2008 Woodie Awards
Films at this year's Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival ranged from the frivolous and fun ballad of a hot air balloon spy to the weighty and grave story of a transsexual Drexel student switching genders.
About 540 people attended the third-annual festival last Friday, where students from Penn, Drexel and University of the Arts took away the majority of the awards.
They used to hold parties in the basement of the ARCH, plastering newspapers over the windows to protect the anonymity of the attendees.
But for the current Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender community on campus, these carefully guarded gatherings are a thing of the past.
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After 35 hours of discussions and debate this past weekend, the Student Activities Council is increasing its funding for student groups.
For the first time since 2000, SAC has updated its funding policies and guidelines in time for its annual budget allocations process for the 2008-2009 school year.
With all the attention the presidential primaries have received in recent months, it's hard not to be thinking about New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and Arizona Sen. John McCain.
But the candidates for U.S. president aren't the only positions up for grabs in Pennsylvania's April 22 primary - Pennsylvania residents will also vote for a number of local, state and federal positions.
For graduate students doing research in a single subject area, funding is often easy to obtain. But for those like third-year Penn Law student Matthew Erie, whose work spans multiple disciplines, support is much harder to secure.
"As a student of legal anthropology, I am often applying for funding that is mainly anthropological, and I must 'argue' the importance of law," Erie, who is concurrently studying at Cornell and Tsinghua University Law School in Beijing, wrote in an e-mail.
PhillyCarShare has some competition.
Zipcar, another car-sharing company, began service in Philadelphia last week.
Zipcar will begin its service in Philadelphia with 110 cars located throughout University City, Center City and Queen Village.
The company says it has more than 180,000 members in 50 cities throughout the United States, Canada and London.
Tickets, flyers for Obama event a hoax
Officials say they 'haven't heard anything' about an Obama speech at Penn
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For some, April Fools' Day has come early -- despite the "Obama" eggs scattered around campus and the flyers posted on Locust Walk saying otherwise, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama will not be speaking at Irvine Auditorium tomorrow night.
Officials say they 'haven't heard anything' about an Obama speech at Penn
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Harvard makes public-sector law jobs more feasible
New plan cuts 3rd year tuition for future public-service lawyers; Penn offers similar aid
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Harvard Law School is easing the burden of taking public service jobs with a new tuition plan, a move experts and students applaud but say could go further.
Under the new plan, the law school will pay the third year of tuition for future students who commit to work in public service for five years following graduation, Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan announced last week.
New plan cuts 3rd year tuition for future public-service lawyers; Penn offers similar aid
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Fraternities, sororities flex trivia muscles
Alpha Chi Rho wins Greek Week Academic Bowl featuring Penn, pop culture, politics questions
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Yesterday, representatives of each fraternity and sorority at Penn put their Ivy League educations to the test.
This year's Academic Bowl - which celebrated the culmination of Greek Week - challenged each team's knowledge of Penn, pop culture and politics.
Alpha Chi Rho wins Greek Week Academic Bowl featuring Penn, pop culture, politics questions
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