Texas' state legislature is passing a law to allow concealed handguns in the classroom. The campus-carry bill, which would allow students and faculty to have concealed handguns all around state campuses, is expected to be signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and would take effect starting in August 2016.  Texas would become the eighth state to officially allow concealed handguns on campus.

This week, Penn baseball could see some of its alumni drafted for the first time in three years. Graduated senior catcher Austin Bossart, classmate Ronnie Glenn, and others could hear their name called during next week’s MLB first-year player draft, which takes place from Monday, June 8, to Wednesday, June 10th.

2015 Law School graduate David Cooper, 24, died on Friday morning. 

A Penn State fraternity has been shut down for the next three years shortly after a secret fraternity Facebook page was found with photos of nude and semi-nude women. The University's Interfraternity Council suggested a milder punishment for Kappa Delta Rho according to an AP report.

On Monday afternoon, a Facebook page dedicated to searching for former Penn student Timothy Hamlett announced that he had been found dead on Friday.

Throughout the last school year, there has been plenty said about Paul Nungresser, Emma Sulkowicz and her performance art of carrying a mattress throughout Columbia's campus. And all of that came to a head at Columbia's graduation. Sulkowicz did as she said she would last September, bringing the mattress across the stage at graduation.

1991 College graduate Joseph R. Biden III died on Saturday, his father and Vice President of the United States Joe Biden announced.

At approximately 12:30pm on Thursday afternoon, a steam line erupted in the McNeil building at 38th and Locust streets.

Few Penn students can say that they have appeared in a film that had the biggest-ever opening for a musical movie.

The seniors of the Vietnamese Student Association have taken great time to collect all accounts of what happened during the VSA Barbecue on April 17 in order to create a clear timeline of events.

At the 259th Commencement Ceremony on Franklin Field, Samantha Power, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, warned the Class of 2015 about international problems – and provided tangible ways to solve them.

Former City Councilman Jim Kenney won the Philadelphia Democratic primary for mayor last Tuesday with 55.83 percent of the vote. Kenney has explicitly stated his support for a more rigorous citywide PILOTs program.

The study revealed that there may be a significant number of viable organs that were previously disregarded on the basis of their HIV infection available for donation.

A possible addition to Penn’s mental health policies and procedures may change how the faculty interacts with students.

Throughout the summer, the old track surface will be completely excavated and replaced with a new one in time for fall season practices beginning in early September.

The freshmen of 2014 will be relied on to fill the holes left by graduating seniors. 

ANNEKA DECARO is a rising College sophomore from Austin. Her email address is annekaxiv@gmail.com.