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9/11 10th Anniversary Issue

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This just doesn't feel quite right. These senior columns are supposed to fit in with the whole graduation motif - you know, moving onto bigger and better things, reflecting on our time spent in the best damned windowless office on campus. It's our way of saying thanks to the paper, and the paper's way of thanking us.


Assault May 1 - Irving Jefferson, 46, unaffiliated with the University and of the 800 block of Ardmore Avenue in Ardmore, Pa, was arrested at about 1:45 a.m. for allegedly assaulting a police officer on the 3700 block of Walnut Street. Burglary May 4 - A male student, 29, reported at 5:45 p.

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Who else would it be? Yet again Penn is about to enter a key women's lacrosse game and standing directly in its path is Northwestern. Facing each other for the third-straight year on the final weekend of the postseason, the No. 4 seed Quakers (15-2) will play the No.

Mark Fabish is coming home. After graduating from Penn in 1997, the former receiver served coaching stints at Monmouth and Rhode Island. But now he's returning to 33rd Street, as he was officially named Penn's new tight ends coach Tuesday. "It has been a long-time goal of mine to get back to the University of Pennsylvania," Fabish said in a Penn Athletics press release.

Municipal Judge Thomas Nocella recently ordered defendant Domenique Wilson, the suspect in the home invasion and sexual assault at 44th and Spruce streets last December, to a mental-health evaluation, the Philadelphia Daily News reported. According to the Daily News, Wilson's attorney requested that the judge order his client to undergo the evaluation, and the judge granted the request.


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Municipal Judge Thomas Nocella recently ordered defendant Domenique Wilson, the suspect in the home invasion and sexual assault at 44th and Spruce streets last December, to a mental-health evaluation, the Philadelphia Daily News reported. According to the Daily News, Wilson's attorney requested that the judge order his client to undergo the evaluation, and the judge granted the request.



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Assault May 1 - Irving Jefferson, 46, unaffiliated with the University and of the 800 block of Ardmore Avenue in Ardmore, Pa, was arrested at about 1:45 a.m. for allegedly assaulting a police officer on the 3700 block of Walnut Street. Burglary May 4 - A male student, 29, reported at 5:45 p.


W. Lax | A Devilish time on tap in NCAAs

The women's lacrosse team pulled out a 9-8 overtime victory the last time they faced Duke, in last year's NCAA Tournament Final Four. Now, with last season in the back of their minds, the two teams will square off once again, though this time it's one round earlier.


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Despite plans to open in the week leading up to graduation, Capogiro Gelato still hasn't opened its doors on the ground floor of the Radian Apartments. The family-owned store was originally slated to open in the early spring, according to owner John Reitano, although it was delayed due to a "challenging economic environment," he wrote in an e-mail for a previous article.


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"When the name of your company becomes a verb, you know you've done something special," said Interim Provost Vincent Price during his introduction of the 2009 commencement speaker this morning on Franklin Field. "That's market penetration." In an event marked by pop culture references, laughs from the audience and heartfelt moments, Google CEO Eric Schmidt led the 2009 commencement ceremony with a speech geared toward guiding new graduates in the current difficult economic times.



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The School of Social Policy and Practice hosted a Hurricane Katrina study group at the Sheraton Hotel April 29-May 1. The Schools of Engineering and Applied Science, Dental Medicine, Nursing and Design, as well as the Fox Leadership Program have worked for the last three years with other universities and the public welfare offices in Hancock County, Miss.


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Penn is the best four years of your life, I was told. And boy, were they ever. But at a time like this, who can help but think about regrets? I am now staring post-graduation life in the face, and I have to wonder if the years I spent here were enough to make me the kind of man I want to be.


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While most students were saying goodbye to their dorms last Tuesday, College junior Joshua Bennett was being welcomed into a new room - one further to the East. Bennett was one of a handful of performers invited to celebrate poetry, music and spoken word in the East Room of the White House with the first family and about 200 guests.


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And here I thought the last piece I'd write for this newspaper would be about meningitis - it's sort of scary how quickly I can spell "meningococcal" at this point. But when I was asked to write a goodbye column, my mind immediately went to the first time I stepped foot inside the office that would basically become my home for the next four years.


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The Black Students League is trying to help some students avoid skyrocketing textbook prices next semester. The group organized a textbook drive May 6-13 to help give books to Penn students struggling with financial aid. "Our goal is to help out classmates who have to go through hardships to get textbooks," said College sophomore and BSL community outreach chairwoman Jolecia Flournory.


Ultimate test awaits Penn club

The days of Penn being a national basketball powerhouse may be gone, but give the Quakers a frisbee and a field, and they can compete with the best in the country. For the first time since 1996, the women's Club Ultimate Frisbee team is headed to Nationals.


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As graduation approaches, I've been thinking quite a bit about things I have not done. It was sometime while watching the impossibly talented members of the Excelano Project perform several weeks ago that I realized I hadn't accomplished or seen 90 percent of what I told myself I would as a dewy-eyed freshmen.



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Eric Schmidt, Google chairman and chief executive officer, will deliver the commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania's University-wide ceremonies that begin at 10 a.m., Monday, May 18, on Franklin Field, 233 S. 33rd St. Yunus will deliver the address at the Wharton School's Graduate Division ceremony at 1 p.


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"You. I'm glad to see you here," Cindy Shmerler said as she pointed directly at me. I was confused. It took a moment for me to realize why Cindy had singled out me. It was The Daily Pennsylvanian's annual Marquez Conference in the fall of 2007 and Cindy, serving as a panelist, and I were the only two females sitting in the room for the sports writing session.