With a new partnership between the library and the Division of Public Safety, in addition to shortened hours for non-Penn affiliated visitors, theft at Van Pelt has been on the decline. DPS and the library have been piloting a new visitor management system machine since last September, called “fast pass.”

Earlier this month, Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Businesses Act to stimulate the job market. One of the provisions will allow for startups to raise funding through crowd-funding, or by receiving funding from multiple smaller sources, instead of only a few large investors.

Last week, Bill Schilling announced that he will retire from his position at the helm of Student Financial Services — one he has held since 1980 — on June 30.

Lil’ Pop Shop will soon be selling artisan popsicles at 44th and Spruce streets in a building that used to be Unitea. The shop will have a soft opening on May 1 and a grand opening on May 5.

The Penn women’s tennis team split the weekend, scoring a big upset over No. 72 Harvard before losing to Dartmouth.

Each of Penn’t three crew teams competed on the road this weekend and none came home victorious.

In this weekend’s four-game series at Princeton, the Penn baseball team struggled to emerge against a tough Tigers team, losing three of four.

Penn men’s golf team tied for sixth out of 13 teams at the 54-hole Princeton Invitational at Springdale Golf Club over the weekend. The Quakers finished 16 shots behind first-place Yale, which carded an 858.

They came into the meet as the third seed, and lived up to expectations, finishing behind the University of Bridgeport and Texas Women’s University (TWU), while beating out five other squads.

On Senior Day, the Quakers finally won their first Ivy League game, beating Harvard 13-11.

Penn (23-14, 8-4 Ivy) showed it could back up stellar pitching with dominant offense, as the Quakers took three of four on the road, outscoring Princeton, 20-6.

Although the Quakers fell short in the two-team dual, 85-77, many members of the team rewrote the school’s record book Saturday at Franklin Field.

This year’s Spring Fling weather brought more than just increased sunshine to campus. Total crime saw a 168-percent increase from last year — from 37 incidents last year to 99 this year.

Though the Penn women’s lacrosse team held the lead, 7-6, it failed to score over the last 24:45 of the game and fell to the No. 9 Big Green, 9-7.

Good weather and continued traditions around campus helped students celebrate Spring Fling 2012. VIDEO: Spring Fling in the QuadGALLERY: Spring Fling 2012MORE SPRING FLING 2012

Our culture — especially the microcosm of Penn — values effortlessness, or perhaps more accurately, the appearance of effortlessness.

Spring Fling accomplishes something that is awfully hard to find elsewhere during most of the academic year. It offers full, unbounded relief from stress and we embrace it like no other.