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Penn security guards enjoy Fling, too
Do you remember that time you tried to carry five bagels out of Commons in your pocket?J Street, Challenged
Can Hillel and J Street agree to disagree?More male volunteers need to host new admits, Dean Furda says
Multicultural Scholars Days runs from April 6-7, which then becomes Quaker Days for all students admitted regular decision from April 7-9.'Homologous Hope' sculpture combines art and science to celebrate cancer research
A new sculpture called "Homologous Hope" was recently unveiled at the Basser Research Center for BRCA, depicting the process of DNA repair, which is essential for the prevention of many types of cancer.Group promotes campus reproductive resources
Penn Reproductive Health had their first meeting last week. The group seeks to inform students about sexual health in general and built a partnership with Planned Parenthood.Hackathons attract thousands of students — but few women
There were so few women at PennApps last semester that one of the women's restrooms was converted into a men's restroom.Holy Fuck to headline Fall Fest
Canadian electronic band Holy Fuck will headline the Fall Fest concert on Sept. 24 on College Green.Bike share programs take shape at Penn
PennCycles — a bike share initiative — is hoping to receive funding to launch its pilot in March.Penn tops gay-friendly ranking
Penn has once again topped Newsweek’s ranking of the best gay-friendly colleges in the United States.Frosh to be offered co-ed rooms
The Class of 2016 will be the first freshman class to have the option of gender-neutral housing. Penn has offered upperclassmen gender-neutral housing since 2004.
Latin and Ballroom Dance Team offers summer classes
Penn Latin and Ballroom Dance, the organization responsible for Dancing with the Professors in December, offered its first summer class open to the public last Sunday.SPEC analyzes end-of-year survey results
The survey, answered by 500 students, found that nearly three-fourths of the respondents attended the Spring Fling concert and that nearly 90 percent were in the Quadrangle for part of Spring Fling.
Library digitizes manuscripts
The Rare Book and Manuscript Library received two grants, enabling the library to digitize over 1,800 manuscripts from the 11th to the 19th centuries.Grad students design restaurant for ‘Nemo’
Three PennDesign students are finalists Walt Disney Imagineering’s 20th ImagiNations design competition for their "Finding Nemo" theme restaurant.Ranking lauds Penn for freedom of speech
Penn was rated one of the seven best colleges nationwide for free speech by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
Denzel urges Class of 2011 to 'be open to life'
At Penn's 255th Commencement, actor Denzel Washington spoke of the risks he took in his life and the failures he experienced.
Pulitzer-winning alumna returns to campus
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan and poet Sam Donsky read selections from their work Saturday.First graduating class of Civic Scholars looks back on four years
Four years after they were hand–selected from the admitted class of 2011, Penn’s pioneering class of Civic Scholars are preparing themselves for graduation.New Multicultural Greek Council president shares vision
Recently, the Multicultural Greek Council announced newly elected members to its 2011-12 executive board. Jae Barchus, a College junior and member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. was elected president of the MGC.