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1984 Wharton MBA recipient and former state senator Vince Fumo was sentenced to 55 months in prison in 2009. Thursday, he faces a possible quadrupling of his sentence. INTERACTIVE: The Fumo case

A study from Ohio State and Michigan-Dearborn universities has found that college freshmen do not gain 15 pounds. On average, women gain 3.1 pounds and men 3.5 pounds their first year of college.

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By Laura Cofsky · Nov. 10, 2011

On Thursday, United States District Judge Ronald Buckwalter resentenced former Pennsylvania State Sen. Vince Fumo to 61 months in prison — an increase of six months from his previous sentence, well below what prosecutors were hoping for. TIMELINE: Fumo case

Falling Whistles, an advocacy group, spoke about conflict in the Congo in Steinberg-Dietrich Hall Wednesday night. Group member Yves Muya escaped the conflict with his family at a young age


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Falling Whistles, an advocacy group, spoke about conflict in the Congo in Steinberg-Dietrich Hall Wednesday night. Group member Yves Muya escaped the conflict with his family at a young age


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1984 Wharton MBA recipient and former state senator Vince Fumo was sentenced to 55 months in prison in 2009. Thursday, he faces a possible quadrupling of his sentence. INTERACTIVE: The Fumo case


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A study from Ohio State and Michigan-Dearborn universities has found that college freshmen do not gain 15 pounds. On average, women gain 3.1 pounds and men 3.5 pounds their first year of college.


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Ezekiel Emanuel, brother Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, is a Penn Integrated Knowledge professor at Penn. The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with Emanuel to discuss his time so far at Penn.







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Nine public schools across the Philadelphia school district are proposed to close or phase out beginning at the end of this school year. The Philadelphia School Reform Commission released the fourth phase of the Facilities Master Plan last week, naming among them Drew Elementary, a University City school just north of Penn’s campus at 3724 Warren St.


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While many graduates from Ivy League institutions choose to pursue careers in banking or medicine, a select few tell jokes for “less money than you can imagine anyone living on in New York City.”


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Tuesday night, over 40 attendees participated in the “Screw Smart presents: The Anatomy of Pleasure: What You Didn’t Learn in Health Class,” a jumpstart to the Love Your Body Campaign hosted at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center by the Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women and the Penn Women’s Center.




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Penn Press is about to join the digital world with plans to launch over 400 e-books in January. At launch, the books will be available as PDFs with the ability to download them to devices and print a chapter at a time.


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This week is Collegiate EMS Week, which kicked off on Monday with National Collegiate CPR Day. MERT members handed out flyers on Locust Walk “to encourage people to take our CPR class and become certified,” College senior and MERT Community Outreach officer Kendra Hypolite said.


Philadelphia Mayor and 1979 Wharton graduate Michael Nutter was reelected Tuesday in a landslide. VIDEO: How did you vote?INTERACTIVE: Election results



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