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Students Vote, Then Party for Obama
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- November 5, 2008
Midnight revelry sprouts on campuses in Michigan, California, D.C., Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin.
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College Newspapers Endorse Obama Over McCain, 63 to 1
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- November 3, 2008
The only student paper to pick McCain as of October 31 was from the University of Mississippi.
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Penn State Greets Clinton; Campus Leaders in Philly Endorse Obama
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- April 21, 2008
Tomorrow is the Pennsylvania primary, so naturally, we must talk about it.
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Bear Stearns Rescinds Student Job Offers
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- April 10, 2008
The displaced students are being offered free career help and other internships.
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Penn's April Fools' Obama Heartbreak
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- April 1, 2008
Three University of Pennsylvania students broke the hearts of their classmates this week by successfully pulling off an elaborate Barack Obama-related April Fools' Day hoax.
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The Undie Run Epidemic
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- February 1, 2008
At least three more schools think it's a good idea to organize a large mass of people to run around half-naked.
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Giant Headshot Begets Dubious Fame
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- November 28, 2007
Conceptual art has given one Penn student a taste of minor campus celebrity status.
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Philly Robbery Victims: Fleeced, but Not Stranded
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 9, 2007
Crafty but courteous armed robbers have been plaguing the Philadelphia taxi-riding scene, and at least one UPenn student has fallen victim.
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Candidates Try to Be Funny but Are Unintentionally So
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- September 28, 2007
It's that time of year again at the University of Pennsylvania, when ambitious, credential-grubbing resume builders run for student government.
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A Generation's Defining Moment
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- September 11, 2007
In an anniversary year that isn't even a multiple of five, colleges (and their newspapers) across the nation commemorate the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon six years ago.
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Wharton Students Under Investigation for Cheating
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- September 6, 2007
The University of Pennsylvania is looking into allegations of cheating by a "large number" of students on a final project in a Wharton business school freshman class last semester, the Daily Pennsylvanian writes..
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The Impact of 'Sicko' on Popular Opinion About Healthcare Reform
By Michelle Andrews -
Health
- August 31, 2007
Even people who haven't seen the movie have changed their minds.
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Board Up Your Homes! The Fourth Graders Are Coming
By Jackie Mantey -
The Paper Trail
- July 19, 2007
Several groups of prepubescent boys have reportedly been assaulting and harassing University of Pennsylvania students and staff, leaving "people at fear when they see little children," reports the Daily Pennsylvanian.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 25, 2007
*UC-Davis is opening its own Robert Mondavi Institute, the California Aggie reports. Best final exams ever?.
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Penn Professor Is Suspect in Wife's Murder
The Paper Trail
- January 9, 2007
"They always start with the family members first," the attorney of a University of Pennsylvania professor told the Daily Pennsylvanian, after a local district attorney announced the professor is the prime suspect in his wife's murder. "Nevertheless," the DP writes, economics Prof.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail
- December 11, 2006
South Carolina has become the latest SEC school to get a live mascot, the Daily Gamecock reports. The new mascot is a 13-year-old English black-breasted red gamecock named Sir Big Spur.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail
- December 7, 2006
Before graduation, University of Arizona students will be searched--for tortillas, which students traditionally toss into the air, the Daily Wildcat reports . "A tortilla, especially if it is dried, can really injure someone," the associate dean of students explains.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail
- November 29, 2006
The CIA wants you to work for it--but don't expect a James Bond lifestyle, says the Arizona State Press.
At the University of North Texas, drunk students don't just cab it home--they can get a limo ride with a Christian driver ("Limo Don") who sees shuttling them as his mission, the NT Daily says.
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Second Bests: "In a Relationship" . . . with Voting
The Paper Trail
- November 8, 2006
Inspired by Gov.-elect Deval Patrick's higher-ed positions, University of Massachusetts students voted enthusiastically, the Daily Collegian reports.
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