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One Penn Law graduate wants to help the victims pursue their bullies.

Antonio Ponvert III — a 1990 Penn Law graduate — is making huge strides in the courtroom. Though he started out as a civil rights lawyer, Ponvert shifted his focus to complex and high value injury and wrongful death cases about 10 years ago.

In this position, Ponvert only rep-resents plaintiffs, individuals who have been hurt in some way, so he does not represent any corporations or governmental bodies.

Ponvert said a common theme among his cases is “representing people who have been victimized in some way by someone who was in a position of power over them.”

To date, his most high profile case is that of Cara Munn. At 14 , she traveled with her boarding school to China, where the group entered a forested area as part of an excursion. In the forest, a tick bit Munn, who contracted encephalitis and permanently lost her ability to speak. After suing the school for negligence, Ponvert won his client $41.75 million.

Ponvert said that the case’s na-tional impact made it special.

“[The verdict] had a really posi-tive effect all over the nation be-cause it caused organizations to be

The Penn Glee Club may have lost their voices during their two-week international tour in late May — but not solely from singing. While abroad, the group embarked on a plethora of shout-worthy adventures.

They even kept a daily record of their world travels on an online blog, appro-priately titled, “A Whole New World.”

“The great thing about the Glee Club is the opportunity to go to places you’ve never dreamed of going to,” Publicity Manager and College junior Daniel Carsello said. “I had never even been out of the country before this tour, and to go on a trip to these places was

unimaginable.”Their tour took them from Qatar — a

Middle Eastern country — to Tanza-nia, before ending the trip in Dubai. At each destination, the Glee Club mem-bers gave performances for up to of 200 people per venue. But the most unique parts of the trip took place off the stage.

In Qatar, the club spent time at Qa-tar Academy, where they listened to the Academy’s Choir before taking the stage themselves and performing a boy-band medley and “I Can See Clearly,” among other songs.

In addition to visiting renowned mu-seums, exploring local markets and sampling regional cuisine, the club members embraced some extreme sports.

In Qatar, they went ‘dune bashing,’ an activity in which the group piled into SUVs — with experienced drivers,

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Pottruck Director of Rec. allegedly stole equipment

The former Director of Recreation at Pottruck Health and Fitness Center on the 3700 block of Walnut Street has been charged with 24 counts of theft and forgery, among other offenses.

Amy Wagner was arrested on May 7, 2014 by a member of the Philadel-phia Police Department, according to the Penn Division of Public Safety.

An official criminal docket released by the Municipal Court of Philadelphia County was filed on May 8.

According to the criminal docket, Wagner’s charges include four counts each of theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception, receiving stolen prop-erty, theft by failure to make required disposition of funds, forgery and tam-pering with records.

A University staff member who wishes to remain anonymous sent a tip that claimed Wagner had been arrested for stealing equipment from the gym and selling it on eBay, “among other things.”

The staff member also said that

upon her arrest, Wagner was hand-cuffed in Pottruck and taken out in the middle of the day by police.

Wagner was allegedly stealing treadmills and elliptical machines, saying they were sent off for mainte-nance, and then actually selling the equipment on eBay, the source said, noting that it is unclear “how she was actually shipping the items.”

The University employee was told that Wagner was selling the equip-ment on eBay by a staff member who

works at Pottruck, the latter of whom also claimed that the thefts had been going on for three years.

The tipper alleged that Wagner was “even going into people’s lockers and taking money.”

An administrative officer at Pot-truck could not reveal substantial in-formation about Wagner because her thefts were “not public information” at the time of inquiry.

The club split their adventure between performances and

exciting excursionsBY ZAHRA HUSAIN

Staff Writer

A strip of Chestnut Street was closed between 38th Street and 36th Street for part of Monday and Tuesday due to a water break be-neath the road.

At approximately 5:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, Penn Police and the Philadelphia Police De-partment responded to a water main break near 37th and Chestnut

Streets, according to the Division of Public Safety.

The Philadelphia Water Depart-ment also responded to the incident.

The water break caused buckling in the asphalt, resulting in a series of bumps and cracks in middle of the road and rendering it unfit for driving.

Police blocked off the closed sec-tion of the road while repairs were made, directing cars along a detour route along 38th street to Walnut or Market Streets.

Another severe water break oc-curred in South Philadelphia on June 20. Q

Amy Wagner has been charged with 24 offenses,

including theft and forgeryBY ARIEL SMITH

Staff Writer

SEE POTTRUCK PAGE 2

Law grad tackles cases of ‘trust and betrayal’

Antonio Ponvert represents plaintiffs in injury and wrongful death cases

BY ZAHRA HUSAINStaff Writer

Water main break closes

Chestnut StreetThe street was closed off from 36th to 38th Streets

BY KRISTEN GRABARZNews Editor

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A construction worker helped build girders for the new office building on 39th and Chestnut Streets despite the hot weather. The structure replaced Philly Diner and will house several offices for Penn’s administration.

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Police cars and caution tape blocked off the 36th to 38th Blocks of Chestnut Street on Monday evening while repairs were made to the road.

Courtesy of Jackson Foster

The Penn Glee Club went dune bashing in Qatar, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and sang their way across three countries as part of their 55th annual Spring Tour.

