Avery Lawrence is a College junior from Charlottesville, Va. His e-mail address is lawrence@dailypennsylvanian.com.
When Yale faced Lehigh last weekend, the result was anything but predictable.
Prosecutors can count on racking up more bills if they retry Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya for murder, but not on a better chance of a conviction, law experts say. Malinovskaya's first-degree murder trial was declared a mistrial for the second time last Thursday after the jury announced a 6-6 deadlock.
Boripat Donmon, of Thailand, couldn't believe AIDS would ever appear in his country - and that he would become infected. "Twenty years ago, I associated AIDS with Europe and Africa. I never thought it would appear on the Asian continent," he said. "About 10 years later, I realized I had it.
After a traumatic first two seasons in Old Nassau, Princeton basketball coach Joe Scottfinally seemed to get his program moving in the right direction. By the end of last year, his Tigers were 10-4 in the Ivy League after a horrific start. Now, as basketball teams around the nation begin practicing, it looks like the personnel woes that have beset the Tigers could continue.
In the often cruel world of big business, some minority students are finding that getting a job is not so scary after all. In increasing numbers, many businesses are finding their way to Penn's campus to recruit minority students and help calm their job-hunting fears.
In the often cruel world of big business, some minority students are finding that getting a job is not so scary after all. In increasing numbers, many businesses are finding their way to Penn's campus to recruit minority students and help calm their job-hunting fears.
When Yale faced Lehigh last weekend, the result was anything but predictable.
Prosecutors can count on racking up more bills if they retry Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya for murder, but not on a better chance of a conviction, law experts say. Malinovskaya's first-degree murder trial was declared a mistrial for the second time last Thursday after the jury announced a 6-6 deadlock.
It's all about the name game in Pennsylvania. In the past weeks, with the Nov. 7 election approaching, a number of big-name politicians - some of whom are running for office themselves - have dropped in on Philadelphia and other cities in the state to throw their weight behind local candidates.
Hannah Arendt's writings on totalitarianism could have ominous resonances in the modern era, according to author Elisabeth Young-Bruehl. At the Penn Bookstore yesterday, Young-Bruehl presented her book Why Arendt Matters. The author related the theory of autocracy discussed by Arendt, a provocative author and political commentator as well as Young-Bruehl's doctorate professor and mentor, to current events.
In next month's contests, Republicans will have to overcome curse of sixth-year election and spat of controversies.
Environmentalists, student leaders and University officials all agree: Penn is sending too much of its trash to the dump. Student environmental leaders said that Penn doesn't recycle as well as its Ivy League peers and presented their proposal for better conservation on campus at yesterday's University Council meeting.
Can't decide whether to go into science or business? Steven Nichtberger has made a career in both. Nichtberger, an alumnus of both Wharton and the College and the founder of Tengion, Inc., spoke last night in Huntsman Hall about "opportunities and challenges for the scientist-business leader.
The flu season has arrived once again, and many Penn students are expected to line up outside Student Health Services for their flu shots. This year, Student Health officials say they are much better prepared to fight the flu virus than they were last year.
Abundance of cyclists on Locust creates hazard, requires enforcement.
Students at some schools are saying they need to bring their pets into school dorms - for their mental well-being.
For the second time this year, the rain has forced the cancellation of a soccer game at Rhodes Field. A week ago, the men's soccer team saw its game against Rutgers washed out. Last night, it was the women's turn to take shelter as their match against Robert Morris was called due to rain.
College sophomore Dean Tye can be seen on the Internet, engaging in a "dance-off" with street performers in New York. Tye is one a large number of students and millions across the country who use YouTube.com, a video-sharing Web site - but its recent purchase by Google Inc.
It's no secret that Penn boasts a thriving community of Jewish undergraduates. But more and more, the University is becoming a hub for a different group of Jewish students - senior citizens. The Senior Associates Program, administered by the College of General Studies, allows senior citizens and retirees living in the Philadelphia area to audit Penn courses for a nominal fee.
Thirty-five years ago, 43 people were killed in a prison uprising in upstate New York, the bloodiest in United States history. Ironically, the upshot of the incident was an "assault on the idea that prisoners had civil liberties," Heather Thompson told a crowd of about 40 at Penn's Silverman Hall Monday.
Top colleges are increasingly pushing students to learn about foreign cultures, become religion connoisseurs and even study abroad. These changes mark efforts to revamp requirements to incorporate more diversity in curricula of top-tier universities, academic experts say.
Columbia boasts one of the better kickers of the Ivy League in Jon Rocholl. The sophomore, who doubles as the team's punter, had hit seven of eight attempts going into Saturday's game. This time, though, the Penn special teams unit was instrumental in preventing him from improving on that tally.
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