griffith • Julius Gatune
Zizwe Poe • George Ayittey
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Celebrating free libraries
‘Persepolis’ author speaks at the Free Library
to recognize the passage of House Bill 1828
BY REBECCA ADELSHEIN
Contributing Writer
In celebration of the passage of House Bill 1828 and
the resulting survival of the
Free Library, author of the
acclaimed comic The Complete Persepolis, Mar jane
Satrapi, spoke at the Central
Free Library last night.
Satrapi kicked off the “One
Book, One Philadelphia” program, which promotes reading
and libraries by encouraging
the greater Philadelphia area
to read and discuss a single
book — and this year, that
book is Persepolis.
Ph i ladelphia M ayor M ichael Nutter himself introduced Satrapi. He praised
the work of the Free Library
in the prevention of Plan C,
a “doomsday” scenario that
w ou ld h av e i nv ol v e d t he
closing of the Free Library
system were H.B. 1828 not
passed.
In recent weeks, the Lib r a r y ’s b o a r d a n d s t a f f
worked to encourage Philadelphia residents to come
into the Library to write letters in support of the Bill,
which were then sent to Harrisburg.
A nd that work seems to
have paid off, with an audience of 800 present for Satrapi’s talk live in the small
auditorium, as well as a simulcast in the lobby.
Satrapi began by discussing the philosophy behind
her work. She insisted that
although adults find drawing
to be a practice that “belongs
to childhood,” her comic is
not any less of a book.
Satrapi said she sees drawing as the “most international language.” She explained
that she chose humor and
comics as her media because
that was the way she felt she
needed to tell her story. Her
goal was to provide a different view of the Middle East
to a Western World indoctrinated with images of Iran as
the axis of evil.
S at r api a l so add r esse d
her ideas on poverty, human
rights and global conflicts.
“I believe that most of the
pain in this world comes from
ignorance,” she said, adding
that art itself can counteract
that ignorance.
A group of Penn students
at t e n d e d t h e e v e nt w it h
the help of Gregory College
House facult y master and
English professor Heather
L ove a nd Eng l ish Under g raduate Adv isor y Boa rd
co-chairman Dalglish Chew,
a College senior.
After incorporating Persepolis in her “English 390: The
Burden of Representation”
class and hearing Satrapi last
spring at Penn, Love said she
felt Satrapi was “a dynamic
speaker that students would
enjoy.”
She also saw the event as
well-timed, as it corresponded w ith the recent Plan C
scare: “We wanted to bring
students to the main branch
to see what is at stake.”
College freshman Emily
Goghey said she enjoyed the
event.
“After having studied both
books and the movie it was
refreshing to hear what [Satrapi] had to say, not just
what my teachers and fellow
students thought,” she said.
“It was exciting to hear the
author speaking about her
own work.” ‘MuscleBound’ talks male body issues
musclebound from page 1
ample also called bigorexia,
is a condition in which a person feels he is not muscular
enoug h, a nd becomes ob sessed with building muscle
mass.
Feldman himself suffered
from muscle dysmorphia and
bases the characters in his
show on both his own struggles and those of acquaintances who suf fered f rom
similar disorders.
The v ignettes last night
followed three characters: a
director making a documentar y about muscle dysmor-
phia who, in turn, develops
the disease; a 19-year-old man
with an eating disorder; and
a physical trainer obsessed
with his body.
Each character in the live
per for mance was unsatisfied with his own image and
beca me preoccupied w ith
changing it: “It’s as if beauty
is r unning away from me,
and I can never catch it,” the
19-year-old character said.
The stories were exaggerated but still highlighted the
serious conditions that affect
men.
A lt houg h Feld ma n c autioned that going to the gym
is not unhealthy, working out
obsessively — to the point
wher e one c a nc el s ot her
plans to go to the g y m or
won’t eat w ithout work ing
out first — can become a disease.
“It’s a fine line,” he said.
“When you’re in control of it,
it’s a healthy thing, but when
it’s in control of you, it’s not.”
I n over com i ng h is ow n
image issues, Feldman said
a strong “support system”
made up of caring friends was
necessary. With this help, he
ultimately substituted his
obsession over his body with
his passion: talking about his
experiences and performing
for students.
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Do paperless classes stack up?
Robot knows what ails
ACADEMICS |
Despite efforts, writing
seminars still not fully
paperless, students say
Med School researcher
creates program to
read human reactions
and suggest remedies
BY TRISHULA PATEL
Staff Writer
In an effort to conserve paper, writing seminars have
been becoming progressively
more digitized, with students
e v e n su b m it t i ng e nd - o fcourse portfolios digitally.
But for many students, these
efforts hardly make a dent in
the amount of paper they end
up using.
A bout three yea rs ago,
most writing seminar readings and assignments moved
online to Blackboard. Then
last fall in an initiative run
by the Penn Writing Center, digital portfolios began
replacing the hundreds of
writing portfolios submitted
in manila folders — some of
which contained as many as
75 sheets of paper — at the
end of each semester.
“Our administrative staff
and faculty are exceptionally
environmentally conscious,”
explained Valerie Ross, director of the Critical Writing
Program. “We didn’t need to
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use our imaginations; those
stacks of folders looked like
a forest’s ghost.”
Every student at Penn is
required to take a writing
seminar before graduating.
Because of recent environmentalist efforts, each student taking a seminar is now
also required to bring a laptop to class to view required
readings. A laptop pending
prog ra m a llows students
without their own laptops to
borrow them strictly for use
in writing seminars.
