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Donald Trump, a 1968 Wharton graduate, referred to Mexican immigrants as "rapists" and saying he planned to build a wall between the United States and Mexico — on Mexico's dime. 

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When it comes to Ben Franklin, Penn has a lot more to boast than just his role as the University’s founder. Recently, Penn Libraries acquired a rare copy of the presumable final full length book ever printed by the University’s founding father.


The Daily Pennsylvanian

When it comes to Ben Franklin, Penn has a lot more to boast than just his role as the University’s founder. Recently, Penn Libraries acquired a rare copy of the presumable final full length book ever printed by the University’s founding father.



Donald Trump, a 1968 Wharton graduate, referred to Mexican immigrants as "rapists" and saying he planned to build a wall between the United States and Mexico — on Mexico's dime. 







1996 College graduate Alan Sepinwall definitely watches more TV than you. As a TV critic for HitFix.com, he watches dozens of shows each week “at a minimum.” This former 34th Street managing editor spoke with the Daily Pennsylvanian on Tuesday about that shocking Game of Thrones season finale, the growth of weekly TV recaps and shows he really doesn’t like. Weekly episode recaps — which Sepinwall helped popularize — were not always the preferred format of TV recaps. “It started online,” Sepinwall said. He began blogging about TV while at Penn, sometimes surreptitiously completing recaps of his favorite show, NYPD Blue, during an all-night editing session at the Daily Pennsylvanian office. “I had kind of fallen for NYPD Blue in my sophomore year,” he said. Once Penn students were first given emails, he began meeting other NYPD Blue fans online, encouraging him to eventually set up his own blog. At The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J.