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Colin Kavanaugh | Opening up the gates to the ivory tower
by Colin Kavanaugh | April 13, 2009 1:00AM
In a recent set of undergraduate business school rankings from Business Week, the Wharton School was ranked third behind the University of Virginia and the University of Notre Dame business schools, respectively. This was quite a shocker to a school full of students accustomed to ranking dominance in their undergraduate division.
Colin Kavanaugh | Building a more effective EFCA
by Colin Kavanaugh | March 30, 2009 1:00AM
I have a confession to make: I don't want the Democrats to have a filibuster-proof majority in the United States Senate. I know, I know, this is heresy, and I'm betraying all kinds of liberal-college-campus protocols here. But with a 60-vote supermajority, Democrats could pass whatever legislation they want without the slightest input from Republicans.
Colin Kavanaugh | Keeping the conversation open
by Colin Kavanaugh | February 23, 2009 1:00AM
I love Pink Floyd. I'll shamelessly spend hours in my car on summer days listening to the British rock band. Give me a surround-sound system and the album Dark Side of the Moon, and I'll never complain about anything ever again. It's very easy for me to make connections between their lyrics and a number of situations, including the one between the district attorney's race in Philadelphia and the song Welcome to the Machine.
Colin Kavanaugh | Lessons from Mayor Rendell
by Colin Kavanaugh | February 9, 2009 1:00AM
Philadelphia is strapped with a massive fiscal deficit. Budget cuts are looming over its vast infrastructure, threatening city jobs and services. The city's "savior" is a fresh-faced mayor facing a laundry list of problems who will likely make more enemies than friends by year's end.
Colin Kavanaugh | Turning rhetoric into responsiblity
by Colin Kavanaugh | January 26, 2009 1:00AM
Nearly 130 million people voted in November's election. Millions donated money, or forwent a day of work or school to talk to their neighbors about health care, crime on our streets, or the state of our public schools. And on Jan. 20th, America got a new president because of that hard work, with 1.
A trip to Obama's inauguration
by Colin Kavanaugh | December 9, 2008 1:00AM
Inauguration tickets are on every political junkie's holiday wish list this year. But falling short of that, the Office of the Vice Provost for University Life is getting a lucky group of students as close as possible. At midnight on Jan. 20, a bus full of Penn students will leave campus bound for Washington, D.
Penn Dems elect new president in close race | With audio
by Colin Kavanaugh | December 3, 2008 1:00AM
In a remarkably close election, the Penn Democrats has elected College sophomore Jordan Levine as its next president.
Obama, govs. talk economy
by Colin Kavanaugh | December 3, 2008 1:00AM
President-elect Barack Obama met with the nation's governors in Philadelphia yesterday to discuss state issues affected by the financial crisis. Obama called on the National Governors Association to assemble at Independence Hall, in a move Pennsylvania Gov.
Penn Med to build 'home away from home' for families of transplant patients
by Colin Kavanaugh | November 26, 2008 1:00AM
Thanksgiving isn't until tomorrow, but Penn Medicine is already in the spirit of giving. Last night, Penn Med unveiled the Clyde F. Barker Transplant House, a "home away from home" for transplant patients' families during and after transplant surgeries. "The transplant is one of the most graphic acts of giving," said Ralph Muller, chief executive officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Obama will broadcast weekly addresses on YouTube
by Colin Kavanaugh | November 25, 2008 1:00AM
When President-elect Barack Obama moves into the White House on Jan. 20, technology will make the historic move with him. With over three million online donors and many more millions of supporters in an e-mail database, the president-elect is poised to fulfill his pro
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