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For more than two decades, a carillon — a mechanical instrument that simulates the sounds a bell tower makes — has greeted thousands of Penn students walking by College Green.


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1992 College graduate Noam Harel and 1992 Engineering graduate Kenneth Lesch have gathered a handful of alumni to sign an online petition to administrators to change Penn’s name.





Fifty-two people were arrested following a police raid of Center City’s Dilworth Plaza early Wednesday morning to evict Occupy Philadelphia protesters, including a Penn professor and four students. RELATED: OccupyPenn shows solidarity following arrestsVIDEO: What do you think of the Occupy eviction?EDITORIAL: A change of occupation




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Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine found pharyngitis and upper respiratory tract infections were more common among oral antibiotic users. However, they found no correlation between the use of antibiotics and group A strep.



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There may be a way to escape library fines after all — and feed the poor while you’re at it. This month, Penn Libraries sponsored the first-ever “Food for Fines” program, where library patrons were credited $1 toward their accounts for every non-perishable food item they donated.





Record-high med school apps

This is the largest first-time applicant pool since it began tracking in 1989, according to AAMC. Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine has not yet released its application numbers for this year. WORD ON THE WALK: Med school popularity


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The former first lady of Pennsylvania and a Penn alumna discussed everything from her law career to the Occupy movement in an intimate question-and-answer session with approximately 30 students Tuesday.



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Organizers of the first fall Power Down Challenge announced that residents of Fisher Hassenfeld, Ware and Riepe college houses reduced their electricity consumption by 20.42 percent collectively.