Nina Wolpow
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Nina Wolpow | Why I want to be a writer
Writing is in my DNA. I’m stuck with it, and though most likely it won’t make me much money, it is my fittest gene.
Nina Wolpow | Saving summer
Summer in adult land is a season not unlike the other three. Sure, there are beaches and frozen cocktails in this universe. But gone are the unnumbered days: the Saturdays that feel like Wednesdays and the weekends you never knew had arrived.
Annie Duke discusses her path to the World Series of Poker
After attending Columbia undergrad and Penn grad school, Annie Duke cashed in a life of academia for one she never knew she’d love.
Penn Vet's Meg Sleeper preps for marathon horse race
On Oct. 22, Sleeper will board a flight to Chile where she will compete for the first time in the Pan American Endurance Championship.
Final-round troubles sour title hopes
It is safe to say that the road home from New Jersey this weekend was not a celebratory one for the Penn men and women’s golf teams.
A tale of two golf games
Just over a week away from the Ivy championships, women's golf heads to the Roar-EE Invitational to face both Princeton and Yale.
Quakers' shot at second gone with the wind
Blustery conditions cut Georgetown’s Hoya Invitational short, with the Penn women ending the tournament tied for third place with Princeton.
W. Golf falls short of Yale in Virginia
Slow greens and high winds kept the Penn women’s golf team from pushing past first-place Yale and St. John’s for the top spot this weekend at the C&F; Bank Intercollegiate in Williamsburg, Va.
Red and Blue roll past Rutgers
Penn prevailed over Rutgers to keep its winning streak intact.
Quakers fall in Hoehn Cup final
After advancing to the Hoehn Cup (B division) finals, defeating Bates and Williams, the Quakers fell short, losing 7-2 in the title match to Western Ontario. With the win, 2009 Hoehn Cup champion Western Ontario wrestled the title back from the Red and Blue, who won it last year.
One more for coach Wyant
Coach Jack Wyant is expecting a lot in the final two weeks of the 2010-2011 squash season, but most pressing is the event that Wyant and his wife, Amelia, cannot date: the arrival of their second son.
Polo rides back onto Penn's campus
College sophomore Meredith Shea is looking to bring polo back to Penn — and so far, things are looking good.
Penn Chess gets its ‘swag on’
Last weekend, the chess team traveled to Columbia and became Penn’s newest Ivy League titleholders, defeating Harvard, Yale and Cornell as ferociously as a bunch of linemen.
The call to serve
Freshman squash player Justin Ang's journey to Penn took him through a New Hampshire boarding school and Singapore's army.
Trinity's run goes untouched
Penn men's and women's squash teams fall to the mighty Bantams, losing 9-0 and 6-3, respectively, but remain optimistic.
Brunswick bonds run deep
Seniors Will Browne and James Clark say that they have never been apart. Tomorrow evening, they take on Navy (14-2) at Ringe Courts together.
Squash hits road for doubleheader
Both squash teams will travel to New Haven, Conn., this weekend for a tournament against Yale and Bates.
Madeira quietly pilots Quakers
Now a senior, Madeira is the captain and only upperclassmen in coach Jack Wyant’s program. The consensus is that she’s knocking the ball out of the park — or the court.
Squash hits Ivy scrimmages
This weekend, both the men’s and women’s squash teams will travel to New Haven, Conn. to compete in the Ivy League Scrimmages.
Freshmen hope to make mark
This weekend, in the hustle and bustle of Homecoming, the Penn men’s and women’s crew teams will each launch several boats in the 40th annual Head of the Schuylkill Regatta.
