The Center for the Advanced Study of India is celebrating 20 years of serving as a hub for research on India at Penn.

For the second time in less than two years, the Student Activities Council has issued a moratorium that will prevent new student groups from receiving recognition and funding.

The new facility, scheduled for completion in mid-2014, will provide West Philadelphia with new outpatient medical facilities, research labs and office space for growing companies.

Civic mentors may not be campus celebrities but they are the true unsung leaders on campus.

After two five-set losses last weekend to Princeton and Towson, the Quakers (5-7, 0-1 Ivy) will look to rebound in their first full weekend of Ivy League play. Penn did not have a midweek game this week, which gave the team extra time to focus on what it can do to turn those close losses into wins.

First-year starting goalie Carly Sokach will put her instincts to the test Saturday when the Quakers (5-3, 1-1 Ivy) visit Dartmouth (4-4, 1-1) for one of their toughest challenges of the season.

Based on the Quakers’ 2-7 start to the season, it may be hard to believe that sophomore Duke Lacroix and junior Steven Baker are the best forwards in the Ivy League. Entering league play, however, coach Rudy Fuller still wholeheartedly believes that notion.

Harvard will be without Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, the school’s senior co-captain stars, for the upcoming basketball season. These are colossal, potentially season-ruining losses for the Crimson.

Coming off back-to-back 1-0 games, the focus for Penn has understandably been on offensive precision. Searching for its first win of the season, Cornell will likely come out with a little extra passion as it faces its superior Ivy League rival at home.

In what’s being called a loophole in the law, the Montgomery and Allegheny county governments plan to allow voter IDs to be produced by organizations other than the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Driver’s License Centers.

In all but two games since 2006, including each of the last three contests, the game between Penn and Dartmouth has been decided on the final possession.

Penn quarterback has many of the same qualities as Tim Tebow and Michael Vick — from running the ball well to having an unfortunate tendency to get banged up.

Friday, Penn faces Cornell — one of the weakest teams in the Ivy League — and it has a chance to make a strong statement to the rest of its opponents.

Forrest Clancy chose to play soccer at Penn despite growing up in London. His recruitment process began after Clancy sent a YouTube video of his game highlights to Penn coach Rudy Fuller.

The Penn men’s soccer team fell to its 33rd Street rivals at Vidas Field, 2-1, on a late goal. In the 10th minute, Drexel crossed what should have been a harmless grounder into the box, but no one picked it up until the Dragons’ Nathan Page found it near the penalty spot and drove it into the top left corner.

On Friday, state Rep. Dan Truitt (R-West Chester) introduced the Pennsylvania Safe Schools Act into the state legislature as House Bill 2636.

Voting for freshman elections began at 12:01 a.m. Monday and will close at 5 p.m. Friday. Students have been casting their votes online, and candidates have been busy campaigning and getting their names out to the Penn community.