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Penn’s new Quidditch team held its first practice on Hill Field, with about 20 students sporting athletic gear and brooms organizing themselves into a scrimmage. VIDEO: Penn Quidditch’s first scrimmage

In the aftermath of demonstrators storming campus after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor canceled his Friday appearance at Huntsman Hall, Penn students reflected on the protest hitting close to home. VIDEO: ‘Occupy Eric Cantor’ERIC CANTOR: Wharton remarks, as prepared for deliveryGALLERY: 62 photos of Cantor protest at Huntsman HallTOPICS: Occupy movement

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On Thursday, Student Financial Services launched its first-ever net-price calculator — an online device that aims to give students and families an estimate of financial aid awards, as well as an overall price tag for a Penn education.



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Penn’s new Quidditch team held its first practice on Hill Field, with about 20 students sporting athletic gear and brooms organizing themselves into a scrimmage. VIDEO: Penn Quidditch’s first scrimmage


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In the aftermath of demonstrators storming campus after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor canceled his Friday appearance at Huntsman Hall, Penn students reflected on the protest hitting close to home. VIDEO: ‘Occupy Eric Cantor’ERIC CANTOR: Wharton remarks, as prepared for deliveryGALLERY: 62 photos of Cantor protest at Huntsman HallTOPICS: Occupy movement



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After House Majority Leader Eric Cantor canceled his Wharton Leadership Lecture slated for Friday afternoon, protesters congregated on campus, chanting inside and outside Huntsman Hall and prompting increased security efforts. VIDEO: Protesters in Huntsman Hall GALLERY: Photos of protesters on campus REACTION: Online response to Cantor’s cancellation


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Friday afternoon, an estimated 500-1,000 protesters will stand outside Huntsman Hall while House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) speaks to the Penn community about income inequality in his Wharton Leadership Lecture.


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Earlier this month, Ben & Jerry’s board of directors declared its support for the Occupy Wall Street protests on its website. Closer to home, the Ben & Jerry’s on campus is trying to balance its support for the company and support from Penn students.


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Law professor Yolanda Vazquez recently published a paper which found that the combination of criminal and immigration law, which Vazquez calls ‘crimmigration,’ has increasingly been used to exclude, discriminate and deport immigrants, specifically Latinos.






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Along with several undergraduate deans, Penn President Amy Gutmann said she has been pleased to see students participating in the Occupy Philadelphia protests — which began as an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street — and contributing to an ongoing dialogue on the future of the nation.


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Tukufu Zuberi, professor and chairman of the Sociology Department at Penn, kicked off the Imagine Africa lecture series for the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s Imagine Africa initiative.


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A week after placing 16th on the annual “World University Rankings” by Times Higher Education, Penn was named the ninth best higher-education institution in the world by U.S. News and World Report. INTERACTIVE: 2011 college rankings



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Yale University Professor of Sociology and former Penn Sociology Professor Elijah Anderson came to the Penn Bookstore Thursday afternoon to speak about his book at an event titled “A Look at Race and Civility in Everyday Life.”



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