On Nov. 8, in Philadelphia’s local elections, there is one race at the bottom of the ballot that is especially competitive and where there is an opportunity for political unity — the race for city commissioner.

A columnist searches for answers within a society where V-necks reign supreme.

On Sunday night, Undergraduate Assembly members voted to sign a letter cautioning the government against cutting Pell Grant funds — a resource that benefits around 16 percent of Penn students.

The Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics 4th Annual Grand Gaming Festival Monday evening gave students to play a variety of games created by their peers. GALLERY: Photos of Grand Gaming Festival

The Food Justice Dinner that kicked off Food Week brought together about 40 Penn students, community members, Bon Appetit management and both adult- and high-school-aged Urban Nutrition Initiative representatives, to expand food justice awareness.

Leo Levinson is now celebrating 40 years as an ad man, during which he has worked with companies such as Rita’s Water Ice and developed catchy jingles meant to stick in people’s heads like, “Be cool, eat a Rita’s.”

Last week, Penn Athletes and Allies Tackling Homophobia and Heterosexism introduced the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network Sports Project Challenge Team Respect Pledge to the Student Athlete Advisory Committee.

Oct. 18, the School of Veterinary Medicine announced that the first cancer vaccine for dogs with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — a blood cancer category with a high mortality rate — was developed by professors at Penn Vet and the Perelman School of Medicine.

The manner in which the Quakers, so poised at the beginning of the season, fell out of contention is as close to tragic as sports can be.

The first thing teammates and coaches noticed about the new-and-improved Fran Dougherty was his body. Over the offseason, the timid, slight freshman has grown into a sturdy sophomore.

As solid as Penn’s offense looked in Saturday’s fourth quarter against Yale and in all of its late-game comebacks, I’m worried about the defense giving up big plays.

It’s time to stop kidding ourselves and cut our losses. Organizers have tried tinkering with the event for several years with no success.

Fifteen people who had participated in the protest were arrested Sunday for blocking 8th Street near Race Street. Those arrests represented the first since the protest began in early October. According to the Division of Public Safety, none of them were Penn students. TOPICS: Occupy movementMAP: Occupy arrests around the U.S.

Protesters entered Huntsman Hall on Oct. 21, at about 4:00 p.m., despite plans between activist group organizers and the Division of Public Safety to stay out of the building. TOPICS: Occupy movementGALLERY: 62 photos of Cantor protest

Yet many object to becoming a potential donor due to religious reasons, concerns with fairness of the current first-come, first-serve system and a lack of clarity, Director of the Center for Bioethics Art Caplet wrote in an email.

Mayor Michael Nutter appointed Lorene Cary, lecturer in the Creative Writing Program within the English Department, to the School Reform Commission earlier this month.

Provost Vincent Price is currently considering a calendar proposal that, if approved, would require 2013-14 classes to begin Aug. 28. New Student Orientation would start on Aug. 23. INTERACTIVE: Proposed changes to academic calendar