The nationally ranked Bears (12-1-2, 4-0-1 Ivy) got off to a quick start when they found the back of the net under four minutes into the match on a one-timer to the upper left corner off a deflection.

On Sunday afternoon, a line for an Amtrak train out of Philadelphia stretched nearly the length of 30th Street Station, Philadelphia’s central regional rail hub. Screens around the station projected precautionary evacuation procedure plans and exits.

Students will be stuck inside for most of the next two days, following Penn’s announcement earlier Sunday that all classes and University operations have been cancelled. VIDEO: Preparing for Hurricane Sandy PHOTO GALLERY: Hurricane Sandy PreparationPHOTO GALLERY: Hurricane Sandy at Penn

2004 College graduate Carlos Gomez was leaving his apartment in a rush one day, late for a meeting. While exiting his apartment building, he saw a black man on the other side of the door, and unwittingly jumped back. The door opened to reveal his landlady’s 13-year-old son, who Gomez described as “goofy” and “the most nonthreatening person.” “I jumped back like he was a lion, or a guy with a machine gun.

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Classes for Monday and Tuesday have been cancelled due to the predicted severity of Hurricane Sandy, Penn announced in a campus-wide email Sunday.

Penn’s Homecoming game against Brown came down to the final minutes, as Connor Loftus kicked a 35-yard field goal to give the Quakers a 20-17 victory.

The University’s Crisis Management Team is closely monitoring an imminent hurricane headed toward the Philadelphia region early Tuesday morning.

For current Penn undergrads, it is unimaginable that hundreds of students would line up hours before basketball tickets go on sale in order to reserve their seats — that type of devotion is reserved for a headlining act.

To beat Brown, which has one of the top defenses in the Ivy League, the Quakers will need to be more efficient inside the 20-yard line in Saturday’s showdown at Franklin Field.

To add to the volatility, Republican numbers have soared in the last two months before voter registration closed in October.

My name is Emmanuel Cordova. I am undocumented, unafraid, and unapologetic.

Romney Victory raises money to be distributed to other committees. Of the total Rothman donations to Romney Victory, $518,000 have gone to the RNC thus far.

To all Ivy League student government leaders out there: stop plotting for tomorrow and start caring for your campus.

At 7:30 p.m. on Homecoming evening, the Quakers will face off against first-place Brown at Rhodes Field.

Rather than killing Muslim civilians and children under a façade of liberation, we should empower these communities.

The panelists emphasized the importance of private capital, government regulation and a balance between economic dynamism and security.