Back on campus after Thanksgiving break, we haven’t just returned to the steady routine of takeout and five hours of sleep per night — we’re also one step closer to finals.

You mobilized your colleagues and peers by word-of-mouth and student group e-mail lists to produce a petition that, as of Nov. 30, 2009, bears 1,549 signatures.

Penn’s Division of Public Safety last week topped Security Magazine’s “Security 500” list for the third year running, a commendable achievement by any measure.

Following a sexual assault at an off-campus party last month, Greek men are stepping up efforts to combat rape. The IFC will require new brothers to attend a One-in-Four training session.

Barack Obama is “nerdy,” Sasha and Malia are “incredibly well-behaved” and Michelle has “so much swag,” according to College senior Joshua Bennett.

Dining options near campus will expand with the opening of Tom Drinker’s West and Sang Kee Noodle House, both on Chestnut Street.

As students spend more time on the web, professors are reaching out to them online.

The signs on Locust Walk — which included phrases like “Fling is Cancelled,” “No More Hey Day” and “Fall Break Discontinued” — were part of a one-day campaign by the NEC to teach students the purpose of Penn Student Government.

Students who came to Penn through QuestBridge — an organization that links low-income students with colleges for full scholarships — say their first semester has been a success both academically and socially.

College students are working to make the College of Arts and Sciences as recognizable a brand as Wharton — at least, on their T-shirts.

The Penn squash team might have an antidote for its early season blues against No. 16 Franklin and Marshall tonight.

In June 2007, College sophomore Turja Chakrabarti, a Kolkata, India native, helped found Pratit, an international non-profit that works to create solutions to poverty in the slums of Kolkata and villages in West Bengal.

Nov. 20 — Wilbert Tyreek, 50, unaffiliated with the University and of the unit block of Ridge Avenue, was arrested at about 11:45 a.m. for allegedly attempting to remove items from a cafe at HUP.

University Chaplain Chaz Howard encouraged students to grapple with the issue of poverty in their conversations about science and education.

Peter Hart's Annenberg study, to be aired on C-SPAN, sought to elicit qualitative feedback on the new administration’s progress thus far.

There is no need to be reminded that America is in crisis. We have all felt symptoms of the illness that plagues our country

International students experience a common challenge: acclimating to Penn. For many, the U.S. brings culture shocks from language, a new educational system and homesickness.