It would be pointless for me to write a column arguing that the United States should lower the national minimum drinking age to 18 for two reasons. First, it would be pointless because this is Penn, and the proposal would likely be so uncontroversial among whatever readership I have that it would verge on being a waste of time.

PennApps, which takes place from Friday to Sunday, pits individual hackers and teams of up to four people in a 36-hour race against the clock to create innovative new hardware and software focusing on topics ranging from humor to health.

After only six seasons, College sophomore Benjamin Oh has already been national champion in his age group and is going to his second international competition representing the United States.

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

Former Governor of Alaska and 2008 vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin will endorse presidential candidate Donald Trump, the Trump campaign announced Tuesday.

Two Penn seniors and two alumni were named Schwarzman Scholars on Jan. 11, receiving admission to an all-expense-paid master’s program in China.

Award-winning composer, playwright and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda will deliver the Commencement address to the Class of 2016 at the May 16 ceremony.

For some, spring semester is a hurricane of nerve-wracking interviews and sweaty handshakes. For others, it is the calm waters of relaxation that follow the acceptance of an internship.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy lives on as Penn students participate in events honoring his memory this week.

Its eighth studio album, "Kaavish," which was released in 2013, also hit No. 1 on iTunes World Charts.

Growing up in Tarkwa Breman, a region in western Ghana, 2015 College graduate Shadrack Frimpong noticed that many of his female peers failed to complete an education.

It isn’t always pretty. Coming off of a big win over Princeton last weekend, the Quakers came out flat against La Salle before fighting off a late comeback en route to a 78-68 win on Martin Luther King Day.

The Quakers’ team score landed them fourth of the five teams — a strong showing for the Red and Blue’s first competition, especially with a few shakes early on.

In June of 2010, President Obama introduced his Opening Doors program, a plan meant to prevent and eventually end homelessness in the United States.

AppItUP, a competition run by Penn Center for Innovation, challenges anyone with a Penn email and a big idea to build a business.

Protests are symbolic at their core. They signal a dissatisfaction with the greater system (whether it be white supremacist, patriarchal, imperialist) manifesting beneath the surface of an otherwise functional society. Nowadays, they signal change, but they don’t necessarily create it.

The idea that Donald Trump speaks for white American men or Wharton grads or even all Republicans is absurd. Equally absurd is the idea that the beliefs and dispositions of all Muslims are represented by the images and videos of terrorists we are constantly exposed to in our media feeds.