For EMS Week, MERT members shared what it’s like behind the scenes of the organization.

Nir Barkat, who founded and led several Israeli tech startups, spoke to about 100 people on Monday in Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall about how the business philosophy he brought to Jerusalem has led to dramatic improvements in just four years.

In the wake of last week’s election, several politics-focused courses at Penn are approaching the rest of the semester in slightly new ways.

Every year, Eastern State sees about 250,000 people, many who are looking for a thrill.

In celebration of the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships’ 20th Anniversary, Penn is hosting an international two–day conference examining perspectives on higher education, community development and community health partnerships.

Most of these shifts are occurring due to reorganization, promotions and retirements of high-ranking officials.

When the last swimmer’s hand had touched the wall, both the men’s and women’s teams had asserted their dominance over UConn on Saturday, taking both meets from the Huskies. The victory came on the heels of a tough men’s loss Friday at Columbia.

On Saturday, Penn men’s soccer picked up its first Ivy win of the year, defeating Harvard at Rhodes Field, 3-1. In doing so, the Quakers (3-13, 1-6 Ivy) avoided finishing in the cellar of the Ivy League, a status they relegated to the Crimson (3-11-3, 0-6-1) instead.

The women cruised through the matches with 8-1 and 7-2 wins against Cornell and Yale, respectively, and an impressive 6-3 victory against preseason No. 1 Harvard. Meanwhile, the men defeated Columbia, 5-4, and Dartmouth, 5-4, but fell to Cornell, 7-2.

The last time the teams faced off, the Red and Blue swept both opponents. This time around, Penn (13-12, 8-6 Ivy) lost to both Columbia (13-9, 8-5) on Friday and Cornell (9-16, 5-9) on Saturday.

The Penn men’s and women’s cross country seasons came to an end Friday at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships, with a number of strong performances from underclassmen giving the team optimism for the future.

It happened on the final play of the third quarter. Penn, up 21-14 at the time, faced a crucial third down with three yards to go on the Harvard 36. Ragone, as he had already done 15 times that afternoon, tucked the football away and took off running. He scrambled seven yards — easily enough for the first — before he was brought down violently around the neck by the Crimson’s Nnamdi Obukwelu.

On Saturday, the Penn football team showed what it could do and then some, clinching at least a share of the Ancient Eight crown with a victory over a favored Crimson squad.

The fact that Barack Obama was re-elected guarantees that certain changes will take effect.

Ignorant historians in the future will label us as the hipster generation — whether we like it or not.

4,780 students applied to join the class of 2017, marking a 5.6-percent increase from 4,527 applicants last year.

The Latino Ivy League Conference — planned by College juniors Fabriana Larancuent, Adan Juarez and Diana Estrada Alamo — featured 70 students from every Ivy League school, with the exception of Princeton University.