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Ivy League Preview: Pattman's return fueling Green's resurgence

By Andrew Sweet Staff Writer sweetad@sas.upenn.edu Pop quiz. Right now, which team is on top of the Ivy League basketball standings? A quick look and one can believe the unbelievable: the Big Green of Dartmouth currently sit at No. 1. This does not necessarily mean the citizens of Hanover should start preparing for March Madness.


By Molin Zhong Staff Writer molin@sas.upenn.edu Look closely at the Penn gymnastics team this year and one might notice that along with a new head coach, the team members will also sport revised dictionaries. The team has learned that the word 'change' does not always mean that things will be different.

Wharton alumna Judith Bollinger and her husband, William, have donated $6 million to the Wharton School, University officials announced yesterday. Half of the Bollingers' gift will be used to establish the Judith and William Bollinger Endowed Scholarship. It will be awarded to Wharton undergraduates, with a preference given to international students.

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A group of students gather in an open field, at either end of which stand three hula-hoops painted gold and attached to 2x4s. They are holding brooms between their legs, and one team wears capes with black-and-white spots. One person is dressed in yellow with a lumpy sock hanging out of his shorts - he's ready to run.

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Jan. 11, 2007

9Average percent of holiday gift cards that are never redeemed by the recipients. Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

When the buzzer sounded, Fran Dunphy and Temple were 0-2 in the Big 5 and 0-2 in the Atlantic 10, and he seemed to be the only one who knew why. The former Penn coach fell victim to a little of everything on both ends as St. Joseph's came into the Liacouras Center and left with an emphatic 80-67 victory.


SJU's local freshmen stifle Temple

When the buzzer sounded, Fran Dunphy and Temple were 0-2 in the Big 5 and 0-2 in the Atlantic 10, and he seemed to be the only one who knew why. The former Penn coach fell victim to a little of everything on both ends as St. Joseph's came into the Liacouras Center and left with an emphatic 80-67 victory.


For Ceralde, change means continuity

By Molin Zhong Staff Writer molin@sas.upenn.edu Look closely at the Penn gymnastics team this year and one might notice that along with a new head coach, the team members will also sport revised dictionaries. The team has learned that the word 'change' does not always mean that things will be different.


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Wharton alumna Judith Bollinger and her husband, William, have donated $6 million to the Wharton School, University officials announced yesterday. Half of the Bollingers' gift will be used to establish the Judith and William Bollinger Endowed Scholarship. It will be awarded to Wharton undergraduates, with a preference given to international students.


Ivy League Preview: Bears still could surprise league

Ten months ago, things were looking up for Brown basketball fans. And then John Chaney got involved. The Bears ended their 6-8 Ivy campaign on a high note, decisively beating Princeton and taking eventual league champion Penn to overtime. And with all five starters returning, led by standout junior forward Keenan Jeppesen (11.



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Just before Cornell freshman Ryan Wittman graduated from high-school basketball to NCAA competition, his father, Randy, offered some words of advice. "He told me how it's going to be more intense, how guys are going to be stronger and how you have to play differently," Wittman said.



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Poker fanatics will soon have another outlet for their gambling desires. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board awarded licenses on Dec. 20 for two casinos in Philadelphia to developers of the Foxwoods and SugarHouse casinos. The committee had received five bids.


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Normally, Penn Biology professor Lawrence Rome's academic life consists of teaching classes and researching fish. But when the Navy came calling, he decided to turn his attention to a new pursuit - backpacks. Traditionally an expert on how fish swim, Rome recently finished designing a new "suspended-load ergonomic backpack," which will likely be used by the armed services to lighten the loads carried by soldiers overseas.


Ivy League preview: Lions fighting against history

For the Columbia Lions, Friday's Ivy League opener against the Princeton Tigers is about much more than emerging as the superior feline. The Lions (9-5) now have another chance to prove they belong among the best of the league. They have been unable to do just that for a long time.


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Jan. 10, 2007

$499Cost of Apple's newest product and first mobile phone, the iPhone.Source: The New York Times


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Roch Guerin, an Electrical and Systems Engineering professor, has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, University officials announced Monday. Guerin was honored for his contributions to the resource management of data networks.



Local orgs. hold South Street Bridge debate

For residents living near the South Street Bridge, newer may not always mean better. On Monday night, the Philadelphia Department of Streets sponsored a meeting to discuss the plans and possible ramifications of the remodeling of the South Street Bridge. Construction has been pushed back from its original April 2007 date to this coming October, Schuylkill River Development Corporation CEO Joseph Syrnick said, though he added that it is possible for the construction date to be pushed back even further until spring 2008.


Ivy League Preview: Jones: No Martin, no problem

By Parisa Bastani Staff Writer pbastani@sas.upenn.edu Given Yale's 4-9 record so far this season, the Elis don't seem like they have much to be optimistic about as they approach their first Ivy League contest at Brown on Saturday. Yale opened the season on a positive note with a win over Allegheny, but then fell into a slump, dropping nine of their next 11 games.


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Though winter break saw a rash of violent crimes, DPS officials point to an overall drop in crime of three percent from 2005 to 2006 as an indication that campus safety is improving.


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Editoral | Follow-Up

By Opinion Board · Jan. 10, 2007

This week, Delaware Attorney General spokeswoman Janice Fitzsimons announced that Irina Malinovskaya will be retried a second time for the murder of Irina Zlotnikov.