Add it iona l ly, si nce one
ream of paper is about 6 percent of a tree, cutting back
on paper por tfolios alone
saves about 30 trees each
year.
There are a few classes —
“It’s Not Easy Being Green”
and “Law, Environment and
Identity” — that come closer
to being paper-free.
But while most w r iting
seminars are supposed to
be nearly, if not completely,
paperless, most still require
significant paper consumption.
For the most part, while
readings are available online, textbooks still have to
be bought in paper form.
Instructors also require
students to print two copies
of their essays each week for
in-class peer reviews.
And while they are not required to print out additional
readings, many students opt
to do so as well as bringing
their laptops to class.
F o r C ol le ge f r e s h m a n
Jonalyn Ongos, printing the
readings is often necessary
to take notes. These readings
are sometimes as long as 30
pages.
“It’s really inconvenient
trying to read everything on
my laptop screen, so I end up
printing everything out anyway,” Ongos said.
According to Ross, however, it “makes good pedagogical sense to use computers
as our main writing tool since
we rely on them for writing in
our everyday lives.”
Ross also feels that going
“paperless” could be feasible
for most classes at Penn.
This would be possible only
if students own or have access to laptops, she said, and
where visual projects such as
drawing are not required.
“But in classes where going paperless means handing
in papers electronically, [the
goal is] absolutely feasible,”
Ross said.
BY MEG BEVILACQUA
Staff Writer
An astronaut aboard the
International Space Station is
preparing for an extra-vehicular activity spacewalk when
a computerized voice says,
“You’ve been smiling 20-percent less than usual lately. Are
you worried about something?
Homesick?”
It sounds like something out
of 2001: A Space Odyssey, but
according to David Dinges,
Chief of the Division of Sleep
and Chronobiology with the
School of Medicine, this scenario could play out within a few
years not just in space, but on
Earth — where it could be used
to help a stressed student or an
overworked medical resident.
Dinges has collaborated
with a number of researchers
at other institutions to develop
the Reaction Self-Test, or RST, a
three-minute test performed at
least four times a day designed
to monitor astronauts’ emotional
and physical reaction levels on
the International Space Station
over the next four years.
The stress levels recorded in
space are compared to individual astronauts’ normal reaction
times as recorded in the NASA
Extreme Environment Mission
Operations module — used to
train astronauts — beneath the
Atlantic Ocean. Conditions in
NEEMO are designed to mimic
those in space. The RST will be
sent to the ISS Sept. 30.
While the RST is relatively
simple, Dinges said, similar
technologies could be expanded to cover a wide range
of functions over the next few
years and applied to a variety
of fields, including the military,
power plants, long-haul aviation and medical residency.
His ultimate goal is a kind of
robotic psychiatrist that would
assess a user’s mood using
questions and facial recognition technology before guiding the user through possible
solutions.
For example, the program
might play music for a student
stressed out by exams or begin
calling the home of a homesick
astronaut.
Because his assessment program is software-based, Dinges thinks a version usable on
a webcam-equipped personal
computer could be distributed
to the general public within the
next few years.
While his work could generate some privacy concerns,
Dinges said the use of this
technology will ultimately be
determined by what people
want to do with it.
College senior Nii Mensah
became interested in Dinges’
research during an introductory biology class his freshman
year and has been working in
Dinges’ lab since his sophomore year.
“It’s sleep and chronobiology oriented, and that’s a field
where in science you don’t really touch upon it unless you
take a specific class on it.”
Mensah said. “I felt it would be
more interesting than doing
the standard Parkinson’s research or biology research.”
While the research mainly
focuses on sleep and chronobiology, Dinges constantly seeks
practical applications.
“We do stuff that would scare
most normal people,” he said.
“Whenever a human absolutely
positively has to get something
done, and it goes against their
biology, like staying up all
night, or traveling across time
zones, or going into space, we
are interested in those questions.”
Fraternities gear up for recruiting new members
GREEK LIFE | Fall
rush numbers driven
by size of transfer
class, OFSA says
BY DANA VOGEL
Staff Writer
Penn men who missed rush
last spr ing have a second
chance to join a fraternity
this fall.
T h i s seme st er, n i ne o f
Penn’s Interfraternity Council fraternities — Alpha Chi
R ho, K appa A lpha, K appa
Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha,
Phi Gamma Delta, Pi Kappa
A lpha, Sigma Pi, Theta Zi
and Zeta Beta Tau — will accept new members as part of
fall rush.
Fall r ush is more informal and low-key than spring
rush, when chapters recruit
most of their members. Chapters participating in fall rush
typically accept only three to
nine new members, according to Of f ice of Fraternity
and Sorority Affairs director
Scott Reikofski.
Most chapters host t wo
or three events that usually
consist of barbecues and other events featuring free food,
explained IFC president and
Wharton senior Shawn Woodhull.
“Fall rush events tend to be
smaller and more intimate,”
he added.
Because of the nature of
these more personal events,
closed rush — when the fraternities close their doors
and personally inv ite men
whom they believe will be a
good fit in their fraternity —
is much less extensive.
Fall r ush is not open to
f r esh men . R ei kof sk i sa id
most of the men who participate in fall rush are either
transfer students or sophomores and juniors who were
unable to rush in the spring
because of academic or athletic obligations.
“ The nu mber of ma le
transfers drives fall rush,”
Woodhull said, explaining
that in years when many students transfer to Penn, rush
numbers increase.
It is entirely up to each
fraternity whether to accept
new members. Factors like
chapter budget concerns and
the size of the spring pledge
class determine whether or
not fraternities take part in
fall rush.
