United By Blue, an eco-friendly coffee shop and apparel store, will open next week on Walnut Street between 34th and 36th streets. In addition to selling outdoor apparel, UBB will give people a new place to go to enjoy organic coffee, tea and food.

President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation Kyle Kimball addressed a packed room of Penn students, including many from Real Estate clubs on Monday evening to explain the purpose of the NYCEDC explain numerous job opportunities for soon-to-be graduates.

After the Chinese government announced that only Bejing-vetted candidates will be allowed to run in Hong Kong’s 2017 elections, protests have broken out in the region. 

You may no longer have to rush to return a lockout key.

Amanda Hu died Sunday night at her home on the 4000 block of Sansom Street.

Coming off of a 6-2 loss to No. 7 Penn State last Wednesday, the Quakers (3-4-0) will face cross-town rival Saint Joseph’s on tonight at 7 p.m.

Let’s start with the fact that universalizing beauty is a lie, and it’s not a lie that’s fooling anyone. Not everyone is beautiful. Beauty is a relative term. As such, for some to gain the label “beautiful,” others must lose it. Beauty, like cleverness and athleticism, is a spectrum, and there’s nothing wrong with appreciating particular beauty in others. If everyone is beautiful, the term is meaningless.

Pennsylvania is one of just 14 states with hate crime laws that do not include protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Hate crime protection increases the severity of charges for violence motivated by malicious intent, and these laws protect the people in our community who are the most vulnerable. It is inexcusable that the LGBT community is not protected.

More importantly, though, Yik Yak also forces us to face the aspects of Penn we’d rather ignore. Maybe we have to be anonymous to feel comfortable calling attention to the lesser-discussed elements of Penn’s campus. Yaks like “Penn is the school for smart kids who constantly need to counter their intelligence with binge drinking,” and, “Everyone on campus is a functioning alcoholic and it’s a beautiful thing” call attention to elements of Penn we accept without question.

The spotlight isn’t supposed to shine on the team until the spring, but Penn men’s tennis is making plenty of noise in the fall season.

Over the summer, the libero jersey  and the keys to Penn volleyball’s defense were turned over from one of the nation's best defensive specialists to a freshman from a small town just outside of Chicago.

We sat down with Penn volleyball junior setter Ronnie Bither for a 30 seconds with...

The College Republicans’ article may not have been trendsetting, as I have already mentioned, but rather than continue the trend of partisan squabbling, we can still foster a new style of politics in response based on mutual respect. Penn Dems and College Republicans do not have to be mutually exclusive. They are not by default or by definition opposed and perennially at odds with one another.

Goucher College, a small liberal arts college near Baltimore, recently announced a new policy allowing applicants to send in a video instead of an academic transcript.High school students can now apply to Goucher using two writing samples (at least one must be a graded high school writing assignment) and a two-minute video.

Instead of asking what should be done after Saturday about Penn’s rivalry with Villanova, it is more appropriate to focus on the rest of 2014 and what 41-7 drubbing at the hands of the Wildcats means for the Red and Blue moving forward.

Jeff Raider, co-founder of Warby Parker, along with partner Andy Katz-Mayfield, launched H'University, pronounced "Hoo-niversity," last year. The program's purpose is “to teach college students valuable skills they wouldn’t learn in class and prepare them for the challenges and opportunities of the real world,” according to its website.  

For most Penn students, especially those not on a dining plan, food trucks are a staple of campus life.