03/22/10 5:16am
Most Penn students would probably have trouble remembering a time before political campaigns asked for monetary donations in addition to support. Many, however, prefer to back their candidates in other ways.
03/16/10 5:57am
The Penn Democrats, along with Penn for Sestak and Penn for Specter, will be working hard to get out the vote before the semester comes to an end, according to Penn Dems President and College sophomore Emma Ellman-Golan.
03/03/10 7:55am
According to Penn Dems President and College sophomore Emma Ellman-Golan, the Shabbat Unity Dinner with the College Republicans is just one of the activities during which the two groups come together to emphasize bipartisanship.
02/26/10 3:15am
The protest will be repeated today and every subsequent Friday this semester as part of “Fair Food Fridays.” The campaign, which originated in 2001, centers around human-rights issues with Aramark.
02/25/10 4:00am
Proposed law would allow grocery stores and convenience stores to sell beer but not without concessions.
02/19/10 5:49am
This weekend, members of the Penn College Republicans will be attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.
02/16/10 5:37am
Members of the Student Labor Action Project delivered Valentines to Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli and pillows to Penn President Amy Gutmann every hour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday.
02/11/10 5:33am
Pennsylvania State Representative and Penn alumnus Mark Cohen thinks it’s time to raise the state’s minimum wage again — a measure that would affect many college students working minimum wage jobs.
02/09/10 6:50am
On Saturday, the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee voted to endorse incumbent Senator Arlen Specter over Congressman Joe Sestak in the 2010 U.S. Senate election.
02/04/10 7:49am
With nine undergraduate groups run by the Lambda Alliance and over 20 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups in total, there is a sizeable LGBT community at Penn. But some argue that it has not taken adequate interest in political movements off campus.
02/01/10 1:28am
More than 40 students with majors varying from international relations to biology took on roles as non-government organizations, military forces, government coalitions and two factions of locals in Bosnia during a real time mission simulation.
01/29/10 4:40am
Individuals have always been able to create their own advertisements — provided they had the money to do so. Corporations and unions were barred from doing this. In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that these restrictions were in violation of corporations’ and unions’ First Amendment rights.
01/28/10 6:34am
Students gathered at venues across campus to watch President Barack Obama's second State of the Union address.
01/26/10 6:39am
Penn students from all over the country have received Philadelphia jury duty summons as a result of registering to vote in Pennsylvania for the 2008 presidential election.
01/20/10 3:50am
Monday night, Penn Dems made the most of campaigning technology to support Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election to fill the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat. With 89 percent of ballots counted, Brown receieved 52 percent of the vote to Coakley’s 47 percent, according to CNN.
01/19/10 6:09am
Last week Penn for Palestine held a memorial for the lives lost in the conflict with Israel in Gaza last winter, and reactions within the Penn community were mixed.
11/19/09 5:21am
On Wednesday night, Ebinger spoke in Huntsman Hall as part of the Levy Social Impact Lecture Series and the Penn Social Entrepreneurship Speaker Series.
11/02/09 12:13am
A girl in an elaborate, homemade hyena costume stood on Locust Walk on Friday. Her message? Go green.
