Social media is bringing a new dynamic to getting out the vote in recent elections. Over nine million people declared their civic participation by clicking on the “I’m a voter” button that Facebook displayed at the top of its home page on Election Day.

College junior Jason Jadick has found a creative idea for being uncreative. Jadick, who is enrolled in English professor Kenneth Goldsmith’s Uncreative Writing course, has taken on the challenge of re-typing Jack Kerouac’s novel, “The Subterraneans” in 24 hours as his final project for the class.

College senior Jon Monfred and College junior Ernest Owens resigned from their positions as Undergraduate Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore and UA College Representative, respectively, late Sunday night at the UA’s last general body meeting of the semester.

Penn Hip-Hop Initiative, Penn’s newest music appreciation club was introduced this semester. PHHI holds Freestyle Fridays on Locust Walk. Any student passing by can join in and “spit,” a slang term that means to freestyle rap.

Democrat John Hanger officially entered the 2014 gubernatorial race on Wednesday. Hanger served as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection from 2008 to 2011 under former governor and 1965 College graduate Ed Rendell.

A male student was robbed with what appeared to be a gun in the 40th and Locust area Saturday afternoon. A UPennAlert was issued in response at 3:45 p.m.

Despite an impressive second half run that cut Penn State’s lead to just four late in the game, the Quakers just couldn’t get over the hump.

Junior Alyssa Baron reached her 1,000th career point on the same night the Quakers, for the first time in program history, defeated La Salle for a second straight time at the Palestra.

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West’s appearance at Penn began with a Skype interview with critical writing seminar instructor Christopher Phillips.

Panelists ranged from a current Wharton junior to recent Wharton graduates to a history major from Haverford College.

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Here’s what I have to say to the 18-year-old future Dr. Robert Hsu.

Time after time, I’ve noticed that the individuals who end up advocating for students are ordinary members of the Penn community with an extraordinary story to tell.

Members of the Penn Police, PennComm, AlliedBarton Security and community residents were given merit awards in recognition of their work.

Obviously the team wants to win games, but the Quakers also understand they are all working on something much bigger right now.

John Hanger, who served as Pennsylvania’s environmental protection secretary under 1965 College graduate and former Gov. Ed Rendell, declared his candidacy Wednesday.