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One asthma workshop has quickly turned into the possibility of a larger project to improve health and well being at a West Philadelphia high school. Last year, College juniors Amanda Rubenstein and Rachel Conrad co-founded the Active Asthma Workshop, which sends Penn students to Sayre High School at 58th and Walnut streets to promote awareness about asthma and general health and nutrition.


Crime Log

By Joe Vester · Feb. 7, 2007

Burglary Jan. 29 - A staff member reported that several offices near 40th and Chestnut streets were forcibly entered and ransacked by an unknown suspect, and that one office had about $100 removed. Theft Feb. 4 - A student reported that, during a disturbance at Philly Diner, her purse - containing goods worth about $300 - was stolen by an unknown person at about 3:30 a.

The Latest
By David Gurian-Peck · Feb. 7, 2007

Three weeks ago, the Quakers thought they had finally found a third offensive threat to complement senior standouts Monica Naltner and Joey Rhoads. Ashley Gray stormed onto the scene in mid-January. She exploded for 21 points and eight rebounds against Columbia in just her second game off of the ineligible list, and three nights later ranked second for the Quakers with 12 points and six rebounds.

Think about a time and place in which you feel the most comfortable. Now imagine being taken out of this comfort zone for four years. Don't like it? Well, unfortunately, that's how many African American students say they often feel at predominantly white colleges.

Wharton sophomore Leonid Markel scratched his head and laughed at the Web site's mistake: Wikipedia.org had incorrectly listed President George Bush as the Republican Party's general chairman. But it wouldn't have been so funny if that "fact" had ended up in a Political Science paper.


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Wharton sophomore Leonid Markel scratched his head and laughed at the Web site's mistake: Wikipedia.org had incorrectly listed President George Bush as the Republican Party's general chairman. But it wouldn't have been so funny if that "fact" had ended up in a Political Science paper.



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Crime Log

By Joe Vester · Feb. 7, 2007

Burglary Jan. 29 - A staff member reported that several offices near 40th and Chestnut streets were forcibly entered and ransacked by an unknown suspect, and that one office had about $100 removed. Theft Feb. 4 - A student reported that, during a disturbance at Philly Diner, her purse - containing goods worth about $300 - was stolen by an unknown person at about 3:30 a.




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Zoom in on the 'LOVE' statue. Double-click on Van Pelt. Then build it all over again. Google Earth - a computer mapping program through which users can view satellite images of Earth - recently launched a contest in which college students can design a virtual campus to match their own school's.


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The University's endowment ballooned 21.6 percent to $5.3 billion in the past fiscal year, making Penn's rate of endowment growth the highest in the Ivy League, a recent higher-education survey revealed. University officials say this year's boost is the result of shrewd strategies in investment, fundraising and internal reallocation of funds from Penn's Health Systems to the endowment - a stockpile of funds reserved for costs like financial aid and research.


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Total crime for the University Police Department patrol zone rose two percent in the month of January, compared to January 2006, Divison of Public Safety officials said yesterday. Robbery, burglary and aggravated assault all decreased compared to the same month last year, while thefts and simple assaults were up.



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Since 1956, 51 Ivy League men's basketball championships have been awarded, and Penn and Princeton have combined to take home at least a share of 48 of them. That history, along with geographic proximity, has fueled a great basketball rivalry. But it is about time the Tigers and Quakers had a real rivalry that went past the basketball court.


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The University has received a $2 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles, officials announced yesterday. The grant will be used for studying the basic cell biology of Parkinson's disease. The project involves an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Penn's Genomics Institute, including molecular biologist James Eberwine, computational scientist Junhyong Kim and imaging experts Philip Haydon and Jai-Yoon Sul.


Two students robbed in Hamilton Court

Two men were waiting in the lobby when College juniors Albert Tsai and Julietta Change entered the building at the Chestnut Street entrance. One of the suspects asked if the students wanted to buy a PlayStation, Division of Public Safety spokeswoman Karima Zedan said.


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Daily Digit

Feb. 7, 2007

-9Degrees Fahrenheit that Philadelphians felt at 10:00 a.m. on Monday morning. Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer


Yale, Columbia throw in a historic wrench

Yale was on a mission last weekend to make sure Penn did not remain the only team undefeated in Ivy play. Result? The Elis swept Penn and Princeton at home for the first time since 2001-2002. Yale was on a mission last weekend to make sure Penn did not remain the only team undefeated in Ivy play. Result? The Elis swept Penn and Princeton at home for the first time since 2001-2002. Elis fans will be hoping that is an indication of what's to come.



Big 5 hoops: Doesn't take much for 'Nova to top Hawks

By Zachary Levine Senior Staff Writer zlevine@sas.upenn.edu VILLANOVA, Pa., Feb. 7 - Some of them rimmed out. Some of them were solid bricks. One of them hit nothing at all. And for the Wildcats, who made just one of their first 20 three-point attempts, none of it mattered.