Penn volleyball swept in road doubleheader as season comes to a bittersweet end

Penn Debate Society and Philomathean Society debate the effectiveness of progressive stacking

Less than three weeks after teaching assistant Stephanie McKellop sparked national controversy for tweeting about using progressive stacking in the classroom, Penn Debate Society went head-to-head against the Penn Philomathean Society to debate whether the teaching method does more harm than good.

Penn students prepare to discuss the future of the LGBTQ community at the annual IvyQ conference

This year, 43 Penn students will travel to Yale University for the eighth annual IvyQ conference. The conference, which was first held at Penn in 2010, aims to bring together students in the LGBTQ community from schools across the Ivy League

What happens when Penn students are encouraged to do 'random acts of kindness'

Jars filled with ideas for good deeds appeared all over campus this week to encourage students to be kind to one another. 

Disney Princesses Reimagined as Penn Dorms

You might have seen photos of Disney princesses reimagined in modern times, as queens, or even as potatoes. What you didn't know was that architects of Penn's College Houses have been reimagining Disney princesses as dorms for years. Check out the list below:

Junior Creates Club Exclusively For Rich, Attractive People and Himself

Brian Relz (E ‘19) sure knows how to step up his extra-curricular game. This semester, Relz struck out on his own to create a club only for rich, attractive students-- and himself. Though not particularly well-known for either his looks or his wealth, Relz is dedicated to his new venture.

At a Penn Democrats event, panelists call on students to protect DACA by taking concrete action

Penn Democrats hosted a panel on Oct. 30 to discuss the rights of undocumented students, particularly those currently protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

At the 'Campus Conversation,' administrators shared personal stories, but no policy solutions

Hundreds of students, faculty and staff strolled into the Zellerbach Theatre at 5 p.m. on Oct. 30 for a University-wide "Campus Conversation," organized by Penn's top administrators. The event was announced two weeks ago as a discussion on what the school can do to foster resilience in the face of student deaths, natural disasters and political instability. 

DiGregorio | How I cope with mental health issues as a student-athlete

Ten. Nine. Eight.

'Alone in my grief': why some students are left to mourn alone when a classmate dies

When former College student Aran Rana of the Class of 2019 died in Hong Kong this year, his closest friends found out in the same way and at the same time that over 10,000 other undergraduates did: five paragraphs in an email notification from the University.  

Quiz: Are All Your Friends Hanging Out Without You?

We’ve all been there: you ask your friends to hang out and they all say they're busy, but their Bitmojis are all pretty close together on the Snapchat map. How can you tell if they’re all hanging out without you? Take this quiz to find out.

Trump Claims Penn Degree Proves Intelligence but We Know Several Dumb People Here

This past Wednesday, President Donald J. Trump again referenced his Penn education in an effort to correct the popular opinion that he is “a moron." 

Group Think | Getting Penn students excited about athletics

GROUP THINK is The Daily Pennsylvanian’s roundtable section, in which we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick. Read your favorite columnist, or read them all.

Penn women's soccer "peaking at the right time" with 3-1 hammering of Yale

One step closer to a top-three finish in the Ivy League.

Penn Student Insecure About Being in the Bottom Half of the Top One Percent of Wealth

Jacob Swartz (W ‘20) comes from a modest background. He was raised by a stay-at-home mother and a father with a partnership at a law firm. Swartz attended a $60,000-per-year private high school, and went on trips to international luxury resorts with his family four times a year. He felt secure about his family’s finances when living in a gated community where everyone had similar levels of wealth.

From College Hall to the Supreme Court, Penn lecturer Carol Tracy has defended women's rights

College lecturer and Executive Director of the Women’s Law Project Carol Tracy has always stood up to those in charge.

Penn club ultimate's Anna Thompson prepares to go global

Anna Thompson, or “Gopher,” as her teammates now call her, stepped onto the ultimate frisbee field with only one year of experience under her belt. Little did she know that in two years’ time, as just a junior in college, she’d be headed to Perth, Australia to represent the United States in the World Under-24 (U24) Ultimate Championship. 

Toe the Line: College Republicans | Let's talk about guns

During Stephen Paddock’s meticulously planned and morally incomprehensible act of mass murder, law enforcement officers shielded concertgoers with their own bodies. Concertgoers, who could’ve kept running, returned to save others. Locally, people went to donate blood the next day and all of America was hoping against hope that there would be few victims.

Jessica Li | Why are we doing the things we’re doing?

It’s the middle of October, and I’d like you all to take a deep, deep breath with me. On the count of three … 

Shilpa Saravanan | The universal and specific value of ethnic studies

My mother, for as long as I can remember, has urged me to befriend more of my fellow Indian-Americans, particularly Hindu ones. It’s for my own good, she says — even more so now that I’m in college, where it’s so easy to get lost, but also so easy to find other Indian-Americans. “What if we don’t have anything in common?” I say. “You always have your culture in common,” she replies, and I can never argue much with that.