Alexandra Getsos
Recent articles
Professor brings religion to 21st century
When asked whether she had an active social media presence, professor of religious studies Anthea Butler responded, “Duh.”
Vagina Monologues steps up fundraising efforts
The Vagina Monologues, a movement to combat violence against women, has been a phenomenon that has spread across campus universities nationwide. An important part of the success of the movement has been the fundraising and advertising effort on the part of the cast, crew and community.
Glee Club brings love, embarrassment to Valentines
Valentine’s Day is a holiday filled with love, roses, chocolates — and boys singing love songs in four-part harmony.
Five Penn students and alumni win Thouron Award
Up to two years of free tuition, paid living expenses and an opportunity to travel around Europe for free may seem too good to be true.
New interdisciplinary Cross Current courses in the works
Cross Currents, an idea proposed by Vice Dean of Wharton Georgette Phillips, is a new set of classes being created that will focus on current events.
ISP 'tweaks' pose problems for students
While The Integrated Studies program aims to combine three areas of focus to provide a unique learning experience, some students are not pleased with recent changes in the program syllabus.
Eating without breaking the bank
Philadelphia Restaurant Week runs from Jan. 20 – 25 and Jan. 27 – Feb. 1
Motion capture technology captures imaginations
From fifth-graders from Agnes Irwin School to graduate students at Penn, everyone is captivated by the Engineering School’s motion capture facility at the SIG Center for Computer Graphics.
BFS course design grants encourage professors to innovate
The BFS course design grants, which started in May of 2011, has made huge strides in providing new and inventive courses for students.
Course Absence Report system widens implementation
After piloting the system in fall 2012 with some classes, Penn administrators have brought the Course Absence Report system to a wider range of courses.
UA considers transgender and international student name change process
The initiative that would enable transgender and international students to change their name on non-legal documents and class rosters at Penn.
'Flex' seats debate divides NEC and UA
This past year, these flex seats were occupied by UA members. Flex seats are seats that are not reserved for UA representatives or the Nominations and Elections Committee and may be assigned to either branch. However, after College senior and Speaker Pro Tempore Jon Monfred’s resignation Sunday night, a seat became available and prompted a heated discussion between the NEC and the UA.
Two representatives resign from Undergraduate Assembly
College senior Jon Monfred and College junior Ernest Owens resigned from their positions as Undergraduate Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore and UA College Representative, respectively, late Sunday night at the UA’s last general body meeting of the semester.
UA Recap: Transgender and Transfer Students are focus
On Sunday night, the Undergraduate Assembly focused its attention on the status of several smaller groups at Penn, including transgender, international and transfer students.
UA recap: Members approve PennApps Labs resolution
On Sunday night, the Undergraduate Assembly voted 25 in favor and one against on a resolution that will allow the UA speaker to vote for PennApps Labs to work on a proposed Events@Penn Calendar for this year’s project.
New SAC chair discusses funding moratorium and future plans
Thursday night, the Student Activities Council elected College junior Jen Chaquette as its new chair. The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with Chaquette to discuss her goals for the upcoming year, along with SAC’s newest funding moratorium.
UA Recap: SAC Moratorium and UA parliamentary procedure
The UA had a diverse range of topics on its plate to cover at Sunday night’s general body meeting.
SPEC Connaissance to host Arianna Huffington
Huffington was ranked 29th on Forbes’ most recent list of the “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women”
UA Recap: General body meeting features budget discussion
Despite having a smaller group than usual Sunday night, the UA first confronted the recent moratorium on new student group funding issued by the Student Activities Council.
UA Recap: UA debates with NEC over election procedure
Among other things at its Sunday night general body meeting, the Undergraduate Assembly had a heated discussion with one of its fellow branches of student government, the Nominations and Elections Committee.
