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Chapin Lenthall-Cleary | The Penn administration farcically mistreats new student clubs

(02/18/24 11:00am)

It's no secret that many of the University's student clubs are brutally exclusive — often demanding prospective members submit applications and participate in interviews — only to bar most of them from participating anyway. It's no secret that this system of club exclusivity inflicts a variety of harms on students: It deprives them of opportunities to participate in academic, service, recreational, and other activities. It shuts them out of a significant avenue of making friends. It pits students against each other. It furthers a culture obsessed with credentials over learning (or whatever a club's mission might be). And, as if all of that weren't damaging enough, it wastes non-trivial amounts of students' limited time at the University. 


Jonathan Klick | More of a declaration than a constitution

(02/16/24 11:00am)

Times are rough in West Philadelphia. Between the ouster of our president at Penn and billionaire donors taking their money elsewhere, I have never been so relieved that most of America can’t quite tell the difference between Penn and Penn State.  Although higher education seems to be in turmoil nationwide, the situation feels particularly dire here.  


Franklin Li | Rethinking College sector requirements

(02/15/24 11:00am)

If you ask an upperclassman in the College of Arts and Sciences who is neither a biology nor a psychology major, chances are they have taken PSYC 0001, “Introduction to Experimental Psychology” to satisfy the Living World sector requirement. If they are not a physics or chemistry major — and they are not on the pre-med track — ask what they have taken to satisfy the Physical World sector requirement. It is a good bet that they had taken either EESC 1000, “Earth Systems Science” or ENVS 1000, “Introduction to Environmental Science.”



Emily Chang | No, Senator, not all Asians are Chinese

(02/13/24 11:54pm)

On Jan. 31, the leaders of many prominent social media companies testified before Congress, addressing concerns of children’s safety on their online platforms. In light of growing claims that such technology harms youth mentally and physically, the chief executives of Meta, Snap, TikTok, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Discord were subject to intense interrogation from Senate members.