Senior day is fast approaching for Penn field hockey at Ellen Vagelos Field, presenting the opportunity for the squad to send off its six seniors and jump above .500 on the season.

We must move beyond calling the act of robbing a store or taking someone’s money “violent.” We must also use this term to refer to Penn’s role in the gentrification of West Philadelphia through the expansion of our university, which forces families out of their homes and perpetuates intergenerational poverty. Poverty combines with systematic racism, leading people to commit these crimes of survival.

But even without Photoshop, the same ideals continue to inform their image selection. America consistently sees beauty through a lens that has nothing to do with cameras — one that excludes people of varying classes, genders, sexualities and races. Models’ dropping BMIs are indications of a much larger societal desire to confine beauty. Photography and other forms of media cannot spontaneously create cultural views; they are shaped by context and represent the society that they are created in.

I am writing in response to the editorial of 10/27. We appreciate the concerns raised in this editorial about the publication of reports by the Office of Student Conduct (OSC). We will soon announce the appointment of a new Director of OSC, whose first priority will be to address the data tracking and related issues that have delayed these reports in the past.

Autism Speaks has no interest in improving the lives of autistic people. It is dedicated entirely to improving the lives of those without autism, who, it holds, are unfairly burdened by having to deal with people whose sensory and social experiences differ dramatically from their own, to the point where cold-blooded murder is an understandable, sympathetic response. Autism Speaks seeks not to change the future for autistic people, but to end it.

Penn football's special teams unit has proved itself to be quite valuable for the Red and Blue this year. While the 'Gold Squad' often flies under the radar, this photo gallery shows off the groups collective personality and prowess.

For our story on Penn’s special teams unit, former All-Ivy punter Scott Lopano spoke about his experience as a member of the ‘Gold Squad.’ 

Read Under the Button's take on the new course in the English department called "Wasting time on the Internet."

The fall season means many devoted hours reviewing applications for the Office of Admissions at the Perelman School of Medicine, which last year received 5,742 applications and interviewed 898 candidates.

See what crimes occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone between Oct. 17 and Oct. 23, 2014.

Brownstein argued that income inequality is bad for the economy at a talk on tuesday 

She discussed her work as the 2014 LSM Decision Resources Lecturer in Bodek on Tuesday

Kassalow gave PennSEM’s annual Coleman Social Impact Lecture onTuesday.

As Wharton is poised to soon begin a review of it’s undergraduate curriculum, student leaders have taken the time to share their thoughts on the strengths and of weaknesses of the existing curriculum.

A University committee was discussing whether Penn should release the names of students who were found responsible by the Office of Student Conduct of committing violent crimes or non-forcible sex offenses.

Doctor Trish Henwood, the newly appointed Director of Global Health Initiatives in Emergency Medicine at HUP, is working in ambulances and with patients.

Administrators have been meeting with student groups to discuss upcoming changes to University sexual assault policy.