Live from Irvine … It’s Thursday night!
Seth Meyers is famous for presenting the top stories on Weekend Update Thursdays during election season, but this Thursday he was the top story.
Debates wrap up with final two face offs
The first Undergraduate Assembly debate season came to a close Sunday night when The Daily Pennsylvanian and the Undergraduate Assembly hosted the final two debates.
UA pres. candidates address minority issues
Various minority student groups have publicly endorsed candidates and sponsored one of the presidential debates.
Students prefer campaigning to donating
Most Penn students would probably have trouble remembering a time before political campaigns asked for monetary donations in addition to support. Many, however, prefer to back their candidates in other ways.
House passes health care reform
In a 219 to 212 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the much-debated healthcare reform legislation Sunday night.
Conference celebrates women engineers
To commemorate its 60th anniversary, the Society of Women Engineers held its Regional Conference here at Penn for the first time in over 50 years. Over 300 people representing various schools of the Mid-Atlantic region were in attendance.
Presidential personalities: Dubler
College junior and UA Presidential candidate, Grant Dubler, knows how to juggle.
Presidential personalities: Amalfitano
College junior and UA Presidential candidate, Matt Amalfitano, does not believe in networking.
Penn Speaks for Autism kicks off autism awareness month
The organization was founded last September by current Co-Presidents and College sophomores Alison Lai and Michelle Fang, who wanted to raise awareness about autism and show what Penn students can do to help.
Free cone day combines charity and ice cream
From noon to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Ben and Jerry’s will give away between 10 and 15 flavors of ice cream — including Cherry Garcia, Phish Food and Chocolate Fudge Brownie — and will accept donations for Doctors Without Borders.
Waiting in a toilet line, students bring attention to world water crisis
Penn’s chapter of A Spring of Hope, a national charity founded by College freshman Brittany Young, is hosting a “toilet queue” Monday in hopes of setting the record for the longest line for a single toilet.
VIDEO: Final UA president debate
The candidates for UA president, Matt Amalfitano and Grant Dubler, answer questions from their colleagues on the Undergraduate Assembly in the final debate before voting begins at midnight.