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A 4.0 GPA or triple major may beef up your resum‚ and help land you an impressive first job.
This time of year life on campus can be dreary. Finals week is rapidly approaching and trekking through the snow and wind on Superblock often feels like a life or death struggle.
To many, the situation in North Korea appears on the brink of violent, perhaps nuclear, confrontation.
If the Canary Island's Cumbre Vieja volcano collapses, as geologist Simon Day predicts, a giant tidal wave would charge across the Atlantic Ocean and crash into the East Coast. Waves could potentially reach heights of up to 130 feet.
Like many societies throughout history, ancient Greeks and Romans had their fair share of Jewish jokes. Erich Gruen, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, shared a few of these racist jabs last night at the University Museum -- and shed some light on their origins. For example, Seneca, the ancient philosopher and political adviser, scoffed, "By observing Sabbath, Jews use up one-seventh of their lives in idleness." Juvenal once said, "Jews are so exclusive that they won't even give directions in the streets to those who aren't circumcised." And Augustus joked, "I'd feel safer as Herod's pig than his son," referring to the King of Judea who notoriously slaughtered his offspring. But according to Gruen, it was not a case of simple anti-Semitism. Rather, these jokes represent "Greco-Roman cultural snobbery" more than a widespread anti-Semitic ideology. He explained that ancient societies simply branded all other different cultures as inferior. Tacitus has often been called "the arch anti-Semite." But as Gruen argued, the Roman historian didn't reserve his hatred specifically for Jews --he despised Christians, Egyptians and many others as well. In fact, explained Gruen, throughout the pagan world, many were complacently ignorant about Jewish practices and customs. "They didn't care enough to get the facts straight," Gruen said. He went on to note that just because ancient Greeks and Romans may not have been anti-Semites, the Jews still suffered under their rule. For example, Egyptian Jews in 38 A.D. were confined to a ghetto, and women were forced to eat swine's flesh. And a worse fate befell Jews in what is now modern-day Israel, where 20,000 were slaughtered by the Roman army. But Gruen argued that this persecution resulted not from an ideological commitment to anti-Semitism, but rather sprang from local frictions and isolated events. "In periods of political crisis or local tensions, xenophobia leaps to the surface," Gruen explained. "Jews didn't hide themselves," he continued. "They made a point of maintaining their ancestral traditions." For this reason, the Jews frequently became targets and scapegoats during difficult times. In this respect, Gruen said "the experience of Jews in antiquity does bear a striking resemblance to their experience in the modern world." Gruen's talk -- and its historical relevance -- seemed to resonate with many who attended. "I enjoy hearing about issues of religious tolerance and freedom throughout history," College freshman Andrew Fink said. Nursing staff member Rebecca Tobias said she enjoyed learning about the "parallels between ancient history and modern times."
You probably don't think of our founding fathers as a cool, fun bunch. Intelligent, probably. Historically significant, sure. But not the type you'd grab a beer with after class, right?
While citizens, celebrities, Supreme Court Justices and Mayor Street celebrated the opening of the National Constitution Center on July 4, across the street over a thousand protesters gathered to voice opposition to what they referred to as "U.S. Wars at Home and Abroad."
Although Ed Rendell served as Philadelphia's mayor for seven years, few thought him likely to become state governor.
While many students have spent countless hours watching such television favorites as ER, Beverly Hills 90210 and NYPD Blue, Penn graduate Meredith Stiehm has spent her career writing these hit series.
Jon Avnet is not your typical Hollywood film director or producer. For his latest project, last year's television miniseries Uprising, Avnet spent eight years researching the ghetto uprising in Warsaw, Poland, among other Holocaust subject matter.
Whe he was just an undergraduate liberal arts major at Penn, Monday's Lessons in Leadership speaker did not know what career path to take. He said he was "probably not specifically qualified to do anything, but ready to try anything."