College Day — an annual event sponsored by the Undergraduate Assembly in partnership with the Office of Government and Community Affairs and co-sponsored by the Office of Admissions — welcomed middle school students from Lea Elementary School to be honorary Quakers for a day.

Last week, the Asian Pacific Student Coalition elected their new chair. The Daily Pennsylvanian sits down for a one-on-one with College sophomore Curtis Lee to discuss the upcoming year.

Social media is bringing a new dynamic to getting out the vote in recent elections. Over nine million people declared their civic participation by clicking on the “I’m a voter” button that Facebook displayed at the top of its home page on Election Day.

College junior Jason Jadick has found a creative idea for being uncreative. Jadick, who is enrolled in English professor Kenneth Goldsmith’s Uncreative Writing course, has taken on the challenge of re-typing Jack Kerouac’s novel, “The Subterraneans” in 24 hours as his final project for the class.

College senior Jon Monfred and College junior Ernest Owens resigned from their positions as Undergraduate Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore and UA College Representative, respectively, late Sunday night at the UA’s last general body meeting of the semester.

Penn Hip-Hop Initiative, Penn’s newest music appreciation club was introduced this semester. PHHI holds Freestyle Fridays on Locust Walk. Any student passing by can join in and “spit,” a slang term that means to freestyle rap.

Democrat John Hanger officially entered the 2014 gubernatorial race on Wednesday. Hanger served as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection from 2008 to 2011 under former governor and 1965 College graduate Ed Rendell.

A male student was robbed with what appeared to be a gun in the 40th and Locust area Saturday afternoon. A UPennAlert was issued in response at 3:45 p.m.

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West’s appearance at Penn began with a Skype interview with critical writing seminar instructor Christopher Phillips.

Panelists ranged from a current Wharton junior to recent Wharton graduates to a history major from Haverford College.

Members of the Penn Police, PennComm, AlliedBarton Security and community residents were given merit awards in recognition of their work.

John Hanger, who served as Pennsylvania’s environmental protection secretary under 1965 College graduate and former Gov. Ed Rendell, declared his candidacy Wednesday.

“Fiscal cliff” is a term used to describe automatic budget cuts and tax increases that would take effect if Congress does not reach a compromise by Dec. 31.

College sophomore Dawn Androphy was elected chair of the Lambda Alliance Tuesday night.

All first-year MBA students must take the online course concurrently with “Management Communication” in order to graduate.

Even outside the curriculum, students volunteer their time at community outreach programs responsive to the needs of West Philadelphia residents.