Wednesday night, students came together for a discussion on issues facing the black community hosted by Penn’s chapter of the NAACP and the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. The talk centered on the concept of the “talented tenth,” a term meant to describe African-Americans who become leaders.

Mojo is a hard thing to define but easy to recognize. You either have it or you don’t. And I did not.

Fraud Nov. 29 — A man and a woman unaffiliated with the University reported unauthorized uses of their debit cards at Savory, located at 3417 Spruce St.

Since the Centers for Disease Control are clearly neglecting their duties regarding the pandemic of haters, it falls to me to put out this public service announcement.

Greening vacant spaces in Philadelphia has been found to reduce crime, according to Perelman School of Medicine research.

The film Miss Representation was screened Wednesday night at the Annenberg Public Policy Center to an audience of about 100. It examines the role of women in U.S. society.

Raymond Haywood, who was once a employee at Starbucks on campus, will appear in court Thursday for the alleged armed robbery of 1920s Commons. His violent criminal history has raised questions about Penn’s hiring practices.

A student group may be formed by March that will serve as a forum for the discussion of the representation of different socioeconomic classes at Penn. Data on the 2008-09 academic year showed that Penn placed below peer schools with respect to its proportion of low-income students.

Religious Studies professor Anthea Butler lectured at the final installation of the Lightbulb Café series on the rhetoric of the Republican primary. She focused on the use of religion language employed by candidates.

On Wednesday, the Office of Nursing Research hosted a research colloquium on intellectual property with about 20 staff members and faculty. Jennifer Langenberger, director of Intellectual Property at the Center for Technology Transfer, discussed the importance of intellectual property and its pertinence to researchers in the Penn community.

Occupy Wall Street’s nationwide student loan refusal pledge proposes that debtors stop paying off loans when the petition reaches one million signatures. Some administrators oppose the plan, arguing students have a legal obligation to repay loans.

After a shoddy five-game stretch that included four losses, the Penn basketball team got its mojo back at the Palestra Wednesday night. Post-game presser: Penn vs. Delaware

Even though Occupy Philadelphia’s physical protest has been disassembled, its participants say the movement is considering creating a national conference at Penn.

1965 Wharton graduate Ronald Lauder — son of Estée Lauder and heir to her multi-billion dollar cosmetic company — utilized a number of federal tax code loopholes to avoid paying tens of millions of dollars in taxes, according to a Nov. 26 article by David Kocieniewski.

Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vince Price announced in a statement Tuesday that The Pew Charitable Trusts gave the University $2 million to support its Presidential Term Professorships program.

While the University of Delaware isn’t exactly high up in the standings, Blue Hens sophomore guard Devon Saddler is — ranking second in the nation in scoring at 24.7 points per game.

Of the 1,696 players currently on NFL rosters, only six played their college ball in the Ivy League. If Erik Rask has his way, that number will be at least seven next season.