2008 Woodie Awards
The inspiration for the title of yesterday's panel on the media and Islam? A Public Enemy track.
"Don't Believe the Hype," hosted by Penn's Muslim Student Association as part of Islam Awareness Week, delved into common misrepresentations of Islam in Western media.
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WILMINGTON, Del. - During closing arguments yesterday, lawyers focused as much on Robert Bondar's integrity as on that of murder suspect Irina Malinovskaya.
The Wharton undergraduate's defense lashed out at Bondar in its summary, saying he has become "a master of manipulating" the facts of the case and implying that his testimony about Malinovskaya's obsession with him was unreliable.
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University President Amy Gutmann, Provost Ron Daniels, faculty and student leaders met yesterday afternoon in Bodek Lounge for the year's second meeting of the University Council.
The UC discussed issues relating to Penn's recently announced $3.5 billion capital campaign, PennConnects and the PennAlert security-notification system.
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Philadelphia Runner, a local specialized running store located on 16th and Sansom streets, will open a second store next to the Inn at Penn in December.
Manager Ross Martinson said the store will carry many of the same products as the Center City store, including running shoes and apparel.
Greeted with both cheers and sneers, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) addressed a divided audience at Steinhardt Hall yesterday afternoon, warning the crowd about the threat of radical Islam and opining on liberal professors.
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Nearly half of the attendees of last evening's Werner Herzog forum were turned away due to safety concerns.
Packing the aisles, the back and the outside, 800 people from the University community and Philadelphia tried to cram into Meyerson Hall's auditorium 40 minutes before the event, entitled "Was the 20th Century a Mistake?"
They missed work, visited Philadelphia for the day - anything for a chance see the popular German filmmaker.
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Learning to Lead | Intensity ensues as group project progresses
Despite nerves, Wharton freshmen remain focused in days before class presentation
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The 10 Wharton freshmen lounging around a cramped Huntsman Hall study room are barely recognizable from the quiet group that, less than one month ago, held a very polite Management 100 meeting in an empty classroom.
Brief skirmishes over the prices of rentals have replaced apologies for interrupting each other's arguments, and debates about hanging large banners have overshadowed tangential conversations.
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At Harrison College House, blank walls offer a world of opportunity.
At least for students like College senior Shelby Prindaville who are being asked to liven up the building's interior with original art.
Last fall, College senior Jesse Benton was searching for housing. He realized he had two options: save money by living further away from campus, or splurge for a spacious apartment closer to school.
Benton, like many other Penn students, decided the possible dent in his wallet was more important than added luxury, and he chose to live in an apartment near 42nd and Chestnut streets.
Looking Ahead | Publicity doesn't necessarily mean money
Experts: Successful campaigns boost admin's, school's reputation
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Amy Gutmann is slowly becoming a "world-class rock star."
Sort of.
Since the kickoff of Penn's $3.5 billion capital "Making History" campaign, news of the school's undertaking has appeared in a variety of publications, from The Philadelphia Inquirer to The Times of India.
Experts: Successful campaigns boost admin's, school's reputation
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She dreamed the dream as a Princeton undergraduate and drafted the plan during her senior year.
A year later in 1989, Wendy Kopp was looking out at an audience of the first 489 recent college graduates who had signed up to be members of Teach for America, the national corps that would grow to pioneer the movement against educational inequity in the United States.
