The next bucket of cases centers around vague, almost meaningless benefits, such as “learning how to learn” and “learning for its own sake.” The latter advantage is particularly dubious; roller coasters are ridden for their own sake, the experience to be quickly forgotten once the seat belt is unbuckled. In the current environment, would a student really embark on a course of study whose benefits leave him as soon as he obtains a diploma, just for its own sake?

It was hard adjusting to Penn. After two weeks, I was set on going home. I had decided that Penn wasn’t worth it. I didn’t want to be Americanized. I wanted to stay true to my identity. I wanted to go back home to Lebanon.

Sam Sherman is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email address is samsherman6@gmail.com.

Following the first home football game of the season, the Penn community headed to Penn Park for Skimmerfest, a celebration put on by the Class Boards and SPEC. The festival featured free food from various vendors, laser tag, carnival games, as well as a live performance by rapper Shwayze.

The Red and Blue played a Saturday matinee against Harvard at Ellen Vagelos Field and took down the Crimson for Penn’s first Ivy victory, 4-1.

Anneka DeCaro is a College freshman. Her email address is annekaxiv@gmail.com.

Behind two unassisted goals from Midge Purce, the Crimson downed the Quakers 3-0 in the season’s conference opener, as the Red and Blue suffered their first loss to an Ivy foe at home since Oct. 8, 2010.

On Friday against Cornell, Penn sprint football used big plays and the powerful rushing of Mike Beamish to get past Cornell. 

If you were in attendance at Franklin Field today, you probably knew exactly just how Penn football’s game against No. 6 Villanova was going to end up.

The Wildcats, the No. 6 ranked squad in FCS football, scored in just over two minutes and didn't let up for the rest of the game, winning, 41-7, and handing Penn its biggest defeat since Al Bagnoli took over as head coach.

Penn football's game against Villanova started at 3:00 PM but it looks like the Quakers never quite woke up.

Art imitates life for

Over the weekend, Penn cross country got its shot at perennial top local powerhouse Villanova, and the Red and Blue did not disappoint.

Princeton (6-5, 1-0 Ivy) was led by the skyscraping duo of senior middle blocker Nicole Kincade and junior right-side hitter Kendall Peterkin, who combined for a whopping 27 kills.

"The Alarming Truth" was shown on Friday at the Singh Center for Nanotechnology as part of an event sponsored by the Division of Public Safety on fire safety.

We’re constantly warned about the carbon footprints we’re trailing behind. Fortunately the task of making one’s a lifestyle a little more green has become as easy as pulling out a smartphone.

Nursing junior Andre Rosario, an openly gay and catholic student, rebooted the Queer Christian Fellowship on campus last semester.