A snapshot of Penn on the morning of September 11.
Front Breaking
Sheldon Hackney | Freedom is our national purpose
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Sheldon Hackney
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Sept. 9, 2011
Former Penn President Sheldon Hackney argues that it might be appropriate to think of freedom, a communal enterprise, as our national purpose.
Eduardo del Valle | The view from the tower
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Eduardo del Valle
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Sept. 9, 2011
An architect and Penn parent working on the World Trade Center reconstruction reflects on the past and future of the site.
The Latest
By
Julie Xie
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Sept. 9, 2011
As the events of 9/11 recede further into the past, educators are debating how to best present the historical event to college students who grew up with it and younger students who have little memory of the day.
Editors' Note | Take care of each other
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The Daily Pennsylvanian
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Sept. 9, 2011
The day after the towers fell, this paper carried the following plea: “Please take advantage — and take care — of your university’s greatest resource: each other.”
Rose Espinola | A living wage for factory workers
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Rose Espinola
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Sept. 9, 2011
Recent College graduate Rose Espinola wants more Penn students to buy Alta Gracia, which produces living-wage, union-made college apparel.
Rose Espinola | A living wage for factory workers
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Rose Espinola
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Sept. 9, 2011
Recent College graduate Rose Espinola wants more Penn students to buy Alta Gracia, which produces living-wage, union-made college apparel.
Elizabeth Jacobs
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Sheldon Hackney | Freedom is our national purpose
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Sheldon Hackney
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Sept. 9, 2011
Former Penn President Sheldon Hackney argues that it might be appropriate to think of freedom, a communal enterprise, as our national purpose.
Elizabeth Jacobs
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Eduardo del Valle | The view from the tower
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Eduardo del Valle
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Sept. 9, 2011
An architect and Penn parent working on the World Trade Center reconstruction reflects on the past and future of the site.
Elizabeth Jacobs
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Amy Gutmann | Creating a world of greater understanding
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Amy Gutmann
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Sept. 9, 2011
Penn President Amy Gutmann believes that a big piece of the answer to drive hatred out of the human spirit lies in what universities do.
Elizabeth Jacobs
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Ian Lustick | When the response is the catastrophe
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Ian Lustick
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Sept. 9, 2011
Political science professor Ian Lustick argues that the terrorist threat has been overblown and the War on Terror has been wasteful and destructive.
Elizabeth Jacobs
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Howard Kunreuther | Dealing with large-scale risks
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Howard Kunreuther
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Sept. 9, 2011
Wharton professor Howard Kunreuther says we must look to long-term solutions for dealing with the large-scale risks that we currently face — including terrorism, climate change and natural disasters.
Elizabeth Jacobs
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Clark McCauley | Psychology of 9/11 revisited
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Clark McCauley
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Sept. 9, 2011
Bryn Mawr College professor Clark McCauley writes that we were unable to predict how far our overreaction to 9/11 would go.
Embracing the fragments left behind
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Sara Schonfeld
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Sept. 9, 2011
On Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Penn Museum Associate Director of Education Jean Byrne hopes students will find a place to reflect and share stories at the exhibit, which opened August 20.
Penn Tea Party disbands
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Jennifer Sun
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Sept. 9, 2011
Nearly a year after 2010 Graduate School of Education graduate Daniel Chinburg started Penn’s Tea Party branch, the movement died as quickly as it came.
Penn Volleyball faces No. 25 Ohio State
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Chan Park
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Sept. 8, 2011
Penn opens up the Rocket Classic in Toledo, Ohio with a matchup against a Top-25 team in Ohio State.
Eggleston prepares for Euro-ball
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Calder Silcox
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Sept. 8, 2011
The Daily Pennsylvanian caught up with recent graduate Jack Eggleston after he signed with Bayer Leverkusen, a third-division German basketball team.
Emotional homecoming in New York for Penn runners
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Mike Tony
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Sept. 8, 2011
Mike Kiley and Conor Nickel’s homecoming for the Fordham Fiasco will be especially poignant this year on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
Undefeated, Penn heads to sunny Southern California
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Vivek Sivakumar
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Sept. 8, 2011
The men’s soccer team travels out to sunny California this weekend for the San Diego Central Tournament, hosted by San Diego State.
For a night, living like the pros
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Tim Ghosh
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Sept. 8, 2011
Home of Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union, PPL Park will host Penn and Villanova Friday in the Red and Blue’s first game in a pro stadium since facing Loyola-Chicago at Toyota Park in 2007.
Penn security shaped by 9/11 attacks
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Kelsey Matevish
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Sept. 8, 2011
New measures since 2001 include creating a position for a deputy chief of tactical emergency readiness.
BoxMyDorm delays irk students
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Ali Kokot
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Sept. 8, 2011
Despite some students’ reported horror stories, BoxMyDorm claimed that, for the most part, deliveries have run smoothly this September.
Big Brothers Big Sisters program suffers budget cuts
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Melany Barr
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Sept. 8, 2011
Reduced federal funding has led to cuts in staff and school-based programs.
