The Quakers will have the Ivy title race with undefeated Princeton in mind when they tip off against Cornell and Columbia this weekend at the Palestra.

The Penn men’s basketball team begins its second go-round through the Ivy League this weekend, traveling to New York to take on Cornell and Columbia with the opportunity to atone for previous mistakes.

Most teams like to open their season against a weaker opponent to gain confidence going into the season. But Penn men’s lacrosse is not most teams, as they will take on No. 14 Duke.

The Penn women’s lacrosse team may not have all the kinks worked out, but the Quakers are ready to go for Saturday’s season opener against Drexel.

The No. 23 Quakers (8-3, 3-1 Ivy) will compete Saturday against Princeton and Sunday against Drexel before moving on to postseason play. The team will celebrate Senior Day versus Princeton.

The Philadelphia School District’s School Reform Commission’s March decision as to whether or not to close University City High School could significantly damage the Netter Center for Community Partnerships’ relationship with the students.

This weekend, the Penn men’s squash team will travel up north with redemption on its mind following a disappointing regular season.

This weekend, the teams will face their final test before the rescheduled Ivy tournament, which takes place on Mar. 2-3.

Looking for their third Ancient Eight title in as many years, Penn gymnastics will square off against Brown, Yale and Cornell on Saturday at 1 p.m.

For many, trying to find a balance between faith and proof can become a difficult tightrope act.In conjunction with the University’s “Year of Proof,” Penn Secular Society brought Carnegie Mellon University philosophy professor Andy Norman to speak Wednesday afternoon in a lecture titled “Faith, Proof and Everything in Between.”

While women are getting ahead nationwide, their rate of advancement at Penn and at other elite institutions has grown stagnant.

The Towne building — located in the Engineering Quad — was evacuated at approximately 3:30 p.m. Thursday due to an accidental chemical spill.The spill, which occurred in a lab on the building’s first floor, was cleaned-up by Penn’s Emergency Health and Radiation Safety, according to the Division of Public Safety.

Sunday evening Penn students across campus will put down their Math 104 textbooks, marketing assignments and political science papers to tune in for the Oscars. Dorms throughout campus will be hosting a variety of screening events in their various spaces, including Hill House, King’s Court English House, Harrison College House, Rodin College House, and the Quad.

Two days after President’s Day, a celebrated biographer cast a new light on the man commonly known as the Father of Our Country.

Though the Vagina Monologues have come and gone, students are working to make sure its message is here to stay.

On Tuesday, March 19, the Social Planning and Events Committee’s board is bringing comedian Jason Sudeikis to Irvine Auditorium as this semester’s Connaissance speaker.

It was January 2011. College junior Layla O’Kane sat glued to her television, clicking back and forth between United States and international news channels.