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Bid night a ‘happy ending’
Penn's seven Panhellenic sororities announced their recruits at the annual bid night on Thursday. Crowds gathered in front of Houston Hall to welcome new sisters.
Penn Transit underused by students
The University’s transit system, which runs Penn Bus East and West and the Penn Shuttle Service, offers their services to students free of charge. PennCard holders may also take Drexel transportation if they are in an area not covered by Penn transit.
Panel discusses celebrity patients
Part of the Freud, Franklin and Beyond seminar series, the discussion dealt with the psychoanalysis of celebrity patients and the subsequent effects on the patients’ privacy.College advising goes online
On Sunday, the Academic Advising Office of the College launched a new instant-message advising service in hopes of making advisers more accessible to students.Fraternities to adapt LGBT-focused member education
Several groups are combining to revive an effort to educate new fraternity members about showing acceptance to brothers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
Clickers increase class participation
Audience response systems and associated software are increasingly prevalent in the classroom, allowing teachers to pose questions that students answer on individual remote controls.Study shows gender bias in rec letters
Letters of recommendation written for women tend to highlight personal characteristics, whereas letters written for men focus more on leadership qualities, according to a recent study.Penn grad and prof team up for drug culture research
When 2010 alum George Karandinos moved above a Kensington diner a few blocks from the city’s most dangerous drug trade, he was almost certain he’d be robbed.
Groups honor King's legacy
The event — which was divided into multiple moderated discussion groups — grew out of a partnership between the Penn Project for Civic Engagement and NewCORE, or New Conversation on Race and Ethnicity, an organization committed to furthering the cause of racial dialogue and cooperation.
Former Sen. Arlen Specter to teach at Penn Law
The five-term senator will teach a course next fall on the relationship between Congress and the Supreme Court, with a focus on separation of powers and the confirmation process.
Penn celebrates MLK through events, vigil
Though students and faculty had the day off Monday, around 500 community members participated in service events as part of a larger symposium on social change.Philo discusses Arizona shooting
Roughly 50 students attended the presentation, which examined the media's labeling of so-called "criminal madmen" in the wake of the shooting of an Arizona congresswoman.Wharton MBA earns top dollar
With a $350,000 starting salary, a Wharton graduate — who now works at a private equity firm — became the highest paid first-year Master in Business Administration graduate in the country last year.Investigation at Skulls continues
Skulls hopefuls may have to consider other options due to the fraternity’s exclusion from rush events, following the death of Matthew Crozier, who suffered fatal head injuries at the chapter house on New Year’s Eve.
SPEC Film lays out ideas for semester
SPEC Film's first event of 2011, in which the group gave away promotional materials for HBO's Funny or Die, was “just to get the mood going,” according to SPEC Film member Angela Feria.Cultural groups, UA plan to increase support for undocumented students
Though the DREAM Act stalled in December, students and administrators are working to give undocumented students equal opportunities at Penn.Hackers to build mobile apps in 40-hour competition
The PennApps Hackathon marathon — a 40-hour challenge to create phone programs — will run for the third time from 8:00 p.m. Jan. 14 until noon on Jan. 16.Skulls will not participate in rush
It is unclear whether the change is in response to the death of a 20-year-old who suffered fatal head injuries after a fall at the fraternity house on Dec. 31.