The voting booths have opened. For the next week, the Class of 2010 will have the chance to pick their representatives to Penn's student government, the Undergraduate Assembly. From some of the campaign slogans and Facebook.com ads, the whole process may not appear serious at first.
Amira Fawcett is a College sophomore from Houston.
College can be a bit different from sixth grade. Take student government, for example. Penn's Class Boards and Undergraduate Assembly actually matter, unlike their pre-pubescent counterparts. The UA, for one, allocates about $1.55 million in student funds.
Weekday afternoons, you'll find the Magic Carpet food truck perched on the corner of 36th and Spruce streets. The magic lamp emblazoned on its green awning tempts students with promises of cheap culinary delights and meatless Mediterranean marvels. Try the magic tofu meatballs, and you'll understand why the Magic Carpet has become the alternative street food option for Penn's vegetarian population.
By now, most students are aware that Webmail's days are numbered - and most students couldn't be happier.
Penn's lack of support for black students forced them to fend for themselves. The University shouldn't make the same mistake with international students.
Penn's lack of support for black students forced them to fend for themselves. The University shouldn't make the same mistake with international students.
Amira Fawcett is a College sophomore from Houston.
College can be a bit different from sixth grade. Take student government, for example. Penn's Class Boards and Undergraduate Assembly actually matter, unlike their pre-pubescent counterparts. The UA, for one, allocates about $1.55 million in student funds.
Awave of University press releases in the last month proudly proclaimed Penn's standing in a slew of new rankings.
Abdi Farah is a College sophomore from Owings Mills, Md.
The lack of Engineering graduates who actually go on to be engineers is having a dentrimental effect on the quality of the school.
About 22,000 students attend the University of Pennsylvania, and up to half of them are graduate students.
In a high-stress campus crawling with Type-A personalities, psychological concerns are bound to be rampant among students. The question is: To whom do we turn? Well, as we read in Wil Hershner's July 20 column, we are supposed to go to Penn's Counseling and Psychological Services.
This weekend, Penn football coach Al Bagnoli hit a milestone: He led the football team to its 100th victory during his career. That's a lot of wins for a team that only plays once a week, for three months a year. In fact, the only man who has more wins for Penn than Bagnoli is George Woodruff, who led the Quakers to 124 victories and three national championships - from 1892 to 1901.
I suppose it's old news by now that Penn has fallen to No. 7 (from No. 4) in the U.S. News & World Report rankings this fall. What a disappointment! What did we do to deserve this? Increasing class sizes? Disappointing statistics for the Class of '10? And, most importantly, was Amy Gutmann reprimanded? Apparently not.
Alicia Puglionesi is a College sophomore from Havertown, Pa.
Six years after the fight truly began, this city can finally bask in the glow of a victory for the people: Philadelphia has banned smoking from restaurants. On Thursday, Mayor Street announced - at the last possible moment, of course - that he had signed a ban that took City Council months to pass.
Wharton's current internal transfer policy admits students in descending order by GPA. This means students who take a light, easy courseload freshmen year have a better chance than those who challenge themselves.
I have two secrets. Secrets so horrible that less than five people know the awful truths. No, I don't sleep with a night light or sing in the shower. My secrets are much, much worse than either of those - at least within the hallowed halls of Huntsman.
It wasn't long ago that the corner of 40th and Walnut street was dead at night. Where people from Penn and all over Philadelphia now eat dinner at Marathon Grill, there was an ugly Burger King.
Graduate Employees Together-University of Pennsylvania's Bill Herman suggests ("A Year Later, NYU TAs Back in Class," DP, 9/12/06) that the reason his group hasn't repeated strike action since the two-day protest in spring 2004 is because "things are pretty stable here right now."
Anyone who has eaten a meal at 1920 Commons in the past four years cannot have missed the colorful display of hands in various gestures of expression.
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