Door to door: walking for education awareness
On Saturday, Penn’s National Society of Black Engineers chapter “walked for education” in an effort to increase the number of black engineers who graduate from four-year institutions.
On Saturday, Penn’s National Society of Black Engineers chapter “walked for education” in an effort to increase the number of black engineers who graduate from four-year institutions.
It wasn’t pretty at first, and it certainly wasn’t pretty at the end, but for 40 minutes, Penn looked like it had the best football team in the Ivy League.
After a full regulation and two overtimes of scoreless play, senior Julie Tahan scored the deciding goal on Penn’s final shootout opportunity to give the Quakers a 1-0 win over Yale (6-8, 2-3 Ivy), and keep Ivy League hopes alive for the Red and Blue (11-3, 4-1).
Retailers in the 3925 Walnut Street complex were also affected.
It wasn’t pretty at first, and it certainly wasn’t pretty at the end, but for 40 minutes, Penn looked like it had the best football team in the Ivy League.
After a full regulation and two overtimes of scoreless play, senior Julie Tahan scored the deciding goal on Penn’s final shootout opportunity to give the Quakers a 1-0 win over Yale (6-8, 2-3 Ivy), and keep Ivy League hopes alive for the Red and Blue (11-3, 4-1).
With starting quarterback Billy Ragone out, Penn turned to fellow fifth-year senior Ryan Becker at QB and didn’t miss a beat, beating Yale, 28-17, to avenge the Quakers’ only loss in Ivy play from last season.
The Quakers were able take apart an undermanned Princeton squad on senior night and obliterate the Tigers, 72-29, to win the Ivy League title in their seniors’ final game at Franklin Field.
In a rematch against Princeton, who won the previous matchup in five sets, the Quakers pulled out a straight set victory.
The DP sat down with the Student Activities Council’s incoming chair.
The call came in at exactly 12 noon, and the fire was under control at 12:47. A Fire Department spokesman said the cause and extent of the fire is still under investigation.
The event will take place on Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium.
A portion of the proceeds from a brunch at City Tap House after the race will also be donated to the Rena Rowan Breast Center.
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Speakers at the vigil outside the president’s house also called for changes to policies regarding University apparel.
In the wake of recent calls for increased transparency from Student Activities Council Executive Board, we wanted to give the student body an update, directly from SAC’s leadership.
While the Elis (6-7, 2-2 Ivy) have been in the middle of the pack, Penn (10-3, 3-1) has already surpassed its win total from last season.
PennApps Labs hopes that student developers will use the data to build Penn-related apps.
Penn, Yale and Princeton are tied for first after each accumulating two wins and one tie.
On Saturday night at Rhodes Field, the Quakers (10-1-3, 3-1 Ivy), will look to show off their dominant defense against the Yale Bulldogs (7-5, 2-2). Penn enters play in sole possession of second place in the Ivy League, one game behind first-place Harvard.