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38Th And Spruce Street Intersection

In light of recent accidents at the intersection at 38th and Spruce streets, the Daily Pennsylvanian has begun reporting on why the intersection is dangerous, and what experts feel can improve the intersection's safety.

11/18/12 11:00pm

The DP sits down with new Interfraternity Council President Andrew Turell

Last week, the Interfraternity Council held elections to determine its new executive board. College junior and Psi Upsilon brother Andrew Turell was elected as IFC president and will assume his position in January.
11/18/12 10:20pm

No Rhodes Scholars at Penn for third year in a row

For the third year in a row, no Penn students received a Rhodes Scholarship. Five Penn students were named finalists for the award.
11/18/12 9:56pm

Penn Latter-Day Saints gained exposure through 2012 election

Students in Penn’s Latter-Day Saints Student Association, which was officially recognized as a student group last December, have a unique perspective to share regarding the election.
11/18/12 9:47pm
Students from five sketch comedy troupes and comedian Greg Proops joined forces in Harrison Auditorium for the Mask & Wig Club and Social Planning and Events Committee’s 15th Annual Intercollegiate Comedy Festival.
11/17/12 6:27pm
Penn fell to the Dragons, 61-59, in a game that the Quakers let slip out of their grasps as the clock wound down.
11/17/12 4:14pm
Penn football earned its third outright Ivy League championship in four years Saturday afternoon with a 35-28 win over Cornell.
11/16/12 1:43pm
At opposite ends of Locust Walk Friday morning, Penn for Palestine and the Penn Israel Sector responded to the ongoing violence in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
11/16/12 2:20am

Alon Krifcher | A different college experience

Picture this: as you’re studying for tomorrow’s exam, your classmate continues to tap his pencil against the table.
11/16/12 1:56am

Shlomo Klapper | Sderot: A surreal city

Dana was just tired. After tough midterms at Sapir College and moonlighting as a waitress, the 22-year-old returned home exhausted.
11/16/12 1:54am
Penn’s biggest advantage to stopping Jeff Mathews and the Cornell passing attack on Saturday lies with getting to him with the linebacking corps.
11/16/12 1:53am

Penn for Palestine | Stop the killing in Gaza

We cannot overstate the pain and difficulty we’ve experienced as we face what is happening 5,700 miles from our comfortable academic world.
11/16/12 1:51am

Your Voice | Finding the right proof

This summer, Penn asked all incoming freshmen to read the play “Doubt” as part of its Year of Proof.
11/16/12 1:26am
Susan Francia went from flunking freshman year to graduating on the dean’s list to rowing on the U.S. Olympic team.
11/16/12 1:17am
Last year, Director of the Creative Writing Program Greg Djanikian, lecturer Anthony DeCurtis and Filreis organized the inaugural symposium, a tribute to Bob Dylan.
11/16/12 1:10am

United Minorities Council takes a look at workplace diversity

The United Minorities Council hosted a panel discussion last night on Diversity in the Workplace, the third of six events to promote Unity Month.
11/16/12 12:59am
It can be difficult to come down from the “high” of freshman year into the reality of sophomore year.
11/16/12 12:55am
Yes, college is stressful. The constant demands and expectations can take a toll on how we treat one another, but that doesn’t excuse us from being respectful.
11/16/12 12:51am

Student groups hold discussions, demonstrations in response to Gaza violence

Penn for Palestine is planning a silent demonstration on College Green, while some pro-Israel groups have planned their own sets of response to the attacks, which are being called the most violent since 2009.
11/16/12 12:24am

Professors lay a blueprint for the use of proof in architecture

Marilyn Taylor, dean of PennDesign, said the goal of the event was to take the abstract subject of proof and “make it directly relevant to design.”
11/15/12 11:56pm
Andrew Holland will make his first career start when the Quakers head north to Ithaca, N.Y., on Saturday to take on Cornell in a bid for the outright Ivy League title.