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Penn doesn’t have a varsity figure skating team. But maybe now that 2012 graduate Ami Parekh is looking to become the first figure skater to go to the Olympics from the University, they may look to promote the club sport.

Aug. 1, 2012

Note to readers: The SP has completed publication for the summer. Check back for breaking news and sports updates, and be sure to pick up the DP’s Welcome Back Issue on Aug. 29.

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The Aurora, Colo., massacre gives a renewed sense of urgency over the role of firearms in American culture. Being situated near a hotbed for violent crimes, Penn students in particular have a big stake in the debate over gun control.

Our generation lives on the internet. We wake up to new iMessages, “friending” people is an almost necessary social exercise, we are expected to respond to emails instantly and many of us run our own blogs. And suddenly I could not access any of that.



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Penn doesn’t have a varsity figure skating team. But maybe now that 2012 graduate Ami Parekh is looking to become the first figure skater to go to the Olympics from the University, they may look to promote the club sport.


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Aug. 1, 2012

Note to readers: The SP has completed publication for the summer. Check back for breaking news and sports updates, and be sure to pick up the DP’s Welcome Back Issue on Aug. 29.






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Currently 3,500 to 4,000 people, primarily Penn students, participate in the studies, although faculty and students from nearby universities such as Temple and Drexel, as well as other Philadelphia residents, will participate as well.





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Carstens, who directed Princeton University’s undergraduate financial aid renewal process, as well as the Office of Student Employment, will replace Bill Schilling, who retired on June 30 after serving for over 30 years.





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In the wake of the Aurora, Colo., shooting, the issue of gun control has resurfaced in a big way. But it looks like nothing is going to change. Since 1968, the number of Americans that have been killed by guns in the United States exceeds the number of U.S.


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“Infinite possibilities” describes polyamory at its core. Those who practice poly range from the lovestruck triad in Oliver Stone’s recent film “Savages” to full-on group marriage within an entire community of people.