The mystique of Philadelphia college basketball has been well-documented – with the Palestra being named the nation’s most “Hallowed Hall” in a December 2014 NCAA.com feature – and that allure makes it quite difficult for local figures to stay away. For Penn men’s basketball, consider Joe Mihalich Jr. the latest victim.

Cliched or not, practice makes perfect. Just ask Marie Stephan. From the start of the 2014-2015 season, the sophomore has won 25 regular season matches without dropping a single one.

Four years ago, Masti had never competed in a dance competition.

At times the event resembled more of a conversation between candidate and voter, rather than a speech.

The Student Committee on Undergraduate Education works to advocate for the student body in areas concerning academics.

My roommate and I were walking to a restaurant downtown for Restaurant Week when a man suddenly popped out from the row of cars parked alongside the street.

For an event that promised to be all about their distinctions, Thursday night’s Democratic Debate left out what might be the biggest issue currently separating Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders: their huge discrepancy in support from African Americans.

lede On Jan. 29 Penn Vet Professor Gustavo Aguirre received the prestigious 2016 Louis Braille Award for his pioneering work in the research and treatment for vision disorders.

Amongst many cultural clubs at Penn, only one is designated to a state.

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

In nine days, Irvine Auditorium will welcome Caitlyn Jenner onto its stage and into the spotlight. But some students on Penn’s campus, and in particular, in the transgender and non-cisgender communities, will not be as welcoming.

Make that two-thirds. This past weekend another Penn team took home a share of a three-way Ivy League title when men’s fencing finished first in the Championship tournament along with Columbia and Princeton.

With the season opener on Feb. 20 against Michigan around the corner, Penn men’s lacrosse is back to work and has already seen its first live action of 2016 against other teams.

They got just what they needed. In a pair of duals at Brown and Harvard on Feb. 6, Penn wrestling swept the competition. After taking down the Bears, 25-9, in Providence, Ri. the Quakersmade the trek to Cambridge, Ma., and dealt the Crimson a 26-9 beatdown.

Red just wasn’t enough this weekend. This weekend, the Red and Blue gymnastics squad beat their Ivy rival Cornell - the Big Red - to earn their first victory at a tri-meet in the 2015-16 season.

For Penn Tennis, the courts of the Hecht Tennis Center and Penn Park provide a homecourt advantage like no other.

Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates recently criticized Bernie Sanders’ class-first policies in a piece in The Atlantic.