Last night, the simple lessons of children’s literature found an older audience of writers and readers alike at the Kelly Writers House.

The Du Bois College House was founded in 1972 after an increased enrollment of African American students due to the civil rights movement. Forty years later, the organization celebrates its anniversary and retains it’s identity as a ‘cultural center.’

Fran Dougherty is likely out for the year with a dislocated shoulder. Steve Rennard is likely out for the year with a torn plantar fascia. And Penn basketball can use this as a learning opportunity.

With Fran Dougherty out for the year, Cam Gunter, oft unnoticed by both fans and media alike, may be just who the Quakers need to get back on their feet and back into the Ivy League race.

Pairing an identity with a name is not a new phenomenon, but now researchers have the data to recognize and support name trends with statistical analysis. So thanks for raising me, Mom and Dad, but you did most of the heavy lifting just by slapping a name on that birth certificate.

Among professional sports, the NFL is unique — a look at the different financial structures of other sports leagues makes the NFL’s socialist tendency even more apparent. Although Americans call European soccer a socialist sport, it is far more capitalist than our beloved NFL.

The fact that USC is willing to hire Lynch less than a year after the controversy shows a willingness to overlook Lynch’s actions. While this does not amount to condoning what Lynch has done, we feel it is akin to saying it’s acceptable. This disregard for ethical standards represents an inherent breakdown in the system.

The newest thing in the world of sex technology is Bang With Friends. The app — which has already gathered over 250,000 users since it launched last week — notifies pairs of Facebook friends who have identified that they’d like to “bang.”

While we’ve all been warned against sending pictures of ourselves in the buff, what’s more worrisome is that we don’t seem the least bit concerned about forwarding, sharing and further exploiting our peers. Worse, this trend is not bounded by the cybersphere — it’s alive in real time.

Omar Barghouti — a pro-Palestinian researcher, human rights activist and author — spoke at Claudia Cohen Hall Tuesday. His lecture, hosted by Penn for Palestine and PennBDS, in partnership with Philly BDS and Philadelphia Jewish Voice for Peace, was titled “Israel is No South Africa.”

Humor and comedy have always been a central part of the Penn Band since its inception in 1897. This year, two College sophomores, Kylie Murrin and Lauren Mendoza, are leading the Penn Band in that same direction.

Gov. Tom Corbett released his annual budget proposal TUesday morning, which includes over $600 million in spending increases, as well as new revenue from proposed changes to the state pension system and liquor privatization.

In the face of the administration’s diversity controversy, the Undergraduate Assembly Steering Committee met Tuesday night to discuss how diversity in the higher levels of the University impacts student groups.

Won, which was located on 40th street between Walnut and Locust streets, closed on Dec. 31 after its main manager, Jay Han, fell ill and could no longer take care of the restaurant.

In October, the Penn men’s lacrosse team began working with Comegys Community School through the Comegys University-Assisted Community School partnership. Once a week, the team tutors fourth to sixth grade boys and teaches them how to play lacrosse.

For Steve Bilsky, neither ESPNU nor NBC Sports Network — with whom the Ivy League landed a two-year television contract in May — holds the future destiny of Quakers athletics on the small screen. Rather, it’s streaming.

After taking a year of absence to play professionally for the North American Soccer League’s Puerto Rico Islanders, Barreiro returned to campus this January to receive the final 5.5 credits that he needs to earn his Wharton degree.