The faces of the Russian counterculture took the floor last night.  The Slavic Languages Department and Perry World House brought Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, two of the founders the Russian band Pussy Riot to Penn for a question and answer session on Tuesday.

Last month, Wharton MBA Admissions announced the hire of Frank DeVecchis as the new Director of Admissions.

On Tuesday, Penn Yoga and Meditation hosted a free workshop on relaxation and mediation, flying in instructor Mangal Aarti from Toronto to help the audience achieve transcendence.

Rashad has recieved recognition for her work in the community and was even invited to the White House for her input on issues that the Muslim community faces.

The number 20 was plastered all over the Palestra Tuesday afternoon for the introductory press conference of new basketball coach Steve Donahue. It was proudly emblazoned on the Penn jersey that adorned the podium on the dais.

After winning its first six games of the season in impressive fashion, what is left for Penn’s women’s lacrosse to prove?

On March 11, over 400 students at Brown University held a silent march on campus in support of the victims of an alleged sexual assault last fall.

SAM SHERMAN is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email address is samsherman6@gmail.com.

A video of a University of California, Los Angeles Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting in which members raised concerns about a judicial board candidate's ability to be "unbiased" due to her Jewish background has since been removed.  Rachel Beyda, who was nominated by the USAC president for a role on the school's Student Judicial Board,attended the council meeting to defend her candidacy.  While at the meeting, however, Beyda was met with various questions pertaining to her Jewish identity by the council members.  One USAC representative asked, "Given that you are a Jewish student and very active in the Jewish community...how do you see yourself being able to maintain an unbiased view?" Baral described the questions as "inappropriate." Since the video was removed, the pro-Israel advocacy and educational organization StandWithUs has circulated clips of the video and the conservative blog Legal Insurrection has uploaded the complete video.  Read more here.

The report makes clear that the mostly-white city government systematically and intentionally used the police and courts to extract money from the mostly-black population. It was not simply that the government’s composition did not reflect that of the electorate, the government was acting directly against the majority’s interests.

Going to a different school for one year hasn’t made me more mature or more experienced than my peers who spent their first year at Penn. From what I have experienced, colleges are more similar than they are different.

Unless you have been living under a rock or cabana during spring break, you have probably heard about the Sigma Alpha Epsilon scandal that unfolded last week.

The video of University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon members chanting racial slurs, which surfaced last week, sparked Philadelphia residents to hold a rally in Love Park Monday afternoon.

The Ivy League football world is clamoring about Columbia, and for the first time in almost two decades, it isn’t in the form of mockery.

When Spring Break rolls around, some college students go on extravagant excursions to exotic destinations, seeking beautiful views, warm weather and adventure.

Despite finishing second in the Ivy League, Penn women’s basketball’s season isn’t over quite yet.