2008 Woodie Awards
The Undergraduate Assembly elected its new executive board for the 2008-2009 school year last night after a six-hour meeting that was open to the public.
College and Wharton junior Wilson Tong will lead the UA as the body's new chairman. Tong, the current vice chairman for external affairs, is also the first Asian-American chairman in the UA's history.
Now that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has won the Pennsylvania primary by a 10-point margin, the race shifts to the remaining states - with, it seems, no clear end in sight.
Clinton's win was a crucial victory that, for the time being, keeps her candidacy alive and validates her argument to superdelegates that she can win in swing states.
Legislation recently introduced in Congress would require private universities to recognize teaching and research assistants as a union if they elect to form one.
That's big news for Graduate Employees Together - University of Pennsylvania, the graduate student group that wants to be recognized as a union by Penn.
A trend of keeping a closer eye on students
Since Va. Tech, some schools have formed groups to discuss troubled students
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To many schools with less-than-rigorous threat assessment systems, the past year's spate of school shootings have been a wake-up call.
Over the past year, many universities around the country have responded to shootings at Virginia Tech and other colleges by forming new groups to monitor students who display troubled behavior and assess whether they pose a wider threat to the community.
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Future of ABCS courses discussed at Summit
Students, faculty, admins want to integrate more community service in curriculum
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Some Penn students take classes in Fisher-Bennett Hall or David Rittenhouse Labs.
Others head to Philadelphia public schools or community centers to participate in Academically Based Community Service Courses that teach "problem-solving learning."
At yesterday's fifth-annual ABCS Summit, students, faculty and administrators gathered in Logan Hall to discuss the future of ABCS courses at Penn and possibilities for integrating them further into the curriculum.
Students, faculty, admins want to integrate more community service in curriculum
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Hey Day date under fire
Juniors speak out against festivities in the middle of the week, when many have class
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The styrofoam hats and wooden canes are back - but not on the usual Friday afternoon.
Next Tuesday, the class of 2009 will officially make its passage into seniordom as part of the 93-year-old tradition of Hey Day.
Hey Day is traditionally held on the last day of classes, a Friday.
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The Hey Day T-shirt design was announced last night on the Web site of Penn's junior class.
The shirt, which was designed by Engineering junior Chloe LeGendre, will feature a picture of a Monopoly board with the words "Hey Day 2008 Class of 2009: Our Turn to Play.
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An unbreakable plastic - and health concerns
Studies show Nalgene plastic releases traces of toxic substance
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Sipping water out of that Nalgene bottle might not be so good for you.
Numerous studies, including one at the University of Cincinnati earlier this year, show that traces of the toxic substance bisphenol-A, commonly called BPA, are released from Nalgene bottles' "unbreakable" plastic.
Studies show Nalgene plastic releases traces of toxic substance
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University of Chicago Law school bans Internet from classrooms
Currently Penn has no plan to eliminate the Web in any undergrad or grad schools
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As universities across the country continue to introduce campus-wide Internet access, the University of Chicago Law School is doing the exact opposite.
The school recently announced plans to eliminate Internet access in most of its classrooms, but Penn has no plans to implement similar policies.
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