If you're itching to get elected, here's what you need to know about Penn's student government

The six branches under Penn Student Government include the Undergraduate Assembly, which lobbies for students' needs, and the Social Planning and Events Committee, which helps to organize campus-wide activities like Spring Fling. 

Days before graduation, students continue to debate the choice of Cory Booker as commencement speaker

“The past few speakers have had such a strong left leaning,” College senior Samantha Rahmin said. “We’re getting to a point where if they were going to choose someone political, they should’ve chosen someone more moderate or more to the right."

The terrorist attack in Sweden hit close to home for students studying abroad or with family in the country

“Before going abroad, I was worried something like this was going to happen, but not in Sweden," College junior Lacey Chaum said. "It was the first time I ever felt like Stockholm was unsafe.”

Penn Democrats welcome other chapters across Pa. for weekend convention

The event represented an effort by Penn Dems to bolster relations with the Pennsylvania College Democrats.

Yale Freshmen form Latino Men's Union to unify community

With the goal of forging stronger bonds among Latino men, as well as in communities both on Yale’s campus and in New Haven, the new club holds weekly brunch meetings, reported the Yale Daily News.

Gutmann makes a rare appearance at Mask and Wig's spring show

After clearing it with the president’s office the afternoon before the show, College senior and Mask and Wig Chairman Tim Bloom invited Gutmann onto the stage to sing Penn’s song, "The Red and Blue."

Why a majority Democratic North Philadelphia district could elect a Republican state representative

After the resignation of incumbent Democrat Leslie Acosta due to her guilty plea for embezzlement, a special election was called for Pennsylvania House District 197.

Kenan Thompson announced as SPEC Connaissance's spring speaker

“We thought that Kenan would be great, because not only do we all see him every weekend on 'Saturday Night Live,' but we also grew up with him on 'All That' and 'Kenan and Kel',” College senior Caroline Pitofsky said.

Biden speaks at Penn for the first time after being appointed a professor, calls for progress on cancer research

After briefly poking fun at Biden’s appearances on the TV show Parks and Recreation and his ubiquity in the satirical news outlet The Onion, Gutmann opened by honoring Biden’s accomplishments.

Bloomers and Mask and Wig grapple with political comedy in the age of Trump

“It was more parodying comedy about Trump than it was joking about Trump,” Bloom said. “We’re making fun of ourselves almost. It was on a meta-level about not touching Trump in the comedy world.”

Here's how a Korean student and an activist group are responding to North Korea's recent missile test

“My parents are concerned, but this isn’t new for South Koreans,” College sophomore Mina Yoo, a Seoul resident, said. “We’ve had to deal with North Koreans doing these kinds of tests since the 1980s.”

Weeks after the movement started, Penn students assess the effectiveness of #DeleteUber

#DeleteUber became a boycott against the company, with many Penn students switching to the alternative ride-sharing service Lyft. However, campus opinion about the effectiveness of the movement varies.

Penn Dems exec. board talks post-election activism, protests and strategy

“In the fall, [our strategy] was campaigning for the candidates that we really cared about. This semester, it means speakers, education events, advocacy and fundraising,” Pomerantz said.

Yale to rename Calhoun College over namesake's ties to slavery

Grace Murray Hopper received her doctorate in mathematics from Yale in 1934, served as a rear admiral in the United States Navy and was a pioneer in the field of computer science.

Former Baltimore mayor at Penn: Trump 'makes me sad'

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was thrust into the political spotlight when she assumed the mayorship of Baltimore at only 39 years old, following the conviction of Mayor Sheila Dixon for embezzlement in 2009.

Meet the Penn students who continue to support President Donald Trump

Even in light of the near-constant protests his administration have provoked on campus and across the country, the faith some Penn students have in Trump's leadership hasn’t wavered.

Harvard medical students try to move cancer fundraiser from Trump Mar-a-Lago resort, are denied

By relocating the Discovery Celebration fundraiser,” the petition reads, “the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will demonstrate its core values to the nation, to the medical community, and most importantly, to patients,” the Crimson reported.

Trump nominated a justice for the Supreme Court — here's what a Penn constitutional law prof. has to say

American Constitutional Law professor Rogers Smith wrote, “Neil Gorsuch has elite credentials — the son of a Cabinet official and a graduate of Columbia and Harvard Law, like Barack Obama with whom he overlapped in law school.”

This Penn professor was cited in a SCOTUS decision and featured in an Oscar-nominated film

“None of us have six degrees of separation anymore from the criminal justice system,” Marie Gottschalk said. “It’s metastasizing into our wider democracy and questioning the legitimacy of democracy in the United States.”

President Trump is coming to Philadelphia amid protests and criticism from the Mayor

“This is not a dictatorship,” Kenney said, according to 6abc. “This is a democracy. We will take avail of every opportunity we have to protect our citizens and protect our people who are living in our city.”