Fall 2013 Undergraduate Assembly Elections
Find out more about the candidates vying for a seat on the Undergraduate Assembly. Click "here":http://www.thedp.com/section/fall-2013-class-board-elections to learn more about Class Board 2017 candidates. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, and results will be announced that evening if there is no hearing.
W. Tennis dealt first Ivy loss
Against Yale on Friday, the Penn women's tennis team found itself tied 2-2, winning two of the first three singles matches after dropping the all-important doubles point. The Quakers needed to take two of the remaining three matches in order to leave New Haven, Conn.Big 'W' for W. Lax, no thanks to the defense
Rachel Manson and Melissa Lehman may have sore shoulders after yesterday's game against Harvard. Despite a lack of cohesion from the Penn defense, the two attackers carried the Quakers to a 14-10 victory. "Our defense was very undisciplined today," head coach Karin Brower said.
Track | Penn Invitational: Breaking away from the pack
Penn coach Gwen Harris was cheering Shaunee Morgan right to the finish line in the 400-meter run. But with about 10 meters to go, Harris came to her senses. Harris's frantic "Come on!"s and "All right!"s gave way to a calmer "Relax, relax, relax." Relax, Shaunee Morgan.Zachary Noyce | A more personal Penn
It's a rough time of the semester - the calm before the storm for procrastinators like me. I still have about 70 pages of papers left before I can burn my Campus Copy bulk packs on Hill Field and perform a celebratory end-of-semester dance. But between now and the day Penn Police pistol-whip a confession out of me for disturbing the peace, I'll face daily existential crises.Students: Amount of theft a 'crying shame'
Cornita McLeod, an Allied Barton guard who works at the front desk of Steinhardt Hall, watches not only the people who come into the building - but also the bags they leave behind. She says bags are constantly left unattended for hours at a time, a behavior that makes her think "students could be more responsible for their personal belongings.
Another cardiac win for M. Lax
The Quakers are getting used to playing in close games. They're almost getting too used to it. On Saturday afternoon at Dartmouth, the Red and Blue built up a six-goal lead in the first half, only to see the Big Green torch them for seven of the next eight goals, tying the game at eight and forcing overtime.San Diego Crew Classic | Not the Golden trip rowing expected
San Diego may have been a pleasant respite from the dreary weekend weather in Philadelphia, but men's heavyweight coach Fred Honebein hopes that his team is "pissed off" after its trip out West. The team struggled, finishing 10th overall in the San Diego Crew Classic.Valerie Ross | The tools of the writing trade
The Daily Pennsylvanian recently called for the Critical Writing Program to expand the number of disciplines represented in its seminars, and to reconsider its pedagogical approach. We second the desire to have an expanded disciplinary range. We are always on the lookout for qualified faculty willing to teach writing in underrepresented disciplines.Volunteers take on the trash citywide
Local groups throughout Philadelphia have been organizing cleanup efforts in the city for years, but this Saturday they received a big boost from Mayor Nutter's new initiative to clean up Philadelphia. Volunteers from all over the city, including many Penn students, spent Saturday morning picking up trash, planting trees and raking leaves as part of Nutter's Philly Spring Cleanup.Philadelphia to send emergency alerts
The City of Philadelphia and its surrounding counties are instating a UPennAlert-style notification system, unifying all five counties in a new text-messaging safety initiative. On Friday, county officials from all five counties and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter held a press conference launching the ReadyNotifyPA program.Editorial | What's the delay?
Nearly two years ago, we urged the University to develop an online system for professors to post their syllabi. We're still waiting. To be fair, some departments and schools have gotten on board with the idea, offering repositories on their Web sites where professors can post past syllabi.
Back in the driver's seat after 2 big wins
The men's tennis team is now once again in control of its own destiny. Thanks to decisive 6-1 and 5-2 victories over Yale and Brown, respectively - paired with Princeton losses to the same two teams - the Quakers (11-8, 2-1 Ivy) catapulted themselves back into a tie for second place with four matches remaining.'AP' investigation finds traces of medicine in Philadelphia water
Can you taste the 56 different flavors in the water you drink? Last month, the Associated Press reported that traces of pharmaceuticals were found in the nation's water supply. In the article, investigators in Philadelphia were said to have found 56 different pharmaceuticals or byproducts in the city's water supply.Softball 'gets away' with pair of wins
Despite the Penn softball team's neat work yesterday's sweep of Dartmouth, head coach Leslie King talks like it's the midseason doldrums for her women. "I feel like we got away with it, to a certain extent," she said. "We didn't play our best softball." On paper, the Quakers looked clean - no errors, eleven hits and two home runs in the 4-0 and 7-3 wins against the Big Green.
Strutting their stuff on campus
Thirty minutes prior to last Friday's runway show on campus, models, designers and directors were running around, finishing up hairstyles and checking clothes. But just past seven, once the DJ started the music and the audience - dressed up for the occasion - had been seated, the spotlight came on and the models strutted along the runway under white tents set up in Wynn Commons.'Diamond:' a boy's best friend
Pamela Anderson, Playboy and Maxim, look out. Diamond, a Harvard-based magazine featuring semi-clothed or naked students, may be the new erotica magazine of choice on Penn's campus next year. The magazine - which has garnered national media attention - is set to release May 12 and has already stirred up controversy among students at Harvard and Penn.Nader denounces 'two-party dictatorship'
Forget Clinton, Obama and McCain. Ralph Nader says he's the only candidate who has the experience, change and straight-talk to be the next president of the United States. On Saturday at the National Constitution Center, Nader, an independent presidential candidate, spoke against corporate greed and the current "two-party dictatorship" running the government, referring to the Republican and Democratic parties.M. Golf | Notre Dame Invitational: Tough course takes toll
The men's golf team traveled to Notre Dame over the weekend, but the Quakers didn't get any luck of the Irish. Everything about the one-day tournament challenged the Quakers, who carded a team score of 601. That put them in seventh out of nine schools competing.