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 • Many Without Power As Cleanup Continues In Del.
    Snow continues to be an issue for Wilmington residents trying to dig out after the weekend winter storm. read more >>


 • Former Officer Charged In Deadly Off-Duty Shooting
    A former Philadelphia police officer has been charged with first-degreemurder following a deadly shooting in Port Richmond lastNovember. read more >>


 • Thousands Of NJ Residents In The Dark
    Some 40000 electric customers on the New Jersey coast remain withoutpower Monday two days after a blizzard dumped up to 2 feet of densesnow on the area.
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 • Possible Second Bout Of Winter Weather Looming
    The region might not get a chance to rest after spending the weekend digging out from a major snowstorm. Forecasters say another storm has the potential for dumping heavy snow over the area. read more >>


 • Many Still Digging Out After Weekend Snow
    

Many residents throughout the region are taking another day to dig out after massive winter storm dubbed "Snowmageddon" by President BarackObama leftnearly 30 inches of snow in its wake. Moving in late Fridayevening the heavy snow blanketed the entire region for almost 24-hoursstraight letting up at about 7 p.m. Saturday.

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 • Snow Doesn't Stop Super Bowl Snacking
    Imagine your football party sidelined by this weekend's storm. Hundredsof local businesses that rely on Super Bowl Sunday weren't about to letthat happen. read more >>


 • 2 Dead After Being Found Buried In The Snow
    The massive winter storm that blanketed the region is being blamed for two deaths in New Castle County. read more >>


 • Philadelphia Deploys Winter Army
    The snow story is much the same all over Philadelphia. From sunrise tosunset the digging out of Philadelphia is proving to be a dauntingtask. read more >>


 • Atlantic City Airport Reopens After Storm
    

Normal operations have resumed at Atlantic City International airport one day after it was shut down by a monster winter storm. SharonGordon a spokeswoman for the South Jersey Transportation Authoritywhich owns and operates airport said it reopened around 6 a.m. Sundayand no delays were being reported by midday.

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 • NJ Expects Federal Assistance For Snow Cleanup
    New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he expects to seek federal funds tohelp cover cleanup costs from this weekend's monster snow storm. But afinal decision hasn't been made. read more >>



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UPENN Headlines:


 • Fewer men eligible for bids
    

Seventy-four percent of the 551 bids given out by Interfraternity Council fraternities were accepted this year — a number in line with those of recent years. However the number of students considered “MIA” has increased to 60 according to IFC President and Wharton junior Christian Lunoe. The “MIA” number includes academically ineligible students as well as those who have not outright declined or accepted a bid.

Lunoe pointed out that unlike Panhellenic Council sororities fraternities do not have a quota for the number of bids they must give out. However some chapters need to hit a minimum number of brothers in order to fill their house.

Lunoe said fewer students were eligible to join fraternity houses this year as the IFC began to enforce a minimum level of academic achievement. Starting this year freshmen must maintain a GPA of 2.5 or higher to participate in IFC fraternities.

In previous years students with GPAs below 2.5 were simply required to meet with an academic advisor from his respective school in order to formulate a plan.

According to Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Director Scott Reikofski 554 bids were given in 2009 and 548 bids in 2008.

Individual Panhel chapters have a similar system to ensure members maintain a minimum GPA. These range from a minimum of 2.7 for Sigma Delta Tau to 2.0 for Alpha Phi.

With ongoing minimum GPA requirements sororities experienced a rise in membership. Panhel saw an eight-percent increase in registration numbers and an average five aditional women per pledge class.

While Panhel President and College junior Darby Nelson praised the IFC system for maintaining “strong recruitment numbers over the years” she added that “the recruitment process of fraternities and sororities are very different.”

“The Panhellenic Executive Boards have made huge strides to increase new member interest” Nelson wrote in an e-mail.

Nelson said innovative marketing and promotional initiatives like Sororientation — a meet-and-greet carnival during New Student Orientation — proved effective in strengthening the presence and reputation of sorority women on campus.

