As Penn’s Greek leaders work on a proposal to revise the school’s alcohol policy, the effect of non-Greek societies on recognized fraternities is at the forefront of the debate.

Comedian Dana Goldberg performed to a crowd of almost 200 at Penn Hillel.

College junior Vinay Rao was elected the new chairman of the Student Activities Council on Thursday night. Rao sat down with The Daily Pennsylvanian to outline his vision for SAC.

Dubbed a “blackout in a can,” Four Loko has made it on to campuses nationwide. But after recent hospitalizations, many are questioning whether the alcoholic energy drink should be banned.

With the 2010 midterm elections now over, many students who are living in the United States illegally look toward the lame-duck congressional period as a time when the DREAM Act could pass.

More than 80 people came to the Penn Bookstore to hear Penn professor Richard Doty discuss his new book, The Great Pheromone Myth, which aggressively challenges the prevailing ideas about the role chemicals play in human behavior and aims to undermine the status quo.

The Social Planning and Events Committee Film Society will host Inception star Joseph Gordon-Levitt as its fall speaker on Nov. 17. Tickets are $2 and go on sale Monday.

There are benefits to a well-rounded liberal arts education and a master’s of business administration can provide even better opportunities than an undergraduate business degree can.

Dating used to be a common phenomenon in college. Yet, it seems that college has become a four-year break, totally devoid of romance, between crush-filled high school and date-filled adulthood.

Compared to the last midterm election in 2006, voter turnout on Penn’s campus was relatively flat. We should expect more from ourselves.

Yale University’s Sexual Misconduct Committee outlined changes to its sexual crime reporting policy to advocate for a more streamlined process, prompting Penn to raise questions about how to effectively structure its own sex crime reporting policy.

No. 13 Penn, which is 3-0 in overtime games this season, has repeatedly showed its resiliency. It will need that poise Saturday against Princeton.

The Quakers face Princeton Saturday for their fifth Ivy League game of the season. Penn is still undefeated in the conference, while the Tigers have yet to register a conference win.

Penn opens its two-game home stand against Columbia on Friday night and caps it off with a match against Cornell. While both contests are crucial to the Quakers, the rematch against the Lions will most likely prove to be a greater test this weekend in hopes of defending their Ivy Title.

In their final match of the season, the first-place Quakers will take on second-place Princeton in a high stakes match. To the victor goes the Ivy League championship and an NCAA tournament bid.

This weekend, both the men’s and women’s squash teams will travel to New Haven, Conn. to compete in the Ivy League Scrimmages.

The major races in Pennsylvania have been decided, and while statewide turnout is down compared to the 2006 midterm election, the results at Penn reveal a more complex story.