Katiera Sordjan | The selfish gene
While loved ones try to make sense of the death, suicide victims and depressed individuals often cannot understand the effect on their family, or ultimately, feel that their loved ones would be better off.
While loved ones try to make sense of the death, suicide victims and depressed individuals often cannot understand the effect on their family, or ultimately, feel that their loved ones would be better off.
SAM SHERMAN is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email is samsherman6@sas.upenn.edu
Anthony Bagtas pled guilty to eight charges including theft, burglary and trespassing.
Penn women's basketball had fun in its 78-57 demolition of Columbia on Saturday. The Red and Blue came within one point of the school's first-half scoring record, four players scored in double digits and senior Kara Bonenberger notched her 1,000th point. But the win – although impressive – was inconsequential when compared to the results of the previous night's game.
SAM SHERMAN is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email is samsherman6@sas.upenn.edu
Anthony Bagtas pled guilty to eight charges including theft, burglary and trespassing.
On Saturday afternoon at the Palestra, a familiar voice shouted out from the sidelines as wrestlers went to work on the mats. "Work hard!" yelled Penn wrestling coach Alex Tirapelle.
On land, the senior hobbled around with the aid of a walker – the kind found most commonly in nursing homes. But in the water, it was a different story.
Columbia Athletic Director M. Dianne Murphy announced in September that she planned to resign from her position at the conclusion of the academic year. Now, six months after Murphy’s announcement and two months after football coach Pete Mangurian's resignation following allegations of abuse and misconduct with players, Columbia has announced that Peter Pillingok will take over as athletic director on Apr. 13. A graduate of Brigham Young University and Ohio University, Pilling is the former vice president of IMG College, one of the largest sports marketing companies in the country.
For the women’s squash team, Sunday’s 9-0 sweep of Columbia was more than just a win; it was the win that capped off a perfect conference season and clinched Penn’s first Ivy League title in seven years.
Colin Hartman, 2014 MBA graduate and veteran, is developing Concept C — a chocolate factory in Washington D.C. with a platform he calls “for purpose”.
The speakers at Penn Appetit's Food Summit on Saturday — two scientists, a Top Chef, a public relations specialist and the founder of the Wine School of Philadelphia — brought diverse expertise to the table.
The WBPC announced the twenty-five semifinalists that will move onto the next round for a chance at large cash prizes and valuable legal and financial services for their business ventures.
District spokesperson Fernando Gallard told the Philadelphia Inquirer that the impact would be closer to a $500 million loss.
Dollops of frosting, red velvet and decadent chocolate cake can be at your doorstep in a matter of clicks.
In the same conversation, Classical Studies Professor Ralph Rosen can span topics from Jesus to Eminem, all the while exploring one of his favorite concepts: satire.
In the past 30 years text book prices have increased by over 813 percent as of 2012.
Fraternities are not guilt-free of partaking in the culture of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct, but we cannot expect to lay sanctions on them alone and consider the issue resolved. It is all too easy to lay the blame on the highly visible Greek societies that seem to dominate the social and party scene, but they are only part of the problem, not the problem itself.
Race relations, economic disparities, the lingering threat of crime, having to deal with people of different backgrounds: it not easy being in West Philly.
ANNEKA DECARO is a College freshman from Austin, TX. Her email address is annekaxiv@gmail.com.