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Penn professor, Adrian Raine, challenges the concept of free will at talk Tuesday.

Professor Adrian Raine offered his answer to what determines the course of a human's life at an event called "The Anatomy of Violence: Dissecting the Biological Roots of Crime," put on by the Penn Lightbulb Cafe on Tuesday.


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In a roundtable last week, we discussed who was the MVP of Penn Athletics thus far. And unsurprisingly, no freshmen came up in the conversation. However, when the end of year awards roll around for just about every athletic league, MVP and Rookie of the Year are mentioned in close to the same breath. With that said, it’s the perfect time for us to address the question, “Who is Penn Athletics’ Rookie of the Year thus far for the fall season?”







Last week, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases challenging the constitutionality of specific impositions of the death penalty.


Hillel chef Troy Harris was a juvenile delinquent before becoming an Ivy League cook and acclaimed entrepreneur.

Behind the Apron

By Jack Cahn · Oct. 20, 2015

Meet the Ivy League cook who went from juvenile delinquent to acclaimed entrepreneur.







Today the College Republicans wrote an op-ed arguing that America should focus on fixing it's mental healthcare system in response to the wave of mass shootings that has plagued the country. I find this quite hypocritical, considering that the ten states with the lowest level of access to mental health resources (as ranked by Mental Health America, an advocacy group) are all controlled by Republicans.