SEE GLEE CLUB PAGE 3

SEE PONVERT PAGE 2

Philadelphia Police are inves-tigating an armed robbery that occurred Sunday morning at the Wawa on the corner of 38th and Spruce Streets.

T he suspect entered t he Wawa around 4:45 a.m. with a note demanding cash, Penn’s Division of Public Safety re-ports.

DPS reports that the suspect did not use a weapon and no injuries were reported.

The suspect is described as being a black male in his mid 20s to mid 30s wearing a black shirt and blue jeans. Q

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note demanding cashBY JENNIFER WRIGHT

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Former Director of Recreation Amy Wagner allegedly stole equipment from the gym, including treadmills and ellyptical machines.

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PAGE 2 THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014 THE SUMMER PENNSYLVANIANNEWS

For Penn students who are tired of the Schuylkill banks there’s no need to head to the shore for July 4. A pop-up ur-ban oasis located along the Delaware River is bringing the boardwalk to Philadelphia.

The Spruce Street Harbor Park, sponsored by the Dela-ware River Waterfront, opened its decorated doors on June 27 and will stay open 7 days a week from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. until Au-gust 31. Admission to the park is free.

Communications manager for the Delaware River Water-front Corporation Emma Fried-Cassorla said that about 25,000 people visited the park its open-ing weekend.

According to the Delaware River Waterfront’s website, the design of the park is meant to reflect the “maritime history of the Penn’s Landing area, the River’s industrial past and the bright future ahead for Phila-delphia’s waterfront.”

Most of the oasis was pieced together over the span of 3 weeks at Hays Pier, located

south of the Commodore Barry Bridge. The park is perched on 3 stabilized 80-foot barges and is reminiscent of the Jersey Shore, with a restaurant, various trees and other plantings and a board-walk.

The rainbow-laden park

features everything from 50 brightly colored hammocks to a breathtaking water garden filled with lily pads to several branch-like misting stations to cool visitors down throughout the sultry summer.

The beach-style boardwalk

offers countless pay-as-you-go games, including bocce and shuffleboard courts. Board games come to life through a lifesize chess board, Connect Four boards, an oversized Jen-ga set, and ping pong, a bean bag toss and several arcade and

concession booths are available to play for free.

The hub of the oasis is the Blue Anchor restaurant, a venue provided by the Garces Group. Executive chef Adam Delosso — an affiliate of Jose Garces — will feature a casual

menu mirroring Garces’s vi-sion, including a version of his famous Village Whiskey burger. After patrons grab food, they can find a place to sit at one of the rainbow of Adirondack chairs, picnic tables or smaller bistro tables.

Philly residents have loved the atmosphere that the Spruce Street Harbor has brought to the city.

“My husband and I had so much fun at Spruce Street Har-bor Park” said local teacher Aileen Burr. “It has a beautiful ambiance and the floating bar has delicious beer and food and is perfect for adults. Families can enjoy the boardwalk food and arcade games.”

The park will hold small con-certs throughout the summer and every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the park will host a crafts fair, sponsored by Art Star, which will feature a wide selection of vendors. On July 25, the Visit Philly Beer Garden Series will visit the park, serv-ing drinks from 4 to 7 pm.

“Penn students should come and do what everyone else does — lay in the hammocks, have some food and a drink, enjoy the light show at night, play bocce ... and basically just relax in one of the coolest — literally — spaces in Philly,” Fried-Cassorla said.

Researchers at the Hospi-tal of the University of Penn-sylvania published a report that could help bring new technology to the forefront of breast cancer screening.

Tomosy nthesis , or 3D mammography, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2011, created a 3D reconstruction of breast tissue and allows radiologists to see the over-lapping tissue more clearly.

The study, published in the June 25 issue of Journal of the American Medical As-sociation, was conducted on about half a million women — the largest study yet to measure on the effective-ness of tomosynthesis.

According to HUP Chief of Breast Imaging and se-nior author of the paper Dr. Emily Conant , tomosyn-thesis showed signif icant increase in detection rates and reduced recall rates in all patients, a finding that Conant and her team had not expected.

“We expected that 3D would reduce false positive exams, which it did,” she said. “We did not expect that it would increase cancer de-tection as much as it did, and were particularly happy to see that increased detection represented invasive can-cers, which are important to detect.”

Compared to screening

that only used traditional digital mammography, de-tection rates rose by 41 per-cent and recall rates fell by 15 percent when tomosyn-thesis was coupled with digi-tal mammography.

Conant and her fel low r ese a r cher s have b een studying this innovative technology for about ten years. When the FDA ap-proved a clinical unit for pat ient use in 2011, the researchers began using tomosynthesis with all pa-tients who came in for rou-tine mammograms.

“Technology is not a static thing. It’s an evolving plat-

form,” Conant said, in ref-erence to the future use of tomosynthesis.

“It’s continued to evolve and improve; we’ve now brought the x-ray dose down with the new technique be-cause we have an ability to create reconstructed 2D im-ages to accompany the 3D images.”

Conant eluded to the fu-ture of her team’s tomo-sythesis research as well. Future research will study further improvements of the technology and get deeper into patient-level data.

Staff Writer Alison Elliot contributed reporting.

