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...response to such criticism, the Advising and Counseling Committee has proposed creating a “contract” between students and advisers that would confirm appointments and “ensure that advising is coming at various stages of the process,” said Danny F. Yagan ’06, a student representative on the committee...
Anyone who has ever tried to study in Loker Commons or a House dining hall will confirm the impossibility of significant productivity in the presence of vacuum cleaners, loud conversations, and big-screen televisions. Even if an undergraduate wanted to study late in one of these presently-available alternatives, he or she would be foiled by a 2 a.m. closing time (in the case of Loker) or the need to clean and tidy before the next day arrives (as far as dining halls are concerned...
Phyllis Holtzman, a spokeswoman for Penn, said that Malinovskaya had been slated to graduate in December, but she could not confirm whether Malinovskaya would be awarded a degree from the university because the final list of December graduates has not been released...
...death toll was likely to rise. Thousands of people, many in their teens and 20s, had packed into the Cromagnon Republic disco to celebrate the end of the school year. The Argentinean rock band Los Callejeros was playing when the fire broke out. City authorities said they could not confirm the cause of the blaze, but a number of witnesses said that it started when one of the audience launched a flare - widely available over the holiday season - at the ceiling. Survivors spoke of a stampede as desperate teenagers scrambled to escape from the flames and thick smoke. "People were...
...three to four cups of coffee a day had an almost 30% lower risk of diabetes, and serious caffeine users (more than 10 cups a day) cut their risk 60%. It's not clear whether the coffee was directly responsible for the lower diabetes rates, but further studies may confirm the connection, as caffeine is known to influence the way the body processes sugar...