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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.

04/10/09 5:00am

iTunes increases song prices to $1.29

The rollout of the Apple iTunes Music Store three-tiered pricing system last Tuesday has already drawn criticism, copycats and apparent declines in sales rankings among some of the top 100 songs. In January, Apple had announced it would soon begin selling all DRM-free songs with the introduction of the new pricing levels of $.
04/10/09 5:00am
The men's tennis team knows it can't take home the title every year. So when they host Ivy rivals Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend, the Quakers (9-9, 0-3 Ivy) will be competing for something more than a trophy. "It's all about pride at this point," senior captain Jonathan Boym said.
04/10/09 5:00am

Rabbi Mike 'keeps it real'

On April 1, Rabbi Michael Uram entered the Eastern State Penitentiary - the penitentiary on Fairmount Avenue that has housed the likes of Al Capone and Willie Sutton. He was there to dedicate the Alfred W. Fleisher Memorial Synagogue, a chapel built in the 1960s and restored and renovated for use today.
04/10/09 5:00am

Immigrant blacks are overrepresented in certain colleges, studies say | Interactive graphic

According to a new study, black students who are either first- or second-generation American are overrepresented at selective colleges and universities, compared with those whose families have resided in the United States longer. This overrepresentation may stem from stereotypes - such as that immigrant blacks are smarter or work harder.
04/10/09 5:00am

Admissions to scale back on travel

Harvard University admissions announced its plans to cut down on travel outreach last month, and now Penn plans to do the same. Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said he expects "to scale back in the fall" and find "more cost-effective ways of recruitment than planes, trains and automobiles.
04/10/09 5:00am

Reporter's Notebook | When City Council is in session

When Council chairwoman Anna Verna brings down her gavel, the Philadelphia City Council hearing is in session. Council hearings allow members to ask questions of the mayoral departments regarding the budget on which they will ultimately have the final vote.
04/10/09 5:00am

Universities compete to be America's Greenest Campus

Universities across the nation are combating wastefulness and focusing on sustainability, but only one will be able to take home the title of America's Greenest Campus. The America's Greenest Campus contest is the first national competition among colleges to reduce their communities' carbon footprints.
04/10/09 5:00am

Ryan Benjamin | When numbers really don't matter

This year, Penn sent congratulatory letters to 3,926 students out of the 22,939 that applied - an acceptance rate of 17.11 percent. But last year, the acceptance rate was (gasp!) 0.10 percent lower. A minute fraction of a percent, but unfortunately many students - and this newspaper - seem to think such an increase in acceptance is a "situation.
04/10/09 5:00am
Men's lacrosse can't win the Ivy League tomorrow at Brown, but the opportunity for an upset is still very much in the cards - again. After nearly toppling No. 2 Princeton Tuesday at home, the Quakers (2-7, 1-4 Ivy) will make a quick turnaround, heading to Providence, R.
04/10/09 5:00am

Opinion Art | Daniel Schwartz

Daniel Schwartz is a College junior from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is dschwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com
04/09/09 5:00am

Questions continue in meningococcal outbreak

Elizabeth Grant, like many other Penn students, went to several Greek parties the first weekend in February. And like other students who had connections to the Greek system, Grant, a College sophomore, went to get a prophylactic dose of Ciprofloxacin on Feb.
04/09/09 5:00am
Ivy League lacrosse is in Samantha Bird's blood. Penn's senior attack comes from a line of women's lacrosse players. Bird's older sister, Courtney, graduated from Princeton last year, while her younger sister, Georgia, is currently a freshman on Dartmouth's roster.
04/09/09 5:00am

Crime log | Interactive map

Assault March 29 - Clifford Jorden, 20, unaffiliated with the University and of the 6000 block of Lindbergh Boulevard, was arrested at about 1:45 a.m. for allegedly striking a male student, 21, in the head with a glass bottle on the 300 block of 40th Street.
04/09/09 5:00am

Lisa Zhu | Creative collaboration

Many Penn students (read: haters) tend to harbor a certain disregard for our peer institutions, as exemplified by basketball fans' over-enthusiastic trash-talking at basketball games and the obligatory groan-plus-rolling-of-the-eyes reaction whenever anyone mentions the word Princeton.
04/09/09 5:00am

Natalie Hamilton Kelly and SLAP | Promoting workers' rights

On March 30, 2009, Colin Kavanaugh wrote a column praising Sen. Arlen Specter for his recently declared opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act. We wish to respond to his piece and explain why we, and many others, view Specter's decision as a gross betrayal of the working people in this state who have so long supported him.
04/09/09 5:00am
What do you get when you blend a fake afro, a Celine Dion video, a cookie monster mask and a human banana? Besides a phenomenal theme party, of course. The answer: a third-place finish at the Student Athlete Advisory Committee's athlete talent show, revived for the first time since 2006 at the Zellerbach Theater this past Monday evening.
04/09/09 5:00am
The small room that will house the new Nursing Biobehavioral Research Lab in Claire Fagin Hall may not look like much, but for the researchers in the School of Nursing, it's a place to call their own.
04/09/09 5:00am

Editorial | Finding solutions

Rodin College House recently announced that, for the next two years, it will no longer admit freshman. There are several sound reasons behind the decision. The communal culture in the high rises - something most consider essential for a successful freshman year - is not nearly at the level of the Quadrangle, Hill or King's Court-English.
04/09/09 5:00am

SEPTA introduces unlimited day pass

SEPTA has just made traveling in Philadelphia cheaper, faster and easier. In a press release, SEPTA announced that it will introduce a "One Day Independence Pass" and a "Family Independence Pass," which will be available for use on trains, trolleys and buses.
04/09/09 5:00am
Future changes in Rodin College House's demographics will be less about excluding freshmen and more about giving sophomores what they want. College Houses and Academic Services director Leslie Delauter explained that Rodin was chosen as the college house to pilot the changes not due to any issues involving freshmen, but rather due a need to accommodate the growing sophomore demand in high-rise living.