Matt Howard has solved Penn men's basketball’s finishing problem. After watching an 11-point lead slip away in the second half, the senior forward was determined to not let another strong start go to waste. Howard hit a clutch three-pointer with eight minutes to play, cutting a brief Columbia lead down to one. But, it was his defensive closing that sealed the game for the Red and Blue as they went on to win 70-62.

The Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announced that he will not run for a third term.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the new law will prohibit any tattoos that are considered to be "offensive, extremist, indecent, racist or sexist while on duty." 

Last semester, the board introduced a “steering” initiative, which enables sophomores not on the class board or in student governments to influence the initiatives taken and the events put on by the board, and “keep the class board accountable."

In the first leg of its first Ivy road doubleheader of the season, Penn women's basketball downed Columbia 64-54. An all-around effort for the Quakers saw major contributions from several bench players.

Coming in as the Ivy League’s only remaining undefeated team, Penn certainly looked the part on Friday night, as the Quakers led for all but two minutes of the game in their 64-54 victory over Columbia.

LANGSTON MACDIARMID is an Engineering senior from Pittsburgh, PA.

Referencing a recent update to the Penn mail server, which does not appear to be real, recipients are instructed "to end their old mail session and also login to begin a new session on the upgraded server to keep enjoying all the features of your email account." 

As the leaders of Penn’s largest political organization, the Government & Politics Association, we decided not to co-sponsor the March for Immigrants held to condemn President Trump’s recent string of executive orders.

This year's ConnectED Day for students admitted early decision to the Class of 2021 is on Friday, February 10. Here is a calendar detailing the day's events.

On Saturday, 19-year-old sophomore and New Jersey native Timothy Piazza died as a result of an incident that occurred during a Thursday night Beta Theta Pi Fraternity party.

The study found the assumption that students “will be better off financially if they graduate from ... an elite college” to still be true, but “far truer for men,” The Atlantic reported. 

Larios' parents say that she died after months of physical and emotional abuse by her boyfriend, a fellow student at the college. In their lawsuit, her parents accuse the school of negligence.

"Normally, if you want to get your teeth aligned, you go to an orthodontist and go through many procedures and end up receiving a treatment plan, at the cost of three to five thousand dollars. However, if you like, you could use our app and do the exact thing for about $1,500," Wharton and Engineering sophomore Daniel Hanover said. 

Groups of Penn alumni conducted mock interviews and facilitated informal speed networking sessions, all with the goal of helping skilled immigrants and refugees forging new career paths in the United States overcome barriers in their job search.

“There are definitely times when I realized how much more convenient it would be to live in the Quad,” Singer admitted.

In 2016, Harvard University spent over half a million dollars to lobby the federal government.