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Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025
The Daily Pennsylvanian
Members of Fossil Free Penn used a variety of metrics to estimate that four percent of Penn’s $9.6 billion endowment is currently invested in fossil fuel companies.

A referendum this week will reveal if Penn students support fossil fuel divestment, but the vote is only the first step in a long process leading to change.   Starting Monday, Penn undergraduates can vote in a referendum on whether or not they believe the University should divest from fossil fuels.


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It is a key tenet of our societal notions of justice and fairness that the judgement of a single individual, no matter how deeply we might trust that individual’s commitment to do what is right, is an insufficient basis upon which to decide that a person has committed a criminal act.







Two years ago Penn concluded its Time to Shine fundraising campaign, raising 4.3 billion dollars.

From renting out the Philadelphia Museum of Art during NSO to developing new campuses in San Francisco and Beijing, Penn spends lavishly to maintain its reputation as one of this country’s most coveted Ivy League universities.



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Finding the "Sexual Violence Policy" is more difficult than a simple, messy Google search. Upon visiting the Provost's page — either directly or via the Office of Student Conduct’s page — for an explanation of the policy, students can be greeted with a cold "Error 404" page, with an ironically tragic subtitle: "Go Home."


Woodland Terrace Homeowner's Association members gathered in court on Tuesday to fight against Penn's plans to tear down the historic mansion at 40th and Pine. They were represented by attorney Paul Boni, standing on the far left.

The historic mansion at 40th and Pine Streets falls further into a complex legal battle between Penn and the community members surrounding the property. In a Commonwealth Court case on Tuesday afternoon, the Woodland Terrace Homeowners Association (WTHA) and nearby neighbors opposed Penn’s plan to replace the historic mansion at 400 S.


There are self-evident problems with mandatory community service, namely that any work done not out of altruism but out of a desire to either complete a mandatory step toward the receipt of one’s own degree or a desire to make one’s transcript more appealing to potential evaluators is probably better described as “self-service by means of community-related work” than as true community service.