The academic job market is competitive and is often one in which supply does not meet demand — but that hasn’t stopped some Penn students from wanting to pursue it.
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Alexey Komissarouk | What’s college like at 25?
I’m a 25-year-old undergraduate. When I returned to school, I asked myself, “Would I be that older guy buying alcohol for his friends? Would I be out of shape academically after three years of no exams?”
Penn swimmers prep for Total Performance Invite
Unlike dual meets, there aren’t any limits on the number of events in which each swimmer can participate. Many of the swimmers are using this invitational as an opportunity to achieve personal bests and demonstrate their abilities.
Sally Engelhart | Remedying beliefs about natural meds
Vitamin C, Zicam, echinacea, Airborne, Cold FX. Should you invest in homeopathic cold preventions and remedies?
Alexey Komissarouk | What’s college like at 25?
I’m a 25-year-old undergraduate. When I returned to school, I asked myself, “Would I be that older guy buying alcohol for his friends? Would I be out of shape academically after three years of no exams?”
Penn swimmers prep for Total Performance Invite
Unlike dual meets, there aren’t any limits on the number of events in which each swimmer can participate. Many of the swimmers are using this invitational as an opportunity to achieve personal bests and demonstrate their abilities.
Penn leaders discuss ‘flawed’ NCAA at forum
Whether college athletes should be compensated for their play has become a hot topic as the NCAA continues to grow as a business. Jerome Allen, coach of Penn men’s basketball team, believes that too much emphasis has been placed on money in college athletics.
Penn women's hoops in uncharted territory
With the win, Penn is now 4-1 for the first time in program history, just two seasons removed from a 2-26 campaign.
Editorial | A change of occupation
Now that the circumstances of Occupy Philadelphia have shifted, the movement itself must shift as well.
Stacked up against the ‘Big Four’
Currently seeded 5th in the nation, the women’s squash team will compete against all nine of the other top 10 teams, and every opponent on its schedule ranks in the top 20.
After Occupy Philadelphia’s encampment was evicted by police on Wednesday morning, over 75 people gathered at a teach-in outside Van Pelt Library.
Ex-Bon Appétit employee arrested for Commons robbery
Penn Police arrested Bon Appétit employee Raymond Haywood the day before Thanksgiving for the alleged armed robbery that occurred at 1920 Commons on Nov. 15
Oral acne meds lead to sore throats, study finds
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine found pharyngitis and upper respiratory tract infections were more common among oral antibiotic users. However, they found no correlation between the use of antibiotics and group A strep.
Q&A with Hugh Hamilton
The Daily Pennsylvanian sits down with the Lamba Alliance’s incoming chair, College sophomore Hugh Hamilton.
Students trade food for fines through Van Pelt program
There may be a way to escape library fines after all — and feed the poor while you’re at it. This month, Penn Libraries sponsored the first-ever “Food for Fines” program, where library patrons were credited $1 toward their accounts for every non-perishable food item they donated.
Cornelius Range V | Rethinking self-reliance
Don’t promote self-reliance as the major contributor to economic and social mobility until everyone plays by the same rules.
Samantha Sharf | Why senior year is like Thanksgiving dinner
At any age, Thanksgiving is an opportunity to look back, to consider where you have been and where you are going.
Your Voice | Correct, don’t amplify, the problem
A Ph.D. student writes a letter stating that Wharton students should question the country’s wealth disparity.
At least four Penn students and a faculty member were among about 50 people arrested this morning following a police raid of Center City’s Dilworth Plaza.
History books in reach for Penn women's basketball
The Quakers (3-1) are off to their best start since 1982-83, and with a win tonight at Lafayette (2-4), they will have their first ever 4-1 start in program history.











