On Thursday, Grupo Quisqueyano hosted a Spoken Word Night featuring Oveous Maximus, a Dominican-American spoken-word artist, poet and musician.

Penn's marijuana policy seems to attempt to help rather than punish students. Still, Penn’s policy isn’t as lenient as it could be.

Charitable Laughter, a charity performance featuring Bloomers, Mask and Wig, Without A Net, Simply Chaos and Pennsylvania Six-5000, will take place Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Iron Gate Theater.

Philadelphia’s drinking water may not be as clean as people think, and stricter regulations should be put into effect.

We support Penn Dining’s commitment to local food growers, but the Eat Local Challenge missed the mark because it took eating local so rigidly that it was a turnoff for students.

Before an audience of congressional staffers and health professionals, School of Nursing student Jorge Roman got to tell his story Tuesday night on Capitol Hill.

Graduate student Dan Chinburg was once a full-time intern for the Democratic Committee in Montgomery County. Now he’s an active member of the Philadelphia Tea Party Patriots.

Despite severe financial losses, the School of Veterinary Medicine is working to achieve a “new normal,” according to Dean Joan Hendricks. Its budget was cut by $13 million in 2009.

Turnout in the new student elections was roughly 47 percent as of 10 p.m. Thursday, according to the Nominations and Elections Committee Vice Chairman for Elections and College junior Ben Kruger.

This September, Penn Transit added four new propane-powered shuttles to their fleet, each reducing their tailpipe emission by 50 percent in comparison to traditionally gasoline-powered vehicles. The shuttles will be decked in eye-catching “green themed” wraps.

A report from the National Bureau of Economic Research said that the recession ended in June 2009, but many local businesses are still experiencing its effects.

While new ways to create buzz about the basketball team and facilitating the purchase of season tickets are a positive step, flaws in the "Select-A-Seat BBQ" show the AD may still be missing the mark.

Penn launched its first tailgate two weeks ago at the football season opener, and organizers hope the tradition will continue before every home game.

In terms of executive masters of business administration programs, the Wharton School continues to dominate.

Former QB Kyle Olson — who led Penn to an Ivy League title last season in his final year of eligibility — is now serving as a student assistant coach.

An interactive graphic presenting some key facts about the five sororities that are candidates to be Penn's new chapter, including the dates they will be presenting on campus in October.

For the third straight season, the Penn field hockey team suffered a shutout defeat to intrastate rival, Lafayette.