Reporter's Notebook: For students, an eternity in one day
(04/20/07 9:00am)
(The reporter recounts his experiences covering the Virginia Tech tragedy in Blacksburg, Va.)
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Virginia Tech Massacre: With classes cancelled, decisions to stay loom
(04/19/07 9:00am)
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Much of Tuesday night's emotional candlelight vigil focused on healing and moving forward as a community. But as Virginia Polytechnic Institute students dispersed from the service, they faced a more immediate, practical question: With classes canceled through the end of the week, what to do with all their time?
A 'somber' campus deals with emotional aftermath
(04/18/07 9:00am)
BLACKSBURG, Va. - The day after the most brutal attack ever to take place on an American college campus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute students struggled to come to grips with their new reality.
To Serve And Protect (Part 2 of 4): An uncommon force
(04/17/07 9:00am)
In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings yesterday, the obvious question being asked on college campuses across the country is, what if it happened here?
To Serve And Protect (Part 1 of 4): Drawing pensions, retired Phila. Police officers take beats at Penn
(04/16/07 9:00am)
Joseph Fischer spent 27 years working for the Philadelphia Police, mostly investigating homicides. By 1998, he had qualified for retirement and a pension and was ready to move on.
Perspective: Trailblazers at Princeton together again at Penn
(02/13/07 10:00am)
Pulling up a chair at one of the long dining-room tables, Robert Engs, Princeton class of '65, sat down to enjoy a meal with some of his fellow undergrads. When the food came out, Engs recalls that Casper Ewing III, seated across from him, remarked, "Let's see what the niggers in the kitchen prepared for us today."
From Bio to books: The long path to the 'Last Word'
(01/24/07 10:00am)
Larry Maltz graduated from Penn two decades ago as a pre-med biology major. Now, he runs an on-campus used bookstore.
Need a reason to vote? Try your financial aid
(11/03/06 10:00am)
If the battle for control of Congress weren't reason enough for Penn students to flock to the polls for this Tuesday's congressional midterms, here's another: The outcome of the election could significantly affect how they pay for college.
On the Web, Penn leaves text to non-experts
(10/19/06 9:00am)
Penn was founded in 1740. Benjamin Franklin founded Penn. Therefore, Benjamin Franklin founded Penn in 1740.
News brief: Mayor with Wharton ties ousted in Shanghai
(09/29/06 9:00am)
What do you get when you combine the Wharton School, rampant corruption and the Chinese Communist Party? A purging, of course. Last Sunday, Chinese security forces removed Chen Liangyu, a graduate of the first Wharton senior executive training program run in Shanghai in 1990, from his post as Shanghai's Communist Party boss and placed him under house arrest. Chen is likely to face corruption charges. It was the first time that a Chinese official has been removed from that country's Politburo in 11 years. His removal may not have been completely motivated by a desire to crack down on corruption, though, according to Penn Political Science professor and China expert Avery Goldstein. Goldstein said that while Chen's alleged corruption likely played into the decision, Chinese President Hu Jintao could also have authorized the move as a ploy to remove a political rival. Chen has close ties with Hu's predecessor, Jiang Zemin, under whom he rose to power in Shanghai. "Shanghai was the power base of the former president," Goldstein said. "Shanghai is not the power base of the current president. Some are suggesting that this is a way of eliminating some of the support of the Shanghai group." As for Chen's future, Goldstein said that he almost certainly will be put on trial and most likely will be convicted. He said it is possible that Chen, who also spoke at a Wharton event in China in 1997, could face the death penalty. More likely, though, is a stiff prison term. Goldstein reassured Wharton students, however, saying, "I don't think the Wharton experience makes somebody either more or less likely to fall prey to these things. "The reason why officials in China often find themselves wallowing in practices that are ultimately corrupt is the nature of the political culture there."
After the storm: Student films high school documentary
(09/22/06 9:00am)
Jimmy Goldblum is no stranger to the halls of Ben Franklin High. Last spring, the College junior spent six weeks in New Orleans assisting his older brother Josh with the production of an online documentary about the school.
Their hardest assignment is rebuilding the school
(09/22/06 9:00am)
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In New Orleans, a little sunshine after the rain
(09/20/06 9:00am)
NEW ORLEANS - Holly Kalman never thought she'd be donning a mask, goggles and gloves to help gut houses, but the Tulane junior says that type of community service is now commonplace.
At Tulane, gay student finds fears groundless
(09/20/06 9:00am)
Tulane sophomore Thomas Krouse is gay, and as a temporary Penn student last fall, he let the school know about it when he publicly complained that he didn't want to leave the liberal northeast for his southern home.
In New Orleans, a different kind of retail therapy
(09/19/06 9:00am)
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After the storm: Perfum, mask shops among promising firms
(09/19/06 9:00am)
Miji Park and her Idea Corp co-workers have been providing free consulting to 20 distinctive New Orleans small businesses since this summer. They've been helping the stores find ways to cope with the declining number of tourists by expanding their customer base and online operations.
After the storm: Two sides of the street
(09/18/06 9:00am)
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New Orleans Closeup: Amid chaos, one man keeps it positive with music and cable TV
(09/18/06 9:00am)
NEW ORLEANS - There's only one finished room in David Fountain's formerly flooded house in the Upper Ninth Ward, just a few blocks from the Habitat for Humanity construction site. But, oh, what a room.
Months after scandal rocked her office, student conduct head out
(09/07/06 9:00am)
Just six months after her office brought the national media spotlight to Penn's campus - more specifically, to its dorm room windows - Office of Student Conduct Director Michele Goldfarb quietly resigned her post this summer.
Chaos
(04/18/06 9:00am)
The school year was over, and it was just about time for summer. In a show of class unity, students marched proudly in a grand procession, fulfilling one of Penn's most recognizable traditions.