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9/11 10Th Anniversary Issue

04/26/12 1:45am

Women's Lacrosse clinches 6th straight Ivy Title

With the Penn women’s lacrosse team’s spot in the Ivy League Tournament still in jeopardy, the Quakers turned up the pressure and played their best game of the season, throttling Princeton, 13-8, at Class of 1952 Stadium.
04/25/12 6:58pm

Hey Day tradition delivers another class of seniors

Wednesday morning, nearly 2,500 juniors celebrated Penn’s 96th annual Hey Day. VIDEO: Hey Day 2012
04/25/12 3:35am

Penn Relays | Around the track at Franklin Field

Oregon Ducks The women’s team has a legitimate shot at sweeping all three distance relays if they have enough in the tank.
04/25/12 3:33am

Penn Relays | Professionals prepare for London 2012

On Saturday, the final day of Penn Relays, the pros will take to the track as they build up to the Olympic Trials in June.
04/25/12 3:29am
This weekend, Penn will feature a brand-new discus and hammer throwing area that rivals Olympic facilities and hopes to attract talent from across the world.
04/25/12 3:27am

Penn Relays | Penn recruit Sam Mattis goes for discus gold

Mattis, a senior at East Brunswick High, has been dominating his competition for quite some time. In 2010, he set a sophomore state record by six feet with a 197-foot, 3-inch hurl.
04/25/12 2:39am
Lists are cliché. Lists are tropes — especially those that are supposed to sum up an entire college experience.
04/25/12 2:29am
As much as I would love to spell out the metaphor I’ve come up with that explains life’s deepest mysteries (hint: it’s awesome), it’s as a long-time editor and reporter at this place that I take up the weighty responsibility of giving everybody a few ideas for senior columns to come.
04/25/12 2:04am

Polls see low voter turnout overall, in Penn area

With no major disputed races on the ballot in yesterday’s Pennsylvania primary, few voters went to the polls on or near campus. VIDEO: Amy Gutmann VotingVIDEO: Word on the WalkGALLERY: 2012 Primary Election VotingINTERACTIVE: 2012 Pennsylvania Primary results
04/25/12 1:38am
My BlackBerry without a data plan, which takes after its owner, has faked being smart for the last four years.
04/25/12 1:37am
Yesterday on Locust Walk across from Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, a bright yellow Amnesty International at Penn’s Human Rights banner displayed many student groups’ answers to the question, “What are human rights?”
04/25/12 1:15am
Women’s track and field coach Gwen Harris knew her group of 13 recruits was going to be special when they entered Penn as freshmen four years ago. She just didn’t know how special.
04/25/12 1:14am
We all know from experience that the perception of time passing is not constant. Just think about how quickly the hour of an exam can fly by or how slowly an hour lecture can.
04/25/12 1:07am
For Brian Chaput, a Penn 2004 graduate and javelin thrower making a bid for the U.S. Olympic team, the journey to greatness has had several hurdles along the way.
04/25/12 1:05am
I never envisioned joining The Daily Pennsylvanian, let alone spending the majority of my college time there.
04/25/12 1:04am

Brian Kotloff | Batting .333 may be good for baseball, but not predictions

While I’ve spent the past several months in Witness Protection, now I’m being asked to revisit said predictions. In case anyone who read them needed a reminder of how awful they were.
04/25/12 1:04am
For fourth-grade runner Emily Hauck, the Penn Relays were as unfamiliar as the crowd of people surrounding her as she took her place in the paddock minutes before her race.
04/25/12 1:03am
The School Reform Commission approved Penn’s proposal to add a fourth kindergarten class last Thursday. The proposal still awaits approval from the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers.
04/25/12 1:00am
I’ll be leaving on a jet plane. Soon — I mean, relatively soon. I’m studying abroad in London next semester. Now that classes are over, that statement actually feels like it means something.
04/25/12 1:00am
Currently tied with Cornell for the top spot in the Ivy League, the Red and Blue (27-15, 11-5 Ivy) will play Columbia (12-29, 6-10) for a chance to win their first division championship since 2007 and just second in program history.