Wagner was assigned a public defender, but when con-tacted, the defender said that Wagner sought private council

instead, referencing the list-ing of a granted order for con-tinuance which postponed her hearing.

The criminal docket listing on May 22 lists her current at-torney as Steno Rossman.

In a statement via email, the Penn Division of Public Safety confirmed that Wagner was ar-rested and charged with forg-ery, theft and related charges. DPS also reported that while Wagner was an employee at the time of arrest, “she is no

longer employed by the Uni-versity.”

Wagner, who holds a mas-ter’s degree in exercise physi-ology from Temple University, served as Director of Recre-ation at Pottruck from July 2007 to 2014.

She is next scheduled to ap-pear in court on July 7.

“I think the Penn commu-nity, especially people who pay to use the gym, should know about this,” the University staff member said.

Wagner is no longer a Penn

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much more careful in how they take minors on trips to foreign countries,” Ponvert said.

After the Munn case, Pon-vert recalled getting many phone calls from schools and camps sharing that they had instituted stricter protocols to investigate potential dangers and work towards providing the highest possible protection for their students or campers when traveling abroad.

Ponvert credits authenticity in his clients and their stories for his courtroom success. He explained that law schools of-ten teach students to be tough, ruthless and flawless in their presentation of cases, but he opts for an alternate route.

“Common wisdom out of law school is to be perfect, strong, impressive and slick, and I think that’s exactly wrong,” Ponvert said. “Jurors are people, and people respond to others in need, when the other person is in pain or has been hurt and needs help and is will-ing to admit that.”

Therefore, Ponvert looks to tell his clients’ stories by includ-ing the good and weak facets to encourage the jurors to con-nect to the story. Believing in the importance of vulnerability in the courtroom, he tells his clients’ stories in ways that tug at the jury’s heartstrings, gar-nering empathy that translates into favorable outcomes for the plaintiffs.

“The common story we all share, I believe, is one of trust and betrayal,” Ponvert said. “Every single lawsuit contains a trust and betrayal story, and I believe every person has at one time in their life trusted someone and been betrayed by that person.”

Although Ponvert hopes his victories will impact the world for the better, he notes that this isn’t always the situation — in one case, Ponvert represented the wife and children of a man who died of tongue cancer due to chewing tobacco use. The company settled for $5 mil-lion dollars. Despite this large settlement, Ponvert said the tobacco company, and industry as a whole, failed to institute measures to prevent deaths and injury. He said much of the problem is that the industry is so profitable, so manufacturers don’t feel the financial effects of lawsuits.

Ponvert credits Penn Law

for providing him with the tools that led to his success, espe-cially noting the influence of Senior Fellow David Rudovsky, who was a first year professor during Ponvert’s first year in law school and continues to be a friend and mentor.

Currently, he is working on a case where a young girl con-tracted Lyme disease at sleep-away camp, despite the camp’s advertisement for a four-stage prevention program to protect campers from infected ticks. Through his investigation, how-ever, Ponvert has found the camp may not have done all it could have to protect this girl and her fellow campers. He seeks $41.75 million for his cli-ent in this case as well.

While much of the focus in these cases is the individual clients, Ponvert hopes the rul-ings may ripple outward and encourage widespread safety. With his most recent case, he hopes camps and other child care organizations do every-thing they can to keep the kids safe. For example, he noted that the Cara Munn case en-couraged camps and schools to increase their insurance policies in case anything goes wrong, and in turn, insurance companies work to make sure their clients are doing what they can to protect their stu-dents.

Law alum tugs at juries’ heartstrings

PONVERT from page 1

Study: When it comes to the tatas, not all technology is equal

3D-mammograms are more effective in finding breast cancer

BY FOLA ONIFADEStaff Writer

Courtesy of Robert Li

The Spruce Street Harbor Park, a new beach-style boardwalk that opened on June 27, offers food, fun, relaxation and games to visitors. Among its attractions are a Jose Garces restaurant and a colorful hammock garden.

Del. River Waterfront brings the beach to the bankThe park is perched

on 80-foot bargesBY EMILY OFFIT

Staff Writer

Courtesy of Emily Conant

Emily Conant, senior author of the paper said that she did not expect the 3-D machine to increase cancer detection as much as it did.

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Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year old Pakistani education activist and assassination survivor, will receive the 2014 Liberty Medal, the National Constitution Cen-ter announced on Sunday.

Yousafzai — who was a run-ner-up for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year award in 2013 — is also the youngest per-son ever nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Yousafzai will receive the award during the 26th annual Liberty Medal ceremony, which will be held on October 21 at the National Constitution Center in Old City. A small number of tick-ets will be available to the public starting on September 23.

“It’s an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal,” Yousafzai said in a press release. “I ac-cept this award on behalf of all the children around the world who are struggling to get an education.”

At age 11, Yousafzai entered the international lens by writing under a pen name for the Brit-ish Broadcasting Corporation about her life under the Taliban,

often focusing on her family’s fight for girls’ education in her Pakistani community.

Yousafzai’s efforts earned her the Pakistan National Youth Peace Prize in 2011 and a nomination for the Interna-tional Children’s Peace Prize in the same year.

In 2012, Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban as she

rode the bus home from school. Amazingly, she survived, and continues to campaign for edu-cation.

