With Fling just a week and a half away, students from other schools are booking their bus and train tickets to come to Penn.

Both men and women will march through campus tonight in solidarity against sexual violence — a scene that would have been hardly imaginable just 20 years ago.

Penn Democrats and College Republicans released a statement affirming their support for same-sex marriage today, along with nearly 50 other college political groups across the country. The two reached out to other groups for nearly two months, asking leaders to sign on either themselves or on behalf of their organizations.

On Wednesday night, about 70 students gathered at the St. Elmo’s chapter house for its second biannual Speakeasy Open Mic charity event.

Four car crashes in five weeks at 38th and Spruce streets intersection mark an uptick in incidents in an intersection found to be one of Penn’s most unsafe in a 2009 report.

As part of Penn Fashion Week, the Wharton Undergraduate Sports Business Club hosted three representatives from Under Armour and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Neal Goldman, John Hardy and David Progar offered a brief history of sports apparel, discussed the relationship between the two companies and described their cooperative marketing process.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced in March that petitions for H-1B international work visas — which allow internationals to temporarily live and work in the United States for three years—will be limited to 65,000 for the 2014 Fiscal Year.

Four Engineering seniors have created a pair of glasses that will wake the wearer up if he starts to doze off as their senior design project.

When deciding her goals for her final season at Penn, senior pole vaulter Davielle Brown doesn’t have to look far, as volunteer assistant coach Samantha Crook holds the indoor and outdoor pole vault records that Brown is gunning for.

Penn (5-4) dominated an outclassed Lehigh (3-9) squad on Wednesday night, 13-4. Following its 0-3 start, Penn has now won five of its last six games, the lone blemish being a 15-10 defeat to No. 1 Maryland last Saturday.

After narrowly losing to the Hawks in the first game of a doubleheader, 2-1, the Quakers imploded in the second contest of the day, falling 17-2.

John Cole’s squad could be looking at its first bid for a Gehrig Division crown since 2007 and its first run at an Ivy League title since 1995.

When looking at Penn’s statistics, one thing stands out: Alyssa Baron led the Quakers in points, rebounds, assists and steals. And this year, Baron also successfully transitioned from a pure scorer into a leader.

Friends and family of Engineering junior Oliver Pacchiana will gather for a memorial service in the Engineering Quadrangle on Monday at 6 p.m.

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One week ago, Tyga was also revealed as a performer at Harvard’s version of Spring Fling, Yardfest.

The University Health System contributed $121 million to cover uncompensated care in fiscal year 2012, which ended June 30, 2012, said Susan Phillips, senior vice president for public affairs at UPHS.