I want to see sexual health on the NSO calendar. But, is that too extreme? Is that something we as a community are unwilling to face, since unlike alcohol, the threats to health from sex are often less conspicuous?

Yesterday morning, Wharton junior Tania Chairez officially received the news that her case would be dropped by the District Attorney’s office. Chairez was arrested and charged with obstruction of traffic and disorderly conduct last March.

Inventors at Penn netted the University more than $14 million in the 2011 fiscal year, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education. Overall, universities earned more than $1.8 billion from commercializing research during that time period, according to data compiled by the Association of University Technology Managers.

The suspension follows a tumultuous past year and a half for Skulls, in which it has experienced tension with both its national headquarters and Penn’s Office of Student Affairs/Fraternity Sorority Life following the fatal injury of a student at an unregistered New Year’s party.

Penn professors are speculating what the smartphone market will look like after Apple’s recent lawsuit and upcoming iPhone release. The iPhone 5 was announced last Wednesday and will be available in the U.S. on Sept. 21, a little less than a month after it won $1.05 billion in damages in a tech lawsuit.

Vincent Fumo, who is in prison for corruption, is suing two of his former campaign managers for spending money from his Political Action Committee, Fumo for Senate, for personal use.

Last week, Wharton Dean Thomas Robertson officially announced the launch of the new Wharton Public Policy Initiative. Funded largely by donations from Wharton alumni Marc Rowan, Marc Spilker and Diane Spilker, the $11 million initiative will aim to give greater visibility to Wharton’s policy-related research.

While Lafayette defenders battled for the most picks in the game, an unspoken competition gathered steam on the Red and Blue’s sideline. If the Quakers plan to continue passing the ball heavily going foward, Andrew Holland should be the man under center.

Over the weekend, Penn’s women’s soccer team salvaged a split in its two-game California road stint, beating Sacramento State, 3-2, in double OT only two days after falling, 1-0, to No. 15 California on Friday.

Taking on local rival Villanova on Friday, the Red and Blue fell, 5-3, at Rhodes Field. A quick turnaround Sunday at No. 12 Georgetown resulted in a 3-1 loss.

Big Red junior Hannah Balleza recorded her first career hat trick, notching three goals in the game’s first 22 minutes.

Penn men’s tennis had a mixed start to the season over the weekend at the Princeton Invitational.

In Steve Dolan’s competitive debut as head coach, the men finished sixth out of 14 teams, while the women posted a second-place finish for the second consecutive year.

Penn got out to a sluggish start Friday night against George Mason, needing four sets to dispatch their lowly opponent. Saturday, the Quakers lost their final two matches to Radford and Rutgers.

This academic year, SAC has $1,001,067 allocated from the Undergraduate Assembly to distribute to the 201 student groups it recognizes.

This August, along with reminding me to ignore the liberals and to enjoy Penn State, my family members and neighbors advised me to avoid the “bad parts of town.”

During the beginning of each school year, we are all involved in making sure freshmen know what’s what on campus. We want them to know about our club, our major, our leadership opportunities. Yet most of us don’t know half of what occurs at Penn.