Additionally, Reikofski explained that some fraternities start the year knowing
they want to recruit in the
fall, while others decide to
pa r ticipate much later i n
September.
Because only one-third of
the IFC fraternities are participating, OFSA tracks each
chapter’s events, unlike during spring rush when the IFC
sets a specific time frame for
rush activities. Because of
this, the dates of rush events
this fall vary from chapter to
chapter.
Once a chapter decides to
take on new members, it informs OFSA, which assists
in the completion of the necessar y paper work . Unlike
spring rush, fall rush does
not include formal bid-signing ceremonies.
Because the new members
are not first-year students,
the f rater nities focus less
on teaching study skills and
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Dean talks Nursing School’s trials and tribulations
Meleis discusses H1N1, health care and the
class of 2013 in State of the School address
BY RACHEL AU-YONG
Contributing Writer
Despite H1N1 and the financial crisis, the School of
Nursing still found cause to
celebrate the year 2009.
Yesterday afternoon, Nursing Dean Afaf Meleis spoke
about the state of the Nursing
School now and in the near
future at the annual State of
the School Address in Ann
L. Roy Auditorium. She discussed the School’s new batch
of freshmen and financial-aid
plans, as well as the effects of
health-care reform and H1N1
on campus.
Meleis h ig h l ig ht ed t he
School’s Class of 2013 — its
largest and most ethnically
diverse batch of freshmen
ever. Last year, the school
had a Caucasian population
of 83.9 percent. This year, that
group forms 59.1 percent, with
a significant increase in the
number of international students. Meleis also lauded the
increase in male students,
which has gone up to 18 from
10 from last year.
Even more noteworthy, she
said, is that the yield rate has
risen to 83 percent.
Meleis added that she believes the increase in financial aid this year was crucial
in attracting students. Eighteen percent of the School’s
$33 million General Purpose
Fund went to financial aid,
which lent more qualified
students places in the school
than otherwise would have
been possible.
However, Meleis listed three
risks that threaten the stabil-
ity of the school: the economic
crisis, the uncertainty over
Obama’s plans for health-care
reform and the ever-present
worry about H1N1.
A hiring freeze was implemented this year, adding to
the worries over the projected
shortage of standing faculty.
“The most pressing issue
that a school of Penn’s loftiness would and should want
to address is to increase the
number of staff, since so many
are due to retire in five years,”
said Mar y Anne Gamba, a
new member of the Board of
Overseers.
The school’s plans for its elderly-care program — Living
Independently For Elders —
also hangs in the balance as
it awaits the details of healthcare reform. The program is
now wholly supported by federal and state funding.
Still, Meleis said she remains optimistic about the
school’s plans. She praised the
“connectedness of the School
of Nursing’s alumna,” many
of whom were implemental in
helping 41 percent of the class
of 2009 find jobs.
Prospective Nursing Ph.D.
student Nuria Esandi, who
graduated from the University of Navarra in Spain, said
she admires Meleis because
she “was realistic about the
challenges in the nursing
community.”
“I hope to study in Penn
because research here is so
developed,” she added.
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Pennsylvania, which ACHA reported was 42.0 cases per 10,000
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BY HARRISON GARFINKLE
Staff Writer
The 13 speakers that the University installed this past summer to alert the greater campus
outdoor area in case of an emergency were successfully tested
over a three-day period at the
end of last month.
The Penn Siren Outdoor
System is designed to transmit
voice-intelligible messages and
alert tones across campus in
case of emergencies.
The 13 speakers the University installed can be heard over
normal street noise, but they are
not designed to be heard from
inside buildings.
According to Penn Division of
Public Safety spokeswoman Stef
Cella, the testing of the speakers required strong collaboration
between DPS and the Division of
Facilities and Real Estate Services.
Cella wrote in an e-mail that
members of both DPS and FRES
“were positioned in different locations on Penn’s campus ensuring the system was synchronized
and calibrated for optimal performance.”
The University will conduct
monthly tests on the first Friday
of each month at 11 a.m. begin-
ning Oct. 2.
The sirens are the newest addition to the UPennAlert Emergency Notification System. The
first phase of the system involved
sending alerts to members of the
Penn community via text messaging, voicemail and e-mail,
and was implemented in August
2007.
The range potential for the
sirens extends beyond Penn’s
campus and to neighboring communities. In some locations, the
siren can be heard as far west
as 47th Street and as far east as
23rd Street.
Although Penn is the first
school in Philadelphia to have
both the alert tone siren and voice
intelligible messaging capability,
Penn is not the first university in
the U.S. to have such an alert system. Other universities that have
similar systems include Loyola
College, Purdue University, University of Akron, University of
Memphis, U.S. Naval Academy
and Vanderbilt University.
Cella said Penn researched
some of these institutions before
installing the Penn Siren Outdoor System.
College sophomore Graham
Ober said the addition of the
Penn Siren Alert System to
Penn’s campus was a good safety measure for the University to
take.
“I think that the siren system
is a great addition to the safety
precautions that Penn already
has in place,” he added.
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EDITORIAL | Penn students’ community involvement could easily explain
our ‘low’ Teach for America numbers
A
t first glance, the number of Penn
graduates going on to Teach for
America may alarm. After all, the
percent of seniors applying to the
program at peer institutions Yale,
Princeton and Brown are nearly
double the percent at Penn.
TFA would like to increase that number, knowing that many Penn students would make ideal
Corps members. They worry that the University’s
numbers are lower because the atmosphere on
campus is more about OCR and less about giving back.
