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Ending months of speculation, Penn Athletics confirmed on Monday that former Associate Director of Athletic Communications Eric Dolan is the player to be named later in the 2015 trade with Stanford that landed women’s soccer coach Nicole Van Dyke in University City. “Clearly I didn’t make this move willingly,” Dolan said in a phone interview from a beach just outside Palo Alto, Calif.

In a surprising turn of events, Penn track and field’s throwing star Sam Mattis was suspended by the USTFCCCA for throwing his coach, Tony Tenisci, a whopping 68.12 meters at last weekend’s Penn Challenge. Anyone who reads the sports section of the Daily Pennsylvanian would know that Mattis throws heavy things often.

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Taking reader feedback into consideration, we at the Daily Pennsylvanian are placing an embargo on writing about the following topics: Race Religion Political correctness The 2016 election Ted Cruz Amy Gutmann Amy Gutmann’s salary The administration Penn professors Penn students Drexel students LGBTQ issues Black Lives Matter Weather Controversy That one white guy who sits behind you in your Philosophy class and raises his hand too much.



After months of speculation, Penn Athletics has confirmed that Eric "Cutie" Dolan's departure from the department was involuntary as part of the Van Dyke deal with Stanford.

Ending months of speculation, Penn Athletics confirmed on Monday that former Associate Director of Athletic Communications Eric Dolan is the player to be named later in the 2015 trade with Stanford that landed women’s soccer coach Nicole Van Dyke in University City. “Clearly I didn’t make this move willingly,” Dolan said in a phone interview from a beach just outside Palo Alto, Calif.


Senior thrower Sam Mattis was suspended by the USTFCCCA after throwing his coach a record-setting distance.

In a surprising turn of events, Penn track and field’s throwing star Sam Mattis was suspended by the USTFCCCA for throwing his coach, Tony Tenisci, a whopping 68.12 meters at last weekend’s Penn Challenge. Anyone who reads the sports section of the Daily Pennsylvanian would know that Mattis throws heavy things often.





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The University of California Board of Regents released a statement last Thursday condemning anti-Semitism on its campuses. The statement was released in light of recent anti-Semitic events on UC campuses and the rise in a push for Israel boycotts, primarily in the form of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions or B.D.S. movement.









In an age where every post, ad and buzzfeed article is competing for space on your online newsfeed, it might seem natural to dismiss social media activism as being just another empty, attention-seeking hashtag.



Senior captain Shaul Gordon was one of four Quakers to earn All-American honors at NCAA Championships last weekend, taking sixth in sabre.

In its final hurrah of the 2015-16 season, Penn fencing fought through four days of intense competition at NCAA Championships in Waltham, Mass., to take eighth and score 98 points.