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The Daily Pennsylvanian

9/11 10th Anniversary Issue

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Harvard professor Sendhil Mullainathan is questioning whether students going into finance will make the best use of their talent.  In 2014, one in five Harvard students took a job in the financial sector and this number was bigger for economics majors--one in two students.  Mullainathan explains that "every profession produces both private return--the fruits of labor that a person enjoys--and social returns, those that society enjoys." While finance is usually an industry in which returns are private, he argues, people in the industry can use it for the solve social problems with financial roots, such as saving money for college to insure unemployment risk and going into debt from having to take out loans to support meager paychecks.  "So how should I feel about my students going into finance?


Each year, the start of spring heralds the most glorious time of the year—great weather, fun times as school winds down and, of course, baseball season. While the Philadelphia Phillies may have 154 games remaining in their regular season, Penn baseball is nearing the peak of Ivy League play with only two series remaining against Princeton and Columbia, respectively.

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Is it better to get into Penn and exhaust every option to afford it, or is it better to simply get rejected because of your inability to pay? This is a serious question that many international students ask themselves when applying to Penn.


Is it better to get into Penn and exhaust every option to afford it, or is it better to simply get rejected because of your inability to pay? This is a serious question that many international students ask themselves when applying to Penn.



Baseball v Lafayette

Each year, the start of spring heralds the most glorious time of the year—great weather, fun times as school winds down and, of course, baseball season. While the Philadelphia Phillies may have 154 games remaining in their regular season, Penn baseball is nearing the peak of Ivy League play with only two series remaining against Princeton and Columbia, respectively.


Women's lacrosse against Towson

The stakes are rising for Penn women’s lacrosse. Winners of eight consecutive Ivy League regular season titles, the resilient Quakers will face Princeton on Wednesday in a battle of Ivy League unbeatens, one that will likely determine the host of next month's Ivy League Tournament.


Mens Lacrosse vs UMBC

As Penn men's lacrosse prepares for a do-or-die matchup with Dartmouth, its team captain has earned a place in a race for some prestigious individual recognition. The Senior CLASS (Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School) Award, given annually, recognizes those who best live up to both parts of student-athlete title. Matt McMahon, a key cog in the Red and Blue defense since 2012, was named as one of 10 finalists for the award last week.












In the age of instant mass media and ever-expanding tort liability, for Penn to adopt a “live and let live” approach to students’ risky behavior just isn’t a rational choice. To avoid the monetary losses which might result from parental lawsuits or bad press born of Greek antics, it is simply in Penn’s best interests as an institution not to be tolerant of violations of policies it couldn’t really change if it wanted to.


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After being rejected from Brown, high school senior William Pang wrote a letter published in the Washington Post about what he proposed to do next.  "The college decision felt like a verdict on the past 18 years of my life, and a reminder that the accomplishments and awards I achieved were insignificant compared to other 18-year-olds," Pang wrote.  After speaking with friends, including one at Penn, Pang concluded that being rejected from the Ivy League did not mean he would not be successful.