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Saturday, July 11, 2026
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From the origins of life to the nature of 'God'

Audience members left yesterday's lecture by Stuart Kauffman with more questions than answers. The former Penn professor elaborated upon a variety of topics, from reductionism to Darwin to the battle between faith and reason, before a nearly packed auditorium at the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology yesterday afternoon.


With Friday's Ben Kweller concert just 72 hours away, ticket sales may reveal a general student sentiment: Another Ben may be too much. With only three days left, the Social Planning and Events Committee has only sold 500 out of 1,100 total tickets for the event.

The Center for Community Partnerships received a $10 million gift from alumnus Edward Netter, boosting to one of Penn's most acclaimed programs. The CCP has also been renamed the center the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships after Edward, a 1953 College graduate, and his wife.

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Wharton alumnus Robert Haft has made a two million dollar gift to his alma mater to establish an Entrepreneur-in-Residence Endowment Fund, according to a press release. Haft, who graduated with a degree in Finance in 1974, is the founder and chairman of Main Street Lender and the founder of health-care investment company Morgan Noble.

On Tuesday night, College Dean Dennis DeTurck made a national address. "Don't panic!" he said. But DeTurck wasn't talking about the state of the nation or what to do if a house catches on fire: He was explaining to college parents across the world how to handle the stress of a child's failed Bio exam.

Christian pro-life advocate Randall Terry paid a visit to Logan Hall yesterday in an effort to recruit Penn students to help "end legalized child killing." Terry's name recently surfaced in the media as the spokesman for Terry Schaivo's family, but he is best known for founding Operation Rescue, the anti-abortion group responsible for staging hundreds of protests and sit-ins since its creation in 1987.


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Christian pro-life advocate Randall Terry paid a visit to Logan Hall yesterday in an effort to recruit Penn students to help "end legalized child killing." Terry's name recently surfaced in the media as the spokesman for Terry Schaivo's family, but he is best known for founding Operation Rescue, the anti-abortion group responsible for staging hundreds of protests and sit-ins since its creation in 1987.


Ticket sales lag for Kweller concert

With Friday's Ben Kweller concert just 72 hours away, ticket sales may reveal a general student sentiment: Another Ben may be too much. With only three days left, the Social Planning and Events Committee has only sold 500 out of 1,100 total tickets for the event.


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The Center for Community Partnerships received a $10 million gift from alumnus Edward Netter, boosting to one of Penn's most acclaimed programs. The CCP has also been renamed the center the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships after Edward, a 1953 College graduate, and his wife.


A new shift in driving around town

Last year, third-year Engineering graduate student Darren Brey was tired of having a car in the city. Now, he has over 400. Frustrated by the high insurance costs and lack of parking, Brey traded car ownership for car sharing and now saves about $700 per year.


Icons of both peace, political divide

What happens when Muhammad meets Mona? The Philomathean Society led a debate over art and politics about that very question last evening at College Hall. Philo, the oldest continuously existing literary society in the country, hosted Penn's own Jamal Elias, chairman of the Religious Studies Department for the discussion.


The wheels on the bus go to Center City and back

A new bus shuttle service is bringing Center City a little closer to Penn - and many graduate students a little closer to home. With promised funding from the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Penn Transit began operating a trial shuttle Monday evening.





Battle is on to create the first 'super chip'

Most of us have no desire to see the inside of a computer. But if you do decide to crack one open, you'll find Doug Carmean's digital fingerprints everywhere. Carmean, a chief designer at Intel who helped develop the acclaimed Pentium 4 processor, spoke yesterday afternoon at the Wu and Chen Auditorium in Levine Hall.


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What should have been a dramatic day in the trial of Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya became a mundane affair as the testimony of her ex-boyfriend, Robert Bondar, was pushed back to next week. After grilling Bondar through Monday's session, the defense called him to the stand yesterday, but his testimony was cut short.


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After beating 11 candidates with 239 votes, Wharton freshman Keith Williams landed the one of the most coveted roles among his freshman peers: class president. The new leader, whose term begins immediately, sat down with The Daily Pennsylvanian to share his to-do list for the year to come, a bit about his past and why he already thinks he can read your mind.


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A self-interested liar unmoved by his girlfriend's death and inconsistent in his testimony is the portrait defense lawyers attempted to paint yesterday of Robert Bondar, the ex-lover of accused murderer Irina Malinovskaya. Bondar's then-girlfriend Irina Zlotnikov was allegedly bludgeoned to death by Malinovskaya in his Delaware apartment in Dec.




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How do you win a war? A new course taught by Michael Horowitz uses theories of war fighting and highlights factors that contribute to victory or defeat in an attempt to answer that question. Horowitz, who specializes in political theory, is one of three new hires in the Political Science department.


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Drexel University has been selected to host the next Democratic primary debate Oct. 30. The nationally televised event, fourth in a series of six debates sponsored by the Democratic National Committee, is expected to include all eight presidential candidates from the party, including frontrunners Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards.