November 29, 2016

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2016

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FIGHTING Tarka, Bobby’s Burger Palace face health violations From Nov. 9-21, city officials inspected over 500 restaurants REBECCA TAN Staff Reporter

From mouse droppings to moldy onions, Tarka Restaurant at 3801 Chestnut Street received a dozen health violations this November. The restaurant, which serves Pakistani, Indo-Chinese and Japanese food, was among ten establishments instructed by the Philadelphia Department of Health to “discontinue food operations immediately” due to “imminent health hazards.” After sanctioned closures on Nov. 7 and Nov. 10, the restaurant was allowed to re-open on Nov. 16. From Nov. 9-21, the DOH inspected nearly 500 restaurants, delis and other eateries, Philly.com reported. After three inspections of Tarka, the DOH registered 12 health violations at the establishment. Speaking over the phone to the Daily Pennsylvanian, Tarka’s manager Sultan Bhuiyan SEE VIOLATIONS PAGE 5

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LOVE IN THE CITY OF BROTHERLY

District Attorney task force to work across six city zones

And the realities of both college and life are such that they cannot be encompassed in the one word — ‘Good.’ “

NICOLE RUBIN Staff Reporter

In the face of various racially-driven incidents of hate in Philadelphia, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has created a new task force within the city to deal specifically with hate crimes, or as it is termed in the

legal code of Pennsylvania, “ethnic intimidation.” Cameron Kline, Communications Director and Spokesman for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, said the task force will work across six zones in the city broken up by police district, with Penn being in the southwest zone. In each zone, there will be an Assistant District Attorney specifically assigned to prosecute cases that fall into their zone. The statement released by Williams, Police

Commissioner Richard Ross and City Solicitor Sozi Pedro Tulante, said that during this period of “collective unrest, we also remind Philadelphians that violence of damage of property will not be tolerated.” It also states that, “regardless of whether these actions are committed in the name of the President-elect or in opposition to him,” they do not belong in the City of Brotherly Love. SEE CRIMES PAGE 5

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BRING ON THE CHAMPS

Nearby colleges confront election result Penn was shaken, but local schools reacted differently KATHLEEN HARWOOD Staff Reporter

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COURTESY OF CAROLINE WEISSTUCH

Results of the election have sparked a variety of reactions and shifted the political climate on many different college campuses.

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1968 Wharton graduate and President-elect Donald Trump’s surprise victory sparked mostly disappointment and conf lict on Penn’s campus — but other nearby college campuses didn’t necessarily have the same reaction. At Penn, on the Wednesday following the election, some professors cancelled classes and postponed exams, and in a meeting with administrators, students were visibly upset over Trump’s win. That Friday, freshman students of color were unwillingly added to a GroupMe filled with racist messages, prompting protests and a solidarity march. At nearby Lafayette College, the campus was divided; many

students felt frightened by the results while others were celebrating. Louise Olson, a sophomore studying psychology, said that she was surprised by the visible division among her peers. “There were students who went out of their way to disrupt peaceful and silent protests,” she said. “A friend of mine who openly supported Hillary Clinton had drinks poured on her and the phrase ‘build a wall” screamed at her when she went out to a bar later that week. The strong, almost violent, support for Donald Trump and the lack of respect towards students with different opinions displayed on campus was really just shocking to me.” Olson described the atmosphere on Lafayette’s campus as generally “scary” but added that many of her friends who voted for SEE ELECTION PAGE 5

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