Opinion Art | Alicia Puglionesi
Alicia Puglionesi is a College senior from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Alicia Puglionesi is a College senior from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.
This weekend, Tri Delta sisters had a moment of Reflection - and felt better about themselves as a result. Reflections Body Image Program is a Tri Delta-based eating-disorder prevention program, created to improve body image among young women. The program began in 2007 with Carolyn Becker, a professor of psychology at Trinity University.
Dow Advanced Materials, a chemical company formerly known as Rohm and Haas, recently donated an undisclosed six-figure amount to the School of Arts and Sciences' Department of Organizational Dynamics. The Rohm and Haas gift will be used over three years to create a concentration in Organizational Dynamics' Master of Philosophy and Master of Science programs and a sustainable development graduate certificate program.
From sketches of fruit to paintings of llamas, the artwork showcased in the Rotunda Saturday afternoon was original and varied. The student-sponsored event was organized by the Penn Art Club and consisted of student musical performances and a gallery exhibition, both featuring work by over 40 talented Penn students.
This weekend, Tri Delta sisters had a moment of Reflection - and felt better about themselves as a result. Reflections Body Image Program is a Tri Delta-based eating-disorder prevention program, created to improve body image among young women. The program began in 2007 with Carolyn Becker, a professor of psychology at Trinity University.
Dow Advanced Materials, a chemical company formerly known as Rohm and Haas, recently donated an undisclosed six-figure amount to the School of Arts and Sciences' Department of Organizational Dynamics. The Rohm and Haas gift will be used over three years to create a concentration in Organizational Dynamics' Master of Philosophy and Master of Science programs and a sustainable development graduate certificate program.
Penn basketball fans might see some familiar faces playing in tomorrow's Final Four. Of course, the Quakers aren't competing in Detroit - even if it is the 30th anniversary of Penn's lone national semifinal appearance. Instead, Penn's first opponent of the season, No.
After getting his first Ivy League experience as a Penn tennis player last weekend - in a hard-fought, 4-3 loss at Princeton - Hicham Laalej is starting to get a feel for what it takes to battle conference competition. "In the Ivy League it's all about who wants it more," the Morocco native said.
The new kid on the online food-ordering block is now GrubHub.com, which went live for Philadelphians last week. GrubHub aims to provide a comprehensive list of restaurants' menus while also working with some restaurants to streamline their delivery and pickup business through online ordering.
The Class of 2013 will have one less option to choose from when requesting a housing assignment for next year. According to the College Houses and Academic Services Web site and an e-mail sent to the Kite & Key tour-guide listserv, Rodin College House will stop admitting freshmen temporarily.
April 4, 11:30 a.m. Last night, the Nominations and Elections Committee announced newly elected members of the Undergraduate Assembly and Class Boards. College junior Rachel Levick of the NEC also announced that a record 49.77 percent of undergraduates voted online through Penn InTouch.
An open call from Mayor Nutter To the Community: During last year's 1st Annual Philly Spring Cleanup, friends, family and neighbors got together, rolled up their sleeves and went to work cleaning our neighborhoods and parks. The first Philly Spring Cleanup set a record as the largest single-day cleanup effort in U.
As advance registration comes to a close this weekend, students will have one more chance to register for courses on the old Penn InTouch system. This June, Penn InTouch will finally get an extreme makeover two years in the making. During that time, Student Registration and Financial Services "refreshed" the Penn InTouch online system with the help of Information Services and Computing and two advisory committees.
With only one senior on the roster, Penn baseball needed some juniors to step up this season. Say hello to Tom Grandieri and Will Gordon. Both of them have taken on leadership roles this season and have batted tremendously thus far. Grandieri is hitting .
Yesterday, ten talented engineering students strutted their stuff and fought a battle of wits in the ARCH auditorium in an attempt to win the coveted title of Mr. or Ms. SEAS. The event was organized by the Engineering Student Activity Council and consisted of a walk-off, a talent show, a question-and-answer section and a date auction for the five male and five female contestants.
This weekend the Penn women's lacrosse team could be in the zone - Harvard's zone defense, that is. The Quakers have not faced a zone defense so far this season, but the Crimson have a history of employing it. No. 3 Penn (9-0, 3-0 Ivy) will have to utilize its multifaceted attack in order to defeat the unranked Crimson's (4-5, 1-1) defense tomorrow in Boston.
If Penn softball has one thing going for it this year, it's a deep pitching staff with some proven studs. Those aces will get their toughest test yet against the two top offensive teams in the Ivy League, Brown and Yale, when the Quakers (6-17-1, 1-3 Ivy) make a road trip this weekend.
Daniel Schwartz is a College junior from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Robbery March 25 - A woman unaffiliated with the University, 28, reported at about 1:30 a.m. that an unknown suspect took her money at gunpoint on the 4000 block of Spruce Street, before fleeing in an unknown direction. March 26 - A man unaffiliated with the University, 19, reported that a group of unknown males displayed a handgun and a knife, robbed him of cash and personal property, then fled north on 41st Street.