The No. 3 Quakers will look to maintain their perfect record in 2010, as they travel to Palo Alto, Calif., for the Stanford Round Robin on Jan. 9.

The men’s fencing team hopes to replicate last year’s perfect season at the Philadelphia Invitational on Jan. 10, while the women’s team looks to build on last year’s 14-5 season as well.

After losing three straight meets on the road, Penn men’s swimming is looking forward to returning to its home pool, where the team defeated Columbia for its first and only victory this season.

The Red and Blue travel to Annapolis, Md., for the Navy Invitational with the hope of upsetting powerhouse Princeton.

The Quakers will receive a much needed two-week break after falling 32-6 to No. 7 Maryland in College Park, Md., Friday night.

If Penn can't get a win on New Year's Eve against Duke or Dec. 28 against Davidson, the team will have recorded its longest losing streak ever to begin a season.

Things may be looking up soon for W. Hoops, as the slate of six games that the Quakers will play over winter break pits them against only two teams with winning records.

The Quakers trailed 31-21 at the break and never managed to catch up in the second half. They went on to lose their eighth straight game of the season, 66-53, at the Palestra Saturday.

After the Quakers’ seventh consecutive loss this season, there’s no more room for excuses and sugar-coating.

Penn cheerleading will travel to the Universal Cheerleading Association Nationals in Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 15.

Blocking content in high-school newspapers is harmful to the future of journalism.

Getting an A+ in classes is a real possibility. The process for how these grades are awarded should be better standardized.

The opinion board notes the best and worst decisions made by the Penn community and local government over the past semester.

In Saturday night’s 80-75 loss to Monmouth in West Long Branch, N.J., Hawks sophomore Travis Taylor torched the Quakers for a game-high 28 points as Penn fell to 0-7 on the year.

Approximately 23% of the student body voted on measures to reform student government. Students will now vote directly for a UA president and vice president during elections.

Votes on proposed changes to student government elections reached the necessary threshold for consideration. Turnout surpassed 20 percent on two questions, respectively, by 6 p.m. Thursday.

Penn Law professor C. Edwin Baker died Tuesday in New York City, according to a press release on Penn Law’s web site. He was 62.