SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College junior from Philadelphia. His email address is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.

As much as I remind myself that this summer won’t define my career, it’s hard to escape the group mentality that permeates out of Huntsman — which was why I was so impressed when my roommate came home one day and announced she wasn’t looking for internships.

Emoji have recently appeared in the media due to their purported lack of diversity. A recent “Saturday Night Live” segment drew attention to the controversy when comedian Sasheer Zamata joked that she had to use the emoji for a new moon as none of the faces resembled her.

The University is not exempt from the lessons of this tragedy. UNC Chapel Hill, in many ways, resembles Penn. It is academically rigorous, diverse and has a significant Muslim student population.

With financial aid season taking off, Senior Vice President and Edvisors.com Publisher Mark Kantrowitz is explaining to the Washington Post how to prevent the most typical financial aid mistakes. Among the most common errors Kantrowitz cites are students forgetting to fill out the FAFSA form, which disqualifies them from Federal Pell Grants, filing out the FAFSA form for the previous year instead of the upcoming one, filing their forms after March, which results in receiving less grant funding and incorrectly reporting marital status levels, as sometimes changes in marital status are anticipated and reflected in the applications, but not fulfilled.  Read about more common financial aid mistakes at the Washington Post.

Graduate degrees provide the biggest income boosts for those that majored in fields such as political science, history and engineering according to the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce.   Students with graduate degrees in computer science see an average $30,000 increase in their incomes.

Cameron Fegers is calling for students who do not side with Emma Sulkowicz--who claims she was raped by Paul Nungesser-- to be able to express their opinions without fear of being stigmatized for it.    In his letter to the editor on the Columbia Daily Spectator, Fegers explained that though he believes Sulkowicz's version of events, it is more important to him that everyone be able to form their own opinions than they side with Sulkowicz.  "The extent to which we actively drown out dissenting voices on this issue symbolizes a judgment call from the masses--that the opinions of those who don't believe Emma are inferior and unworthy of consideration," Fegers said, adding that people should not be afraid to express their true opinions out of fear as being labeled "pro-rape." Fegers believes all the attention being given to the case should come to an end. Rather than expend so much energy figuring out who is telling the truth in the case, Fegers says, energy should be put into "fostering a community dedicated to combating sexual violence."  Read the rest of his opinion at the Columbia Daily Spectator.

The referendum to divest from fossil fuels has received enough votes to be valid.

Nourish International is a non-profit group that helps college and high school students run business ventures on their campuses to support local community organizations worldwide

DPS has received 15 reports of fraud since January.

College applicants who want to round out their application with a high class rank can forget their troubles for a while.

Almost a third of faculty signed a letter criticizing the procedures for lacking due process.

Receiving emails from Canvas for note takers is nothing unusual for Penn students. For some, sign language translators at lectures are not so surprising either.

"A Comedy of Terrors" centers on the efforts of two brothers who try to win over more viewers for their paranormal investigation TV show against a rival show.

SAM SHERMAN is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email is samsherman6@gmail.com

In your Open Letter of last week, you set aside your own political disagreements to denigrate policies that could lead to safety and educational equality.

Fossil fuel divestment is often misunderstood by opponents, so we're here to debunk common myths.