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(05/12/20 10:50pm)
First-year fall is a daunting hallway full of unmarked doors — you have so many opportunities, and it’s impossible to know in the moment which will help you feel fulfilled in your next four years. Unfortunately for all of us, most doors in this hallway will never be opened: so many potential lives are left unexplored. Closing too many of these doors is all too easy, but it also leads us down a path of least resistance. Keeping too many of these doors open can be overwhelming; too much choice isn’t always a good thing.
(05/11/20 7:32pm)
I’ve written maybe 100 versions of this column in my head.
(05/04/20 5:28am)
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many Penn students to return to their permanent residences as they have transitioned to online learning for the remainder of the spring semester. For some of these students, the semester would have to be completed in New York City — the epicenter of the crisis in the United States.
(04/21/20 2:44am)
With college campuses around the country shut down indefinitely, two Penn students have launched a website to help incoming first-generation, low-income students learn more about the universities they might attend.
(04/06/20 4:10am)
On March 18, College and Wharton first-year Yuwei Guo was all set to leave Penn for the semester. She caught a flight to her native Beijing, China that day — but she didn't actually return home until April 2.
(04/03/20 2:15am)
Penn Museum faculty and students celebrated Women's History Month last week by creating and editing Wikipedia articles about notable women affiliated with the museum.
(03/26/20 3:34am)
Still struggling to adjust to life during COVID-19, Penn went back to school this week like never before – online and off-campus.
(03/25/20 2:35am)
While the coronavirus pandemic rages on, Penn students and professors still returned to class — connecting virtually from different cities and time zones across the globe.
(05/26/20 7:36pm)
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(03/10/20 8:35pm)
The Ivy League has canceled the conference’s basketball tournaments just days before they were scheduled to start. It’s yet another in a series of mindless decisions by the Ivy League regarding the tournaments over the past several years.
(03/02/20 3:51am)
Philadelphia Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson, who received his Masters of Government Administration from Penn in 2000, is facing two federal charges for corrupt land sale practices — but he remains adamant the charges are unfounded.
(03/02/20 4:55am)
Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign has flooded the country with television ads, Instagram posts, and now, emails from the president of Penn Democrats.
(02/21/20 3:04am)
Finishing at the top of the Ivy League as a freshman tends to surprise people.
(02/27/20 3:57am)
In an effort to comfort students during the deadly global coronavirus outbreak, Penn Global International Student and Scholar Services released a YouTube video titled "Stay Strong, Penn" last Thursday.
(02/20/20 4:13am)
Tonight, the leading Democratic presidential candidates will debate in Las Vegas before the Nevada caucuses. Meanwhile, Penn students debated on Tuesday night to advocate for their favored 2020 presidential candidates.
(02/19/20 3:19am)
I was there the day The Line died. To be more accurate, I was The Line the day The Line died.
For decades, The Line was the tradition of Penn students camping out the night before Penn men's basketball tickets went on sale. Not only was it an opportunity to snag the best seats in the house for that season, The Line also provided an opportunity to bond with fellow sports fanatics.
Well, when I showed up at 6 a.m. on the morning of The Line in 2012, there was no one else there. I peered into the Palestra. Nothing. So I waited, contemplating whether I'd gotten the date wrong before someone else joined over an hour later.
I got my choice of seats, but I was immediately dissuaded of any notion that Penn basketball reigned supreme on campus. As pointed out by The DP's writers and Editorial Board last week, that enthusiasm has remained somnambulant in the near-decade since.
Unlike other Penn alums, I'm not here to chastise the next generation for not attending games. I understand. The reasons are plentiful and go beyond the questionable reasons provided by the student body in this week's article. (A two-hour basketball game is not too long; you just don't like basketball, and that's OK.)
Penn does not have the basketball program my mother saw make the Final Four her senior year. The recruiting rules are different, and the Quakers aren't a national basketball brand.
Even if you flash forward to the 1990s, Penn still faces an entirely new landscape from then. The Quakers of that era mostly had to worry about Princeton and the occasional one-off contender. Now, Yale and Harvard have established themselves as basketball forces. The Ancient Eight is still top-heavy, but the conference has twice the competition. Perhaps if Penn could waltz to Ivy records and an NCAA Tournament bid every other year, students would be glued to their seats.
Or perhaps not. With increasing diversity in competition has come an increase in diversity on campus. To be clear, that's fantastic. The University should be open to all, regardless of background. For Penn Athletics, however, that means a lower proportion of local residents and possibly a smaller contingent of students who make time for basketball.
I still believe Penn fans will show up for the biggest games, whether that be against Big 5 opponents (remember Nova last year?), Harvard, or Princeton, when the latter isn't played during winter break. That being said, the shift in demographics on campus paired with a still-good but not elite program makes for sparser crowds.
Ultimately, this is a problem at all but the most elite programs, and it's one that hits professional sports as well. With a variety of professional opportunities, class obligations, and social events, people are spread thinner than they were 10, 20, or 40 years ago.
It'd be encouraging to still see students pack the Palestra, game after game. Not only does the men's program deserve it, but the women's team does as well with Mike McLaughlin turning it into a sustainable winner. That simply doesn't reflect the modern realities of campus.
That means it's time to let go of past glories, both the hardwood classics and the camaraderie built there. For those of us who experienced that, we'll have it forever, long after The Line is dead. Penn basketball's tradition lives on, even if you shave off 1,000 fans.
(02/17/20 1:45am)
Many talk about being sad at Penn, yet not everyone takes action to change their situation. It is no secret that CAPS has a negative perception on campus and has had one for a while. Although I have only attended a few sessions at CAPS, I want to push back on this stereotype that CAPS and more generally, therapy, is ineffective.
(02/12/20 4:46am)
From her notable TED talks to her feature on Beyoncé's hit song "***Flawless," meet award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who will give the 2020 commencement speech at Penn’s graduation on May 18.
(02/12/20 1:30am)
In December, the Undergraduate Assembly began a pilot program for a nighttime shuttle to the Trader Joe’s grocery store at 22nd and Market streets. So far, the ridership has been below viable, although data is still being collected.
(02/07/20 2:13am)
Though the last four years have been thrilling for men’s basketball’s senior class, the group wants more.
