Houston Hall's salad bar wasn’t the only place with longer lines during the lunchtime rush. Poll workers said they were 'pleased with the turnout' at the most convenient polling place for students.

At one of the last Democratic rallies this election season, Michelle Obama spoke to a crowd of 3,500 Penn students and community members about the stakes of tomorrow’s midterm election.

At one of the last Democratic rallies this election season, Michelle Obama spoke to a crowd of 3,500 Penn students and community members about the stakes of Tuesday’s midterm election.

In many towns and cities across the United States, there has developed a population of illegal immigrants living in the shadows. Philadelphia is no exception.

Penn is the number one gay-friendly school in America, according to Newsweek magazine — which used an aggregate of The Advocate’s and InsideCollege.com’s ratings.

I’m not going to offer a pithy recap or make a pun about “Sanity and/or Fear.” Instead, I want to tell you why the rally wasn’t important. And I want to tell you why it was.

Penn students proved in 2004, 2006 and 2008 that our opinions deserve to be heard. Let’s vote again in 2010.

PennMod — a student-run, staff-monitored support group started this fall that advocates alcohol moderation over abstinence — is a worthy program that has the potential to help address the issue of alcohol abuse.

According to the Division of Public Safety, a fight broke out at around 4:30 p.m. Saturday between a Penn alumnus and another male outside of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house, located at 4040 Walnut St.

Philadelphia jazz singer S. Denise King claimed that she could no longer learn new music after experiencing “shocking sensations” during a MRI in November 2008 at HUP.

Penn may have rolled over Brown to remain secure at the top of the Ivy League standings, but the rest of conference play was less predictable.

Penn faces an uncertain road back to the Ivy championship and NCAA tournament, but can still finish as at least co-champions if they win out.

Breakout freshmen Kerry Scalora and Stephen Baker each earned their third Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors after strong performances on Saturday, while junior forward Marin McDermott was named Ivy Player of the Week for the first time this season.

The Undergraduate Assembly granted Penn Leads the Vote $459.80 and sent an e-mail to professors with no online syllabi.

About 60 Penn freshmen took a year off after HS last year. Gap years “broaden perspective,” Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said, which is why Penn makes deferring a simple process.

As the push for health care reform continues, nurse practioners’ special approach to health is being increasingly looked at as part of an improved care system — especially in addressing the mounting shortage of primary care providers.

Penn Feminists is the newest women’s rights group on campus. Graduate Nursing student Ellen Hansen, the groups’s founder, hopes to set members of Penn Feminists apart from those of similar organizations on campus in the range of issues they discuss.