Before arriving at Penn, 22-year-old College freshman John Cheo was somewhere in the middle of Brunei’s jungles on a survival expedition, living off whatever he could scavenge from the area while fulfilling Singapore’s military obligations.

I had just reached the ripe age of 16 when my mother marched into my room, fresh from watching The Oprah Winfrey Show and announced: “We need to get you a vibrator.”

I personally don’t know what dedicating a theme year to the Bible would have achieved, but what concerns me is the public’s outrage against the slightest semblance of religiosity in our government.

The Penn Project for Civic Engagement has teamed with the region’s chapter of a national service organization, to host community forums.

During the break, Wharton Dean Thomas Robertson will visit Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, as part of his plan to meet with alumni and other influential people associated with Wharton.

Maalik Reynolds won the indoor Ivy League Championships and will compete at the NCAA Championships on March 10-11.

Freedom to Marry Day is celebrated all over the nation and involves symbolically marrying student couples throughout the day. It is organized by National Marriage Equality USA, a grass roots nonprofit organization.

This weekend, five Penn wrestlers will compete at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Championships. While three Quakers have already qualified for the NCAAs, the other two need to win to qualify.

At the end of the month, four members of the Penn football team will put their talents on display for NFL scouts in the hopes of getting picked up for training camp.

The Orthodox Community at Penn hosted “ManiCURE: Salon with a Cause” in Houston Hall’s Hall of Flags yesterday to raise money for breast cancer research and promote awareness about the disease.

Penn basketball’s season comes down to its final three games. The first two are home against Brown and Yale, while the last is on the road against Princeton. The Quakers can’t afford to lose any of the three.

Students throughout campus will participate in a student walkout March 1 at 1 p.m. organized as part of the National Day of Action for Education, which is sponsored by the Occupy movement.

This weekend, six players from the women’s team and two players from the men’s team will head to the College Squash Association Individual Championships.

The seniors are putting it all in the line heading into the final weekend of their Penn basketball careers.

Penn’s women’s lacrosse team will have a busy spring break. Over eight days, they face No. 2 North Carolina, Rutgers, and Harvard.

Several recent resignation announcements by female presidents at top-tier institutions have prompted discussion about the representation of women at the highest levels of university leadership.

The Wharton Communications Advisory Board hosted Seelert to speak about leadership and how to build a successful career on Tuesday afteroon in Hunstman Hall.