Most of the lectures I’ve taken at Penn have left me wanting more, while my few seminars have actually challenged me intellectually.

Judith Butler’s intellectual activities span many disciplines, including feminism, queer theory, political philosophy and ethics. The extent of her audience attested to the diversity of her work and the celebrity status she holds among scholars within and beyond her field.

I challenge all of us to assist our country in having a mature, reasoned — but passionate — discussion on the nature of abortion.

Letters to the Editor from leadership in the UA and the CURF Undergraduate Advisory Board.

Thanks to an initiative by the Undergraduate Assembly, students — beginning with the incoming class of 2014 — will no longer use the last four digits of their social security numbers for their PennCard Access Codes.

Coming off a draining one-point loss to Columbia and a blowout at the hands of Cornell, some might say most of the Penn men’s basketball team’s significant contests are behind them.

If Penn fails to secure a victory, it will be the first time the team has gone winless in the League since 1977-78, when the Red and Blue played just two Ivy games.

The EIWA tournament will be held at Lehigh University’s Stabler Arena this Saturday and Sunday, and will feature 13 teams all fighting for the season crown.

Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research, a coalition of Pennsylvanian colleges and universities, was awarded $99.6 million in federal stimulus money to construct the Pennsylvania Research and Education Network, or PennREN.

A recent report found bicycle sharing to be feasible in Philadelphia and recommended a startup program of 1,750 bicycles based on comparisons with networks in other cities, including Boston, Montreal and Paris.

Professor William LaFleur of the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department died suddenly from a heart attack on Feb. 26, according to the Office of the Provost. He was on leave this semester.

Despite the effort to recruit fresh faces to the Undergraduate Assembly’s presidential and vice presidential races, all five of the current candidates are UA insiders.

According to Penn Dems President and College sophomore Emma Ellman-Golan, the Shabbat Unity Dinner with the College Republicans is just one of the activities during which the two groups come together to emphasize bipartisanship.

A new CLEAR 4G WiMAX store, which offers 4G wireless internet service, will open in mid-March at 140 S. 34th St., between Walnut and Sansom streets.

A federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday charging the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania with denying a patient care because he did not have health insurance.

The advertising campaign and the topics discussed in The Vagina Monologues are extreme. But remember, sexual violence is an extreme issue.

I was excited that a Philadelphia firm won a competition to design the new U.S. embassy in London. Because, despite the decrease in star power, there is real value in investing in local architects.