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For students interested in studying law and wanting to enjoy the brotherhood of a fraternity at the same time, there’s good news: Phi Alpha Delta is coming back to Penn after a hiatus of more than 10 years.

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By Jennifer Wright · Oct. 1, 2014

“The way we talk about young people in schools these days has a really punishing level of approach that is devoid of any level of caring, experiential knowledge and vision, frankly.” That’s the reason Helen Gym thinks it’s important for parents to be advocates for changes in the School District of Philadelphia.



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For students interested in studying law and wanting to enjoy the brotherhood of a fraternity at the same time, there’s good news: Phi Alpha Delta is coming back to Penn after a hiatus of more than 10 years.








Penn football loses their first home game of the season to Villanova, 41-7.

Only one game into Ivy season, is it too early to talk about the future of Penn volleyball? Not when the future starts now, and especially when that future is starting at hitter, blocker, and libero. As the Quakers took the court against Dayton, three freshmen were part of the starting lineup: outside hitter Aimee Stephenson, middle blocker Kendall Covington, and libero Emmy Friedler.



Jeremiah KeenanKeen on the Truth

Like most Penn students, I have political and social ideas about what should be done to help “the underclass.”But there’s a guy who sits on the corner of 38th and Chestnut in a wheelchair that I’ve walked past many times. He’s the poverty I’d like to solve. But not once — even just with a passing smile — have I acknowledged his humanity.


DP Reporters and Editors Meeting with Amy Gutmann

Furthermore, we need to be aware that when we uphold the value of artists such as Iggy Azalea, we allow them to take space from other artists — in this example, black artists — who are producing art that is both more authentic and less offensive.


Jonathan IwryThe Faithless Quaker

Of course language is supposed to change — it should always be evolving with the ideas of its speakers. But being eager to create new uses of language doesn’t necessarily excuse us from stomping on old ones. When we scramble, garble or generally maim language with reckless abandon, we risk burying important concepts alive.