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Richard Dawkins — evolutionary biologist and former Oxford University professor — addressed a crowd of about 1,500 with a lecture titled “Proof, Science and Skepticism” for the Philomathean Society’s Annual Oration, in celebration of the group’s 200th anniversary.

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By Fiona Glisson · March 13, 2013

Jim Senese, Engineering senior on the Heavy Weight Crew Team, has chosen to build a device — which expands like a telescope — that will be able to shift oars outward and inward. The system is similar to that of gears on a bike.

On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s House Judiciary Committee nearly unanimously confirmed the bill that was introduced the day before by Representative Michael Vereb (R-Montgomery). Vereb aims to send it to the Senate as soon as next week.



Oxford Professor Richard Dawkins speaking at the Annual Oration of the Philomathean Society

Richard Dawkins — evolutionary biologist and former Oxford University professor — addressed a crowd of about 1,500 with a lecture titled “Proof, Science and Skepticism” for the Philomathean Society’s Annual Oration, in celebration of the group’s 200th anniversary.



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Penn Hookups lacks the good vibes of its sister pages. While the other pages mostly praise our peers, Penn Hookups solicits strange commentary about our sex lives — especially things that we wouldn’t say offline.


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This year the election season is seeing a striking number of new candidates. By the numbers in the Undergraduate Assembly elections, there are 24 people running for 16 College seats, nine running for five Wharton seats, and two running for one Nursing seat. Only the Engineering seats will go uncontested.




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Unfortunately, the court could strike down race-conscious admissions policies in Fisher. And one reason is that elite, private universities like Penn do exactly what Justice Alito maligned: preferring minority students from privileged schools over those who are less privileged.



Michele Ozer ·

The month of February has brought nine assaults this month on campus— an increase from the same period in 2012 — but only one of the victims was affiliated with the University. There were 62 thefts from buildings within the Division of Public Safety patrol zone during the first two months of this year — up from 33 during the same period last year — and in January, there were 42 thefts from buildings alone.




JMS Speaker Series: Phil Weinberg

On Tuesday evening, the John Marshall Pre-Law Honor Society hosted Phil Weinberg in Huntsman Hall as a part of the society’s mission to expose undergraduate students to successful and high-profile lawyers. With blunt honesty, Weinberg — executive vice president and general counsel of Comcast-Spectacor — presented the truth about law school and the evolving nature of law as a career.


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New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller will be among the panelists at an April 5 discussion about online learning and what it means for the future of higher education, the University announced Wednesday.


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Following Penn’s announcement Tuesday morning that Biden will be delivering the commencement address on May 13, students from both sides of the political aisle have said they are excited about the decision to bring the vice president to campus.