A new video and photographic installation exhibition entitled "…Cairo stories” by artist Judith Barry opened this Monday at the Slought, a gallery at 4017 Walnut Street.

We must realize that the institutional popularity of colleges and sports programs is nowhere near as important as the lives and livelihoods of the innocent women, and men, they so readily sweep under the rug. Until then, an insidious culture that protects the image of influential organizations at whatever cost will continue to prevail.

Our fixation on leadership worries me because it implies that the be all end all of a successful life is to have the greatest possible influence over the greatest number of people. “Leadership” has become one of those words that our brains automatically categorize as a Good Thing,  and our conflation of the terms “leadership” and “good leadership” makes us believe that influence itself is the goal, rather than just a good first step to effecting positive change in the world.

We remind ourselves we go to a fantastic school, but we put ourselves down for being one of “the lower Ivies,” as I overheard someone refer to Brown and Penn. We use Penn as an ego boost, but we’re not satisfied.

Penn has just been named Playboy's top party school in its ninth annual ranking of universities around the country.

Sleep is not on the schedule for many of the student hackers competing in the PennApps event this weekend.

The Greek community partnered with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Buerger Center to maintain a garden and participate in ongoing community service efforts.

SP2 Dean John Jackson, Jr. announced at a launch event on Friday night for his "Future of Social Change" tour that he would be traveling the country with admissions and financial aid officers to recruit students to attend SP2.

Penn Law professor Stephen Burbank recently co-authored an article demonstrating that over the past 50 years, conservative politics has made it more difficult for plaintiffs to file suit in federal courts.

This year’s PennApps winner has brought Apple software to any web browser.

Meor, Jewish organization at Penn, has offered students a $400 stipend to participate in its Maimonides Leaders Fellowship program since its founding in 2004.

However, while the score lines of Penn men’s soccer’s west coast games this weekend were not what the Quakers wanted, the team showed a great deal of resilience against two talented opponents. Penn fell 2-0 and 3-1 to Seattle and No. 10 Washington, respectively.

The Red and Blue (2-2) began the weekend with a strong 4-2 win against Fairfield, but gave up two late goals in a losing effort against Liberty.

Penn volleyball visited California this weekend for the Stanford Tournament, falling to three high-quality opponents: Santa Clara, No. 1 Stanford and No. 20 Duke. However, the Red and Blue took away a wealth of experience with eight players from the Golden State returning home for the weekend.

Penn women’s soccer struggled to find consistency on either side of the pitch, falling to William & Mary for its first loss of the season, 3-0.

All in all, our political stance is complex, compelling and, most importantly, critical to the continued success of this phenomenal country.

To ignore such issues and debate how safe we are is like crossing the street without looking both ways while pondering the danger of shark attacks. It’s tempting to assess our condition solely in terms of radical threats — terror has a way of stealing our attention — but whoever does so is looking through a faulty lens. National security and national integrity must go hand in hand.