In anticipation of the upcoming holiday season, we decided to take the SNAP challenge — a commitment to only spend $31.50 on food for the entire week.

The Pennsylvania state government approved a plan that will give SEPTA $350 million per year for infrastructure improvements.

My first taste of covering Penn basketball came in the 2011-12 home opener against Temple. The Palestra was packed and rocking, and Zack Rosen’s 27 points and seven (!) three-pointers almost led Penn to the monumental upset.

John Inglis dispelled misconceptions about the NSA and the impact of the media on characterizing the agency.

Researches calling for legalizing the sale and purchase of kidneys as a cost-saving method to dialysis.

Since the beginning of October, it already has over 500 users and about 100 postings.

This Thanksgiving, I say we should be deeply thankful for the sheer ineptitude of the state.

Both squash teams have emerged with perfect records and hope to build on that momentum as they near Ivy play.

ReThink Your Footprint, which focuses on general waste minimization, replaced Recyclemania.

The Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships has, in the past, attributed Penn’s lack of Rhodes Scholars to the desire of the Rhodes Trust to find students from outside the Ivies.

As you may or may not have already heard, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year is “selfie.”

Last Thursday, College sophomore Diana Cabrera was elected the new chair of the Latino Coalition – the umbrella organization for Latino groups on campus.

Proposals to develop a local transit hub that will increase connectivity may take up to 50 years to develop.

Ed Rendell, the Philadelphia mayor-turned-Pennsylvania governor, has pushed back in recent weeks on rumors that he may throw his name into the 2015 mayoral race, saying that his candidacy is a long shot at best.

After a two-week layoff following a difficult loss to St. Francis, Penn women’s basketball a 76-54 loss to No. 5 Notre Dame (4-0) may serve as a springboard for the rest of the season.

Quite simply, that wasn’t the ending that Billy Ragone, Sam Chwarzynski, Ryan Becker and the other seniors deserved.

The Quakers nearly pulled off a stellar comeback, but came up just short.