2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
Former Wharton professor Scott Ward pled guilty in federal court yesterday to producing child pornography for importation into the United States.
Ward, who has been held in custody since August, is scheduled for sentencing May 11.
His trial was expected to begin in Alexandria, Va.
Ward's charge carries a sentence of 15 to 30 years in prison, according to a press release issued by the U.S. District Attorney's Office in Virginia.
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The Hey Day working group announced that, despite talks of canceling the 91-year-old Penn tradition, Hey Day will indeed take place this year on April 20.
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Twenty years ago, The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program started with a simple premise - offer up-and-coming artists new canvas space, and they would transform the city's struggling neighborhoods.
Now, murals from South Philly to the Benjamin Franklin Bridge have been credited as a key part of the city's revival.
Miles Davis, fingerprinting await
College likely to add Criminology major, Jazz Studies minor for next academic year
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Be it mimicking CSI investigators or swinging to the beat, undecided undergraduates trying to pick majors or minors will have more options to choose from come fall semester.
The School of Arts and Sciences' curriculum committee, comprised of College professors, met yesterday to discuss its recommendation for a Criminology major and Jazz Studies minor.
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The University is now part of a computer network so blazingly fast, it could make DSL feel like the telegraph.
This month, Penn's MAGPI regional high-speed Internet gateway was connected to a private high-speed nationwide network called the Internet2 Network.
Stomachs full of soul spur student conversation
Rep. Bob Brady shares vision for Philadelphia at third-annual Kosher Soul Food Dinner
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Over baked and breaded fish, collared cabbage, hushpuppies, and mac 'n' cheese with a kosher twist, Penn students contemplated how issues within their own communities have the ability to transcend borders.
In honor of Black History Month, the Penn Israel Coalition and the Black Student League held its third-annual Kosher Soul Food Dinner yesterday in Houston Hall.
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Theft
Feb. 15 - Zachary Galen, 23 and unaffiliated with the University, was arrested at about 5:05 p.m. after he allegedly removed items from the Penn Bookstore, located at the intersection of 36th and Walnut streets.
Feb. 15 - A complainant unaffiliated with the University reported that a laptop worth about $1,900 was removed from an unsecured conference room at 3535 Market St.
