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The voter identification bill that passed in the Pennsylvania Senate last week is drawing heated debate among policy makers and voters. The Senate passed a bill on Mar. 7 requiring voters to present valid photo ID at the polls to be eligible to vote. HB 934 passed by a margin of 26 to 23.


Two graduate students at Penn are looking to use their interest in medicine to improve eye care in Liberia through the New Sight Eye Center. The center began operating a few weeks ago in Liberia with the mission of reducing preventable blindness and visual impairment in rural and urban communities.

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By Matthew Kim · March 11, 2012

The UPenn Space, Mobile, and Autonomous Robotics Team is preparing to blast off into a National Aeronautics and Space Administration-sponsored competition in June. Founded last year, the team — which consists of 30 members — has received support from Penn’s globally recognized General Robotics, Automatic Sensing and Perception Lab.

Last April, more than 200 students and faculty members participated in a silent protest against racism on College Green. The protest was triggered by a Daily Pennsylvanian guest column in which then-College of Liberal and Professional Studies student Christopher Abreu, described an encounter with racism on Penn’s campus.

With the College topping the charts in course-size enrollment again this year, professors of large classes are finding new ways to engage students. College Dean Dennis DeTurck noted that some of the highest enrolled courses have made distinctive changes to their overall nature this year.


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With the College topping the charts in course-size enrollment again this year, professors of large classes are finding new ways to engage students. College Dean Dennis DeTurck noted that some of the highest enrolled courses have made distinctive changes to their overall nature this year.


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Two graduate students at Penn are looking to use their interest in medicine to improve eye care in Liberia through the New Sight Eye Center. The center began operating a few weeks ago in Liberia with the mission of reducing preventable blindness and visual impairment in rural and urban communities.




M Hoops v. Yale 2012

Behind a vintage performance from Zack Rosen, Penn defeats Yale, 68-47, to set up a chance to clinch a share of the Ivy title Tuesday at Princeton. VIDEO: Senior Night Highlights


Behind a game-high 19 points from Rosen and 10 from senior Tyler Bernardini the Red and Blue pulled away from the Bears (8-22, 2-11 Ivy) late in the second half to win their sixth straight game, improving to 10-2 in the Ivy League (18-11 overall), still a half game behind Harvard. VIDEO: Penn vs. Brown Highlights




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Students, faculty and staff at Penn — as well as from schools across Philadelphia — walked out of their classrooms Thursday for the National Day of Action for Education, joining together in solidarity for a march to City Hall. GALLERY: Education WalkoutVIDEO: March for Education Reform


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March 1, 2012

The DP will resume publication after spring break on Monday, March 12. As always, check theDP.com for breaking news and sports sports coverage.


Andrew Brown Q&A

Last Saturday, Penn Dems announced that College junior Andrew Silverstein resigned from his position as president. College sophomore Andrew Brown will assume the position, effective immediately, in leading the student group for the next year.






John Cheo

Before arriving at Penn, 22-year-old College freshman John Cheo was somewhere in the middle of Brunei’s jungles on a survival expedition, living off whatever he could scavenge from the area while fulfilling Singapore’s military obligations.


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I had just reached the ripe age of 16 when my mother marched into my room, fresh from watching The Oprah Winfrey Show and announced: “We need to get you a vibrator.”