“Every day, around the world, individuals like Ms. Yousafzai are being threatened for as-serting the same fundamental rights of speech and religious conscience that are inherent in all people,” National Consti-

tution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen said in the Constitution Center’s release. “Yet, she is undeterred in her quest. She is an inspiring voice for liberty across the globe.”

United Nations Special En-voy for Global Education Gor-don Brown launched the Malala Petition, named after Yousafzai, to advocate for universal prima-ry education around the world by 2015. The petition led Paki-stan to ratify the country’s first Right to Education bill.

Yousafzai’s memoir, “I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban,” is a New York Times Bestseller, while her nonprofit organization — called the Malala Fund — continues to empower girls to strive for change through education.

Started in 1988, the Liberty Medal is an award given annu-ally by the National Constitu-tion Center to men and women of “courage and conviction, who have strived to secure the blessings of liberty to people the world over,” according to the official description.

Past recipients include Mu-hammad Ali, Steven Spielberg, Sandra Day O’Connor, Nelson Mandela, and Hillary Clinton in 2013.

You’ve got your summer in-ternship and the great experi-ences that come along with it — but now it’s time to put that on paper. The Daily Pennsyl-vanian compiled some tips to help put yourself forward with a strong resume.

TARGETA resume is not one-size-

fits-all — it should highlight different skills and qualifica-tions relevant to the job to which you are applying.

Senior Associate Director of Career Services, Barbara Hewitt, said that it is impor-tant to have a clear under-standing of the position and broader industry of interest when developing a resume to effectively communicate qual-ifications for a specific job.

“In writing descriptions, ap-plicants should quantify and show how what they did posi-tively impacted the organiza-tion as opposed to just listing duties,” Hewitt said.

Christopher Dorman, pa-tron services manager at the Annenberg Center for Per-forming Arts, echoed the importance of highlighting pertinent skills on a resume.

“I look for relevant skills more than specific experi-ence,” he said. “If you can work with customers and be

professional, it doesn’t matter to me whether or not you have worked in a theater before.”

FORMATCutting out irrelevant in-

formation will also help keep your resume easy to read.

It’s common for employers to receive hundreds of appli-cations for each opportunity. Consequentially, they won’t spend more than a minute on each one, Hewitt said.

“A cluttered document will simply not be read,” Hewitt said. “Applicants should make sure that their resumes have enough white space to make them easy to quickly skim and not be too crowded.”

As someone who hires staff on a regular basis, Dorman expressed his personal aver-sion to long, cluttered re-sumes.

“No hiring manager has time to review six page re-sumes — I’ve gotten those!” Dorman said. “All of the infor-mation should be pertinent to the job. It makes it harder to pick out relevant job experi-ences if there is a lot of non-related information crammed in there.”

To help save some space, leave out the objective section that is commonly at the top of a resume.

“Obviously the applicant wants to work here, that’s why they are applying,” Dorman said. “Plus, details about what interests them in the job and how it fits with their profes-sional plans can be mentioned in the cover letter.”

BE TRUTHFULAccuracy, both in terms of

factuality and proofreading, is essential in a resume. How-ever, the truth is not limited to boring descriptions of your past jobs — it can work to your benefit to bring some life into your resume.

“Some personal detail that catches the eye can sometimes be useful. If you were a short order cook, or a Tiddlywinks champion or you collect some-thing interesting, say so,” said Director of Career Services Patricia Rose. “That fact can provide a conversation starter. But don’t invent anything if you don’t have such an interest or experience.”

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of course — and let the cars glide down the sand dunes in the Qatari desert.

After their show in Moshi, Tanzania, the club members witnessed scenic Mount Kili-manjaro at sunset — only a few days later, they climbed the mountain and interacted with local children to encourage them to cultivate an interest in music.

Led by their tour guide, the Glee Club also embarked on a walking excursion through-out the Tanzanian town. They noted that one of the most unique facets of this walk was the street vendors, who approached and followed the group rather than remaining stationary, attempting to sell everything from soccer jerseys to local artwork.

In Arusha, Tanzania, the Glee Club met more elemen-tary school children and saw a dance performance by the native Chagga women, after which they ventured on a safari in the Tarangire National Park.

At Dubai’s Mall of the Emir-ates, club members took advan-tage of attractions that can’t typically be found in American malls, including an indoor ski

slope and a 3-D movie theater.The next day, Penn Glee

Club members headed to a day at the Atlantis The Palm Dubai as guests of the owner, where they enjoyed food and a water park featuring a wa-ter slide that runs through a shark tank.

Even while taking in all the culture, the Glee Club found that their influence had stretched across borders as well. While performing their piece, “Country Roads,” at the American School of Dubai, the men’s choir joined in after learning Penn Glee Club’s ar-rangement as a surprise.

No trip to Dubai would be complete without visiting the local sights. The Glee Club took in sights atop the famous Burj Khalifa building before per-forming a private concert at Dubai’s Capital Club. They also had lunch at the Consulate of the United States in Dubai.

The tour brought the group together in more ways than they imagined.

“I don’t think anyone could have asked for a better way to spend two weeks. That time traveling across the world with our closest friends won’t soon be forgotten. I can’t thank our Business Manager [Engineer-ing and Wharton senior Joseph Ooi] enough for planning the once-in-a-lifetime tour,” Club President and College senior Charlie McClelland said.

