1970 College graduate Joan Drucker Winstein criticizes Penn’s failure to cancel Professor Henry Teune’s class.

The School of Nursing’s Assistant Dean for Diversity and Cultural Affairs, Nancy Tkacs, was recently appointed to advice the Nursing school on how to diversify its faculty. Tkacs sat down with The Daily Pennsylvanian to discuss her new role.

University City resident Brian M. Villa cautions Penn pedestrians to exercise more common sense.

Many students have decided to take a leave of absence to pursue job opportunities or start their own businesses, Director of Career Services Patricia Rose said.

Every year, there are cases of theft at fraternity parties. While some cases are the result of “long standing rivalries” between fraternity houses, other cases involve students who are not affiliated with the Greek community.

Interestingly, our own Ivy League has to be the most stable athletic conference in the history of athletic conferences.

The UA voted in favor of sending professors emails at the start of every school year to remind them of religious holidays. The resolution will be up for approval in October.

The Penn men’s basketball team announced its 2011-2012 schedule yesterday, and it’s arguably the toughest in the Ivy League.

This year, both the men’s and women’s teams have done their best to maintain a crucial advantage on the attack.

Despite being used only situationally, Aaron Bailey ranked fifth on the team in all-purpose yardage. His playmaking ability could have been helpful in Penn’s quest for a third-straight Ivy title.

Because Penn is witnessing a surge of applicants from charter schools, admissions officers will add a code to track charter schools for the first time.

The newly-opened Center for Innovations in Health Care Financing will use ideas in behavioral economics to improve patient health and reduce healthcare costs.

As competition for most job positions increases, personal recommendations and networking continue to be an important part of the job hunt, according to assistant Wharton professor Matthew Bidwell, who studies employment patterns.

Penn will participate in the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge, which was released by the White House last spring. The Challenge will encourage college campuses to institute more interfaith and community service programming.

Students enrolled in the Political Science class “Citizenship and Democratic Development” this semester were shocked when they heard why their professor, the late Henry Teune, couldn’t be at the first day of class.

Penn Park has a multitude of benefits, but the question remains — will students actually go that far east to utilize it?

The Palestinian strategy for statehood has flipped in a matter of eight years. The strategy now seems to follow a new script: statehood first, negotiations later.