Fraternities are also hoping to allow freshmen to become better acquainted with the Greek system during the fall semester. According to Lunoe the IFC plans to introduce open registration during the fall. Students will be able to provide information to fraternities and market themselves through e-mail.

In addition fraternities will hold “open houses” for freshmen to meet brothers from different chapters in the fall.

“It lessens the burden of prospective rushes to visit nearly 30 houses within 3 nights of open rush” Lunoe wrote.


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 • Healthcare bill won’t hurt PSIP
    

Despite the uncertainty surrounding healthcare legislation in Congress lobbyists and higher education institutions are coming together to make sure the bill will preserve the low-cost high-quality insurance that is currently available to students.

Administrators are optimistic that the 9363 students covered under the Penn Student Insurance Plan will continue to enjoy the standard of care they now receive without seeing a large increase in cost regardless of the bill’s outcome.

Due to the young average age of those enrolled in PSIP the cost of care for the group — and therefore the cost per person — is cheaper than many other insurance plans.

An early Senate draft of the healthcare reform legislation would have prevented colleges and universities from continuing to offer cheaper group-rate plans.

Jake Baggott the advocacy chair for the American College Health Association said his organization successfully lobbied with other higher education advocates to protect student insurance plans. They convinced legislators to insert language into a draft of the bill that would insure the continued ability of colleges and universities to offer cheaper health insurance to their students.

He cited the bill’s original language as the reason it is important for higher education groups to closely monitor the bill. However he said he doesn’t necessarily believe that the first draft of the bill intended to increase students’ rates but was rather the unintended consequence of dealing with such complex legislation.

The University’s representative in Washington Bill Andresen said he is closely watching the legislation. But Andresen who serves as the associate vice president of Penn’s Office of Federal Affairs said there is little that anyone can do until a more permanent version of the bill is crafted.

“Even the leaders of the two Houses [of Congress] can’t agree” Andresen said. “At this point it’s not clear at all what will ultimately be in the bill.”

The potential consequences of reform for Penn Med and the University of Pennsylvania Hospital System are too nebulous to predict — but that uncertainty hasn’t stopped the University from supporting efforts at legislation.

“Dr. Gutmann and Penn have been very clear to our representatives in Congress that she strongly supports passage of legislation” Andresen said. “It’s in the interest of our students and the University and the community in Philadelphia.”

The good news is that students enrolled in PSIP will likely see little change in their insurance plans.

Student Health Services Director Evelyn Wiener said that of the 9363 students enrolled approximately 7000 are graduate students and 2300 are undergraduates — the latter number has been “creeping up” over the past few years Wiener said.

At the moment many undergraduates are still covered under their parents’ insurance so most students in PSIP are international students undergraduates whose parents no longer have coverage or whose coverage does not meet Penn’s requirements.

Wiener said the number of students enrolled in PSIP may be rising because SHS is more rigorously auditing students’ outside insurance to make sure it meets Penn’s requirements.

“We’ve seen our student plan become increasingly rich in benefits and comparable to employer plans” she said of the coverage. “Compared to the market it is a very good value for the cost.”

Wiener predicted that enrollment in PSIP would only see a decline if employers make coverage available to part-time employees which would apply to Penn students who hold part-time jobs.

She said Congress increasing the age until which children can be covered under their parents’ health insurance may also cause a decline in PSIP enrollment. Usually the age limit is 23 unless the child stays in school for a certain number of years.

On the other hand she said healthcare reform might make employer plans less rich making PSIP a more attractive option for students who are currently covered under their parents’ health care.

For now the Student Health Insurance Advisory Committee — a group of Penn administrators and students that evaluate PSIP — is holding off on making any big changes to the insurance plan said committee member Mike Baiocchi a fourth-year Statistics doctoral student studying health care outcomes and systems.

Baiocchi and Baggott both said a continuing concern about the legislation is whether it will combine the lower risk level of college students with the higher risk of a more general population.

“Because we’re students we’re young and we cost less per person” said Baiocchi. A larger risk pool would force students to assume some of the costs associated with older age and could possibly increase the cost of insurance — though this possibility is still very uncertain.

