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Mini Crossword: Friday, February 9, 2024

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Supreme Court poised to allow 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump access to state primary ballots

WASHINGTON — The United States Supreme Court appears poised to reverse a lower court decision prohibiting 1968 Wharton graduate and former President Donald Trump from appearing on the Colorado primary ballot.

Penn Med experiment offers potential new treatment for patients with liver failure

Penn Medicine surgeons successfully connected a genetically modified pig liver to a recently deceased person’s body — bringing doctors one step closer to performing the procedure in live patients with liver failure.

Penn men's squash secures piece of Ivy League title with win over Yale

In the scientific world, Newton’s second law of motion defines force as mass times acceleration. In the cinema world, Star Wars defines force as the power of the Jedi. In the squash world, force is defined as Penn men’s squash. 

Penn women's squash falls short of dethroning Trinity

There is often a saying in sports that in order to be the best, you have to beat the best. On Sunday, No. 3 Penn women’s squash (10-3, 3-2 Ivy) had its shot to dethrone No. 1 Trinity (10-0). Unfortunately, the Red and Blue, fell short, falling to Trinity by a final score of 8-1.

DP Daybreak | Cartoon controversy escalates antisemitism debate

Also, Penn Vet was allocated money in the Pa. state budget.

Black History Month at Penn, presented by The Daily Pennsylvanian

Mini Crossword: Thursday, February 8, 2024

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Editorial | Penn should reconsider the Second Year housing and dining requirements

Four years ago, Penn launched its “Second Year Experience.” The current seniors will be the first graduating class required to live two years on campus with a dining plan. With the recent campus power outage, flooding that displaced more than 50 students, unexpected discoveries in dining hall food, and questions about Penn’s treatment of its dining hall workers, it is time that we call this plan into question. 

A Penn lecturer's political cartoons add fuel to the ongoing antisemitism discourse on campus

Campus discourse about antisemitism is escalating just weeks into the spring semester, with a Penn lecturer defending himself after his political cartoons were publicly denounced by Interim Penn President Larry Jameson.

In Photos: Major moments in Penn women’s sports

Title IX — the federal law that ensured the fair treatment of male and female students — was enacted on June 23, 1972. Under Title IX, colleges are required to offer women an equal amount of sports opportunities as their male counterparts. In other words, the law marked the official beginning of many of Penn’s current varsity women's sports teams. This may seem like a long time ago, but it has in fact only been 52 years — many of Penn’s current coaches and professors likely remember a time when college athletics was solely a pastime for men. 

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro allocates Penn Vet funding for 2024-25 after Dec. withholding over antisemitism

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro allocated funding for Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine in his fiscal year 2024-25 budget proposal, despite the state’s withholding of funding last year over antisemitism concerns.

Pennsylvania court rules in favor of state in opioid settlement dispute

A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled in favor of the state over concerns of insufficient funds to treat Philadelphia’s opioid crisis. 

Penn begins submitting documents to House education committee for antisemitism investigation

Penn began sending documents to the United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Wednesday, a Committee spokesperson told The Daily Pennsylvanian.

From overlooked to impossible to ignore: Mataya Gayle’s rise to Ivy League stardom

Almost everything in basketball is coachable. Coaches can teach a player how to shoot, defend, dribble, but there's one quality that even the best can’t teach: passion. Not the type of passion that means enjoying winning or loving to play the game, but the kind of passion that means absolutely hating to lose. It's something freshman guard Mataya Gayle has never had to be taught.

Jack Lakis | Do we all hate Penn?

On any given weeknight, I often find myself spending the last few minutes of my day scrolling through Sidechat. Our favorite anonymous form of social media is always a convenient place to rant, or simply a locus for relatable humor. Though, I noticed that there was one striking drawback. Whether attention-seeking or sincere, nearly every post aims to vilify the school we attend.

The women who bled Red and Blue: 10 of Penn's greatest trailblazing female athletes

Over 100 years ago, women were finally able to don the Red and Blue and partake in varsity sports. To celebrate National Girls & Women in Sports Day, let's go over 103 years of women’s sports at Penn and honor the careers of 10 of the best Quakers to ever grace campus, as well as the woman who helped make it all possible.  

A look ahead at the Penn men’s lacrosse season

With Penn men’s lacrosse set to officially begin its season on Feb. 17 against Georgetown, a look at the full slate of games ahead of the team is in order. 

Kiyah Akins | How I have been shaped by Black history

“No, but where is your family really from?” A question I would hear too often after having already explained my heritage. Again, I would explain: I was born in and raised in Philadelphia. My mother was born and raised in Philadelphia and so was her mother. It was usually at this point I would disengage from the conversation. It felt pointless to try and convince others of the validity of my cultural background, especially when I did not believe in it myself. 

Hanadi Abdulkadir | Penn should require an African American history course

Fun fact: According to a 2005 mandate, every high school student in Philadelphia needs to take an African American history course in order to graduate. Philadelphia is a major city that is predominantly Black, with a rich history of key activists and movements for equal rights spanning centuries.