There are times watching freshman Tony Hicks attack the hoop, or fellow classmate Darien Nelson-Henry big-man his way to a basket, that it’s hard not to envision this team competing for a bid to the NCAA tournament next season.

The Quakers (5-17, 2-3 Ivy) pulled away from Brown (8-11, 2-3) in the second half on their way to a 71-48 victory behind an incredible defensive team effort.

The loss to Yale has to fall squarely on the shoulders of Penn coach Jerome Allen, as the Quakers have narrowly fallen in consecutive games to mediocre Ivy League teams. It’s unclear precisely what Allen’s decisions are down the stretch, but the bottom line is that they are not getting results.

With foul trouble and a late Yale run, the Quakers could never fully answer back after keeping up for most of the game, falling to the Yale Friday night at the Palestra.

The Philadelphia Fire Department, as well as workers from Penn Environmental Health and Radiation Safety, responded to the scene.

With 16-24 inches of snow estimated to hit the Northeast this weekend, the Quakers will be nice and comfy inside of New York’s historic Armory, as they compete in the Rider/Lafayette Invitational on Friday.

On Saturday, the Quakers will travel to neighboring West Chester for their second dual meet of the season after beating Yale back on Jan. 27.

The University spent nearly $700,000 directly lobbying the federal government in 2012, putting Penn at the top of the Ivy League.

Due to the presence and prevalence of firearms, reason can now, to a much larger extent, determine our outcomes because generally, brute physical domination is no longer institutionalized as a method of problem-solving.

Since high school, college and graduate school graduation rates are lower for minorities than for whites in the United States, by the time you get to the top, there will be a much larger disparity in representation than in the population in general.

After reading a column by Lauren Agresti that appeared in an edition of The Daily Pennsylvanian last week about why she chose to deactivate, I agreed with her that Greek life is not right for everybody, but for me it was right.

I remember quite well that, as a student with a major in American Civilization, the study of America’s indigenous people was a major part of the curriculum.

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Last night, Jules de Balincourt paid a visit to the Institute of Contemporary Art to give a talk as part of PennDesign’s Fine Arts lecture series. Born in Paris, he has successfully exhibited his work in numerous well-known galleries in New York, where he currently resides.

This weekend, the No. 12 Quakers will wrap their 2012-13 campaign with matchups at No. 11 Columbia on Friday and against No. 5 Cornell at home on Sunday.

When Penn wrestling hosts Harvard at the Palestra Saturday, it won’t be an event for culinary enthusiasts. The reason why? Only one dish will be served that day – revenge.

During the 2011-2012 school year, the University released its action plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence. Since then, each of Penn’s twelve schools have drafted their own diversity action plans in line with the University’s.