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United Minorities Council expands representation
In an effort to give a voice to underrepresented students, the United Minorities Council revived their Members at Large constituent group this semester.
ZTA selects house for coming schoolyear
Zeta Tau Alpha will house 18 women this fall at 40th and Walnut streets, at the former Phi Sigma Sigma house.Lupe Fiasco to headline Fling concert
Students have speculated that Lupe Fiasco would perform at Spring Fling since his website prematurely posted that he would perform at Franklin Field on the day of the Fling concert.Drug reform advocate denounces substance policies
Ethan Nadelman, founder and executive director of the leading drug activism organization Drug Policy Alliance, spoke about legalizing drugs and policy reform this Wednesday.Flo Rida chosen as second Fling opener
Rapper Flo Rida will join electronic duo Ratatat at the Fling concert, along with a third headlining artist whose identity is yet to be revealed.GSE prof. to be missed
Graduate School of Education professor Lawrence Sipe died unexpectedly on Friday, March 11.
Chick Lit author dissects genre
Chick Lit and Postfeminism author Stephanie Harzewski discussed themes of Chick Lit during a talk at the Penn Bookstore Tuesday evening.Dental student to star in 'The Bachelorette'
After making the final three on 'The Bachelor,' fourth-year Penn Dental student Ashley Hebert will be the next 'Bachelorette' on the show's upcoming season.U. community examines restorative justice
About 100 Penn students filled the Houston Hall Benjamin Franklin Room’s seats, floor space and windowsills Tuesday night to hear a roundtable discussion on restorative justice.
Riepe named top party dorm
Riepe College House received a perfect five out of five in its social life and party scene in results from an online survey, eliciting reactions ranging from incredulous to happy.Ratatat to open at Fling
Some students were excited about the choice of electronic duo Ratatat as the first of three Spring Fling performers, while others had never heard of the band.
Hillel hungry for hamantaschen
Students kicked off Hillel Week — a week of events aimed at increasing exposure of the Hillel community — with pastries and Israeli music Monday.
Igniting the electric car scene
To challenge the stereotype that electric cars are 'slow and boring,' student group Penn Electric Racing is building an electric car from scratch that can compete with racing cars on a track.Penn Muslim community reacts to King hearings
Emotional responses to United States House Representative Peter King’s (R-N.Y.) hearings on homegrown radicalization among American Muslims have pervaded news media, but members of the Penn Muslim community appear more introspective than voluble.
In mentoring lecture, Disney exec talks humanities
When Rich Ross took a picture with Tigger at Walt Disney World at age 13, he probably did not expect to be working for the company that created this iconic figure years later.
Livin' it up with Mardi Gras
With Penn’s spring break coinciding with Mardi Gras festivities this year for the first time in over a decade, students flocked to New Orleans to join in the celebrations.New student survey aims to assess undergrad experiences
Sunday night, the Office of the Provost began sending out individualized links to the Enrolled Student Survey via e-mail to all undergraduates in an effort to assess the state of students’ experiences at Penn.Students practice self-denial in honor of Lent
The period of Lent, during which many Christians abstain from something they consider a vice or source of enjoyment, began March 9 over spring break.
Spring break campus tour numbers rise
The number of visitors at Penn for campus tours over break rose by 8.2 percent, in line with a general increase in campus tour participants over the past few years.