David Anderson is a College senior from Denver. His e-mail address is dga@sas.upenn.edu.
Bryn Mawr 150, Penn 5. That's a painful-looking score for a Penn student. Those numbers show students' participation in the Quaker Consortium, an arrangement in which students at Penn, Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore and Haverford colleges can take classes at any of the other schools.
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In one of the more defining moments of my Penn life under Amy Gutmann's reign, 34th Street asked the University president if she believes art has to be beautiful. "No," she answered flatly, definitively. Next question. The notion of what art truly is and what it looks like is a topic that connoisseurs and dilettantes debate with equal tenacity - what qualities make something art? What makes a Jackson Pollack "art" over, say, a larger-than-life rendering of a fictitious Philadelphia icon? The Philadelphia Museum of Art has wondered that recently, as it fought to preserve its artistic hegemony over a city proposal to set an eight-foot-six-inch bronze Rocky Balboa statue at its steps.
Back in 1982, my mom was studying for her teaching certificate when she met my dad in an English class. He mustered the courage to talk to her one day over verb conjugations, and they began dating. It was love. In 2006, the game hasn't changed too much. A significant proportion of women still find their husbands while they're attending school.
I begin this new academic year at Penn grateful to be a part of a University community so joyfully infused with the desire to learn and the commitment to serve. Thanks to our dedicated move-in and New Student Orientation teams - who did a fabulous job helping new students navigate the transition to life at Penn-our campus is bustling with more creative energy and camaraderie than ever.
I begin this new academic year at Penn grateful to be a part of a University community so joyfully infused with the desire to learn and the commitment to serve. Thanks to our dedicated move-in and New Student Orientation teams - who did a fabulous job helping new students navigate the transition to life at Penn-our campus is bustling with more creative energy and camaraderie than ever.
David Anderson is a College senior from Denver. His e-mail address is dga@sas.upenn.edu.
Bryn Mawr 150, Penn 5. That's a painful-looking score for a Penn student. Those numbers show students' participation in the Quaker Consortium, an arrangement in which students at Penn, Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore and Haverford colleges can take classes at any of the other schools.
Editorial | A fault in leadership
Sept. 6, 2006
If an Ivy League professor were to be arrested for importing child pornography, most people would be shocked and surprised. And that was the case when police arrested Marketing professor Scott Ward, 64, for importing child pornography. When police apprehended ward at Dulles Airport, his baggage contained a laptop, DVD discs and a digital video camera, all of which allegedly contained videos of young children engaging in sexual acts - some of them with Ward.
This school year marks the 40th since Penn adopted its modern undergraduate-admissions policy. Not that you'd know: The University hasn't held any essay competitions or thrown any parties, as it did last year in honor of Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday.
Abdi Farah is a College sophomore from Owings Mills, Md. His e-mail address is abdi@sas.upenn.edu.
Welcome (or welcome back) to Philadelphia. Chances are, you're not from around here. In fact, most of the incoming class hails from outside of the tri-state area of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, and 12 percent crossed the Unites States border to study here.
Back in the stone age, when I was a freshman, one of the first things that Penn sent me was a copy of Practical Penn - a handy guide to life on campus. It reminded me of that time when my parents handed me a book on sex. It had lots of great pictures, but it didn't tell me any of the good stuff.
Letter to the Editor
July 27, 2006
Drug policy at Penn To the Editor: Something is missing at Penn. While students across the country are fueling a powerful grassroots movement to end America's longest war, Penn students have not yet joined the fight. As The Summer Pennsylvanian reported ("Student groups aim to lessen drug penalties," SP, 7/20/2006), Penn does not currently have a chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the country's leading student organization working to end the War on Drugs.
Cezary Podkul: Support should not equal blind faith
July 27, 2006
Last week, Stephen Morse wrote a column urging support for Israel in its fight against Hezbollah. It is a just fight. Hezbollah -- a terrorist organization with a lengthy history of attacks against Israel, the United States and other Western targets -- attacked a sovereign state in its own territory.
Opinion Art: Kaitlin Baggott
July 27, 2006
Kaitlin Baggott is a College junior from Floral Park, N.Y. Her e-mail address is kbaggott@sas.upenn.edu.
Opinion Art: Avery Lawrence
July 27, 2006
Avery Lawrence is a College junior from Charlottesville, Va.His e-mail address is avery2@sas.upenn.edu.
A few days ago, I received an e-mail about the Middle East from a fellow Daily Pennsylvanian writer. He called Israel's actions in Lebanon "disproportionate" and said too many U.S. Jews "refuse to look at Israel critically and...equate criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism.
Walking down 36th Street, one can see various locales of Penn's campus: the Bookstore, Cosi, the Institute of Contemporary Art. Yet one location on campus that is oft-overlooked is on the second floor of 133 S. 36th Street. You might have no idea what building I am referring to, but you've probably all seen it.
Opinion Art
July 20, 2006
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