The Colbert Nation has become the Colbert Campus, as Stephen Colbert, the Emmy award-winning comedy host, has descended upon Penn's Zellerbach Theatre for the week.
Colbert arrived at Penn last weekend to begin a special filming of his show, The Colbert Report, in anticipation of the April 22 Pennsylvania primary.
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Senior societies are all about big names - big-name leaders on campus and their own big names scrawled all over Locust Walk.
With three of the oldest senior societies at Penn - the Sphinx Senior Society, the Friar Senior Society and the Mortar Board Senior Honor Society - admitting their new classes this past week, each claims to have snatched up the best and brightest campus leaders around.
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There's no denying that Penn students are a diverse bunch.
About 13 percent of current freshmen are international students. Additionally, many students who are U.S. residents immigrated here from another country.
Bridges For Integration is a new organization devoted to helping immigrant students assimilate into American culture.
In light of shootings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University by mentally unstable students, universities are trying to figure out how to prevent similar situations from happening again.
One such way may be through increased scrutiny of students' pasts during the admissions process.
UA wraps up year with a slew of proposals
Group revises blood donor proposal, offers ways to increase student use of SEPTA
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The Undergraduate Assembly adjourned for the year last Sunday night after wrapping up several pieces of legislation from this past year.
Members voted to pass the Blood Donor Policy Proposal, which will replace the controversial, recently-passed Blood Donor Discrimination Proposal as the position of the UA.
Group revises blood donor proposal, offers ways to increase student use of SEPTA
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The Penn Interfraternity Council is urging the Greek community to write letters telling their congressmen to support the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act, a bill which permits tax-deductible donations to Greek chapter housing corporations.
The proposal will make it easier for many chapters to increase alumni donations for these important upgrades.
The University chose Patkau Architects of Canada as the designer of Penn's newest College House to be built on Hill Square.
The first residential hall to be constructed in over 30 years, Hill Square College House will be designed as a low-rise building enclosing a Quad-like square.
A Penn Legend serenades campus
Penn Dems host John Legend and Kal Penn to excite students about the upcoming primary elections
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From Ludacris to Gym Class Hereos, the musical acts on campus this past week have been anything but "ordinary."
But yesterday's campus visit from five-time Grammy winner and 1999 College graduate John Legend had a political touch to it. Coming just before next Tuesday's Democratic primary in Pennsylvania, Legend was on campus to help rally for Senator Barack Obama
Looking to strike the right chord with newly registered voters, Legend performed seven songs, including his signature hit "Ordinary People," at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Penn Dems host John Legend and Kal Penn to excite students about the upcoming primary elections
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Rick Heaslip clears between $500 and $1,000 an hour on a good day. Heaslip, a College junior, plays poker professionally when he's not studying Asian-American war literature or working toward his English major.
Heaslip is a member of a community of Penn students who play professional or semi-professional poker in person and online.
Wharton may be facing stiffer competition from its European counterparts for quality MBA candidates.
European business schools - offering a shorter and cheaper MBA program - are becoming an increasingly popular option for students seeking a higher business degree.
