As a community of Muslims at Penn, we were disheartened by the lack of University public support for the Penn MSA.
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Your Voice | Moving forward together
Things aren’t perfect for women — or for men — at Penn or in the world. But I am thrilled to be in a time and on a campus in which I, as an individual, could be elected the president of my class on a platform of inclusion and embracement of diversity.
Crime log: Feb. 10-16
Crimes that happened on and around campus from Feb. 10-16.
Sally Engelhart | Are you working out for nothing?
Q: I’ve really been kicking my ass at the gym since the beginning of the semester. Why aren’t I losing any weight? — Gym Fanatic*
Your Voice | Moving forward together
Things aren’t perfect for women — or for men — at Penn or in the world. But I am thrilled to be in a time and on a campus in which I, as an individual, could be elected the president of my class on a platform of inclusion and embracement of diversity.
Crime log: Feb. 10-16
Crimes that happened on and around campus from Feb. 10-16.
Student group seeks to combat Asian bullying
In light of an increasing trend of violence and bullying toward Asian Americans across the nation, Penn’s umbrella organization for Asian student groups recently started a campaign to raise awareness about racial bullying.
Sex educator talks sex to college students
Yesterday, the 1997 Ph.D. recipient finished his day at Friends’ Central Day School to come to Penn to educate about 100 college students about great sex. His talk was in Claudia Cohen Hall, where he aimed to get people thinking about sexuality in a healthy and normal way.
Coach Dave Micahnik’s lasting presnce
Dave Micahnik had an effect on Penn fencing: 722 career wins, 22 Ivy titles. Both his 1981 men’s team and his 1986 women’s team won the national championship.
Your Voice | Varieties of feminism
Should we blame Koren for feeling uncomfortable that from day one in office, she became identified as the female that won the competitive election?
Arielle Pardes | From the bedroom to the classroom
Despite learning very dutifully how to wrap a condom onto a banana, I have yet to find a practical use for applying contraceptives to my fruit.
Medicare finds HUP to have high complication rates
According to a recently publicized Medicare report, many teaching hospitals — including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — were found to have higher complication rates than the U.S. national rate.
Samantha Sharf | A font for Philadelphia
In our text-heavy world, fonts are everywhere — from the page you are reading to the sign on the building you are reading it in to the cellphone that you will likely fish out of your pocket at least once during these 668 words.
MTP volunteers help out at the shelter after collecting students’ spare meal swipes at Penn dining halls. The group served this month’s meals yesterday evening.
The chain, headquartered in Illinois, is currently linked to a five-state outbreak of E. coli.
UA passes resolution against mountaintop removal
On Sunday, the Undergraduate Assembly passed a resolution urging the University to reevaluate its relationship with longtime partner PNC Bank.
Penn divers are twisting and turning
Diving plays a pivotal role in the fate of scored meets, and the much-improved diving program over the past four years demonstrates its impact.
Megan Soisson | A plea for Tyler Bernardini
Here’s a message for Tyler Bernardini: When you step off that bus in Hanover, N.H., Friday afternoon, do so without the intent to play against Dartmouth.
For the Mattssons, it’s all in the family
Squash runs in the Mattsson family. Thomas and Oscar’s mother, Deborah Lippincott, played squash for the Quakers in the mid-1970s. Their brother, Nils, played at Navy.
GSE professors study graduation rates
Last month, Graduate School of Education professors Laura Perna and Marybeth Gasman discussed some of their recent research findings at the U.S. Department of Education’s conference, Evidence-Action-Innovation: A College Completion Symposium.








