This is white privilege: being outraged, but not terrified. And I know that if I opt to remain unaware and uneducated for fear of standing up or saying something stupid, I’m a part of the problem.
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Penn women's basketball can't handle Hampton, falls, 58-43
For Penn women’s basketball, the difference between the first half and the second half of Friday’s game was night and day.
On Friday, students and members of the Philadelphia community joined in a performance art demonstration organized by student organization SOUL (Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation), to protest against the jury's decision not to indict the police officer in the Eric Garner chokehold case.
Penn basketball takes out Binghamton, 79-70
Spurred on by their most balanced attack of the season, the Quakers (2-5) built an early lead on the road against Binghamton and never looked back in a 79-70 triumph.
Penn women's basketball can't handle Hampton, falls, 58-43
For Penn women’s basketball, the difference between the first half and the second half of Friday’s game was night and day.
On Friday, students and members of the Philadelphia community joined in a performance art demonstration organized by student organization SOUL (Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation), to protest against the jury's decision not to indict the police officer in the Eric Garner chokehold case.
For first time in five years, a Rhodes Scholar from Penn
Zimbabwe awards Rhodes scholarship to College senior Rutendo Chigora.
Q&A with new Penn football defensive coordinator Bob Benson
New Penn football head coach Ray Priore didn't waste too much time to find his replacement as defensive coordinator.
Columbia football coach Pete Mangurian resigned on Friday, Columbia President Lee Bollinger said in a press release.
In response to increased criticism of the Rolling Stone article entitled "A Rape on Campus," written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, the publication admitted to possible discrepancies within the original article and its sourcing.
Penn football announces defensive coordinator hire
Four days after officially taking over the reins of Penn football, head coach Ray Priore hasn't waited long to put his own stamp on the program. With the defensive coordinator position vacant after Priore's promotion, Penn Athletics has confirmed that current Albany defensive coordinator Bob Benson will fill the same position with the Red and Blue. "I'm thrilled to add someone of Bob's experience to our staff," Priore said in a statement.
25 Columbia football players sent a letter to the school's President and Board of Trustees alleging that coach Pete Mangurian has mishandled players' concussions as well as other abuses, the Columbia Spectator reports. Accordiing to the Spectator, the letter, which has since been withdrawn, says that Mangurian also created rifts between underclassmen and upperclassmen while being physically abusive. Mangurian's tenure as the Lions' coach hasn't gone well on the field either.
The Vice President and Treasurer of a Princeton eating club were asked to leave their positions following offensive emails sent out that included an explicit photograph. The emails — sent out to the entire club mailing list — included one of a male and female engaged in a sexual act in the Tiger Inn, a public space of the club, and another commenting on the lawsuit by a Princeton alumna that made the university's eating clubs admit women. Six weeks after Princeton began an investigation to look into the emails, they decided Vice President Adam Krop and Treasurer Drew Hoffenberg were to step down from their positions. Click here to read the full story.
Princeton student banned after suicide attempt
After a suicide attempt, Princeton freshman W.P. was told he would not be allowed to return to campus. Following requests by the university to take a voluntary leave of absence to seek medical care, the school involuntarily withdrew him after his latest suicide attempt — his third in three years. W.P.
Colleges are using big data to improve graduation rates and save students money. Following studies that report a correlation between active campus lives and higher graduation rates, Ball State University has been keeping track of students' activities by tracking which events they swipe into and have specialists focused on retention reach out to students whose activity has been lacking. Some big data is being used to keep track of specific student groups, such as low-income students.
From demolition to collaboration
Sixty years ago, Penn's approach to development was all about self-interest. Now, working with the neighborhood is essential to the University's construction strategy.
Penn gymnastics to host intrasquad meet to start season
This weekend, Penn gymnastics is giving its fans a preview of the team’s season and an opportunity to see how its athletes stack up against one another through its annual Red and Blue intrasquad meet.
New fellowship aims to prove environmental sustainability goes beyond the numbers
The recently launched Penn Program in Environmental Humanities Fellowship aims to convey the facts and numbers in more relatable ways to revolutionize the way we think about sustainability.
Weingarten advises how to 'hack' finals
At LifeHacks for Wharton Students, an event hosted by Wharton Work/Life Integration in conjunction with the Weingarten Learning Resources Center Wednesday evening, Weingarten learning instructors gave advice on time management in preparation for finals.
Penn Med launches center to study premature birth
The Perelman School of Medicine and the March of Dimes Foundation announced the launch of a new center to study premature births.







