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A grateful Mia Lakstigala excelling for Penn women's basketball
For Penn women's basketball senior guard Mia Lakstigala, the COVID-19 pandemic heavily affected what was supposed to be a collegiate career spent competing for the Ivy League title. Instead, the last time she played a full season of basketball was in the 2018-19 season — when she was just a freshman.
Penn men's basketball hopes to steal win against shaky No. 6 Villanova
Now, the team is back in the City of Brotherly Love for the foreseeable future, and it’s gearing up for the next chunk of its season: Big 5 play. On Wednesday night, Donahue’s squad will host the Jay Wright’s Villanova Wildcats, who will enter the contest ranked No. 6 in the AP Poll.
MERT expands available medical services as calls return to pre-pandemic levels
MERT, a student-run organization that responds to medical emergencies in the Penn community, has responded to more incidents relating to general medical emergencies than student intoxication this semester, in a break from previous years.
Study finds more police leads to increased low-level arrests, slight drop in homicides
The study suggests that expanding police forces could be effective for reducing homicides, particularly in cases where victims are more likely to be Black.
Two Penn students named 2022 Rhodes Scholars
College senior Nicholas Thomas-Lewis from Kimball, Nebraska and Wharton and Engineering senior Raveen Kariyawasam from Colombo, Sri Lanka bring Penn’s total number of Rhodes Scholars to 33.
Wistar Institute receives $4 million to study effect of COVID-19 on at-risk populations
At-risk groups include older populations, people with HIV, and those with drug addiction.
Penn men's basketball falls to No. 13 Arkansas in second ranked matchup of the year
In a contest without the Red and Blue's leading scorer — sophomore guard Jordan Dingle — Penn dropped its ninth game of the year to No. 13 Arkansas, 76-60.
It's a numbers game: Penn students detail their analytics internships in the NFL
For a pair of Wharton undergraduate students, the fantasy of working for an NFL team became a reality last summer.
Five interesting statistics from Penn Athletics' fall sports season
As the fall season comes to a close — the first since 2019 — we take a look at five interesting statistics from fall sports teams that were exceptionally noteworthy.
Padilla breaks record in California homecoming, as Quakers split games at LMU Classic
Penn women's basketball played close games against UCSD and Memphis, beating the former while falling to the latter in overtime in Los Angeles.
Men's basketball squashed by Towson in last game before Thanksgiving
The loss drops the Quakers to 3-5 on the season. Penn will look to get back in the win column this Sunday at nationally ranked Arkansas.
Caroline Magdolen | What do weed-out courses really measure?
Columnist Caroline Magdolen argues that "weed-out" courses do little to inform students about a discipline and instead discourage diverse students from studying the subject.
Allison Santa-Cruz | The case for deleting social media
Columnist Allison Santa-Cruz argues that we should delete or heavily restrict social media use in order to really experience the world around us.
Xu | Women's basketball shines in heartbreaking loss
With almost all of Penn’s usual starting lineup serving suspensions, save for sophomore forward Jordan Obi, the absence of Villanova star Maddy Siegrist due to injury still didn’t feel like enough for Penn to come out with a win against its strongest opponent thus far. And yet the team almost did, losing 66-63.
Penn squash collectively loses one game in four-match weekend
Penn men and women's squash had another four-match weekend after the team's season debuts last week.
Villanova hands Penn women’s basketball its first loss of the season, 66-63
Penn women’s basketball dropped its first game of the season with a 66-63 loss against the Villanova Wildcats at the Palestra. Additionally, this loss marks their first in Big 5 play.
Belgrad | Where does Penn football go from here?
This downward trend begs the question, “What should Penn football do from here?” I’m here to stipulate what went wrong this season, and how Penn football might address these problems in the offseason and next season.
Hard-fought offense secures win for Penn women’s basketball at St. Francis Brooklyn
Penn women’s basketball (3-0, 0-0 Ivy) capitalized on its momentum on Thursday evening, winning 63-46 on the road against St. Francis Brooklyn (1-3).
Men's basketball goes 1-2 at Myrtle Beach Invitational, finishing in seventh place
The Quakers dropped their first two games of the tournament against Utah State, 87-79, and Davidson, 72-60, before picking up a 71-63 win against Old Dominion.