2008 Woodie Awards
Despite contention among the student body, University officials are standing by their decision to bring the controversial Norman Finkelstein to campus, saying that funding does not translate into endorsement.
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Even those audience members who had to stand for the entire two and a half hours of Norman Finkelstein's lecture last evening listened quietly and attentively, for the most part.
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After almost a year of hard work and often-heated debate, graduate students have at last unveiled the final version of their proposal for student government restructuring.
The final proposal includes one General Assembly for the entire graduate-student community and a separate group made up of graduate students from the School of Arts and Sciences.
In a world that emphasizes political correctness, Nonie Darwish is not afraid to speak her mind - even if the ideas she expresses put her life in danger.
Last night, as part of Penn Israel Coalition's Israel Advocacy Night in Huntsman Hall, Darwish spoke about what she sees as the threat of radical Islam.
For students at the Community College of Philadelphia, this spring break may not be so welcome.
The local community college's faculty and staff went on strike last week, canceling classes for the school's 37,000 students.
Union officials called the strike last Tuesday after a breakdown in negotiations about faculty and staff salary.
10 teams left in invention contest
Weiss Tech House will award one of ten competition finalists with $5,000 in April
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Wharton junior Derek Zoch wants to improve football practice.
And for Zoch, a kicker for the Quakers, that means spending the last few months putting the final touches on Quicker Kicker, a mechanical football holder that allows players to practice kicking a football as they would in a live game.
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Theft
Mar. 14 - A male complainant, 54 and unaffiliated with the University, reported that an unknown suspect entered the rear of Bubble House, located at 3404 Sansom St., and removed an unsecured laptop from the counter.
Mar. 14 - Josette Bennett, 37, of the 5700 block of Ashland Street, was observed allegedly removing items from Parfumerie Douglas, located at 3603 Walnut St.
Experts debate funds for stem-cell research
Discussion based on whether U.S. should give money to projects
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One side called it necessary to the advancement of science. The other compared it to killing nursing-home patients with an AK-47.
Last night before an audience of about 80 people in the Bodek Lounge of Houston Hall, conservative pundit and author Ramesh Ponnuru and genetic-research advocate Eve Herold battled back and forth over the merits and pitfalls of embryonic stem cell research in "The Great Stem Cell Debate," sponsored by Penn for Life and Penn Students for Stem Cell Research.
Discussion based on whether U.S. should give money to projects
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The University is now home to a center dedicated to the early detection and cure of ovarian cancer.
The announcement of this facility, officially known as The Center for Research on Early Detection and Cure of Ovarian Center, was made on Monday.
It will be directed by George Coukos, an internationally renowned gynecologic oncologist and research scientist.
Red and yellow banners that read "One World, One Dream" will welcome Penn students when they arrive in Beijing this summer.
These 15 students, participants in one of the University's newest summer-abroad programs, Penn-in-Beijing, will spend one month studying how the media will play a role in the 2008 Summer Olympics that will take place in China.
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Candidates avoid legal challenge
City Council hopefuls had faced lawsuits aiming to remove 16 candidates from ballot
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U.S. Rep. Bob Brady isn't the only one facing challenges to his candidacy in Philadelphia politics.
The congressman-turned-mayoral candidate is currently facing an attempt by rivals Dwight Evans and Tom Knox to end his candidacy over problems with his financial-disclosure forms.
City Council hopefuls had faced lawsuits aiming to remove 16 candidates from ballot
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