This is officially my last issue of The Daily Pennsylvanian as an editor. After 132 issues this year alone, it’s finally time to hand over this amazing company to a new group of editors and managers and a new Executive Editor. But what a year it has been.
From the start, the year was record-setting, with never-before-seen depths of snow in Philadelphia and Penn’s first consecutive snow days since 1994. The community celebrated as Penn was named the most gay-friendly campus in the country after record lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender participation. And for the third time in history, Penn Football won consecutive, undefeated Ivy League Championships.
The year was also a year of changes ranging from large to small. First we saw The Fresh Grocer’s renovations (after the store’s closure due to health code violations in February). The year progressed to bring new men’s basketball coach Jerome Allen, a new direct-election process for the Undergraduate Assembly President and Vice President and the announcement of new Panhellenic sorority Zeta Tau Alpha. Even the midterm election brought changes to national and local politics alike.
While I won’t spend any more late nights in the DP’s windowless offices, the DP will continue to bring you the news of the day, albeit under new leadership. I look forward to seeing what records the new year sets and what changes the new year brings.
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