While the controversial Fling seating policy was intended to increase the safety of concertgoers, it was ultimately ineffective in achieving its goal.

In the strong 12-team field at the 36-hole Wolfpack Spring Open — which featured several top Division I programs, including No. 23 host North Carolina State — the Quakers finished 11th.

Both the heavyweight and lightweight crews traveled to Derby, Conn., this weekend to compete for the Blackwell and Dodge Cups, respectively, against Columbia and Yale.

Facing Cornell in Penn’s last home match of the season, the Big Red proved to be as tough as their undefeated record showed, winning the match, 5-2.

Though rain canceled the last nine holes at the Roar-ee Invitational, Penn women’s golf was able to catch Fairleigh Dickinson to tie for first place Saturday in Suffern, N.Y.

The women’s tennis team finished its season this weekend on a high note, ending with two consecutive Ivy League victories — two more than it had all last season — over Cornell Friday and Columbia Sunday.

A preliminary hearing was held April 15 for Jan Egeman, a Wharton School sophomore who allegedly punched a Penn Police officer on April 1.

This year, overall crime during Spring Fling decreased 27.5 percent compared to last year — hospital cases and disturbance complaints went down, and no arrests were recorded.

About 300 students gathered at Franklin Field Sunday to commemorate Penn football captain No. 40 Owen Thomas, who committed suicide last April.

Penn came just about one percentage point short of its goal of a 30 percent cumulative recycling rate in this year's RecycleMania competition.

In an effort to forge a new campus tradition, Alternate Spring Fling featured an assortment of alcohol-free activities including mandala painting, guided meditation and yoga sessions throughout the weekend.

Saturday in Cambridge, the No. 15 Penn men's lacrosse team picked up its first away victory against Harvard in a double-overtime win.

A drunk driver struck an Allied Barton patrol officer on the southeast corner of 38th and Walnut streets last Friday, April 15, at about 1:30 a.m.

After splitting a doubleheader Friday, Penn baseball lost to division-leading Princeton in two close games Sunday.

With the recent downturn of the economy, the number of Penn Nursing students with full-time jobs by graduation also went down.

The Philadelphia Science Festival, which started April 15 and runs through April 28, is designed to “raise the profile” of science in the city.

Following a four-game sweep a week ago, Penn softball returned the favor against rival Princeton this weekend, as it swept the Tigers in a four-game series, winning 4-2, 2-1, 7-2 and 9-2.