Abdi Farah is a College sophomore from Owings Mills, Md. His e-mail address is farah@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Suppose you have a bucket with infinite space. If this is starting to sound like one of those out-of-touch-with-reality math problems, it is, but please bear with me. When there is one minute left until noon, add 10 balls to the bucket, labeled one through 10, and then remove the ball labeled "one.
The citizens of Philadelphia have showed time and again that they want better ethics in government and they won't stand for corruption.
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Shows like 'Double Dare' and 'Guts,' which inspired healthy competition in a generation of kids, have all but disappeared.
In January 2005, then-Harvard University President Lawrence Summers gave the speech heard 'round the world. In a talk presented at a conference on diversifying the science and engineering workforce, he hypothesised that differences in innate abilities are responsible for the relative scarcity of women in science.
Nearly every morning this summer, I scrambled out of my Columbia University dorm room to squeeze through the swarming porthole at 116th and Broadway - the entrance to the 1 train. One morning in June, I saw a startling change in the subway-car decor: the once proverbial Budweiser ads had all but disappeared, only to be replaced by the gleaming propaganda of Jews for Jesus.
Nearly every morning this summer, I scrambled out of my Columbia University dorm room to squeeze through the swarming porthole at 116th and Broadway - the entrance to the 1 train. One morning in June, I saw a startling change in the subway-car decor: the once proverbial Budweiser ads had all but disappeared, only to be replaced by the gleaming propaganda of Jews for Jesus.
Suppose you have a bucket with infinite space. If this is starting to sound like one of those out-of-touch-with-reality math problems, it is, but please bear with me. When there is one minute left until noon, add 10 balls to the bucket, labeled one through 10, and then remove the ball labeled "one.
The citizens of Philadelphia have showed time and again that they want better ethics in government and they won't stand for corruption.
Alicia Puglionesi is a College sophomore from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.
There are classic rude awakenings. Maybe your little brother dumps a glass of water on you.
Start small To the Editor: In your recent editorial ("Don't follow Harvard, yet," DP, 9/13/06), you glibly state that it is "simply not feasible" for Penn to dispense with its early-decision policy altogether. Yes, Penn does not have the financial and administrative resources necessary to make such a move overnight, but perhaps we all need to think a little more creatively.
Laura Rugarber is a student in the College of General Studies. Her e-mail address is rugarber@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Guest Opinion: Dan Brickley | 'University of Pennsylvania' sounds just right to me
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Dan Brickley
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Sept. 29, 2006
As a new freshman at Penn, I can hardly describe my excitement for the coming four years. Already, I have experimented with uranium, participated in meaningful discussions on U.S. poverty and learned much from amazing professors. Just as Noam Harel wrote in his guest opinion last Friday, "there has never been a better time for current or past Penn students to puff our chests out when we say, 'I go to Penn,' or 'I went to Penn.
On Dec. 11, 2002, I did math homework for the last time. I was done with derivatives forever, since the following day I was accepted early decision to Penn. High school sort of went uphill from there. Last year, 22,754 of the world's overachievers applied to Harvard, 3,869 of whom applied early.
Last week, administrators in the University Registrar's Office were sent scrambling by a novel innovation: Class Buster.
Elizabeth Song | Access is a start, but age limit on Plan B ignores reality
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Elizabeth Song
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Sept. 28, 2006
At Penn Women's Health Services, 11 is the number of the day. Eleven of what exactly? Flu shots, rectal exams, spinach-poisoning outbreaks? Actually, this number represents 11 filled prescriptions. Eleven students who walked into Penn Women's Health Services last Monday and requested Plan B, the only form of emergency contraception on the market.
Avery Lawrence is a College junior from Charlottesville, Va. His e-mail address is lawrence@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Amira Fawcett is a Engineering sophomore from Houston. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Gabe Oppenheim | Without our help, a beacon of freedom faces death
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Gabe Oppenheim
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Sept. 27, 2006
Our country's most important ally in the war on terror is about to be killed, and most Americans don't even know it.
Have you heard of the human papillomavirus? You should have, because it already affects 20 million Americans. The virus causes 70 percent of cervical cancers and 90 percent of genital warts, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Genital HPV is spread through skin-to-skin contact, unlike most STDs.
Sometimes, all Penn needs is a kick in the ass. On Jan. 22, Amy Gutmann unveiled a plan to beef up Penn security, increasing the Division of Public Safety's budget by 22 percent. The number of Penn Police officers was set to go up 20 percent; the number of security guards, by 50 percent.
Rene Alvarez | College students should find a real cause - not Facebook
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Rene Alvarez
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Sept. 26, 2006
Never let it be said that the college-aged population is apathetic or self-absorbed.
