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Throwing toast onto Franklin Field at the end of the third quarter of a Penn football game has become a beloved, albeit unorthodox, tradition among students at Penn. Unusual as it is ubiquitous in the eyes of foreigners to Franklin Field, the tradition does have historical roots which can be traced back to the 70s.
Following a string of protests on many Ivy League campuses over issues from insensitive Halloween costumes and institutional oppression to other issues concerning race relations, Black Lives Matter protesters at Dartmouth took to the university library to forcefully air their grievances. However, this demonstration seemed to take a more violent and confrontational flavor compared to other recent ones.
Racial sensitivities coupled with active demonstrations on college campuses have garnered national attention the past couple of weeks. A recent controversy at Yale, concerning insensitive costumes and the university’s role in policing students’ choice of costumes inspired a heated debate the weekend leading up to Halloween.
VICE recently released a list of the 100 most militarized universities in the U.S, where Penn came in at #57. The schools were ranked based on the number of graduating students going into the U.S. intelligence community, as well as "51 additional factors, from funding amounts to a designation as an Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence to participation in federal domestic security task forces." The sample size records the number of workers in military and law enforcements agencies, as well as a percentage of those afforded a Top Secret clearance by the federal government.
Teams in the NCAAF Ivy League conference have forged a marketing agreement with NBCSN that includes a six-pack of Friday night games this season. This should be welcome news to Penn football fans and tailgaters who—until now—have been limited to Saturday afternoon kickoff times at Franklin Field.
On the heels of several presidential debates from Democrats and Republicans alike, a so-far relatively overlooked issue has been energy and natural gas. Like partisanship of political parties, fracking—a method of hydraulic fracturing deep below the surface for natural gas—has caused great political derision in shale hotbeds like Colorado over its efficacy and safety for those in close proximity.