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'You don't want to get me in trouble, do you?" Obama Girl coyly whispers into the phone with a laugh and maybe a wink.
If I didn't know any better, I'd think she's trying to flirt with me. I had asked her if I could possibly get a hint about the new video she is working on, and the response was perhaps her most genuine of the entire interview.
Avery Lawrence is a College senior from Charlottesville, Va. His e-mail address is lawrence@dailypennsylvanian.com. Unsigned editorials appearing on the Opinion Page represent the opinion of The Daily Pennsylvanian as determined by the majority of the Opinion Board.
Surveying your very own tour guides is about as unbiased as holding a Russian election. Sure it's democratic, but we all know how it's going to turn out.
The Admissions office should have known better than to send the annual Princeton Review questionnaire to its student ambassadors from the Kite and Key Society.
Hillary Clinton has the experience necessary to achieve her vision Pennsylvania Democrats are confronted with a tragedy of riches: two incredibly appealing candidates for their Party's nomination. We want to believe that Sen. Barack Obama can accomplish all he promises.
Penn Previews is the time for the University to make its best impression on accepted students - and their parents.
Which leads us to wonder why administrators would want to hold one of the Penn Preview days on the Friday of Spring Fling.
Seeing college students drinking at 10 a.
I started off Fling with a bunch of relative strangers.
I had only met most of them the week before, but there we were last Wednesday, crammed into a house on Baltimore. I only knew a handful of their names, but I wouldn't have begun my last Spring Fling any other way.
This is a defining moment. At a time when our nation is at war and our American dream is slipping away, we cannot settle for the status quo.
Pennsylvania is a state that embodies America's founding promise that we can always come together to seek a more perfect union.
Around 9 p.m. on Saturday, I left the raging Carnival and impossibly long lines on College Green to make a quick pit stop at the 34th Street food court.
Literally 30 seconds after I had joined my
friends in line, someone informed us that Stephen Colbert and his wife were checking out at CVS.
Like all professions, engineering is becoming increasingly global.
Luckily, more and more Engineering students are finding time in their education here at Penn to study abroad. But despite increased participation rates, many students still feel that studying abroad is too much of a hassle or just isn't worth it.
One of the most rewarding parts of running for president is meeting the young, smart and passionate people across this country. You are standing up and taking part in our nation's history.
We all saw your activism on display after September 11. President Bush called on Americans to draw on our wallets and go shopping.
In the past few weeks, my friends who were prescient enough to realize that suffering through painfully dull finance classes would one day be worth it, started to receive their signing bonuses. Payoff at last!
Suddenly burdened with a few thousand dollars, many of them sought out the sagacious and venerable advice of their hairiest friend: yours truly.
It's tragic that Penn's most common crime is also the most preventable.
Despite the Division of Public Safety's Theft Awareness Program, thefts from buildings have skyrocketed, increasing over 150 percent from last year.
And a large portion of these thefts - over 60 percent - are of unattended property.
Young people are energized about this year's elections unlike any in recent memory.
Turnout has increased dramatically across the country, demonstrating a passion and dedication not seen among youth in a long time.
This newest generation of American voters feels more connected to and affected by politics.
For many Penn students, the perks of being a Resident Advisor are pretty obvious: free room and board, a meal plan with endless Dining Dollars, freedom from the tyranny of Campus Apartments and absolute authority over dozens of feeble freshmen.
But as much as anyone would appreciate having rent-free housing, some students certainly need it more than others.
I, like many of my peers who better be doing the same thing right now, am flinging.
You could ask me why, and I'd tell you, but I hope it's fairly obvious.
We get only two official days a year when all our collegiate responsibilities are forgotten - just as long as we don't forget which freshman we employed to hide that bottle of booze before bag checks started.