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A fresh face for a fundraising campus

Hundreds of Penn officials are busy sprucing up campus to prepare for Oct. 20's Celebration on the Green, which will officially kick off Penn's multi-billion dollar fundraising effort slated to last through 2012.


With official approval for funding from the Board of Trustees, Penn is ready to bring a seventy-year-old electrical system into the 21st century. With electrical voltage in some of its buildings dating back to the 1930s and '40s, the second phase of construction on Penn's electrical infrastructure will include replacing electrical cable and making electricity distribution more reliable.

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With $150 million in state funding and additional revenues from Monday's fare hike coming in, SEPTA officials finally have a golden ticket to put Philadelphia's mass-transit system on the right track. SEPTA has long postponed ticketing-system improvements because of inadequate state funding.

It's every woman's worst nightmare. She's rushed to an emergency room after being raped or sexually assaulted. She's been physically hurt, she's disoriented and humiliated, too. She has to undergo countless interviews and tests before she can even go home and take a shower.


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It's every woman's worst nightmare. She's rushed to an emergency room after being raped or sexually assaulted. She's been physically hurt, she's disoriented and humiliated, too. She has to undergo countless interviews and tests before she can even go home and take a shower.



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With official approval for funding from the Board of Trustees, Penn is ready to bring a seventy-year-old electrical system into the 21st century. With electrical voltage in some of its buildings dating back to the 1930s and '40s, the second phase of construction on Penn's electrical infrastructure will include replacing electrical cable and making electricity distribution more reliable.


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The competition may not have been as tough as the Ivy League, but the Penn squash team's top dogs blew through it anyway. The Quakers left a sizable imprint on the Under-23 National Championships on Sunday in New York, with senior Lee Rosen conquering the men's bracket and sophomore Kristen Lange claiming the women's crown.


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When a team that hasn't made the playoffs in 14 years reaches the postseason, everyone catches Phillies fever, even unexpecting Penn students. Following a remarkable comeback - the Phils made up seven games on New York Mets with 17 games to go - the hometown nine went on a tear and won the National League Eastern division.


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I'm sure it would be quite the cliche to call Penn-Princeton a great rivalry. But it would become a little less of a rivalry if the opposing team ceases to exist. The Princeton sprint football team announced Tuesday that, due to injuries it sustained Friday in a 60-7 loss at Penn, it would forfeit its upcoming game against Army.


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Christian pro-life advocate Randall Terry paid a visit to Logan Hall yesterday in an effort to recruit Penn students to help "end legalized child killing." Terry's name recently surfaced in the media as the spokesman for Terry Schaivo's family, but he is best known for founding Operation Rescue, the anti-abortion group responsible for staging hundreds of protests and sit-ins since its creation in 1987.



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What should have been a dramatic day in the trial of Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya became a mundane affair as the testimony of her ex-boyfriend, Robert Bondar, was pushed back to next week. After grilling Bondar through Monday's session, the defense called him to the stand yesterday, but his testimony was cut short.


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Last Thursday, the Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from a panel of experts who recommended forcing universities to spend at least 5 percent of their endowments, with the intention of making college more affordable. At first glance, it seems like a fantastic idea.


Battle is on to create the first 'super chip'

Most of us have no desire to see the inside of a computer. But if you do decide to crack one open, you'll find Doug Carmean's digital fingerprints everywhere. Carmean, a chief designer at Intel who helped develop the acclaimed Pentium 4 processor, spoke yesterday afternoon at the Wu and Chen Auditorium in Levine Hall.





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Hell hath no fury like a cyclist doored. Last week, that cyclist was me. And that door was attached to the body of a black Chevy pick-up, which collided with my right knee. For campus cyclists, the sound of a car door popping open is a lot like the sound of a cocked gun.


The wheels on the bus go to Center City and back

A new bus shuttle service is bringing Center City a little closer to Penn - and many graduate students a little closer to home. With promised funding from the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Penn Transit began operating a trial shuttle Monday evening.


Icons of both peace, political divide

What happens when Muhammad meets Mona? The Philomathean Society led a debate over art and politics about that very question last evening at College Hall. Philo, the oldest continuously existing literary society in the country, hosted Penn's own Jamal Elias, chairman of the Religious Studies Department for the discussion.