We’re not sure we agree with that theory. There’s
something else that sets Penn students apart and
we believe it might play as much, if not more, of a
factor in Penn’s numbers: Penn is highly involved
in its community and its students volunteer.
Naturally, students at other schools volunteer
and help out their communities. But Penn devotes more resources and provides more student
manpower to it than your average institution
— students at Penn regularly work and interact
with West Philadelphia, a community not unlike
many of those served by Teach For America.
As a result, Penn students, when choosing to do
TFA, likely have a much better idea of what the
program entails, are more prepared for teaching
in low-income schools and know more about their
choices. There might be fewer TFA volunteers
but we feel they might be better informed and
prepared. We also feel that some potential TFA
volunteers become involved in other programs in
the West Philadelphia community instead.
Ultimately, we find it unlikely that the low TFA
numbers are a result of students simply not caring.
Expanding horizons
PROVOST VINCENT PRICE | Penn’s ‘Arts and the City’
year highlights arts, culture and their unique place at Penn
A
utumn days have their
u n ique beaut y — mo ment s of warmth that
seem fleeting as we begin
to feel the end of the calendar year, and winter, approaching.
These turns in the weather serve as a
metaphor, perhaps, for the larger changes surrounding us at this moment: economic changes that will challenge many
educational and public institutions, and
their surrounding communities, in the
coming months and years. Among the
most challenged will likely be arts and
culture institutions.
Yet this is also a time of great promise
for the arts, with the potential to reassert dramatically their critical role at
the heart of community life. Change and
transformation are the essence of art
and culture, and for this reason they
serve as an emblem of our educational
mission at Penn. The excitement of campus life lies in its sense of possibility: the
possibility of transforming who you are,
and the possibility in turn of transforming the world, whether through groundbreaking research, innovative ideas,
social activism or inspiring art.
Arts and cultural programs have a
unique place in our social fabric. They play
a critical role not only in expanding knowledge, but also in bringing people from all
walks of life together, for debate, for discussion and sometimes just for fun. Penn
is fortunate to have an array of diverse
and exciting cultural institutions, among
them the Institute of Contemporary Art,
the Arthur Ross Gallery, the University
Museum, WXPN, Morris Arboretum, the
Annenberg Center for the Performing
Arts, the Platt Student Performing Arts
House and the Kelly Writers House.
There is perhaps no more important
time to celebrate these fine institutions.
We are doing just that, with the Arts &
The City Year, Penn’s celebration of
arts and culture across our campus
and throughout our neighborhood,
city and region. Through symposia,
lectures, music, film screenings and
exhibits, the Arts & The City Year will
serve as a reminder of art’s power to
build bridges across disciplines, centuries, neighborhoods and conventional
boundaries of knowledge:
• We will go back 4,500 years to an Iraqi
royal cemetery at the Penn Museum and
explore the history of West Philadelphia
at the Arthur Ross Gallery.
• We will see early 20th-century films
of surgical procedures in the “Connections” series of the Penn Humanities
Forum, while the Center for Public
Health Initiatives explores the critical
role of the arts in public health.
• We will experience the movements
of dancers with cameras at the Institute
of Contemporary Art, the centuries-old
Shakespeare Globe Theatre at the Annenberg Center and the globe-spanning Writers Without Borders series
at the Kelly Writers House.
• We will highlight arts and culture
programming for alumni returning for
Homecoming this fall.
• And in a new partnership with the
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alli-
ance, we will promote cultural events
on campus and across the region, connect student and professional groups
with exciting local arts ventures and offer new discounted access to arts programming, workshops and lectures.
Support of the arts at Penn and in
Philadelphia is, in essence, a celebration of the joys of shared experience.
Some might claim that you can’t quantify
such joy, or put a price on it, and perhaps
they’re right. But consider that the arts
are a $1.3 billion industry in Southeastern Pennsylvania, and that in Greater
Philadelphia alone, there are 15 million
visits to cultural organizations in a single
year. Such vibrant cultural exchange is
critical to the vitality of our economy.
But more than that, it is critical to our
community, breathing life into our common experience, whether we are students, staff or area residents. It defines
who we are, and what we value: creativity, self expression, imagination, intellectual and artistic freedom. We are here
at Penn because we share these values.
More than ever, we must be unwavering
in our commitment to them.
Yes, we face change today, but change
we can and will weather, together. Art,
like our colleges and universities, retains the most idealistic and utopian
sense of change. Change that is meaningful, profound and transformational,
and experience that is both deeply personal and deeply shared by our community. Perhaps the Arts & The City
Year will be such a transformation for
you, and for Penn.
VINCENT PRICE is the provost of the University of Pennsylvania. His e-mail address is
[email protected].
Filling — and fulfilling — our obligations
A DENNIE FOR YOUR THOUGHTS | Students and the NEC should
better emphasize U. committees
P
rovost’s Fraternity and Sorority
Advisory Board. SAS Quantitative Data Analysis Committee.
University Council Committee on
Open Expression.
These are all committees that the Nominations and Elections Committee is charged with
appointing undergraduates to.
They are also committees whose undergraduate positions have not yet been filled.
Each spring, the NEC interviews undergraduate students who have applied for seats
on a number of committees, ranging from the
Trustee’s Committee on Budget and Finance
to the Student Health Advisory Board (a full
listing of the committees can be found on the
NEC’s website, www.penn-nec.org). Chances
are you didn’t know that.
There are currently five committees that failed
to receive undergraduate appointments in the
spring semester, so they must be filled in the coming weeks — besides the four mentioned above,
DENNIE ZASTROW
the Office of Student Life’s Student Awards Committee and the Alcohol and Tobacco Task Force
also have unfilled seats. Whether or not this is due
to a complete lack of applicants altogether or a
lack of qualified applicants is unclear. Regardless,
the fact remains that all of these committees currently lack undergraduate representation.
