2008 Woodie Awards
Two weeks after being euthanized, Barbaro is still leaving hoofprints on the New Bolton Center.
Though things have begun to quiet down, gifts and donations continue to flood the Center, where Barbaro received intense medical attention for eight months.
Penn Medical School professor Stephen Emerson will be the next president of Haverford College, Haverford officials announced at a public ceremony last night.
Emerson is slated to begin the presidency officially on July 1.
Nuts about Nutter
Penn Democrats endorse Michael Nutter for mayor, plan to devote manpower to campaign
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After three rounds of debate, the Penn Democrats' choice for the next mayor of Philadelphia was clear:
Michael Nutter is their man.
Last night, the Penn Democrats chose to endorse the former city Councilman by a two-thirds majority.
A Wharton alumnus, Nutter is one of five candidates vying for the Democratic nomination, which will be decided May 16.
Penn Democrats endorse Michael Nutter for mayor, plan to devote manpower to campaign
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Imagine it's 9 a.m. Your alarm goes off to wrench you out of bed for that 9:30 recitation. You keep hitting the snooze button and next thing you know, it's 11 a.m. and the class is long over.
But oversleeping no longer has to be your biggest fear.
If the Undergraduate Assembly has its way, in a few months, you'll have a backup plan: iTunes U.
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Students hold civil, controversial debate
Kedma, PASS and reps from other student groups debate Israeli-Palestinian issues.
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A student-panel discussion on the role of international law in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, held last night in Huntsman Hall, showed that people can be controversial while still being civil.
Sponsored by Penn Arab Students Society, the panel was moderated by Wharton Graduate Association President Hassan El-Houry, a second-year MBA student, and featured a diverse group of six speakers from various cultural and humanitarian groups on campus.
Kedma, PASS and reps from other student groups debate Israeli-Palestinian issues.
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Americans enjoy 1,049 rights based on marital status.
But for gay Americans, the number drops.
Outside of Massachusetts, gay unions throughout the country are not recognized as legal marriages.
So yesterday, as a part of Freedom to Marry Day, Penn students, faculty and staff came together to try to end what some see as outright discrimination.
Stop, drop, roll? Not with this drill
College House residents prepare for natural disasters, hazardous airborne materials
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Last night, Rodin College House residents were given specific instructions: Close the windows, shut the bedroom door, go to a lounge-less floor, and listen up.
In place of the more standard fire drills, University safety officials conducted a shelter-in-place drill, in which students learned what to do in case of non-fire-related emergencies.
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U. leads nation in animal abuse, group says
Watchdog organization claims Penn had most animal rights violation in the country
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The University is the most frequent violator of federal animal-abuse guidelines in the country, with 77 citations during a nine-month period, according to research watchdog group Stop Animal Exploitation Now.
SAEN reported that most of Penn's violations are in three areas: veterinary care; housing, facilities and sanitation; and institutional animal care and use committees.
Watchdog organization claims Penn had most animal rights violation in the country
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In February 2000, student groups at colleges across the nation mobilized in protest of the Fair Labor Association.
The FLA, charged with monitoring sweatshop conditions, was, in reality, made up of the companies that they were supposed to be watching.
