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In a recent opinion piece, a Daily Pennsylvanian columnist argued that the Wharton School’s undergraduate division should be abolished, framing it as a betrayal of the liberal arts and a symptom of higher education’s moral decay. However, this caricature of the “evil” business student dramatically misrepresents Wharton, and it confuses profit and purpose as complete opposites.
“It definitely catches eyes, whether you’re really interested or not,” senior wrestler Brady Pruett said. “[When] seeing guys roll around on the mat out in the grass field, you’re like, ‘What’s going on there?’”
As Penn Dining initiates several interconnected sustainability initiatives following the 2024 release of the University’s Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 4.0, The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with the division about how its team is working to meet its “near-zero waste” goals.
As the fall 2025 semester approaches, here’s what you missed on and around campus this summer at Penn.
Liberal bastions. That’s how elite universities have been described for many years. And the data shows this too. In the DP’s 2024 Presidential Voter Intentions survey, 79% of Penn students said they would back candidate Kamala Harris.
It’s 8:15 a.m. on the Monday after the Super Bowl, and College senior Jake Federman is organizing the many things he got from the locker room — whiteboards, manager files, an iPad, a speaker, and the symbolic Lunch Pail Award given to the best player at practice — while the team’s “Basketball Jawn” playlist on Spotify slowly reverberates through the sleepy John Rockwell Gymnasium.
Yesterday, as I sat in the Franklin Field bleachers, the stage seemed perfectly set for a wonderful afternoon of Penn football. The weather was lovely, with few clouds in the November sky. Pregame, the members of Penn football’s senior class were honored on the field, with many of their families present. The crowd was about as lively as it could be in this day and age, with over 12,000 spectators in attendance.
Penn Libraries hosted a Fall in Love with the Libraries Passport Finale event on Nov. 12 in the Weigle Information Commons of Van Pelt Library.
Penn men’s basketball is continuing to be aggressive at the transfer portal, adding another sharpshooting guard in Mercer men’s basketball sophomore guard Michael Zanoni.
Penn remains one of few Philadelphia-area universities to not publicly extend support to students and staff affected by the abrupt closure of the University of the Arts, despite recently claiming that being an “excellent Philadelphia neighbor” is essential to its mission.
This story is developing and will continue to be updated.
On Thursday, May 2, the undergraduate students of the Class of 2025 could be seen wearing plastic hats, holding wooden canes, and sporting bright red T-shirts. This event, known as Hey Day, marks the conclusion of undergraduates’ junior year and recognizes the beginning of senior year. Here are scenes from Hey Day throughout time, in photos.
Penn students reported dissatisfaction with the University's crowd control and safety protocols at last weekend's Spring Fling concert — but several said that they enjoyed the event regardless.
Last week, Penn Hillel celebrated a state committing genocide.
“I think my taste-buds have disappeared,” I said to my mom on the phone after another dinner of the same variation of oily meat and undercooked rice at Hill Dining’s Global Fusion section.
Junior Saige Roshkoff was one of the eight players Penn sent to play in the ITA Northeast Regional Championships at Columbia — a qualifier for the Super Regional, to be hosted by Army in late October. Ahead of the tournament, The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with Roshkoff to ask her 15 questions about how she began her tennis career and her college experience at Penn.
Many members of Penn's Class of 2027 will arrive on campus with a number of questions on how to adapt to college life.
The Black Student League and Penn Democrats hosted Representative Joanna McClinton, the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, at Irvine Auditorium on April 4.
Many stores, such as the CVS on 34th and Walnut Streets, sold out of bottled water after the City of Philadelphia alerted residents about a chemical spill in the Delaware River.
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