Back in high school, the bell rang and it was home to the family. Now, we go home to our friends.

Each spring, the Nominations & Elections Committee nominates undergraduate students to University-wide committees comprised of undergraduates, graduates, faculty and administrators. This year, we are accepting applications for 20 committees.

Much of this heritage is retained in the men’s game today. Players wear helmets, thick gloves, shoulder pads, arm pads and elbow pads. Contact is encouraged and imposing one’s physicality on the opposing team is at least as important as speed and skill. Women’s lacrosse is essentially a different sport.

This year, the Bates Center — which, according to center coordinator Tiffany Collier, possesses the largest collection of primary and secondary materials on the history of nursing in the world — is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Students at Penn’s approximately 40 fraternities and sororities that have houses can choose to live within their Greek house after their freshman year. For some freshmen, though, the decision as to whether to “go Greek” for housing has been a confusing one.

Support the AlliedBarton Security Guards’ effort to unionize by coming to the rally on Monday at 11:45 a.m. in front of the button and by signing the online petition urging Penn to support their efforts.

This past Sunday, the Muslim Students Association hosted their ninth annual Family Fair. On a windy, temperate afternoon, more than 300 people from Philadelphia neighborhoods gathered on Rodin Field near 40th Street for a few hours of friends and entertainment.

If you’re lucky to have a tight, strong family — single parent or not — chances are that upbringing was vital in allowing you to attend Penn.

The Trayvon Martin case now has legal minds wondering whether George Zimmerman would have been arrested if he had shot 17-year-old Martin in Pennsylvania. And the answer seems to be yes.

With just three weeks until the historic Penn Relays, the Red and Blue turned in dominating individual performances in this weekend’s Penn Invite against a relatively weak field.

On Saturday afternoon, gymnasts Dana Bonincontri and Kirsten Strausbaugh competed in NCAA Regionals at North Carolina State and although they turned in career-best performances, neither will advance to the NCAA Championships.

The Penn women’s tennis team moved to 0-3 in the Ivy League for the fourth consecutive season, losing to No. 27 Yale and No. 53 Brown.

The Quakers dropped two games to Dartmouth on Saturday before sweeping Harvard the following day in Boston to earn a split on the weekend.

As a sign of spring season finally hitting full gear, all three Penn crew teams participated in races over the weekend, with varying results.

On Saturday night, the Penn men’s lacrosse team lost their fourth straight Ivy game, 11-10, to Brown at Franklin Field.

Facing Northwestern, the defending national champions, the Quakers could not pull off the upset at Franklin Field.

The Red and Blue’s road woes continued this weekend as Penn lost three of four games during its trip to North Division opponents Dartmouth and Harvard.