While it is generally accepted that current society is patriarchal, few among those who identify themselves as feminist acknowledge that, for example, the right for a male to show weakness and sensitivity has not yet been established — which has greater consequence than simply preventing him from being able to cry.

Simply offering constructive criticism doesn’t make one a grade-one thinker, but the failure to propose solutions or better alternatives to the problems one notices and points out eliminates the possibility of achieving grade-one thought.

Many students were still on campus over break, moving into new rooms or waiting for their hot water to finally heat up.

In light of the “Charlie Hebdo” attack in Paris on Jan. 7, members of Penn comedy groups shared their perspective and methods on striking a balance between comedy and contention.

The smoke allegedly came from a vent in a storage room in the back of the building.

"The Hunting Ground," a film centered on rape culture on college campuses, has received powerful reactions. The film focuses on telling the stories of six universities' sexual assault cases and their handling of it.

Age does make a difference when it comes to Facebook use in college.  Data collected by Associate Professor of Education at Iowa State Univeristy Reynol Junco found that though students that were using Facebook while doing their schoolwork got lower grades, the results were found true only for freshmen, sophomores and juniors.

Colleges might soon be required to report cases of sexual assault to local law enforcement agencies.  Virginia, Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey have all created preliminary versions of bills that will create more involved participation by local police departments with reports of rape on campus.  New York's proposed bill would make affirmative constent a statewide policy and "would require that colleges make it clear to sexual assault victims they are able to report their rapes to city and state police in addition to their university." Different states vary in the specifics of their bill drafts.  The new action comes in response to the increase in rapes and incidents of sexual assault on college campuses.

The inaugural City 6 Tournament went the host's way in convincing fashion. Penn men’ tennis beat Drexel 5-0 and topped Saint Joseph's 6-1 at the Levy Tennis Pavilion en route to a first-place finish in what head coach David Geatz hopes will become a yearly event.

Even though both Penn men’s and women’s fencing faced strong teams at the Philadelphia Invitational over the weekend, home court advantage ultimately won the day. This past weekend, the Red and Blue fenced against a plethora of big-name teams, such as Duke, Northwestern, Temple and UNC.

After two small meets at Lehigh to bring in the indoor season, Penn track and field is looking to take on all comers.

As an American, I know that my fellow citizens have a right to freedom of expression and religious practice. But I also recognize the right to privacy and the responsibility to treat women and all uterus-bearing people as more than incubators.

Four Penn freshmen are working on a start-up that helps visually impaired people "see the world."

Two teams from Penn are one step closer to winning the annual Hult Prize, a social entrepreneurship start-up incubator with a $1,000,000 prize.

SAM SHERMAN is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email is samsherman6@sas.upenn.edu.

We must have a productive discussion about positive change, one that will admittedly be colored by anger and resentment, but not defined by it.

One does not risk their time and safety fighting for the life of a person they have never met without love. Nor can students abandon their classes and approval of their peers to join nationwide protests without love.