Participants in Penn’s Washington Semester Program have spent this fall “studying abroad” in Washington, D.C. However, while these students have found themselves at the center of the nation’s political scene, many feel that the last few months in D.C. have been surprisingly calm.

Later Tuesday night, Adam Cook will find out whether he has earned a seat among the nation’s powerful lawmakers. Cook, a 1999 College graduate, is running to represent Virginia’s First District in the House of Representatives.

Both presidential campaigns have put Pennsylvania back on the map in the final stretch of the election. The campaigns are courting Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes with advertisement buys and campaign stops by candidates and high-profile surrogates.

A crowd of 9,300 students and Philadelphia residents waited in a line that wrapped up around Franklin Field and stretched onto the South Street bridge. VIDEO: Bill Clinton at the Palestra PHOTO GALLERY: Bill Clinton at Penn

On Monday, Penn’s campus was buzzing from the expected arrival of former President Bill Clinton at the Palestra.

Hoping to be the first GOP nominee to paint Pennsylvania red since 1988, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made a campaign stop in Bucks County Sunday night.

Penn’s vibrant and enthusiastic energy showed while he discussed the sociology of the media and his experiences working in Hollywood as a second-generation Indian American.

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Bracing against the cold wind, a group of around 10 students from Penn for Immigrant Rights and Penn Political Coalition constituent groups stood in Wynn Commons, holding up signs that declared, “I am ______, and I am Human.”

A Pew Research survey found that only 16 percent of those surveyed want to learn more about Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s religion.

College students rarely find the time to sit down to dinner, and almost never 2,000 of them sit down to eat at once.

Walking along Locust Walk is a young woman striving to be a celebrity. Her fans call her Ivy Sole, but her professors stick with Taylor McLendon.

Since he left Penn Ahearn has quickly made a name for himself on the campaign trail, serving most recently as the regional finance director of 1987 College graduate Jon Huntsman’s unsuccessful presidential bid.