All of these committees with vacancies are
both important and influential. The Fraternity
and Sorority Advisory Board has the power to
take Greek organizations off probation. Open
Expression deals with students’ First Amendment rights. Quantitative Data Analysis chooses
which courses fulfill a requirement every College student has to deal with.
So why have these committees gone unfilled?
It seems that a surprisingly low number of
students are actually aware of the existence of
these committees. This is unfortunate, given
the scope of the charges of these bodies.
NEC vice chairman for nominations Ben
Moscowitz lamented the fact that undergraduates don’t seem to understand the sort of influence these committees have on the day-to-day
operation of the University. “The impact isn’t
as well understood as it could be or as it should
be. The fact of the matter is there’s a knowledge
gap between the knowledge that these committees exist, knowing what they do, and knowing
the impact that they have on students’ lives.”
Moscowitz went on to say that, while he believes the NEC has done a good job of educating
students about elections and the state of student
government, it hasn’t done enough to educate
students about these influential committees.
The reality of the situation is that students are
missing out on a monumental opportunity. These
committees have the power to change policy, and
they give undergraduates a chance to do something lasting. Shomik Sarkar, the NEC’s second
vice chairman for nominations, says, “I definitely
think that the undergraduate students have an impact on the work the committees are doing. They’re
able to access administrators and work with them
very closely to enact changes with the university on
a broad scale. … It’s a great way to get involved and
work directly with the administration.”
It’s unclear why students don’t know more
about these committees and what they do. Perhaps it’s the fault of the NEC for not spreading
the word more widely. Maybe student leaders
are to blame for not ensuring that others in
their organizations are aware of the opportunity. Or maybe students just don’t care enough.
Regardless, the fact remains that undergraduates at Penn remain woefully ignorant
of the opportunity that has been presented to
them. Students should be applying for seats on
these committees in droves.
In the coming weeks, the NEC will be releasing the application for the remaining committee
seats. Take the plunge. Apply. Make your voice
heard! It’s rare for a place like Penn to offer undergraduates the opportunity to have such an
active role in the policy-making process. Don’t
waste it!
DENNIE ZASTROW is a College senior from Wilson,
N.Y. He is the chairman of the Lambda Alliance.
His e-mail address is zastrow@dailypennsylvanian.
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all the time,” he wrote in an
e-mail, “but in terms of my actual safety, I think that Israel is
probably a whole lot safer than
West Philly.”
College junior Rose Espinola, who is studying in Cuba,
wrote in an e-mail she “actually had forgotten that it is considered a high-risk place.”
“I suppose our government
calls Cuba a high-risk place because we don’t officially have
an embassy here,” she added.
However superficial, looks
can also factor into a student’s
comfort level in a given place.
Espinola said some people
believe she looks Cuban, which
is an asset in the country that
not many foreign students get
the chance to experience.
College junior Adam
Hartheimer, also studying in
Cuba, wrote in an e-mail that
his blonde hair contributes to
his fear that the government
will target him as a “counterrevolutionary” and detain him
or force him to leave.
Hartheimer specified, however, that his fears are particular to being a visiting student
in a “quasi-totalitarian socialist county,” and don’t indicate
nerves caused by his daily
routine.
While he is on “high alert,”
he is not uncomfortable walking around during the day or
experiencing nightlife with fel“ T he Ch i nese t a ke t he
low students. “Safety and com- threat of a swine flu outbreak
fort were obviously factors in very seriously,” Buie wrote in
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When asked if she feels pretty dangerous if you end up
discriminated against as an in a Chinese quarantine situAmerican in Ghana, College ju- ation.”
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or a more prevalent force in, impacted by the virus.”
the countries they visit.
Given the hard line her
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host country, China, is taking
against H1N1 influenza risks,
If faced with such concerns
College junior Courtney Buie’s when choosing where to study
biggest day-to-day worry is her abroad, students have a rehealth.
source on campus.
Despite the risk of tensions
“I tr usted Penn Abroad
in China erupting into palpably would not lead me to my death,”
dangerous situations — which Hartheimer explained.
could be reason to leave the
A nne Waters, executive
country — her most “pressing director of the Office of Inconcern” is contracting the ill- ternational Programs, said
ness.
Penn Abroad works with stu-
dents, faculty and staff to ensure traveling students have
the skills to stay safe while
abroad. To ensure successful
stays, the office educates on
health, safety and security.
The of f ice a lso a i ms to
maintain a dialogue with students while they are abroad
through their individual advisors.
“‘Safe’ is a tough word,” said
Erika Gross, associate director in the Office of Risk Management, because it depends
on a variety of variables.
Communication is vital to
making students aware of the
potential risks they are taking, such as outbreaks of H1N1
in Argentina and Spain. She
added that there are risks associated with sending students
anywhere to travel, citing the
2005 bombings in London.
“It’s important to realize
that … you’re dealing with the
world, all aspects of it,” Resource coordinator for Penn
Abroad Jonathan Hakim added. “It is hard to prepare for all
the variables which will come
up.”
For some students, nationality and gender pose mild
threats. But, when approached
with common-sense precautions, they find these more annoying than truly dangerous.
This is particularly true for
women, many of whom have
experienced excessive catcall-
ing or unwanted attention.
“There is an issue with harassment of women,” wrote
Wharton junior Jessica Stewart of her experiences in Cairo,
Egypt. She was once propositioned by a man on the street
and when she walked past
without a verbal response, he
threw a rock at her.
