5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Americans Aren’t Saving Enough for Retirement, but One Change Could Help
Kent Smetters of the Wharton School shares his thoughts on Americans’ saving plans.
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Not the Usual College Party (This One’s Sober)
It started with a wine cooler, said Paige Cederna, describing that first sweet, easy-to-down drink she experienced as a “magic elixir.” “I had no inhibitions with alcohol,” said Ms. Cederna, 24. “I could talk to guys and not worry about anyone judging me. I remember being really proud the day I learned to chug a beer.
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Barnes & Noble to Spin Off College Bookstores Unit
Barnes & Noble said on Thursday that it would spin off its college bookstores business into a separate publicly traded company, changing up its breakup plans. Originally, the retailer had planned to part with the education division as part of a spinoff of its Nook business, made up in large part of its struggling e-reader device.
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The Push for Net Neutrality Arose From Lack of Choice
Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School is quoted about the Federal Communications Commission and net neutrality.
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The Gentrification Effect
Excerpts from the School of Arts & Sciences’ Thomas Sugrue’s essay titled “Diversity, Toleration and Space in Metropolitan America” are included.
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At Princeton, Women Make Strides at Clubs That Once Barred Them
Princeton University’s 11 eating clubs are where most of its upperclassmen go for dinner every night, as the name implies.
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College, Poetry and Purpose
Anne Hall of the School of Arts & Sciences is referenced.
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A Bid for Guns on Campuses to Deter Rape
As gun rights advocates push to legalize firearms on college campuses, an argument is taking shape: Arming female students will help reduce sexual assaults. Support for so-called campus carry laws had been hard to muster despite efforts by proponents to argue that armed students and faculty members could prevent mass shootings like the one at Virginia Tech in 2007.
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Yale Restricts a Fraternity After Sexual Misconduct
A Yale fraternity has been banned from conducting on-campus activities until August 2016 as punishment for violating the university’s sexual misconduct policy at an initiation ceremony last year and then trying to impede the resulting investi
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Disputed Admissions at University of Texas
A “select handful” of University of Texas applicants are approved each year at the direction of the school president over the objections of the admissions office, a longtime practice that has grown in recent years,