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By Emily Hoeven · April 25, 2016

When I applied to be an opinion columnist a year ago, I wasn’t quite sure if I fit the mold. Most opinion columns I’d read, whether in The Daily Pennsylvanian or in national newspapers, were about politics, economics or controversial things.

April 25, 2016





Demo Days is one of WeissLabs’ largest entrepreneurship events of the year, where several startup companies such as Emery & Elizabeth presented pitches for feedback. | Courtesy of Duong Nguyen

In the midst of a growing startup culture in Philadelphia, Weiss Labs hosted Demo Days, one of its largest entrepreneurship events of the year. On Friday, dozens of guests had the opportunity to watch seven of Philadelphia’s top startup companies present their pitches in front of a panel of venture capitalists for feedback.












Senior attack Nina Corcoran, who leads the nation in assists per game, enjoyed what has become an increasingly reliable partnership with sophomore midfielder Alex Condon — Corcoran fed Condon three times to score on Saturday, bringing the two's total up to eight times in the past five games. 

After being upset in their second Ivy League contest against Dartmouth, the Quakers have won their last four against Ancient Eight opponents, including a 9-8 victory Saturday over Yale.


Senior Lauren Li had a memorable weekend against Cornell. In game two of the tilt against the Big Red, Li hit a three-run home run in an inning where the Quakers scored 10 against their opponents.

Penn softball came alive this week. With their first-ever four-game sweep of Cornell, the Quakers extended their winning streak to six games after dropping three of four to Princeton last weekend. “Taking four from a team in one weekend is really difficult to do,” Penn coach Leslie King said.


131001 University of Pennsylvania - Men's & Women's Golf Practice at Phila. Crickett

When it rains, it pours. In the final action of the season for both of Penn’s golf teams, a bottom half finish was unavoidable for both squads. Faced with the task of defending their 2015 Ivy crown, the men’s team found themselves in a similar situation to last year’s tournament.