Unless you read The Chronicle of Higher Education with the near-obsessive frequency that I do, you probably don’t know much about Mount St.
Despite reports in December that the Ivy League was on the verge of announcing a postseason tournament to crown a conference champion, the actual pace of action seems to be a good deal slower.
For me, it’s a no-brainer. The Ivy League needs a conference tournament for basketball. When you look at Ivy Athletics as a whole, there’s something left to be desired for those students who are fans of NCAA athletics as a whole.
Right now on this campus, thousands of pre-med students shuffle to their massive Bio lectures, their on-campus research positions, their clinical volunteering jobs, their health related extracurriculars, or their activities unrelated to medicine but picked because medical schools prefer them. Ask any of them about it, and I expect they will all say the same thing: it sucks.
RONG XIANG is a College Freshman from Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
"Don't mistake activity for achievement." There are quite a few John Wooden-isms that I have come across throughout my life, but few have spoken to me quite as loudly as that one.
"Don't mistake activity for achievement." There are quite a few John Wooden-isms that I have come across throughout my life, but few have spoken to me quite as loudly as that one.
Despite reports in December that the Ivy League was on the verge of announcing a postseason tournament to crown a conference champion, the actual pace of action seems to be a good deal slower.
For me, it’s a no-brainer. The Ivy League needs a conference tournament for basketball. When you look at Ivy Athletics as a whole, there’s something left to be desired for those students who are fans of NCAA athletics as a whole.
It may only be January, but it’s already time for championship basketball. In the midst of a seven-game win streak, Penn women’s basketball has an opportunity to clinch a share of its second Philadelphia Big 5 title in as many years, heading to rival Villanova tonight in a battle for local supremacy. “We’re playing good basketball right now; we’re defending well, rebounding the ball as well as we’ve done all year and getting into a better flow in transition,” coach Mike McLaughlin said.
When textbooks get expensive, money-savvy students turn to alternative ways to buy them.
Five students and three faculty members will engage in the discussion, titled “Race, Respect, and Classroom Culture” moderated by economics and law professor Wendell Pritchett.
MechaNek is a robotic head restraint to improve safety for racecar drivers, while giving them greater freedom of movement.
SEPTA police officers are now equipped with body cameras that will be turned on while responding to radio calls and during any interaction with people on patrol.
Alpha Chi Omega has made no tangible steps toward recolonizing since the vast majority of its members deactivated to join OAX last spring.
Lower credit requirements for some majors can encourage students to pursue interdisciplinary study.
Lambda Alliance, the umbrella organization for LGBTQ+ constituent groups on campus, held board elections in November.
If you’ve ever seen the name “Donald Trump” on your Twitter or Facebook feed, you’ve engaged in the sound bite culture of political discourse.
A former iteration of the council failed to please administrators because of the proposal to levy sanctions on Greek organizations for instances of cultural insensitivity.
I remember my first night in the Quadrangle, lying on a hard and slightly stained mattress, surrounded by four intimidatingly blank walls, and listening to the heartbeat of an unfamiliar city outside my window.
CLAUDIA LI is a College sophomore from Santa Clara, California.
This weekend, even the snow couldn't stop the tumbling, flipping, and twisting of Penn gymnastics. The Quakers defeated Yale on Sunday in their first Ivy dual meet of the year by a score of 189.575-188.725.
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