The Aurora, Colo., massacre gives a renewed sense of urgency over the role of firearms in American culture. Being situated near a hotbed for violent crimes, Penn students in particular have a big stake in the debate over gun control.

Our generation lives on the internet. We wake up to new iMessages, “friending” people is an almost necessary social exercise, we are expected to respond to emails instantly and many of us run our own blogs. And suddenly I could not access any of that.

While today’s hot social media sites, Twitter and Facebook, serve mostly to feed our vanity and self-absorption, the blogosphere often provides a more productive outlet.

Penn doesn’t have a varsity figure skating team. But maybe now that 2012 graduate Ami Parekh is looking to become the first figure skater to go to the Olympics from the University, they may look to promote the club sport.

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Three of the four goalies who were selected had previously played on the national team. Leitner, who graduated in the spring, knew going in that the competition was going to be very tough.

Like Voiro and Van Roten, Barreiro said that while it’s not easy to go from Penn to the big leagues, persistence is the key to making it.

For the past two years, Penn’s ranking has shifted dramatically, dropping from 36th place in 2010 to 52nd place in the 2011 ranking.

Using a design that integrates features from Blackboard, Facebook’s timeline, LinkedIn’s profile and Google Calendar, Lore is ready for use by professors for the upcoming semester.

Currently 3,500 to 4,000 people, primarily Penn students, participate in the studies, although faculty and students from nearby universities such as Temple and Drexel, as well as other Philadelphia residents, will participate as well.

After three months of construction, Bliss Juices and Ice Cream, Manakeesh’s neighboring juice and ice cream bar at 45th and Walnut streets, will have its grand opening tomorrow on Aug. 3.

The new comics store, which celebrated its grand opening two weeks ago, was previously located on 40th and Locust streets, but closed last fall.

The business, Vago Logistics, will deliver food from any restaurant that accepts phone or online orders.

Carstens, who directed Princeton University’s undergraduate financial aid renewal process, as well as the Office of Student Employment, will replace Bill Schilling, who retired on June 30 after serving for over 30 years.

This year Philadelphia has seen approximately 210 homicides so far, according to Philadelphia Director of Public Safety Mike Resnick.

The June 2011 release of the University’s Diversity Action Plan received a mixed response from student groups at Penn.

While detractors have criticized the unprecedented nature of the penalty against Penn State, the response was justified by the unprecedented nature of an atrocity enabled by a culture of football worship.