2008 Woodie Awards
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Troy Brown, the man charged with committing 10 robberies last November by threatening his victims with a screwdriver, heads to court today for trial.
Jury selection for Brown's trial in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas begins this morning, and opening arguments will take place in the afternoon.
Guitar pedals, Buddha machines, book promotions and art-history lectures make up just another day for musician and composer Alan Licht, who finished his visit to Penn yesterday with a presentation at Kelly Writers House.
Licht, known for his experimental free-form improvisations with partners ranging from Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo to a huge rotating metal cylinder at the Institute of Contemporary Art, spent two days at Penn.
An abortion debate hosted yesterday by OurVoice 2008, a group that aims to mobilize young voters, repeatedly broke down into a single vitriolic exchange between the pro-choice and pro-life debaters.
"Why can't we agree on common-sense measures to reduce the need for abortion?" Aubrey Montgomery, an executive of pro-choice organization NARAL asked her pro-life counterparts.
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Gutmann joins in on U.N. debate
Penn pres. among 24 university leaders at U.N. conference on climate change in NYC
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The chair recognizes the ambassador from the University of Pennsylvania.
Penn President Amy Gutmann joined 24 other university presidents from around the globe at the third annual United Nations Global Colloquium of University Presidents, held yesterday at New York University, to discuss climate change.
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Junior indicted in hacking scheme
FBI alleges Ryan Goldstein helped hacker attack U. server last year
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the indictment of Engineering junior Ryan Goldstein yesterday for his alleged involvement in a global computer-hacking conspiracy.
Goldstein was arrested Nov. 1 and charged with computer-fraud conspiracy, to which he pled not guilty.
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Early Decision applications decrease 1.5 percent
With Harvard, Princeton out of fray, schools with non-binding early apps see huge increases
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The number of early-decision applications to Penn dropped slightly for the second year in a row, admissions officials announced yesterday.
Penn received 3,929 early-decision applications this year, a 1.8 percent fall from last year's 4,001 applications.
Interim Dean of Admissions Eric Kaplan said he expects early-decision applicants to make up 45 to 48 percent of the class of 2012, which translates to an acceptance rate of about 30 percent.
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2007 College alumnus Stephen Danley was one of at least 40 American students to receive the Marshall Scholarship for 2008.
Danley, former co-captain of the men's basketball team, will travel to Oxford next year to earn a Masters of Philosophy in the university's comparative social policy program.
One did a Napoleon Dynamite-inspired dance to Jamiroquai's "Canned Heat."
Another busted out the same moves as Justin Timberlake in "Sexyback."
No, not at a Saturday-night fraternity party - at an Engineering class.
Freshmen in the Electrical Systems Engineering introductory lab course ESE 112 showcased their talent yesterday through biologically inspired hexapedal robots in the First Annual ESE 112 Dance Recital.
