2008 Woodie Awards
About 2,430 new students from all 50 states and every continent except Antarctica will arrive at Penn in the next several days, bearing New Student Orientation wristbands and an anticipation of their next four years on campus.
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Over the past four decades, not only has Penn's campus changed, but so have its students. Click through this slideshow to see a few examples of what has changed and what hasn't.
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Engineering sophomore Michael Sheahan - whom friends remember as intelligent and understanding - was killed in a car crash on Monday night.
Sheahan, 20, who is from Madison, Wis., died when his car collided with a dump truck in Caledonia, Ill., after Sheahan ran through a stop sign, according to the Boone Count
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Gutmann: Drinking-age debate needed
President agrees with message, but won't sign Amethyst Initiative
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It is "unrealistic" to expect people who can vote and serve in the military "not to be able to take a drink," says Penn President Amy Gutmann.
But she has decided not to sign an initiative asserting that the legal drinking age of 21 leads to widespread underage binge drinking, even though she said she supports debate about
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In just under two years, the pieces have finally fallen into place.
On Aug. 31, residents of the Radian - a 14-story apartment building located at 39th and Walnut streets - will move into the new building. Though construction crews are still working on the building this week, students who will live in the Radian say they are excited about their new home.
Penn slips one spot in rankings to number six
'U.S. News' list puts Penn, CalTech in tie for sixth place
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Penn has fallen from the top five in this year's U.S. News & World Report national university rankings.
Now ranked as the sixth best national research university, Penn ties with with the California Institute of Technology and places right behind Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
'U.S. News' list puts Penn, CalTech in tie for sixth place
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Summer Recap | Clinton pays off debt to Penn, other universities
Former presidential candidate owed Penn more than $24,000 for use of facilities
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More than two months after suspending her presidential campaign, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton paid off all her bills to universities and colleges.
Clinton - who held rallies and policy speeches at campuses throughout the country during the Democratic primaries - still owed $146,347.
Former presidential candidate owed Penn more than $24,000 for use of facilities
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After almost eight years and seemingly endless delays, SEPTA's $710 million Market Street Elevated Reconstruction Project is nearly finished.
The project replaces 11,000 feet of El support structure from 44th Street to Millbourne Street, renovates six stations and includes the construction of two new train control buildingsProxy-Connection: keep-alive
Scholarships can reduce aid
Money awarded outside Penn can be deducted from students' grant money
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Although winning a slew of scholarships in high school sounds like a great way to fund a college education, a combination of federal regulations and institutional policies often prevent students from seeing where their money goes.
If the total amount of scholarship money exceeds $300, that money must go toward reducing need-based financial aid awarded by the school, according to Mark Kantrowitz, director of advanced projects for the scholarship-searching Web site FastWeb.
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Campus political groups gear up for election season
Penn Democrats, College Republicans plan to start registering voters during NSO
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The incoming freshmen from the class of 2012 are not just moving into their dorms today, they are also moving into a battleground state in the height of the general election season.
The Penn Democrats and College Republicans are planning enthusiastic welcomes for this new group of potential voters.
Penn Democrats, College Republicans plan to start registering voters during NSO
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Former interim Chaplain Rev. Charles Howard took over as University Chaplain on July 1, replacing former Chaplain William Gipson who left his post in February to serve as the Associate Vice Provost for Equity and Access.
Howard has served as interim chaplain since February 2008 and associate chaplain since 2005.
Returning students will find a new name on a familiar building this fall.
Almost four months after the name change of Logan Hall was announced, the signs on the building were changed in July to feature the name of famous entertainment journalist and editor of the New York Post's "Page Six" column Claudia Cohen.
The Blackstone Group and AlliedBarton Security Services announced on July 25 that the private equity fund managed by Blackstone will acquire AlliedBarton, the University's security partner since 1997.
The details of the pending deal are not yet announced.
Summer Recap | Ex-student pleads no contest in slaying
Malinovskaya sentenced to 5 years in killing of ex-boyfriend's girlfriend
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Former Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya pleaded no contest on June 5 to manslaughter charges in the death of Temple student Irina Zlotnikov, her ex-boyfriend's then-girlfriend.
