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9/11 10th Anniversary Issue

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Officials: Hey Day could be changed or canceled

By Matt Jones · March 15, 2006

Another Penn tradition is on the ropes. University administrators said the behavior of "hundreds of students" during last Friday's Hey Day festivities was so deplorable that the tradition will be very different next year. Possible changes include canceling the junior class' march through campus, changing the time of the event or even ending Hey Day altogether, according to Leah Smith, a spokeswoman for the Office of the Vice Provost for University Life.

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Penn Relays Thursday recap

March 15, 2006

The latest edition of track and field's marquee event got under way in earnest this morning at Franklin Field. A few medals have already been awareded. Miami's Dominique Darden took top honors in the college women's 400-meter hurdles. Darden has been a standout all four years she has run for the Hurricanes, collecting 10 All-America honors, the most by any Miami woman.

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Students recover after fire at house

By Eric Jacobs · March 15, 2006

Residents of 4042 Sansom St. thought the fire alarm that woke them at about 3:30 a.m. was merely a case of burnt popcorn. But the students soon discovered that their house was in flames. The March 3 fire that engulfed the three-story rowhouse sent six Penn students and one Bryn Mawr College student to the hospital.

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SAT-style scoring in use in some courses

By Zoe Tillman · March 15, 2006

The Daily Pennsylvanian The recent scoring mishap on the SAT has revealed one potential flaw in fill-in-the-bubble multiple-choice testing method, used at universities across the country, including Penn. The College Board -- which administers the SAT Reasoning Test and Subject Tests -- admitted this month that about 4,000 tests from October were scored incorrectly.

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