Nonetheless the healthcare services available to students at Penn are unlikely to change said Wiener and Associate Vice Provost for Health and Academic Support Services Max King who oversees health services for students.

Though the bill might have a profound effect on the way Medicare is delivered to health centers that would not affect SHS which does not have Medicare patients said King.

Overall though administrators stressed that only time will tell what actual changes the bill will bring.

Wiener said even if a bill is passed it could still be two to three years before changes are implemented.

“It’s a Ping-Pong ball that keeps going back and forth and back and forth” King said. “Where it’s going to end up who knows.”


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 • Woodland Walk reopens
    

The University has recently finished construction on Woodland Walk a pathway linking Spruce and 38th streets.

All major work is complete although the Facilities and Real Estate Services team will not finalize landscaping and furnishings on the path until spring.

The renovation of what was originally Woodland Avenue was part of an overall plan developed in the 1950s to create a contiguous campus according to University Landscape Architect Robert Lundgren.

To achieve this goal Lundgren explained the FRES team has been pulling up asphalt and converting various city sidewalks into walkways and greens ever since.

The initial design of Woodland Walk implemented in the 1970s was crumbling and full of tripping hazards — simply “a band-aid solution” he said emphasizing the University’s primary focus on safety.

The refurbished walk according to Design and Construction Team Project Manager Sheri Miller now features the most modern and durable materials — such as permeable paving which allows water to drain effectively.

Moreover Design and Construction Director Steve Becker said the brick and granite used are not only the most enduring materials but they also serve to uphold the aesthetic of College Hall.

“This is really a public park which just happens to be between West Philly Center City and Market Street” he added. “We want to build something that is conscious of that but still has a college feel.”

College senior Jacob Schutz a residential advisor in Fisher-Hassenfeld said he also values the collegiate atmosphere that the refurbished Woodland Walk offers.

“It’s maybe a little silly to bring in a bunch of new trees to put in” he said “[but] it’s definitely nice to have trees and green spaces and well-thought-out walkways in such a busy and complex campus.”


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 • MERT relocates headquarters to Quad
    

Penn’s Medical Emergency Response Team has just moved its headquarters to the Lower Quad allowing for faster response times in emergency situations.

Founded in 2006 MERT is a student-run service organization that provides emergency medical services to the Penn community.

For the past four years the organization has been operating from Sansom Place East — a dorm located on 36th and Chestnut streets.

The team’s headquarters used to consist solely of two small rooms — each approximately the size of a Hill House double — into which they fit all of the equipment necessary to save lives according to MERT Chief and Wharton and Engineering junior Sourav Bose.

The two rooms contained seven bikes four beds two desks a computer station and a television Bose said.

“There was a point at which we had a bike in the shower” he added. “There just wasn’t enough space.”

In addition to being an uncomfortable work environment the location of the former headquarters lowered the team’s response times significantly according to Bose.

The team which travels via specially equipped EMS bicycles had to go through a series of doors staircases and gates just to get out onto the street.

With their new ground-level more centralized location the team has cut its response time from 4.5 to four minutes — a crucial difference when it comes to saving lives according to Bose.

Additionally the team can now respond to local calls on foot which is especially valuable to residents of the Quad who use MERT’s services most often Bose added.

The new headquarters are not only closer to emergencies but they are also much more spacious — an entire hallway in the Quad — and the organization now has room for group meetings and training sessions.

“We used to only be able to fit three people in a room at once” Bose said. “Now we can fit basically everybody.”

He added that MERT got lucky in acquiring this new location.

“Al Zuino [the associate director for Housing and Conference Services] told me that there’s a place in the bottom of the Quad that floods and has mold. I said: we’ll take it” Bose said.

The members of MERT were responsible for the set up of the new headquarters. They cleaned up the mold moved all the equipment from the old headquarters to the new and set up offices in the five rooms.

A less visible but equally pertinent result of the move is the newly rejuvenated morale of the team.

