Fall 2013 Undergraduate Assembly Elections
Find out more about the candidates vying for a seat on the Undergraduate Assembly. Click "here":http://www.thedp.com/section/fall-2013-class-board-elections to learn more about Class Board 2017 candidates. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, and results will be announced that evening if there is no hearing.
Philadelphia lands spot on short list to host 2016 Democratic National Convention
Selection criteria include whether the city has facilities capable of staging the event and if there are enough hotels to accommodate the delegates and media. The final decision will be announced later in 2014 or in early 2015.
Tydings | The future can’t come soon enough
Since the end of the dreadful 2013-14 season for Penn men’s basketball, we’ve seen three players and two assistants leave the program. But we’ve also seen coach Jerome Allen go to work.While things seemed to be crumbling around him, Allen kept on moving, introducing his former Penn teammate Nat Graham as his assistant while adding four recruits.
Penn’s Markham tries out for U.S. national team
Rising senior defense Meg Markham spent the past weekend trying out for the U.S. women’s lacrosse team along with 83 of the best lacrosse players from around the country. Though Markham didn’t make the final roster, the experience was definitely a valuable one for one of Penn’s key returning starters.Crime Log: June 6 - June 12
This week's crimes include an assault and three burglaries.
Reconstructions, renovations and repairs, oh my
Campus renovations include the Class of 1949 Bridge, the Kelly Writers House and the Neural and Behavioral Sciences Building.
Transformers producer took his MBA to Hollywood
Wharton MBA recipient Lorenzo di Bonaventura is no stranger to Hollywood, having produced such films as "The Matrix", "Salt" and the G.I. Joe series. His latest work, "Transformers: Age of Extinction" , will be released on June 27.Melissa Lawford | Vows for modernity
I believe the time for bra-burning has come and gone, but there are so many leftover social norms that still need alterations.
How to succeed at your internship
The Daily Pennsylvanian consulted with Career Services and Penn alumni about how to make the most of your summer internship.Annika Neklason | Eating green
As a teenager living at a boarding school where many of those choices were made for me by higher authorities, my vegetarianism felt like something I could control. Something I could do, myself, to fight for a cause I cared about.Sabina Spigner | Guilty pleasures
The point is that I’m quick to judge. I think that my upbringing has a lot to do with this because in order to make up for my differences, I felt as though I had to comment on other women’s bodies. Judging became my defense mechanism.
Vagelos insiders deem program successful despite high dropout rate
Vagelos alumni believe that statistics should not be the sole measurement of the program's success.
Executive order cuts Saturday SEPTA strike short
Obama stepped in at the request of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, ordering a presidential emergency board to help negotiate an agreement between SEPTA and the two unions representing its locomotive engineers and electrical workers.Colbert Report doubles as crash course in campaign finance
Senior researcher at the Annenberg Public Policy Center Bruce Hardy and his team found that viewers of “The Colbert Report” were more knowledgeable about the finances of political campaigns than those who watched other news broadcasts by surveying 1,232 adults in the U.S. about SuperPACs — which are used to collect campaign funds — and tax exemption policies and comparing the different news programs each citizen watched.Penn research team finds that suicides most commonly occur at night
Led by Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program Director and Psychiatry professor Michael Perlis, the study determined that most suicides take place between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m. The findings were released in the wake of the Spring semester's two student suicides.Henderson | All is not lost for U.S. soccer
A lot has happened in the world of international soccer since the last World Cup was held four years ago in South Africa.All-time greats like Ronaldinho have faded away from their once seemingly untouchable positions of supremacy.Jonathan Iwry | Eye of the B-holder
Art is powerful for its ability to conjure meaningful experiences and offer new perspectives. It’s not a quantifiable substance, but a potential for interpretation.
City Tap House expands to Center City
The popular bar and restaurant will open a second Philadelphia location in Logan Square this September.
SEPTA announces 24-hour weekend train pilot
The overnight train service will run every twenty minutes on the Broad Street and Market-Frankford lines through Labor Day weekend.
ESPN coming to history-rich Bethlehem for SoccerFest
As part of the FIFA World Cup SoccerFest and Viewing Party, ESPN has selected Bethlehem SteelStacks as one of very few venues around the country where it will look-in live at crowd reactions during the USA vs. Ghana game on June 16.