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Mar
21
2012

En Hao's Pumped Up Kicks

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Pumped Up kicks indeed. You might’ve seen En Hao Kicks on campus last year as part of Keds’ “How Do You Do” national campaign. Penn transfer En Hao hand painted each pair of these one-of-a-kind shoes. Inspired by Youtube video tutorials on shoe painting, En first started painting on shoes his freshman year while studying at Cornell. Within a year, a Keds campus representatives caught notice of his unique shoes and asked him to join [...]

Mar
11
2012

L'Chaim! Gevaryahu Bringing Change to Campus

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Chaim Gevaryahu, a Diplomatic History major from Lower Merion, PA, works tirelessly to provide cultural and educational opportunities for Jews of all backgrounds. Dozens of students have benefited from Chaim’s passion and warmth after experiencing their first Shabbat dinner or their first Jewish learning session. Chaim’s involvement in Penn’s Jewish community spans from his position on the advisory board of the Orthodox Community at Penn (OCP) to coordinating two major initiatives on campus, Heart-to-Heart and [...]

Feb
16
2012

Here's to Us

Fellow Juniors, We’re lucky to be at one of the most incredible universities this country has to offer – and to be surround by some of the most incredible people. We’re intelligent and street smart, hard working and social, academic and athletic. But this class is something special, and you can see it in the way we walk down Locust. From owning a landscaping company to engineering fuel cells, Penn ’13 students are already changing [...]

Oct
22
2011

Skimmer Flashback

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So it only seems fitting that the first blog post should be devoted to CB13′s first event for this year: Friday, September 16, 2011 a.k.a. SKIMMER. Can I just say, how friggin’ awesome Skimmer was?! I know it’s already been almost two months since Skimmer happened, but I am still reveling over the success of the event. As this is the first event I helped plan since joining Class Board last semester, it was such [...]

Sep
20
2011

SNAPs to Janan McCormick!

I spoke with Janan about her other interests outside of the nursing curriculum including her stance on healthcare politics, her views towards the Nursing School, her thoughts towards the progression of the nursing profession, and, of course, her new role as SNAP President. When I reviewed her responses to the set of questions I sent her, I realized that we share a lot of common ground in our views, particularly with our love of the [...]

Vote for Hey Day T-Shirt Designs!

Remember to vote for your favorite Hey Day T-Shirt Designs HERE. The winning design will be worn by all your classmates on Hey Day, April 25th!

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