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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Banning Booze
The next few months could be a more lucrative time for bars in Hanover, N.H. The home of Dartmouth College is not especially known for its bar scene, with many students choosing instead to drink on campus at fraternity parties.
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Punishment, Post-Oklahoma
This article contains explicit and potentially offensive terms that are essential to reporting on this situation. Last month, a prisoner serving time at a federal penitentiary in Lewisburg, Penn., was listening to a local radio broadcast when the speakers spat out a string of racist phrases. “Niggers,” one of the voices said. “Black people should be dead,” said another.
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Stomping Out Sports Subsidies
Some Rutgers University sports fans, including state politicians, say that if the Scarlet Knights want to compete with the big-name programs in their new Big Ten athletic conference, the university has to pony up for improved facilities. But a legislative body on campus last week urged the opposite, recommending that the university postpone spending on any new projects until the athletics department solves a multiyear budget deficit.
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Momentum for Campus Carry
At least 11 states are considering whether to allow concealed weapons on college campuses this year, the latest chapter in a now seemingly annual legislative debate between gun control advocates and gun rights supporters. Bills have been introduced, at least once, in almost half of the 50 states in the past few years.
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Northeastern U. at Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley’s “war for talent” has technology companies tempting potential recruits with benefits such as egg freezing, gourmet cafeterias and private shuttles. But few can match semiconductor producer Integrated Device Technology’s latest perk: a graduate school in the office. Northeastern University on Monday officially unveiled its latest branch campus, adding to its locations in Charlotte, N.C., and Seattle.
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Drexel Pulls Back
Drexel University has begun to scale back a series of expansion efforts, a sign that the university’s ambitious plans may not have played out as hoped. The university mostly recently decided to shut down a campus in Sacramento, 3,000 miles from its main campus in Philadelphia. After just a year, Drexel also scaled back a partnership with Philadelphia-area community colleges.
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Who Gets to be a .Doctor?
Should a doctor of philosophy be considered a .doctor? The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, has yet to make web addresses ending in .doctor available, but the debate about who should be able to register for them has already begun. ICANN recently decided that .doctor should only be available to licensed medical practitioners, meaning the millions of Ph.D. holders in the U.S.
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Bigotry or Metaphor?
A six-month-old Facebook post about the conflict in Gaza, receiving attention only recently, has spurred a debate over hate speech at Connecticut College that has some students calling on the administration to condemn racist remarks.
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About Time?
The speed and forcefulness with which David Boren, president of the University of Oklahoma, moved to punish members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon after they were caught singing a racist song this month earned the praise of many on campus and across the country, including President Obama. The following week, Boren drew similar praise for announcing that he would soon hire a vice president to oversee diversity and inclusion efforts on campus.
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Academic Freedom or Secrecy?
The University of Delaware is refusing to fulfill a congressman's request that it release information about who is funding a prominent climate change skeptic’s research. The university is the first of seven institutions facing similar requests to publicly deny them, citing concerns about academic freedom.