Anneka DeCaro is a College freshman from Austin, TX. Her email address is annekaxiv@gmail.com.

On Aug. 9 last year, 18-year old Michael Brown was fatally shot in Ferguson, Missouri. Another unjustified police shooting, another abrupt end to a life and another black teenager dead.

At the request of Mr. Rohrback, we have compiled a list of facts that we deeply believe the PPA should rely on. It is our belief that “[p]olicing an open, urban, multicultural and densely-populated university environment such as Penn,” as the Penn Police department website states, requires a commitment to protect all its community members, especially when that West Philadelphia community is predominantly Black and Brown.

For Thomas Munson's photo recap of Penn men's basketball's game against Villanova: http://www.thedp.com/gallery/villanova-escapes-penn-mens-hoops

President Barack Obama's free community college proposal has the support of Penn President Amy Gutmann. Obama is expected to propose a plan to provide free community college for millions of students in his Tuesday 'State of the Union.' Gutmann appeared on CNBC's "On the Money," talking about the positives of increased opportunities for higher education. Even though Penn's price of tuition continues to rise, the University has a all-grant, no-loan financial aid policy.

Amy Gutmann is far from alone as a woman leading an Ivy League institution: starting in July, there will be three others. Elizabeth Garrett is set to take over the presidency at Cornell in July, the beginning of Cornell's fiscal year, joining Gutmann, Drew Gilpin Faust (Harvard) and Christina H.

As Penn suffers the cold winter, campus construction continues nevertheless.

LThe Forbes 30 under 30 Summit ibrings together influential people to share ideas on the cutting edge issues of human society.

Going into Saturday’s matchup, things weren’t exactly looking up for Penn basketball. Despite completing the squad's first three game winning steak in over two seasons earlier this year, the outlook for the Red and Blue looked decidedly bleak after blowing a 15-point lead to Princeton last Saturday. And, as most expected, the Quakers fell to No.

Villanova possessed too much fire power for the Quakers to handle, handing Penn its 11th consecutive Big 5 defeat, 62-47

Ever wondered what the college admissions office thought about you and your application? Well, there might be a way for you find out. Students at Stanford have requested access to their college admissions files under Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The act forces schools to allow students access to their own records, which include the admissions process files, according to a Buzzfeed article. The Fountain Hopper, an anonymous website at Stanford, encouraged students to send in requests and approximates that 700 students have sent in requests.

Philadelphia will face a range of pressing issues in 2015, and a new mayor will be at the forefront of it all. 

From fashion to prison, the Daily Pennsylvanian took a look at alumni changing the world for better and for worse.

Nick Moncy is a College junior from North Miami, Fla. His email address is nickmon@sas.upenn.edu

For some, winter break is spent with home friends, catching up on their stressful first semester.

Princeton decided not to use a sexual assault survey designed by the Association of American Universities to comply with Title IX and will instead design one of its own. The survey will be administered later this semester and will be designed similarly to a survey done by Rutgers, according to the Daily Princetonian report. Princeton decided to go with an independent survey in large part because of the customization and timeline it provided, as Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity Michele Minter explained to the Daily Princetonian. “An independent survey meant we would be able to go ahead with that planning quite quickly.

Thousands of students from around the globe will meet on January 16 for a weekend long coding marathon to work towards solving real-world problems.