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Saving the world and getting paid for it may only be a pinprick, x-ray or survey away. Whether you're strapped for cash this holiday season or simply looking to get on Santa's good list, go out and volunteer for a Penn research study. At first glance, the transformation from student to experimental subject may seem daunting.


The wait is finally over. The Quakers are in the win column. Senior captain Brian Grandieri stabilized the offense and led the Quakers in scoring, as he has all season long, and the underclassmen that Grandieri had called out just a few days earlier finally showed up to help Penn right its ship with a 93-77 victory over The Citadel last night at the Palestra.

Webmail's gone. There are no more server crashes. And another company is handling e-mail at no charge. It's the saga of Penn e-mail, but it's now the story of hundreds of other schools across the country. Penn made the decision to outsource its e-mail to Microsoft last year.

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Yet another round of pre-litigation letters from the Recording Industry Association of America hit Penn students last week. The RIAA, which represents the country's major music labels, continued its legal onslaught against college students last week, sending pre-litigation letters to 16 Penn students and 401 other students across the country.

A Penn Police officer shot and killed a man accused of shooting a disc jockey inside a local strip club at 38th and Chestnut streets early this morning. Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said two Penn police officers on routine patrol were flagged down by a group of people outside Club Wizzards shortly after midnight.


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A Penn Police officer shot and killed a man accused of shooting a disc jockey inside a local strip club at 38th and Chestnut streets early this morning. Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said two Penn police officers on routine patrol were flagged down by a group of people outside Club Wizzards shortly after midnight.


M. Hoops | A win to give thanks for

The wait is finally over. The Quakers are in the win column. Senior captain Brian Grandieri stabilized the offense and led the Quakers in scoring, as he has all season long, and the underclassmen that Grandieri had called out just a few days earlier finally showed up to help Penn right its ship with a 93-77 victory over The Citadel last night at the Palestra.


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Webmail's gone. There are no more server crashes. And another company is handling e-mail at no charge. It's the saga of Penn e-mail, but it's now the story of hundreds of other schools across the country. Penn made the decision to outsource its e-mail to Microsoft last year.


M. Hoops | Will this be The One?

The last time they played the Citadel, the Quakers breezed past the Bulldogs, 88-49. But that was back in the spring of 2006, when points -and wins came easily. Indeed, Penn has taken all four meetings between the schools by a combined score of 362-225.


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The shuttle to Center City is back, but only for night owls. Recent safety concerns have prompted the University to create a new trial shuttle service that will provide door-service transportation as east as Broad Street. Despite the University's decision to shelve the Octobus shuttle service last week, officials believe that a late-night shuttle service to Center City is an important component of a comprehensive safety plan.


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Coach Pat Knapp wants his basketball team to get back to the fundamentals. After Saturday's 66-44 debacle against Manhattan, Knapp has been stressing three aspects of the game - defensive execution, rebounding and offensive rhythm - in preparation for the Quakers' Big 5 showdown against Saint Joseph's (2-1) tonight at the Palestra.


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A second teenager from a group thought to be responsible for at least six robberies of Drexel students was arrested this past weekend, police officals said. The 16-year-old male was arrested at his home Friday night after victims positively identified him, Philadelphia Police Lt.



McCain delivers 'straight talk' to campus

Despite some political pundits dismissing Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign as "dead," he came out swinging last night before a packed audience of Penn students. McCain's "Straight Talk Express" pulled into Annenberg's Zellerbach Theater for a town-hall forum with a crowd of nearly 1,000.


Student describes Thanksgiving's origins

Family, food, Black Friday and traffic jams are just some of the things commonly affiliated with Thanksgiving. Beyond that, though, the upcoming holiday has a long history dating back to the first American settlers. Attendees of "Thanksgiving 101," a lecture held at the Graduate Student Center yesterday, learned about the historical origins of Thanksgiving and the facts and fictions behind the holiday.


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It's not every day that an Ivy League president operates a trackhoe. But Penn President Amy Gutmann used one yesterday before an audience of local business and political leaders, including Mayor-elect Michael Nutter and city Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, to officially began construction on the recently acquired postal lands.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Man, they really had us going. Undefeated Yale was the toast of the Ivy League. As junior tailback Mike McLeod made his assault on the record books and the Bulldogs kept winning, their stock kept rising. By the eve of Saturday's Ivy title game, Yale had risen to No.


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MORGANTOWN, W. Va. - The Penn women's soccer team came into its first-round NCAA College Cup match against James Madison expecting to have its hands full with the Dukes' speed and athleticism. In the game's opening minutes, it looked as if the Quakers would have no chance to stop the speed of James Madison's attacking players, let alone slow them down.


Author: Reform court nomination process

The Supreme Court has the constitutional right to declare the "supreme law of the land," so the appointment of justices is a crucial aspect of the American judicial system. However, according to Princeton provost Christopher Eisgruber, the current system is subpar and in dire need of reform.


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Over the next few months, students will be able to thank the Undergraduate Assembly for replenishing dining supplies on campus and providing them with free copies of The New York Times. Major topics from Sunday night's meeting include: n College Republicans Chairman and Wharton senior Michael Shiely spoke about the lack of political awareness on campus during Open Forum.


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Universities are cathedrals of higher learning. While the congregants at St. Agatha's may be united through their faith in God, students here are united by their faith in Almighty Education. We place sacrifices on the altar (about 40,000 of them a year), beseech our prophetic professors for their wisdom and lay prostrate every Saturday night before the holy Trinity of Smokes, Blarney and Copa - Gloria in excelsis vino! Like congregations of faith, students devote a considerable amount of time and energy to serving others.


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At Parkway Center City High School in Philadelphia last year, two shy students reluctantly enrolled in a pilot after-school debate program. After disappointing performances at a spring tournament at Drexel University, the two students went to the Philadelphia Debate Institute's week-long summer program.