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It's time for students to tell professors how they really feel about them - and now they can do it online. The Provost's Office has shifted the entire Penn course evaluation system online, and all students will have to either complete or opt out of the evaluations by May 15 in order to receive their final grades.


According to convicted felon Robert Hillary King, slavery still exists in America - and it calls itself prison. A crowd of nearly 100 gathered last night to see the 66-year-old King, who was formerly imprisoned in Angola State Penitentiary, speak in Claudia Cohen Hall on the injustices of the American judicial system.

College student Neil Gajare, arrested and charged with arson in connection with a fire in Rodin College House early yesterday morning, posted $5,000 bail today and is awaiting a preliminary hearing. The 22-year-old is being charged with five counts, including arson, causing catastrophe, criminal mischief, possession of an instrument of crime with intent and recklessly endangering another person.

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By Rebecca Kaplan and Emily Babay · April 23, 2009

College student Neil Gajare, has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a fire in Rodin College House early yesterday morning. Police were still processing Gajare's case last night, and it was unclear whether he would be released on bail, according to the Philadelphia Police.

Twitter has become more than just a tool to follow the actions of popular celebrities. From Kelly Writers House staff to professors, many members of the Penn community are now using the social networking site for everything from writing poetry to advertising events.



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According to convicted felon Robert Hillary King, slavery still exists in America - and it calls itself prison. A crowd of nearly 100 gathered last night to see the 66-year-old King, who was formerly imprisoned in Angola State Penitentiary, speak in Claudia Cohen Hall on the injustices of the American judicial system.


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College student Neil Gajare, arrested and charged with arson in connection with a fire in Rodin College House early yesterday morning, posted $5,000 bail today and is awaiting a preliminary hearing. The 22-year-old is being charged with five counts, including arson, causing catastrophe, criminal mischief, possession of an instrument of crime with intent and recklessly endangering another person.



Alec Webley voted new Undergraduate Assembly chairman

Updated Apr. 23, 4:30 a.m. When outgoing Undergraduate Assembly chairman and College and Wharton senior Wilson Tong addressed the group assembled for the UA's internal elections last night, he called UA chairman a job that "seemingly never ends." It was fitting, then, that voting lasted well into the night as the 2009-2010 UA members deliberated between College junior and former executive vice chairman Zac Byer and College sophomore and Sustainability and Facilities Committee chairman Alec Webley.


Allies have day of silence to promote LGBT awareness

Fifty-three Penn students took vows of silence yesterday in honor of the Day of Silence, a national day that aims to promote awareness of anti-Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender harassment in schools. The day, according to College junior and Lambda Alliance chairman Dennie Zastrow, served as a reminder that "the LGBT community is still marginalized, and there are a lot of rights that everybody else has that LGBT people don't.


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Penn's Panhellenic community may embrace a new sorority in the near future. Last night, the presidents of each of Penn's eight chapters met with Panhellenic Council president, former Daily Pennsylvanian editor and College junior Alissa Eisenberg to discuss potential for an extension - the process used to add another sorority chapter.


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With the future of computing trending toward synchronization across all of a users' devices, Microsoft's Live Mesh attempts to take a step in that direction. Live Mesh is a free service that aims to provide users with 5 gigabytes of space online to share and sync their files among all their Internet-enabled devices, from their desktops to their mobile phones.


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Theft Apr. 10 - A female student, 24, reported at about 4:30 p.m. that an unknown suspect removed her wallet from her unattended handbag at Van Pelt Library. Apr. 10 - Aaron Kittrel, 42, unaffiliated with the University and of 3300 Frankford Ave., was arrested at about 2:30 p.


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The Division of Public Safety responded to 38 Spring Fling-related incidents this year, an increase of 58 percent from 24 last year. The number of hospital cases went up from 19 last year to 24 this year. The majority of the individuals hospitalized were female.


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According to a recent report by The Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphians are more optimistic than the rest of the country - even though they consume a record high of cigarettes and have dismal job prospects. At a time when only 20 percent of the U.S. population say the country is headed in the right direction, 46 percent of Philadelphians look forward to the city's future.


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It's time for students to tell professors how they really feel about them - and now they can do it online. The Provost's Office has shifted the entire Penn course evaluation system online, and all students will have to either complete or opt out of the evaluations by May 15 in order to receive their final grades.


Multicultural Scholars' Weekend aims to demonstrate sense of community | Interactive graph

This past weekend, roughly 200 prospective students attended Multicultural Scholars' Weekend, a preview weekend geared toward minority students accepted to Penn's Class of 2013. The weekend - which lasted Sunday through Tuesday - is an integral part of Penn's efforts to build a community of traditionally underrepresented students, according to director of multicultural recruitment David Toomer.


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As a Jewish-American Israeli writing about an Israeli-Palestinian, author Adina Hoffman strives to build bridges between all three cultures. Hoffman visited the Kelly Writers House last night to read from and discuss her recently published book, My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet's Life in the Palestinian Century.



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As high-school seniors make their final decisions about where to matriculate in the fall, Penn hopes that targeted outreach will sway them toward becoming Quakers. Dean of Admissions Eric Furda explained that several minority groups on campus are reaching out on their own to prospective students.


Updated April 22, 10:43 p.m. College student Neil Gajare has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a fire in Rodin College House early this morning. Gajare, 22, was still going through processing last night and it was unclear whether he would be released on bail, according to the Philadelphia Police.



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