The current examination system is both unhealthy and unnecessary. Professors should eliminate finals altogether and replace them with continuous assessment.

Wednesday evening, 500 students lined up in Huntsman to sample food from Stephen Starr restaurants and hear about the growth of Food Network.

Legislators in Lower Merion voted unanimously Wednesday night to approve an ordinance to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals from discrimination.

Students gathered Wednesday night to discuss homophobia and spread awareness of “men on the down-low.”

Seniors Will Browne and James Clark say that they have never been apart. Tomorrow evening, they take on Navy (14-2) at Ringe Courts together.

Though World AIDS Day this year did not feature any major Penn events, a handful of individuals continue to actively address the disease.

After taking first place last weekend at the Kenyon Invitational, Penn women's swimming will face Columbia at Sheerr Pool this Friday at 4 p.m.

Sharon Ravitch, a Penn Graduate School of Education lecturer, has been named senior advisor to the Haitian Ministry of Education.

Wharton senior Christian Lunoe had his first court appearance rescheduled from Tuesday to Dec. 21, according to Corinne Sliker, the Municipal Court administrator for the Township of Princeton, N.J.

At the closing event for the “Undressing Race” art exhibition, which opened Nov. 14, a panel of three scholars addressed an audience of about 15 on the topic of “Painting over Racial Injustice.”

Instead of studying organic chemistry to become a doctor, applicants to Mount Sinai School of Medicine are allowed to study subjects in the humanities.

The team took second place last month in the Multi Autonomous Ground-Robotic International Challenge (MAGIC) in Australia, winning a $250,000 research prize.

At about 4 p.m. Wednesday, a male was apprehended for indecent exposure outside Pottruck Gym. This is the second case of public indecency reported in the last week.

Though students at Columbia University were advised to think twice before tweeting “#WikiLeaks,” Penn students have received no similar warning.

The collaboration between city, private, non-profit and residential groups plans to add 500 acres of green space to Philadelphia’s landscape by 2015.

Established in 2009, the Green Fund — Penn’s energy-reduction fund — has greenlit seven innovative sustainability projects for next semester.

While the debate over lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights continues at the national level, one Penn student is pushing for LBGT equality locally.