It is the same chemical Erin Brockovich, later made famous when Julia Roberts portrayed her in a 2000 film, uncovered a large amount of industrial hexavalent chromium contamination in the drinking water of a town in California that had a cancer epidemic.

“It’s a great way to bring together lots of different people in different communities at Penn and in the city to celebrate the two things we love the most at the Writers House — books and food,” Kelly Writers House Program Coordinator Alli Katz said.

Big wins are great, but the encore is just as important. Penn sprint football will travel to New Hampshire for a Saturday afternoon clash with Franklin Pierce.

“Ivies are another level” Coach Fuller said during his preparation for his team’s next big game. This Sunday at 4 pm, Penn’s men’s soccer team will be heading up to Ithaca to face Cornell.

Penn volleyball optimistic for Dartmouth and Harvard Penn volleyball season is heating up, as the Quakers look to defeat Dartmouth and Harvard at the Palestra.

Heading into the thick of Ivy season, Penn field hockey is ready to roll. After winning their first Ivy contest on Saturday, the Quakers (6-2, 1-0 Ivy) look to repeat their success on Sunday when they host Harvard. The Crimson (4-4, 1-0 Ivy) have had their high and low moments this season.

Statistically, on paper, it seems as though events are repeating themselves. Penn coach Nicole Van Dyke, understandably, feels differently.

Yes, Dartmouth went on to take the title, sharing it with Penn and Harvard after going 6-1 in conference play. But fast forward to this year.

On October 2, Penn cross country will travel to Lehigh to compete in the Paul Short Invitational, where both the men and women will kick off their seasons in earnest.  The Quakers are coming off of first-place performances in two early-year tuneups, the Big 5 Invitational and the Main Line Invitational.

The red-eared slider, a mid-size turtle native to the southeastern United States and an invasive species in Pennsylvania, has taken over the BioPond.

While most people know what Hebrew is, few would recognize Quechua. But just as many people — about six to eight million — speak each language.  

This year, Penn's Aerial Robotics Club swept the competition at the International Aerial Robotics Competition in Atlanta, Georgia by winning the best technical paper, beating out the likes of MIT, Georgia Tech and international universities. 

See what crimes occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone between Sept. 16 and Sept. 22.

One of the problems that have baffled journalists for months now is Hillary Clinton’s extraordinary unpopularity.

Dear Amy Gutmann, Vincent Price, Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum and Monica Yant Kinney, I, as a black student, do not feel safe on this campus. In light of all of the violence that has and continues to occur to black and brown bodies in this country, I have one question for you all: Is it so difficult to, at the very least, write a letter speaking out against the genocide that is occurring across this nation? It’s perplexing to me that you choose to remain silent, as approximately 7 percent of your student body, a 7 percent which I am a part of, grieves and mourns the lives of those with our same complexion.

CLAUDIA LI is a College junior from Santa Clara, California.

Michelle Obama delivered a speech at La Salle University at noon, drawing such a large turnout that TV screens had to be set up outside the auditorium she was speaking in to accommodate the large number of attendees.