While Penn won’t be sending any student athletes to Vancouver, freshman Evan Prochniak will be the sole representative for the Penn fencing program at this year’s Junior Olympics.

Although many may scoff at the idea that Penn (8-4, 2-0 Ivy) could take down No. 7 Cornell (5-4-1, 1-0), it remains to be seen what will happen once the two Ivies take the mat tomorrow at the Palestra

For the first time since 1998, Penn’s faithful will have the chance to see their team up against a ranked Ivy team.

I’m not saying don’t support medicinal marijuana, I’m just saying do so based on fact.

The Catcher in the Rye has a hold on us — adults included — even though it seems on the surface to be a book for and about teenagers.

Letters to the editor were sent in by alumni in response to two recent news articles.

Penn did not hold classes on Wed., Feb. 10, due to snow. This is the first time the University has shut down because of weather since Feb. 2003.

The University will suspend operations due to snow for the second day in a row, according to Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli, marking the first consecutive snow days since 1994.

Pennsylvania State Representative and Penn alumnus Mark Cohen thinks it’s time to raise the state’s minimum wage again — a measure that would affect many college students working minimum wage jobs.

In October, a federal jury awarded over $400,000 to a former student who claimed the University cheated him out of a degree from the Wharton School. But on Jan. 27, Penn was granted a new trial by the federal judge that presided over the initial lawsuit.

Although Yale University, Brown University and Dartmouth College have announced potential budget cutbacks in the past week, Penn has not announced any new plans.

A year without a Lunar New Year celebration at Penn would have been “like not having Christmas,” according to College of Liberal and Professional Studies student Thang Thai.

Friday marks the 13th annual Freedom to Marry Day — a holiday that promotes the right of people to marry whomever they want, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.

We appreciate Penn’s decision to make the calls to cancel classes early, though we would have liked the University to have notified students via e-mail.

Hold onto these snow days, and use them to reconnect with the kid inside you.

Penn was slated for a rematch with West Chester and Ursinus Wednesday, but the blizzard postponed and eventually canceled the meet.

Douglas Sheppard, a native of Rutherford, N.J., received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and would have graduated from Wharton this year.