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Graduate students are appealing to Penn for more space on campus

While graduate students make up more than half of Penn's 25,000 students, many have grown frustrated with the lack of graduate-specific spaces on campus.

Editorial | Penn undermines its own misconduct policy by staying silent on Professor Kurzban

It has been close to two weeks since The Daily Pennsylvanian published an investigative article detailing a sexual relationship between former Undergraduate Chair of the Psychology Department Robert Kurzban and a female undergraduate student in his class. The alleged relationship clearly violated University policy and undermined Penn’s recent efforts to counter sexual misconduct on campus. Despite this, the administration has provided little in the way of a response.

The Five Kinds of Frat Bouncers

Note: This list is not exhaustive and doesn’t include all types, but every bouncer is probably some combination of these.

This semester's preceptorials include bartending, macaron-making and ballroom dance

For students interested in learning homebrew chemistry, bartending, ballroom dancing and other skills not ordinarily taught in school, Penn's Preceptorial Committee has got them covered.

Penn men's and women's swimming each split Ivy Tri-meet

While everyone was relaxing during winter break, there was no time off for Penn swimming and diving, as both the men’s and women’s teams took on Dartmouth and Yale in their second Ivy League Tri-Meet of the season. Both Penn squads had eerily similar results on the weekend, each handily defeating Dartmouth but falling to Yale in the Bulldogs’ home pool.

Rapper D.R.A.M. to headline SPEC-TRUM fall concert

Rapper D.R.A.M. will headline SPEC-TRUM’s fall concert.

Since Redman arrived at Penn in January 2011, at least seven former or current CHAS staffers have spoken to Penn's Division of Human Resources about Redman's behavior.

College housing executive director made sexist, racially insensitive comments, staffers say

For many staffers in College Houses & Academic Services, it was the latest in the long line of sexist and culturally insensitive comments from their boss, Martin Redman: the so-called “Africa comment.”

Inside a Penn office in turmoil

They work in every college house, installing and fixing equipment, troubleshooting over 3,000 student help requests a year and assisting house staff. They are responsible for overseeing the close to 120 student Information Technology Advisors in total across Penn’s 12 college houses.

Relays Supplement | Behind the scenes of the Penn Relays

The runners have taken their places. It’s a beautiful, sunny Saturday in April, and the competitors are lined up in front of a crowd of over 40,000 at Franklin Field. For some, this may be the biggest race of their lives. The nerves are building, and the tension becomes thicker and thicker in the air.

In light of national racial tensions, Penn eliminates "Faculty Master" title

Penn has announced that it will stop using the title “Faculty Master” for its college house leaders, a term some see as evocative of slavery. The position will now be called “Faculty Director.”

Hill to get A/C in $80 mil renovation

How much does a makeover cost? For Hill College House, the price is $80.5 million, but Hill’s renovation is more like a full-on structural surgery.

New housing prices increase access for financially constrained students

Think that living on-campus is too expensive? Well, 73 percent of on-campus residences will have lower or equal pricing next year.

Penn explains why it takes so long to transition from AC to heat

As nightly temperatures begin to drop below 50 degrees, Penn buildings are saying goodbye to the summer and transitioning from air conditioning to heating.

High-rise residents no longer need to switch rooms mid-year

Students moving into three-bedroom quads can get more permanently settled — they are no longer mandated to switch rooms after the fall semester.

Incoming freshman awaits trial in New Hampshire for simple assault

Nearly two months after being arrested on charges of simple assault and domestic violence, potential incoming Wharton freshman Ronald “Hopper” Hillegass is set to stand trial.

?Chasing Amy: Cha$in’ Paper

The Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2012 pay survey of college presidents was published Tuesday, and dear old A-Gut came in fourth place. 

Roderick Cook | Reframing violence

T W: This article contains discussions of violence and touches on things such as sexual assault, guns and violence in other forms.