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Kentucky Derby-winner Barbaro is resting comfortably in the intensive-care unit of Penn's New Bolton Center after having the cast removed from his right leg on Nov. 6. Barbaro - a thoroughbred racehorse who fractured his leg severely during the Preakness in May - has defied the odds over the courses of his arduous recovery.


Swans may live the first third of their lives alone, but when these birds find a partner, they stay together for life. The same is true of SWANS - Strong Women Achievers, No Spouse - Christine Whelan, author of Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women, said yesterday in a talk held for about 40 at the Penn Bookstore.

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More than modest To the Editor: I was disappointed to see you call President Amy Gutmann's donation to the University for financial aid "modest" yesterday ("Gutmann chips in for student aid, DP, 11/14/06). While it is, indeed, less than George Weiss gave to the University, it is still notable and is a good percentage of Gutmann's income.




On brainy women and marriage

Swans may live the first third of their lives alone, but when these birds find a partner, they stay together for life. The same is true of SWANS - Strong Women Achievers, No Spouse - Christine Whelan, author of Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women, said yesterday in a talk held for about 40 at the Penn Bookstore.


A club for men, tackling sexual assault

There's a new all-guys club at Penn, but it's not another frat. These guys want to talk sexual assault, and how to help its victims. Twelve students from Penn and Drexel University this semester started up the West Philadelphia chapter of 1in4, an all-male peer-education group that focuses on teaching college men about sexual violence.


Kissinger draws parallels between Iraq and Vietnam

Henry Kissinger, secretary of state during Vietnam, said last night that the current war in Iraq echoes the earlier conflict. "Americans want to compromise, but to our enemies, compromise equals defeat," he said.


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Penn is becoming an increasingly difficult place for top students to get into. But it's also getting more and more difficult to get faculty members to stay. "The aggressiveness with which schools compete with each other has definitely increased over the years," Wharton Deputy Dean David Schmittlein said.


All crammed in

All crammed in

By Zoe Tillman · Nov. 15, 2006

An everyday nuisance for Penn students turned fatal last month at Ohio State University. On Oct. 20, OSU freshman Andrew Polakowski of Erie, Pa., was killed when he tried to pile into an overcrowded elevator in a dorm on campus. The packed elevator - which had exceeded its maximum weight limit - began to move with the doors still open, and Polakowski was crushed between the elevator and the floor.


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By Zachary Levine The Daily Pennsylvanian With all-Ivy swingman Lenny Collins gone, the Cornell basketball team was pinning most of its hopes on Adam Gore, last year's Ivy League Rookie of the Year. Now, the Big Red will have to find another option. Gore will miss the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.



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We are just four days from tip-off for the first home basketball game. With that, here are some rules all fans should consider when attending a game at the Palestra. 1. Go to the games. None of the other rules matter if you do not follow this one. There are so many reasons to attend, and just listening on the radio isn't a substitute.




Playing with fire

Playing with fire

By Toby Hicks · Nov. 14, 2006

Abbie Feinberg (white shirt) and other members of the Amorphous Jugglers practice their fire- juggling techniques on College Green near Van Pelt Library on Saturday.







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