Catch the Penn Glee Club next at their free show on cam-pus on August 27.

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The other day, I came across a Buzzfeed list: “The 33 Realest Tumblr Posts About Being A Person Of Color.” My thoughts pro-ceeded as follows: 1) Meh, another Buzzfeed list, when will it stop? 2) I’m going to indulge myself anyway, as I occasionally do (save your judgment for someone else), then 3) Oh, this is interest-ing. I should share this with some friends.

Here’s the part where it gets interesting. All of the people that I thought to share this with who initial-ly came to mind were also people of color. Why is that? Perhaps it is because I feel l ike we can connect more because of similar experi-ences. Maybe that’s a cop-out, though.

T h i n k i ng back on t he amount of times I’ve talked about race and what it means to be a person of color, most

of those conversations have been with people who look like me. And I don’t think I’m the only one. Quite frankly, it’s easier to talk about race with people who can relate. But I think it’s time that we stop taking the easy way out. Let’s get uncomfortable.

The fact that only 30 per-cent of Americans are peo-ple of color but account for 60 percent of those imprisoned should make everyone un-comfortable. Blacks are al-most four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than whites, de-spite using marijuana at a similar rate. Pay attention to the world around you. Schools are resegregating. New voter ID laws proven to be discriminatory in intent make it increasingly more difficult for people of color to vote. Those demograph-ics have statistically fewer resources to get the identi-

fication they need. As a re-sult they don’t have access to voting booths and their voices aren’t being repre-

sented. The black unemploy-ment rate has consistently been twice the white unem-ployment rate for the past 60 years. Instead of pushing forward as a “progressive”

nation, we’re moving in re-verse.

As I grew up, I adopted the notion that the less I talked about race the less it would matter. I followed the man-tra “I don’t see race.” The less we acknowledge it, the less of a spotlight there is on it, and ultimately, fewer problems related to race would exist. I chose not to bring attention to the fact that I was black if I didn’t have to, because it shouldn’t matter. I also didn’t want to be “that guy” who was always finding a reason to say, “It’s because I’m black.” More than anything, I didn’t want to make my friends — the majority of whom were white — feel uncomfortable.

But then I realized that by not speaking up about race to people who could have no clue what it feels like to walk in my shoes, I was only hold-ing everyone back, myself

included. It’s not that we should ignore our racial dif-ferences. We should proudly embrace those differences, and get to a point where those racial differences do not lead to social inequali-ties.

In order to do that we must escape our comfort zones and reach out to those we otherwise wouldn’t. Those are often the people that need to hear that dialogue the most. The only way we’re going to progress is by ap-proaching this from all an-gles. That means talking to people on the outside just as much, if not more, about the issues people of color face. Change won’t happen from the inside alone.

At Penn we’re surround-ed by bright, open-minded people. We’re around people who are going to change the world and make society a better place. I think we owe

it to ourselves to have the conversations about race that the topic r ight f u l ly deserves — with all of our peers. The more we can edu-cate those who don’t under-stand our point of view, the better off we will all be. And whether it be about racial or gender equality, sexual ori-entation or socioeconomic dif ferences, being insular about the issues that contin-ue to face us is only going to hinder us from reaching the goal of true equality for all.

So the next time that list about race turns up in your news feed and it resonates with you, don’t be afraid to share it with someone who doesn’t look like you. It could make all the difference.

The first time I ran the mile was in fifth grade dur ing the mandatory annual

physical f itness test ing. Eight laps around the track seemed like a daunting task to the 10-year-old me, who was not even five feet tall at the time. I paced myself, trying to keep steady as all the track runners zoomed past me. W hen my g y m teacher pressed the stop ticker just as I completed my final lap, her face lit up when she realized I finished the mile in the exact amount of time I needed to pass: 12 minutes. To me, that was a proud achievement.

I ’ve never been athlet-ic. For most of my middle school and high school ex-perience, I resigned myself to academics, preferring to immerse myself in art and books rather than suffer-ing the agonizing pain of running. School was some-

thing I naturally gravitat-ed towards, and I couldn’t risk the embarrassment of running in public. Plus, I thought there was nothing wrong with doing what I was most comfortable with.

My best fr iend in high school was a cha mpion s w i m me r. S he r a n t he fastest mile out of anyone I knew, and when she sug-gested one summer we run a four-mile race together, I was pretty sure my heart started beating three times faster than normal. Though I knew she didn’t mean to make me self-conscious, in-side, I thought, “Who was she to show off her athletic prowess in front of me like that?” I agreed reluctantly, and for the next couple of weeks, I made a training plan so I wouldn’t embar-rass myself in public.

“Please not last,” I thought to myself.

The first couple of days, I

often dragged myself to the gym with my only incentive being to avoid public hu-miliation. However, as the weeks went by, I began to run faster, and my stamina improved. A couple weeks into my training regimen, I realized that I might even maybe like running a tiny

bit.Though I f in ished the

race on the slow side, it is still one of my proudest mo-ments. I’m a slow runner.

