Before landing in America, I thought I would be able to quickly form friendships at Penn, just like I did back in my university, and have a memorable, if not a little hectic, few months before flying back to normalcy. I just didn’t count on Penn being too busy for me.

In front of large and raucous Franklin Field crowd, Penn men’s lacrosse put on a show, defeating Army 13-8 in the first round of the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament.

This year’s cohort of recipients includes singer Jon Bon Jovi, Nobel Prize-winning doctor Denis Mukwege, animal rights and autism advocate Temple Grandin, astronomer Jill Tarter, and recently deceased Senator Richard Lugar.

While students pursuing finance decreased over the years, the share of students working in the technology sector has doubled since 2011, jumping from 7% to 14%.

An independent bookstore like the Penn Book Center is central to the preservation and continuation of culture. Its book-stocking decisions are local and responsive, not centralized or top-down like those of a corporate chain. 

The independent Penn Book Center has always been and still remains stocked with both books and booksellers possessing the potential to surprise a reader.

Things didn’t end in the Quakers’ favor on Friday afternoon in Syracuse, N.Y., in the first round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Tournament, where the Hoyas clinched a 13-12 victory.

I just wish I had come here once these issues were addressed.

When you think about why you’re upset about something, the bigger picture comes into play.

But as I come to the end of my college career, I’m hesitant to allow my perception of the past four years to be colored so negatively. 

 “I have decided that it is best to conduct a full-scale national search to find the optimal team to accomplish that vision,” Walts wrote in an email sent to all Penn student-athletes.  

With the latest win has come a slew of conference awards, which were announced for both men’s and women’s track on Wednesday. 

After a loss against Princeton in the Ivy Tournament Finals, Penn women's lacrosse will hope to emerge victorious against Georgetown in their first game of postseason play. 

After a strong performance during the regular season, Penn men's lacrosse will compete against Army in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this Saturday.

I can’t live my life thinking that I’ll soon die. At a certain point I’m willing to suspend disbelief: to let myself think I have the capacity to live a healthy and ordinary — maybe, even, an extraordinary — life.

The DP taught me how deeply fulfilling it can be to devote yourself to something important, even without the dangling carrot of external validation from grades and other “objective” measures of success we obsess over on this campus.

"Somebody who swims with us as long as they have is part of the Penn swimming community forever, and I’m looking forward to helping do things to help support Dillon," Coach Mike Schnur said.