The proposed construction of a casino in Center City was a point of contentious debate at Sunday's Undergraduate Assembly meeting. Almost 40 representatives from several of Penn's minority and religious groups came to support the Casino Development Proposal.

For some Penn students, senior year is going out of style. Yael Landman, a third-year senior majoring in English and Jewish Studies, started her freshman year as part of the class of 2010. She will be graduating this May along with the class of 2009. Three-year college degrees are gaining attention in the academic world as students look to

How does society reconcile the rights of a patient with the moral beliefs of an instiProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 tion? Carol Petraitis, Director of the Clara Bell Duvall Reproductive Freedom Project of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, addressed this fundamental issue to a small group of students last night at the P

A fire at the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house early this morning was caused by an electrical overload, according to the Division of Public Safety. The fraternity house, located at 4040 Walnut St., was evacuated at about 3:30 a.m. when brothers reported seeing smoke billowing from a second-floor bedroom.

After two years of negotiations with the insurance provider Aetna, the human papillomavirus vaccine is now more affordable for students under the Penn Student Insurance Plan. The $140 shot will now cost $40 under a co-pay program for eligible women insured by PSIP.

Inefficient elevators, clogged toilets and slow responses have been among the many things high rise residents have had to say about their housing experiences this semester. Although steps have been made since the High Rise Renovation Project began in 2004 to modernize the buildings, residents say they are still unhappy with the quality of facilities.

Playing a fantasy sports game online is one thing, but creating one, attracting one million users and then selling it, is another. And that's what Wharton junior Boris Silver did when he combined his passions for sports and the Internet to create Total Sports Fan, a Facebook application that lets users feature their favorite sports and teams on their profile.

After six years of litigation, former Neurology professor Tracy McIntosh's sentence for sexual assault is still up in the air. The Philadelphia District Attorney's office and McIntosh's attorney both filed briefs earlier this month regarding McIntosh's appeal of his three-and-a-half to seven-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting his college roommate's niece in 2002.

The next viral video on YouTube just might come from dear old Penn. The University now has multiple YouTube channels dedicated to sharing Penn-related video content on the Internet. There are about 15 individual video channels, and each is controlled by separate schools and institutions affiliated with the University.

The proposed building of a casino in Center City was a point of contentious debate at Sunday's Undergraduate Assembly meeting Almost 40 representatives from several of Penn's minority and religious groups on campus came to support the Casino Development Proposal.

An event hosted this weekend by the Kairos Society, an entrepreneurial organization founded last year by Penn students, sought to show that entrepreneurship encompasses more than just making money. The society chose Bill White, president of the Intrepid Foundation, as its keynote speaker.

Not many students can claim to have felt the emotional rush and physical drain of a marathon. After yesterday, Wharton senior Kristin Moore can declare a total of four marathon experiences. Moore joined dozens of Penn students and 18,000 other runners yesterday morning to participate in the 15th annual Philadelphia Marathon.

In the coming weeks, selected members of the Penn faculty will help shape the next presidential administration by serving on President-elect Barack Obama's transition team. Laurie Robinson, director of the Criminology Department's Master of Science Program, was named to the Justice Department agency review team last week.

Dzine2Show's first fashion show of the year was held at Vance Hall in the Hoover Lounge on Friday. At the show, called "The Art of Fashion," student designers showcased their creations.

Of the higher-education initiatives proposed by President-elect Barack Obama during his campaign, college accessibility and affordability rank highest on the priority list, education experts say. Additional financial aid will most likely come in the form of an American Opportunity Tax Credit, a fully refundable credit program that would cover students' tuition costs in exchange for community service.

Forget about the election. Students all over campus are engaging in a new battle: iPhones versus BlackBerrys. While choosing a candidate was simple for most students, , the debate over which phone to buy is not as clear-cut. Engineering sophomore Samantha Collins, who had a red BlackBerry Pearl before switching to an iPhone, said the iPhone's colorful features appeal to the younger generation more than the BlackBerry's professional look.

College senior Abigail Seldin - who co-curated an exhibit at the Penn Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology - was among the 32 American students awarded a Rhodes Scholarship yesterday. Seldin plans to study anthropology at Oxford University. "I'm really happy that this will bring more attention to my work with the Penn Museum," Seldin said.