Farewell Column by Rachel Baye | Why can’t we be enemies?
Everyone at Penn should make an enemy.
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Everyone at Penn should make an enemy.
The metaphorical curtain was about to go up on the Queer Student Alliance’s fifth-annual drag show, and backstage the drag queens were already dancing. They exuded both fear and pride — fear that everything would go wrong and pride that they had made it that far.
A student standing at the corner of 40th and Walnut streets in the 1990s experienced a drastically different Philadelphia than someone would today.
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.
Over the last several weeks, a number of readers have asked me how we decide what we publish. Unfortunately, there’s no quick and dirty answer. In fact, we often debate the decision to publish a photo, story or letter to the Editor within our office.
The Daily Pennsylvanian is really old. Founded in 1885, we have served as the student voice at Penn for 125 years, publishing Monday through Friday.
At 1:40 p.m. Friday, the Division of Public Safety was called into the Annenberg School for Communication to investigate a potentially threatening substance. However, the substance was determined not to be hazardous, according to a statement issued by Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush.
*This letter appeared in the 2010 Joke Issue.
To many students, student government feels petty. A few people make decisions that don’t seem relevant. Why bother voting, or even paying attention?
In a marked break from tradition, the Social Planning and Events Concerts Committee will announce the first of three Spring Fling performers Monday by way of a scavenger hunt.
Go to class. Hear some prominent politician/author/entrepreneur speak. Study a little. Eat a little. Attend some other event — maybe a club meeting. Sleep or study as needed.
This weekend, The Daily Pennsylvanian inaugurated the 126th Board of Editors and Managers at our annual banquet. The event gave us the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of our predecessors.
Student Activities Council Chairwoman Natalie Vernon and Undergraduate Assembly member Zac Byer, both College seniors, are organizing a meeting Wednesday night to discuss the possibility of reforming the UA. Vernon and Byer hope to change the manner in which the UA chairman and vice chairman for external affairs are elected.
Sunday night, College sophomores Cornelius Range and Adam Hamilton resigned from their seats on the Undergraduate Assembly. College juniors Rico Moorer and Michael Chen, the next two highest vote-getters from last spring’s election, will step up to replace them.
Penn President Amy Gutmann was one of four higher-education leaders to receive a 2009 Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award yesterday.
Gary Kao, a radiation oncologist at the School of Medicine, was told his services would no longer be needed at the Philadelphia Veteran Affairs Medical Center after he was accused of poorly administering 92 veterans' prostate cancer treatments.
Angela Poe has wanted to help people since a young age, and she has returned to her native Philippines to do just that.
Penn prides itself on being a culturally diverse school, with an accepting campus climate. And with the following cultural and minority support groups, you're sure to find somewhere you can fit in.
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