Let’s start with the fact that universalizing beauty is a lie, and it’s not a lie that’s fooling anyone. Not everyone is beautiful. Beauty is a relative term. As such, for some to gain the label “beautiful,” others must lose it. Beauty, like cleverness and athleticism, is a spectrum, and there’s nothing wrong with appreciating particular beauty in others. If everyone is beautiful, the term is meaningless.

Pennsylvania is one of just 14 states with hate crime laws that do not include protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Hate crime protection increases the severity of charges for violence motivated by malicious intent, and these laws protect the people in our community who are the most vulnerable. It is inexcusable that the LGBT community is not protected.

More importantly, though, Yik Yak also forces us to face the aspects of Penn we’d rather ignore. Maybe we have to be anonymous to feel comfortable calling attention to the lesser-discussed elements of Penn’s campus. Yaks like “Penn is the school for smart kids who constantly need to counter their intelligence with binge drinking,” and, “Everyone on campus is a functioning alcoholic and it’s a beautiful thing” call attention to elements of Penn we accept without question.

The spotlight isn’t supposed to shine on the team until the spring, but Penn men’s tennis is making plenty of noise in the fall season.

Over the summer, the libero jersey  and the keys to Penn volleyball’s defense were turned over from one of the nation's best defensive specialists to a freshman from a small town just outside of Chicago.

We sat down with Penn volleyball junior setter Ronnie Bither for a 30 seconds with...

The College Republicans’ article may not have been trendsetting, as I have already mentioned, but rather than continue the trend of partisan squabbling, we can still foster a new style of politics in response based on mutual respect. Penn Dems and College Republicans do not have to be mutually exclusive. They are not by default or by definition opposed and perennially at odds with one another.

Goucher College, a small liberal arts college near Baltimore, recently announced a new policy allowing applicants to send in a video instead of an academic transcript.High school students can now apply to Goucher using two writing samples (at least one must be a graded high school writing assignment) and a two-minute video.

Instead of asking what should be done after Saturday about Penn’s rivalry with Villanova, it is more appropriate to focus on the rest of 2014 and what 41-7 drubbing at the hands of the Wildcats means for the Red and Blue moving forward.

Jeff Raider, co-founder of Warby Parker, along with partner Andy Katz-Mayfield, launched H'University, pronounced "Hoo-niversity," last year. The program's purpose is “to teach college students valuable skills they wouldn’t learn in class and prepare them for the challenges and opportunities of the real world,” according to its website.  

For most Penn students, especially those not on a dining plan, food trucks are a staple of campus life.

Despite the fact that Penn’s endowment is a mere 26 percent of its Crimson counterpart, there are advantages to a smaller endowment ? it

Attendance increased by more than 50 percent at this year's revamped Skimmerfest on Saturday.

"Sluts are like unicorns:

Launched in February 2014, Barring Eyewear is a Philadelphia-based company founded by three students aspiring to create high-quality and affordable sunglasses. The co-founders of the company, inspired by their mutual love for sunglasses and concern for cancer research, built Barring Eyewear to raise fundings for cancer research.

College junior Amanda Hu was found unresponsive in her room.

The divestment club Fossil Free Penn had their first meeting of the year on  Sept. 25  in Harrison College House.  The club demands that the University freeze new investments in fossil fuels, divest their current investments and reinvest their money in sustainable companies or projects.