DPS deserves praise for promptly securing the area. We are grateful that the situation was dealt with quickly and that no students were hurt. Still, DPS should have sent the e-mail sooner.

Construction on Clark Park A began in September, and officials set Thanksgiving as the tentative completion date. However, waiting for inspectors’ reviews caused the project to fall behind schedule.

KidFlicks, which donates movies to hospitals, once helped College freshman Berni Barta garner the President’s Volunteer Service Award. Most recently, it helped get her nominated for L’Oreal’s Woman of Worth award.

College sophomore and Undergraduate Assembly Communications Director Chris Cruz announced the launch of PennSigns, a new Penn Student Agency that will sell lawn signs to groups for $4 a sign.

The list of Rhodes Scholarship domestic winners came out Sunday, and neither Penn students nor recent alumni made the cut. Last year, one Penn student was a Rhodes scholar.

Up against No. 2 seed Maryland, Penn was simply overmatched in the second round of the NCAA tournament, losing 4-0 to the Terps.

The Quakers defeated Yale in five sets in a playoff match between the Ivy League co-champions in New Haven, Conn. Penn will return to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year.

Two males fled a stolen vehicle shortly after 3 a.m. and were chased by police. One was apprehended and the other exchanged gunfire with police and died after being shot.

With a roster comprised of 90 percent underclassmen, the women started their season by sweeping Cornell, 9-0. In another beginning, Jack Wyant dropped his first game as men's squash coach to the Big Red, 5-4.

There is a possibility that Congress will pass the DREAM Act. The bill would directly impact Penn students and help us meet the goals of the Penn Compact.

The Quakers' defense dominated and the offense did its part on the way to a 31-7 victory at Cornell to clinch their Ivy record 12th outright title.

Penn got out to an early 9-0 lead on Friday night, but the Dragons responded with an 18-0 run of their own and never looked back after that, winning 62-31.

Comedy Central comedian Eliot Chang joked about stereotypes to a crowd of over 100 people in the ARCH auditorium on Thursday night as part of the Asian Pacific Student Coalition and Sangam’s “Chai House featuring comedian Eliot Chang.”

The band Keeping Riley played in Houston Hall Thursday evening in a concert co-sponsored by Student Ambassadors of the World and the Kite and Key Society as part of the Civic House Associates Coalition’s Anti-Poverty Action Week.

After a tough loss to Manhattan Wednesday, Penn is looking to recover and snap a three-year, 16-game losing streak within the City 6.

This week, the Interfraternity Council and the Undergraduate Assembly circulated a survey to undergraduates in order to measure the social habits and drinking practices of students.

Penn alumnus Joe Torsella, an active figure in Pennsylvania government and politics, was named to a position in President Barack Obama’s administration on Monday.