We appreciate Penn’s decision to make the calls to cancel classes early, though we would have liked the University to have notified students via e-mail.

The Penn Course Review’s scores and comments will be even more helpful to students, faculty and administrators now that evaluations are completed online.

By choosing to allocate her $500,000 award from the Carnegie Corporation to undergraduate research, internships and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Penn President Amy Gutmann is putting students first.

A new state univ. in the city could give local students the opportunity to obtain a college education at a more affordable price. No one should be held back because they can't afford to live away from home.

The University deserves recognition for its work to reduce theft, and students need to remain vigilant.

The mayor’s interest in turning to colleges to help solve the City’s problems is one that will serve both City Hall and College Hall well.

The University’s switch from private lending to Direct Lending from the government starting this summer is an initiative that will hopefully make students’ lives easier.

Penn can find ways to ease the burden caused by less NIH funding in the upcoming fiscal year.

We hope that Penn’s chapter of Moral Voices is successful in drawing attention to the often forgotten, but nonetheless worthwhile, issue of human trafficking.

Establishing a new sorority would offer more women the opportunity to find their place in the Greek system.

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The 125th Board was privileged to cover another eventful year at Penn.

It’s nice to see people from all corners of the University coming together to make relief efforts for Haiti a top priority.

Alumnus and trustee George Weiss should be commended for his generous gift to fund four Penn Integrates Knowledge professorships.

We believe that the incident at the Bridge Friday night was the type of circumstance in which the University should have used the UPennAlert system.

We’re glad Mayor Michael Nutter recently announced plans to create a college office on the first floor of City Hall, expanding his PhillyGoes2College Initiative.

Wednesday, a newly renovated Music Building opens after 18 months of construction. And the results hit a high note.