As this semester draws to a close, it's evident that Penn's administrators are trying hard to get through the "perfect storm" of crime.
And while the semester did include the glamorous launch of an ambitious capital campaign, along with an exciting eastward expansion effort, those successes haven't been able to gloss over the disturbing assortment of incidents that have dented Penn's reputation and campus life.
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It was the best chicken sandwich I'd had in a long time.
I got it at a little cafe nestled along a nondescript block of Fairmount Avenue, kind of a hike for an ordinary weekday lunch after class this week.
But what made this one chicken sandwich so good was the people who made it.
There's a massive, non-violent protest going on in our very own backyard.
Community leaders are calling for 10,000 men to flood the streets with peacekeeping patrols in an effort to stem the rampant violence. Philadelphia has organized town-watch movements and Father's Day rallies before, but the city has never hosted something of this scale.
Amira Fawcett is an Engineering junior from Houston, TX. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.
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