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.

According to the Office of Admissions, 14 percent of Penn’s newly admitted Class of 2016 are first-generation college students whose parents have not attained college degrees.

In 2001, Cindy Otto began a study in which she followed 9/11 search and rescue dogs. Though this day, she has continued to work to make sure that working dogs receive the care necessary to complete their jobs.

Employers nationwide are expected to hire 10.2 percent more new college graduates this academic year than during 2010-2011. This trend is partially manifested at Penn, but Career Services expects high numbers of offers..

David Rittenhouse Laboratory was evacuated around 12:45 p.m. No detectable leak was found, according to DPS.

But what most of campus doesn’t know is when Tiesto and Passion Pit leave late Friday night, a newly formed professional sports team will be moving in on Saturday to christen its new home field, Ultimate Frisbee.

The Quakers will face their toughest test of the season against Princeton this weekend as they look to gain games on division-leading Cornell.

Last year, the Red and Blue swept Princeton in a four-game series, catapulting the team into the race for a playoff spot after a tumultuous start to league play. If the Quakers (20-13, 5-3 Ivy) can repeat the feat this weekend in back-to-back doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday, they can again assert themselves as a serious contender for an Ancient Eight title.

After notching a narrow one-goal victory over Dartmouth last season, the Quakers will travel to Hanover, N.H., on Saturday for a must-win matchup. If the Quakers hope to keep their quest for an Ivy championship alive, they will have to capitalize on moments that will unseat the Big Green.

Not only does Penn (1-8, 0-4 Ivy) need help in the Ivy playoff race, but the Red and Blue will need to play near-perfectly Saturday against Harvard (6-5, 2-1) in the seniors’ final game at home.

Readers and writers call Morrison’s work ingenious, but Morrison does not consider herself a genius. “Don’t use that word with me. You mean ‘good,’ ‘smart,’” Morrison said.

Cases where the Amyvid scans test positive will only signify the patient has significant levels of plaque, but will not confirm an Alzheimer’s Disease diagnosis.

That’s why Kayitesi worked with Bates College professor Alexandre Dauge-Roth to take 15 of his students to Rwanda, where they created an oral history project to document survivors and their stories.

Paul, who has found much support among young voters, said in an interview with CBS earlier this month that he is “trying to save the Republican Party from themselves.”

As graduation approaches, I like to think that many of my peers have spent the last four years seeking to understand the often fragmented calculus of their personal activism.

PennWalk and Penn Park officers, who are employed by AlliedBarton, are protesting poor working conditions, unfair promotions and insufficient health insurance benefits.