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The Penn 4 Biden initiative began with a simple petition for students to show interest in having Biden move to the university after his term in office. Petition responses largely focused on the value of having the vice president as a “mentor and someone to look up to” at Penn, Reich said.


Courtesy of Mark WarnerThe Philadelphia taxi union withdrew their lawsuit against ridesharing services, like Lyft and Uber, because both parties agreed to a legislation passed by PA Gov. Tom Wolf.

Blount expressed his fear that taxi services will go out of business in the face of their ridesharing competitors like Uber and Lyft. “Unless immediate relief is provided, it is likely the Philadelphia taxicab industry including plaintiffs will be bankrupted and completely decimated."


The project, which involves constructing glass walls, wood ceilings and a sculpture, will begin next week and finish at the end of May.

The room will have glass walls, wood ceilings, lights to mimic the stars, and a wool and silk sculpture by artist Claudy Jongstra, who is featured at the Barnes Foundation. Rogers added that the sculpture will help with sound reduction as the fabric will absorb outside noise. The room will also feature 84 seats in the main area, and 13 “soft seats.”



Artifacts on display at the Penn Museum

“It’s so much more efficient for everyone involved because it doesn’t mean that our staff has to babysit people when they’re discovering things,” Jim Mathieu, the director of Digital Media at the Penn Museum said. “They can actually cater to them when they found what they wanted, which is provided.”