38Th And Spruce Street Intersection

GAPSA releases list of best landlords

The best landlords are those east of the Schuylkill River, according to the Graduate and Professional Students Assembly's Landlord Survey. That was one of the principal findings in GAPSA's survey that rates landlords in the area based on 1,200 responses collected November through February.

Georgette Chapman Phillips | No gates on the tower

I am a fan of the show Myth Busters on the Discovery Channel. For those of you unfamiliar with the show, each episode takes a myth, dissects it, tests it and proves it either factually true or not. Let's see what Adam and Jamie might discover when this approach is applied to Colin Kavanaugh's recent column where he called for Wharton to "Open the gates to the ivory tower.

Art Club frustrated by mysterious squirrel disappearances

Many students may not have had time to notice the appearance of ceramic squirrels along Locust Walk over the past few days since several of them have been disappearing. The project, called "Squirrels on Locust," is coordinated by the Penn Art Club and is the first large-scale student-initiated art installation on campus.

Emerson Brooking | In defense of Dixie

When I came to Penn freshman year, I brought my Confederate flag with me. Growing up in the Georgia heartland, the Confederate flag had been a constant presence, gracing T-shirts and garnishing license plates. It embellished Dixie-themed trinkets and toys, and often flapped proudly alongside the Stars and Stripes.

At Art Speakers at Penn event, Cohen explains ideas behind her artwork

Self-proclaimed visual artist and art activist Zoe Cohen believes that art is in the eye of the beholder. Last night, Cohen offered a room of students a look at some of her avant-garde works, expressing her mantra that you don't need the artistic prowess of Michelangelo to create art.

Need-blind may become less 'blind'

As the economy worsens, many schools committed to disregarding candidates' financial conditions when considering their applications are using creative methods to admit more students who can afford tuition while still adhering to their need-blind policies. Some colleges are accepting more international, transfer or waitlisted students, whose applications are not evaluated on a need-blind basis at some otherwise-need-blind institutions.

Four from Penn awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

Three Penn professors and a senior critic in the School of Design were awarded fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation last week. Recipients of this year's fellowship - grant money given to artists, scientists and scholars for their research efforts - include English professor David Wallace, Sociology professor Susan Watkins, Music professor Anna Weesner and design critic Alexi Worth.

College Republicans elects Peter Devine as chairman | Audio

Recently-elected Penn College Republicans chairman, Wharton junior Peter Devine, spoke to the Daily Pennsylvanian about his plans for the future of the minority political group on campus. Daily Pennsylvanian: How is the hand-over going? PD: I've been passed the baton pretty quickly - I took over on day one.

Editorial | Another yes voter

Quite soon, students will hopefully be able to register for more than classes through Penn InTouch. Under a new bill currently being proposed in Congress, nicknamed the VOTER Act, students will be able to register to vote at the same time they register for courses.

Crime Log | Interactive map

Robbery April 8 - A male student, 20, reported that two unknown suspects approached him on the 100 block of S. 40th Street at about 12:20 a.m., one of whom displayed a knife and forced him to withdraw cash from his bank account at a nearby ATM. Theft April 3 - Stanley Wisocki, 46, unaffiliated with the University and of the 1200 block of Race Street, was arrested at about 8:30 p.

Opinion Art | Janice Dow

Janice Dow is a College sophomore from Los Angeles. Her e-mail address is dow@dailypennsylvanian.com.

M. Lax | Despite ACL, 'Steak' still has sizzle

The men's lacrosse team's most potent weapon for the past few weeks may have a cannon for a stick, but he's also got a bum knee. Senior midfield Drew Collins has been on fire in the past month, netting 10 goals over the past five games. Even more impressive, he's doing it after playing in only one game last season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament, and while playing all of this year with a partial tear in the same knee.

Winner (maybe) takes it all for W. Lax

Boy, is this familiar. Just like last year - and the year before - the Ivy League women's lacrosse title comes down to Penn and Princeton. The two rivals are set to face off tonight at Franklin Field, and the winner will win the Ancient Eight championship.

Opinion Art | Ilana Millner

Ilana Millner is a College junior from Washington Crossing, Pa. Her e-mail address is millner@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Superior Court upholds $4 M verdict in ex-Dentistry prof's case against Penn | Interactive timeline

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently upheld a 2007 decision by a Philadelphia trial court mandating that Penn pay Mark Helpin, former chairman of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, $4.04 million for breaching their employment contract. The lawsuit has been ongoing since 2005, when Helpin sued the University alleging he was forced to resign in 2004 after he was reassigned to a different position and his salary was reduced, a breach of his contract, he contended.

Study says exercise may reduce breast cancer risk

According to two professors at Penn's School of Medicine, more exercise may reduce a woman's risk of developing breast cancer - and, in a new study, they plan to test this hypothesis. Led by Epidemiology professor Kathryn Schmitz and Hematology/Oncology professor Susan Domchek, the study will take about four years to complete.

Crime down 32 percent for March, 25 percent for year | Interactive graph

The total number of crimes in the Penn Patrol Zone in March 2009 decreased 32 percent from the total in the same month last year, dropping from 78 to 53. The total number of crimes in the year 2009 is down 25 percent from this point in time last year, from 212 to 159.

Taxi driver stabs 22-year-old man near campus

A 22-year-old man unaffiliated with the University was stabbed at around 2:15 a.m. Saturday on the 200 block of South 44th Street, according to Philadelphia Police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore. Responding to a call, Penn Police found that the complainant had been stabbed in the abdomen by a taxi driver.

Hutz | Quakers on course despite distance gulf

I had never been in a Penn sports team's locker room until last week. That's when I stepped inside the red, University-owned van that pulled up at 39th and Spruce streets. Welcome to the men's golf team's "locker room." Littered with a few plastic sports-drink bottles and lacking leg room for the lanky athletes whose inopportune arrival time forces them into the back corner seats, the van is a lifeline for first-year coach Scott Allen and his squad.

Sophomore collects 'Change for Change'

Last year, after College sophomore Sara Heinze's close family friend, four-year-old Alexa, passed away from complications after being treated for neuroblastoma, she began to think about what she could do to help. As president of her high-school athletic association, Heinze helped organize a "change drive," that raised about $2,000 for a three-day breast-cancer walk by collecting small change from students.