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From being told they’re not a “good fit” to being pressured into dropping courses, Black students at Penn, inspired by the country’s racial reckoning, took to social media this past summer to allege patterns of racial discrimination and exclusion against the Chemistry Department.
On Wednesday evening, a first-year woman attempted to advertise an off-campus social group’s annual Valentine’s Day fundraiser to the first-year class through a post in the Penn ’24 GroupMe. The fundraiser allows students to send sweet treats to their campus crush, with the proceeds benefiting Philadelphia nonprofit Women Against Abuse.
Jonathan Zimmerman, a professor of history education at Penn's Graduate School of Education, came under fire on social media this past week for his controversial op-ed in the New York Daily News, which many perceived to be making unjust excuses for The New Yorker reporter Jeffrey Toobin's workplace masturbation scandal.
“I just can’t vote for either candidate.” From a TikTok trend of tearfully writing in candidates onto ballots to angry tweets from people refusing to vote this year, it is clear that this upcoming election presents an unpleasant dilemma for many voters. But trying to take the high road or deliver a message by boycotting the election is far from the right answer.
The United States Department of Education released new Title IX rules that were to be in effect by August 14, a few weeks before the new academic year. Some of Penn's on-campus sexual assault advocacy groups are worried the new regulations will make it harder for victims to seek justice.
Ernest Owens was walking back from a Jimmy John's sandwich shop to his room in Du Bois College House, just a few hundred feet away. It was about 1 a.m. in the spring of 2012 when he was stopped by a Penn police officer on a bike, he said.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 15 that a federal civil rights law will protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in the workplace, marking the first major decision on transgender rights and a milestone for the LGBT community.
When I first joined The Daily Pennsylvanian in the fall of my first year, I despised speaking on the phone. I learned English as a second language in elementary school and retained a deep fear of being misunderstood. In middle school, I placed calls to a local high school assistant principal to fundraise for a club. The principal never called me back. He eventually told my club leader that he couldn’t understand me in the voicemail. After the incident, I begged my parents to make all doctor and dentist appointments for me. I stopped calling anyone important.
Leaders of the 6B — Penn's main minority coalition groups — are continuing to engage with their student communities and the Penn administration, despite in-person spring semester cancellations and other limitations posed by the coronavirus.
From the Eagles' first-ever Super Bowl victory, to a contentious Amy Wax op-ed, the Class of 2020's sophomore year was defined by controversy and celebration.
The Coalition Against Fraternity Sexual Assault publicly removed Penn Democrats from their group on Tuesday. CAFSA said in a public statement that Penn Dems was removed because they endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president, a figure who has been accused of sexual harassment and assault.
On the morning of Super Tuesday, Penn Democrats announced in an official statement that the club will not endorse Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg.
Following student feedback, Penn Violence Prevention is returning to Locust Walk, administrators said.
In January 2019, Penn proposed a policy that would centralize sexual misconduct investigations into one office under a new administrative position, the Associate Vice President of Equity and Title IX Officer. On Nov. 11, the University appointed Michele Rovinsky-Mayer as the first AVP of Equity and Title IX Officer.
The Coalition Against Fraternity Sexual Assault disclosed identities of four members at its first public event after operating in complete anonymity since its creation last year.
Penn’s minority coalition student groups, known as the 6B, have elected new leadership for 2020. The 6B consists of the Asian Pacific Student Coalition, Lambda Alliance, Latinx Coalition, Penn Association for Gender Equity, the United Minorities Council, and UMOJA. The Daily Pennsylvanian interviewed the new chairs about their goals and plans for the coming year.
Student leaders called on Penn's administration at a University Council Open Forum Wednesday to respond to climate demands of campus activists to divest from fossil fuels and said administrators have ignored their public efforts and climate proposals over the last few years.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner urged Democrats to push for more leftist policies and attacked former Vice President Joe Biden's intelligence at a Penn event Tuesday night.
Graduate students make up half the student body, yet they are often ignored and their concerns are often disregarded. This was demonstrated once again this week, when Penn finally responded to graduate student complaints that have existed for at least the past year about the living conditions in Sansom Place East. Graduate students aren’t just students — they’re also workers, and they deserve a better, more direct way to complain to their employer. Graduate students need a union, and letting them organize will make Penn a stronger learning environment and home for scholarship for everyone. Penn should recognize the union voluntarily when elections are eventually held.
The results from the 2019 Association of American Universities survey on sexual harassment were recently released. The report showed that there was no statistically significant change in the rates of sexual harassment and assault from those reported four years ago, and that more than 25% of Penn undergraduate women experienced unwanted sexual contact. President Gutmann deemed these findings as “deeply troubling,” and said these statistics should galvanize the Penn community to action.
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