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Michelle Obama delivered a speech at La Salle University at noon, drawing such a large turnout that TV screens had to be set up outside the auditorium she was speaking in to accommodate the large number of attendees.
Attendees walked from the Penn Women's Center to Thomas Paine Plaza, where they joined up with hundreds of other Philadelphians who were holding up signs that said “Don’t blame the victim” and “Sleeping next to you doesn’t equal consent.”
Even in an election where Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump once called Mexican immigrants “criminals” and “rapists,” there is little evidence showing that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is performing any better among Latino voters compared to previous Democratic presidential candidates.
In late August, real estate development company Post Brothers Apartmentsadded full title revealed itssingular, its a company plans to renovate Hamilton Court, an apartment complex on 39th and Chestnut streets.
“The lack of such notice on this occasion was a big misstep by the school, and they are lucky no Penn students ended up in the crossfire," Engineering sophomore Jordan Rosen said.
Nicholas Glenn shot two police officers and four bystanders, including a 25-year-old woman who died from her injuries. He was later killed during a firefight with other Philadelphia Police responders.
Thousands of attendees, estimated to be close to 4,000, participated in the eighth annual Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride, drawing attention to the culture of dependence on fossil fuels, cycling advocacy and body positivity.
Clinton’s campaign has had a large presence on Penn’s campus by trying to get new students to register to vote in the influential swing state as well as to participate in the 2016 election.
Philadelphia's Water Department follows the Environmental Protection Agency’s testing guidelines, but this is not the threshold for public health, one Penn professor argued.