Crime in West Philly may be old news, but you know it's bad when it reaches the hallowed halls of Van Pelt. Indeed, ten cases of theft have been reported to Penn Police since mid-September and many more have certainly gone unreported. According to the Division of Public Safety, 43 percent of total thefts since July have been the result of leaving possessions unattended.
On Saturday, they were everywhere: sexy referees, sexy gladiators, sexy cats. It's Halloween, and that means discovering that just about any occupation and any animal can be made into tight, cleavage-baring, upper-thigh-revealing ensemble that oozes sexuality.
Daniel Schwartz is a College sophomore from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Hark! Fellow Penn students, heed my call. A blue storm is gathering and glory is being showered on the cowardly dragons. In this, the last week of the fair month October, our honor is being challenged. The evil Drexelians have somehow managed to get ringside seats in the greatest tournament of our time.
Nothing beats a leisurely weekend brunch. I treasure these meals, these few hours, to the point of reverence. They are my religion, and my ritual is pretty set: tea, fruit, homework, Simon, Garfunkel and a table outside ABP. This weekend, however, after a week bursting at the seams with unadulterated evil (read: midterms), I made the drastic decision to alter my regiment.
'Working to solve complex real-world problems is the best way to advance knowledge and learning." This sentiment, voiced by education reformer John Dewey, deserves stronger consideration from our university than it is presently receiving. Our community, West Philadelphia, has no shortage of problems.
'Working to solve complex real-world problems is the best way to advance knowledge and learning." This sentiment, voiced by education reformer John Dewey, deserves stronger consideration from our university than it is presently receiving. Our community, West Philadelphia, has no shortage of problems.
On Saturday, they were everywhere: sexy referees, sexy gladiators, sexy cats. It's Halloween, and that means discovering that just about any occupation and any animal can be made into tight, cleavage-baring, upper-thigh-revealing ensemble that oozes sexuality.
Daniel Schwartz is a College sophomore from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.
With the shooting at the Koko Bongo over the weekend, nobody needs to be reminded that we live on an urban campus that is far from immune to crime. Fortunately, Penn has a number of security measures in place to protect its students: 898-WALK, 898-RIDE and the fourth-largest private police force in the country.
Why the name change? To the editor: I was disappointed to read that the College Republicans caved to pressure from the Muslim Students' Association and dropped the term "Islamo-Fascism" from their planned awareness week ("After name conflicts, groups begin events," 10/22/07).
This week, the Penn College Republicans have organized Terrorism Awareness Week. As some of you may know, on a national level this campaign is running under the title Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, sponsored by David Horowitz and the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
Avery Lawrence is a College senior from Charlottesville, Va. His e-mail address is lawrence@dailypennsylvanian.com.
This week, the Penn College Republicans are hosting Terrorism Awareness Week on campus. Penn is one of hundreds of campuses across the nation that is playing host to Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, as it is called everywhere else, and its purpose, as defined by the conservative David Horowitz Freedom Center's Web site for the project (www.
Joanne Tong is a Wharton senior from Manila, Philippines. Her e-mail address is tong@dailypennsylvanian.com.
At first glance, Radian seems like a great idea. The complex, being constructed at seemingly record speeds on 39th and Walnut, offers a laundry list of amenities, sits on prime real estate and will do that much more to address Penn's dearth of student housing.
This week is Asian Pacific American Heritage Week, Greek Week, Islam Awareness Week and Terrorism Awareness Week. Oh, I almost forgot, it's National Respiratory Health Care Week, too. Thank God I'm not an Islamic sleeper-cell terrorist of Asian Pacific heritage who lives in a frat house and suffers from asthma.
Before Judith Rodin ascended to the Penn presidency and busted the West Philadelphia crime cartels, there was the 45th Street mosque and its war on drugs. In the early 1990s, West Philly was at the center of a murderous imbroglio of gang wars and gun violence.
Out in the flyover, we don't get a lot of coastal news. Growing up in suburban Milwaukee, all I knew about Philadelphia until I was eight or nine was that it had been home to both the Fresh Prince and Ben Franklin. I've since become more enlightened, but it's ironic that I ended up at Penn, the Philadelphia institution that, more than any other, walks the line between these two worlds.
Amira Fawcett is a Engineering junior from Houston. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Planning is in the air. With Penn's plan for the east-campus expansion, the Centennial District plan in Parkside, a score of community-based plans by neighborhood organizations across the city and PennPraxis' work along the central Delaware, planning in Philadelphia seems to be experiencing a renaissance.
Daniel Schwartz is a College sophomore from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.
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