The Quakers’ triumph over Columbia vaulted them to No. 20 in the Sports Network/Fathead.com media poll — Penn's highest ranking since 2004.

The Undergraduate Assembly focused on student safety and online technological services at its weekly meeting Sunday night.

Political student groups registered 1,341 students to vote in the upcoming midterms. At just 180 short of the 1,521 student voters in 2006, the numbers suggest potential for high voter turnout.

After nearly two years of construction, a major passage between West Philadelphia and Center City will reopen when the new South Street Bridge is complete.

While 91% of Americans studying languages in high school and college choose French, German, Italian or Spanish, Penn offers many ‘less commonly taught languages’

On Oct. 16, two student groups hosted a banquet in the Hall of Flags to raise money and awareness of the Pakistan floods. With a turnout of over 150 people, total donations amounted to $2,089.

Students will soon know which of five finalists will become the eighth sorority in Penn’s Panhellenic Council. Thursday, members of Panhel’s extension committee will cast their final votes, deciding which group will be asked to join Penn’s Greek system.

Despite extending its losing streak to double digits with a 2-1 loss against Delaware Friday night, the Quakers rallied on Sunday to earn their first Ivy win and just their second victory of the season, squeezing past Columbia in overtime, 3-2.

Baltimore-based electronic artist Dan Deacon will headline a campus concert on Oct. 28, Student Planning and Events Jazz and Grooves Committee announced Monday.

We say people are tall or short. We say that they are fat or thin. We say that they are pretty or ugly. Why can’t we also say whether they are white, black, brown or yellow?

Sarcasm aside, Penn seems to be doing a good job on the no-yelling front. Students could engage in legitimate discussion and debate policy issues — if only people didn’t write their opponents off as nut jobs.

Over the past few weeks, five sororities came to campus to discuss why they should become Penn’s newest chapter. Delta Gamma is the best choice.

This year, in order to reach a broader audience, student funding committee Tangible Change plans to drop its formal requirement that events must be sponsored by more than one student group.

Penn’s new recycling policies make it possible to recycle all plastic types numbered from one to seven, as well as place all recyclables — paper, plastic and metal — into the same container.

In a dominant three-set performance, Penn swept the Crimson, 25-9, 25-12, 25-20, to complete a successful weekend that began with a narrow 3-2 victory over Dartmouth.

The South Asia Studies department has shrunk to about one third of its former size due to the combination of the struggling economy and a period of departmental transition.

Despite two overtime periods, the Quakers couldn’t score and were forced to settle for their first draw of the season, 0-0.