I’ve gotten faster since my elementar y school years as, nowadays, I am able to keep my mile times down to the single digits, but I’m still dreadfully slow. Though it’s hard to drag myself out-side on days I’m complete-ly exhausted, I still love it because running long-dis-tance was never something I thought I’d be able to do.

Most of all, since running doesn’t come naturally, I know any improvement I make is because I worked hard for it . Being able to surpass my own expecta-tions has made me more confident, and it’s helped me improve on other aspects of my life. At some point, you learn to stop playing mind games and realize that af-ter countless repetitions of something, improvement, no matter how minute, will come.

I have been able to use the lesson I lear ned on

the track in the classroom as well. English is not my first language, and despite still having people correct my grammar from time to time, writing has become something I’m passionate about. Improvement doesn’t come easily, but comparing my writing now to the short stories I wrote in middle school , I f ind comfort in knowing I’m at least get-ting somewhere. Likewise, when those math formulas written on the chalk board with Greek letters rather than numbers don’t seem to make any sense, I know if I memorize those letters long enough and do enough practice problems, the ideas will slowly begin to come to-gether in my mind.

Recently, at my intern-ship, my super v isor as-s i g ne d me t he t a s k o f managing data using com-puter software. I wrote the instructions carefully on

my notepad. When it came time to carry out the func-tions myself, my confidence sank lower and lower as I w at c he d my c owor ker s maneuver through the pro-gram with ease while my fingers fumbled. The feel-ing of stumbling to learn something new is not always pleasant , but some days, when I have to spend hours figuring out something that can be done in a fraction of the time, I know my efforts will eventually pay off. And at the end of the day, I know I will always be able to go for a run when I get home.

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VOL. XXXI, NO. 6

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GUEST COLUMN BY TAYLOR CULLIVER | When it comes to making a dent in racial inequality, preaching to the choir isn’t enough

A different approach

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THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014 PAGE 5THE SUMMER PENNSYLVANIAN 34TH STREET

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@34STREET: I don’t know much about soccer, but I played along for the last few weeks. Yeah, losing sucks. But if you still don’t get the “I believe we will win” attitude, you might be missing the point. -—MC

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‘MURRICA. FUCK YEAH.

Well, I pretended to enjoy soccer for, like, three weeks, so I would say a lot.

I’m an international student, so....

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But despite having impres-sive pro baseball chances for a former Ivy League player, Deitrich is very much about his business.

A c r i t ic a l f ac t or t h at steered Deitrich to become a Blue Devil for his final year of eligibility was a one year business masters program at Duke’s h ighly-ranked Fuqua School of Business.

“It was a good exper i-ence,” Deitrich said of his time in Durham. “I’m glad I went, both educationally and athletically.”

In many ways, Deitrich couldn’t have asked for a more dynamic and reward-ing opportunity, from the world-class education, to the competition and expo-sure that comes along with playing ACC baseball, to the friendships he formed.

Not only did Deitrich bring his signature power to the Blue Devils – he led the club with nine long balls – the veteran exhibited dedicated leadership and a team-first attitude.

“My entire goal was to help that team get better and win games, as well as to get a little more exposure from scouts,” Deitrich said. “I think I had a good impact on the younger guys, teach-ing them the way to play the game right and work in the

offseason.“It was the [Duke] seniors’

team, them hav ing been there for four years. I tried to add to that and not take away from it.”

Deitr ich, one of Duke’s most potent bats, was more than a welcome addition to the Blue Devils lineup, as he helped the club to a surprise third place finish in the ACC Coastal division.

The right fielder was es-pecially productive late in the season, leading the Blue Devils with a .379 batting average in the club’s f inal 17 games, and being named to the ACC All-Tournament team.

Deitr ich was fortunate to have a similarly-situat-ed wingman to share the unique experience of being an old-yet-new player for Duke.

The Penn alum clicked early on with fellow f ifth-year senior and business stu-dent, Chris Kono, a reliever who formerly pitched for Holy Cross. The two elder-statesmen ended up rooming and spending the majority of their time together.

“We got close, being able to bond through that experi-ence of being the two oldest guys on the team and being in business school together,” Deitrich said. “We had class together and then we’d go to practice together every day. We had a blast.”

Whether its having a blast with teammates or detonat-ing fastballs, Ryan Deitrich has always made the most of his time playing baseball.

Fortunately for him, that time isn’t up just yet.

BASEBALL from page 8

Evansville to be Deitrich’s

first stop

ter rules.“[Citizenship] helps when

you play overseas, since it makes you more valuable be-cause teams are only allowed two Americans,” Baron said.

Throughout the process, Baron has been in touch with a number of former Penn players with European ex-perience. Zack Rosen, one of the best players to pass through the Palestra in the past decade, currently plays for an Israeli team and has been providing guidance to Baron and other Quakers seeking to play overseas.

“I’ve been in touch with a couple of people who play there, and I’ve talked to Zack Rosen, he’s been helping me out,” Baron said.

“Basically, I wait now and probably won’t find out which

team I’ll be on until the end of August because they’ll want to sign the WNBA play-ers first and then put me on the team where I’ll get the most playing time and the best fit for me.”

Of course, with the op-portunity to play overseas, Baron will have to adjust to living in another country as well. Though Israel is admit-tedly one of the more Ameri-canized locations that the guard could end up, there will certainly be some dif-ferences.

