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You can call Michael Nutter the Whartonite with compassion, Chaka Fattah the college dropout with a master's degree. As for Bob Brady - professor will do. These three mayoral candidates, battling it out for the Democratic slot in the upcoming city elections, differ on many issues.


Crime in the Penn Patrol zone decreased 6 percent in March compared to March last year, but the year-to-date crime total rose 1 percent from 2006 to 2007, Division of Public Safety officials said. Despite the slight overall increase in crime in 2007, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said she was pleased with decreases in robberies, burglaries and aggravated assaults - crimes that she said are of particular concern to DPS because they directly endanger victims.

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After starting off at 3-0, Penn (4-4, 1-2 Ivy) has just one win in its five games since, with the latest result a 20-5 drubbing at the hands of No. 1 Cornell last Saturday.


Now or never for M. Lax

After starting off at 3-0, Penn (4-4, 1-2 Ivy) has just one win in its five games since, with the latest result a 20-5 drubbing at the hands of No. 1 Cornell last Saturday.



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Crime in the Penn Patrol zone decreased 6 percent in March compared to March last year, but the year-to-date crime total rose 1 percent from 2006 to 2007, Division of Public Safety officials said. Despite the slight overall increase in crime in 2007, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said she was pleased with decreases in robberies, burglaries and aggravated assaults - crimes that she said are of particular concern to DPS because they directly endanger victims.


Medicine 101: Intro for high school

In most cases, "school" tends not to rank among students' most popular spring break destinations. But for a group of 30 Philadelphia high schoolers, visiting a Penn Anatomy Lab, performing neurological exams and listening to Psychiatry professor Benoit Dube show a Justin Timberlake video-spoof about "Bringing Paxil Back" is a long way from "school.


King's team is in good hands with Denstedt

Emily Denstedt will take the ball for the Quakers on Saturday against Yale as she seeks her team-leading seventh victory. After manhandling the Elis last year, she is in position for a repeat performance.



HS rivalries are no laughing matter

During his high school career, Penn midfielder David Cornbrooks had one chance to compete against his younger brother in lacrosse. But the brothers were vying over more than just the Cornbrooks family name. David went to St. Paul's, and his brother to the Gilman School, two archrivals in Baltimore.



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Ever taken a three-year test? Most likely not, but Ivy League fencers are currently in year two of their three-year-long evaluation. Two years ago, the Ivies agreed to implement a new schedule format on a "trial basis," as Associate Director of the Ivy League Chuck Yrigoyen described it.





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Daily Digit

April 5, 2007

25Millions of estimated American children 17 and under who are obese or overweight. Source: Here


Breaking church and state divide

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend elaborates an almost foreign political view: that of the religious left. The Former Lt. Governor of Maryland and Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States came to speak last night at Logan Hall about her recent book, Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches Are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way.



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Sports Briefs

April 5, 2007

Baseball, Softball both pushed back after rain Due to inclement weather, the Penn softball and baseball teams' games were all postponed yesterday. No makeup dates have been announced as of last night. The baseball team had been scheduled to play at Lehigh at 6 p.


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Last week, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Penn School of Nursing's masters program third best in the nation, after the University of Washington and the University of California, San Francisco. The program was also third last year. The Veterinary School ranked fourth, down from third.