Students at Community College of Philadelphia are expected to return to class today after an agreement was reached Sunday between CCP's staff and faculty and the administration. Classes had been canceled for the past two weeks after the Faculty and Staff Federation of CCP went on strike in response to disagreements over pay.
A 33-year-old male, unaffiliated with the University, was robbed at gunpoint on the 4000 block of Market Street Friday night, Lt. John Walker of the Philadelphia Police said. The complainant was walking alone when he was approached by three males who allegedly demanded money at about 11:30 p.
For sexually active students, the arrival of spring is the perfect excuse to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases.
Last year, the Penn softball team limped through the season with only three pitchers. To say that the tables have turned would be an understatement. Two Columbia starters threw and lost complete games against Penn on Sunday. The exact same happened yesterday, as the Quakers swept a doubleheader 5-4 and 13-5.
If you had asked Penn coach John Cole which pitcher he could most rely on this upcoming season, he would almost certainly have mentioned one Doug Brown. Last year, Brown sported a solid 3.70 ERA; in contrast, the staff as a whole finished at 8.
By Erica Beavers Contributing Writer gamail@dailypennsylvanian.com What do Lindsay Lohan, Michael Moore, Ronald Reagan and the Dalai Lama have in common? They have all been interviewed at least once by journalist Judy Bachrach. Bachrach, currently a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, shared some experiences and insights on the other side of the interview yesterday afternoon at the Kelly Writers House.
By Erica Beavers Contributing Writer gamail@dailypennsylvanian.com What do Lindsay Lohan, Michael Moore, Ronald Reagan and the Dalai Lama have in common? They have all been interviewed at least once by journalist Judy Bachrach. Bachrach, currently a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, shared some experiences and insights on the other side of the interview yesterday afternoon at the Kelly Writers House.
A 33-year-old male, unaffiliated with the University, was robbed at gunpoint on the 4000 block of Market Street Friday night, Lt. John Walker of the Philadelphia Police said. The complainant was walking alone when he was approached by three males who allegedly demanded money at about 11:30 p.
For sexually active students, the arrival of spring is the perfect excuse to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases.
Every Friday, as the rest of campus wraps up a week of classes, Muslims across Penn's campus head for the top floor of the ARCH building.
In the University's quest to increase access to a Penn education, middle-income students are the next frontier.
47 goals allowed. The Penn women's lacrosse team will pass the halfway point of the season tomorrow at Johns Hopkins, and through seven games the No. 16 Quakers still give up less than seven goals per game. Penn's offense, meanwhile, has been putting goals on the board at a clip of over 11 per game.
It isn't every day that directly breaking University rules pays off. But that's exactly what happened for Randal Pinkett, the Season Four winner of The Apprentice, when he started a compact-disc business out of his dorm room at Rutgers University. "It violated every single rule Rutgers had," Pinkett said of his CD business, which eventually evolved into BCT Partners, the multi-million dollar management, technology and policy consulting services firm of which he is currently the CEO.
As former Penn Neurosurgery professor Tracy McIntosh waits to see if the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear his case appealing a resentencing order from a Superior Court, the case seems to have become a battle of the briefs. In December, a Superior Court ordered McIntosh to be resentenced by a lower court in connection to sexual-assault charges that he pled no contest to in 2004.
The Quakers open the single-elimination tournament sponsored by the Philadelphia Phillies with a home game against Saint Joseph's.
Kal Penn's celebrity status should not be a reason to hire him to teach.
From the Undergraduate Assembly and the Division of Public Safety to the Office of the University Provost, officials are stepping in to handle the controversy that emerged last week surrounding allegations of racial profiling.
Amira Fawcett is an Engineering sophomore from Houston, TX. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Scheduling Spring Fling and Penn Previews for the same weekend is a disaster waiting to happen.
About 60 people gathered Sunday night in Huntsman Hall for the weekly Undergraduate Assembly meeting. On the agenda: a contingency budget request, Locust Walk repairs, improvements to Penn InTouch and dining. n The senior class requested $1,000 additional funding to cover Senior Performing Arts Night and keep the event free for seniors.
Tickets for this year's Spring Fling concert - headlined by Ben Folds and prefaced with a set from Third Eye Blind - went quickly yesterday, the first day they were available on Locust Walk.
12Days that 1,400 faculty and staff members of Community College of Philadelphia were on strike.Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Much has been said about the close of this past basketball season being the "end of an era" for Penn hoops. That may be true, but it may turn out to be something equally important: the beginning of another era for Ivy League basketball - one filled with greater balance and parity.
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