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By David Cahn · Feb. 3, 2015

From the murder at Copabanana to a crime spree that ended in a student arrest on 14 counts of burglary, last year saw a number of high profile incidents.

In the wake of the Jan. 24 Quad break-ins, one victimized Wharton freshman Christine Esserman calls for a higher level of security surveillance within the Quad.





The Bottle (45th/52)

On a typical weekend, Penn students can often count on a friend talking about blacking out. One Penn researcher, who studies blackouts specifically, explained the phenomenon.







South African social activist Ndumie Funda

Last Thursday, a crowd of over 50 gathered in Cohen Hall to hear South African social justice activist Ndumie Fundaname talk about corrective rape — an act of violence against homosexual victims, whose perpetrators believe that rape will “cure” the victim of their nonconforming sexual orientation.








Messages included phrases like “do it for the kids” and “It’s in Penn’s Capacity."