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(03/16/16 6:14am)
On Tuesday night, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) suspended his presidential campaign, 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump edged closer to the Republican nomination despite a loss in Ohio and Hillary Clinton beat back challenger Bernie Sanders.
(03/02/16 6:19am)
On Tuesday night, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump’s widespread electoral momentum swept over the 12 states and one territory in the Democratic and Republican primaries. Both Clinton and Trump gained a commanding lead in their respective races by finishing first in seven states each on the day the most delegates are at stake on the primary calendar.
(03/01/16 4:49am)
As if the 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump needed extra momentum ahead of Super Tuesday — the biggest day of voting in the Republican primary campaign — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie officially endorsed the real estate mogul on Friday.
(02/26/16 11:00am)
In the past months, Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.) has gained more political momentum in the Democratic presidential primary race than political pundits and the American public alike would have ever expected. The self-proclaimed democratic socialist has transformed himself into a legitimate rival to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by tapping into a disenfranchised electorate and calling for a political revolution.
(02/17/16 5:37am)
Justice Antonin Scalia’s death on Saturday left the Supreme Court’s ideological composition in flux, sent Congress into a typical partisan turmoil and sparked a flood of political punditry. At Penn, the justice’s death invoked predictions by law professors and scholars on the future of the Court and constitutional interpretation in general.
(02/13/16 11:00am)
Come May, graduating college seniors nationwide will walk out their campus gates, diplomas in hand. All will have degrees, some will have employment plans and a great majority will graduate with student debt.
(02/09/16 4:52am)
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) decided to hold his New Hampshire rally at the Palace Theatre for a reason: It’s a venue dedicated to the performing arts.
(02/03/16 8:09am)
Once the votes were counted in the Iowa caucus, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) had claimed a solid victory. At the Penn Caucuses, hosted on Tuesday night by the Government & Politics Association along with six student candidate support groups, Cruz received not a single vote.
(02/01/16 4:13am)
The Federal Aviation Agency estimated that more than 700,000 drones were sold during the last holiday season, making them one of the hottest-selling toys in the last two years. Due to their popularity, drones have been creating problems for both local pilots and government officials in Philadelphia.
(01/30/16 10:00am)
W. Wilson Goode Jr. — former city councilman, 1986 College graduate, son of a former mayor and outspoken champion of Penn paying PILOTs — has returned to City Council as senior policy advisor to President Darrell L. Clarke. The manner in which he returned, however, has raised concerns.
(01/28/16 5:16am)
From mandatory security cameras outside Smokey Joe’s and Blarney Stone to a five cent fee for plastic bags at Fresh Grocer, certain City Council bills that will be re-introduced in 2016 might directly affect University City businesses and clientele.
(01/23/16 11:00am)
While local newspapers nationwide struggle to keep afloat with the increased competition from free online news platforms, Philadelphia’s top journalistic publications bet last week on a rather uncharted strategy: going nonprofit ... sort of.
(11/16/15 6:01am)
PARIS — It was supposed to be an ordinary Friday of going out with friends and enjoying the city I have come to call home these past months. The pedestrian streets around Les Halles were bustling with activity, and the France-Germany soccer match was live in virtually every bar. It was 10:10 p.m., and I was at a Spanish bar when I got the first text message from a friend concerned about my well-being following the earliest reports of the Paris attacks. That was the first I heard of the attacks that night.
(07/29/15 9:00am)
With the majority of Penn students away from campus this summer, the University’s construction activity has increased conspicuously all the way from the Schuylkill River to 40th street.
(07/23/15 9:15am)
At 37, Andrew Stober is on the hunt to defy all odds by winning a seat in Philadelphia’s City Council as an independent candidate.
(07/22/15 9:30am)
Today marks the 23rd day of a prolonged and frustrating political gridlock between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican controlled state legislature in Harrisburg. With no significant developments in the past three weeks, both parties seem far from an agreement on the Commonwealth’s budget for the new fiscal year.
(07/16/15 8:00am)
Imagine if before class a teacher presented their students with a warning about course material that could potentially be traumatizing for students. Imagine if classrooms adopted a warning similar to the “viewer discretion is advised” so commonly seen in movie theaters.
(07/08/15 10:00am)
From the quiet study lounges in Huntsman Hall to the closet-like bathrooms in Van Pelt Library to the air conditioner-less rooms of Hill College House, AirPennNet is a constant presence on Penn’s campus.
(07/08/15 9:00am)
In what is shaping up to be the most important week in Greece’s odyssey of debt and economic dysfunction, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras — the country’s leader— is expected to submit serious reform proposals to European leaders today.
(06/25/15 1:00pm)
Ever since the first televised U.S. debate between Presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960, presidential debates have increasingly become a centerpiece of general elections every four years.