One of our staff photographers, Alvin Loke took this shot at this week’s basketball game against Princeton.
The paper always seems to get criticized for writing harshly about Penn’s athletes: running photos of their grim expressions during losses, being blocked on the court, and so on. I felt this capture-although not suitable for print due to its lack of action- encapsulated our emotions as student fans, not journalists.

As Remy Cofield takes the hand of his teammate Brian Grandieri during a lull in the play, we’re all reminded of the friendships and community that exist underneath the busy craziness of day-to-day life at Penn.
Go Quakers

One of the most remarkable stories in the news coverage of this year’s presidential election is the impact being made by college students across the country. Because of Pennsylvania’s late primary, students here at Penn have been relatively insulated from the candidates’ intense courtship of the youth vote in states such as Iowa. That said, no one with a television set or access to the internet could possibly ignore the media frenzy.With that in mind, the editors of the DP were interested in finding out exactly what Penn students are thinking about U.S. politics in general and the presidential election in particular. We published results of a scientific opinion research survey this past week on Tuesday 2/5 (pdf) and Wednesday 2/6 (pdf), coinciding with our comprehensive coverage of Super Tuesday.The survey was conducted over a period of four days (2/1-2/4) online. Invitations to participate were sent via e-mail to a random sample 3,000 undergraduate and graduate Penn students, netting 601 unique responses (and a +/- 4% margin of error, different for subgroups).

Unfortunately, due to space constraints, only a limited set of the results could be published in the paper. If you’re curious, you can download a full copy of the data summary here.

Super Tuesday and this past weekend’s primaries have left John McCain the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party. In the tightening Democratic race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, however, Pennsylvania’s late primary might ultimately count quite a bit. This survey is, therefore, great insight into how campus will divide up come April 22.

P.S. Some might be interested in knowing that we used the software LimeSurvey.