By Andrew Sweet Staff Writer sweetad@sas.upenn.edu
Theft Jan. 11 - A University employee reported that his bag, containing a laptop worth an unspecified amount of money, was stolen after he placed it outside of Cosi on the 100 block of S. 36th Street. Jan. 10 - A male University employee reported that his laptop was stolen while still in its packaging from under his office desk on the 3700 block of Spruce Street.
ITHACA, N.Y. - As time expired in the first half on Saturday against Columbia, Brian Grandieri heaved a shot from just past half-court that, 40 feet later, found nothing but net to send Penn into the intermission up 14 and Grandieri running into the locker room pumping his fist.
By Matt Conrad Senior Staff Writer mlconrad@sas.upenn.edu With one weekend of league play under the Ancient Eight's collective belt, there have certainly been some surprises. But a new challenge for Harvard is no surprise to anyone: It's been inevitable since the season began.
Theft Jan. 11 - A University employee reported that his bag, containing a laptop worth an unspecified amount of money, was stolen after he placed it outside of Cosi on the 100 block of S. 36th Street. Jan. 10 - A male University employee reported that his laptop was stolen while still in its packaging from under his office desk on the 3700 block of Spruce Street.
ITHACA, N.Y. - As time expired in the first half on Saturday against Columbia, Brian Grandieri heaved a shot from just past half-court that, 40 feet later, found nothing but net to send Penn into the intermission up 14 and Grandieri running into the locker room pumping his fist.
Some Engineering students will get the chance to extend their expertise to a far-flung locale - but which locale is still being contested. The Penn chapter of Engineers Without Borders - an organization devoted to developmental projects across the globe - is in the final stages of a competition that will determine the group's next international project.
Soon after one plan for graduate-student government drew heavy debate, a new plan is bringing the issue back to the forefront. At a Graduate and Professional Student Assembly general-body meeting last night, Graduate Student Associations Council representative Roger Turner - a fourth-year School of Arts and Sciences graduate student - presented a proposal for graduate-student-government reform.
Censoring one's social-networking-site profile should stop being part of the job-search process.
55,000Philadelphians who did community service in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is now stable and comfortable despite a setback in his recovery last week, doctors announced yesterday. Doctors discovered last Tuesday that the horse had a bad reaction to a cast put on his left hind foot on Jan. 3, according to a press release from Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine.
Alicia Puglionesi is an College junior from Haverton, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Penn's expansion plan should include provisions for more public art.
The University's number of Early Decision acceptances for international students reached an all-time high this year, and admissions officials say it's a product of Penn's emerging popularity abroad.
As I was watching Florida demolish Ohio State in the BCS National Championship game last week, it made me reminisce about the days when Penn used to win national football titles. Wait, you don't remember the championships of 1895, 1897, 1904 and 1908? I don't either, but fear not.
The lack of faculty specializing in modern Mexico puts academic integrity, study abroad programs at risk.
One issue in the SAS Webmail switch is often overlooked: Can either Google or Microsoft be trusted to handle important student information?
Amira Fawcett is an Engineering sophomore from Houston. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Dec. 22 At 1:45 p.m. on Dec. 22, Penn Economics professor Rafael Robb had a phone call to make. Ten punches into his cell phone later, he had dialed the non-emergency number of the Upper Merion Police Department. "I just came home and found my wife murdered on the kitchen floor," he told the police dispatcher.
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