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Legally Blonde was set at Harvard University, but its producer Marc Platt is a proud Penn alumnus. Platt, a 1979 College graduate who is known for producing the Grammy-winning musical Wicked and the Legally Blonde movies, has been selected as the alumni graduation speaker for the College of Arts and Sciences.


TOWSON, Md. - Over the past two years, Northwestern has been the roadblock of the Penn women's lacrosse's team. Coming into tonight's NCAA final, Northwestern had given the Quakers two of their three losses since the start of the 2007 campaign. And tonight, Northwestern remained Penn's fly in the ointment.

On the last day of classes, I ran into my freshman advisor on Locust Walk. She and I had a quick catch-up as we walked together before the mayhem of Hey Day began. The last time we had really talked was my sophomore year, when I had just declared my American History major and thought I wanted to be a political journalist.

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The Boston University women's lacrosse team is in the midst of its best season in program history. BU has won 18 games - tying a school mark set two years ago - including the last 15, its longest winning streak of all-time. It may be the nation's longest winning streak of 2008, but Penn's current 13-game run is second.

Violent crime in the Penn patrol zone decreased significantly this spring compared to last year, but a large uptick in property crimes contributed to a 14-percent increase in total crime for the semester. Crimes against people, which include violent offenses such as robbery and assault, were down 41 percent from January through April of this year, compared with the same time period last year.

Crime Log

By Emily Babay · May 16, 2008

Theft May 12 - Cash was reported missing from a safe at Presbyterian Hospital, located at 51 N. 39th St., at about 2:35 p.m. May 10 - A female student, 21, reported that items were taken from her pocketbook from a building on the 4100 block of Pine Street at about 12:20 a.


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Crime Log

By Emily Babay · May 16, 2008

Theft May 12 - Cash was reported missing from a safe at Presbyterian Hospital, located at 51 N. 39th St., at about 2:35 p.m. May 10 - A female student, 21, reported that items were taken from her pocketbook from a building on the 4100 block of Pine Street at about 12:20 a.


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TOWSON, Md. - Over the past two years, Northwestern has been the roadblock of the Penn women's lacrosse's team. Coming into tonight's NCAA final, Northwestern had given the Quakers two of their three losses since the start of the 2007 campaign. And tonight, Northwestern remained Penn's fly in the ointment.


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On the last day of classes, I ran into my freshman advisor on Locust Walk. She and I had a quick catch-up as we walked together before the mayhem of Hey Day began. The last time we had really talked was my sophomore year, when I had just declared my American History major and thought I wanted to be a political journalist.


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Graduate students spent a day celebrating springtime their way during GradFest '08 earlier this month. The second-annual spring carnival for graduate students, organized by the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly in association with the Graduate Student Center, drew a crowd of more than 1,000 graduate students and their families.


Breaking the bank for a hotel on campus

As hotels see a deluge of demand for lodging at this time of year, visitors may have a hard time squeezing into a room in on-campus hotels. With commencement ceremonies taking place at roughly the same time of year for high schools and universities alike across the city, last-minute bookings may no longer be a viable option.


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Enforcing our rights To the Editor: An editorial by The Daily Pennsylvanian's Opinion Board titled "Stand up to the RIAA" (4/21/08) deserves a response. There's nothing novel or unique about the copyright infringement legal actions (lawsuits or pre-litigation letters) that we bring on behalf of the major record companies.


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He's not the type of player that dunks and draws attention to himself; he comes in there and does what's right for the time. He shoots the three like none other." - Deb Belcore, mother of Penn men hoops recruit Rob If they block us and then kick the shit out of us, fine, but don't try to hurt people, go for the knees, throw forearms, and that's what they were doing to some of the kids.


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A battle between Philadelphia and it its local Boy Scouts council is likely to end this month, when the scouts' lease on their 80-year home at 22nd and Winter Streets runs out May 31. The building, built and maintained by the scouts over the last 80 years, sits on city property and has previously cost them $1 per year to occupy.


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It was some time at the beginning of last December when I was officially done with my duties as executive editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian. We had just elected a new board, and although there were some loose ends to tie up, the finish line was all but here.


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School may be out for the summer, but the University's $3.5 billion capital campaign won't be slowing down in the coming months. The capital campaign, which kicked off its public phase of fundraising last October, has already exceeded its set $450 million goal for the year, Penn President Amy Gutmann said.


Picture this: DuBois mural graces the streets of the Seventh Ward

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words - and that's what Amy Hillier, a Penn assistant professor in City & Regional Planning, is hoping to show through a mural honoring the writings of civil rights activist W.E.B DuBois. The brainchild of Hillier, the mural is being painted on 6th and South Streets, an area known as the Seventh Ward.


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A man was robbed at gunpoint on the 3700 block of Ludlow Street on May 5, Division of Public Safety officials said. Two men were arrested in connection with the incident. The complainant, a 24-year-old male unaffiliated with the University, reported that several suspects approached him at about 10:45 p.


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TOWSON, Md. - Senior attack Rachel Manson's 115 career goals ranks her second all-time in Penn women's lacrosse history. But of all those tallies, No. 115 was the sweetest of them all. With less than 45 seconds left in the second half of non-sudden death overtime in Friday's NCAA national semifinal against Duke, Penn freshman Giulia Giordano earned a free position shot.


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Boys in the United States and Asia face more pressure to achieve "normal" height than boys elsewhere in the world, researchers from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found in a new study. The study, released in April, found that male children are twice as likely as girls to be treated with recombinant human growth hormones in the U.


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Former Law student Joseph Cho's latest psychiatric evaluation found him mentally incompetent to face charges of attempted murder. Cho, 32, allegedly fired 15 rounds from a 9 mm handgun into the door of his downstairs neighbors, two male Drexel University students, whom he believed to be spies.


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Over the course of the last four years, the Class of 2008 has learned a lot about life - and taught us just as much. As mentors and friends of the other undergraduate classes, the graduating seniors will be sorely missed. With their days as Penn students numbered, this year's senior class can review their time at Penn with pride, and the future looks nothing but bright.


Running into Quakers history

Thirty-two years ago, Betty Costanza never could have imagined the success that the Penn women's track team would have over the next three decades. That's because there wasn't a varsity team - just a newly formed club squad. She was a pioneer of the program and its first (and, until 2002, its only) head coach.