The choice is clear: Penn basketball can transform itself in the dwindling time it has left this season or it can stay lifeless and numb. Either way, a change must come.

In their last two meets together of the year in their home pool, the Penn men’s and women’s swimming teams both picked up wins against West Chester and La Salle in what was both a successful and emotional weekend.

The Red and Blue swept the first Ivy doubleheader of the season in impressive fashion, defeating Dartmouth on Friday and Harvard on Saturday.

Despite coaching some of Penn’s fastest athletes, head track and field coach Steve Dolan has always favored steady progress over immediate results, and not even the hustle and bustle of New York City could separate him from this philosophy.

After demolishing Dartmouth on Friday, the Quakers fought through a tough offensive start to soundly defeat Ivy-rival Harvard, 67-38.

After hanging tight early, the Quakers let the high-powered Crimson run away with an 80-50 victory, and subsequently lost their second Ivy contest in as many nights.

Saturday, the No. 4 Big Red returned to the site of their last Ivy loss and dealt the Quakers a smackdown, 32-(-1).

The Quakers rarely trailed as they blew out the Dartmouth Big Green at the Palestra, 71-53, in the first game of their first Ivy Weekend of the season.

The Quakers went up to Hanover, N.H. and laid an egg against the Big Green, falling in an upset loss, 67-58

It was announced today through a new webpage dedicated to the Athletic Director search process that the 14-member advisory committee for the search chaired by Provost Vincent Price will hold two open forums.

The athletes of Penn track and field will have their chance to prove their worth in the Big Apple on Saturday when they compete in the Columbia Invitational.

Penn wrestling has a ways to go before they become the premier Ivy League wrestling program, but Saturday marks an opportunity for Penn to make a statement against the No. 4 team in the nation.

For Penn basketball’s senior class, the upcoming trip to Dartmouth on Friday and Harvard on Saturday will be the start of each player’s final time through the 14-game tournament that is Ivy play.

After a week in which both the Penn men’s and women’s squash teams defeated national power Princeton, the Red and Blue now enter a demanding stretch of Ivy League competition that starts this Saturday at home against another national contender, Yale.

Penn swimming will be celebrating the seniors at Scheerr Pool this weekend, with both the Quakers’ men’s and women’s teams taking on West Chester and La Salle, two schools that the Red and Blue have excelled against in recent years.

For the Red and Blue, it’s been a much-needed time of rest this week since their demolition of NJIT last weekend. Now it’s time for the team to show the Ivy League how its been hardened by a tough nonconference slate.

Coming off an underwhelming performance in a loss to Yale last weekend, the Quakers will look to rebound this Saturday at the Ken Anderson Invitational hosted by Temple. The five-team invitational will feature Penn, Temple, Cornell, Ursinus and West Chester.