Women's Soccer Issue | Incoming Quakers showcase club ties
For just about everyone, college is about new experiences. A new city perhaps, new friends, new teachers. And for athletes, a whole new team filled with unfamiliar faces.
For just about everyone, college is about new experiences. A new city perhaps, new friends, new teachers. And for athletes, a whole new team filled with unfamiliar faces.
It’s no surprise that Penn women’s soccer has a lot of new faces. From a new class of freshmen to a sophomore transfer and, of course, a new coach, it’s easy to look around and see a bunch of new faces. “During the spring, we tried to see everyone we could,” coach Nicole Van Dyke said, describing her experiences meeting the new recruits during her own coaching transition.
On any given weekend afternoon at Rhodes Field, you’ll see women charging up and down the turf, bold red block letters branding “PENN” across their chests.
Krystle Karoscik and Medha Sengupta recently won the National Institute of Health Neuro Startup Challenge, which involved creating a company to market a medical invention.
It’s no surprise that Penn women’s soccer has a lot of new faces. From a new class of freshmen to a sophomore transfer and, of course, a new coach, it’s easy to look around and see a bunch of new faces. “During the spring, we tried to see everyone we could,” coach Nicole Van Dyke said, describing her experiences meeting the new recruits during her own coaching transition.
On any given weekend afternoon at Rhodes Field, you’ll see women charging up and down the turf, bold red block letters branding “PENN” across their chests.
After a tough 2014 campaign, one that featured the loss of All-American defender Caroline Dwyer to injury before Ivy League play and ended with the departure of longtime coach Darren Ambrose, Penn women’s soccer looks to rebound this season.
SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College senior from Philadelphia. His email address is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.
I first heard of the Falun Gong in the early 2000s. The house church I attended in Guangzhou was a little nervous about the increase in police scrutiny of religious events.
Under Gutmann, Penn became the largest school (by student population) to boast a no-loan — or “all-grant” — financial aid policy and launched countless initiatives to level the economic playing field.
There are groups for students who fall into many intersections of the LGBTQ spectrum by race, religion and interest.
Penn professor Brian Bushee’s financial accounting course has found its way to students in every single country, excluding the Vatican City, Cuba and North Korea.
While some are capitalizing on high housing rates for visitors, others are opening their doors freely and still others are restricted in having guests that weekend.
Those who live on the streets will likely need to be relocated as a result of the city's plans.
Sayid Abdullaev is one of thirty applicants shortlisted to travel into space.
Kermit Roosevelt writes fiction to expose legal perspectives to an audience beyond those who read law reviews.
With most of last year’s team still intact, Penn sprint football coach Bill Wagner believes his squad can take a step forward from last season’s 4-3 performance. That is, if a few factors fall in the team’s favor.
As the offseason dwindled to a close this August, Penn men’s soccer coach Rudy Fuller noticed that, while the team was coming together nicely, something was missing. An X-factor.
Professional basketball player. Ivy League graduate. Philanthropist. Sock lover. Not exactly the bio one would expect to find for the typical Penn graduate.
SOPHIA OAK is a College senior from Honolulu. Her email address is oakj@sas.upenn.edu.