However Baron is much more focused on the upsides of being able to play profes-sionally than anything else.

“I’ve been [to Israel] be-fore, so I have an idea of how it’s going to be. It’s certainly going to be tough moving to a new country and not knowing the main language, even though almost every-one there speaks English,” Baron said.

“It’s definitely going to be different from playing col-lege basketball, playing pro-fessionally and getting paid. I’m really excited for it.”

W. HOOPS from page 8

Israeli citizenship

eases transition

2010 World Cup squad: Al-t idore , Da M a rcus Be as-ley, Michael Bradley, Clint Dempsey, Brad Guzan and Howard. This fact alone set the tone for Brazil: the team needed to prove itself and gain valuable international experience.

On Klinsmann’s team, the veterans were designed to serve as anchors through-

out the field – players that could create opportunities for the less seasoned mem-bers of the team. And they did just that (save perhaps the lackluster performance of Bradley).

With luck, the members of Klinsmann’s youthful roster will fortify American soccer in the years and World Cups to come. Who knows, per-haps break-out youngsters l ike Julian Green, scorer of the USMNT’s lone goal against Belgium, will come to define the next decade of American soccer as Donovan did in the 2000’s.

What’s more is this nar-rative that K linsmann so carefully crafted has given

something for ambivalent A mer ican soccer fans to rally behind. After all, who doesn’t love an underdog? Especial ly when that un-derdog is in arguably the most competitive group in the entire tournament, play-ing against some of the best players in the world (did I mention Cristiano Ronaldo?).

In the short term, the US-MNT will face a barrage of media inquiries of how and why they came up short (ex-cept maybe Howard). But let’s not forget that no one expected the team to even advance beyond the Group of Death.

For U.S. fans, I can only hope that these four hard-

fought games in Brazil will be enough to sustain futbol fever until Russia in 2018. If not, it shouldn’t be too hard to relearn the words to the USMNT’s rallying cry: “I be-lieve that we will win!”

That win didn’t come to-day. It won’t come around for another four years. But may-be, someday, American fans’ chanting will be heard for more than just four games on the world’s biggest soc-cer stage.

LAINE HIGGINS is a rising Col-lege sophomore from Wayzata, Minn., and is a staff writer for The Daily Pennsylvanian. She can be reached at [email protected].

HIGGINS from page 8

World Cup loss hints at

future success

DP: What was it about those coaches that spoke to you during the recruitment process?

DD: I liked how they were just very encouraging. They had me keep working on stuff. Before the season, I talked to coach Bowman about some stuff and he wanted to see some improvements and they thought I made some adjust-ments during the year.

DP: What has the coaching staff said to you about your role on the team this year?

DD: I’ve talked to them

about it before. They have Darien [Nelson-Henry] hold-ing down the post and they think it’d be a good combina-tion if I can step it out and shoot.

DP: Fran Dougherty and a few of the other forwards who had a large number of minutes last season won’t be on the team next year. How do you see yourself f illing into that role in the next few years?

DD: I’ve really been work-ing on rebounding. That’s something that I’ve been tak-ing pride in. I want to really be known as a rebounder and a hustler.

DP: It’s going to be a dif-f icult transition from high school to college basketball, but what do you think you can contribute immediately off the bench next season?

DD: Immediately, I think

I can bring some defensive presence in the paint and just help rebound and get some put-backs on offense too. I think I can help out on both sides of the ball.

DP: How would you de-scribe yourself as a player?

DD: I’d say I’m a face-up forward. I usually like to step out and shoot it, but lately I’ve been working on getting more comfortable with my back to the basket and be-come a more complete player.

DP: How would you de-scribe your senior season and your role on the team during that year?

DD: We had kind of a rocky start. We were missing our best player, who’s going to Northwestern. So the tran-sition was kind of hard. To-wards the end, it was me and another big guy on our team and we were putting

up a lot of points and a lot of rebounds. We were running a lot of high low action, so I felt like how we did was how the rest of the team would do.

DP: Penn basketball has struggled quite a bit the past few years and some people close to the program are call-ing for a coaching shift. Did that factor into your decision?

DD: No, I don’t think it re-ally did. I really liked coach Allen on my visit and I hope he can stay. I think it would be great if he does.

DP: Were there any aca-demic areas in particular that stood out to you in high school?

DD: My favorite subject was economics. I really liked that in high school. I might try to minor in Spanish if I’m able to do that. I might try to factor in Spanish with the Wharton degree.

Q&A from page 8

Forward hopes to improve rebounding

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In forward Dan Dwyer, Jerome Allen and his coaching staff hope to have found a forward who can stretch the floor to complement the post presence of rising junior center Darien Nelson-Henry. Dwyer averaged 16 points and eight rebounds per game in his senior season with Fenwick High School.

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Though he won’t hit campus for another few months forward Dan Dwyer is certain to fit into Penn basketball’s plans for 2014 with his f loor-spacing shooting. The Daily Pennsylvanian caught up with Dwyer to talk about his re-cruiting experience, playing style and role within the future of Penn basketball.

Daily Pennyslvanian: What sort of school were you looking for dur-ing your recruitment and how did Penn fit that mold?

