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Riepe College House is one of eleven college houses at the University of Pennsylvania ad is composed of 12 halls (Ashhurst, Birthday, Bishop White, Cleeman, Graduate, Magee, Mask & Wig, McIlhenney, Provost Tower, Thomas Penn, Ward, and Warwick). It was previously known as Spruce House, until 20xx (need citation) when it was renamed in honor of dude xx. Riepe is located in Lower Quad, east of Ware College House. Riepe's primary entrance is Provost Tower Gate and the house is divided into two sections by Cleeman Hall. The southern section is known affectionately as 'baby quad' because of it's small size compared to the rest of the Quad courtyards.

The house's motto is: XXX, which roughly translates to. The crest is made up of:

Approximately 460 students and 30 staff members live in Riepe. The majority of students, like the other two houses on the Quad, are freshman across the four undergraduate colleges. Rooms are a roughly equal mix of double and single occupancy, with all rooms sharing community bathrooms.

Riepe's current housing leadership

Dr. Marilynne Diggs-Thompson is the current house dean of Riepe, a post she has held since xxx. She is an anthropologist and teaches classes in the University in addition to her administrative duties in the house. Other faculty residents include: Dr. Dennis DeTurk, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Ralph Rosen, Professor of Classical Studies, and his wife Evelyn; and Fantuzos

Riepe is home to three of the University's residential programs: Integrated Studies, Mentors, and Living Cultures, which require an application for acceptance.

The historic Mask & Wig Club (link), the all-male collegiate musical comedy troupe, has a practice room in Riepe and can often be heard as one enters the Quad.

Because of the layout of Riepe, the house has few large gathering spaces. The second floor of Ashhurst serves as the largest lounge, with a library above on the third and fourth floors. There is another library lounge at the top of Provost Tower with good views of the entire Quad. Provost Tower has another lounge space on the second floor which connects to the Class of '28 lounge.