Parents' office buildings may not be an ideal place to spend the night, but for some students attending the inauguration, they were the way to go. Although hotels in Washington, D.C. and the city's surrounding suburbs were completely booked for yesterday's inauguration, students who traveled to the inauguration managed to find other, less-costly places to stay.
The Office of Study Abroad may have closed the door on studying abroad in Israel this semester, but the window of opportunity might not be closed for good. College sophomore Elliott Thomasson, a modern Middle Eastern studies major who plans to study in Israel next year, is confident that the current situation in Israel will not inhibit his study abroad plans.
For the second year in a row, the heat is on to lower the global temperature - or at least, to lower the amount of trash Penn produces. RecycleMania is a national competition between colleges and universities to produce the greatest reduction in the waste.
Parents' office buildings may not be an ideal place to spend the night, but for some students attending the inauguration, they were the way to go. Although hotels in Washington, D.C. and the city's surrounding suburbs were completely booked for yesterday's inauguration, students who traveled to the inauguration managed to find other, less-costly places to stay.
The Office of Study Abroad may have closed the door on studying abroad in Israel this semester, but the window of opportunity might not be closed for good. College sophomore Elliott Thomasson, a modern Middle Eastern studies major who plans to study in Israel next year, is confident that the current situation in Israel will not inhibit his study abroad plans.
On a day when the world's attention was focused on Washington, D.C., members of the Penn community who were unable to make the 124-mile trip could still get into the spirit on Penn's campus. The University's official Presidential Inauguration Celebration Program began at 10 a.
Economic turbulence has encouraged many Americans to be more cautious, and universities are no exception. In 2001, the University developed PennConnects, a plan for campus development and eastward expansion. But after the economic downfall of the past year, the University plans to proceed more cautiously.
Recycle mania isn't just taking over on campus - it's taking Philadelphia by storm too. Over the last three years, the city has been working to improve its recycling rates, which have been the second-lowest among those of American cities. The first initiative was changing to single-stream recycling - putting all recycling into one bin that is the
Assault Jan. 14 - Devon Bond, 19, unaffiliated with the University, of the 100 block of Carton Avenue in Marlton, N.J., was arrested at about midnight for allegedly getting into a physical altercation with a Penn Police officer after allegedly attempting to leave Allegro's Pizza, located at 3942 Spruce St., without paying for his food.
Author, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou will be the keynote speaker for Women's Week, an annual collection of events celebrating women and their accomplishments organized by the Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women. This year's Women's Week will be February 9-17.
With the start of the new semester comes two familiar sights: girls in dresses and nametags waiting in alphabetical order on the sidewalk, and boys flocking across the street for free cheesesteaks, ice cream and barbeques. The first two weeks of spring semester are the primary time for fraternities and sororities to recruit new members through processes that differ dramatically from each other and from the Multicultural Greek Council groups.
My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
At the end of a long journey - both figuratively, through a long campaign season and literally, from Philadelphia's 30th Street Station this weekend - Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States yesterday in Washington, D.C. Obama's inauguration was a historic moment for the U.
The search is officially on for Penn's next provost. In a memo sent out to faculty members last Wednesday, University President Amy Gutmann announced the formation of an ad hoc consultative committee that, along with Gutmann, will select a new provost to succeed Ron Daniels.
Guidance counselors, college advisers and high school seniors and their parents have long debated the value of college rankings. Now the Princeton Review and USA Today are joining the debate on value - by ranking which schools are among the top 10 "Best Value Colleges" in the U.
Cardiac arrest has a 70 to 80 percent mortality rate and affects almost half a million people per year. From CPR to faster emergency services, various methods have been used to lower those numbers. But according to a new Penn Medical School study, other factors need to be taken into account - research found that the survival rate of cardiac arrest patients also depends on where the patient is taken for care.
The Undergraduate Assembly held its first official meeting of the semester Sunday night, during which it reassessed last semester's projects and work done by UA members over winter break before launching into new issues. The main legislative proposals addressed included potentially low class attendance for today's presidential inauguration ceremonies and separate budget requests for UA funding by the pre-orientation programs PennArts and PennGreen.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy continues to live on in members of the Penn and greater Philadelphia communities. Last night, Alpha Kappa Alpha fraternity, the Multicultural Greek Council and Onyx Senior Honor Society hosted the annual candlelight vigil honoring MLK Jr.
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