The Chaplain’s office and the African-American Resource Center are hosting Sybrina Fulton, mother of the late Trayvon Martin, and civil rights leader Michael Skolnik as part of a week of events in honor of Martin Luther King

This year's State of School commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education

The vast majority of students agreed that they had mixed feelings about the state of the black community at Penn 

After 23 years, it's time for Al Bagnoli to say goodbye to Franklin Field.

Right now, Penn basketball’s Darien Nelson-Henry is the big man on campus. But that's nothing new for him.

Penn wrestling will sport a much different look this year. The most prominent change, of course, is among the coaching ranks, where coach Alex Tirapelle has replaced Rob Eiter after Eiter resigned last May.

It’s a few days before Penn women’s basketball opens its season at No. 4 Tennessee, and the message in practice is clear: The team will need to find some way to counter the Lady Vols’ length and athleticism.

With fall sports coming to an end, Penn fencing is ready to prove why it should not be overlooked.

After an offseason of turmoil, change and speculation, there’s nothing more that Penn basketball would like to do than to just get on the court and play.

What a long, strange trip it’s about to be. This Friday, Penn men’s swimming begins the first of seven straight Ivy League road matchups at Columbia.

When a once-in-a-generation player like senior forward Duke Lacroix enters his final men’s soccer match, people take notice. This Saturday, Penn will need to rally behind the team’s five seniors in their final tilt of 2014 when Harvard comes to town.

So now we know where Penn cross country stands in the Ivy league, but where does that put the program in the larger scheme of things? The Red and Blue will provide an answer to this question this Friday as they look to improve on their results from Ivy Heptagonals two weeks ago at NCAA Regionals.

This pervasive notion that black people have to change their bodies is ingrained in our society and makes it difficult to recognize how external forces have been internalized. Whether this self-loathing comes in the form of using makeup or chemicals to brighten skin tones or using heat or treatments to straighten hair, the goal has been to meet a standard of beauty that elevates one group of people and simultaneously demeans another.

People who say they are colorblind miss the point of cultural acceptance. Yes, you should not make assumptions about me or treat me unkindly because of the color of my skin. But you should also not strip me of the rich backgrounds that have shaped my life and made me who I am today.

Anneka DeCaro is a College freshman. Her email address is annekaxiv@gmail.com.

Winter is coming, and so are sushi burritos.

Penn Student Government will be holding an evening gala consisting of a keynote speech, an Open Forum, and a dessert reception as a part of its State of the School event tonight at the Sheraton Hotel at 7pm.