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In the next academic year the Penn Student Insurance Plan will begin offering a new benefit for transgender students — it will cover the cost of the gender confirmation process.

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By Victor Gamez · April 14, 2010

Philadelphia’s District Attorney recently proposed a new policy that would decrease the criminal grading for possession of small amounts of marijuana.




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In the next academic year the Penn Student Insurance Plan will begin offering a new benefit for transgender students — it will cover the cost of the gender confirmation process.




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We’re glad Penn students have created a new program that will help fill holes in outreach and provide international students with more assistance with the admissions process.








Sprinters give track a good rap

Saturday wasn’t the first time coach Gwen Harris and the rest of the team heard the sprinters’ rap, but posting three under-25-second 200-meter runners isn’t the result of just a good pump-up song.


New mascot has big shoes to fill

While there are currently two students who suit up as the Quaker (the other, a junior, will remain anonymous until the end of his or her senior year in keeping with tradition), Penn cheerleading coach Joe Neary is looking for two to three more students to fill out his roster.


Cops and kids make PALs on court

Tuesday night, the stars at the Palestra were not Zack Rosen and the Penn men’s basketball team but Jordan Burney and his teammates from the Southwest Police Athletic League Center.



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ESPN’s Andy Katz reported last night that Leibovitz had resigned from his position at Hartford, opting out of a contract that lasted until 2014. Leibovitz is expecting to return to Penn.