The legislation would require a total of 30 cities — including Philadelphia — to pay damages to plaintiffs who challenge the cities’ gun regulation laws.

In his State of the Union address last month, President Barack Obama implored colleges and universities to decrease the cost of getting a degree. INTERACTIVE: Penn total costs 2003-present

In late January, Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives unanimously passed House Resolution 535, which declared 2012 the statewide “Year of the Bible.”

While shells were raining down on Yeonpyeong Island off the coast of South Korea in 2010, College junior Ryan Kwon lay in bed in a combat uniform with camouflage smeared across his face, clutching a rifle to his chest.

The College Board — which administers AP exams — released the eighth annual AP Report to the Nation earlier this month, detailing statistics of students who took AP tests. INTERACTIVE: 2011 AP Report examines race, increasing test-takers

The College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Wharton School all have individualized major programs for undergraduates, though what they look like — and how hard they are to pursue — are vastly different. VIDEO: Word on the Walk | Individualized Majors

My biggest concern about all of this, as someone who strongly values difference of opinion and balance of information, is that many participants return from the trip believing that they now fully understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. If anything, I came back confused.

Too often, thesis writing is couched in the semantics of research, research and research. Instead, we should emphasize achievement, ambition, publication and true scholarship on a subject of your choice.

This year, only the men repeated their success, securing the number one spot, while the women came in fourth out of the 18 competing teams.

While a Penn education does not and should not take place in an ivory tower, it is the University’s responsibility to equip its students with the ability to think beyond the “harsh realities” of our time.

Urban Nutrition Initiative partnered with the Penn Gastronomy Club to serve a three-course meal, the proceeds of which will go toward building a new community farm and food resource center at Philadelphia’s Bartram’s Gardens.

For Penn seniors, who were playing their last pair of games at home,the result was bittersweet. The Quakers won on Friday against Dartmouth, but dropped a close game to Harvard on Saturday.

Gymnastics team repeated as Ivy Champs to win Penn’s first Ivy title of the 2011-2012 school year.

While both the men’s and women’s tennis teams got off to 2-0 starts against Buffalo, only the men hold on to win.

After a public demonstration on College Green on Friday afternoon in response to the New York Police Department’s undercover surveillance, the Muslim Students Association is now planning a “Know Your Rights” event to educate students on their rights when dealing with law enforcement.

Both men and women finished seventh in the team competition at the 2012 Heptagonal Indoor Championships at Cornell.

Wharton MBA students proved they have just as much musical talent as business skills this weekend. Wharton Follies, founded in 1976, is Wharton’s MBA comedy and music performance troupe and one of the largest and oldest performing arts groups of its kind.