Dan Dwyer: Throughout my re-cruitment, I was looking for a good combination of academics and bas-ketball. That’s what I was looking for mostly. My coach was telling me

to pick a school that you would love to go to even if you weren’t playing basketball and I felt that with Penn also.

DP: Was there anything during your visits with Penn that led you to commit?

DD: I really loved the coaches when I went there and the city was really cool too. I loved the campus and the coaching staff and meeting all the players.

DP: Were there any coaches in particular who helped lead you to Penn?

DD: Coach Bowman. He came out before the season and then he came out to a couple games and coach Allen came to a game or two at the end of the year. They were watching my games online also.

It was a fitting end to a career: a huge win over Princeton to clinch the Ivy League title, followed by the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003-2004.

Most players would decide to hang up their shoes after such a successful career, but Alyssa Bar-on has never been most players.

After finishing her career second all-time in scoring for the Quak-ers, one of Penn’s most decorated stars will continue her basketball journey overseas, hoping to play in Israel next year.

For the 2014 Penn graduate, continuing to play basketball was never much of a question.

“I knew I always wanted to keep playing,” Baron said. “I wasn’t one hundred percent sure, but once I finished at Penn I knew I didn’t want to stop playing.”

Towards the end of her senior year, Baron sought out an agen-cy to help turn that dream into a reality. She signed with Sports International Group, one of the premier agency groups in women’s basketball.

The agency also handles the business of a wide range of WNBA players, from well-known stars like Candace Parker and Angel McCoughtry to recent graduates like Odyssey Sims and Chiney Og-wumike.

Women’s basketball has an un-

usual precedent of having players compete for other teams in the off-season, as WNBA players migrate overseas to continue to play and make higher salaries.

The Israeli league where Baron hopes to land, the Israeli Female Basketball Premier League, is a common destination for top WNBA players during the fall.

However the league has a team-building provision: teams can only have two Americans per team. This helps to keep teams balanced, yet also limits the opportunities for U.S. players to find roster spots.

Yet, Baron is in a unique situa-tion as she can gain Israeli citizen-ship through her Jewish heritage that will allow her to count as a non-American in terms of the ros-

In the 73% humidity of the Bra-zilian jungle, the United States Men’s National Team battled for a fierce 120-minutes against Bel-gium’s Red Devils. Even with a history-making performance by goalkeeper Tim Howard, with a World Cup record 16 saves, the U.S. fell 2-1, allowing two goals in extra time.

And with that, the United States’ 2014 World Cup campaign came to a close. The USMNT’s future, however, is far from dismal.

The U.S.’s stint in Brazil, though shorter than most fans may have hoped, lays the foundation for the future of American soccer.

Jurgen Klinsmann’s initial deci-

sion to leave Landon Donovan off of the U.S. Men’s National Team roster for the 2014 Cup was hotly contested by sports pundits when it was first announced in late May, but the choice proved sound. Yes, Donovan’s expertise in the attack zone might have come in handy given Jozy Alitdore’s hamstring injury-induced absence. Yes, we may always wonder if Donovan would have been able to pull out a game-winning goal in the waning minutes against Belgium like he did against Algeria in 2010.

But Donovan doesn’t fit into the identity of the team.

Of the 23-man roster, only six players remain from former US-MNT Head Coach Bob Bradley’s

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Though she won’t be playing in the Palestra, there’s plenty of basketball left for 2014 Penn graduate Alyssa Baron, who hopes to take her talents overseas to play in Israel in the fall. Baron finished her career with her name strewn across Penn’s record books.

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A year after leaving campus for graduate school at Duke, 2013 Penn graduate Ryan Deitrich is hoping to make waves with the Evansville Otters of the independent Frontier League after his name wasn’t called in the MLB draft.

Deitrich still swingingfor the fences

No end in sight for Baron

After a colorful Penn base-ball career and an additional season as a Blue Devil, 2013 graduate Ryan Deitrich’s big league dreams are still alive and well.

After a successful cam-paign in his final year of eli-gibility at Duke as a redshirt senior this spring, the slug-ger was signed by the Evans-ville Otters, a professional minor league club that plays in the independent Frontier League.

Although his dream of be-

ing drafted by an MLB squad out of college didn’t come true, Deitrich has an opti-mistic outlook on his baseball future.

“It ’s d isappoint ing not hearing your name get called [in the draft], but it’s not the end of the world,” Deitrich said. “I have a really great opportunity to get paid to play the sport I love. I’m just going to take a run with it and make the most of it and hopefully a major league or-ganization comes along and buys my contract.”

Perhaps fittingly, Deitrich will don red and blue for the Otters just as he did at Penn.

The competit ion in the Frontier League will be as fierce as Deitrich has seen,

but if the Collegeville, Pa. na-tive can hit like he did in his first-team All-Ivy senior sea-son with the Quakers (.382 BA, .563 SLG, 23 RBI), MLB organizations are likely to keep an eye on him.

As a player apt to take advantage of opportunity, Deitrich is motivated by the prospects that arise in front of Frontier Leaguers who produce.

25 former Frontier League ballplayers have reached the majors since the independent league’s conception in 1993. In addition, there are dozens of Frontier League alumni currently on rosters from the rookie leagues to the MLB.

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