The City Council overrode a veto by Mayor John Street to keep a referendum banning casinos in any of Philadelphia on the May 15th ballot. Street vetoed the legislation passed by Council this month that would limit casinos to sites that are 1,500 feet or more away from any residence, church or school.
Student gov't elections see few changes
Voter turnout may be at a record high of 41.4 percent, but the message of the voters hasn't changed: They like the status quo. The results of the student-government elections were released last night, and, of the 53 positions up for grabs, only 12 were filled by new faces.
News Brief: CALEA re-accredits Penn Police Dept.
The Penn Police Department was re-accreditatied by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies this month, according to a PPD press release. The PPD became the first international accredited campus police agency within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania when it received its initial accreditation award in March 2001.
Trial date pushed back to September
The second retrial for Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya has been pushed back to September, Delaware State Prosecutor Victoria Witherell said yesterday. After two mistrials, a third trial was slated to begin in April. Malinovskaya is charged with the murder of Irina Zlotnikov, a Temple University graduate student.
Student gov't elections see few changes
Voter turnout may be at a record high of 41.4 percent, but the message of the voters hasn't changed: They like the status quo. The results of the student-government elections were released last night, and, of the 53 positions up for grabs, only 12 were filled by new faces.
News Brief: CALEA re-accredits Penn Police Dept.
The Penn Police Department was re-accreditatied by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies this month, according to a PPD press release. The PPD became the first international accredited campus police agency within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania when it received its initial accreditation award in March 2001.
Ruling on liquor store move expected soon
With no easy solution, a decision regarding the move of the liquor store could go either way. The looming controversy regarding the possible move of the 41st and Market streets liquor store to 4237 Walnut St. is still unresolved, with a ruling from the city zoning board expected to come sometime in the next week.
News Brief: Papoose added to SPEC-TRUM concert
Hip-hop artist Papoose will join Juelz Santana to headline the annual SPEC-TRUM spring concert, organizers announced late last week. The concert will be held downtown at the Theatre of the Living Arts on April 20 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets can be bought either on Locust Walk or through Ticketmaster.
Grad gov't finalized after year of debate
Both the Graduate Student Associations Council and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly voted almost unanimously at their body meetings this week to amend their constitutions to approve a new graduate student government structure.
Brady wins candidacy challenge
After a month of bumps and bruises, Bob Brady's mayoral candidacy is somehow still on the right track. At least that's the word from Senior Judge Patrick Toole, who declared Tuesday that Brady will be allowed to continue his mayoral bid despite alleged omissions on his financial-disclosure forms.
Crime Log
Theft Mar. 22 - A female staff member, 55, reported that someone removed SEPTA tokens and cash from her unsecured desk in Penn Connect, located at 300 S. 33rd St., at about 10 a.m. Mar. 21 - An AlliedBarton security guard reported that an unsecured bicycle was removed from the 3600 block of Chestnut Street at about 2:40 a.
DPS, students aim for better dialogue
As the week-old investigation of alleged racial profiling continues within the Division of Public Safety, minority coalition leaders, DPS officials and representatives from the Office of the Provost sat down yesterday afternoon to touch base and brainstorm ways to improve DPS-student relations.
Chatroom offers insider's look into housing
Incoming freshmen will no longer have to rely on chat rooms or online videos to figure out which college house to apply to. PennSpace, a new bulletin-board Web site designed to help incoming students decide where to live, will go live today at 5 p.m., when hundreds of applicants will receive their admissions decisions.
Some students are calling on the University to investigate whether its policy on blood donations is discriminatory. This issue and others were on the agenda at last night's University Council meeting. The UC, composed of faculty, undergraduates, graduate students and University administrators, convenes each month to discuss University-wide issues.
Pa. college makes move toward all-Mac campus
Last month, the Pennsylvania college announced its plan to switch all 1,700 of its computers to Intel-based Macs, the latest indicator of a resurgence of Macs on college campuses.
Postal Service reviews land sale
A report from the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service reveals that the Postal Service did not act in compliance with several regulations in selling the Postal Lands to the University, but Penn and Postal Service officials say the report will not affect the deal's closing.
RIAA asks for IP address records
By Albert Sun Staff Writer asun@sas.upenn.edu No Penn students have been named as defendants in the latest wave of lawsuits from the Recording Industry Association of America, but activity from the RIAA indicates that litigation may be on the way. The RIAA recently began targeting college students as part of a continued effort to stem music piracy that has gone on for almost four years.
Tickets for this year's Spring Fling concert sold out early yesterday afternoon, only two days after they were made available.
Most Penn professors have Ph.D.'s; Kal Penn has a Teen Choice Award nomination. Officials announced over the weekend that Penn, an actor best-known for his role in the 2004 comedy Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, will teach two courses at the University next spring.
Groups speak out on police 'bias'
Student minority groups are speaking out against the Division of Public Safety in response to an incident last week in which a black College student was detained, calling it part of a larger trend of bias-based profiling.





