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Fall 2013 Undergraduate Assembly Elections

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Penn men's golf conquered the wind, questions about their depth, and 19 other teams this weekend in Bethany Beach, Del., so it's certainly understandable that two teams managed to slip through their grasp. Minus their star senior Mike Blodgett, the Quakers used a strong collective effort to finish third among the 22 schools participating in the George Washington Invitational at Bear Trap Dunes.


It looks as if the NCAA Wrestling tournament seeding committee knew what it was doing when it handed out just one seed to a Penn participant. The only seeded grappler for the Quakers (12-7, 6-3 EIWA), No. 8 Rollie Peterkin at 125 pounds, was the the only Red and Blue wrestler to make it to the quarterfinals of his weightclass.

This year, you might not have to sign up for FlingSafe to actually fling safely. After last year's Spring Fling upgrade, which included an increased budget and a larger performing venue, the Social Planning and Events Committee expects a similar packed party - just one with better crowd control.

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Only15 games into its season, the Penn softball team already faces a must-win game if it hopes to preserve its chances of finishing with a winning overall record. For the streaky Quakers (4-11), this scenario is very familiar. Last year, after losing eight straight games about midway through the season, the Quakers responded with a dominant 7-0 victory over Villanova that allowed them to regain their confidence and finish strongly with an 8-4 record in their final 12 games.

Yesterday, the School of Veterinary Medicine celebrated its 125th anniversary with the third-annual Phi Zeta Student Research Day at Hill Pavilion. The event highlighted student research and included a keynote speech and the induction of new members into the Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society.



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It looks as if the NCAA Wrestling tournament seeding committee knew what it was doing when it handed out just one seed to a Penn participant. The only seeded grappler for the Quakers (12-7, 6-3 EIWA), No. 8 Rollie Peterkin at 125 pounds, was the the only Red and Blue wrestler to make it to the quarterfinals of his weightclass.


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This year, you might not have to sign up for FlingSafe to actually fling safely. After last year's Spring Fling upgrade, which included an increased budget and a larger performing venue, the Social Planning and Events Committee expects a similar packed party - just one with better crowd control.


M. Lax unfazed by pair of tests

After a three-game skid, the men's lacrosse team is in need of serious redemption. It gets the chance to turn its season around when it travels to New England, taking on Harvard tomorrow and Division I newcomer Bryant Sunday afternoon. For now, the Quakers (1-3, 0-1 Ivy) are focusing on the No.


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Walking 36 holes - nearly nine miles total - while carrying heavy clubs and still keeping a competitive attitude is a tough challenge, but Lisette Vitter is confident her team can handle it. "I think our team can do it, I think we're all very hard workers," the Penn women's golf captain said.


Ryan Benjamin | Saving a city, despite the setbacks

Imagine this: One day, Philadelphia has 1.5 million people in it. The next, most of the population disappears, and nearly four years later, only half has returned. The city would be desolate, its institutions destroyed, its buildings abandoned. This is reality for people in St.


W. Lax | Quakers attack wary of Lafferty

When a defender appears on a scouting report, you know she means business. Cornell senior Deirdre Lafferty is that defender. So she is a threat that the No. 3 Penn women's lacrosse team will be aware of in tomorrow's matchup against the No. 14 Big Red at 1 p.


Calling all 'Lovers and Madmen' at new coffee shop

New coffee shop Lovers and Madmen seeks to mirror its philosophy in its name: to provide a venue that caters to passionate people. Manager Megan Powers said she chose the coffee shop's name to "convey the same passion and intensity" from the scene in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.


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A fire in the Chestnut Hall apartment building, located at 3900 Chestnut St., caused an evacuation early this morning. The fire was reported at about 5:10 a.m., according to Division of Public Safety spokeswoman Stef Cella. Penn and Philadelphia Police officers and the Philadelphia Fire Department arrived on the scene shortly afterward, and the Fire Department extinguished the fire.



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To aid students struggling to pay tuition costs as a result of recent economic downfalls, Penn's Board of Trustees passed a resolution last month stating that Penn will share risk with a U.S. bank that has yet to be named in order to to secure loans for international students.


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President Barack Obama's administration has set high expectations with its promises of health care reforms. Currently, the administration has not laid out a specific health care plan, but Obama set a number of related goals during his campaign. The most prominent of these is expanding coverage to include the over 47 million uninsured Americans.


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College sophomore Gareth Glaser spent his spring break in the coastal Mexican city of Playa del Carmen, enjoying the breathtaking views of the sea, the sand - and the soldiers carrying submachine guns. Despite a travel alert from the U.S. Department of State last month warning Americans about the dangers of visiting the violence-ridden nation, many students still went to Mexico for spring break.


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The late-night grocery-item delivery service, The Lazy Grocer, is hoping that you're simply too tired, overworked and, well, lazy to want to run to Fresh Grocer or WaWa to nab that bag of chips and salsa at 2 a.m. Launched in early November by two current Wharton students, senior Raj Parikh and junior Akash Shah, The Lazy Grocer offers food, drink and "essential" items for sale in its roughly 23 categories.


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After a slow start in its game against No. 17 Penn State - the Nittany Lions scored three early goals - the women's lacrosse team needed a boost. That's when Becca Edwards took things into her hands. With 12 and a half minutes left in the first half, the senior turned the game around.


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Earlier this week, former state Sen. Vincent Fumo was convicted of 137 counts of fraud, obstruction of justice, tax violations and conspiracy. Most of the charges related to the misuse of state funds and money from a nonprofit run by a former employee of Fumo's for Fumo's personal use.


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The recent death of Leonore Annenberg was a blow to the Penn community. While the University is not lacking in sugar daddies, Leonore and her husband Walter were different from other major donors - they gave to further a highly specific mission with a sense of purpose.