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First-year women's rowing head coach Wesley Ng won a pair of national titles at Division-III Trinity, and he plans to similarly change the culture for a Quakers' squad seeking its first-ever Ivy League championship.

In a sport so focused on, quite literally, getting ahead of the competition, Penn women’s rowing coach Wesley Ng has somewhat of an odd philosophy. “We're making sure we're not looking ahead, ever.” For Ng's squad, process comes first, and, for the meantime, racing second.


How many recycling bins do you see in Penn dorm rooms? Chances are, not many. Whether this is due to the fact that they take considerable effort to acquire, or whether it is because students do not know that such options exist for them, does not matter.

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By Nick Buchta · April 6, 2016

The season series between Penn baseball and Lafayette officially goes to the Quakers. Just two weeks after splitting a four-game series with the Leopards, the Red and Blue defeated their Easton, Pa., rivals, 6-5, on the road. Playing in their second game in the Liberty Bell Classic — following a 9-4 loss to Villanova last week — the Quakers (11-12) came out in a hurry on Tuesday.



How many recycling bins do you see in Penn dorm rooms? Chances are, not many. Whether this is due to the fact that they take considerable effort to acquire, or whether it is because students do not know that such options exist for them, does not matter.





Two years ago, Drexel University began accepting applicants through the Common Application to boost its retention and graduation rates. The strategy has proven successful so far; this year, their retention rate has risen 2 percent and their yield rate increased from 8 to 13 percent.


A tenured Villanova University professor, Christopher Haas, was recently charged with 415 counts of sexual abuse of children and possession of child pornography. A warrant for his arrest was issued on March 25th after Villanova officials notified Radnor Township police that he had accessed child pornography on an campus computer.




April 5, 2016