Researchers continue to criticize the sexual violence campus climate survey that Penn will administer in the spring.

Signs were confiscated, protesters were led out by police and both charter school applicants and opponents made last minute appeals on Wednesday evening. At the peak of the testimony, about 150 people filled the auditorium during a special meeting of the commission to announce the decision at the headquarters of the School District of Philadelphia.

On Wednesday evening, Penn alumna Feminista Jones spoke at the Kelly Writers House’ Feminism/s series.

On a holiday traditionally spent with family—with firecrackers, fish, and red envelopes— Penn students who celebrate the Lunar New Year have found new ways to mark the day.

Two seniors are vying to save nonprofits thousands of dollars.

The three-peat: the oft-cited and highly coveted signifier of a bona fide dynasty, a feat accomplished by so few in the arena of American athletics.

But, by the skin of their teeth, the Penn men’s squash team earned its second consecutive berth in the prestigious Potter Cup, set to take place over the weekend at Trinity’s Kellner Squash Center. The No. 8 Quakers (8-6, 3-4 Ivy) jumped up two spots from tenth in the CSA rankings over the weekend after defeating Cornell 8-1 at home, a crucial match that sealed Penn’s place in the Potter Cup.

Looking into the eyes of a four game road streak against a crew of Ivy foes, Penn men’s basketball — owner of the longest active losing streak in the Ivy League — is hoping a change of scenery will improve their fortunes. While a loss to Yale last weekend was not unexpected, a 75-48 point loss is always hard to chew and a defeat at the hands of cellar-dwelling Brown the next day didn’t ease the Quakers’ pain. Since Penn’s thrilling victory over Cornell on Feb.

See what crimes occurred in the Penn Police Zone between Feb. 5 and Feb. 12.

They say history has a tendency to repeat itself. Hopefully for Penn women's hoops, this saying will hold true. On Friday and Saturday, women’s basketball (14-7, 5-2 Ivy) will indeed try to repeat history as they take on Harvard and Dartmouth for the second time this season.

One college consultant encourages applicants to write "love letters" to their dream schools.

The University should work on promoting its Early Decision policies to lower-income communities. Penn should work with organizations like QuestBridge, which works with high-achieving, low-income students, and others that help underserved groups through the college admissions process.

SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College junior from Philadelphia. His email address is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.

Climate change is scary. 2014 was the hottest year on record. Scientific predictions of climate change impacts are being realized as we encounter more extreme storms, rising sea levels and devastating droughts.

Long-time Penn football coach Al Bagnoli retired at the end of the 2014 season, ending his 23-year tenure as the winningest coach in Penn history. But he may not be done just yet. Bagnoli, 62, had spoken about moving into a role within the Penn Athletics administration after retirement, but, according to Mike Jensen of the Philadelphia Inquirer, he is in talks to take over as Columbia’s head coach.

Harvard College is looking to implement its first academic honor code.  At a Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting last week, the council voted to support the honor code, which would require students "to make an affirmation of integrity before taking final exams and writing final papers." The legislation will be presented to all FAS faculty on March 3.

U.S. military academies can teach colleges and universities a thing or two about how to educate students about sexual assault prevention.