I have this theory about life and regret. Senior year, and senior spring in particular, seems to be a perfect, natural time to think through these types of existential questions: it’s this inflection point, one where we break from the bubble of college into full on adulting.

Graduation is the biggest cliché. It’s paper plates in aisle one of Party City, it’s the “Keep Calm and Carry On” dorm room poster of momentous occasions, it’s the Murray Hill of post-grad addresses.

When I arrived in Philadelphia, the airline lost my luggage. I remember the first time I made my way down Woodland Walk (before construction began on the new dorm).

“We are unable to offer you a position on the 131st Board. Sorry.” I stood in silence, phone to my ear, as the already fragile world of my junior fall completely crumbled.  The Daily Pennsylvanian had been my defining activity at Penn.

Goodbye means leaving. It means packing everything up, arranging for a destination, shipping half your life and moving on.

To say I am bad with change and endings would be an understatement. I was that kid who cried on the last day of elementary school every year.

Last year, I was privileged enough to attend convocation for the incoming class of Penn freshmen as an honorary guest.

2012 was the year Penn's soon-to-be graduates first graced Locust Walk, but it was also the year of YOLO, Linsanity and the infectious "Call Me Maybe."

The Daily Pennsylvanian caught up with two alumni who have used their Penn education to work toward improving conditions for the LGBTQ community.

Check out where some of Penn's enterprising students are using their time away from campus.

We went year-by-year to look at what events have influenced the formative years of this weekend's newly minted graduates.

While a small percentage of Penn students remain in Philadelphia for work after graduation, 64 percent of recent graduates from local and regional universities stayed in the city after graduation in 2014.

While the city and Penn prepare to welcome Miranda, the Founding Father's shadow looms in Philadelphia's history.

An apparent computer glitch may have affected around 100 rooms.

Plans that hopeful high school seniors write on their college applications rarely end up falling in line with what they actually do at Penn.

In a change of plans, Vice President Joe Biden will be at the main University Commencement on Monday, the Division of Public Safety said on Thursday night. 

College acceptance has always been tied to pride, whether it be personal or school- oriented. The acceptance email for Penn is delivered in an unshakably triumphant Quaker fight song, heralding the shedding of new skin, ushering in a community that will soon be yours.