The great thing about an all-you-can-eat franchise is that seconds are an option if you want them. But not many people seem to see it that way. Every day, I see entire plates of food tossed into the green compost bags at the residential dining halls.

Penn Democrats asks the Penn community to join us in demanding sensible and meaningful gun control legislation.

By opting out of the ObamaCare Medicare Expansion, the entire country — not only the state — loses.

Despite the rain and recent controversies about the performers, students enjoyed the concert featuring Tyga, Girl Talk and Janelle Monae and the carnival-themed festivities in this year’s Spring Fling. VIDEO: SPRING FLING 2013 PHOTO GALLERY: SNAPSHOTS OF FLING PHOTO GALLERY: FLING TANK CONTEST

On April 12, the Wharton Social Impact and Private Equity and Venture Capitalist clubs announced the team 1DocWay as the winner of the first annual Social Venture Business Plan Competition, which asks students to create a business idea that addresses a global social issue.

The race saw the Bulldogs taking home the Cup for the 37th time, with Penn coming in third in both the first and second varsity races.

The new president of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, who was earned three degrees at Penn, will be inaugurated this Friday.

The women’s team headed to Suffern, N.Y. to take part in the Roar-EE Invitational, finishing fifth out of 10 teams. The men had the same finish out of 14 teams at the Princeton Invitational.

Penn athletes responded to the individual meet by posting several new marks in the school record books.

Matched up with two of the toughest teams in the Ivy League at the Hamlin Tennis Center, the Penn men’s tennis team defeated No. 70 Dartmouth on Saturday before falling to No. 19 Harvard in a heartbreaker on Sunday.

Three computer science seniors in Engineering have created an app that translates pictures into a musical tune.

Penn started the weekend off by splitting games with Princeton — winning, 10-9, and then losing, 5-3 — before sweeping the Jersey rivals the next day, 9-2 and 5-4.

Princeton took three of four from the Quakers in the weekend series, scoring seven runs in each of the four games.

As a part of the comprehensive plan for the city’s future, Philadelphia2035 separated Philadelphia into 18 districts and aims to improve each one according to community needs and suggestions.

Despite the current relatively low enrollment numbers, program coordinators remain optimistic about the summer courses.