“People come here to hang out all the time now” Anita Deshpande administrative director of MERT and a College junior said. “We’ve become more of a family.”

According to Deshpande members come to the headquarters to study eat their meals do homework and take naps.

The new headquarters went from being a UA proposal to a resolution to reality in just one semester according to Bose who is enthusiastic about MERT’s new home.

“We all enjoy coming down here” he said.


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 • Wharton business forum recognizes China's rise
    

With its financial influence on the rise “China will probably be the largest economy in the world for the rest of this century” stated Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Carlyle Group David Rubenstein.

He made this prediction in his keynote speech “Why China is the Future of Private Equity” during the annual Wharton China Business Forum held Saturday in Huntsman Hall.

The all-day forum featured presentations by notable speakers such as Rubenstein President and CEO of Walmart China Ed Chan and Jose “Zito” Sartarelli Johnson & Johnson Company Group chairman for Asia-Pacific Japan and Latin America.

The forum was an opportunity for aspiring international business professionals to learn about China’s economic climate talk to experts on China and network with others in their field.

In addition to the speeches attendees participated in case study sessions networking sessions and panels on topics such as China’s real estate bubble or challenges of industrialization.

“My career path is going to take me between the U.S. and China” Jeffery Zou a Wharton sophomore studying Finance said when explaining his motivation attending the event.

The forum also drew many participants from outside of the Penn community: local businesspeople students from other universities and two groups of students from Peking and Tsinghua University who flew in from China.

“If I went back to college I would really like to have this kind of interaction with professionals” said Ping Chen a Philadelphia businesswoman who also attended the forum last year.

“There are very well-known high quality speakers here who bring a lot of insight” she added.

While Saturday’s speakers shared lessons learned from years of doing business in China as Warren Clark a Deloitte partner and contributor to the Capital Markets panel said “No one knows as much about China as they think they do.”


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 • U. to upgrade to new Blackboard version
    

Penn often makes major renovations on campus over the summer. This summer the University’s infrastructure will be getting a facelift — on the web.

The Penn Library System which administers Penn’s Blackboard system plans to unveil Blackboard Learn 9.0 to students and faculty after the spring semester according to Penn Libraries Director of Public Services Marjorie Hassen.

Because the system must be shut down before the new version is installed programmers decided to proceed with the update when the program is at its minimum usage. The update is tentatively scheduled for May 21 according to Hassen.

“Penn never really closes” Hassen said. She explained that this timeframe gives programmers a small window in which to shut down the current system and upload the new program to Penn’s server.

Though programers do not plan to release Blackboard 9.0 throughout campus until May program testing will begin at the end of February or in early March. According to Hassen the procedure will include upgrading local servers uploading and installing the new system and running it all in order to “anticipate anything” that may delay its release. The system will then go through a multitude of tests including trials by selected faculty members before it is released to the Penn community.

Once released Blackboard 9.0 will present a new more interactive user interface with a “drag-and-drop” feature customization capabilities and a user “dashboard” that will provide users with course notifications and alerts Courseware Manager and Educational Technology Librarian Amanda Chudnow said.

“Instructors can set up tasks groups blogs [and] group-specific assignments” along with other features not available on the current version Chudnow added.

Though not all of Penn’s schools use Blackboard the system has become increasingly popular over the last few years. From the School of Engineering and Applied Science to the Dental School Blackboard course sites at Penn have expanded from 1123 in the 2002 fiscal year to 4241 in fiscal year 2009.

Apart from a rise in course site numbers Blackboard 9.0 may also see an increase in users on mobile devices. The new version offers an iPhone and iPod Touch application through which students can receive notifications about grade postings read discussion boards and view assignments.

Release 9.0 of Blackboard “goes beyond the conventional course management categories and boxes to help bridge the gap between the way students live and the way they learn” President and CEO of Blackboard Michael Chasen said in a press release announcing Blackboard’s new version in January 2009.


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 • University names six Penn Fellows for 2010
    

The Class of 2010 doesn’t just refer to this year’s graduating seniors. It also refers to the recently announced Penn Fellows class that begins its two-year term this semester.

