Last week, UMOJA — the umbrella organization for black student groups on campus — elected College sophomores Abrina Hyatt and Meron Zeru as its new planning and facilitating co-chairs.

Although it’s been over seven months since the vote to unionize, members of PSOU are still negotiating new contract details with AlliedBarton to help improve labor conditions for guards.

The recent escalation of the Gaza-Israel conflict presents uncertainty to those scheduled to participate in the Taglit-Birthright Israel trip planned for late December.

So here’s a toast to all the people, places, institutions and cultures that have contributed to my metamorphosis over the last four years.

It’s time the United States reviews its position on the war against drugs in Latin America.

Stand on Locust Walk for an afternoon. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a student who’s heard of the Morris Arboretum, much less one who can even pronounce the name correctly.

It may seem like the Quakers are destined for doom this year, but this team is just finding its identity.

Penn has four freshmen, but two in particular — Jamal Lewis and Tony Hicks — need to step up if Penn plans to compete in the Ivy League this season.

While in high school at Choate Rosemary Hall in New Haven, Conn., Sheridan helped organize annual squash clinics for inner-city children in order to promote squash in urban areas. Now, as a member of the varsity squad at Penn, he is a member of the Youth Leadership Committee for RhodySquash, another organization that promotes squash in urban areas.

Two years removed from her playing days, Erin Power has joined the coaching staff of her alma mater as a volunteer assistant coach under Mike McLaughlin.

Though the Quakers won three early matches, they were ultimately overmatched by a roster that included six wrestlers ranked in the top 10 in their weightclass, as the Cowboys lassoed the Red and Blue, 35-10.

A recently developed tool that predicts how people will behave in disaster situations may be able to help if a hurricane like Sandy comes back to call.

In addition to a visiting scholar program for full faculty members or post-doctoral researchers, Penn Law offers the Bok Visiting International Professors Program, which brings senior-level legal practitioners to the school.

For the sixth year in a row, the Division of Public Safety ranks first in safety and security, according to Security Magazine.

In a market where the failure rate for startups is around 30 to 40 percent, “a successful startup depends on a myriad of factors,” Senior Associate Director of the Wharton Venture Initiation program Clare Leinweber said.

Brown and Columbia Universities both saw increases of about one percent from last year, and applications to Dartmouth University’s early decision program fell by 12.5 percent. INTERACTIVE: Early applications at Penn and peer schools

After graduating in 2000, Weinheimer followed the classic path of a Wharton grad and started working for an investment banking firm in New York.