In the Ancient Eight’s first weekend of conference play, both Penn and Cornell will be looking for blood as they try to kick off the Ivy season on the right foot.

A grueling preseason, during which the Penn volleyball team lost more matches than it did in its entire 2009 campaign, has finally given way to the Ivy League slate.

A winner of one varsity and five junior varsity national championships during his time as a Penn rowing coach, Ted A. Nash now offers a 66-mile challenge to the Quakers heavyweight rowing team.

After a winless 2008 and only two victories in 2009, the Big Green have turned a new leaf, knocking off Bucknell 43-20 and squeezing out a win at home against Sacred Heart last week.

On Wednesday evening, the IFC held its first town hall meeting to discuss its next five-year strategic plan. The Vice President of Strategic Planning at IFC, College senior Dave Dobkin, will write the new plan based around the issues and concerns that arise during the meetings.

Although fans of the clothing store American Apparel have been concerned about store closings, the retailer is here to stay on Penn’s campus — at least for now.

Penn’s School of Medicine is one of 22 institutions nationwide participating in a clinical trial for a procedure that may offer high-risk heart patients a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.

On Thursday, Grupo Quisqueyano hosted a Spoken Word Night featuring Oveous Maximus, a Dominican-American spoken-word artist, poet and musician.

Penn's marijuana policy seems to attempt to help rather than punish students. Still, Penn’s policy isn’t as lenient as it could be.

Charitable Laughter, a charity performance featuring Bloomers, Mask and Wig, Without A Net, Simply Chaos and Pennsylvania Six-5000, will take place Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Iron Gate Theater.

Philadelphia’s drinking water may not be as clean as people think, and stricter regulations should be put into effect.

We support Penn Dining’s commitment to local food growers, but the Eat Local Challenge missed the mark because it took eating local so rigidly that it was a turnoff for students.

Before an audience of congressional staffers and health professionals, School of Nursing student Jorge Roman got to tell his story Tuesday night on Capitol Hill.

Graduate student Dan Chinburg was once a full-time intern for the Democratic Committee in Montgomery County. Now he’s an active member of the Philadelphia Tea Party Patriots.

Despite severe financial losses, the School of Veterinary Medicine is working to achieve a “new normal,” according to Dean Joan Hendricks. Its budget was cut by $13 million in 2009.

Turnout in the new student elections was roughly 47 percent as of 10 p.m. Thursday, according to the Nominations and Elections Committee Vice Chairman for Elections and College junior Ben Kruger.

This September, Penn Transit added four new propane-powered shuttles to their fleet, each reducing their tailpipe emission by 50 percent in comparison to traditionally gasoline-powered vehicles. The shuttles will be decked in eye-catching “green themed” wraps.