The Penn Fellows program is an initiative for mid-career faculty who display “outstanding academic achievement and strong leadership potential” Director of Faculty Development and Equity at the Office of the Provost Lubna Mian said.

The program aims to nurture the development of future academic leaders and diversify faculty leadership.

The main focus of the initiative is a series of monthly dinner meetings with distinguished leaders in higher education including President Amy Gutmann Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli and Provost Vincent Price.

Groomed to be future higher education administrators the Fellows’ meetings are expected to allow participants to interact with leaders in higher education and become familiar with the issues currently being tackled by these leaders.

In doing so Fellows can contemplate how they would shape the academic communities at Penn according to Mian.

This year’s fellows are: Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Vice Chair for Education and Inpatient Services in the School of Medicine Lisa Bellini; Director of the Center for Africana Studies Camille Charles; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine and Director of the Community and Minority Cancer Control Program Chanita Hughes-Halbert; Associate Professor of Pathology in the School of Dental Medicine Kelly Jordan-Sciutto; Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning and Chair of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation in the School of Design Randall Mason; and Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair of Classical Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences Program Peter Struck.

The Fellows are nominated across the University by deans and department chairs. According to Mian there are no strict quotas applied in the selection process.

“While there are no particular school or disciplinary guidelines applied efforts are made to include Fellows from across the University and from a mix of areas of scholarship backgrounds and of diverse race ethnicity and gender” Mian said.

Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education Marybeth Gasman who was appointed as a Penn Fellow last year described her experience as a Fellow as “a lot of fun and a great learning experience.”

The Fellows’ meetings with University administration have tackled issues from “the neighborhood to the city to the nation” according to Gasman.

Recently-named fellow Camille Charles is looking forward to learning as much as she can.

“As head of the Africana Studies Department it’s a great opportunity to get a better sense of how things get done in the University” Charles said. “It’s not just about the power brokers here but a chance to see how ideas and initiatives are turned into reality.”

Peter Struck who is also one of this year’s Fellows said he is “very thrilled” to be a part of the program.

“I’m definitely interested in the larger community at Penn and making it the best place it can be” he said.


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 • Junior Class Board names new VPEA
    

Wharton junior and Daily Pennsylvanian senior staff writer Kathy Wang has been elected to the position of Vice President of External Affairs by the 2011 Class Board.

The post was vacated by Wharton junior Rohan Grover in November and since then the Class Board has been searching for someone to fill this position.

Wang was chosen because she had experience through Wharton Women in contacting businesses and the Class Board felt that she matched with its dynamic according to 2011 Class Board President and College junior Adam Behrens.

“We thought she would be great for the position in not just fulfilling it’s duty but also the added duty of being part of the community in general” he said.

The tasks of the position include coordinating corporate sponsorships and external funding from local businesses for Junior Class Board events according to Wang.

“I would like to increase student interest in what the 2011 Class Board is doing and to build up more unity among the juniors” Wang said.

“I wanted to take this opportunity to make students realize that the Class Board is here for them and be a part of the organization that can improve the lives of students at Penn” she added.


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 • PennSavers gives students Philly discounts
    

For students new to Philadelphia PennSavers — a weekly e-mail notification about Penn and Philadelphia cultural events — provides “a one-shot flavor” of the city according to Platt Student Performing Arts House Director Ty Furman.

PennSavers contains discounted tickets to city and campus events encouraging students to take advantage of the arts scene without financial strain. The initiative launched in the fall and is now gathering momentum on campus.

PennSavers is a collaboration between Penn and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. The e-mail notification is an offshoot of the PhillyFunGuide web site an online listing of Philadelphia events.

Several of Penn’s student groups including Front Row Theater New Spirit of Penn PennNatak PENNaach Penn African Performing Arts Freaks of the Beat as well as the Department of Music have become members of the Alliance according to Furman. Membership allows student groups to advertise in PennSavers’ weekly e-mails and gives admission to any Alliance marketing training sessions.

