Arkansas, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Wyoming all have only one student each in the class of 2020.

As a member of the Vietnamese Student Association, Nguyen talked about celebrating the holiday at Penn. Despite being away from her home and family, Nguyen said she was happy to see that “a lot of people still cherish the traditions that we have, and we have a great community to celebrate with.”

Recruitment chair of Chi Omega and Nursing junior Jordan Lilley said she felt it was unfair that one of the reasons given to the sorority chapters for the rescheduling of their recruitment process was that sorority rush events conflicted with fraternity rush events.

College Republicans President and Wharton junior Sean Egan explained that Friday will be a good day for the club even though many of its members were skeptical of Trump throughout the election.

Mental health assistance, casual interactions take center stage

“Where I come from there’s nothing like rush. There’s nothing like Greek life or sororities and fraternities. It was new to some extent, I didn’t get what the point of it was,” Engineering freshman Zena Kipkenda said. “When it comes to public colleges, joining clubs in Kenya is up to an individual.”

The room will have glass walls, wood ceilings, lights to mimic the stars, and a wool and silk sculpture by artist Claudy Jongstra, who is featured at the Barnes Foundation. Rogers added that the sculpture will help with sound reduction as the fabric will absorb outside noise. The room will also feature 84 seats in the main area, and 13 “soft seats.”

This weekend, Cohney attended his first hacker convention in Washington, D.C., where he learned physical and information security skills. “There was a room dedicated to locksport, which is competitive lock picking,” Cohney said.

“There are so many opportunities on campus for innovation,” Director of Weiss Tech House Anne Stamer said. “We have a program for everybody.”

Long club elections are hardly unique at Penn. While club leaders see comprehensive elections as necessary to select the most suitable executive team, many acknowledge that intense elections have repercussions on students’ energy and their emotional well-being.

Last Wednesday, Litwin sent out a Google form to different student groups like PennQuest and Bloomers, inviting four or five students to a meal at a Philadelphia restaurant. 

Events around campus include a “Privilege Walk,” a screening of the film “Hidden Figures” and a lecture on social justice.

As students flooded off campus to their holiday destinations, Facilities was hard at work getting the college houses ready for break.

This program is not the first of its kind, and similar programs have been successful at universities like Brown, Cornell and Columbia.

The 5B groups include the Asian Pacific Student Coalition, Lambda Alliance, Latin@ Coalition, United Minorities Council and UMOJA. 

Roommates are incredibly fickle — some become lifelong friends, while others quickly fade into the background.

Affiliated fraternities begin their official spring recruiting process with rush events on Thursday, Jan. 12 and Friday, Jan. 13.