LONG WAY HOME
- 592 undergraduate
students are now abroad.
- They are spread across 93
programs in 41 countries.
- Last year 23% of juniors
went abroad for the semester
or entire year.
Berger characterized interactions between men and
women as the greatest ad- - The most popular region
justment factor so far. “[It] in 2008-2009 was Western
was definitely a good lesson Europe, with 60% of total
on how to say no, because the students studying there.
guys accept nothing but explicit rejection [in the form
of ] an ‘I’m not interested,’”
However, American students
she wrote.
can also occasionally warrant
negative reactions. For in***
stance, Stewart and a group
of friends had “Go home!”
There are many instances screamed at them in Arabic.
of people in different countries
Still, many students exbeing enthusiastic and welcom- pressed that the only discrimiing to American students.
nation they experience is being
Obama-inspired frenzy rates overcharged in markets and
high on many students’ list of taxis.
anecdotes, along with general
And in spite of sometimescuriosity about Americans and extreme cultural differences,
our way of life.
Penn students feel comfortable
“They’re eager to check from Buenos Aires to Israel to
their stereotypes with reality China, and many places in beby asking a number of ques- tween.
tions,” said College junior Clar“If anything the local Chience Moore, who is studying in nese people treat Americans
Jordan, “I’ve had people ask more like movie stars than peoabout everything from money ple to discriminate against,”
in America to American sexual wrote Buie. “They love to take
behavior.”
our picture.”
Wharton boasts a higher percentage of enrolled female MBAs than other top b-schools
MBA from page 1
high when compared to other
top U.S. business schools. Harvard Business School’s class of
2011 is 37-percent female, while
the University of Chicago’s
Booth School of Business is
35-percent and Northwestern
University’s Kellogg School of
Management is 33-percent.
In an ef for t to attract a
more d iverse M BA class,
Cutler explained that Wharton has taken a number of
measures, such as holding
ad m issions present ations
around the country specifically targeted at women and
developi ng a relationship
with undergraduate organizations like Wharton Women
and Harvard Undergraduate
Women in Business.
Similarly, other business
schools are actively seeking
to level their gender ratio,
though their numbers may
not be as strong as those of
Wharton.
“We believe that women
make great business leaders,
and our job is to find those
professional women who are
interested in higher education,” said Booth senior associate director of Admissions
Eddie Pulliam.
Steve Goodman, an educational consultant and admissions strategist at Top
Col leges , con f i r med t h at
many schools are engaged
in a movement to raise the
percentage of woman MBA
students.
Collaborative learning and
teamwork are crucial business skills, he explained, and
many sur veys have shown
these to be strengths commonly seen in women. As a
result, many business schools
and companies have been actively recruiting women.
Histor ically, there have
been fewer women in business because of issues like
balancing work with home
responsibilities and a lack
of female role models in the
field.
However, as more women
are acquiring business deg rees a nd becomi ng contributing professionals, such
tendencies are beginning to
diminish, as reported by current students in Wharton’s
MBA Program.
Second-year MBA student
Chloe Thompson said she has
felt “the palpable awkwardness around the discussion
of having a family and a career” while also attending
graduate school at Wharton.
Despite this, she plans to
enter corporate strategy or
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general management upon
graduation. She added that
she would like to work “at a
company with strong female
mentors who can offer support and guidance in making
tough decisions.”
Rani Yadav, another second-year MBA student, also
emphasized the importance
of having female mentors.
She said she chose Wharton “because all of my favorite managers at work went to
Wharton, and I figured that
was no coincidence.”
S P OR T S
Curley returns behind
center after concussion
curley from page 10
After a freshman season
on the junior varsity squad,
C u rley lo st a pr e se a son
battle for the starting job
to then-senior Michael DiPaola, but took over the job
with four games remaining.
He led the Leopards to a 3-1
record his sophomore year,
including a comeback victor y over r ival Lehigh in
which he won the game’s
MVP award.
His junior year began just
as successfully, as the team
got off to a 6-1 start. But a
concussion he suffered in
L a f ayet t e’s eig ht h ga me
caused Curley to miss most
of the Leopards’ remaining
four games, and they struggled without him, going 1-3
in that span.
“The concussion was
tough,” Curley sa id. “ We
were r id i ng a long prett y
good there before I got hurt,
and then we ended up losing
three out of the last four. …
That concussion made me
realize how important the
game is to me.”
Now f ully recovered ,
Cu rley look s t o le ad t he
GO AHEAD.
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OPPONENT
SPOTLIGHT
Rob Curley
High
School:
Holy Cross
Year: 2010
Height: 6-1
Weight: 200
Position: QB
Leopards’ starting
quarterback whose sister,
Lauren, is a sophomore
defense/midfield on
the Lafayette women’s
lacrosse team.
Leopards into the Football
Championship Subdivision
playof fs for the f irst time
since 2006. But whether or
not he gets there, he’s sure
to have at least one supporter in the stands.
“[ L auren’s] been to all
my games since forever,”
he said. “It just wouldn’t be
right if she wasn’t around.
I definitely try to make as
many of her games as possible too.”
Quakers
playing flipflop at center
FOOTBALL from page 10
will not last for long.
Front and center. One of the
biggest position battles entering this season took place on
the offensive line.
At center, junior Luis Ruffolo — who started the first six
games last year before going
down with an injury — was
fighting to win back the starting job that was earned and
kept by junior Joe D’Orazio
last season.
