For Brian Chaput, a Penn 2004 graduate and javelin thrower making a bid for the U.S. Olympic team, the journey to greatness has had several hurdles along the way.

I never envisioned joining The Daily Pennsylvanian, let alone spending the majority of my college time there.

While I’ve spent the past several months in Witness Protection, now I’m being asked to revisit said predictions. In case anyone who read them needed a reminder of how awful they were.

For fourth-grade runner Emily Hauck, the Penn Relays were as unfamiliar as the crowd of people surrounding her as she took her place in the paddock minutes before her race.

The School Reform Commission approved Penn’s proposal to add a fourth kindergarten class last Thursday. The proposal still awaits approval from the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers.

I’ll be leaving on a jet plane. Soon — I mean, relatively soon. I’m studying abroad in London next semester. Now that classes are over, that statement actually feels like it means something.

Currently tied with Cornell for the top spot in the Ivy League, the Red and Blue (27-15, 11-5 Ivy) will play Columbia (12-29, 6-10) for a chance to win their first division championship since 2007 and just second in program history.

Don’t tell freshman lacrosse defender Leah McBride Penn-Princeton is more than your average rivalry game. It could make an already pressure-filled game on Wednesday, when the Quakers (7-5, 5-1 Ivy) take on the Tigers (7-6, 4-2) in Princeton, N.J., even more contentious.

Philadelphia’s civil courts were found to be among the best in country, contrary to their “judicial hellhole” reputation, a study finds.

Check out what crimes happened on and around campus last week.

College freshman Seth Koren will not have an opportunity to represent the Republican Party at August’s National Convention in Florida.

The Fontaine Society, which was established in 1970 to bring underrepresented groups into graduate programs, has evolved over the years to become more of a community-based group.

The Philadelphia School District will see some fundamental changes starting next year.

Unemployment may be due to structural problems in Philadelphia’s education system.

What began as a formal ceremony in 1916 has developed over the years into a somewhat tongue-in-cheek celebration complete with fake straw hats and canes. VIDEO: Hey Day 2012

A new Pennsylvania bike law that requires a four-foot distance between bicyclists and vehicles has caused a decrease in accidents on campus.

PennMOVES, a program launched by Penn Housing Services staff in 2008, takes students’ donations, organizes them and then sells these items with the proceeds going to charity.