Maybe Valentine’s Day is a little bit like the rom-com itself. It’s trendy to hate, it’s a commercial institution for suckers like you and me and its celebration is slowly fading out.

Recently, I finally made the commitment to give away my heart to that special someone. Being the hopeless romantic that I am, I initiated the act in a dimly lit room with a grand gesture: I checked the “Yes” box for organ donation while renewing my license at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

The reality is that the division of power at the Vatican is at odds with the distribution of the 1.2 billion-strong Catholic population in the world: Europeans comprise only 25 percent of followers versus Latin America’s 42 percent, but more than half the cardinals who can vote are from Europe.

While sitting on UC is only one example of the many ways our differences can unite us in the common goal of improving the lives of those around us, it can be an incredible tool in the process.

The Xinjiang 13 might not seem like the most rebellious of groups at first glance. It’s composed of scholars from across the United States, hailing from Georgetown University to Pomona College, and all but two of them are banned from traveling to China. Wednesday night, the Center for the Study of Contemporary China hosted Pomona professor Dru Gladney to deliver a lecture titled “An Arab Spring in Beijing?

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While they may not have balloons or cake, Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships is celebrating its 20th birthday in style.

Even without Fran Dougherty and with Darien Nelson-Henry coming off of a low-grade MCL sprain, the Quakers should still have an advantage in the paint against the Crimson.

It isn’t common for the Ancient Eight to be involved in disagreements with the NCAA. Yet former Penn President Harold Stassen led the University into a fight with the NCAA that nearly resulted in Penn’s expulsion from the organization.

Kerry Scalora’s ACL injury setback was not a 24-hour, week-long or even month-long thing. It was a long, grueling eight months of pure hell. But she still made her way back.

Quakers caught and convicted for underage drinking could be looking at steeper penalties this year.

Valentine’s Day is a holiday filled with love, roses, chocolates — and boys singing love songs in four-part harmony.

Penn students and staff members will be dancing Thursday in sync with men and women around the world to rise up in protest against the violence.

The rain was pounding hard on Remy Manzi’s forehead as he held tight to his mother’s hand, stepping over bodies that lay forgotten alongside the road leading to his home in Kabgayi, Rwanda.

Three Penn engineers have been selected to join the ranks of the National Academy of Engineering.

However it happened, the baseball model has infiltrated both our collective consciousness and our corresponding bedroom behavior.

Haven’t we yet reached a point where people are chosen for their own qualifications and abilities? I believe it is demeaning for a great university such as Penn to be counting people by gender or by skin color or ethnic background.