Sarah Shihadah

Although there is something to be said for honoring certain students for their contributions to Penn, the limitations of such a process — and the inevitable exclusion of so many deserving individuals — is an unfortunate and perhaps detrimental consequence.

High School students gathered in Houston Hall on Oct. 22 to attend a series of lectures by Penn professors as part of the second annual Penn International Relations Conference, which aims to attract “motivated high school students from the Greater Philadelphia area."

Over 100 people gathered at College Hall on Monday night for a candlelit vigil in honor of eight members of the national LGBT community who committed suicide in recent weeks.