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According to an article that ran in the Daily Pennsylvanian on September 18th, Penn President Judith Rodin claimed that a football postseason would conflict with finals. She’s partially right. If the Ivy champion advances to the semifinals of the I-AA playoffs, that team will be playing football during the exam period for schools with pre-Christmas finals. But, as the article cites, the same situation exists for the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament, and the Ivy Council of Presidents has no problem sending the league champion off to compete in that playoff bracket...
Penn’s student daily, the Daily Pennsylvanian, further fueled speculation when it reported last week that since the magazine article, both Faust and Radcliffe officials had failed to either confirm or deny Faust’s interest in the position...
With Faust’s statement, all five of the candidates Philadelphia Magazine proposed have now denied their interest, according to the Daily Pennsylvanian...
Some even seem to have taken a page from Faust’s book. Penn Provost Robert Barchi told the Daily Pennsylvanian that he has the “best job in higher education...
...PENNSYLVANIAN FIREPLACE Franklin had nothing to do with the potbellied stove known by his name today. Rather, his invention was a complicated-and ultimately unsuccessful-device intended to force heat into a room while carrying smoke away. But installing the stove meant rebuilding an entire fireplace, and the device apparently couldn't generate enough air flow to force the smoke out. Nevertheless, Franklin's invention was an important stepping-stone in the development of more efficient home heating...