Student Life

Cricket Craze

01 May 2003

Students gather to watch 2003 Cricket World Cup

Second Time Around

01 Jan 2003

A program offered through the College of General Studies allows retirees—Penn alumni and others—to audit courses in the School of Arts and Sciences.

Unlocking Doors

01 Jan 2003

Stealing clothes, hanging from fire escapes—it’s all part of growing up.

Speaking Out Against War

01 Jan 2003

Faculty “teach-in” and students march against war on Iraq

Assault Allegations Shock Campus

01 Jan 2003

Five charged in assault on Princeton debater

NLRB Rules: Some Grad Students Are Employees

01 Jan 2003

NLRB rules for grad-student union elections

Hamilton House Makeover

01 Jan 2003

New furniture—and more—for Hamilton House

Here, Now

01 Nov 2002

Some of what students are doing on and around campus, Fall 2002.

2006: A Penn Odyssey

01 Nov 2002

Some of the 2,451 members of the freshman class talk about the diverse paths that brought them to Penn.

Evangelically Speaking

01 Nov 2002

The public and private sides of Brother Stephen.

Remembering 9/11

01 Nov 2002

Marking the first anniversary of 9.11.01

Freshmen Get the Message: “There is No Sure Thing”

01 Nov 2002

“Open your minds, and we’ll open one another’s eyes."

Going Fourth

01 Nov 2002

Penn at #4 in U.S. News & World Report.

Carriage House Dedicated as LGBT Center

01 Nov 2002

Carriage House opens as LGBT Center.

Back to the Future

01 Nov 2002

Throughout the 21st century, Penn continues to make waves and reinvent itself—in surprising ways, as a bicentennial timeline from a 2102 Gazette shows.

When Food Is the Enemy

01 Sep 2002

There’s a very thin line between eating disorders and disordered eating.

On the Dreaded Day, an Elusive Burd Visits the Electricity Room

01 Sep 2002

Exam anxiety, in 1765

Ever wondered where “Rowbottoms” came from, why they call it “Hey Day,” or what flings in the spring? Here are attempts at explanations—with illustrative excerpts—of some Penn traditions past and present.