2008 Woodie Awards
Wharton Students attended the third-annual Winter Whartonland, a festival to celebrate the end of the Wharton Semester.
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Wharton students celebrated the end of classes in style yesterday with the school's third annual Winter Whartonland.
The Wharton Council and Wharton's cohort mentors marked the last Thursday of classes with hot chocolate, Insomnia Cookies, holiday candy and Wharton-branded gifts at the event in Huntsman Hall.
Freshman point guard Zack Rosen (right) will need to bounce back from a tough game against Villanova, in which he tallied only two assists to three turnovers.
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It's been a tough grind to start the season for the Penn men's basketball team.
First, there was the trip down to Dean Smith Center to open up against the No.1 North Carolina Tar Heels. Then, the Quakers got taken down a few blocks away from the Palestra at Drexel in a game that finished right as many Penn students were just waking up.
Cab rides in the city will now cost less in light of the Philadelphia Parking Authority board's decision to eliminate the 50-cent gas surcharge that originally went into effect on June 2.
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As of this week, a cab ride to Center City will cost a little bit less.
The 50-cent gas surcharge taxis began charging in June was recently nixed in response to dropping gas prices.
The Philadelphia Parking Authority's board voted to drop the extra charge - which raised the base fare from $2.
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SAS will implement a school-wide freeze on hiring, staff position reclassifications and salary adjustments, as well as various budget reductions, Dean Rebecca Bushnell announced in an e-mail to School of Arts and Sciences faculty and staff yesterday.
Bushnell's office also plans to work closely with departments and programs to identify the most effective cost-cutting measures and to allocate remaining finances only to matters of the highest priority for the 2010 fiscal year.
