So many great classes are listed in the course register but are never actually offered in the timetable.
College students not planning on entering business are left battling midterms while other students pick up job offers.
Penn should push back its drop cutoff, or at least move the pass/fail deadline.
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Dave Anderson is a College senior from Denver. His e-mail address is anderson@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Avery Lawrence is a College junior from Charlottesville, Va. His e-mail address is lawrence@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Elizabeth Song | City, University should be ashamed of their recycling efforts
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Elizabeth Song
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Nov. 2, 2006
Penn recycles only 11 percent of its trash - less than half the next-best Ivy - and the city could save millions with better recycling.
Elizabeth Song | City, University should be ashamed of their recycling efforts
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Elizabeth Song
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Nov. 2, 2006
Penn recycles only 11 percent of its trash - less than half the next-best Ivy - and the city could save millions with better recycling.
College students not planning on entering business are left battling midterms while other students pick up job offers.
Penn should push back its drop cutoff, or at least move the pass/fail deadline.
Stringent security To the Editor: Rene Alvarez's opinion article, ("Students' Fears of Crime are Largely Unfounded," Daily Pennsylvanian, 10/3/06) made some very interesting and valuable points on crime in West Philadelphia and its effects on Penn students.
Gabe Oppenheim | GET-UP's teaching stats force the wrong conclusion
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Gabe Oppenheim
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Nov. 1, 2006
While GET-UP argues professors aren't teaching many classes, it's lecturers - not grad students - who are teaching most of the rest.
Head up Locust Walk toward Qdoba, and you'll eventually find an affront to the community. That's what Robert Christian, writing for the University City Review, calls Plateau. The perforated steel sculpture debuted on the field at 40th and Locust streets last year amid protest from guardians of good taste all over Penn.
Amira Fawcett is a Engineering sophomore from Houston. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.
More money should be directed toward mental, physical health offices.
Rene Alvarez | The McNeil Center loses its main contributor's symbol
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Rene Alvarez
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Oct. 31, 2006
The disappearance of a painting of Robert McNeil, who helped fund the creation of the center, is a tragedy.
Far too many students don't find out how their grade was calculated - feedback should be part of the learning process.
Alicia Puglionesi is a College sophomore from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is Apuglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Abdi Farah is a College sophomore from Olney, Md. His e-mail address is farah@dailypennsylvanian.com.
From bankrupt social programs to a trashed environment, we aren't ready for continued American population growth.
Penn should demonstrate it values student health by giving it a better space.
Sharon Udasin | OFSA shouldn't be releasing grades to fellow students
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Sharon Udasin
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Oct. 30, 2006
Currently, presidents and scholarship chairs of frats and sororities can receive students' grades - unless they opt out.
Students should put off the drinking for a few hours to open up their houses, or dorms, for trick-or-treaters.
On June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan gave a famous speech at Germany's Brandenburg Gate, where he challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. And, just four days ago, President Bush signed a bill authorizing the construction of a 700-mile fence along the border with Mexico.
