The presidential primaries and the United States' economic downturn are making headlines together, and for voters, the two are becoming increasingly related. The economy has become one of the most important issues in the campaign for voters and candidates in both parties.
38th and Spruce Street Intersection
Huober | Weightier results from the heavies
Throughout its history, the Penn wrestling program has built a reputation for producing top heavyweight wrestlers. Most recently, heavyweight Matthew Feast made his run on the Quakers record books. The three-time All-American currently resides at third on Penn's all-time win list, with 118.
News Brief: Police shootings to be reviewed
Mayor Michael Nutter has ordered a review of Philadelphia Police Department policies on the use of deadly force by officers, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported yesterday. The order for the review - to be led by Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey - comes after a recent spike in shootings by police.
Used books: a student friend, a publisher foe
Two years ago, College senior Heather Gorn and Engineering junior Scott Becker started BetterThanTheBookStore.com, an online forum for students to buy and sell textbooks that quickly became a campus institution. Today the site has about 2,600 users and more than 7,000 books for sale.
Huober | Weightier results from the heavies
Throughout its history, the Penn wrestling program has built a reputation for producing top heavyweight wrestlers. Most recently, heavyweight Matthew Feast made his run on the Quakers record books. The three-time All-American currently resides at third on Penn's all-time win list, with 118.
News Brief: Police shootings to be reviewed
Mayor Michael Nutter has ordered a review of Philadelphia Police Department policies on the use of deadly force by officers, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported yesterday. The order for the review - to be led by Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey - comes after a recent spike in shootings by police.
Openness, outreach trademarks of new dean
Eric Furda, Penn's recently appointed dean of admissions, was well known at Columbia for his open, receptive personality and his ability to work in a large team, college-admissions counselors and former coworkers say. Furda's work in Colmbia's undergraduate admissions office - which he led from 1995 to 2004 - focused on increasing the breadth and depth of the university's applicant pool.
More hotels planned for Philadelphia
New hotels are being planned citywide, a trend experts say is likely to weather recent financial difficulties in the real estate markets. Spurred by the planned expansion of the downtown Convention Center, developers have unveiled plans for several new hotels both in Center City and nearer to Penn's campus.
Club Wizzards, now Club Atlantis, open under new management
Club Wizzards, the site of a deadly shooting this past fall, recently reopened under new management as Club Atlantis. In late November, police engaged in a gun battle at Club Wizzards, located at 3801 Chestnut St. After allegedly shooting the disc jockey twice, Larry Sanders, 31, of the 500 block of N.
With Fox came Ivy titles for M. Tennis
When Justin Fox was younger, his father - an excellent tennis player - took him onto the court and taught him how to play. The Long Island, N.Y. native has not put down his racquet since, becoming the No. 2 singles player in the country at the ripe age of 16 and winning the National Open at Texas.
A nation divided by death
For some Penn students, "home" is now a very different place than it once was. Pakistani students who returned to their native country for winter break arrived shortly before former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a rally for the Pakistan People's Party on Dec.
Personalities: He will cure your hangover
He's the man who invented Bui's famous "hangover special" - the breakfast combo that brings long lines of Penn students to the food truck on the corner of 38th and Spruce Streets those particularly painful Sunday mornings. "One day I was sitting at home thinking, 'What can I do to satisfy [Penn students]?'" explained the proud combo-creator, who asked to be identified as Bui, Jr.
Like a fisherman dangling a juicy worm, the Saint Joseph's defense allowed Penn to get off anything it wanted from outside the arc. And the Quakers took the bait. On Saturday night, Penn scored 42 points against St. Joe's, and three-point shooting is a good candidate on which to place blame.
Quakers make for easy prey
The best the Quakers could hope for was probably a moral victory. Even that was well out of reach. Saint Joseph's dominating 82-42 victory over Penn on Saturday raises the prospect of a winless Big 5 season, which would be Penn's first since 2000-01. The Quakers visit Temple on Wednesday for their final non-conference game.
Stephen Krewson | Let the financial-aid battles begin
The median household income in the United States in 2006 was $48,201. The sticker price of Penn's tuition is $46,124, or almost 96 percent of what a typical family earns in a year. Of course, these figures misrepresent the situation at Penn, where there are very few typical families.
Opinion Art | Daniel Schwartz
Daniel Schwartz is a College sophomore from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Schnur sure that W. Swim loss was 'best meet of the year'
For the women's swim team, the final score of this weekend's meet against Yale does not tell the whole story. Although the Quakers fell to the Bulldogs 186-114, coach Mike Schnur was more than pleased with the results, calling it the "best meet of the year by far.
For many in the Penn community, yesterday's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday was not simply a day off from classes - it was a chance to reflect on the life of a hero and to live out his message of social justice. From painting with youngsters to cleaning a school to an evening candlelight vigil, the University community celebrated King's 79th birthday with a jam-packed day of tributes and community service.
Editorial | More news is good news
Have you heard the news? Starting this semester, the Undergraduate Assembly will bring 657 free copies of The New York Times to Penn's campus every weekday. As part of the $21,000 initiative, students can pick up a paper at 18 different locations on campus.
Facebook: for more than just your friends
The deadline for On-Campus Recruitment resume submissions is tomorrow, and everyone wants to look good on paper. But a killer resume can only get applicants so far - the recruitment process has made its way to the Web as well. "Employers who recruit at Penn are searching Facebook and they're googling candidates," Director of Career Services Patricia Rose said in an online podcast located on the Career Services Web site.








