Across the board, from robberies to sexual assault, Penn experienced a significant drop in most categories of crime last year. For this, we must recognize the role played by the Division of Public Safety for bringing about these declines. Throughout the past several years but specifically in 2008, DPS's work has turned the campus from a security theater to a safe environment for students and the faculty and staff living in the University City neighborhood.
When I was in elementary school, my Sunday school teacher would always close with a heartfelt prayer for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Although I was too young to understand the complicated origins of their peoples' conflict, I knew enough to hope that their leaders could come to an agreement that might end the litany of suicide bomb attacks and retaliatory strikes that haunted the evening news.
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Amira Fawcett is an Engineering senior from Houston. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Across the board, from robberies to sexual assault, Penn experienced a significant drop in most categories of crime last year. For this, we must recognize the role played by the Division of Public Safety for bringing about these declines. Throughout the past several years but specifically in 2008, DPS's work has turned the campus from a security theater to a safe environment for students and the faculty and staff living in the University City neighborhood.
When I was in elementary school, my Sunday school teacher would always close with a heartfelt prayer for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Although I was too young to understand the complicated origins of their peoples' conflict, I knew enough to hope that their leaders could come to an agreement that might end the litany of suicide bomb attacks and retaliatory strikes that haunted the evening news.
Guest Column | Answering the call to public service
Jan. 21, 2009
Janice Dow is an College sophomore from Los Angeles. Her e-mail address is dow@dailypennsylvanian.com.
When Bernie Madoff was arrested on December 12, it was easy to dismiss him as another Wall Streeter getting his due. In the wake of massive bank and investment firm failures, we've become desensitized to the damage that's crippled our financial system. For liberal arts students especially, the fall of the titans has produced the sweet satisfaction that comes with choosing a life of Proust instead of Fuld.
I'm easily distracted. I have to have my background noise while studying, and during class there are plenty of things that can steal my attention away from the professor --- Gchat, Digg and Perez Hilton, to name a few. The majority of my distractions have one thing in common - they originate on a lovely little thing we call "the Internet" and are accessible on a portable device called the "laptop.
Ilana Millner is an College junior from Washington's Crossing, Pa. Her e-mail address is millner@dailypennsylvanian.com.
After five years and hundreds of frivolous lawsuits, the Recording Industry Association of America's "war" on illegal downloading has moved out of its legal phase. This could not have happened soon enough. The random pursuit of a handful of those who regularly file share was an exercise in futility that highlighted the group's dismaying refusal to adapt to a changing technological landscape.
The information age has brought new technologies that enrich our lives, but with it comes a series of ethical questions, none more avoidable than the issue of how to deal with death. Penn has experienced the deaths of three students this school year, a bit more than usual perhaps.
Daniel Schwartz is a College junior from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Meeting the parents is always difficult - just ask Ben Stiller. While most guys don't have to conjure up stories about milking cats and most girls don't have ex-CIA agent fathers watching their every move, it's a milestone in any relationship. And it's hard enough to make a good impression on people with similar cultural expectations in the same language.
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Jan. 16, 2009
Disappointment over layoffs To the Editor: As a 2000 graduate in anthropology (archaeology concentration) and former employee of the museum, I was extremely disappointed and shocked when I heard about the 18 people fired from the museum a few weeks ago.
In light of the recent crossfire in the Gaza Strip, the University cancelled several study-abroad programs in Jersusalem - a relatively peaceful city miles from Gaza. But while the fighting seems far removed from Jerusalem, it's impossible to know that it will stay that way.
As the U.S. economy continues to spiral downwards, it's become more and more clear that even our impenetrable "Penn bubble" can't keep out a national recession. In December, President Gutmann issued an update on the university's plans for coping with the financial crisis, assuring that Penn will not be "implementing broad-scale layoffs, hiring freezes or across-the-board budget reductions.
