Campus Life
Women's Week kicks off with Coffeehouse
Women’s week got underway Monday night at the Women’s Week Kick-off Coffeehouse, in Houston Hall, hosted by the Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women and the Panhellenic Council. The Coffeehouse featured a variety of speakers and performers, as well as coffee, tea and pasteries.
New women's interfaith group forms
Meetings take place every Friday at the Women’s Center and are discussion-based.
Belly-dancing class will celebrate women
As part of Women’s Week, Ya’lla, Sigma Psi Zeta and Women in Leadership Series are hosting a Belly Dancing workshop on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Penn Women’s Center.
Eliminating dining hall waste
The five-day Scrape Bucket Challenge will measure the amount of food that is thrown out in campus dinning halls
MERT relocates headquarters to Quad
Penn’s Medical Emergency Response Team has just moved its headquarters to the Lower Quad, allowing for faster response times in emergency situations.
Fewer men eligible for bids
Seventy-four percent of the 551 bids given out by fraternities were accepted this year — a number in line with recent years — but the number of students considered “MIA” has increased to 60.
‘Humor for Haiti’ gets a standing ovation
Sigma Alpha Epsilon raised almost $1,000 to aid earthquake victims in Haiti at its ‘Humor for Haiti’ comedy benefit, which featured comedian Brad Trackman of Comedy Central.
J Street event encourages peace, draws controversy
A passionate crowd gathered at Steinhardt Hall Thursday evening for the Philadelphia launch of J Street, an organization that promotes a pro-Israel, pro-peace movement advocating negotiation to end Arab-Israeli conflicts.
Tierney explains why America has 'no stomach' for fighting in Afghanistan
Americans love “slaying the dragon” and “toppling regimes” but hate the messy aftermath of nation-building, according to Swarthmore assistant professor Dominic Tierney, who presented at Penn on Thursday.
Quakers are ‘fighting,’ but not for admission
Although Penn lists Quakerism as an option on its religious surveys, other faiths such as Judaism and Catholicism likely have a greater ideological influence due to their larger numbers on campus and in the surrounding community.