Last week, a final guilty plea came from a member of Columbia’s former drug ring, exposed in 2010. Adam Klein was the last of five male students to plead guilty to charges of dealing drugs to other students.

Recently, Wharton’s MBA program opted to send its admissions officers around the world to interview applicants who cannot physically attend an on-campus interview, replacing alumni who previously filled this role.

For the Penn swimming teams, third place ­at the Ivy League Championships — after Harvard and Princeton — is usually the goal.

A roundup about Penn Men's Basketball class of 2016.

Brooklyn Juday, of Tipton High School in Indiana, and Keiera Ray, of national powerhouse Bolingbrook High School in the suburbs of Chicago, will be joining the Quakers in the fall.

Penn is joining more than 100 other schools across the country to implement better treatment for veterans. Last month, the Perelman School of Medicine became part of a large group of members of the Association of American Medical Colleges to study and improve healthcare for veterans.

This year, pride will have to wait. For the first time since 1997, there was no neighborhood matchup.

The Admissions Dean’s Advisory Board — which Dean of Admissions Eric Furda brought together last year to involve undergraduates in the University’s recruitment process — is currently piloting a program for academic likely letter recipients.

SEPTA announced it will unveil a new fare system by the end of 2013. The new fare technology — one of several updates being made to Philadelphia’s transit system — will allow patrons to use train passes instead of tokens. It will also allow people to pay with credit and debit cards.

Not a single crime has yet to be reported at Penn Park. The 24-hour security and patrolling officers on cars, bicycles and electric three-wheeled T3 vehicles help keep the area safe. However, according to DPS, its surveillance system is no different from the one used on the rest of campus.

MidAtlantic Restaurant & Tap Room — located at the University City Science Center on 37th and Market streets — will permanently close its doors on Feb. 24.

The event, sponsored by both the Penn Democrats and College Republicans, gave students of varying political views the opportunity to watch President Barack Obama’s address, followed by informal discussion.

As Penn prepares to enter the beginning phases of its reaccreditation review for the 2013-14 academic year, similar efforts at peer schools may provide some insight into what’s to come.

Last week, Wharton sophomore Tania Chairez — who came out as an undocumented student in a Daily Pennsylvanian guest column in October — launched Penn for Immigrant Rights.

U.S. cities, Philadelphia’s homicide clearance rate — the rate at which its homicide cases are resolved — has fallen for three years.

Penn In Hand — a student group for people interested in learning how to sign — is asking students to fingerspell their names in sign language and video record their signature to petition for a new American Sign Language and Deaf Studies minor.