Penn’s arts and cultural groups could draw a new larger audience as a result of participating in the PennSavers program according to Alliance Vice President of Marketing and Communications John McInerney.

He added that he would like to see the number of student group members grow.

About 650 people have signed up for PennSavers according to McInerney.

The goal is to get all members of the Penn community signed up and for the whole region to become “an extension of campus” according to Facilities spokesman Tony Sorrentino.

Approximately 83000 people currently receive either FunSavers — the Philadelphia-wide weekly notification — or PennSavers according to Furman. PennSavers offer all of the Philadelphia events as well as the Penn-specific ones.

“[PennSavers] is using arts as a way to get people out and about and to see Philadelphia at its best” Sorrentino said.

He explained that Penn’s theme year “Arts and the City” was the “impetus” for the initiative.

“We’re focused on trying to tie together as many communities as we can” McInerney said. “The cultural groups [in Philadelphia] could benefit from getting more engagement from Penn’s campus.”

A strong cultural connection with Philadelphia McInerney noted might encourage Penn students to stay in the region after graduation.

While PennSavers targets students anyone can subscribe to the notifications Sorrentino explained.


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 • Fanaroff: Fighting an uphill battle
    

CAMBRIDGE MASS. ­— If you only tuned in for the second half of both games this weekend you missed the whole story.

Twice the Quakers found themselves down big early and twice their second half performance showed the difficulty of fighting an uphill battle.

Of course that’s nothing new for this Penn team which has time and again found itself in a deep hole in the opening minutes of games.

“It seems like it’s Groundhog’s Day it’s the same darn thing” coach Jerome Allen said Saturday. “We’re doing a good job of fighting back to get ourselves in ballgames but you gotta exert a lot of energy.”

The Quakers allowed Harvard to run to a quick 12-2 lead in the first three minutes. By the first media timeout Penn had committed three turnovers and three fouls. For most of the game the Crimson lead hovered around fifteen points.

The slow start forced the team to play catchup for the rest of the game which cost them down the stretch.

Midway through the second half the Red and Blue had finally woken up. They kept the Crimson scoreless for over four minutes while launching an 11-0 run that cut the Harvard lead to six points with just under five minutes to go.

But on the game-deciding possession fatigue finally set in.

With the Quakers in a zone defense Harvard’s adept passing got Penn defenders to leave their feet on at least four occasions. And when Harvard’s Christian Webster got an open look from three point range he drilled it home.

Though a monster Jack Eggleston dunk kept momentum in balance Oliver McNally’s triple on the ensuing drive put the Crimson up 10 and all but sealed Penn’s fate.

So with seemingly everything in their favor the Quakers gave up two open three-point looks and Harvard’s sharpshooters made them pay.

But the root cause of Harvard getting those looks came nearly an hour and a half earlier when the Crimson raced out to the early first half lead.

“When we’re down we have to pressure them on defense we have to be a little more risky” junior Dan Monckton said. “And with the risk we had some guys open and they were hitting shots. With the game closer it’s a different situation. We’re able to stay in man and stay on our feet and not try and pressure them to get the tempo up.”

Even against a Dartmouth opponent still looking for its first Ivy win Penn surrendered an early 10-3 lead. Though it regained composure and had the advantage heading into halftime the extra energy spent catching up and maintaining constant pressure nearly gave away the game.

After a huge defensive stop with just 16 seconds left Eggleston missed the front end of a one-and-one. On the Big Green’s final possession they got not only an open three point look but two offensive rebounds and put-back attempts.

While Penn was fortunate to get out of Hanover N.H. with a win despite coming out flat early deficits have doomed the Quakers all season. They will continue to do so if the team can’t put an end to their slow starts.

“It’s something we’re trying to fix” Monckton said. “It’s something we’re trying to pinpoint as to why it’s happening. But I feel like every game we’ve been playing we’re playing catchup.”

Step one is acknowledging the problem exists. Now Allen and the Quakers need to figure out its source and how to correct it. If they can they may be able to put a decent ending on what has been a disappointing season.


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