2008 Woodie Awards
What's in a name?
A lot, professors say - in a course name, at least.
As Advance Registration draws to a close, professors acknowledge that an eye-catching course title can make a big difference in enrollment - both in the number and types of students who end up taking it.
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For many students in the College, Barbara Woodford has a voice and a face you know, but a name you probably don't.
To many, Woodford is simply the middle point between you and a meeting with your academic advisor, but she may be the most important person at the College office in Logan Hall, ensuring things run smoothly and giving visitors their first impression of Penn's staff.
For thousands of Americans, the current credit crisis is a nightmare of potential home foreclosures and job layoffs. For Wall Street, it is a market tsunami of complex mortgage investment losses.
But for Penn professors, the crisis is an extra opportunity to bring real-life financial examples to the classroom, where students are showing renewed interest in the current economic situation.
When College freshmen Everett Benjamin and Ryan Jobson applied for housing as incoming students, they listed the same top three preferences: DuBois College House, DuBois and DuBois.
Now the two roommates and Political Co-chairs of UMOJA - the umbrella organization for student groups of the African Diaspora - are fighting to keep DuBois at the top of other students' lists by pushing for renovations of the 36-year-old college house.
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As fuel costs rise, the benefits of solar energy are often touted - but solar power is easier to implement in some places than others.
The construction of a solar community in Northeast Philadelphia displays the benefits of obtaining energy from the sun. But it also highlights the difficulties in applying such technology on a large-scale, such as at institutions like Penn.
Craig Sinkinson, President and founder of the Mayan Medical Aid, a non-profit organization that funds medically related projects involving Mayan Indians, spoke at Civic House last night. He addressed the impact of maternal and childhood nutritional diseases during pregnancy and early childhood development.
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No police increase after SEPTA killing
Students say they are concerned but doubt they will radically change transit habits
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Safety officials are not taking any major steps to increase SEPTA security after a man was fatally beaten by a gang in a SEPTA station last week. Students, however, say they might take precautions of their own.
The beating occurred in the station located at 13th and Market streets last Wednesday at about 2:45 p.
Students say they are concerned but doubt they will radically change transit habits
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The numbers are in, and Democrats are up in Pennsylvania.
On March 24, the final day to register voters for the April 22 primary, more than 33,000 new voters registered as Democrats.
Additionally, nearly 46,000 registered voters switched their party affiliation to become Democrats before the primary between Democratic presidential candidates Illinois Sen.
Harvard University has announced that it will stop accepting transfer applications for the next two academic years because there is no place available to house transfer students.
Additionally, Harvard did not accept any transfer students for this year's admissions cycle and refunded the students' application fees.
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Assault March 22 - Samuel Benesby, 21, of the 1700 block of Cold Springs Road in Newton Square, was arrested on the 200 block of S. 40th Street by Penn Police for allegedly assaulting a Penn Police officer at about 2:10 a.m. Auto theft March 27 - A male student, 27, reported that his dirt bike, secured with a cable lock, was removed by an unknown suspect at about 9:30 a.
Admit rate increases to 16.4 percent
Penn only Ivy thus far to not set a record-low acceptance rate, admits 3,769 students
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In contrast to the other Ivy League schools, Penn's overall acceptance rate increased to 16.4 percent for the class of 2012.
Penn is the only Ivy League school thus far that has not reported a record-low acceptance rate.
This admissions cycle, Penn admitted a total of 3,769 of 22,922 applications.
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"What you stand for is just as important as what you stand in," said last night's Fashion Week keynote speaker Kenneth Cole.
Cole, known for his humanitarian efforts, fashion brand and quirky campaign slogans, discussed the role philanthropy plays in his position as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.
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Violations filed in 2 student elections
All results will be announced Thurs. night after NEC hearing
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Polls for the 2008-2009 student government elections closed yesterday afternoon after record voter turnout, but results will not be announced until two violations filed yesterday are settled by the Nominations and Elections Committee.
Both charges were filed regarding the Class of 2011 Class Board and Undergraduate Assembly races.
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The typical "American-dream" family - complete with pet, SUV and soccer-mom - has in recent decades given way to an increasing number of divorced and single-parent families. As a result, colleges like Penn may have to rethink traditional formulas in financial aid and admissions.
Rocky, economic issues focus of Clinton speech
In Center City, presidential candidate says she won't drop out of race, likening herself to Rocky
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Rocky Balboa have a lot in common - or so she said during a speech in Center City yesterday morning.
Responding to recent pressure to drop out of the race, Clinton used the famous scene at the Philadelphia Museum of Art as an analogy for her continued fight for the nomination.
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