She was sentenced to five years in jail with credit for time served by Delaware Superior Court President Judge James Vaughn, according to The Associated Press.
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Faced with a world increasingly geared toward the Internet, the College of General Studies is stepping up to the plate by adding more advanced online courses to its curriculum.
Penn Advance, Penn's online learning program, was introduced by CGS in 1998. The program allows advanced high school students, CGS students and, more recently, full-time Penn students to take classes entirely online.
Federal prosecutors announced last week that they are indicting former Marketing professor Scott Ward on two additional child pornography charges.
The United States Attorneys' office has added two counts of inducing a minor to engage in sex to create photos or videos to the three other charges Ward is facing in Pennsylvania.
Penn's pre-professional environment can be extremely competitive, but when students return to campus in September, summer internships become a memory.
According to an annual Career Services survey of the senior class' summers, over two-thirds of students entering their final year at Penn had internships.
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Summer Recap | 'Transformers 2' filmed on campus in June
Student extras participate in first blockbuster motion picture filmed on Penn's campus
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Filming of the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen took place on campus June 10-15, drawing large crowds of passersby struck by the Hollywood scene and hoping to catch a glimpse of the film's director Michael Bay and star actor Shia LeBeouf.
The Transformers 2 production crew was "overwhelmed" by their reception at Penn, University spokeswoman Phyllis Holtzman said.
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What's in a name? For the Penn chapter of Campus Crusade for Christ, a lot.
After 25 years on campus, the faith-based student group - often called "CRU" - has decided to change its name to Penn Students for Christ after many members objected to the negative connotation the word "crusade" has t
A number of violent crimes plagued the area around Penn's campus in the weeks before students returned for the fall semester.
Police are still looking for the man who robbed Cosi, located at 140 S. 36th St., at gunpoint on Aug. 9.
Two Cosi employees reported that a black man robbed the re
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Summer Recap | Summer SAS e-mail spam attacks likely over
Better education led to fewer compromised passwords
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The School of Arts and Sciences has seen a "drastic drop" in the number of student e-mail accounts compromised by a wave of spam messages that targeted Penn students' inboxes this summer, university officials said this week. In late July and early August a round of spam e-mail attacks - known as phishing scams - that mimicked official University messages were sent out to students.
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With the largest gift to the "Making History" fund-raising campaign, Anne and Jerome Fisher announced a $50 million donation to the University on June 30 for the establishment of the Anne and Jerome Fisher Translational Research Center.
Scheduled to open in 2010, the new center will be designed with the intent to facilitate collaboration between disciplines.
Students who use embarrassingly large amounts of toilet paper, garbage bags or red Solo cups have a new Web site that might make their lives easier.
PennTen.com is a student-founded online retailer that stocks, sells and delivers 10 popular dorm supplies in bulk.
View Larger Map Burglary: Aug. 20 - A male student, 21, reported that an unknown suspect entered his secured apartment on the 4000 block of Baltimore Avenue through a rear door and removed his laptop at 9:56 a.m. Aug. 22 - A male student, 25, reported that someone attempted to enter his residence on the 200 block of 42nd Street through an open window at 12:09 p.
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Penn President Amy Gutmann received a 41-percent pay increase last year - a jump in compensation that makes her one of only a handful of college presidents who take in more than $1 million annually.
Gutmann earned a total of $1,155,634 in the 2006-07 fiscal year, the latest year for which compensation figures are available.
As students return to campus this week, they will find less cereal and more chocolate. Chef Jose Garces, of the downtown restaurants Amada and Tinto, opened the doors to Distrito, his newest restaurant. The Mexican tapas restaurant opened on July 21 in the University City Hub, located at 3945 Chestnut St.
By PAMELA ELLERMANN
Staff Writer
pelle@dailypennsylvanian.com
A recent study has found that annual HIV infection rates are higher than originally anticipated.
A report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention revealed HIV incidence - the number of new infections that occur per year - to be 40 percent higher than first estimated for the year 2006.
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