2015 was a year to forget for Penn men’s soccer. Three wins from 16 games, including just one against a conference opponent.

After a stellar start to the 2016 season, Penn men’s soccer will be looking to this weekend’s trip to Nebraska as an opportunity to assess the team’s improvement and depth. This Friday’s contest against #8 Creighton (1-1-0) followed by Sunday’s clash against University of Nebraska Omaha (2-1-0) provide two difficult matches in three days, the only time this season that the Quakers (0-0-2) will have such a short turnaround. Interestingly, the two Nebraska universities will come into the weekend having played each other in their most recent game, Monday night.

The final boxscore never seems to tell the whole story. That was certainly the case for Penn field hockey in both games played this weekend: a dominant 2-0 victory over Lehigh as well as a hard-fought and well-contested effort in a 6-2 loss versus UNC. On Friday, the Quakers (1-1) hosted Lehigh (1-2) in the Red and Blue’s season opener.

The Quakers messed with Texas, and while their record is worse to show for it, morale is certainly not headed down south.

It seems the lack of success last year can be attributed to two main points: youth and injuries to the team’s few experienced leaders. In 2016, look for those issues to be almost completely resolved.

Faculty Senate Chair Laura Perna wrote a letter explaining what the group is looking to accomplish this year.

Before coming back to Penn, I got my first professional massage. I had been saying “I need a massage” for years before actually getting one.

Imagine the following scenario: You’re a club leader organizing a protest. You have an issue you care passionately about, and you’re gathering like minded students to make a public display complete with rehearsed chants and picket signs.

Trump said crime has risen sharply in Philadelphia, but statistics suggest the exact opposite.

As the class of 2020 begins to settle into their new lives at Penn, if its members are anything like me, I’m sure that they’re feeling a complex mix of emotions at entering the first step into adulthood.

SHUN SAKAI is a College senior from Chestnut Hill, Mass.

If you got to Rhodes Field 10 minutes late for Sunday’s game, then you missed a couple of things. 

Getting arrested or convicted of a crime is bad, but as a recent Penn study points out, the long term effects of having a criminal record can make it even worse.

The service, which is new to Penn this fall, allows students to access the Comcast channel lineup on their laptops, smartphones and tablets.

The class was first taught by professor Kenneth Goldsmith in the spring of 2015. 

“During the summer it’s definitely slower,” Smokey Joe's manager Paul Ryan said, “[but] we get a lot more neighborhood people willing to hang out.” 

You know the old saying, “new year, new me?” Well, Penn men’s soccer is taking that to heart this brand new season. Flip back the calendar a year, and the Quakers limped out of a 4-0 loss to high-power American University team.