Jake Brenza is no stranger to the Penn Relays, but he’ll be seeing the meet from a different perspective this year. Brenza, who graduated from Penn last spring after throwing for Penn for four seasons, has remained at his alma mater this year as a volunteer assistant coach. “It’s something I love to do,” Brenza said of his desire to remain a part of the team.

Penn freshman track and field star Mike Monroe loves to jump. And Mike Monroe can jump pretty damn high. This weekend, the young phenom will make his Penn Relays debut in the 121st running of the annual event.

Track is a unique sport in that months of training all boil down to one race on one day that is over in a matter of minutes. The story is no different for Penn’s women’s 4x800-meter relay, as just nine minutesseparate four runners from glory. For the first time in nearly a decade, Penn will be represented in the championship heat for the 4x800m relay with a squad of junior Taylor Hennig, freshman Candace Taylor, and sophomores Ashley Montgomery and Carey Celata.

While most people are planning to return home or work internships this summer, Huntsman freshman Menelaos Mazarakis will be returning to a remote area in Peru for the fifth summer in a row.

"Carrie Pilby" will cast 2004 College graduate Vanessa Bayer, who is currently an actress on producer on "Saturday Night Live."

A center close to campus is behind new and healthy options popping up on GrubHub.

In late March dash cam footage showing a police officer shooting an unarmed black man in the back sparked national outrage.

Penn Police stopped the suspect at 40th and Market Streets after he tried to rob and assault two victims who reported the incident.

SAM SHERMAN is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email address is samsherman6@sas.upenn.edu.

The right to vote is sacrosanct in the United States, and the attack on voting rights is a fundamental threat to American democracy.

Thinking about cultural appropriation as it affects my life brings up more questions than I expected. It is a complex topic because of the way it has been handled and regarded over time, and how it has impacted the lives of marginalized minority communities.

I can’t help but think that the language of safety and unsafety just isn’t the right terminology for this conversation.

Kemper, most recognized from "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," "The Office" and "Bridesmaids," came to speak at Penn for a moderated interview and an open Q&A with Penn students.

A look at student spending on housing, food and commuting at Texas Christian University has led athletic directors to consider standardizing the allowances athletes are granted as part of their financial aid packages.  The study, which revealed that students spend an average of $4,000 throughout the year, has been concerning for athletic directors  that believe they will be "at a competitive disadvantage in recruiting players" if their schools are not able to offer athletes financial offers that will meet all of their expenses.

In his paper presented to the American Educational Research Association last Sunday, postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Collin Ruud found that Facebook plays a crucial role in helping students get accustomed to college life.  Rudd reports in the paper, "Social Networking and Social Support: Does It Play a Role in College Social Integration?," that there exists a relationship "between social-media use and feelings of belonging to the broader campus community" and that those students that used Facebook to stay in contact with their friends from high school felt closer to their communities at college.

Major divestment protests have been taking place at Yale and Harvard. Earlier this month, the Hartford Courant reported that 19 Yale students were arrested and fined during a protest that demanded the school stop its investments in fossil fuel companies.

The Wharton Wildmen Hockey Club, a co-ed, intramural league of approximately 200 first and second year MBA students, is one of the most popular clubs for MBAs on campus.