With Philadelphia mayoral election gaining citywide momentum in anticipation for the Democratic primary on May 19, Penn students are at risk from being shut out of the process.

Eran Riklis, a renowned filmmaker, taught his first and only course at Penn this semester.

Jose Antonio Vargas recounted his immigration to the United States and discussed questions of undocumented immigration and race.

This season, the two schools will tip off for the 231st and 232nd time in the historic matchup on dates that are inconvenient for the majority of Penn’s student body. But that is this year. It absolutely shouldn’t become a trend, especially if you want students to be engaged with the best of Penn traditions.

Now that it is about to wrap up, what can we say about Grace Calhoun’s first semester as Penn’s athletic director? One thing is for sure: is is moving in the right direction toward addressing student apathy.

No matter what Penn basketball accomplishes -- or doesn't accomplish -- this year, every single narrative surrounding the program will tie into the degree of proverbial heat underneath the chair of a certain coach in his fifth full season.

But say what you want about the lack of titles — Penn Athletics has plenty to learn from and build off of the fall that was.

It seems that there are four constants in the world today (to borrow a frequently posted tweet from CBS college basketball insider Jon Rothstein): Death.

There’s a standard saying about college — out of studying, socializing and sleeping, you choose two. In reality, our responsibilities are much more nuanced and we often neglect to completely fulfill certain aspects of our lives.

Privilege is a word I don’t like using. Especially in a place like Penn, where many of us are “privileged” in some way or another.

Shawn Kelley is a LPS sophomore. His email is skelley@sas.upenn.edu. Jonathan Iwry is a 2014 College graduate. His email is jon.iwry@gmail.com

Crimes against people, like robberies and assaults, and crimes against property, including thefts and burglaries, are down from last November.

The 5B -- the five different umbrella coalitions which represent minority groups -- recently held elections for their new executive boards.

The social media app Unseen allows college students to discover and connect with like-minded students.

Penn hosted the Winter Wonderpuff Cup on Sunday.

Seth Berkowitz, a 2003 College alumnus and founder of rapidly-expanding and beloved company Insomnia Cookies was at Penn on Thursday to talk entrepreneurship, business and his experience at Penn.

Several members of the Earth Quakers Action Team braved the rain on Saturday afternoon to protest in front of the PNC Bank on 40th and Walnut for financing companies engaged in mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia communities.