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The Undergraduate Assembly gathered Monday night for the last official meeting of the year. During the meeting, where two substantial proposals regarding student life and climate neutrality were passed, attendance dwindled to only 50 percent of the body. The two proposals are as follows: n One, authored by College junior Ashish Bhumbla, suggested major changes to Student Health Services.

Beating a city rival is great. Beating a city rival on a walk-off single is better. The Penn softball team accomplished that feat yesterday during the first game of a home doubleheader against Villanova, beating the Wildcats 6-5 after senior right fielder Melissa Haffner drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh.

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By Nandanie Khilall · April 11, 2007

Imagine spending 17 and a half years on death row - and being innocent. For Harold Wilson, this nightmare was a reality when he was wrongfully convicted of murder as a 23 year old in 1988. All eyes were focused on Wilson as he talked about his experience on Pennsylvania's death row Monday afternoon in Silverman Hall.



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The Undergraduate Assembly gathered Monday night for the last official meeting of the year. During the meeting, where two substantial proposals regarding student life and climate neutrality were passed, attendance dwindled to only 50 percent of the body. The two proposals are as follows: n One, authored by College junior Ashish Bhumbla, suggested major changes to Student Health Services.


How does one stop Penn's clutch hitting? Cancel the last inning

Beating a city rival is great. Beating a city rival on a walk-off single is better. The Penn softball team accomplished that feat yesterday during the first game of a home doubleheader against Villanova, beating the Wildcats 6-5 after senior right fielder Melissa Haffner drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh.


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The Nominations and Elections Committee elected its new leadership last night through an internal elections process. The new positions are as follows: n Chairman: College junior Dan Strigenz. n Vice chairwoman for Elections: College junior Colleen Donovan.




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It's hard to believe how far we've come since Sept. 6. Back when Penn had only won six of the last nine Ivy League basketball titles, Joe Scott still coached Princeton, and Steve Irwin was still alive. But it was that day that I made 10 predictions for the year in Penn and Ivy League sports, and now it's time to see how I did.



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Crime Log

By Joe Vester · April 11, 2007

Theft Apr. 5 - A female student, 21, reported that her bike, secured with a wire lock, was stolen from a rear porch on the 3900 block of Pine Street at about 7:00 p.m. Apr. 4 - An unknown suspect was reportedly observed taking items from American Apparel, located at 3651A Walnut St.


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David Azzolina, a 1978 College alumnus, remembers being spit at by fraternity brothers who lived at the corner of 36th and Locust streets. The fraternity, Phi Kappa Sigma - more commonly known as "Skulls" - used to humiliate its pledges by making them "ask people to sign a petition for gay rights and dance together on Locust Walk," Azzolina said.


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Is this a big enough name for you? Tommy Amaker has been offered the job at Harvard and is expected to take it, according to a report in yesterday's Boston Globe. The Globe had previously reported that Amaker went to Boston to interview for the job on Friday.


Costumed Engineers fight to be No. 1

"He has the knack . characterized by extreme intuition about all things mechanical and electrical and utter social ineptitude. He'll never lead a normal life - he'll be an engineer." With this Dilbert quote, the second annual Mr. and Ms. SEAS competition, which aims to find the most talented and knowledgeable of all the students in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, began.


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April 11, 2007

2Weeks that shock-jock Don Imus will be suspended from broadcasting due to remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team. Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer





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It started at the Dean Dome and moved its way up to the Palestra. Now, the Adam Franklin show is ready to hit the road again. Destination? Madison Square Garden. No, he's not starring for Ringling Brothers or the WWE, though his new employer is often confused with the two.