With the end of the interhouse selection period last Friday, many students are breathing a sigh of a relief as they finish up the task of picking a dorm for the next academic year.

Next week’s meeting, March 25, is the last general body meeting in which business, committee reports and resolutions will be discussed. The 2011-12 UA leadership will have its last meeting on April 1.

On March 1, both parties approved the merge of the two departments and the Wharton faculty and the Board of Trustees ratified the merge.

College sophomore Dan Bernick and College junior Jake Shuster share their platforms and qualifications with The Daily Pennsylvanian.

These Penn students, along with developers and representatives from tech companies and NGOs came together as part of Hack the Change, a three-day hackathon dedicated to solving social issues related to international development, atrocities prevention and humanitarian aid.

After a forgettable end to their indoor season two weeks ago at the Easter College Athletic Conference Championships, the women’s track team was ready to take its talents outdoors.

Due in large part to sophomore Shannon Mangini’s confidence — and her four-goal performance, doubling the number of her collegiate career goals— the Penn women’s lacrosse team advanced its Ivy record to 2-0 with a 12-6 win over Yale.

The Penn baseball team fell in the rubber match of a three game series with Charleston Southern after weather and travel plans caused the game to be called in the fifth inning.

In its second tournament of the spring season, the Penn men’s golf team successfully defended its team title at the George Washington Invitational.

Allen, who was enlisted by CBS as a tournament analyst, will be working double duty until his Quakers finish their run in the College Basketball Invitational.

Dan Wolfe helped to launch the annual QPenn — a week-long celebration of the LGBT community at Penn that began March 18. This year’s QPenn theme is “Do Ask, Do Tell” — a mantra that encourages LGBT youth to disclose their sexual orientation.

The BFS course design grants were launched in May 2011, and the BFS program accepted proposals for new courses through March 16.

The Penn South Asia Society celebrated these years in Irvine Auditorium on March 18 through dance and music in their 21st annual spring cultural show, Jawani: The Best Years of Your Life.

The Student Technology Advisory Board chose a winner for their application contest. Nicholas Boccardi submitted the winning idea of a mobile application that would help campus visitors find their way around.

During reading days every year, Rodin College House hosts “Destress with Dogs,” an event where students can play with therapy dogs, certified dogs with people-friendly temperaments. The idea is that petting animals helps people reduce stress.

Gupta — the host of Sanjay Gupta MD and a frequent contributor to programs like Anderson Cooper 360 — will speak in Irvine Auditorium on Apr. 3.

The difference between Thoreau’s civil disobedience and Chairez’s uncivil disobedience is that the actions taken by Thoreau did not directly affect the freedom and safety of others.