The program, which was launched in 2011 and remains ongoing, aims to eventually secure perimeter access points for all Penn buildings with electronic access control locks, requiring students to swipe into buildings with their PennCards during business hours.

Penn dropped three spots to eighth place in the 2013 U.S. News and World Report rankings of the nation’s top colleges and universities. The Wharton School retained its spot as the top undergraduate business school.

The artifacts, which Penn had originally purchased legally in 1966 from an antiquities dealer in Philadelphia, are believed to have been previously stolen.

Over the summer, all student rooms, hallways and bathrooms in the Quad were repainted, and some of the study lounges were re-carpeted and re-furnished, according to Business Services.

Although the formalities of the old still echo the halls of the convention — there are voice votes, motions and even a gavel — it is no longer a place for a party to pick a nominee.

The Working Dog Center, which opened at Penn’s South Bank on the 11th anniversary of 9/11, will house the inaugural class of working dogs, two of which will go on to serve in Penn’s police force.

We rationalize away uncomfortable facts by thinking that if a lot of people think something is okay, then it must be okay.

The Center will grapple with issues such as how to cope with enemies who are non-state actors, how to justify the lack of symmetrical risk in warfare in an age when precision weapons are becoming more common and how to tackle cyber threats.

Preliminary survey results of the Class of 2012 job numbers reveal that 62 percent of graduates had already obtained full-time employment — the same percent as the Class of 2011 based on 2,043 responses.

In addition to hosting the PennApps hackathon, the college house will also offer computer science classes and house students in the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology.

A man unaffiliated with the University was robbed with a silver handgun in the area of 4038 Spruce St. last night.

The Undergraduate Assembly has a meeting to discuss the upcoming semester, including a new service called PennHelp and a preliminary discussion about whether students should be allowed to take written examinations on their laptops.

Unlike some of its non-conference opponents, Penn does not provide athletic scholarships, putting the Quakers at a disadvantage.

Senior George Dickson III may never benefit from the vast improvement Penn hopes Steve Dolan will bring to the program, but the runner has still helped mentor freshmen and impressed coaches with his leadership.

Nationals is set to begin gauging interest within the Penn community at the end of this semester and is planning to officially begin colonizing after formal spring rush in 2013.

In the offseason, junior defensive back Dan Wilk became a match to donate bone marrow through the football team’s annual “Be the Match” program.

But despite less-than-ideal conditions, Fink and her team have only prevailed. In 2011, Penn went 3-14 on the season. Four games into 2012, the Quakers have three wins and more goals than they had in their first 12 outings last year.