2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
SCRANTON - After nearly two years locked in a bitter and relentless campaign, Bob Casey Jr. finally reached the stage last night a winner.
As predicted by numerous polls, Casey defeated Republican incumbent Rick Santorum last night to become Pennsylvania's first Democratic senator since 1995.
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Engineering senior Saad Saadi may have offended a lot of people with his suicide-bomber costume last week- but that's his prerogative, free speech experts say.
Saadi, a Daily Pennsylvanian photographer, wore the costume to Penn President Amy Gutmann's annual Halloween party last Tuesday.
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New penalty for sex-felon ex-prof
Judge says initial house-arrest sentence was too lenient; McIntosh could face jail time
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Former Penn professor Tracy McIntosh may be headed to prison after all.
The Pennsylvania Superior Court ordered on Monday that McIntosh be resentenced for his sexual-assault conviction..
The decision to resentence was in response to an appeal by the district attorney's office that McIntosh's sentence had been excessively lenient.
Judge says initial house-arrest sentence was too lenient; McIntosh could face jail time
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PITTSBURGH - Incumbent Republican Sen. Rick Santorum was gracious in conceding to Pennsylvania Treasurer Bob Casey Jr. last night, despite their bitterly fought contest.
"I wish him the very best," Santorum said in his concession speech. "His is a fine man.
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PITTSBURGH - Before a sparse crowd in a half-empty ballroom, Lynn Swann conceded the Pennsylvania governor's race to incumbent Ed Rendell last night.
Swann took the stage at about 11:20 p.m. after being introduced by his running mate, Jim Matthews.
He spoke to his crowd of supporters, admitting that "we lost the battle," and that he is "not accustomed to losing.
Organizers called Election Day at Penn a success as students and community members alike turned out in large numbers across campus to vote.
Despite some lines, the voting experience this November was widely reported to be a smooth one.
"It was uneventful, and uneventful is good," Wharton sophomore and Judge of Elections Greg Kaplan said as he was preparing to close the polls at David Rittenhouse Laboratory.
University President Amy Gutmann emerges from the booth after voting in the midterm elections. She cast her ballot in Steinberg-Dietrich Hall yesterday morning.
Penn's got big ambitions.
It's already got $1 billion in the bag - but that's merely to jumpstart what officials say will be the biggest University-wide fundraising campaign in Penn history. And they think they have some pretty compelling reasons why donors would want to give.
Prof: Society divided by wealth
Andrew Lamas says that assets, not income, really split rich from poor
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Income would seem to have a lot to do with poverty, but according to Penn professor Andrew Lamas, the key is actually wealth - and it makes a difference.
In a workshop hosted by Civic House yesterday, Lamas discussed the causes of national wealth inequality and proposed solutions before a crowd of about 30 students.
Andrew Lamas says that assets, not income, really split rich from poor
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