Last year, Thomas Awad broke out and established himself as the clear face of Penn track and cross country. Now he looks to lead the Quakers to the top of the Ivy League.

With Penn football’s Ivy opener against Dartmouth coming up on Saturday, the team’s intensity has hit a new level.

We sat down with Penn football senior running back Kyle Wilcox and asked him a few questions in another edition of 30 seconds with...

Only one game into Ivy season, is it too early to talk about the future of Penn volleyball? Not when the future starts now, and especially when that future is starting at hitter, blocker, and libero. As the Quakers took the court against Dayton, three freshmen were part of the starting lineup: outside hitter Aimee Stephenson, middle blocker Kendall Covington, and libero Emmy Friedler.

For Penn men’s soccer, defeating Saint Joseph’s is not an ordinary victory.In what was one of Penn’s most unforgettable and telling triumphs of the season, sophomore forward Alec Neumann was able to find the mark and score the game-winning goal in double overtime.

Like most Penn students, I have political and social ideas about what should be done to help “the underclass.”But there’s a guy who sits on the corner of 38th and Chestnut in a wheelchair that I’ve walked past many times. He’s the poverty I’d like to solve. But not once — even just with a passing smile — have I acknowledged his humanity.

Furthermore, we need to be aware that when we uphold the value of artists such as Iggy Azalea, we allow them to take space from other artists — in this example, black artists — who are producing art that is both more authentic and less offensive.

Of course language is supposed to change — it should always be evolving with the ideas of its speakers. But being eager to create new uses of language doesn’t necessarily excuse us from stomping on old ones. When we scramble, garble or generally maim language with reckless abandon, we risk burying important concepts alive.

Penn proposes to move sexual misconduct cases from the Office of Student Conduct to a separate investigatory office.

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Penn President Amy Gutmann sent an all-school message in the wake of College student Amanda Hu’s death reminding students of Penn’s mental health support resources and announcing the formation of a 24-hour help line.

Despite pulling tobacco products off its shelves, CVS hasn’t ruffled many feathers at Penn.

On Sept. 17, Penn Law alum and current professor, Ken Trujillo, declared that he will be running for Mayor of Philadelphia next year.

Smash Cup, a New York-based company co-founded by 2002 Engineering and Wharton graduate Ben Melinger, will launch in February of 2015. The startup produces collapsible silicon cups which can fit in pockets or small bags.

Professional campus speaker Erin Foley emphasized that happiness should be a “manner of traveling,” playing on the words of author Margaret Lee Runbeck.

United By Blue, an eco-friendly coffee shop and apparel store, will open next week on Walnut Street between 34th and 36th streets. In addition to selling outdoor apparel, UBB will give people a new place to go to enjoy organic coffee, tea and food.

President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation Kyle Kimball addressed a packed room of Penn students, including many from Real Estate clubs on Monday evening to explain the purpose of the NYCEDC explain numerous job opportunities for soon-to-be graduates.