While the overall number of students deciding to go abroad hasn't changed dramatically, many more students are opting to go in the Spring.

The course begins with a musical context unit, focusing on artists such as Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Bob Dylan — musicians who have used their music to comment on social issues. 

Traditional pastries including baklava were served alongside samples of the coffee, and floor cushion seating arrangements resembling those common in Middle Eastern coffeehouses were set up for guests to use.

College freshmen Jacob Cohen and College freshman Michael Becker decided to room together after meeting on a cruise ship to the Caribbean in December 2015, after both received their Early Decision acceptances from Penn.

The lack of a clear grieving policy at Penn prompted the group to work with Penn’s administration to coordinate more specific guidelines for bereavement and grief support issues for students.

The draft of the order demands a 30-day halt on immigration from several countries that have already been labelled as linked to terrorism under various laws, including Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia. 

YouthHack is an international organization comprised of different chapters of students who help fellow student entrepreneurs build businesses and connect to investors.

The Daily Pennsylvanian surveyed 24 freshmen, and only four responded that they had found their peer advisor to be useful. Three of the four noted that they had contacted or been contacted by their peer advisor after NSO.

Team Mesh constructed a hardware — called the mesh box — and a smartphone app that would enable refugees to communicate with one another without the need for cell towers or the Internet.

“Activism takes different forms,” University Chaplain Rev. Charles Howard said. “It’s not just the hate of racists that hurts, but it’s the silence of loved ones.”

The Penn Wharton Startup Challenge, formerly known as the Wharton Business Plan Competition, is back with a new name and a mission to foster innovative and entrepreneurial spirit beyond Wharton.

The app, called Springpop, is a controlled newsfeed of upbeat posts. Users choose producers of happy material to follow for content ranging from health tips to motivational articles to outfit suggestions.

Arkansas, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Wyoming all have only one student each in the class of 2020.

As a member of the Vietnamese Student Association, Nguyen talked about celebrating the holiday at Penn. Despite being away from her home and family, Nguyen said she was happy to see that “a lot of people still cherish the traditions that we have, and we have a great community to celebrate with.”

Recruitment chair of Chi Omega and Nursing junior Jordan Lilley said she felt it was unfair that one of the reasons given to the sorority chapters for the rescheduling of their recruitment process was that sorority rush events conflicted with fraternity rush events.

College Republicans President and Wharton junior Sean Egan explained that Friday will be a good day for the club even though many of its members were skeptical of Trump throughout the election.

Mental health assistance, casual interactions take center stage