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Want to poke a little fun at all the action surrounding the presidential elections? The Social Planning and Events Committee has secured approximately 800 tickets to the upcoming filming of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report on Penn's campus. Tickets to the show sold out on Comedy Central's Web site within 10 minutes of the announcement that the program would air in Philadelphia.


When Lurch the butler answers the door at the home of The Addams Family, it is College Hall that you see. Cartoonist and Penn alumnus Charles Addams is said to have used College Hall as his inspiration for the mansion of the Addams Family. And just as College Hall served as the home for the Addams family, it also serves as a home base for School of Arts and Sciences Dean Rebecca Bushnell.

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By Jody Pollock · March 26, 2008

It was all about the purple fishnets. College sophomore Cameron Clark spent the past few weeks preparing for his debut as Britney Spears last night, and he couldn't have done it without the "proper purple fishnets." In towering black lace-up boots and a pink miniskirt, Clark was just one of the many Penn performers who participated in the second-annual gender-bending drag show last night.

A male student allegedly followed a College sophomore off the elevator in Rodin College House and attempted to break into her room after she had entered it yesterday afternoon. After a fight with police, he was arrested. The student, whose name police did not release last night, was charged with criminal trespassing, attempted burglary and assault on police, according to Det.

The college gossip Web site Juicycampus.com is still under attack - but from a new direction. Though most outcry about the site over the past months has focused on its obscene content posted by users, New Jersey authorities are investigating whether the site itself has engaged in wrongdoing.


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The college gossip Web site Juicycampus.com is still under attack - but from a new direction. Though most outcry about the site over the past months has focused on its obscene content posted by users, New Jersey authorities are investigating whether the site itself has engaged in wrongdoing.



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When Lurch the butler answers the door at the home of The Addams Family, it is College Hall that you see. Cartoonist and Penn alumnus Charles Addams is said to have used College Hall as his inspiration for the mansion of the Addams Family. And just as College Hall served as the home for the Addams family, it also serves as a home base for School of Arts and Sciences Dean Rebecca Bushnell.


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The Democratic presidential primary isn't the only highly contested election this spring - more students than ever are running for positions in next year's student government. A total of 73 students are competing for 83 positions, according to Colleen Donovan, the vice chair for elections for the Nominations and Elections Committee, which is in charge of the elections process.



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Astronaut Garrett Reisman is giving his professors what every teacher wants - the chance to see a former student achieve his dream. Reisman, a Wharton and Engineering alumnus, has been working out of the International Space Station since March 12 and will stay there until the fall.


On campus, Clinton   addresses economy

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gave a major policy address yesterday at Houston Hall on the emerging housing crisis that she said is at the heart of the "crisis of confidence" in the economy. "In today's world, trouble that starts on Wall Street often ends up on Main Street," the New York senator said, with Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Pennsylvania Gov.


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Matthew Millan, a 1987 College alumnus, remembers the first time he entered the Mask and Wig Clubhouse as a freshman member of the stage crew in the early 1980s. "You're struck by the history and beauty of the building," he said. "You come to understand the experience of a club that has been around for so long, realizing you're part of a tradition much bigger than many parts of Penn.


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This past Sunday night, in the first Undergraduate Assembly meeting after spring break, the body hurried to implement many of their ideas from earlier this year. Soon, student elections will begin to determine the next members of the group. n During a particularly productive Open Forum, College sophomore Linda Kang brought up a number of issues for the UA to tackle.


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Facebook has a new application - but this one might help students recover stolen items. This week, the University of North Texas will begin its marketing campaign promoting a new Facebook application that will allow students to register their property online, as well as report stolen belongings.


Nutritionist shares healthy tips

You jolt awake at 10:35 a.m., late for your morning class. You were up until five the night before, finishing up a paper, and you run out the door with your teeth half-brushed. You grab a left-over cookie from the Insomnia box you ordered last night. Luckily you'll have time to grab some coffee later.


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As her voice carries across the packed living room of the Kelly Writers House yesterday, reciting passages from her Best Literary Fiction Award-winning 2005 novel, The Writing on the Wall, it was clear to audience members that Lynne Sharon Schwartz's voice was made to read.


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Tuition and fees are set to increase by 4.5 percent next year - the smallest annual increase Penn has seen in the last seven years - bringing the price of an undergraduate academic year to $37,526. According to a March 18 press release, University trustees met last week to determine the tuition increase for the coming academic year.


CSI: West Philly

CSI: West Philly

By Samuel Dangremond · March 25, 2008

Yesterday at Sayre High School in West Philadelphia, a businessman sat dead at a desk, surrounded by pills and alcohol. But no one called the police - the whole scene was staged by Penn students for high schoolers learning about forensic science. In CSI and Science in High School, an academically based community service course at Penn, students teach chemistry and forensic science to high-school juniors.


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Penn researchers have discovered that sleep apnea - a disorder characterized by periodic lapses in breathing while asleep, usually due to an obstructed airway - results in probably irreversible muscle weakness, which can make the condition even worse. The findings are a "major breakthrough," according to Jerry Siegel, a professor at UCLA's Center for Sleep Research.


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College senior Abby Huntsman says her father, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, "laughs off" questions about a possible vice presidential bid. But Huntsman - who is also a Penn alumnus and trustee - is often mentioned by the media and political pundits as a potential choice to be Arizona Sen.


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For most Penn students, spending 15 minutes to get to and from class is pushing it. But last semester, Swarthmore junior Sven David Udekwu measured his commute in hours, not minutes. Waking up at about 9 a.m., catching a 9:10 bus to Penn and arriving almost half an hour before his 10 a.



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