He didn’t succeed — but
he didn’t fail either. D’Orazio
started the Villanova game at
center, but Ruffolo was taking
snaps in the second half as
well as seeing time at guard
throughout the game. New
of fensive coordinator and
returning O-line coach Jon
McLaughlin likes rotating his
linemen and playing at least
one backup at each position in
every game.
Bagnoli put it this way:
“They’re all interchangeable
parts.”
Good news for Ruffolo.
Time to shine. Four defenders put up career numbers
Saturday, and two came in the
players’ first starts.
Junior linebacker Zach Heller recovered the first fumble
of his career. (He also tallied
three tackles.) The other starting linebacker and last year’s
leading tackler senior Jake
Lewko put up a career-high 13
take-downs.
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Senior cornerback Jonathan Moore was one of four Penn defenders who put up career days against Villanova. After
recording his first career interception in last year’s season finale, he snatched his second pick-off Saturday.
“They just happened to run
the ball my way that many
times,” a humble Lewko said.
Senior cornerback Jonathan Moore’s interception
was the second of his ca-
reer, but also the second in
as many games. His first career interception came in last
year’s season finale against
Cornell.
Starting all 10 games at de-
fensive end last year, junior
Owen Thomas never recorded
a sack. It only took him until
the end of the second quarter
of 2009 to notch the first of his
career.
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The Quakers and freshman midfielder Alex Tuch (9), seen here taking a shot against Albany earlier this season,
could not muster a second goal against Temple yesterday, as they lost 2-1 in double-overtime.
Wasted chances spoil stellar defense
M. Soccer from page 10
After allowing a goal just
over six minutes into the game,
the Quakers’ defensive unit
stepped up, lasting over 100
minutes before Bransdorfer
scored the game-winner.
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“The defense played well,”
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The Quakers’ play of the
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end of the deal offensively yesterday, the junior from Chicago
wasn’t ready to lay blame for
the defeat on any particular
unit.
“We live and die as a team of
11,” he said. “While we didn’t
get the result we wanted today,
it’s impossible to single out a
single unit on this team. It will
always be a team effort.”
The rest of the Quakers are
trying to make sure that the
tough loss isn’t a lost cause.
The experience of a tight
game like this one will surely
ready them for any similar
situation in the f uture, so
that next time they will end
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“Today is an example of
what makes soccer so beautiful: Sometimes things go your
way, and sometimes things
don’t,” Olopade said.
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FIELD HOCKEY from page 10
’Nova Players
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opportunities.
“[The Wildcats’] power is
in the circle,” Penn coach Val
Cloud said. “I’m surprised
they didn’t get more corners
because their offense is their
corners. They are just relentless.”
Just 1:40 into the second half,
’Nova leading scorer Meredith
Sabatini found the cage off a
pass from Ryan.
In an attempt to spark its
defense, Penn substituted
freshman goalkeeper Danielle Rothman in for sophomore Keiran Sweeney midway
through the second half. It was
the rookie’s first time on the
collegiate playing field.
“Our starting goalie, we just
thought, made maybe a poor
judgement,” Cloud said. “It’s
not an Ivy game, [so I] try to
get other people in there to
give them experience.”
Unfortunately, the substitution did not help to stif le
Villanova’s offensive power.
The Wildcats’ penalty corners taken while Rothman
was in the cage resulted in
two goals.
Unlike their opponents, the
Quakers were not able to convert any of their 15 corners into
goals. Each attempt was foiled
by Villanova’s speedy flyer.
“Some of my inserts weren’t
great so that was tough for the
battery up top,” Rose said of
Penn’s corner opportunities.
“We just weren’t adapting. If
it wasn’t a perfect shot, we
Dana
Ramsden
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Meg RYan
Mid/Fwd
Assisted the
first three
goals of the
game, two of
which came
on corners.
weren’t deciding quick enough
what to do and how to handle
it.”
Part of Penn’s offensive
woes can be attributed to Villanova’s uncommon man-toman defense.
“They are definitely a more
aggressive team than we’ve
come across,” Rose said. “For
forwards it’s tough to break
free when that person’s on you
all the time.”
Aware that her team couldn’t
surmount a comeback, Cloud
made five substitutions in the
last nine minutes. That isn’t to
say Penn no longer cared.
“We’re just hoping to get
a couple goals in at that last
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it up or to win, but for some re- Penn senior midfielder Katie Moran was at the top of the circle receiving inserts on Penn’s penalty corners against Villanova last night at Franklin Field. The
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The rise of King Tuten
FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK | Junior wide receiver
making most of his hard-earned starting gig
BY NOAH ROSENSTEIN
Sports Editor
Pete Lodato/DP Senior Photographer
Matt Tuten (left) started his first game Saturday against Villanova, so it is no
surprise that the junior receiver’s 82 yards on four catches was a career high.
In his first two years with the
Quakers, wide receiver Matt
Tuten suited up for nine games
and hauled in just one reception
for seven yards.
It wasn’t going to be any
easier for him to earn playing
time in his junior year. To see
the field more he would have to
compete with three established
seniors — captain Kyle Derham,
Marcus Lawrence (who was
second in receptions last year
behind Derham despite missing
the first three games) and Tyler
Fisher.
Yet after fine-tuning his receiving skills and putting on 10
pounds of muscle in the offseason, Tuten was ready to impress
his coaches in the preseason.
“We thought he was a good
player last year; he just had limited opportunities,” coach Al Bagnoli said, “but you could always
see that he had the ability and
was competitive and had the tenacity that you look for.”
Bagnoli was even more impressed with Tuten after his
strong preseason, and the Littleton, Colo., native earned the
starting spot well before Saturday’s season opener.
