As he entered a Hampton Inn in Columbia, S.C., Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) addressed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) staffer Christian Collins.

Cruz staffer asked to resign after sharing DP video

By Dan Spinelli and Sydney Schaedel · Feb. 23, 2016

The controversy began after the DP caught Marco Rubio speaking with a Cruz staffer inside a South Carolina hotel.

Penn for Hillary members call Nevada voters ahead of Saturday caucus

By Charlotte Laracy · Feb. 19, 2016

Penn for Hillary is a student organization devoted to building support for Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign at Penn and throughout Philadelphia.

Minority students feel presidential candidates stumble on race

By Elizabeth Winston · Feb. 17, 2016

Wednesday night, the Penn United Minorities Council hosted a discussion about how the current political candidates are addressing minority issues.

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Conservatives search for a community on campus

On a campus that is so politically left-leaning, conservatives at Penn struggle to find a stable community.

By Patrick Zancolli · Feb. 23, 2016

For students who lean more to the right at Penn, a liberal political environment has various implications on lives of conservative college students.

Penn professor testifies in Congress in support of military drones

By Nishant Upender · Feb. 23, 2016

The congressional hearing, which plays into the determination of the federal budget, dealt with the role of the aircraft carrier in ensuring the superiority of the U.S. military’s naval power.

News Analysis | Trump supporters couldn’t care less about his Wharton credentials

By Ellie Schroeder · Feb. 22, 2016

Ivy League degrees, which Penn students view as tickets to success, do not carry the same value with Americans across the country.

One Wharton professor is doing everything he can to block Donald Trump's victory in November, including paying over $100 thousand to the Democratic Natonal Committee | News Photo Editor Julio Sosa

News Analysis | Trump supporters couldn’t care less about his Wharton credentials

By Ellie Schroeder · Feb. 22, 2016

Ivy League degrees, which Penn students view as tickets to success, do not carry the same value with Americans across the country.

On Thursday night, members of Penn for Hillary met in Van Pelt library to call potential supporters of the Democratic candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Penn for Hillary members call Nevada voters ahead of Saturday caucus

By Charlotte Laracy · Feb. 19, 2016

Penn for Hillary is a student organization devoted to building support for Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign at Penn and throughout Philadelphia.

Students reflected on race-related issues crucial to presidential campaigns and discussed the importance of the minorities' vote.

Minority students feel presidential candidates stumble on race

By Elizabeth Winston · Feb. 17, 2016

Wednesday night, the Penn United Minorities Council hosted a discussion about how the current political candidates are addressing minority issues.

David Cohen (left) has been a long-time supporter of Rep. Chaka Fattah (not pictured), despite Fattah's potentially unethical actions. He has yet to donate since Fattah's indictment in July 2015. | DP File Photo

Trustees chair David Cohen major donor to indicted Phila. congressman

By Dan Spinelli and Jill Castellano · Feb. 17, 2016

Campaign filings show that Cohen, a 1981 Law School graduate, was Fattah’s fifth-highest-paying individual donor in the 2014 election cycle.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was the intellectual anchor of the court's conservative wing | Photo by Eric Bridiers/United States Mission Geneva

Penn legal scholars reflect on Justice Antonin Scalia's legacy

By Luis Ferre Sadurni · Feb. 17, 2016

It didn’t take long for the justice’s death to ignite a political controversy between Republicans and Democrats.

discussed the agreement at the paris climate change conference / its effectivity

Penn Law holds lecture on Paris climate change agreement

By Mitchell Chan · Feb. 17, 2016

A New York University environmental ethicist gave a well-attended lecture about the 2015 Paris Agreement on global greenhouse gas emissions.

New scholarship will cover the average financial aid package for a Penn student, and is instituted in memory of 1991 College graduate Beau Biden. | Courtesy of Lonnie Tague/Wikimedia Commons

Scholarship in honor of Beau Biden established by his former Castle brothers

By Sydney Schaedel · Feb. 16, 2016

Months after his untimely death, 1991 College graduate Beau Biden’s legacy will live on in the form of a scholarship.

On Tuesday, Democratic candidate for the United States Senate Katie McGinty addressed an audience of students at Penn. | Courtesy of Penn Democrats

U.S. Senate candidate Katie McGinty discusses her campaign at Penn

By Ernest Monahan · Feb. 16, 2016

A win in the upcoming elections would guarantee Katie McGinty a position in the history books as the first female Senator from Pennsylvania.

The total outstanding student loan debt has reached $1.2 trillion in the United States, surpassing total credit card debt as the second highest level of consumer debt.

'No Loans,' but Penn students still graduate with debt

By Luis Ferre Sadurni · Feb. 13, 2016

32 percent of Penn’s 2015 graduates took out a student loan to finance their education, averaging $18,900.

Penn professor Michael Kearns developed an algorithm to find a middle ground between national security and personal security.

Penn professor's computer algorithm could fight terrorism while protecting privacy

By Sahil Kumar · Feb. 11, 2016

If created, this algorithm could have major implications for the political scene, particularly after former CIA member Edward Snowden’s revelations of the information that the government has kept secret from the public.

Voters in New Hampshire and Iowa skew overwhelmingly white due to the makeup of the state populations.

News Analysis: Older, whiter voters flex their muscle in N.H.

By Dan Spinelli · Feb. 10, 2016

Whether it was media-anointed nativist Donald Trump or self-proclaimed democratic socialist Bernie Sanders, the rallies were lily-white.

The confirmation comes after Biden made several appearances at Penn throughout 2016.

Biden's visit to Penn brings increased attention to collaboration efforts in cancer research

By Kathleen Harwood · Feb. 10, 2016

Biden is leading a “moon shot” effort to create tangible milestones in cancer treatment, which is especially meaningful after the loss of his son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, to brain cancer only last year.