2008 Woodie Awards
Penn students should expect more than a semi-charmed life during this year's Spring Fling.
Third Eye Blind will join the annual Friday Fling concert, playing a full-length supporting act before Ben Folds, Social Planning and Events Committee officials announced in a press statement released this morning.
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Houston, we have a problem.
A power outage forced Houston Hall's eating establishments to shut down for almost an hour yesterday afternoon.
The outage was caused by a mechanical problem in the building's transformer room, said Thomas Hauber, director of Vice Provost for University Life facilities.
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Have members of a generation taught to believe that anything is possible turned into narcissistic egomaniacs?
According to a recently published report, maybe.
The study, initiated by a professor at San Diego State University, analyzed surveys taken by 16,000 college students over the last 25 years and found that key indicators of narcissistic personalty have increased slowly but significantly.
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Tempers flare at liquor store zoning hearing
Zoning Board to decide fate of move in the next few weeks
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At a Philadelphia Zoning Board meeting yesterday, it was the prospect of alcohol that caused emotions to run high.
About 80 West Philadelphia residents, mainly local Muslims affiliated with the Masjid Al-Jamia mosque, filled the zoning hearing to capacity, standing in firm opposition to the relocation of the liquor store on 41st and Market streets to 4237 Walnut St.
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It's been a bad couple of weeks for casinos in Philadelphia.
Last week, City Council unanimously voted to put a proposed amendment to the city charter on the ballot in the May mayoral elections that would, in effect, ban slots parlors in Philadelphia.
And in a memo written to Mayor John Street on Friday, City Solicitor Romulo Diaz warned that the mayor had no legal way of stopping the charter amendment from being put to the voters.
Key points from the Undergraduate Assembly's meeting on Monday night:
n The UA passed a proposal to work with Housing and Conference Services and Facilities and Real Estate Services to implement a number of short-term renovations to all college houses excluding the Quadrangle and the three high rises.
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Study: U.S. lagging in univ. degrees
Report finds that other countries catching up; experts say cheaper education will solve woes
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According to a study released by the Lumina Foundation for Education, your dream job could be in danger of being outsourced.
The foundation's Making Opportunity Affordable: Reinvesting in College Access and Success initiative released a report earlier this month entitled "Hitting Home" that suggests that the United States is falling behind other countries in the amount of degrees that are being produced within its borders - a troubling trend for Americans as globalization continues to spread.
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The campus Papa John's Pizza, located at 104 S. 40th St, was robbed at gunpoint early Monday morning, Philadelphia and Penn Police officials said.
A male Papa John's employee, 22 and unaffiliated with the University, reported that two males entered the establishment through the side door at about 12:50 a.
Lakshmi Mittal will deliver the keynote address at the Wharton School's MBA Commencement on May 13, Wharton officials announced yesterday.
Mittal is the president and CEO of Arcelor Mittal, the world's largest steel company.
Mittal is a former member of the Wharton Board of Overseers - an advisory group predominantly composed of Wharton alumni - and many of his relatives, including his daughter-in-law, niece and nephew graduated from the School.
Doing well on Advanced Placement tests is paying off - literally.
The Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Programs is rewarding students at participating high schools with $250 for receiving a three or higher on AP exams in math, science and English.
When students return to campus this fall, it may be a whole new SEPTA experience.
Having previously announced that fares will increase from anywhere to 11 to 31 percent, SEPTA will also eliminate transfers between two modes of transportation - between the bus and subway system, for example - and reduce the number of Regional Rail and suburban transit zones this summer, SEPTA spokesman Richard Maloney said.
