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...PRESIDENT OF Penn, Judith Rodin, made more than $1 million last fiscal year for zero days of work, the Daily Pennsylvanian reports. A spokeswoman for the schools calls it "deferred compensation" for meeting goals in Rodin's decade as Penn's leader. That salary topped current president (and Harvard presidential candidate) Amy Gutmann by at least 325 large...
Holding signs such as "Don't waste paper" and "I will not make a sign," the six Penn students marched through campus and generally left everyone "befuddled," the Daily Pennsylvanian reports. And as if things couldn't get more absurd, there's this: Raviv said the group was told to quiet down as they walked over the Compass, where Sociology professor Samuel Preston was delivering a 60-second lecture as part of a series organized by the School of Arts and Sciences.What? Where's the story on that? But don't worry, the Columbia protest had its moments of absurdity...
REMEMBER WHEN RAY Nagin, mayor of New Orleans, was blasted for calling Ground Zero in Manhattan a "hole in the ground"? Well, let's see how people react to this fine comparison in the Daily Pennsylvanian by Penn's new top facilities manager (formerly design director for the Ground Zero memorial): For Penn's new top Facilities official, rebuilding lower Manhattan after Sept. 11 has been good preparation for rebuilding University City...
...Bloggers' anonymity: mostly preserved —Only information uncovered: the IvyGate guys are Columbia alums —Other media used as comparisons: the New York Post and Gawker —Executive editor of the Daily Pennsylvanian: "I'm not going to lie, it's fun to read." —Editor in chief of the Cornell Daily Sun: "disappointed...
...from other rivals, now trickling out over the op-ed pages of national newspapers. Following Stanford Provost John Etchemendy's defiant stance in the New York Times last week, UPenn President Amy Gutmann took to the Washington Post on Sunday with a similar defense of early admissions. (The Daily Pennsylvanian notes the latter today...