With oral arguments on a landmark affirmative action case set to begin in front of the nation’s highest court on Wednesday, members of the higher education world and the Penn community are continuing to express mixed hopes about the court’s ruling. VIDEO: Word on the Walk | Affirmative Action
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Students hold annual Navratri Garba celebration
Navratri means “nine nights” and the festival, which lasts nine days and nine nights, is held in honor of the Hindu Mother Goddess, Shakti.
The artists will give back a minimum of 40 hours to the community by sharing their talents leading workshops, teaching classes and exhibiting in the area.
Max Scheiber | The numbers will set you free
You owe it to yourself and the world around you to learn some math.
Students hold annual Navratri Garba celebration
Navratri means “nine nights” and the festival, which lasts nine days and nine nights, is held in honor of the Hindu Mother Goddess, Shakti.
The artists will give back a minimum of 40 hours to the community by sharing their talents leading workshops, teaching classes and exhibiting in the area.
The allocated funds were to be spent by this summer, but will now be able to extend through the academic year, according to Civic House Director David Grossman. Civic House is looking into future funding options, as its future is currently unclear, he added.
Philly Trans* March promotes awareness and unity
A crowd of almost 300 marchers, armed with colorful signs and warm welcomes for each other, had gathered around a stage, where local activists and speakers roused the audience to unite and work towards a change.
Penn endowment return falls in the middle of other Ivies
On the heels of Penn reporting a 1.6-percent investment return in FY 2012, Harvard University announced an investment loss of 0.05 percent. In contrast, Yale University posted a 4.7-percent return, ending FY 2012 with an endowment of $19.3 billion.
BRIEF | Penn women's tennis duo plays on national stage
This past weekend, sophomore Sol Eskenazi and senior Jules Rodin had the opportunity to test their talents against the best collegiate tennis players in the country.
BRIEF | Penn sweeps Ivy foes in consecutive sets
Friday at the Palestra, the Quakers took down Cornell for the eighth consecutive time, battling out three tough sets to capture a straight-set conference win, 25-21, 27-25, 25-23.
Sprint football survives after late-game heroics
Holding on after a 20-yard Kai Peng field goal with just over a minute to play, the Quakers defeated Mansfield, 16-13, at Franklin Field on Friday night
Offense dominates in Penn field hockey win
Field hockey sophomore Emily Corcoran netted her first goal of the season and Penn’s final score of Sunday’s game as the Quakers beat Radford, 4-0.
Penn men's soccer falls again in one-goal game
In the midst of the Quakers’ 1-0 loss, their seventh defeat by one goal, star forward Duke Lacroix went down with a leg injury early in the second half that could lead to trouble for the Red and Blue moving forward.
Scalora scores game-winner for Penn women's soccer
In a match between two unbeaten Ivy squads at Rhodes Field, Penn emerged victorious from a 90-minute bout with a 1-0 win over Columbia on Friday night.
Già Pronto to move into Spruce Street space vacated by TBowl
The bigger space will be able to accommodate more customers and increase its capacity by around 50 percent. VIDEO: Word on the Walk | Off-Campus Dining MULTIMEDIA: 3716 Spruce St.over the years
Alter | It’s how you start, not how you finish
Sure, Penn’s offense finished Saturday’s game strong and almost pulled off the dramatic comeback victory. But if it had put itself in better position, Penn likely would’ve won the game.
West Philadelphia center will support aspiring chefs
The center will provide chefs and entrepreneurs with not only a space to develop products and grow their businesses, but also the expensive kitchen equipment that they may not be able to buy themselves.
MSA shares tea and coffee to conclude Islam Awareness Week
As one of the last installments of Islam Awareness Week, the Muslim Student Association offered soothing blends of teas and coffees from around the Muslim world for Penn students to sip on Saturday night.
Students define plans at the Immigration Reform Summit
Twenty-five students from Georgetown University and all the Ivy League schools except Dartmouth College attended the summit.








