Also, Penn group hosts another academic freedom discussion
Friday, February 9
Good morning, Penn.
Happy Super Bowl weekend! Who will win and become the next great American dynasty of the NFL? Everyone's got a pick — even if it's only in their wildest dreams.
In other news, the United States Supreme Court appears ready to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court's Dec. 19 decision prohibiting 1968 Wharton graduate and former President Donald Trump from appearing on the Colorado primary ballot. And surgeons at Penn Medicine connected a genetically modified pig liver to a recently deceased person’s body — a major step towards performing the same procedure in patients with liver failure.
But first, an investigation centering on President Biden's holding of classified documents — including in the Penn Biden Center — concluded that Biden purposefully retained classified materials after his vice presidency ended in 2017, but declined to issue an indictment.
An investigation started on Jan. 12, 2023 revealed that Biden was aware of classified documents found in the Penn Biden Center, his Delaware home, and the University of Delaware. Despite this evidence, a United States Department of Justice special counsel declined to prosecute him due to insufficient evidence in a report released on Thursday afternoon.
Many Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of multiple aspects of the Dec. 19 decision which deemed Trump ineligible to appear on Colorado's primary ballot due to his role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
The Penn Political Union hosted an event with political science professor Ian Lustick discussing free speech and the criteria for speakers in a University setting.
A team of Penn surgeons successfully circulated the blood of a recently deceased human donor with a pig liver outside of the body, offering a new method for addressing the chronic shortage of human organs for transplantation.
A Peruvian politician and human rights activist will receive the 2024 Penn Nursing Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health for her lifelong dedication to Indigenous women’s rights in Peru.
This February, the DP will be publishing a special series of news, sports, opinion, and multimedia pieces to spotlight the stories, perspectives, and truths of Black culture and history at Penn and in the larger Philadelphia community. This page will be live and updated throughout the month.
Penn women's basketball's freshman guard Mataya Gayle has taken the Ivy League by storm but those who know her aren't surprised.
TODAY IN DP HISTORY
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In 2018, the DP reported on the official launch of the Penn Biden Center in Washington D.C. This year, an investigation prompted by classified documents found in the Penn Biden Center revealed that Biden "willfully retained" classified materials after his vice presidency ended.
THIS WEEK IN PRINT
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TAKE A BREATHER
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FROM 34TH STREET MAGAZINE
While fan fiction is often cast aside as the work of horny teenage girls, anyone who reads any fan fiction knows all about their full-fledged descriptions. What does that look like outside the fiction? Features Writer Meiling Matur explores the long–term livelihoods of fan fiction writers outside of their stories.
The beloved BYO establishment is a quintessential part of the Philadelphia college student experience. The food is more often than not the supporting character in what often turns out to be a night of drinks and debauchery. Street delves into the birth of the BYO, taking us back to prohibition–era Philly.
FROM UNDER THE BUTTON
It seems you've stolen from Mark's Café in the Van Pelt basement one too many times! Now, to reduce chances of being robbed, Zach Whiting reports that Mark's Café is relocating to the greener pastures of O-Block, Chicago. At least the frozen chicken pot pie meals will be safer there.
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