Launched in February 2014, Barring Eyewear is a Philadelphia-based company founded by three students aspiring to create high-quality and affordable sunglasses. The co-founders of the company, inspired by their mutual love for sunglasses and concern for cancer research, built Barring Eyewear to raise fundings for cancer research.

College junior Amanda Hu was found unresponsive in her room.

The divestment club Fossil Free Penn had their first meeting of the year on  Sept. 25  in Harrison College House.  The club demands that the University freeze new investments in fossil fuels, divest their current investments and reinvest their money in sustainable companies or projects.

On Friday, Pakathon, a Pakistan oriented hackathon, began its second annual startup weekend with teams in 16 cities across North America and Pakistan. During the three day conference, groups of students worked to create technological solutions to problems in Pakistan.

After suffering a brutal straight-set loss to Princeton in Friday night's Ivy League opener, Penn came into Sunday's non-conference battle with Dayton, looking to regain its footing before its upcoming Ivy bout with Columbia.

The next bucket of cases centers around vague, almost meaningless benefits, such as “learning how to learn” and “learning for its own sake.” The latter advantage is particularly dubious; roller coasters are ridden for their own sake, the experience to be quickly forgotten once the seat belt is unbuckled. In the current environment, would a student really embark on a course of study whose benefits leave him as soon as he obtains a diploma, just for its own sake?

It was hard adjusting to Penn. After two weeks, I was set on going home. I had decided that Penn wasn’t worth it. I didn’t want to be Americanized. I wanted to stay true to my identity. I wanted to go back home to Lebanon.

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

Following the first home football game of the season, the Penn community headed to Penn Park for Skimmerfest, a celebration put on by the Class Boards and SPEC. The festival featured free food from various vendors, laser tag, carnival games, as well as a live performance by rapper Shwayze.

The Red and Blue played a Saturday matinee against Harvard at Ellen Vagelos Field and took down the Crimson for Penn’s first Ivy victory, 4-1.

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

Behind two unassisted goals from Midge Purce, the Crimson downed the Quakers 3-0 in the season’s conference opener, as the Red and Blue suffered their first loss to an Ivy foe at home since Oct. 8, 2010.

On Friday against Cornell, Penn sprint football used big plays and the powerful rushing of Mike Beamish to get past Cornell. 

If you were in attendance at Franklin Field today, you probably knew exactly just how Penn football’s game against No. 6 Villanova was going to end up.

The Wildcats, the No. 6 ranked squad in FCS football, scored in just over two minutes and didn't let up for the rest of the game, winning, 41-7, and handing Penn its biggest defeat since Al Bagnoli took over as head coach.

Penn football's game against Villanova started at 3:00 PM but it looks like the Quakers never quite woke up.

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