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Medicine 101: Intro for high school

In most cases, "school" tends not to rank among students' most popular spring break destinations. But for a group of 30 Philadelphia high schoolers, visiting a Penn Anatomy Lab, performing neurological exams and listening to Psychiatry professor Benoit Dube show a Justin Timberlake video-spoof about "Bringing Paxil Back" is a long way from "school.


Ever taken a three-year test? Most likely not, but Ivy League fencers are currently in year two of their three-year-long evaluation. Two years ago, the Ivies agreed to implement a new schedule format on a "trial basis," as Associate Director of the Ivy League Chuck Yrigoyen described it.

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By Matt Meltzer · April 6, 2007

Emily Denstedt will take the ball for the Quakers on Saturday against Yale as she seeks her team-leading seventh victory. After manhandling the Elis last year, she is in position for a repeat performance.

During his high school career, Penn midfielder David Cornbrooks had one chance to compete against his younger brother in lacrosse. But the brothers were vying over more than just the Cornbrooks family name. David went to St. Paul's, and his brother to the Gilman School, two archrivals in Baltimore.


HS rivalries are no laughing matter

During his high school career, Penn midfielder David Cornbrooks had one chance to compete against his younger brother in lacrosse. But the brothers were vying over more than just the Cornbrooks family name. David went to St. Paul's, and his brother to the Gilman School, two archrivals in Baltimore.



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Ever taken a three-year test? Most likely not, but Ivy League fencers are currently in year two of their three-year-long evaluation. Two years ago, the Ivies agreed to implement a new schedule format on a "trial basis," as Associate Director of the Ivy League Chuck Yrigoyen described it.





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Daily Digit

April 5, 2007

25Millions of estimated American children 17 and under who are obese or overweight. Source: Here


Breaking church and state divide

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend elaborates an almost foreign political view: that of the religious left. The Former Lt. Governor of Maryland and Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States came to speak last night at Logan Hall about her recent book, Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches Are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way.



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Sports Briefs

April 5, 2007

Baseball, Softball both pushed back after rain Due to inclement weather, the Penn softball and baseball teams' games were all postponed yesterday. No makeup dates have been announced as of last night. The baseball team had been scheduled to play at Lehigh at 6 p.


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Last week, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Penn School of Nursing's masters program third best in the nation, after the University of Washington and the University of California, San Francisco. The program was also third last year. The Veterinary School ranked fourth, down from third.


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Spring Fling directors announced yesterday that just over 500 of the 2,000 available guest passes have been sold, about the same number that had been sold at this time last year. Engineering junior and Spring Fling co-director Lindsay Motlin said she does not expect a spike in guest pass sales due to the April 13 Ben Folds/Third Eye Blind concert.


Putting better biking on the city's agenda

Tyler Morris shrugs his shoulders at Philadelphia's degree of bike-friendliness. "It's average," said Morris, a College junior and a daily bike rider. "They make an effort to accomodate bikers." But if Alex Doty, executive director of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, has his way, bicycling in Philadelphia will never again be just an "average" experience.