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As Occupy Wall Street reaches its two-month anniversary, the protest — with 4,049 arrests, countless police raids and three deaths to its name nationwide — was raided by police early Tuesday morning.
On Saturday evening, a 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a fellow Occupy Philadelphia protester outside City Hall. The woman said she woke up from a nap Saturday afternoon to a man entering her tent, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The suspect is a 50-year-old man who has faced a string of similar charges in Michigan. He was arrested shortly after the victim alerted police.
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Through the work of Penn students actively volunteering in the movement, the Obama campaign brought the first national Obama Student Summit to an audience of 400 in Houston Hall last night.
Three thousand miles away from California, students and faculty members gathered on College Green outside Van Pelt Library yesterday afternoon in solidarity with the Occupy Oakland movement.
When schools like the Philadelphia Free School are brought up in conversation, most critics raise the same doubts and concerns — with no set curriculum beside what the students decide and no formal teachers, how can a “free school” guarantee that its students will learn as much as its traditional counterpart?
Tucked away in a former Catholic school on the corner of 20th and Christian streets in South Philadelphia, the Philly Free School is a new private school championing the virtues of true democratic education and the importance of childhood play.
A group of scientists at Penn’s Modular Robotics Laboratory, or MODLAB, has built a robot that — in one sense — builds itself.
By 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 21, most Eric Cantor protesters had emptied out of Huntsman Hall and began marching eastward back into Center City. That morning, amid reports of anticipated protesters and discrepancies over the attendance policy, Cantor canceled his Wharton Leadership Lecture scheduled for Friday afternoon in Huntsman.
Amid Occupy Philadelphia protesters and discrepancies in the attendance policy, United States House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) canceled his Wharton Leadership Lecture slated for Friday, Oct. 21 at 4:30 p.m. Cantor had planned to speak at Huntsman Hall about income inequality.
Friday afternoon, an estimated 500 to 1,000 protesters will stand outside Huntsman Hall while House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) speaks to the Penn community about income inequality in his Wharton Leadership Lecture.
Daily Pennsylvanian: What did you think of the students’ research projects? Steven Chu: I think it’s very exciting. The most exciting part, of course, is the fact that many, many students are getting interested in this incredibly important part of technology development, which I think there will be a huge market for.
Since Occupy Wall Street began on Sept. 17, the movement has spread to multiple metropolitan areas in the country — including Philadelphia in the form of the “Occupy Philly” protests, now in their eighth day of occupation. On campus, Penn professors are beginning to voice their opinions, combining the outrage felt by protesters with their academic expertise.
Brendan Van Gorder, a College freshman from Boiling Springs, Pa., stayed out at Occupy Philly over fall break weekend. As part of an ongoing series focusing on a few Penn community members and their Occupy Philly experiences, Van Gorder shares some of his thoughts on why he went to the protests and what he’s learned from his involvement.
Over the weekend, Occupy Philadelphia protesters transformed the western end of City Hall into their own one-level office building.
Many Occupy Philly protesters arrived in the city on Thursday morning alongside bankers and lawyers on Market Street. But while those professionals headed home Thursday evening, many protesters planned to stay.
Think political discourse is ruder than ever? According to a recent Penn study, Congress disagrees.
The cards are stacked against Karen Brown, the Democrat-turned-Republican mayoral candidate.
Some time not too long ago, students were wary of traveling west of 40th Street after dark.
“When abortion was legalized in 1973, we thought everything was settled,” Frances Kissling began. Little did she know, she recalled, the political debate over abortion rights was only just starting up.