SOPHIA OAK is a College senior from Honolulu. Her email is oakj@sas.upenn.edu. 

Sexual assault is a problem at Penn that has recently been on everyone’s mind, especially after nearly a third of female undergraduates reported having been sexually assaulted.

WeissLabs will be the first 24/7 physical space on campus for students to work on their startup ideas.

There’s a new era of R&B in the Penn women’s basketball backcourt.

Guard Antonio Woods was going to be relied upon heavily by Penn basketball in his upcoming sophomore campaign.

Is it possible to describe something as both global and local at the same time? If any team can claim this paradox, it certainly has to be Penn squash. Together, the men’s and women’s teams compose potentially the most diverse binary of any group on this campus.

This year both Penn squash teams will look to accomplish some big things, but one squad in particular will look to add some big rings.

The year is 2012, and three wide-eyed freshmen walk onto the Ringe Courts as Red and Blue athletes for the first time, eager to take No.9 Penn men’s squash to new heights. If only it were that simple.

With Kenney and Gym in office, many expect there will be a more rigorous push for Penn to fund Philadelphia schools by paying PILOTs.

For some, joining a cultural club is a way to learn about an entirely different culture and immerse themselves in a new group of people.

Next year’s freshmen are in for a treat: Their academic year has been announced to be the Year of Media, and unlike the many previous freshmen classes who were assigned to read novels, they will be instructed to watch and reflect on the classic film “Citizen Kane.”

In recent years, many students have changed or sometimes canceled their study abroad plans to reflect current international affairs.

This past month, Penn Professor Shu Yang and her research team made a breakthrough that hopes to bring a new solution for injuries, and most specifically concussions, to the table.

In honor of Veterans Day today, student veterans will be tabling on Locust Walk from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to raise awareness of the holiday and of veterans on campus.

Last night, Maggie Groff, the Vice President of External Affairs for Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, spoke to Penn students about Planned Parenthood’s role in recent and upcoming elections.

SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College senior from Philadelphia. His email is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.

As a Navy hospital corpsman, I served as a combat medic with the U.S. Marines in the war in Vietnam, providing emergency medical treatment for our troops who were the victims of guns and other weapons.