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Historically, southwest Philadelphia has had some of the lowest rates of accessibility to fresh organic produce. The Community Farm and Food Resource Center at Bartram’s Garden — also known as Bartram’s Community Farm seeks to change that.

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Bartram’s Community Farm seeks to give southwest and west Philadelphia more access to fresh organic produce.

Historically, southwest Philadelphia has had some of the lowest rates of accessibility to fresh organic produce. The Community Farm and Food Resource Center at Bartram’s Garden — also known as Bartram’s Community Farm seeks to change that.





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Penn may be the No. 1 party school in the nation, but does that title mean as much if partying at colleges around the country is down? A recent national report in which 150,000 freshmen from around the country were surveyed says that partying is down among college students, with socialization among friends down significantly in the last 35 years.  ICYMI, this is the same report that says depression is trending upward nationally among college freshmen, a troubling trend considering the recent emphasis on mental health at Penn. The Atlantic goes into the details from the report and possible reasoning behind the decline in partying/socializing.



Freshman forward Sam Jones nailed seven threes against Columbia on Saturday, one night after hitting a clutch trey against Cornell in the final minute.

What’s the cure for a hangover? Penn basketball is in  need of some relief after following up big Friday victories on its first two Ivy weekends of the season with equally deflating losses the day after. The Quakers (7-12, 3-6 Ivy) will take a crack at finding a cure on their own floor when they host Yale and Brown for a back-to-back at the Palestra. Last Friday, the Quakers took advantage of a second-half rally to stun Cornell in Ithaca, winning, 71-69, on a floater by junior guard Tony Hicks with only four seconds left. Saturday, though, Hicks and pretty much all of his teammates — save for freshman forward Sam Jones — went MIA.


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It's never easy to say good bye. Nonetheless, after 15 seasons at the helm, three Ivy League championships, a handful of NCAA Tournament berths and an ECAC title in 2000, Penn women's soccer is in the process of bidding farewell to its all-time winningest coach. Penn Athletics announced on Jan.


Sophomore Sydney Stipanovich powered the Quakers' offense with 12 points on Friday.

Down, but certainly not out. Although Penn women's basketball will hit the road once again this weekend, the squad has no plans of going anywhere in the larger picture -- the race for the Ivy League title -- despite last Friday's letdown against Cornell. After splitting last weekend's contests with the Big Red and Columbia, the Quakers (12-7, 3-2 Ivy) will travel to New Haven, Conn., to face Yale on Friday before wrapping up their fifth road matchup in seven games against Brown on Saturday. While this weekend's slate of back to back games represents the third of six consecutive Ivy doubleheaders for the Red and Blue, coach Mike McLaughlin is confident in Penn's physical and mental states, despite the loss to Cornell. "We have some kids that are banged up like every other team, but physically we're in good shape," McLaughlin said.


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Is 21 the optimal drinking age? That question is a constant debate at Universities around the country and the New York Times has decided to take its hand at the debate. The Times brought six debaters in to talk about the idea of lowering the drinking age from 21 years old, with the six columns split on the subject. Author Gabrielle Glaser was one of the few that advocated for lowering it to 18 years old, mentioning how the current drinking age leads to riskier binge drinking as a more common setting. Meanwhile, multiple other columnists said to keep the national drinking age at 21 years old, citing the possible consequences of crime or increased drunk driving.Former Kenyon College President S.



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Finding the "Sexual Violence Policy" is more difficult than a simple, messy Google search. Upon visiting the Provost's page — either directly or via the Office of Student Conduct’s page — for an explanation of the policy, students can be greeted with a cold "Error 404" page, with an ironically tragic subtitle: "Go Home."




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The University of California will be requiring students to get their measles vaccination beginning in 2017.  Following an outbreak of the illness in December, the University of California school systems will also require students to be vaccinated for whooping cough, meningitis and chicken pox, as well as to be screened for tuberculosis.  Read the article at The New York Times.