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On Feb. 10, three Muslim students at UNC-Chapel Hill were murdered and the prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for the suspect. Craig Stephen Hicks has been charged with first-degree murder after he was accused of killing Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha.


A bold abroad

By Dia Sotiropoulou · March 3, 2015

Of the regions that hosted Penn study-abroad students for the 2013-2014 academic year, Europe overwhelmingly led the pack, netting a whopping 59 percent of all participants. 

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By David Cahn · March 3, 2015

Universities like Penn have seen dozens of protests in the aftermath of Ferguson, and student activism continues to call attention to national race relation issues. But some racial issues hit even closer to home at universities, right in the field of academia.



College junior Hannah Watene made chapatti, a local flatbread, in Iringa, Tanzania.

A bold abroad

By Dia Sotiropoulou · March 3, 2015

Of the regions that hosted Penn study-abroad students for the 2013-2014 academic year, Europe overwhelmingly led the pack, netting a whopping 59 percent of all participants. 



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In order to address a $55 million deficit in the budget of the provost, Cornell will cut all of its schools' budgets by 2 to 2.3 percent of their yearly spending.  The deficit was caused by the office of the provost "giving out allocations to both the colleges and the central administrative units that exceeded the revenues that were coming in," Interim Provost Harry Katz said.


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The hospitalization of 12 people at Wesleyan University caused by overdoses of the drug Molly has called into question the school's enforcement policies regarding the use of drugs.  In 2011, Wesleyan referred 154 students for disciplinary action on drug-based violations.



Before becoming Penn's Athletic Compliance officer, Elton Cochran-Fikes set numerous records for Penn track from 1970-74.

As a bookish, unathletic high school freshman, Elton Cochran-Fikes shuddered at the idea of anything having to do with sports. Little did he know that, less than a decade later, he would become the first Ivy League athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes.





The Vision

This year’s Black Solidarity Conference upheld a specific mantra: “The Ties that Bind: Unique in Our Blackness, One in Our Struggle.” For three days and three nights, students from colleges across the country joined together to uplift each other.