Student leaders from groups like the Lambda Alliance — the umbrella organization for LGBT groups on campus — are displeased that sexual orientation and gender identity are not included explicitly in some schools’ definitions of diversity.

The court promised an expedited hearing for the law with the interest of deciding in time for the election. If the court upholds the law, it will be in effect for the November election.

The National Constitution Center celebrated Constitution Day and the 225th anniversary of the document’s signing. The Law School also joined in the Constitution Day celebration.

Kalan Porter, a Wharton freshman, was the “Canadian Idol” winner in 2004 and has an eight-year music career to his name, all before starting at Penn.

Yesterday morning, Wharton junior Tania Chairez officially received the news that her case would be dropped by the District Attorney’s office. Chairez was arrested and charged with obstruction of traffic and disorderly conduct last March.

Inventors at Penn netted the University more than $14 million in the 2011 fiscal year, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education. Overall, universities earned more than $1.8 billion from commercializing research during that time period, according to data compiled by the Association of University Technology Managers.

The suspension follows a tumultuous past year and a half for Skulls, in which it has experienced tension with both its national headquarters and Penn’s Office of Student Affairs/Fraternity Sorority Life following the fatal injury of a student at an unregistered New Year’s party.

Penn professors are speculating what the smartphone market will look like after Apple’s recent lawsuit and upcoming iPhone release. The iPhone 5 was announced last Wednesday and will be available in the U.S. on Sept. 21, a little less than a month after it won $1.05 billion in damages in a tech lawsuit.

Vincent Fumo, who is in prison for corruption, is suing two of his former campaign managers for spending money from his Political Action Committee, Fumo for Senate, for personal use.

Last week, Wharton Dean Thomas Robertson officially announced the launch of the new Wharton Public Policy Initiative. Funded largely by donations from Wharton alumni Marc Rowan, Marc Spilker and Diane Spilker, the $11 million initiative will aim to give greater visibility to Wharton’s policy-related research.

This academic year, SAC has $1,001,067 allocated from the Undergraduate Assembly to distribute to the 201 student groups it recognizes.

It’s 6 p.m. on Friday. The Hall of Flags is packed with over 300 students. The lights of laptops and tablets illuminate the room, but almost no one is on Facebook because everyone is in work mode. VIDEO: PennApps Hackathon PHOTO GALLERY: PennApps Hackathon

Particularly when tied with the Voter ID laws, many Democrats label the new redistricting plan as an attempt at gerrymandering given that the GOP has a majority in both chambers and lead the drafting of the maps proposed in January and April.

“There was a culture at Harvard where it was acceptable to collaborate on take-homes,” said Engineering junior Sharon Roth, co-chair of the University Honor Council, a student group that works closely with the OSC to promote academic integrity. “That’s not allowed here.”

For Critical Writing Program Director Valerie Ross, the access codes to the online programs are an added bonus that come at a better price. However, College junior Aliyyah Camp said that her writing seminar did not use the codes at all.

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Lam said it was a difficult decision because he had served on the UA for two years, but ultimately he wants to make the most of his remaining two years at Penn.