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A Penn study has shown a correlation between a person's tweets and their rates of coronary heart disease.  Because hostile communities can lead people to drink more, have relatively poor diets and spend more times in solitude--all of which lead to heart disease--people with hostile communities on twitter become more susceptible to heart disease.  Though this correlation has been found, researchers highlight that this is not a causal relationship.  Read more about the study here.

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By Dani Blum · Jan. 21, 2015

As I bounce back and forth between different rush events, I’m frustrated that I can’t summarize myself. I can’t articulate some spiffy conclusion from the various odds-and-ends that make up who I am.




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A Penn study has shown a correlation between a person's tweets and their rates of coronary heart disease.  Because hostile communities can lead people to drink more, have relatively poor diets and spend more times in solitude--all of which lead to heart disease--people with hostile communities on twitter become more susceptible to heart disease.  Though this correlation has been found, researchers highlight that this is not a causal relationship.  Read more about the study here.


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In response to spikes in sexual assaults taking place on college campuses, particularly at fraternity houses, female students have begun wondering whether or not holding parties in sorority houses would help decrease the number of sexual assaults that take place, The New York Times Reported.  Various female students have reported fraternity parties as being conducive to assault due to the amount of alcohol served and fact that males have the advantage of knowing the layout of the fraternity houses, including all the exits.  Now everyone agrees that sorority houses serving alcohol and hosting parties will reduce the amount of sexual violence that takes place on campuses.


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Upon returning to their schools from studying abroad, students are facing "reverse culture shock," USA TODAY College reports.  Though schools put a lot of time into preparing students for the culture shocks they will experience while living in another country, they do little to ease their transition back to American schools.  Emory University student Harlan Cutshall explains that after returning from abroad, college activities felt dull.








Following the Making History Campaign’s unprecedented fundraising success, University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann recently announced the University’s intention to raise one billion dollars for financial aid by 2020.




Womens Basketball vs Princeton

The last time Penn women’s basketball played a team from Philadelphia, the Quakers did something never before seen in program history, clinching a share of the Big 5 title in dramatic fashion. Now, with the Red and Blue set to do battle against another local rival, the squad has the opportunity to cross another seldom achieved goal off its bucket list: beat Villanova. Having already knocked off La Salle, St.


Mens Basketball vs Princeton

With Ivy League play looming, the Quakers (4-9, 0-1 Ivy) look to continue their success against MAAC teams - they are 2-1 this season with wins over Marist and Niagara - with Wednesday's game against Monmouth (9-9).


If the admissions process at a university can accomplish anything, it should be to detect applicants who are interested in close scrutiny and critical appraisal of their own lives and screen those who are not.