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Student leaders, faculty, staff and administrators gathered in Houston Hall on Wednesday afternoon for the third University Council Meeting of the year, and the first open forum.

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An uneventful evening at the Palestra suddenly erupted with excitement after nearly 38 minutes of one-sided basketball when sophomore guard Antonio Woods connected with junior forward Matt Howard on an emphatic alley-oop.



Issues of divestment, retirement benefits, sexual assault, and Penn's commitment to religion as an aspect of diversity were raised at the University Council's first open forum of the year. 

Student leaders, faculty, staff and administrators gathered in Houston Hall on Wednesday afternoon for the third University Council Meeting of the year, and the first open forum.






Star senior Eric Schultz is certainly no stranger to fast times, earning second-team All-Ivy honors last season while also representing the Quakers in three different events at NCAA's. At one of the fastest pools in the nation at Kenyon, he can expect more fast times this week.

Division I, meets Division III. On Thursday, the Quakers will compete against teams from Kenyon College, Johns Hopkins, and Carnegie Mellon in the first of three days at the Total Performance Invite hosted by Kenyon, in Gambier, Ohio.







As the forum discussed divestment from fossil fuels, those involved with the rally stood up in silent solidarity baring their weathered signs.

Following the passage of a student referendum last winter urging Penn to divest from fossil fuels, the University Council recently voted to move forward with the divestment proposal submitted by the student group Fossil Free Penn.