2008 Woodie Awards
On Sunday, the Undergraduate Assembly urged the University to examine whether the presence of on-campus blood collectors who are bound by an FDA policy banning certain blood donors violates Penn's non-discrimination policy.
Despite a national blood shortage, millions are prohibited from donating by the Federal Drug Administration's lifetime ban on men who have had sex with men (MSM) since 1977.
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It was a sweet night for sophomores yesterday, as they celebrated their biggest event of the year, Sophomore Skimmer.
A total of 600 to 800 students showed up for a Candyland-themed evening of food, music and mingling, Wharton sophomore and class president Arthur Gardner Smith said.
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With the Democratic presidential nomination still up for grabs, the issue of superdelegates is on the forefront of media attention, grabbing headlines and yes, even one of Jon Stewart's jokes at the Oscars last Sunday.
Despite this attention, many Penn students - and Democratic voters across the country, it seems - are still unclear as to what superdelegates are.
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A program that began in 2000 to rehabilitate area homes has stopped expanding, but 400 properties near campus have been restored as a result of its efforts .
The Neighborhood Preservation and Development Fund was created by the University and its partners to buy dilapidated homes in University City and rent them at cheaper rates to graduate students and West Philadelphia residents.
President Bush's budget for the 2009 fiscal year shows an increased push from the government to encourage foreign-language study for national-security purposes.
But it seems unlikely that the increased funding will persuade students learning those languages to pursue careers in the government.
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Clothing and toys are not the only imports coming from China these days: one in four doctors in the United States is Chinese.
As China increasingly becomes a powerful force in the economy, it is also becoming a major force in health care, with India rapidly catching up, according to Dr.
In August 2005, the winds and waters of Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, and Penn students have been helping to rebuild the area ever since.
Yesterday, the Fox Leadership Program hosted a "celebration and call to Service," congratulating student groups from Penn for previous and upcoming community service trips to the area in the past two and a half years.
Penn and Drexel University will be waiting when University City High School closes its doors in 2010 for two years of renovations.
The universities want to divide the school - one of the 70 lowest-performing schools in the city- and replace it with two co-existing themed high schools.
After years of behind-the-scenes measures, noticeable transportation-security efforts at Amtrak stations will now be implemented.
Last week, Amtrak announced that new security procedures, including random bag checks, will be deployed at stations across the country to "minimize the risk of terrorist threats," according to a press release.
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It will likely take years, not months, for many colleges to fully upgrade their computer systems to Vista, and Penn is no exception.
In a recent informal online survey, Gary Roberts, Alfred University's director of information-technology services, found that, of 33 colleges he polled, 28 had not yet completely upgraded to Vista, Microsoft's year-old Windows operating system.
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