Though women’s lacrosse has long been played sans helmets, the sport has faced increased scrutiny in recent years for rising concussion rates.

Taking note of the number of student activists taking part in demonstrations this year, the IAA sought this particular year, 2012, as a time to reflect on what it is Penn students do here to further their causes.

I’m pretty sure that if your reporter had looked seriously, he would have found Penn’s Unificationists (past and present) to be a group of hard-working, sincere and conscientious individuals.

Where is the evidence that Lovin’ Life Ministries uses ‘high-pressure tactics’? I would like to make it very clear that we do not use any such tactics.

Ironically, the knowledge I have gained from my liberal arts education is exactly what has made the reward for its completion confounding.

Open dialogue between the sexes at Penn is just not happening because the “game” we subscribe to requires crafty disingenuity.

The School Reform Commission passed a project to expand the Penn Alexander School last Thursday night. Penn will fully fund a fourth kindergarten class of 18 students beginning next year.

At Penn’s 256th commencement on May 14, the University will honor seven individuals with honorary degrees.

Club Singapore, with the support of Penn Political Review, the Wharton Business and Politics Association and the Huntsman Program in International Studies invited the ambassador to speak about Singapore’s role in globalization and democracy.

Science enthusiasts, from experts to those with limited knowledge, gathered at the Franklin Institute Monday night for “Cancer and our Genome.” The event aimed to educate the general public about the connection between cancer and genetics.

Today’s general assembly primaries will pit 27-year incumbent state rep. Jim Roebuck (D-Phila.) against Fatimah Muhammad, a 2006 College graduate, who is running for the first time to represent the 188th district, which includes Penn’s campus.

Over 52,000 video testimonies of Holocaust survivors, rescuers, war crime participants and liberators will be available to Penn students and faculty in 32 languages and from 56 countries.

It is not always bad to be the square peg in the round hole. Coursekit, an education management startup founded by three Penn students, changed its name to Lore in light of changing company directions. The new logo consists of the product name arranged in a square formation within a red circle.

Only about 15 percent of Penn students participate in intramurals. The average participation rate for Penn’s 16 peer schools, which included Duke, Stanford, MIT and the rest of the Ivy League, was 31 percent.

Since Nov. 2009, Penn Medicine’s Blood Donation Center has supplied the hospital with blood cells and platelets from members of the Penn community.

The body elected College junior and UA Representative Jon Monfred, Engineering junior and UA Representative Matt Rosenberg, and College and Nursing junior and UA Representative Spencer Stubbs to the University Council.

Earlier this month, the CFPB released an interactive online tool called the “Financial Aid Comparison Shopper” as part of its “Know Before You Owe” student loan project.