“We evaluate [every position]
based on who’s the person that
gives us the best chance to win,
regardless of what you’ve done
in the past,” Bagnoli said. “We
thought at this point in time that
he gave us the best chance.”
Tuten made Bagnoli look
smart against Villanova. He
racked up 82 yards on four
catches, including two for 55
yards on a third-quarter drive
to the Wildcats 19-yard line that
ended in a blocked field goal.
Both numbers were career
highs for Tuten, but probably
SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 8
Nothing in net for Quakers
FIELD HOCKEY |
Penn can’t convert any
of its season-high 19
shots in loss to ’Nova
It was a blowout and a shutout.
Even though the Penn field
hockey team took 19 shots —
eight more than any other single-game output this season
— the Quakers just couldn’t find
the cage, and lost 4-0 to Villanova last night at Franklin Field.
“Once they put two goals in,
we were still in it. Once two
more came, mentally it’s tough
to hang in there,” senior co-captain Katie Rose said. “I thought
we didn’t play [terribly]; we just
couldn’t finish.”
The Wildcats (6-2) got on the
board early. Just three minutes
had elapsed when junior Dana
Ramsden scored off a penalty
corner.
Although they were down just
1-0 at halftime, the Quakers (2-5,
0-1 Ivy) gave up three goals in
the second half — two of which
came from Villanova penalty
corners.
The trio of Ramsden, junior
Meg Ryan and senior Emily
Donaldson capitalized by setting up quick, direct shots on
several of Villanova’s five corner
SEE FIELD HOCKEY PAGE 9
FIELD HOCKEY
Villanova vs. PENN
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Andrew Gardner/DP Senior Photographer
Penn’s senior co-captain Katie Rose could not lead her team to a win over Villanova last night. Although they took a seasonhigh 19 shots against the Wildcats’ man-to-man defense, the Quakers did not put any points up on the board and lost 4-0.
Double drama, but no draw
M. Soccer | After a long one-goal deadlock,
Temple pulls out a double-overtime victory
BY RICKY KATZ
Staff Writer
For over 90 minutes yesterday,
Penn men’s soccer was deadlocked with Temple at one goal
apiece.
With less than a minute remaining in the second overtime,
Temple’s Evan Bransdorfer fired
a shot at the near post of the
Quakers’ goal. Junior goaltender
Ben Berg dove for the ball but
could not manage the save.
The Owls emerged with a 2-1
double-overtime victory in Am-
Curley offers
a shoulder
to lean on
OPPONENT SPOTLIGHT | QB leads
team and sister at Lafayette
BY NEIL FARNAOFF
Senior Staff Writer
BY JENNIFER SCUTERI
Associate Sports Editor
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Katie Rubin/DP File Photo
Lafayette quarterback Rob Curley (5) led the Leopards to a
6-1 start last season before suffering a concussion.
M. SOCCER
PENN vs. Temple
1
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“It was a hard-fought game,”
Penn coach Rudy Fuller said.
Temple (3-3-1) capitalized on
its opportunities, while the Quakers did not.
“I give Temple a lot of credit,”
Fuller said. “They took advantage of their chances and punished us for it.”
Although they outshot the
Owls 17-7 and had more corner
kicks (6-4), the Quakers (3-2-2)
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did not put their shots in the right
places.
“We’ve got to be sharper in
the attacking third,” Fuller said.
“In the end, we didn’t generate
enough quality chances.”
Despite Penn’s edge in shots,
each team managed the same
number of shots on goal (four).
In many ways, Lafayette senior quarterback Rob
Curley is the perfect big brother. He is supportive
and protective and always manages to tease his
younger siblings in just the right manner.
On the first day of his senior year of high school,
he gave his younger sister Lauren an appropriate introduction to the school. As the first guy approached Lauren to engage her in conversation,
two of Curley’s offensive linemen teammates —
Phil Costa and Dennis Landolt, now starters at
Maryland and Penn State, respectively — picked
the suitor up and threw him up against a locker.
While Rob and his teammates got a big laugh out
of this, Lauren was not so appreciative.
“The kid got all scared,” Rob said. “And my sister
came home crying telling my mom that I beat up
the first guy that tried to talk to her.”
Now, however, the razzing has subsided, and the
two are stars of the Lafayette Athletic Department.
Rob is in his second season as the starting signal
caller for the Leopards football team, while Lauren
started every game for the women’s lacrosse team
as a freshman.
Though their paths never crossed in football or
lacrosse — Lauren did not even pick up the sport
until after Rob had graduated high school — they
competed recreationally on the basketball and
tennis courts.
And while Rob was normally victorious in these
matchups thanks in large part to his three-year
age advantage, he thinks that the physical nature
of the games benefited them both.
“I always beat her up a little bit on the court, but
I think that’s helped her too,” he said. “She’s definitely a tough competitor, and I hope I was a part
of that growing up.”
Rob has had to be tough too, overcoming his fair
share of obstacles to get to the position he’s in today. After graduating from Holy Cross High School
in Delran Township, N.J., he spent a semester at
the Kent School in Connecticut. After looking at
a number of schools and programs following that
experience, he settled on Lafayette. He decided to
head to Easton, Pa., — without even visiting the
campus.
SEE CURLEY PAGE 8
Junior forward
Tobi Olopade
tied the game
yesterday
against Temple
with a goal
in the 16th
minute. Neither
team would
score again
until the Owls’
game-winner
in the second
overtime.
Michael Chien/DP
Senior Photographer
SEE M. SOCCER PAGE 8
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