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Penn's campus may look a little greener from the other side. A Jan. 24 report evaluating environmental consciousness on college campuses gave Penn a B for its overall greening efforts, but student environmental group leaders argue that the report fails to recognize numerous existing problems.


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By Josh and Josh Wheeling · Feb. 1, 2007

Casey Hughes has spent all of his 21 years in New Haven, Conn., but he has led two different lives. After growing up in Newhallville, a poor area of the city, he was heavily recruited by Yale, and is now a starting swingman for its basketball team. It may seem unremarkable at first glance, but Hughes is the first person in almost 25 years to do this.

For some, February is reserved for Valentine's Day, the first round of midterms and Black History Month. For seniors, it's for one big party. Today marks the kickoff of FebClub, an annual tradition during which Penn's senior class board plans one event per day for seniors for the entire month of February.


Senioritis celebrated with month-long party, bar hopping

For some, February is reserved for Valentine's Day, the first round of midterms and Black History Month. For seniors, it's for one big party. Today marks the kickoff of FebClub, an annual tradition during which Penn's senior class board plans one event per day for seniors for the entire month of February.




As debates get rolling, grads pause for review

As the quest for graduate-student-government reform continues, leaders are turning to their peers for feedback. Four graduate-student government meetings, including one held yesterday afternoon, gave the average grad student a chance to catch up on what's become a heated debate among the graduate community.


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Forty percent racial minority, 25 percent Jewish, 17 percent international: Penn loves statistics that boast of its commitment to diversity - a priority the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education explored in a panel discussion last night. In light of the recent debate about adding a United States Cultural Analysis Requirement to the College of Arts and Science's curriculum, the panel of student leaders met to discuss the challenges of diversity in higher education.


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A pipe above the Harnwell College House mail room burst at around 8:30 p.m. yesterday, flooding the mail room, the Cafe area and the mezzanine level. First-year MBA student and Harnwell Graduate Associate Matthias Weisheit said Facilities staff responded quickly to the incident.



M. Tennis: Quakers shut out Hawks, not for the first time

Jason Pinsky saw this one coming. After all, his Quakers shut out cross-city rival Saint Joseph's 7-0 last year. And the year before. The men's tennis team broke the ice on its spring season yesterday, shutting out the Hawks inside the Levy Tennis Pavilion and putting an early exclamation point on a campaign to break into the NCAA Tournament.



Beige Block fire still under investigation

The cause of a fire that destroyed a house just off campus Saturday has still not been determined, Philadelphia Fire Department Executive Chief Daniel Williams said yesterday. The fire broke out at about 6:15 a.m. Saturday at 210 S. 41st St. No one was injured, but the flames gutted the building and forced residents to evacuate.


U. Council discusses foreign apps

Boosting the highest percentage of international undergraduates in the Ivy League and $7.5 million awarded annually in loans to foreign students, Penn - which also admitted its highest percentage of international students early this cycle - has become one of the most internationally diverse schools in the nation.


W. Squash: With No. 1 on the line, a shocking fall from grace

PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 31 - Twenty-four hours ago - before their match against Princeton - the Quakers were in both an enviable and precarious position. They were the No. 1 women's squah team in the country with only three matches left. But that meant that if they lost, they'd have only two matches to try to regain the top spot.



Zachary Levine | Will John J. Lee be a nightmare again?

There are many words you could use to describe Yale's John J. Lee Amphitheater, home of the Elis basketball team. Historic. Cozy. Church-like. If you're a Penn basketball player, you might have some other words to describe it, few of which are suitable to be printed in this newspaper.


M. Squash recap: Losing at every flight, Penn can't turn it around

It was a different team, with the same result. After being handed a 9-0 decision last weekend against No.1 Trinity, the men's squash team fell in the same manner yesterday evening against No. 3 Princeton. "All the guys are pretty disappointed; they could have come out a little better," head coach Craig Thorpe-Clark said of the match.


Grannies willing to go to jail for their cause

Imagine your grandma in military uniform, ready to be sent off to war. Sound strange? That's exactly what the grannies of the Granny Peace Brigade want. Last evening, activist Nina Huizinga spoke to a small - but committed - group of students on behalf of Philadelphia's Granny Peace Brigade organization.


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When administrators say the future of academic departments is full of blurs, it's not because their crystal balls are foggy. The blurring, they say, is the result of a budding trend among universities to bridge traditionally divided fields by creating interdisciplinary programs.