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Front Breaking
Lauren Agresti | Theories on theses
What you might not know is that when it comes time to sign up for those extra hard things, your fear of missing out on senior year may be misplaced.
Rachel del Valle | Girls just wanna have fun
I don’t understand why it’s laughable that girls want to hang out with a bunch of other girls and drink and not get dressed up and just chill. That sounds a lot like bro culture to me, but no one writes articles blaming bros for declining marriage rates.
Grad schools work on diversity
Administrators agree that while there is still much progress to be made, their efforts to increase the number of underrepresented minority graduate students across the University have been successful.
Lauren Agresti | Theories on theses
What you might not know is that when it comes time to sign up for those extra hard things, your fear of missing out on senior year may be misplaced.
Rachel del Valle | Girls just wanna have fun
I don’t understand why it’s laughable that girls want to hang out with a bunch of other girls and drink and not get dressed up and just chill. That sounds a lot like bro culture to me, but no one writes articles blaming bros for declining marriage rates.
New UA body tackles many issues at first general meeting
The Undergraduate Assembly is back to work.
Penn’s student body flung a little safer this year.
Students continue Tyga discussion after Fling
Though Fling weekend is over, talk of Tyga’s controversial lyrics is not.
Proposed bill may increase punishment for illegal firearm possession
Penalties for illegally possessing firearms may get stiffer in Philadelphia.
Two Penn websites to compete for Webby Awards
Both FactCheck.org, which is run by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s website are competing for the Webby Awards, which honor “the best of the web.”
Jacobson | Don’t check out of Penn’s sport scene just yet
There are plenty of reasons to be interested in spring athletics at Penn and to get out to at least one home sporting event in the next few weeks.
While 31 students were cited Thursday night of Spring Fling weekend by state police officers, the citations did not continue during the two days of official Fling activities.
Baseball preps for summer campaign
Coach John Cole and his staff work towards the end of the year to put each player into one of several summer leagues around the country so they can improve throughout the offseason.
Laugh about med school's absurdity and craziness
Perelman School of Medicine students know how to have fun.
Penn announces next SAS graduate dean
History and Africana Studies professor Eve Troutt Powell will serve as the next associate dean for graduate studies in the School of Arts and Sciences, the University announced Monday.
Senate proposal pushes gun control debate forward
A Senate proposal by Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) is one of the first bipartisan deals with momentum in the months following the Newtown, Conn., shooting. It would be added as an amendment to a broader gun-control bill and background checks to prevent people with criminal records and serious mental health problems from purchasing guns.
According to Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush, 31 citations were issued at two off-campus parties on Thursday night by the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement.
UA Representative resigns, disillusioned
College junior and Undergraduate Assembly representative Nikolai Zapertov resigned, citing disillusionment over the functioning of student government. He will be replaced by College freshman Varun Menon.
Divya Ramesh | Finished with not finishing
The great thing about an all-you-can-eat franchise is that seconds are an option if you want them. But not many people seem to see it that way. Every day, I see entire plates of food tossed into the green compost bags at the residential dining halls.








