In a press announcement Wednesday afternoon, Obama outlined proposals to Congress and a series of 23 executive actions to curb gun violence in response to last month’s mass shooting in a Connecticut elementary school.
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Crime website pushes forward online security map
CommunityCam, launched last month by search engine optimization firm SEER Interactive and online security equipment retailer VideoSurveillance.com, currently has reported 14 cameras on or near campus.
College houses pilot wireless internet for new devices
Last semester, residents in Rodin and Harrison college houses, Sansom Place East and Sansom Place West received some welcome news. The message announced the trial of AirPennNet-Device, a new Wi-Fi network enabling users to connect devices that are not compatible with AirPennNet to Penn’s wireless Internet.
Arielle Pardes | It's about time
“Girls‘” approach to sex is not only genuine — sometimes a little messy, sometimes a little kinky — but also definitively feminine.
Crime website pushes forward online security map
CommunityCam, launched last month by search engine optimization firm SEER Interactive and online security equipment retailer VideoSurveillance.com, currently has reported 14 cameras on or near campus.
College houses pilot wireless internet for new devices
Last semester, residents in Rodin and Harrison college houses, Sansom Place East and Sansom Place West received some welcome news. The message announced the trial of AirPennNet-Device, a new Wi-Fi network enabling users to connect devices that are not compatible with AirPennNet to Penn’s wireless Internet.
UA-GAPSA Legal Services program will soon address housing issues
In the past year and a half, the UA recorded that 40 undergraduate and graduate students met with the attorney for legal advice.
Some students pursue alternatives to on-campus recruiting
As the spring semester scrambles to a start, so too do student job searches. Many students are conducting their job hunts this year without the use of on-campus recruiting, a Career Services program that brings employers to Penn for on-campus interviews and recruitment presentation sessions.
Division of Public Safety continues with extra security
Among the new measures added after the armed robberies last semester are increased overtime shifts, the use of undercover officers and added Allied Barton security guards around campus.
Tony | Bilsky bets on Allen, but for how long?
Tuesday, Penn Athletic Director Steve Bilsky gave a vote of confidence to coach Jerome Allen despite the fact that the Quakers could still end up with their worst record in the Ivy League era, since Penn is now 2-13 on the season.
Ott | What it’s like to walk away from Penn baseball
Junior Alex Ott joins the DP Sports staff after two seasons of varsity baseball at Penn. Despite notching 17 appearances as a freshman (the fifth highest single-season total in school history), Ott chose to walk away from the sport with great reluctance and a greater story.
Birthright beefs up security, goes through with Israel trip
In spite of the November Gaza Strip conflicts, Penn students proceeded with the Penn Hillel and Jewish Renaissance Project Taglit-Birthright Israel trip over winter break.
Alcohol review set to begin next week
The seven-member Commission on Student Safety, Alcohol and Campus Life — which President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price announced last week — contains a mixed bag of administrators from different departments around Penn.
Crime Log | Jan. 4 - Jan. 10
Jan. 5 – An employee at Houston Hall was threatened verbally over the phone by a known suspect at about 2:45 p.m.
Penn men's basketball's silent strength down low
In his first year of college basketball, freshman center Darien Nelson-Henry has quietly transformed his game, embracing a foreign role under head coach Jerome Allen’s philosophy.
Kasper | Come back, Zack
Just a season ago — though it may seem far longer to fans — Penn finished a respectable 20-13, including 11-3 in Ivy League play. In investigating the Quakers’ collapse this year, the first question should be, what’s changed for the worse since?
Penn faculty sees improvements in gender equality
Throughout the entire University, the proportion of women faculty members rose from 28.4 percent in 2007 to 30.7 percent in 2011.
Pennsylvania lottery to become privately managed
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced Friday that the state would award a 20-year contract to Camelot Global Services to manage the Pennsylvania lottery.
Course Absence Report system widens implementation
After piloting the system in fall 2012 with some classes, Penn administrators have brought the Course Absence Report system to a wider range of courses.
Former mayor of Miami talks race, immigration at Penn
Manny Diaz, who served as mayor of Miami from 2001 to 2009, spoke Monday night to a room of sixty about growing up — and later governing — in that city.









