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Valentine’s Day

February 14

Katerina Semida
University of Pennsylvania
For two or three weeks now, store displays have been adorned with bright pink decorations, two-person “sweetheart specials” have temporarily appeared on restaurant menus, and tourist sites have advertised new love-themed exhibits. Several times a day, I receive spam e-mails urging me to “get your gifts now and surprise that special someone [...]

Addicted

February 1

Blackberry usage takes off at U.S. universities

Katerina Semida
University of Pennsylvania
Having tutored about a dozen Wharton students in subjects ranging from finance to accounting to mathematics over the past few semesters, I was convinced that I had seen it all as far as tutoring challenges-difficult questions, confused students, covering a month worth of material the night [...]

A slice of India

January 19

Conan Wang
University of Pennsylvania
For the visitor interested in a glimpse at modern India, the intersection of the Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road and Vishwakarma Road in Gurgaon may be a good starting point.

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Obama’s victory: Dispatch from Pennsylvania

Weijia Yu
University of Pennsylvania

The festivities began an hour before midnight, as the Democratic candidate from Illinois was officially pronounced the winner of the 2008 presidential election.

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