Hope has blossomed into opportunity for Penn men’s basketball, but the Quakers still have to seize it. Two weeks ago, hope was the only thing the Red and Blue (11-12, 4-6 Ivy) had: at 0-6 and last place in the conference, they seemed all but eliminated. Since, Penn has looked unstoppable in four straight wins, three of them wire-to-wire. Now, the fourth-place Quakers have an opportunity to play their way into the Ivy League tournament and a potential NCAA bid.

Bystanders said the driver, whose identity has not yet been officially released, nearly hit a police officer and, in the process, damaged at least two other vehicles parked along Sansom Street, before ramming into a telephone pole.

Penn created these guidelines to "ensure the safety and protect the privacy of all members of the University community and promote compliance with all applicable federal and state laws."

Much of the discussion focused on the Islamic State group, which Anderson said is more dangerous than Al Qaeda and the Taliban because those who join ISIS are poorer and often less religious than members of al Qaeda and the Taliban.

“I came in incredibly skeptical and prepared to have my guard up on the defensive, but I thought there was some really awesome discourse,” Penn College senior Abbie Starker said. 

Some of Penn’s international students grew up in cultures where mental health is not discussed or even acknowledged.

Penn in the 1990s would have been unrecognizable today. Where Penn Bookstore and Fresh Grocer stands now, there were asphalt parking lots.

Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said Miller “got a little choked up” as he was called to the podium on his first day back.

Engineering freshman Brian McGrath, who was studying computer science, withdrew from Penn in December and is preparing to start at Drexel University in the fall.

BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, N.J.

James Baldwin once said, “The paradox of education is precisely this — that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.” From the second I started my education here I’ve constantly seen and interacted with black staff working as servers, security guards, janitors and the like.

Next Tuesday, Irvine Auditorium will host a panel forum entitled “A Formidable Foe: Cancer in the 21st Century” as part of its David and Lyn Silfen University Forum series. While the forum will notably feature Penn President Amy Gutmann and former Vice President Joe Biden, one of the other panelists has stolen some of the spotlight by virtue of being embroiled in a lawsuit over discrimination against an Iraqi family.

The email, which carried a subject line “Textbook Change,” said the decision was made because the store has “seen a steady decline in ... coursebook sales and profitability over the past several years.”

Penn’s campus-wide Energy Reduction Challenge started Wednesday morning at 12 a.m. and will end 24 hours later at 11:59 p.m. 

The overarching message of the presentation was that silence is the best course of action. The presentation included step-by-step instructions for police interaction.

Although minor issues to the electrical, plumbing, and computer systems have been fixed, repairs to the exhaust system and parts of the roof are still underway.

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