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Two females unaffiliated with the University were robbed on the north side of campus over the last two weeks, Philadelphia Police officials said. On Nov. 25, a 51-year old female was robbed while walking along the 4000 block of Ludlow Street, located between Market and Chestnut streets, at about 9:10 p.


Ellen Robb was brutally beaten to death last December after years of a rocky marriage. Now, her relatives have formed a foundation to help other troubled women. Former Economics professor Rafael Robb pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter, admitting that he killed his wife, Ellen Robb, in the couple's Upper Merion home by bludgeoning her with a chin-up bar after an argument.

Mayor-elect Michael Nutter appointed Temple University Executive Vice President and Penn alumnus Clarence Armbrister as chief of staff for his administration yesterday. Nutter, who made the announcement yesterday in City Hall, said Armbrister's "background in finance, education, management and law makes him perfect for the position.

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Thanksgiving is family time - maybe that's why it's a brief holiday. I like my family, but since we're divided by the Atlantic, I'm stuck with a surrogate family for most of the year - the Penn family. No, I haven't been hired by the administration to whip you into a frenzy of love for your peers.

M. Hoops | Seeing Spots

By Rob Gross · Nov. 28, 2007

Lafayette lives and dies by the three. For a Penn team that has struggled defending the long ball thus far, that could spell trouble. The Leopards (3-2) have made ten or more three-pointers in four out of five games this season, and they will get another chance to tonight when the Quakers (2-4) visit.



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Ellen Robb was brutally beaten to death last December after years of a rocky marriage. Now, her relatives have formed a foundation to help other troubled women. Former Economics professor Rafael Robb pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter, admitting that he killed his wife, Ellen Robb, in the couple's Upper Merion home by bludgeoning her with a chin-up bar after an argument.


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Mayor-elect Michael Nutter appointed Temple University Executive Vice President and Penn alumnus Clarence Armbrister as chief of staff for his administration yesterday. Nutter, who made the announcement yesterday in City Hall, said Armbrister's "background in finance, education, management and law makes him perfect for the position.


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Ireland is famous for a few things: potatoes, U2, soccer, beer, and the drunken brawls and all-around hooliganism that usually ensues after the latter two. Basketball is not one of those traditional Irish pastimes. But Paul Cummins was able to parlay his skills into a scholarship to an American high school and a successful collegiate career.


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Police have arrested three men in connection with the Monday-morning shooting of a disc jockey at a local strip club. The men are expected to be charged with assaulting the disc jockey, who was then allegedly shot by another patron at Club Wizzards, located at 38th and Chestnut streets.


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Fun loving SF NS in search of athletic M, 18-25, for NSA relationship, NBM, enjoys long walks on the beach, romantic dinners - and Latino culture. QuieroLatino.com, a new online-dating site started by two Penn alumni, will aim to bring together young Latino professionals when it launches in January.


W. Hoops to face Easy Rider (not Peter Fonda)

The Rider women's basketball team compiled a dismal 2-28 record last year, including a 77-65 home loss to Penn. But the Quakers are catching the Broncs at the wrong time. Despite very little turnover on the roster, they have already surpassed last year's win total with a 3-2 start under new coach Lynn Milligan, including a 76-74 victory over Central Florida in their last game.


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Penn Medical School researchers have discovered that using an immune-system gene to enhance a vaccine used to study HIV can help prevent simian HIBV, according to a report released last week. When given a vaccine enhanced with a molecule called Interleukin-15, macaque monkeys had greater protection against simian HIV than those with an unmodified vaccine.



Man killed inside Club Wizzards

A Penn Police officer shot and killed a man accused of shooting a disc jockey early yesterday morning inside a strip club at 38th and Chestnut streets, leading to its closure. It was the second shooting at the intersection in the past month: Larry Bembry, a West Philadelphia resident, was killed by Philadelphia Police on Oct.


Wrestling | Penn does a Hokie-pokey and turns Va. Tech about

The Penn wrestling team took an easy 26-5 victory over Virginia Tech on Sunday, but don't think the Quakers have it all figured out yet. The team saw deficiencies from the top and bottom positions. With few exceptions, the team had difficulty controlling their opponent from the top, and were incapable of turning their opponents.


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With Wharton's towering Huntsman Hall to the west, the University Hospital Complex to the south and the Engineering School to the east, Penn's campus can be an intimidating place, especially for College students pursuing majors without direct career paths.


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Three mistrials and you're out. At least, that's what should happen. Two weeks ago, the third jury to consider murder charges against Penn student Irina Malinovskaya decided it could not reach a unanimous verdict, resulting in a third mistrial. Delaware's Attorney General Office is still deciding whether or not to take the rare step of trying Malinovskaya for a fourth time.


M. Hoops | One and won

M. Hoops | One and won

By Josh and Josh Wheeling · Nov. 27, 2007

The 2-4 Quakers didn't have much going for them. They had lost at home to a Howard team allowing 82.3 points per game and their only win came over a Citadel team with only three non-freshmen on the roster. But a couple of second-half spurts helped Penn come away from Thanksgiving break with a respectable 85-100 loss to No. 23 Virginia on Friday night and a 71-67 win over Navy in the third-place game of the Philly Classic on Saturday.


Tunes and talk at Writers House

Politics met music last night in the Arts Cafe of the Kelly Writers House. Four award-winning political journalists, along with musical guests The Spinning Leaves, visited Penn for a public recording of "LIVE at the Writers House," the center's monthly radio program.


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Last December, Economics professor Rafael Robb "lost it" during a fight with his wife, Ellen, about whether their daughter would return from an upcoming vacation in time to attend school. That day, Dec. 22, 2006, Ellen Robb was found bludgeoned to death in the couple's Upper Merion home - a crime for which Rafael Robb admitted guilt yesterday.


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The Ph.D. program in the Annenberg School for Communication was named the top program in the country in the Third Annual Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, a measurement conducted by Academic Analytics, earlier this month. Academic Analytics, a company that sells research on faculty productivity, rated the Ph.