Skimmerfest, the annual music festival that follows the first home Penn football game, promises free food, T-shirts and a live concert. 

"I want to encourage everyone here, whether this affects you directly or not, to show up for others; to show love and compassion because it means the world right now.”

Last year, Penn’s chapter of Colleges Against Cancer and the Penn Society for International Development were denied funding for charity events. 

"A lot of universities put a lot of time and effort into freshmen, onboarding them, getting them acclimated to campus. Juniors and seniors have a lot of attention … sophomores are kind of the class that’s left behind."

“I think having to balance Penn with anything is hard, but having to balance it with being black is another level of stress on its own." 

"This is an issue that cannot be ignored. We want other campuses and places in general to learn from out example. We cannot remain silent in times like this."

College senior Andrea Klein said these fall events are an informal way to let students learn more about Greek life in a "low-pressure setting."

Last year, SAC awarded 49 percent of all requests for contingency funding. 

Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity at Harvard announced last week that the club had finished its transformation into Aleph, a gender-neutral club.

"The whole purpose of a leave of absence is to put students on a path to success," said Executive Director for Education and Academic Planning Rob Nelson. 

Winning projects included Sorty McSortface, a recycling and trash bin which automatically sorts waste and Todd: the inter-dimensional robot.

On the site, fraternities and sororities are given a number grade that classify it as an “upper,” “middle” or “lower tier” organization. 

The group has historically followed the platform of the Democratic Party, but they're now shifting away from this "top-down" approach to push for the policies they believe in. 

Moya's mother spoke of her son as "an old soul — intuitive and inquisitive."

“Penn Book Center was never problematic," said Lily Applebaum, assistant to the Faculty Director of the Kelly Writers House Al Filreis. 

Between August 24 to 27, there were 11 cases of students requiring sickness transport and five cases of them requiring sickness assistance.

“Penn was a leader in higher education, but Bob was a leader in LGBT advocacy."